Sports Report for Friday, 3-7-2025

Friday, March 7, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here.

Clinton HS

  • Baseball: Emerald 5 – Clinton 2… The Red Devil baseball team continued its participation in the Emerald City Preseason Baseball Tournament last night taking on the host Vikings… Brett Young started the game off with a solo homer for the Red Devils but after that runs were hard to come by for the Red Devils as they fell 5-2 to the Vikings… The Vikings scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning, single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings while holding the Red Devils to a single run in the sixth inning… The Vikings outhit the Red Devils 6-4 and no Red Devil had more than one hit… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Red Devils are now 1-2 on the young season… The Red Devils will be back in action in the tournament tomorrow at 3:30 when they take on South Aiken a team that beat them 5-2 last Friday.

 

  • Softball Preseason Tournament… The Red Devil softball team is hosting a preseason tournament again this year and that tournament it started Monday (3-3-25 and will end on Saturday (3-8-25)… In addition to the Red Devils the other teams that are taking part are Abbeville, Whitmire, Greenwood, Laurens and Blacksburg… To see the entire tournament schedule click here… The schedule for today and results from yesterday are as follows:
    • Clinton vs. Blacksburg at 4:30
    • Abbeville vs. Blacksburg at 6:30
    • Greenwood vs Clinton at 8:30
    • Saturday games start at 10:00 am tomorrow and the teams are to be determined after tonight’s games.
    • Results from yesterday: Whitmire defeated Blacksburg and Laurens.

 

Laurens

  • Baseball: TL Hanna 12 – Raiders 1 (5) … The Raider varsity baseball team opened its season yesterday afternoon down in Georgetown as they started their participation in The Classic Baseball Tournament… The first game of the season is one that Coach Patterson and the Raiders might want to flush from their memory ASAP as the TL Hanna Yellow Jackets defeated the Raiders in 5 innings… The box score pretty much tells the story as the Raiders got their 1 run on a solo homer by Avery Madden in the third inning and managed only 4 other singles in the game… The Yellow Jackets produced their 12 runs on 7 hits including 2 homers and took advantage of 4 Raider walks and 4 Raider errors… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Raiders are now scheduled to play Chapin this morning at 10:30 am and James Island tomorrow at 2:15 pm… Yesterday Chapin took a 10-5 win over James Island… To see more information about this tournament click here and you’ll have to scroll down a way to see the tournament schedule.

 

  • Softball: Whitmire 7 – Laurens 5… The Raiders softball team lost for the first time this season as thy fell to the Whitmire Wolverines 7-5 in the tournament at Clinton HS last night… The Raiders scored a single run in the top of the first inning, but the Wolverines scored 2 in the bottom of the inning and would never trail again… The Raider did tie the game 3-3 in the top of the fourth inning, but the Wolverines answered with a run in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead… The Wolverines led 7-3 going into the top of the seventh inning where the Raiders scored 2 runs but the comeback fell short… The Wolverines outhit the Raiders 11-10 and Summer Nations led the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 4 with an RBI… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Raiders are now 2-1 on the season… The Raiders will be back in action tomorrow in the tournament at a time and against an opponent to be determined after tonight’s’ games are concluded.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball: Spartanburg Christian 11 – Crusaders 6… The Crusader baseball team hosted the Spartanburg Christian Warriors last night and I hate to have to report they fell to the Warriors 11-6… The Warriors only outhit the Crusaders 9-7 and both teams had errors that helped their opponent, but the Crusaders had more errors as they struggled making 8 of them… The Warriors did have 3 extra base hits while all the Crusader hits were singles… Caleb Hardy was the only Crusader with more than one hit as he went 2 for 3 and had an RBI… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Softball: Spartanburg Christian Academy 13 – Crusaders 0… The softball team also took on the Warriors yesterday and they fell to the Warriors 13-0… At this time I do not have any other details on the game but if I get them, I will pass them on to you.

 

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Trojans 10 – Saints 0… The Saints baseball team was in action yesterday as they travelled up to Greenville to take on the Carolina Academy Trojans a Class AAA school… I hate to have to report that the Saints were not able to ring the victory bell when they got home as the Trojans took a 10-0 win in 5 innings… They simply outhit the Saints 9-1and errors also hurt the Saints as well as 13 strikeouts recorded by the Trojan pitcher…   Zach Crowe had a double that was the Saints only hit… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 3-6-2025

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here….

Clinton HS

  • Elizabeth Reid Signs with Lander… Yesterday at Clinton HS, senior Elizabeth Reid signed a letter of intent to continue her education and cross-country career a little further than the distance of a marathon from Clinton at Lander University… Elizabeth has been a member of the Red Devil cross country team for 6 years and will be missed… Her senior season was in doubt at one point as she had surgery back in April of last year but her work and dedication during rehab paid off as she helped the team qualify for the state tournament where the Red Devils finished 11th in Class 2A/// She earned All-Region and All-County honors this past season and just missed the All-State team finishing 18th in the state tournament last fall with a time of 21:33:06 which placed her 18th in the state… Congratulations and Good Luck to Elizabeth.
  • Softball Preseason Tournament… The Red Devil softball team is hosting a preseason tournament again this year and that tournament it started Monday (3-3-25 and will end on Saturday (3-8-25)… In addition to the Red Devils the other teams that are taking part are Abbeville, Whitmire, Greenwood, Laurens and Blacksburg… To see the entire tournament schedule click here… The schedule for today and results from yesterday are as follows:
    • Whitmire vs. Blacksburg at 5:00 pm and Laurens vs. Abbeville at 7:00 pm
    • Results from yesterday: The Greenwood vs. Clinton game scheduled for yesterday was postponed…  It will be made-up tomorrow night at 9:00 pm.
  • Baseball Back in Action Today… The Red Devil varsity baseball team will be back in action down at Emerald HS participating in Emerald City Preseason Baseball Tournament… As a reminder the Red Devils are 1-1 in the tournament having lost to South Aiken 5-3 last Friday and defeating Silver Bluff 13-3 last Saturday… Tonight at 6:00 pm they are scheduled to take on the host Emerald Vikings which are also 1-1 in the tournament… Go Big Red!

Laurens

  • Softball… The Raiders are scheduled to take on Whitmire tonight at 7:00 pm at Clinton HS.
  • Baseball… The Raider baseball season will start today taking part in The Classic down in Georgetown… They will take on TL Hanna at 2:30 pm.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 3-5-2025

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each ($15 for later rounds) and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Basketball: Shamrocks 41 – Red Devils 30… The Lady Red Devils faced off against region foe the Eau Clair Shamrocks last night for the third time this season last night in the Upper State Championship in Florence… I have often heard coaches say it is tough to beat a team 3 times in one season and that proved to be the case last night as the Shamrocks took a 41-30 win over the Red Devils… The Shamrocks came out and took an 11-3 lead over the Red Devils after one quarter of play but the Red Devils fought back and cut that lead to 15-12 at the half… The Red Devils were not able to cut into that lead any more the rest of the game as the Shamrocks outscored them by at least 3 points in each of the remaining quarters going on to take the 41-30 win… Coach Gardner commented after the game that the Red Devils “We didn’t handle the moment well. Could never calm down and settle in”… He went on to say that “Fought hard but came up short. Proud of the team and the work they put in to get to this point. Excited about what’s coming back and the potential for next year.”… The Shamrocks had three players scoring in double-digits and were led by Destinee Tiller’s 14 points… McKenzie Clark was the leading scorer for the Red Devils as she finished with 7 points… Ry’Daijia Mars, Nah’shia Wright and Mylayja Thompson each scored 5 points while Kemaria Shelton and Bryanna Belton each finished with 4 points… The Red Devils finish the season with a 23-6 record and winning their region with a 10-0 record… Congratulations to the team and Coach Gardner for a great season! Go Big Red!

 

  • Softball Preseason Tournament… The Red Devil softball team is hosting a preseason tournament again this year and that tournament it started Monday (3-3-25 and will end on Saturday (3-8-25)… In addition to the Red Devils the other teams that are taking part are Abbeville, Whitmire, Greenwood, Laurens and Blacksburg… To see the entire tournament schedule click here… The schedule for today and results from yesterday are as follows:
    • Greenwood vs. Clinton at 5:00 pm
    • Results from yesterday: Clinton 22 – Abbeville 5 and Laurens 18 – Abbeville 2

 

  • Softball: Clinton 22 – Abbeville 5… The Red Devil softball team opened its season last night taking a 22-5 win over the Abbeville Panthers in 5 innings… The Red Devils did it by simply outhitting the Panthers 27-6… Eleven of their hits were for extra bases… Sierra Templeton and Cat Wilkie each went 5 for 5 with a double and multiple RBIs to lead the Red Devils at the plate… Me-Me Smith only had 3 hits but 2 of her hits were homers and she also had a double to drive in 7 runs… Cat Wilkie (1.1 innings) and Sierra Templeton combined to get the win… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Red Devils are scheduled (weather permitting) to host Greenwood today at 5:00 pm as the tournament continues.

Laurens

  • Softball: Raiders 18 – Abbeville (3)… Last night over at Clinton, the Raider softball team picked up its second win of the season as they also defeated the Abbeville Panthers by a score of 18-3… This game was called after 3 innings as the Panthers had already had a long night having fallen to the Red Devils by a score of 22-5… The Raiders simply outhit the Panthers 17-2 and made them pay for 4 errors… Nine of the Raiders 17 hits were for extra bases and Carly Edwards led the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and a homer and had 3RBIs… All but 2 of the Raiders had more than 1 hit in the game… Zealy Martin got the start and the win in the pitching circle… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Raiders are scheduled to be back in action Thursday back at Clinton taking on Whitmire at 7:00 pm

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball: Crusaders 19 – Wardlaw 9… The Crusader baseball team opened its season last night down at Wardlaw taking on the Patriots and they scored 12 runs in 5 innings before the Patriots were able to score as they rolled to a 19-9 win… The did it by outhitting the Patriots 23-10 and all but 1 of their hits were singles… Evan Asalone led the Crusaders at the plate going 5 for 6 win a double and an RBI… The Crusaders had 4 pitchers take to the mound during the game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Softball: Wardlaw 19 – Crusaders 8… According to MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team also traveled to Wardlaw last night and the news is not as good as the Patriots took a 19-8 win in 5 innings… Now the score is all I have and if I get more information I will pass it on to you later.

