Sports Report for Thursday, 1-9-2025

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Local Notes

Laurens County Touchdown Club  

  • 2024 Awards Banquet
    • Last night the The Ridge, the Laurens County Touchdown Club held its annual Awards Banquet… There were several speakers at the meeting and the Keynote Speaker was Mr. Brian Mance… He is a former Clemson football player and he has coached at various levels until some neurological illness caused him to suddenly be paralyzed from the neck down… His story was an inspiration and very motivational… If you would like to read more about him and his struggle to overcome physical problems, click here.

    • After he spoke several players were honored as being Players of The Week since the club’s last meeting…. Then it was time for the club to honor the three high schools and one college player who had won the Lakelands FCA Character Awards… In alphabetical order they are Nathan Bell from Laurens Academy, Noah Garrett of Clinton HS, Noah Roberts of LDHS and Warner Bush of Presbyterian College.

    • The next order of business was to honor the All-County Team… The members of that team had been announced earlier and if you want to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here.
    • The final item on the agenda was to name the Coach of the Year and Player of the Year… Coach Corey Fountain of Clinton HS was named the Coach of the Year as he guided the Red Devils to a Class AA State Championship this past season… For the first time in the club’s history, two players were named as Co-Players of the Year… The Co-Players of the Year are Garrett Murphy of Laurens Academy and Tushawan Richardson of Clinton HS… Both had stats some impressive it was hard for the club to single out one of them.

    • A video was shot of the meeting that is about an hour and 30 minutes long… At the time of this posting, it was still being processed and uploaded to YouTube… When it becomes available, you will be able to click here to view it…Should be noon today… It takes a while to edit and process a video that long… After that is finished, I will create a slideshow of photos taken last night at the meeting and it will be available later in the day by clicking here.
    • Congratulations to Coach Fountain, Garrett Murphy, Tushawan Richardson and all the other players honored last night!

Clinton HS

  • Up Next… The Red Devils basketball teams will be traveling to Fairfield Central this Friday night (1-10-25) as they open region play weather permitting.

Laurens HS

  • Varsity Basketball
    • Up Next… The Raider varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Wren HS Friday night weather permitting.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders on the Road…  The Crusaders traveled to King Academy last Tuesday night to take on the Knights n non-region games.
    • Girls: Crusaders 48 – Knights 14… In varsity girls’ action, the Lady Crusaders outscored the Knights 15-2 in the first quarter and then rolled on to a 48-14win… The Crusader defense held the Knight to just 2 points in 2 of the quarters… Braylee Burke continues to be a team leader as she scored a game-high 16 points last night and Sadie Bruyere also scored in double-digits with 10 points… Mackenzie Runyans 7, Brooklyn Senn 3 and rounding out the Crusader scoring Caroline Robinson, Braydyn Dorn, Abby Howard, Brooke Abercrombie, Caroline Mullinax, and Madisyn Graham all finished with 2 points… The team is now 8-3 overall… MS Girls… The news is not as good where the Middle school girls are concerned as they fell to the Knights by a score of 37-11.
    • Boys: Crusaders 43 – King ??? … Now due to a technical problem I cannot tell you the score of the boys’ game… I do know that the Crusaders scored 43 points with Brayden Burke scoring 17 points but I DO NOT know how many points the Knights scored…. Less than 43 I hope… I’ll try to get the needed information on the Knights and update this tomorrow.
    • Up Next… The master schedule for Laurens Academy shows that all their teams will be hosting Easley Homeschool tomorrow starting at 4:00 pm with middle school girls action weather permitting

Thornwell

  • Basketball
    • Up Next… According to the schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to McCormick this Friday (1-10-25) for more region games weather permitting.

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… According to the master schedule the games for tonight should be:

  • Hickory Tavern at Gray Court-Owings
  • Laurens Middle at Sanders
  • Thornwell at Dixie
  • Dixie at Ware Shoals

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, 1-8-2025

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

    • Up Next… The Red Devils basketball teams will be traveling to Fairfield Central this Friday night (1-10-25) as they open region play.