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 3-4-2025

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each ($15 for later rounds) and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Lady Red Devils Play Tonight… The Lady Red Devils will be playing for the Upper State Championship in Class AA girls’ basketball down at the Florence Center taking on region foe Eau Clair at 6:00 pm… The 23-5 Red Devils defeated the 18-8 Shamrocks twice during the regular season 36-28 at home and 34-31 in Columbia… The Red Devils are averaging 46.2 points per game and the Shamrocks 39.5… If you click here, it will carry to a posting on MaxPreps that has other comparisons between the two teams… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinals and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red.

 

  • Rion Gordon Signs with Brevard College… Last Friday (2-28-25) senior offensive lineman Rion Gordon signed a letter of intent to continue his football career and academic career playing for the Brevard College Tornados… Rion was very thankful to his parents, coaches, teammates and teachers for helping him to get this point in his career… Coach Fountain talked about him getting the work done in the classroom as well as being one of the leaders on this year’s Red Devil football team that won the SCHSL Class AA Championship… He played offensive line and was long snapper for the Red Devils this past season and the latter is what he will mainly do for the Tornados… Other schools further away also showed interest in him… If you would like to see a short video interview with him after the signing, click here…. Congratulations and good luck to Rion!

 

  • Softball Preseason Tournament… The Red Devil softball team is hosting a preseason tournament again this year and that tournament it started Monday (3-3-25 and will end on Saturday (3-8-25)… In addition to the Red Devils the other teams that are taking part are Abbeville, Whitmire, Greenwood, Laurens and Blacksburg… To see the entire tournament schedule click here… The schedule for today and results from yesterday are as follows:
    • Clinton vs. Abbeville at 5:00 pm
    • Laurens vs. Abbeville at 7:00 pm
    • Results from yesterday: Whitmire 17 – Greenwood 1 and Laurens 24 –Greenwood 7

 Laurens

  • Softball: Raiders 24 – Eagles 7 (5)… Yesterday the Raider softball team opened its season by taking a 24-7 win over the Eagles of Greenwood in action at the Clinton Preseason Tournament in 5 innings … The Raiders simply outhit the Eagles 16-5 and four of their 16 hits were for extra bases… Addison Trevino led the Raiders at the plate going 4 for 5 with two doubles and a homer driving in 7 of the Raider runs… Carly Edwards, Summer Nations, Makayden Livingston and Addie Carlisle each had more than 1 hit in the game…. Summer Nations picked up the complete game win as she gave up the 7 runs (only 2 of which were earned) on 5 hits and a walk… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…. The Raiders will be back in action today when they travel back to Clinton to take on the Abbeville Panthers at 7:00 pm.

Baseball or Softball Game Scheduled for Today

  • Laurens Academy baseball at Wardlaw – 6:00 pm
  • Laurens Academy Softball at Wardlaw – 6:00 pm

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Monday, 3-3-2025

Monday, March 3, 2025

General Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each ($15 for later rounds) and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Pre-Season Baseball Poll

  • Laurens and Clinton Ranked… In case you missed it late last month, the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association released its top 10 preseason picks for each of the classification in the SCHSL… Laurens County was well represented in that pool because the Laurens Raiders were picked to finish first in Class AAAA and the Clinton Red Devils were picked to finish third in Class AA… I’m sure that both Laurens Coach Tori Patterson and first-year head coach Peyton Spangler would say that these polls are nice and they are mainly for the fans and the only one they are concerned about is the one at the end of the year where the hardware is handed out after earning it on the field throughout the season… Both Clinton and Laurens will face stiff competition within their own regions as Mid-Carolina is ranked #1 in AA while Fountain Inn is ranked #5 in Class AAAA… Let’s look back at the end of the season and hope these polls were accurate of wind up even better in the case of the Red Devils… Click here to see the top 10 rankings for all the classifications.

SC Basketball Coaches Association All-State Teams… Recently the SC Basketball Coaches Association released is ALL-State Teams for 2024-2025 for each classification and both boys and girls… If you would like to see the entirety of those teams, click here to go to an article in The State Newspaper listing them… The Raiders and the Red Devils were represented on a couple of those teams…. Congratulations to the following athletes on their accomplishments this season!

  • Laurens
    • Boys… Narrius (better known as TyJ) Jones was named to the All-State team in Class AAAA… He was second on the Raider team in scoring (behind Q. Watts) averaging 13.9 points per game for a total of 362 points… He shot 43 % from the field, averaged 2.2 assist per game, 3 steals per game, made 68% of free throws attempted, 30% of 3-point shots and was third in rebounding for the Raiders.
    • Girls… Zoe Young… The senior Raider led the team is scoring averaging 14.4 per game for a total of 346 points, shot 44% from field (while being battered by multiple defenders usually), averaged 12.7 rebounds per game (305 total), 1.6 blocks per game (caused a lot more shots than that to be altered) and shot 53% from free throw line.
  • Clinton Boys had 2 players make the All-AA Team that were the mainstays of the Red Devils.
    • Tushawan Richardson… Tushawan averaged 19.4 points per game for 350 points, averaged 4.9 rebounds per game (88) and shot 74% from the free throw line.
    • Devin Swindler… Devin averaged 16.3 points per game for 245 points, averaged 6.3 rebounds per game (94) and shot 77 % from the free throw line.

Clinton HS

  • Up Next in Girls Basketball… The Lady Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Clair tomorrow night at The Florence Center at 6:00 pm… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinal and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red.

 

  • Rion Gordon Signs with Brevard College… Last Friday (2-28-25) senior offensive lineman Rion Gordon signed a letter of intent to continue his football career and academic career playing for the Brevard College Tornados… Rion was very thankful to his parents, coaches, teammates and teachers for helping him to get this point in his career… Coach Fountain talked about him getting the work done in the classroom as well as being one of the leaders on this year’s Red Devil football team that won the SCHSL Class AA Championship… He played offensive line and was long snapper for the Red Devils this past season and the latter is what he will mainly do for the Tornados… Other schools further away also showed interest in him… If you would like to see a short video interview with him after the signing, click here…. Congratulations and good luck to Rion!

 

  • Red Devils Open Baseball Season in Greenwood… The Red Devil varsity baseball team opened its season over the weekend as they started their participation in the Emerald City Classic being held at Emerald HS.
    • Friday: South Aiken 5 – Red Devils 3… The Red Devils opened up their season Friday taking on the Thoroughbreds of South Aiken HS… The Thoroughbreds scored 1 run in the top of the first inning and then 2 more in the fifth before the Red Devils got on the board with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning but the Thoroughbreds “won” the sixth and final inning 2-1 to make the final score 5-4 Thoroughbreds… They outhit the Red Devils 6-4 and both teams made 4 errors… Camden Finley was the only Red Devil to get more than 1 hit as he went 2-3 with an RBI and a walk… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Saturday: Red Devils 13 – Bulldogs 3 (5)… The news is better for Red Devil fans on Saturday as they took a 13-3 win over the Bulldogs of Silver Bluff in 5 innings… The Red Devils jumped out on top scoring single runs in the top of the first and second inning and 4 more in the top of the third inning before the Bulldogs were finally able to score a run in the bottom of the third inning but the Red Devils struck for 7 runs in the top of the fourth inning to make it 13-1 and then held the Bulldogs to just 2 more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to win on the 10-run rule 13-3… The Red Devils got their 13 runs on 9 hits, 7 Bulldog errors and a couple of walks… Two Red Devil pitchers gave up the 3 Bulldog runs on 3 hits, a walk and a couple of errors… Luke Young and Camden Finley both had 2 hits while Owen Glenn had only 1 hit that was a triple and drove in 3 runs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next… If you click here it will carry you to a posting on the Emerald HS athletic website where there is more about this preseason tournament including the schedule (weather permitting)… It looks like the Red Devils are scheduled to be back in action Thursday at 6:00 pm when they take on the host Emerald Vikings… Go Big Red!

 

  • Softball Starts Preseason Tournament Today… The Red Devil softball team is hosting a preseason tournament again this year and that tournament starts today and will end on Saturday… In addition to the Red Devils the other teams that are taking part are Abbeville, Whitmire, Greenwood, Laurens and Blacksburg… To see the entire tournament schedule click here… The schedule for today is as follows:
    • Greenwood vs. Whitmire at 5:00 pm
    • Greenwood vs. Laurens at 7:00 pm

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages by clicking on one of the following you are interested in: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Friday, 2-28-2025

Friday, February 28, 2025

General Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each ($15 for later rounds) and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

 

 

Pre-Season Baseball Poll

  • Laurens and Clinton Ranked… In case you missed it late last month, the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association released its top 10 preseason picks for each of the classification in the SCHSL… Laurens County was well represented in that pool because the Laurens Raiders were picked to finish first in Class AAAA and the Clinton Red Devils were picked to finish third in Class AA… I’m sure that both Laurens Coach Tori Patterson and first-year head coach Peyton Spangler would say that these polls are nice and they are mainly for the fans and the only one they are concerned about is the one at the end of the year where the hardware is handed out after earning it on the field throughout the season… Both Clinton and Laurens will face stiff competition within their own regions as Mid-Carolina is ranked #1 in AA while Fountain Inn is ranked #5 in Class AAAA… Let’s look back at the end of the season and hope these polls were accurate of wind up even better in the case of the Red Devils… Click here to see the top 10 rankings for all the classifications.

 

SC Basketball Coaches Association All-State Teams… Recently the SC Basketball Coaches Association released is ALL-State Teams for 2024-2025 for each classification and both boys and girls… If you would like to see the entirety of those teams, click here to go to an article in The State Newspaper listing them… The Raiders and the Red Devils were represented on a couple of those teams…. Congratulations to the following athletes on their accomplishments this season!

  • Laurens
    • Boys… Narrius (better known as TyJ) Jones was named to the All-State team in Class AAAA… He was second on the Raider team in scoring (behind Q. Watts) averaging 13.9 points per game for a total of 362 points… He shot 43 % from the field, averaged 2.2 assist per game, 3 steals per game, made 68% of free throws attempted, 30% of 3-point shots and was third in rebounding for the Raiders.
    • Girls… Zoe Young… The senior Raider led the team is scoring averaging 14.4 per game for a total of 346 points, shot 44% from field (while being battered by multiple defenders usually), averaged 12.7 rebounds per game (305 total), 1.6 blocks per game (caused a lot more shots than that to be altered) and shot 53% from free throw line.
  • Clinton Boys had 2 players make the All-AA Team that were the mainstays of the Red Devils.
    • Tushawan Richardson… Tushawan averaged 19.4 points per game for 350 points, averaged 4.9 rebounds per game (88) and shot 74% from the free throw line.
    • Devin Swindler… Devin averaged 16.3 points per game for 245 points, averaged 6.3 rebounds per game (94) and shot 77 % from the free throw line.

 

Clinton HS

  • Up Next… With the win the Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Clair which defeated still another region foe Mid-Carolina 54-43 in Columbia last night… The game will take place next Tuesday at The Florence Center at 6:00 pm… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinal and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red.

 

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Softball and Baseball …. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 2-27-2025

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each ($15 for later rounds) and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Up Next… With the win the Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Clair which defeated still another region foe Mid-Carolina 54-43 in Columbia last night… The game will take place next Tuesday at The Florence Center at 6:00 pm… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinal and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red.

 

  • Clinton Wrestling… I need to do some catching up on how the Red Devil wrestling team did this year.
      • Team Playoffs… The team qualified for the SCHSL Playoffs and was seeded #5 in the upper state headed into the playoffs… On 2-1-25 they defeated #12 seed Abbeville to advance to the second round… Then they took on #4 seeded Ninety Six who had defeated #13 seeded Eau Claire… I hate to have to report that the Ninety Six Wildcats defeated the Red Devils to eliminate them from the Class AA playoffs which were eventually won by the Red Devils region foe Chester who defeated Buford 65-17
    • Individual 2A-1A Qualifier… After the State Team Tournament finished, members of the Red Devil wrestling team took part in the 2A-1A Qualifier at Chesnee… The following Red Devils finished high enough (8th or better) to make it to the SCHSL State Individual Tournament.
      • Cooper Stinson – 106 lbs. – finished 6th
      • Cameron Jackson – 113 lbs. – finished 6th
      • Prince Bluford – 120 lbs. – finished 6th
      • Emanuel Lagroon – 144 lbs. – finished 7th
      • Kane Wooten – 150 lbs. – finished 6th
      • Henry Cody – 165 lbs. – finished 4th
      • Owen Lawton – 190 lbs. – finished 8th
      • Ryan Lawton – 215 lbs. – finished 8th
    • State Individual Tournament… Now the above young men qualified for the State Class 2A-1A- Individual Tournament on Feb 21st and 22nd but none of them were able to finish in the top 4 in that tournament…. Never the less, congratulations to them on making into the state Individual Tournament… There were a lot more wrestlers that didn’t make it than did!

Laurens HS

  • Updated… Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestlers from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestlers to finish in the top 4 of the event.
    • In the 138 pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
    • In the 144 pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
    • In the 150 pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
    • In the 120 pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
    • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4th in the female 170 pound weight class.
    • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!
    • Updated… Congratulations to these same Raiders for making the All-State Team and to Coach Jordan as the Region Coach of The Year!

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Softball and Baseball …. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 2-26-2025

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Lady Red Devils 40 – Griffins 30
    • The Lady Red Devils hosted region foe the Lady Griffins of Fairfield Central last night and I am pleased to report that they took a 40-30 win over the Griffins after trailing 15-13 at the half… It was a slow first half that saw both teams have trouble getting the shots to drop as the score was 7-4 Clinton after 8 minutes of play… The Red Devils also had trouble rebounding in the first half and misses all 3 free throw attempts in the first half.
    • Coach Gardner challenged them at the half to get more physical, drive the lane as 3-point shots were not falling and get to the boards in the second half…. The Red Devils responded and took the lead for good about half way through the third quarter as their defense caused the Griffins to turn the ball over more than in the first half and they also controlled the boards in the second half… The Red Devils led 25-22 at the end of the third quarter and the fact that they started making free throws down the stretch helped them pull away to the win.
    • The Griffins Jazz McMillian led all scorers with 18 points which was only 1 point above her per game average… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Bryanna Belton who finished with 14 points… McKenzie Clark and Ry’Daija Mars scored 9 points each, Kemaria Shelton 6 and Mylayja Thompson 2.
  • Up Next… With the win the Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Clair which defeated still another region foe Mid-Carolina 54-43 in Columbia last night… The game will take place next Tuesday at The Florence Center at 6:00 pm… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinal and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red!

 

Laurens HS

  • Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestlers from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestler to finish in the top 4 of the event.
    • In the 138 pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
    • In the 144 pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
    • In the 150 pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
    • In the 120 pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
    • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4th in the female 170 pound weight class.
    • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!

Thornwell… Catching up on some odds and ends at Thornwell… Congratulations to:

  • KJ Singleton for being named to the Region 1A  Boys All-Region Team
  • Zaylen Washington for being nominated for the Class A All-State Basketball Team
  • Coach Justin Dawkins for being named the Region 1A Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

 Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Softball and Baseball …. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 2-25-2025

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Lady Red Devils Back in Action Tonight… Tonight at 6:00 pm the Red Devils will be hosting region foe the Griffins of Fairfield Central in the third round of the SCHSL Class AA Girls Playoffs……. The Red Devils come into the game with a 22-5 record while the Griffins are 11-11… The Griffins are averaging 40.1 points per game while giving up 43.1 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 46.4 points per game while their defense is giving up 27 points per game… The Griffins are led in scoring by sophomore guard Jazzlyn McMillan who is averaging 17.3 points per game while the Red Devils Bryanna Belton averages 9.3 points per game and McKenzie Clark 9.1 points per game… The Red Devils defeated the Griffins twice during the season by scores of 40-23 at home and 39-18 at Winnsboro… To see the Griffins season schedule and results, click here… If you wish to purchase your tickets for the game and avoid the line at the door, click here… One last comment: Go Big Red! 

 

  • Boys Basketball: High Point 67– Clinton 48… Yesterday I reported to you that the Red Devils boys’ basketball team traveled up to High Point Academy last Friday night and all I had at that time was the final scorer of the game… The Grizzlies ended the Red Devils season by taking a 67-48 win over the Red Devils… At that time, I did not have any scoring details on the game, but I do now… The Red Devils started out a little slow as they trailed 23-19 at the half and 47-39 going into the fourth quarter… There the Grizzlies outscored the Red Devils 20-9 to take the 67-48 win… The Red Devils had two players scoring in double-digits as Tushawan Richardson finished with a game-high 16 points and Zy Butler 12… Devin Swindler finished with 8 points, Owen Glenn 4, Terry Smith 3, Kylen Calhoun 3, and CJ Jones 2… Coach Glenn said “Our kids played hard all season, we didn’t end how we wanted to but we have tons of memories that will las a lifetime…. #GBR”… The Red Devils finish the season with a very respectful 15-9 record having finished second in the region behind Fairfield Central with an 8-2 region record… By the way, Fairfield Central was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Liberty by a score of 43-41… None of the teams in Clinton’s region survived the first round other than the Red Devils.

 

Laurens HS

  • Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestlers from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestler to finish in the top 4 of the event.
    • In the 138-pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
    • In the 144 pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
    • In the 150 pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
    • In the 120 pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
    • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4th in the female 170 pound weight class.
    • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!

Laurens Academy

  • SCISA Finals Girls Basketball: Cross 45 – Crusaders 29
    •  When you start a season having lost 8 players from last year’s team and have 2 freshman and a 7th grader on your team and playing most of the game, you don’t reasonably expect to have as good a season as was the last one…   Well that was the case with the Laurens Academy Crusader varsity girls team this year that defied those expectations going 18-8 overall and winning their region with a 4-0 record, the region tournament and making it into the final game of the SCISA Class AA Championship game.
    • Today I hate to have to report that the Crusaders “special season” came to an end Saturday in Sumter where the lost to the Cross Schools Stingrays by a score of 45-29… The Crusaders actually led 11-7 at the end of the first quarter but then turnovers and the Stingrays offense heating up the rest of the way while to Crusaders offense did not improve led to the loss… Sadie Bruyere was the only Crusader scoring in double-digits as she finished with 10 points… By the way she was named to the All-State Tournament team… Braylee Burke finished with 9 points, Abby Howard 4, Madisyn Graham 3, Mackenzie Runyans 2 and Caroline Robinson 1.
    • Needless to say that Coach Jason Marlett expressed nothing but pride in how his team improved throughout the season and played fearlessly… As you might expect, he can’t wait to see what the future hold for the team… The Crusaders will only lose one senior this year and that is Abby Howard who stepped up and played very well for the Crusaders especially down the stretch…. Congratulations to the Crusaders on a very good season!

Thornwell… Catching up on some odds and ends at Thornwell… Congratulations to:

  • KJ Singleton for being named to the Region 1A  Boys All-Region Team
  • Zaylen Washington for being nominated for the Class A All-State Basketball Team
  • Coach Justin Dawkins for being named the Region 1A Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Softball and Baseball …. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Monday, 2-24-2025

Monday, February 24, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Up Next for Lady Red Devils… Tomorrow night at 6:00 pm the Red Devils will be hosting region foe Fairfield Central in the third round of the SCHSL Class AA Girls Playoffs.

 

  • Boys Basketball: High Point 67– Clinton 48… The Red Devils will be traveled up to High Point Academy last Friday night and all I have is the final scorer of the game… The Grizzlies ended the Red Devils season by taking a 67-48 win over the Red Devils… I hope to get scoring details for the Red Devils today and if I do I will bring them to you tomorrow… The Red Devils finish the season with a very respectful 15-9 record having finished second in the region behind Fairfield Central with an 8-2 region record… By the way, Fairfield Central was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Liberty by a score of 43-41… None of the teams in Clinton’s region survived the first round other than the Red Devils.

Laurens HS

  • Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestler from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center (see below to see who all the wrestles were)… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestler to finish in the top 4 of the event.
    • In the 138-pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
    • In the 144-pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
    • In the 150-pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
    • In the 120-pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
    • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4th in the female 170-pound weight class.
    • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!

 

  • Four Sign at LDHS…  Wednesday afternoon at LDHS four student athletes signed letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at four different institutions in South Carolina… Laura Gregory and Maryah Hernandez will continue their cheerleading at two different schools… Laura will be cheering on the PC Blue Hose while Maryah will be doing the same for the Newberry Wolves… Both are members of the competitive cheer team at LDHS since it was started by Coach Erin Patterson two years ago… The team was able to qualify for the state tournament this year… Leyden Gentry is signing with Coker University to continue hos wrestling career… His career at LDHS is not quite over as he has qualified for the Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Florence starting tomorrow in Florence in the 150 pound weight class where he finished #1 in the recent Upper State Qualifier… Ja’Mauri Williams will continue his football career at Erskine College playing for the Flying Fleet… He has played defensive back and some linebacker for the Raiders where he has been a member of the All-Region Team for the past two years… He is planning on playing the same positions at Erskine… I am trying to get two video interviews audited and put up on YouTube but I am having trouble with my video editing program… If you would like to see the interview done with Williams and Gentry, click here… If you would like to see the interview done with Gregory and Hernandez click here… Congratulations and good luck to these fine young student athletes.
  • Wrestling… I want to wish members of the Raider wrestling team good luck as they travel to the Florence Civic Center today and tomorrow to participate in the SCHSL Individual Wrestling Championships… Last weekend at Westside HS in Anderson at the Upper State Qualifier they placed high enough to punch their ticket to this weekend… Those wrestlers include (weight class, name, finishing position at qualifier):
    • 106 – Chrisley Martin – 5
    • 113 – Abel Miles – 7
    • 120 – Kai McCall – 3
    • 126 – Jordan Miles – 8
    • 138 – Dakota McCall – 1
    • 144 – Michael Aiken – 2
    • 150 – Leyden Gentry – 1
    • 157 – Jonathan Pagoda – 4
    • 175 – Zane Kellett – 3
    • 190 – Zi’Anthony Priestly – 5
    • 215 – Michael Brown – 5
    • In addition to these young men, Raider female wrestler Emily Riopel has qualified for the female portion of this event in the 170 pound classification.
    • Good Luck to the Raiders!!!

 Laurens Academy

  • SCISA Finals Girls Basketball: Cross 45 – Crusaders 29
    •  When you start a season having lost 8 players from last year’s team and have 2 freshman and a 7th grader on your team and playing most of the game, you don’t reasonably expect to have as good a season as was the last one…   Well, that was the case with the Laurens Academy Crusader varsity girls team this year that defied those expectations going 18-8 overall and winning their region with a 4-0 record, the region tournament and making it into the final game of the SCISA Class AA Championship game.
    • Today I hate to have to report that the Crusaders “special season” came to an end Saturday in Sumter where the lost to the Cross Schools Stingrays by a score of 45-29… The Crusaders actually led 11-7 at the end of the first quarter but then turnovers and the Stingrays offense heating up the rest of the way while to Crusaders offense did not improve led to the loss… Sadie Bruyere was the only Crusader scoring in double-digits as she finished with 10 points… By the way she was named to the All-State Tournament team… Braylee Burke finished with 9 points, Abby Howard 4, Madisyn Graham 3, Mackenzie Runyans 2 and Caroline Robinson 1.
    • Needless to say, that Coach Jason Marlett expressed nothing but pride in how his team improved throughout the season and played fearlessly… As you might expect, he can’t wait to see what the future hold for the team… The Crusaders will only lose one senior this year and that is Abby Howard who stepped up and played very well for the Crusaders especially down the stretch…. Congratulations to the Crusaders on a very good season!

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Friday, 2-21-2025

Friday, February 21, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Girls Basketball: Red Devils 49 – Cardinals 19… The Lady Red Devils hosted the Lady Cardinals of Landrum last night in second round action of the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a dominating 49-19 win over the Cardinals… The Red Devils led 16-8 after 8 minutes of play and 22-12 at the half and were never really threatened after that… The Cardinals who had seen mostly zone defenses during the regular season simply had trouble with the Red Devils sticky man-to-man defense… They committed twice the number of turnovers in the first half than Clinton thus giving the Red Devils more opportunities to score…The Red Devils dominated the defensive boards in the second half thus giving the Cardinals very few second chances at the basket… The Red Devils were led in scoring by McKenzie Clark who finished with a game-high 16 points and Bryanna Belton was also in double-digits with 11 points 9 of which came from behind the 3-point each… Others scoring for the Red Devils included Ry’Daijia Mars and Mylayja Thompson who scored 5 points each, Kemaria Shelton 4, and both Symiah Floyd and Nah’shia Wright finished with 2 points each.
  • Up Next… Next Tuesday at 6:00 pm the Red Devils will be hosting region foe Fairfield Central that defeated Cheraw 75-59 last night

 

  • Boys Basketball: The Red Devils will be traveling to High Point Academy to take on the Grizzlies at 6:00 pm tonight… The Red Devils come into the game with a 14-8 overall record while the Grizzlies are 24-3 on the season… The two teams met once this season with High Point taking a narrow 68-64 win.

Laurens HS

  • Four Sign at LDHS…  Wednesday afternoon at LDHS four student athletes signed letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at four different institutions in South Carolina… Laura Gregory and Maryah Hernandez will continue their cheerleading at two different schools… Laura will be cheering on the PC Blue Hose while Maryah will be doing the same for the Newberry Wolves… Both are members of the competitive cheer team at LDHS since it was started by Coach Erin Patterson two years ago… The team was able to qualify for the state tournament this year… Leyden Gentry is signing with Coker University to continue hos wrestling career… His career at LDHS is not quite over as he has qualified for the Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Florence starting tomorrow in Florence in the 150-pound weight class where he finished #1 in the recent Upper State Qualifier… Ja’Mauri Williams will continue his football career at Erskine College playing for the Flying Fleet… He has played defensive back and some linebacker for the Raiders where he has been a member of the All-Region Team for the past two years… He is planning on playing the same positions at Erskine… I am trying to get two video interviews audited and put up on YouTube but I am having trouble with my video editing program… If you would like to see the interview done with Williams and Gentry, click here… If you would like to see the interview done with Gregory and Hernandez, click here… Congratulations and good luck to these fine young student athletes.
  • Wrestling… I want to wish members of the Raider wrestling team good luck as they travel to the Florence Civic Center today and tomorrow to participate in the SCHSL Individual Wrestling Championships… Last weekend at Westside HS in Anderson at the Upper State Qualifier they placed high enough to punch their ticket to this weekend… Those wrestlers include (weight class, name, finishing position at qualifier):
    • 106 – Chrisley Martin – 5
    • 113 – Abel Miles – 7
    • 120 – Kai McCall – 3
    • 126 – Jordan Miles – 8
    • 138 – Dakota McCall – 1
    • 144 – Michael Aiken – 2
    • 150 – Leyden Gentry – 1
    • 157 – Jonathan Pagoda – 4
    • 175 – Zane Kellett – 3
    • 190 – Zi’Anthony Priestly – 5
    • 215 – Michael Brown – 5
    • In addition to these young men, Raider female wrestler Emily Riopel has qualified for the female portion of this event in the 170-pound classification.
    • Good Luck to the Raiders!!!

 

Laurens Academy

  • Girls Basketball: Crusaders 44 – Raiders 43 in OT…  The Lady Crusader basketball team punched their ticket to the SCISA Class AA finals Saturday by taking a 44-43 win over the Lady Raiders of Dorchester Academy in overtime last night… The Raiders lead 14-11 at the half and went on a run that saw the Crusaders go down by 11 before they cut the Raiders lead to 28-20 going into the fourth quarter… The Crusaders continued their comeback in the fourth quarter and had a 2 point lead when Dorchester tied the game 39-39 with 10 seconds left in regulation… Mackenzie Runyans was able to get off a shot just before the buzzer but it rimmed out… In the overtime, the Crusaders took the lead for good with 6 seconds left on free throws by Sadie Bruyere… Dorchester got off a desperation shot that did not find the basket as the Crusaders took the win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with a game-high 14 points with 10 pf her points coming from the free throw line… Brooklyn Senn also scored in double digits as she finished with 13 points… Others scoring for the Crusaders included Mackenzie Runyans with 6 points, Braylee Burks 6, Brooke Abercrombie 4 and Madisyn Graham 1.
  • Up Next… The Lady Crusades have advanced to finals in the SCISA Class AA Basketball Tournament…They will be taking on the Lady Stingrays of Cross Schools out of Bluffton Saturday at the Sumter Civic Center at 1:00 pm… The Lady Crusaders are now 18-7 Lady Crusaders while the Stingrays are 17-10… They are led by junior guard Ryan Mayers who is averaging 13.9 points per game… If you would like to see the schedule and results for the Stingrays, click here… Good Luck to the Crusaders!

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Thursday, 2-20-2025

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Girls Basketball: The Lady Red Devils will be hosting Landrum Cardinals tonight at 6:00 pm in second round action of the Class AA Playoffs… The Cardinals come into the game with a 15-13 record and finished second in their region with a 9-4 region record… The Cardinal defeated American Leadership Academy Monday night to earn the right to take on the Red Devils tonight… They are averaging 43.4 points per game while giving up an average of region 37.9 points per game while the Red Devils are averaging 46.5 points per game and giving up 28.3 points per game…  They are led in scoring by their junior guard Kylie Fortner who is averaging 17.8 points per game… If you would like to see the Cardinals schedule and results, click here… One last thing: Go Big Red!

 

  • Boys Basketball: The Red Devils will be traveling to High Point Academy to take on the Grizzlies at 6:00 pm tomorrow night.

Laurens HS

  • Four Sign at LDHS…  Yesterday afternoon at LDHS four student athletes signed letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at four different institutions in South Carolina… Laura Gregory and Maryah Hernandez will continue their cheerleading at two different schools… Laura will be cheering on the PC Blue Hose while Maryah will be doing the same for the Newberry Wolves… Both are members of the competitive cheer team at LDHS since it was started by Coach Erin Patterson two years ago… The team was able to qualify for the state tournament this year… Leyden Gentry is signing with Coker University to continue hos wrestling career… His career at LDHS is not quite over as he has qualified for the Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Florence starting tomorrow in Florence in the 150-pound weight class where he finished #1 in the recent Upper State Qualifier… Ja’Mauri Williams will continue his football career at Erskine College playing for the Flying Fleet… He has played defensive back and some linebacker for the Raiders where he has been a member of the All-Region Team for the past two years… He is planning on playing the same positions at Erskine… I am trying to get two video interviews audited and put up on YouTube, but I am having trouble with my video editing program… If you would like to see the interview done with Williams and Gentry, click here… If you would like to see the interview done with Gregory and Hernandez, click here… Congratulations and good luck to these fine young student athletes.

 

Laurens Academy

  • Girls Basketball…  The Lady Crusades have advanced to the semi-finals in the SCISA Class AA basketball tournament…They will be taking on the Lady Raiders of Dorchester Academy at Wilson Hall in Sumter tonight at 6:00 pm… The 17-7 Lady Crusaders will be taking on the 14-7 Raiders who are averaging 41.2 points per game while giving up 35.7 while the Crusaders are averaging 41.3 points per game while giving up 30.9… They like the Crusaders finished first in their region with a 3-0 record… If you would like to see the Raiders schedule, click here… Good Luck to the Crusader!

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 2-19-2025

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Boys: Clinton 54 – Saluda 49… The Red Devil boys’ varsity basketball team opened play in the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs last night hosting the Tigers of Saluda… After a slow start, the Red Devils prevailed by a score of 54-49… The Red Devils were cold in the first quarter as they trailed 8-5 at its end… They started to heat up the offense in the second quarter scoring 13 points while holding the Tigers to just 4 points to take an 18-12 lead into the locker room at the half… The Red Devils put 26 points on the scoreboard in the third quarter to make the score 44-25 heading into the last 8 minutes of the game where the Tigers did try to come back but the Red Devils did not allow them to come all the way back… The Tigers did have 3 players scoring in double-digits and the Red Devils had only one and that was Tushawan Richardson who finished with a game-high 24 points… Terry Smith and Devin Swindler both finished with 8 points, Zy Butler 6, Kylen Calhoun 3, DJ Clark and Owen Glenn 2 while Jarred Willard rounded out the Red Devil scoring with 1 point…… A quick check of the Class AA brackets early this morning shows that High Point Academy took a 68-45 win over Chesterfield last night and they have a #1 seeding going into the playoffs while Clinton had a #2 seeding so I do believe the Red Devils will be traveling to High Point on Friday to take on the Grizzlies… I’ll try to confirm that today and get back to you tomorrow.
  • Girls: A reminder that the lady Red Devils will be hosting Landrum Cardinals tomorrow night at 6:00 pm in second round action.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball
    • Girls: Camden 74 – Raiders 20… The Lady Raider basketball team traveled down to Camden last night to take on the Lady Bulldogs in first round action of the Class AAAA playoffs… Camden came into the game with a 16-6 record averaging 68 points per game and giving up an average of 42 points per game… After the game I think the Raiders may have been asking themselves how did the Lady Bulldogs lose those 6 games as they rolled to a 74-20 win over the Raiders… They led 19-3 after 8 minutes of play and 33-12 at the half and never looked back though the Raiders never stopped trying to come back… The Bulldogs are a quick, pressing team that also rebounded well as they forced the Rides into about 30 turnovers while they had about 15… They had 5 players score in double-digits while the Raiders were led in scoring by senior Zoe Young who finished with 8 points… Ty Jones scored 6 points, Keyorick Yeargin 4 and Nyri Allen 2… Congratulations to the Raiders and Coach Cade for making the playoffs for the first time in several years… As a matter of fact, congratulations to both the Raider varsity basketball team for showing much improvement this year and making the playoffs.

Laurens Academy

  • Girls Basketball…  The Lady Crusades have advanced to the semi-finals in the SCISA Class AA basketball tournament…They will be taking on Dorchester Academy at Wilson Hall in Sumter tomorrow night at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Girls: Lee Central 76 – Thornwell 6… The Lady Saints traveled over to Bishopville to take on the Lady Stallions of Lee Central last night in the opening round of the Class A playoffs… The Lady Stallion came into the game with an 18-4 record averaging 52.1 points per game while giving up 27-5… The Lady Saints found out that the Lady Stallions were the “real deal” as the Stallions took a 76-6 win over the Lady Saints…. The Stallions held the Saints scoreless until about 4 minutes left in the game when the Saints Jessie Pitts scored the first two points for the Saints… She later added another one and Kendra Wilson also scored for the Saints… This was the first time that the Lady Saints made the playoffs since Thornwell reopened and marked the last time Madi Landrith and Karleigh Porter put on the Saints basketball uniform…. My thanks to Cindy Pitts for helping me cover the saints this season.

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 2-18-2025

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

  • Girls: Clinton 67 – Liberty 29… The Lady Red Devils opened play in the Class AA playoffs last night taking on another set of Red Devils, the Liberty Lady Red Devils… As Coach John Gardner put it, they started “slow” as they only led 14-7 after 8 minutes of play… well they may have started slow but they sure finished strong as they rolled to a 67-29 win over Liberty… Clinton had four players scoring in double-digits and was led in scoring by Bryanna Belton who finished with 17 points 9 of them from behind the three-point line… Nah’shia Wright finished with 13 points, Mylayja Thompson 12 and McKenzie Clark 10… Rounding out the scoring for Clinton both Ry’Daijia Mars and Kemaria Shelton scored 5 points, Jakia Burton 3 and Symiah Floyd 2… The Red Devils advance to round two Thursday night when they will host the Landrum Cardinals at 6:00 pm… Landrum took a 54-31 win over the lady Patriots of American Leadership Academy last night.
  • Boys: The Red Devil boys will be hosting the Saluda Tigers at 6:00 pm tonight… The Red Devils finished second in their region with a 14-8 overall record… They will be hosting the Saluda Tigers Tuesday at 6:00 pm… The Tigers finished third in their region with a 7-4 region record… They are averaging 51.1 points per game whole giving up 40.5 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 61 points per game while giving up 53.2 points per game.
  • Tickets Note: Tickets will be sold at the door for $8.00 cash only… No credit or debit cards will be accepted… To buy your ticket ahead of time online, click here.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next…
    • Boys: Berea 60 – Raiders 58… The Raider boys’ basketball team saw it season come to an end last night as the Berea Bulldogs took a30-58 win scoring the winning shot just before the buzzer went off… The Raiders arguably did not play their best last night as they trailed 34-30 at the half… They came back in the third quarter and led 45-42 at its end… The Bulldogs and the Raiders went to-to-toe down the stretch and the Raiders led 58-56 with just under a minute to go when they committed a turnover that the Bulldogs converted into a score to tie the game 58-58… The Raiders had a chance to take the lead back with about 20 seconds left when one of the Raiders had two free throws but missed them both… The Bulldogs then went down the court and scored the winning basket with about a second left to end the Raiders’ season… The Bulldogs were hot from the outside as they 11 three-point shots while the Raiders had only 4… The Raiders had three players scoring in double-digits as TyJ Jones finished with 19 points, while both RJ Brewster-Snow and Will Tomson scored 12 each… Rounding out the scoring for the Raiders Zee Simpson scored 6 points, DJ Martin 4 while Quin Anderson and Trendon Brown both finished with 2 points… Q. Watts rounded out the Raiders scoring with 1 point… The Raiders finish the season with a 19-8 overall record… Thanks to the team and Coach Flood for the great season that saw the Raider not give up the entire season!
    • Girls: The 12-13 Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road tomorrow at 6:30 at Camden HS taking on the Lady Bulldogs who finished their season with a 16-6 record and third in their region… They are averaging 68.1 points per game while giving up 41.8 points per game…  The Lady Raiders are averaging 39.7 points per game while giving up 41.6 points per game.
    • NOTE: We do plan on broadcasting both of these games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

Laurens Academy

  • Girls: Crusaders 49 – Sundevils 43…  The Laurens Academy Lady Crusaders opened up their participation in the SCISA Class AA Playoffs down at Cardinal Newman HS yesterday taking on the Lady Sundevils of Charleston Colligate from of James Island… Good news to report to Crusader fans as they took a tight 49-43 win over the Sundevils… The Crusaders led 18-17 at the half and then outscored the Sundevils 18-13 in the third quarter to take a 36-30 lead… That Crusaders made that 6-point difference hold up as both teams scored 13 points down the stretch…The Crusaders had two players scoring in double-digits and were led by Sadie Bruyere who finished with a game-high 20 points… The other Crusader scoring in double digits was Braylee Burke who scored 15 points with 9 of them coming from behind the three-point arc…. Mackenzie Runyan’s finished with 6 points, Abby Howard 4, Brooklyn Senn 3 and Madisyn Graham 1… The Crusades advance to round two (semi-finals) Thursday at Wilson Hall against an opponent to be determined by other action last night and at a time I do not know yet… I’ll try to let you know tomorrow.

 

Thornwell

  • Girls…The Lady Saints finished in 6th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs tonight on the road traveling to the Bishopville area taking on the Lee Central Lady Stallions… The Lady Stallions won their region with a perfect 12-0 region record and finished with an 18-4 overall record averaging 52.1 points per game while giving up 27-5… Of course the Lady Saints finished the regular season with a 7-12 record averaging 33.5 points per game while giving up 39.9 points per game… Now the MaxPreps schedule shows the game starting at 7:00 pm but Coach Justin Dawkins text me saying it started at 6:00 pm.

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Monday, 2-17-2025

Monday, February 17, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams will open play in the SCHSL Class AA playoffs this week.

  • Girls: The lady Red Devils who finished undefeated in the region and are 20-5 on the season will host another set of Red Devils from Liberty HS at 6:00 pm… Liberty comes into the game with a 5-18 overall record and finished with a region record of 4-8 which means they finished 6th in their region… They are averaging 35.5 points per game while giving up 45.1 points per game… Their leading scorer is #1 sophomore point guard Natalie White who is averaging 10.7 points per game… The Clinton Red Devils are averaging 45.7 points per game while giving up 28.3 points per game… Bryanna Belton is averaging 9 points per game and McKenzie Clark 8.9.
  • Boys: The Red Devil boys will be hosting the Saluda Tigers at 6:00 pm on Tuesday… The Red Devils finished second in their region with a 14-8 overall record… They will be hosting the Saluda Tigers Tuesday at 6:00 pm… The Tigers finished third in their region with a 7-4 region record… They are averaging 51.1 points per game whole giving up 40.5 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 61 points per game while giving up 53.2 points per game.
  • Tickets Note: Tickets will be sold at the door for $8.00 cash only… No credit or debit cards will be accepted… To buy your ticket ahead of time online, click here.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next…
    • Boys…  The Raider boys’ team will open the playoffs at home today at 7:00 pm against the Berea Bulldogs…  The 19-7 Raiders finished second in their region while the 11-12 Bulldogs finished 6th in their region… The Bulldogs are averaging 62.8 points per game while giving up 59.8 points per game… The Raiders are averaging 60 points per game and giving up 53.1 points per game.
    • Girls: The 12-13 Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road tomorrow at 6:30 at Camden HS taking on the Lady Bulldogs who finished their season with a 16-6 record and third in their region… They are averaging 68.1 points per game while giving up 41.8 points per game…  The Lady Raiders are averaging 39.7 points per game while giving up 41.6 points per game.
    • NOTE: We do plan on broadcasting both of these games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

 Laurens Academy… The Crusader varsity basketball teams opened SCISA Class AA playoff action this past weekend.

  • Boys: Faith Christian 57 – Crusaders 39… The boys open up with the Faith Christian Knights out of Summerville Saturday down at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews… The Crusaders hung in there for the first half as the Knights only led 31-26 at the half… The third quarter proved to be a disaster for the Crusaders as the knights outscored them 20-4 and then went on to a 57-39 win over the Crusaders… The Knights had three players score in double-digits while the Crusaders had only one and that was Brayden Burke who finished with a game-high 17 points… Micha strait and Garrison Vaughn both finished with 8 points while Garrett Murphy scored 4 and Tristan Bates 2… The Crusaders end their season with a 7-18 record while the 14-7 Knights move on to the next round.
  • Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until today when they take on the Lady Sundevils of Charleston Colligate out of James Island who defeated Holy Trinity Classical Christian Friday… The best I can find out is that the Sundevils are 5-10 on the season while the Crusaders come in at 16-7… The game is being held at Cardinal Newman HS and the game is scheduled to start at 5:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Girls…The Lady Saints finished in 6th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs tomorrow on the road traveling to the Bishopville area taking on the Lee Central Lady Stallions… The Lady Stallions won their region with a perfect 12-0 region record and finished with an 18-4 overall record averaging 52.1 points per game while giving up 27-5… Of course, the Lady Saints finished the regular season with a 7-12 record averaging 33.5 points per game while giving up 39.9 points per game… Now the MaxPreps schedule shows the game starting at 7:00 pm but Coach Justin Dawkins text me saying it started at 6:00 pm.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Friday, 2-14-2025 Updated

Friday, February 14, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here.

  Clinton HS… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams traveled to Fairfield Central HS to take on the Griffins last night in their final game of the regular season … Updated: I now have more details on the games.

  • Girls: Clinton 39 – Griffins 18… The Red Devils completed their season and finished first in the region as they took a 39-18 win to make them 10-0 in region play… They outscored the Griffins 16-7 in the first half and 23-11 in the second half to take the win… Bryanna Belton and Nah’shia Wright led the Red Devils with 8 points each… McKenzie Clark finished with 7 points, Nah’shia Wright 6, and both Ry’Daijia Clark & Kemaria Shelton finished with 5 points each… The team will start playoff action Monday at home against an opponent yet to be determined.
  • Boys: Griffins 47 – Red Devils 44… I really hate to have to report that the boys fell to the Griffins by a score of 47-44… This is especially heartbreaking because if the Red Devils won by 2 point or more, they would be region champs… They actually led 40-32 going into the fourth quarter where the Griffins outscored them 15-4 to take the come-back win… The Red Devils had two players scoring in double-digits as Tushawan Richardson finished with 22 points and Devin Swindler 11 points … Owen Glenn finished with 6 points, CJ Jones 3 and DJ Clark 2… The Red Devils finished second in the region, and I do believe they will be hosting a first-round playoff game on Tuesday.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next…
    • Boys…  The Raider boys’ team will open the playoffs at home Monday against an opponent yet to be determined at the time of this posting.
    • Girls: The Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road Tuesday against an opponent and at a time yet to be determined at the time of this posting.
    • NOTE: We do plan on broadcasting both of these games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

 

  • Wrestling… I want to wish all the Raider wrestlers good luck as they travel to Westside HS in Anderson to start their participation in the Upper State Qualifier for the individual State Wrestling Tournament next weekend. It starts tonight and concludes tomorrow… If they finish as one of the top six wrestlers in their weight class they will be in the State Tournament next weekend

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Laurens Academy Crusaders now know when they will be participating in the SCISA Class AA Basketball Playoffs… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Bracket for both boys and girls, click here.
    • Boys: The Crusader boys will start their participation in the playoffs on Saturday (2-15-25) taking on Faith Christian at noon at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews.
    • Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until Monday (2-17-25) when they face the winner of Charleston Collegiate vs. Holy Trinity at a location and time to be determined.

Thornwell at Ware Shoals… The Saints boys’ basketball team traveled to Ware Shoals last night for a “play-in” game to the state playoffs next week… Very simply whoever won moves on and the loser is done.

  • Boys: Hornets 97 – Saints 74… The Saints ran into a very hot Hornet team that seemed like they could but most any shot they wanted to and make it including some that looked more like a prayer than a shot… The Hornet with the most sting last night was Charles Callaham who scored 45 points and I do believe that if he had the tire off the bus he could have made that go through the basket… The Saints never stopped competing and really did not play that bad against a quick Hornet team… The Saints were led in scoring by KJ Singleton who scored 33 points and Zaylen Washington with 20 points… Kemonte Pitts scored 7 points, Jacob Wilson 6, Parker Workman 4 and both Malik Anderson and Ke’zavious Kinard scored 2 points each…. The Saint finish the season with an 8-12 record.
  • Up Next in Basketball…The lady Saints finished in 6th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs Tuesday on the road against an opponent yet to be determined.

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. 

College Basketball… In the polls the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one… If there is a score given for game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (2-103-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Auburn is still #1 followed by Alabama (3), Florida (6), Duke (2) and Tennessee (4))… There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Houston (5) now checks in at #6 followed by Purdue (7), Texas A&M (10), St John’s (12) and Iowa State (8)…Clemson finally made the top 25 as check in at #23 after their wins over Duke and North Carolina… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
  • Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.

 

Women

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (2-9-25) also had one or two changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1  but Notre Dame moves up to #2 after South Carolina’s loss to Texas last Sunday… Texas (4) is now #3 and South Carolina (2) 34 followed by LSU (6) rounding out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Sothern California (7), UConn (5), Kentucky (11), Ohio State (8) and NC State (14)… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
  • Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.

 NASCAR

  • Schedule… Well February is here and that means it is almost tine for the Daytona 500 and the real start of the NASCAR season…  Some preliminary races will start at Daytona on Thursday Feb. 13th with the Daytona 500 on Sunday Feb. 16th… If you click here it will carry you to the NASCAR website where the season schedule is posted and you can look at the Cup Series. Xfinity Series or the Craftsman Truck Series by clicking on their icon at the top of the list… In addition to the date and location, it will also give you race times and TV viewing options…

This & That:

 

  • Youth Baseball and softball at The Clinton YMCA… Registration is now open at the Clinton YMCA for youth baseball and softball… They have 5 different age groupings for baseball and 2 for softball… Registration will close on Friday, 2-14-25… For more information about this and to register online click here… There is also a list of frequently asked questions at this website… There is also a way to drop them a message if you still have questions on that website also… If you had rather call, phone them at 864-866-1555.

 

  • Raider Cheerleading Meeting… Any 6th-11th graders who are interested in joining the Raider cheerleaders next school year need to know that there is a mandatory meeting for all interested in the lecture theater on Tuesday, Feb.18th at 6:00 pm… Also note that if you are interested and come to the meeting, a parent or guardian MUST also attend with you…  Ai for some reason you cannot make the meeting, you need to reach out to Coach Patterson immediately…  Her email address is epatterson@laurens55.org.

 

 

If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 2-13-2025

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Basketball up Next… Tonight the Red Devils travel to Fairfield Central to take on the Griffins in the last games of the regular season…. The Lady Red Devils have locked up the region title and the boys’ only loss is to the Griffins who are 9-0 in region play… This will be a big game for the boys as they can tie the Griffins with a win… They lost to the Griffins 53-52 at home back on January 28th. ..Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week…  I hope to have more information on tis Friday as the playoffs start for the boys next Monday (2-17-25) and the girls on Tuesday.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Laurens Academy Crusaders now know when they will be participating in the SCISA Class AA Basketball Playoffs… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Bracket for both boys and girls, click here.
    • Boys: The Crusader boys will start their participation in the playoffs on Saturday (2-15-25) taking on Faith Christian at noon at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews.
    • Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until Monday (2-17-25) when they face the winner of Charleston Collegiate vs. Holy Trinity at a location and time to be determined.

Whitmire at Thornwell… The Saints hosted the Whitmire Wolverines in the last games of their regular season… These were very important games as playoff spots were on the line.

  • Girls: Saints 46 – Wolverines 17… The Lady Saints wasted little time in jumping on the Wolverines as they used a pressing defense and clutch rebounding to take a 20-2 lead after 8 minutes of play and 32-6 going into the locker rooms at the half and then went on to take a 46-17 win… The Saints just would not let the Wolverines get back in the game… The Saints were led in scoring by Jessie Pitts who had a game-high 10 points… Others scoring for the Lady saints included Aly Jeter who scored 8 points and Kendra Wilson, Karleigh Porter, and Kenli English all scored 6 points… Rounding out the Saints scoring Makenzie Godfrey and Kelyn Spurgeon both scored 2 points each… The Lady Saints improve to 6-10 in region play and 7-10 overall.
  • Boys: Saints 64 – Wolverines 54… There is also good news where the Saints boys team is concerned as they took a 64-54 win over the Wolverines… The Saints started slow as the Wolverines outscored them 13-8 in the first quarter… The second quarter was a different story as the saints offense heated up and they outscored the Wolverines 27-7 to take a 35-20 lead at the half… Both teams then played to just about a draw in the second half except in the 2 minutes of the game when the Wolverines outscored the Saints substitutes 8-0… Just like in the girls’ game, a pressing defense and clutch rebounding helped propel the Sainte to the win… The saints had two players score in double-digits as Zaylen Washington finished with 27 points and Keith Watts 17… Other putting points on the scoreboard included Gibson Partee who finished with 9 points, Jacob Wilson 6, Parker Workman & Kemonte Pitts 2 each while Malik Anderson had 1 point to round out the Saints scoring… The Saints improve to 7-9 in region play and 8-12 overall.
  • Up Next in Basketball…In Region I Class A the top 6 teams will make it to the playoffs… With the win last night, the Lady Saints will finish sixth in the region and will start playoff action next Tuesday (2-18-25) against an opponent and at a time to be determined… I can tell you they will be on the road… As for the boys, they are not yet assured of a playoff spot as there is a log jam in the #6 spot… They will have a “play in” game tomorrow where the opponent, time and location will be determined today… I’ll try to have that information for you tomorrow morning. –

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 2-12-2025

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils Host Mid-Carolina… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams hosted the Mid-Carolina Rebels in their last home basketball games of the regular season last night.
    • Girls Red Devils 55 – Rebels 27… The Lady Red Devils wasted little time in this game as they led 10-3 end of the first quarter and 24-8 at the half as they rolled on to a 55-27 … The Red Devils were able to play everyone and I do believe everyone scored… The Red Devils had only one player who scored in double-digits and that was Mckenzie Cark who scored 11 points… Others scoring for the Red Devils included Emma Patterson with 8 points. Kemaria Shelton 7 while Ry’Daijia Mars, Nah’shia Wright, and Bryanna Butler each scored 6 points… Mylayja Thompson and Jakia Burton scored 4 points each, Halleigh Luke 2 and Symiah Floyd 1… The Lady Red Devils are now19-5 overall and 9-0 in region play.
    • Boys: Red Devils 68 – Rebels 58… In boys’ action, the Red Devils took control in this game early and led 21-4 after 8 minutes of play and 50-32 going into fourth quarter… There the Rebels outscored the Red Devils 26-18 (most likely against Red Devil subs) but it was too little too late as the Red Devils prevailed by a score of 68-58… Tushawan Richardson had one of the best nights of his career as he scored 34 points… He went 13 of 14 from field, 1 for 2 from behind the three-point line and 7 of 7 from the charity strip… The Red Devils had 2 other players scoring in double-digits as Owen Glenn scored 11 points and Zy Butler 10… Others putting points on the scoreboard for Clinton included Cristian Jones and Nyterian Smith who scored 5 each, Kylen Calhoun 2 and J’shon Nabors 1… The tea is now 14-7 overall and 8-1 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils travel to Fairfield Central to take on the Griffins in the last games of the regular season…. The Lady Red Devils have locked up the region title and the boys’ only loss is to the Griffins who are 9-0 in region play… This will be a big game for the boys as they can tie the Griffins with a win…. They lost to the Griffins 53-52 at home back on January 28th. ..Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raider Wrestling… The Raider wrestling team traveled down to Dreher HS Saturday to take on the May River Sharks for the SCHSL Class AAA Wrestling Championship… The Raiders wrestled well and took an early lead but the Sharks came back and won the last 5 matches to take a 36-35 win over the Raiders… Below is how each of the matches went.

132 – Danon White (MR) pinned Ke’shun Robinson (L)

138 – Dakota McCall (L) pinned Braxton Stevens (MR)

144 – Micheal Aiken (L) won a major decision over Thomas Brough (MR), 16-3

150 – Leyden Gentry (L) pinned Blake Butler (MR)

157 – Jonathan Pagoada (L) won a major decision over Leandro Lamanaga (MR), 18-8

165 – Gage Kemph (L) pinned Henry Santiz (MR)

175 – Zaine Kellett (L) won a decision over Andre Cavalheiro (MR), 8-5

190 – Josh Echeverria (MR) won on a technical fall over Isai Fernandez (L)

215 – Michael Brown (L) pinned Sean Zadroga-Mcnutty (MR)

285 – Beau Gwynn (MR) won on a technical fall over Jordan Stroud (L), 15-0

106 – Stephano Caderlon (MR) won on a technical fall over Crisley Martin (L), 17-1

113 – Ryan Seman (MR) pinned Abel Miles (L)

120 – Marcus Foulk (MR) pinned Cayden Fiddie (L)

126 – Liam Engblom (MR) won a decision over Kai McCall (L), 8-1

 

  • Updated – Raiders Basketball Host Emerald… The Laurens Raiders closed out their regular season last Friday night hosting the Emerald Vikings.
    • Girls: Raiders 54 – Vikings 35… The Lady Raiders wasted little time in taking control of this game as they led 18-4 after one quarter of play and 31-12 at half and continued to outscore Vikings the rest of the way dominating the inside game… Zoe Young had a game-high 20 points to lead the Raiders while Nyri Allen finished with 11 points and Keyorick Yeargin 10… Ty Jones scored 8 points and Alayiah Carter 5… The Lady Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 12-13 and 5-5 in region play.
    • Updated: Boys: Raiders 81 – Emerald 51… Boys completed the sweep of the Vikings as the boys took an 81-51 win… They jumped out to a 37-23 lead at the half and the Raiders outscored the Vikings 24-9 in the fourth quarter to insure the win… The raiders had five players scoring in double-digits and were led by TyJ Jones who scored 16 points… Both RJ Brewster-Snow and Will Thompson scored 11 points while Q. Watts finished with 10… Others scoring for the Raiders included Damyyo Watts who scored 8 points, Nigere Brown 7, while the Raider scoring was rounded out by Hunter Richardson, Quin Anderson, Trendon Brown, and Zee Simpson who each scored 2 points…The Raiders finish the regular season with a 19-7 record and 7-3 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week.

Laurens Academy

  • Region Tournament Finals Monday Basketball Today… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament concluded last night at Laurens Academy… Games involving the Crusaders included.
    • Middle School Boy: Our Lady of the Rosary 41 – Crusaders 18… The Lions of our Lady of the Rosary jumped out to a 12-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and went on to take a41-18 win over the Crusaders as the Crusaders just could not get the shots to fall… Elias Littleton led the MS Crusaders with 10 points… George Sherer scored 3 points, Parker Wilson 2, while Reid Campbell, Blane Mitchell and Mason snider all scored 1 point…. The team finished second in the region tournament…. Elias Littleton and Mason Snider both received postseason honors.
    • Varsity Girls: Crusaders 48 – Our Lady of the Rosary 18… The Crusader varsity girls’ team rook on the Lady Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary for the tournament title last night… The Crusaders started the game fast as they led 17-4 at the end of the first quarter and continued to outscore the Lions as they rolled to a 48-19 win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with a game-high 19 points and Braylee Burke was also in double-digits with 11 points… Brooklynn Senn and Mackenzie Runyans both scored 7 points… Madisyn Graham scored 3 points and E.P. Terry 1… The Crusader won the Regular Season and Tournament Championships going 4-0 in the regular season in region action… They are now 16-7 overall.
    • Varsity Boys: Oakbrook Prep 57 – Crusaders 45… The crusaders punched their ticket to the tournament finals last Saturday by taking a 49-36 win over the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary… Last night they took on the Oakbrook Prep Knights for the tournament crow… The two teams battled hard in the first half with the lead going back in forth and the Knights holding a 23-22 lead at the half… In the second half, the Knights slowly pulled away from the Crusaders outscoring them 34-23 to take a 57-45 win over the Crusaders as the Knights captured both the regular season and tournament championships… The Crusaders were led in scoring by Garrison Vaught who played a great game in the paint… He collected numerous rebound and several of them were offensive rebound that he put back in for points… Braydon Burke was also in double-digits as he scored 14 points… Micha Strait finished with 7 points, Elijah Strait 3 and Tristan Bates 1… The Crusaders are now 7-17 on the season.
    • Up Next… The varsity basketball teams will now wait on the seeding for post season play done by SCISA… That should come out Wednesday afternoon and be available for Thursday morning’s sports report.
  • Awards… At the conclusion of the games last night several awards were handed out including trophies for Region and Tournament Championships… Crusaders who picked up awards included:
    • Boys: All-Tournament Team… Micha Strait and Garrett Murphy… All-Region Team… Garrison Vaughn and Braydon Burke.

 

 

 

 

    • Girls: All-Tournament Team… Abby Howard, Brooklynn Senn and Tournament MVP Sadie Bruyere… All-Region Team… Madisyn Graham, Mackenzie Runyan and Player of the Year Braylee Burke… The Coach of the Year is Coach Jason Marlett.

 

 

 

McCormick at Thornwell… The Saints hosted the McCormick Chiefs Monday night in region action

  • Boys: Chiefs 81 – Saints 43… Sorry all I have is the final score and no scoring details.
  • Girls: Chiefs 48 – Saints 44… The Lady Saints lost a heartbreaker Monday night as they led 26-23 at half but fell by score of 48-44…  They just had trouble getting the shots to fall in the second half… Aly Jeter was the only Saint scoring in double-digits as she scored 15 points… Kenli English scored 7 points, Kendra Wilson 6, Graycen Moore 4, Kelyn Spurgeon 5, Jessie Pitts 5 and Madi Landrith 2.
  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled host Whitmire tonight in last games of regular season… It is my understanding that one of the Saint teams might still be in the hunt for a playoff spot and tonight’s game will have a huge impact on that so come out and support the Saints if you can… Go Big Dogs!

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 2-11-2025

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting the Mid-Carolina Rebels tonight in their last home game of the regular season.

 

Laurens HS

  • Raider Wrestling… The Raider wrestling team traveled down to Dreher HS Saturday to take on the May River Sharks for the SCHSL Class AAA Wrestling Championship… The Raiders wrestled well and took an early lead but the Sharks came back and won the last 5 matches to take a 36-35 win over the Raiders… below is how each of the matches went.

132 – Danon White (MR) pinned Ke’shun Robinson (L)

138 – Dakota McCall (L) pinned Braxton Stevens (MR)

144 – Micheal Aiken (L) won a major decision over Thomas Brough (MR), 16-3

150 – Leyden Gentry (L) pinned Blake Butler (MR)

157 – Jonathan Pagoada (L) won a major decision over Leandro Lamanaga (MR), 18-8

165 – Gage Kemph (L) pinned Henry Santiz (MR)

175 – Zaine Kellett (L) won a decision over Andre Cavalheiro (MR), 8-5

190 – Josh Echeverria (MR) won on a technical fall over Isai Fernandez (L)

215 – Michael Brown (L) pinned Sean Zadroga-Mcnutty (MR)

285 – Beau Gwynn (MR) won on a technical fall over Jordan Stroud (L), 15-0

106 – Stephano Caderlon (MR) won on a technical fall over Crisley Martin (L), 17-1

113 – Ryan Seman (MR) pinned Abel Miles (L)

120 – Marcus Foulk (MR) pinned Cayden Fiddie (L)

126 – Liam Engblom (MR) won a decision over Kai McCall (L), 8-1

 

  • Updated – Raiders Basketball Host Emerald… The Laurens Raiders closed out their regular season last Friday night hosting the Emerald Vikings.
    • Girls: Raiders 54 – Vikings 35… The Lady Raiders wasted little time in taking control of this game as they led 18-4 after one quarter of play and 31-12 at half and continued to outscore Vikings the rest of the way dominating the inside game… Zoe Young had a game-high 20 points to lead the Raiders while Nyri Allen finished with 11 points and Keyorick Yeargin 10… Ty Jones scored 8 points and Alayiah Carter 5… The Lady Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 12-13 and 5-5 in region play.
    • Updated: Boys: Raiders 81 – Emerald 51… Boys completed the sweep of the Vikings as the boys took an 81-51 win… They jumped out to a 37-23 lead at the half and the Raiders outscored the Vikings 24-9 in the fourth quarter to insure the win… The raiders had five players scoring in double-digits and were led by TyJ Jones who scored 16 points… Both RJ Brewster-Snow and Will Thompson scored 11 points while Q. Watts finished with 10… Others scoring for the Raiders included Damyyo Watts who scored 8 points, Nigere Brown 7, while the Raider scoring was rounded out by Hunter Richardson, Quin Anderson, Trendon Brown, and Zee Simpson who each scored 2 points…The Raiders finish the regular season with a 19-7 record and 7-3 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week.

Laurens Academy

  • Region Tournament Finals Monday Basketball Today… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament concluded last night at Laurens Academy… Games involving the Crusaders included.
    • Middle School Boy: Our Lady of the Rosary 41 – Crusaders 18… The Lions of our Lady of the Rosary jumped out to a 12-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and went on to take a41-18 win over the Crusaders as the Crusaders just could not get the shots to fall… Elias Littleton led the MS Crusaders with 10 points… George Sherer scored 3 points, Parker Wilson 2, while Reid Campbell, Blane Mitchell and Mason snider all scored 1 point…. The team finished second in the region tournament…. Elias Littleton and Mason Snider both received postseason honors.
    • Varsity Girls: Crusaders 48 – Our Lady of the Rosary 18… The Crusader varsity girls’ team rook on the Lady Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary for the tournament title last night… The Crusaders started the game fast as they led 17-4 at the end of the first quarter and continued to outscore the Lions as they rolled to a 48-19 win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with a game-high 19 points and Braylee Burke was also in double-digits with 11 points… Brooklynn Senn and Mackenzie Runyans both scored 7 points… Madisyn Graham scored 3 points and E.P. Terry 1… The Crusader won the Regular Season and Tournament Championships going 4-0 in the regular season in region action… They are now 16-7 overall.

 

    • Varsity Boys: Oakbrook Prep 57 – Crusaders 45… The crusaders punched their ticket to the tournament finals last Saturday by taking a 49-36 win over the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary… Last night they took on the Oakbrook Prep Knights for the tournament crow… The two teams battled hard in the first half with the lead going back in forth and the Knights holding a 23-22 lead at the half… In the second half, the Knights slowly pulled away from the Crusaders outscoring them 34-23 to take a 57-45 win over the Crusaders as the Knights captured both the regular season and tournament championships… The Crusaders were led in scoring by Garrison Vaught who played a great game in the paint… He collected numerous rebound and several of them were offensive rebound that he put back in for points… Braydon Burke was also in double-digits as he scored 14 points… Micha Strait finished with 7 points, Elijah Strait 3 and Tristan Bates 1… The Crusaders are now 7-17 on the season.
    • Up Next… The varsity basketball teams will now wait on the seeding for post season play done by SCISA… That should come out Wednesday afternoon and be available for Thursday morning’s sports report.
  • Awards… At the conclusion of the games last night several awards were handed out including trophies for Region and Tournament Championships… Crusaders who picked up awards included:
    • Boys: All-Tournament Team… Micha Strait and Garrett Murphy… All-Region Team… Garrison Vaughn and Braydon Burke.

 

 

 

 

 

    • Girls: All-Tournament Team… Abby Howard, Brooklynn Senn and Tournament MVP Sadie Bruyere… All-Region Team… Madisyn Graham, Mackenzie Runyan and Player of the Year Braylee Burke… The Coach of the Year is Coach Jason Marlett.

 

 

 

 

 

Thornwell at Calhoun Falls Saturday… The Saints traveled to Calhoun Falls Charter last Saturday to take on the Blue Flashes in region action

  • Boys: Saints 69 – Flashes 68… The Saints boys’ team took a one point win by a score of 69-68… Sorry no other details on this game… The Saints are 7-11 overall and 6-8 in region play.
  • Girls: Flashes 64 – Saints 29… No details on the game… The Lady Saints are 5-9 in region play and 6-11 overall
  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled host McCormick tonight.

 Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Monday, 2-10-2025

Monday, February 10, 2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils at Eau Claire… The Red Devil basketball varsity teams traveled to Columbia Friday night to take on the Shamrocks of Eau Claire last night in region action for the second night in a row.
    • Girls: Red Devils 34 – Shamrocks 31… The Lady Red Devils ran their region record to a perfect 8-0 Friday night when they defeated the Lady Shamrocks 34-31 and clinched the region championship… I have limited information on this game but I can tell you the Red Devils trailed 26-24 at the end of the third quarter… They then outscored the Shamrocks 10-5 down the stretch to take the come-from-behind win… Bryanna Belton hit a 3-point shot with about 20 seconds left to lift the Red Devils to the win… Belton finished the game with 13 points, McKenzie Clark 10, Nah’shia Wright 8, Ry’Daijia Mars 2 ad Kemaria Shelton 1.
    • Boys: Red Devils 53 – Shamrocks 48… The news for the boys’ team is very similar to the girls as they also came back in the fourth quarter to take a 53-48 win… The Red Devils trailed 39-34 headed into the final 8 minutes of play where they outscored the Shamrocks 17-9 to tale the 53-48 win… Tushawan Richardson led the Red Devils in scoring with 22 points and Nyterian Smith was also in double-digits with 13 points… Zy Butler finished with 7 points, Owen Glenn 6, Dirkus Clark 3 and Kylen Calhoun 2…. The Red Devils are in second place in the region with a 7-1 region record and 13-7 overall.
  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting the Mid-Carolina Rebels tomorrow night in their last home game of the regular season.

Laurens HS

  • Raider Wrestling… The Raider wrestling team traveled down to Dreher HS Saturday to take on the May River Sharks for the SCHSL Class AAA Wrestling Championship… The Raiders wrestled well and took an early lead but the Sharks came back and won the last 5 matches to take a 36-35 win over the Raiders… I plan on having more about this tomorrow
  • Raiders Basketball Host Emerald… The Laurens Raiders closed out their regular season last Friday night hosting the Emerald Vikings.
    • Girls: Raiders 54 – Vikings 35… The Lady Raiders wasted little time in taking control of this game as they led 18-4 after one quarter of play and 31-12 at half and continued to outscore Vikings the rest of the way dominating the inside game… Zoe Young had a game-high 20 points to lead the Raiders while Nyri Allen finished with 11 points and Keyorick Yeargin 10… Ty Jones scored 8 points and Alayiah Carter 5… The Lady Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 12-13 and 5-5.
    • Boys: Raiders 81 – Emerald 51… Boys completed the sweep of the Vikings as the boys took an 81-51 win… They jumped out to a 37-23 lead at the half and the Raiders outscored the Vikings 24-9 in the fourth quarter to insure the win.… Sorry but I do not have any scoring details on this game but if I get them I will pass them on to you later… The Raiders finish the regular season with a 19-7 record and 7-3 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week.

Laurens Academy

  • Friday Basketball… The Crusader basketball teams hosted the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary in their final regular season games of the season.
    • Girls: Crusaders 40 – Lions 33… The Lady Crusaders took a 40-33 win over the Lady Lions to finish with a perfect 4-0 record in region play and 15-7 overall… The Crusaders led 23-10 at the half and then held on to take the win… Madisyn Graham scored 11 points to lead the Crusaders in scoring and Sadie Bruyere was also in double-digits with 10 points… Also scoring for the Crusaders Braylee Burke finished with 9 points, Mackenzie Runyans 4, Brooklyn Senn 3 and Abby Howard 3.
    • Boys: Lions 41 – Crusaders 28… I hate to have to report that the news is not as good where the boys are concerned as Lions led 22-15 at the half and then went on to take a 41-28 win over the Crusaders… The Crusaders simply had trouble getting the shots to fall and the Lions did not… Braydon Burke was the only Crusader to score in double-digits as he scored 11 points… Garrett Murphy, Micah Strait, Tristan Bates, and Garrison Vaughn each scored 4 points and rounding out the Crusader scoring Elijah Hornberger scored 1 point.
    • Middle School Results
      • Girls: Lions 30 – Crusaders 10… The Lions led 14-4 at the half and went on to take the win… Lorelai Bagwell scored 4 points while both Hadley Knox & Daphne Strait score 3 each.
      • Boys: Lions 45 – Crusaders 14… The scored was only 11-10 Lions at the half but they outscored the Crusaders 18-2 in route to the win… George Sherer, Elias Littleton and Wyatt Little each scored 3 points while Reid Campbell & Mason Snider scored 2 each while rounding out the scoring
    • Saturday: Region Tournament… On Saturday 3 of the 4 Crusader basketball teams traveled to Oakbrook Prep to start their participation in the region tournament… The Crusader varsity girls earned a bye into the finals tonight.
      • MS Girls: Oakbrook Prep 24 – Crusaders 10… No scoring details available and the Crusaders are eliminated from the tournament.
      • MS Boys: Crusader Won… The Crusader middle school boys’ team defeated Oakbrook Prep but I do not know the score or any scoring details.
      • Varsity Boys: Crusaders 49 – Our Lady of the Rosary 36… The Crusader varsity boys’ team took a 49-36 win over the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary to punch their ticket to the region tournament finals today… No scoring details available.
    • Basketball Today… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament will conclude today and the finals today are being played at Laurens Academy… The schedule is as follows:
      • Middle School Girls at 4:00 pm: Oakbrook vs. Our Lady of the Rosary
      • Middle School Boys at 5:30 pm: Crusaders vs. Our Lady of the Rosary
      • Varsity Girls at 7:00 pm: Our Lady of the Rosary vs. Lady Crusaders
      • Varsity Boys at 8:30 pm: Crusaders vs. Oakbrook Prep

Thornwell at Calhoun Falls Saturday… The Saints traveled to Calhoun Falls Charter last Saturday to take on the Blue Flashes in region action

  • Boys: Saints 69 – Flashes 68… The Saints boys’ team took a one point win by a score of 69-68… Sorry no other details on this game… The Saints are 7-11 overall and 6-8 in region play.
  • Girls: Flashes 64 – Saints 29… No details on the game… The Lady Saints are 5-9 in region play and 6-11 overall
  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled host McCormick tonight.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Today marks the final day of contests according to the middle school master schedule… Games on tap for today include:

  • Laurens Middle at Hickory Tavern

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

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