Laurens HS

  • Varsity Basketball… The Raiders opened region play last night hosting the Southside Tigers… Good news for Raider fans as both Raider teams took wins!
    • Girls: Laurens 44 – Southside 29… The Lady Raiders opened the game taking a 16-3 lead after 8 minutes of play and then went on to take a 44-29 win… The Raiders played a great first half of basketball rebounding well, having few turnovers and running their offense so that they had a27-11 lead at the half… They did have a few more turnovers in the second have when compared to the first half but still outplayed to Tigers… The Raiders were led in scoring by Zoe Young who finished with 16 points several of them coming on offensive rebounds she put back in… she also had a least 4 blocked shots… Nyri Allen finished with 8 points, Ty Jones and both Keyorie Yeargin had 7 each, Alayiah Carter 3 and rounding out the Raider scoring both A’nyah McBeth and Gabby Wormley each scored 2… The team is now 8-16 overall and 1-0 in region play
    • Boys: Laurens 70 – Southside 49… The Raider boys also opened region play with a win as they defeated the Tigers 70-49… They also played a good first half of basketball rebounding well, running a patient offense and keeping their turnovers down to a minimum to lead 41-18 at the half… The second half saw the play get a little more carless but they still maintained their lead and played the subs the last few minutes of the game… The Raiders were led in scoring by TyJ Jones who finished with a game-high 16 points and Zee Simpson was also in double digits with 13 points Q. Watts 12 and Will Thompson 10… DJ Martin finished with 7 points, Damyyo Watts 6, Trendon Brown 2, Nigere Brown 2, Hikeem Burnside 2 and Hunter Richardson 1… The Raiders are now 9-4 on the season and 1-0 in region play.
    • Up Next… The Raider varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Wren HS Friday night weather permitting.

 

  • Wrestling
    • Wrestling at Home Tonight… The Raider wrestling team will host the Emerald Vikings tonight in their last home match of the season with action starting at 7:00 pm…. The Red Devil wrestling schedule shows that they will be there also, not sure about that.
    • Wrestling This Past Weekend… This past weekend the Raider wrestling team travelled to Rock Hill to participate in the Bearcat Invitational… There were 46 teams from all classes and the Raiders finished a very respectable 11th…Indian Land finished first with 179.5 points to the Raiders 120.5… Dakota McCall finished 2nd in the 144-pound weight class to lead the Raiders. 

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders on the Road…  The Crusaders traveled to King Academy last night to take on the Knights n non-region games.
    • Girls: Crusaders 48 – Knights 14… In varsity girls’ action, the Lady Crusaders outscored the Knights 15-2 in the first quarter and then rolled on to a 48-14win… The Crusader defense held the Knight to just 2 points in 2 of the quarters… Braylee Burke continues to be a team leader as she scored a game-high 16 points last night and Sadie Bruyere also scored in double-digits with 10 points… Mackenzie Runyans 7, Brooklyn Senn 3 and rounding out the Crusader scoring Caroline Robinson, Braydyn Dorn, Abby Howard, Brooke Abercrombie, Caroline Mullinax, and Madisyn Graham all finished with 2 points… The team is now 8-3 overall… MS Girls… The news is not as good where the Middle school girls are concerned as they fell to the Knights by a score of 37-11.
    • Boys: Crusaders 43 – King ??? … Now due to a technical problem I cannot tell you the score of the boys’ game… I do know that the Crusaders scored 43 points with Brayden Burke scoring 17 points but I DO NOT know how many points the Knights scored…. Less than 43 I hope… I’ll try to get the needed information on the Knights and update this tomorrow.

Thornwell

  • Basketball
    • Up Next… According to the schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to McCormick this Friday (1-10-25) for more region games.

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge starting at 6:00 pm… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information about Brian Mance… The featured speaker at the Awards Banquet will be Brian Mance… He is a former Clemson football great…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…. If you would like to read more about him and his struggle to overcome physical problems, 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: 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, 1-7-2025

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Basketball: The Red Devils are hosted the Razorbacks of Walhalla last night.
    • Girls: Razorbacks 40 – Red Devils 33… The Lady Red Devil took on the #1 ranked team in Class AAA last night when they took to the court against the Lady Razorbacks… Walhalla came into the game with a 12-3 record averaging 51 points per game while giving up 38 points per game… The Razorbacks came out hot to start the game and the Red Devils did not as Clinton was down 12-0 in the first few minutes of the first quarter and that put them in a hole they just could not climb out of as the Razorbacks took a 40-33 win… The score was 16-9 Razorbacks at the half as both teams suffered a poor shooting second quarter… The two teams tied each other in the second half as the Razorbacks took the win… The Razorbacks Kami Roach was the top scorer in the game as she had 14 points 12 of them from behind the three-point line… The Red Devils were led in scoring by by Emma Patterson, Malayja Thompson and McKenzie Clark who all scored 6 points each… Symiah Floyd scored 5 points, Nah’shia Wright 4, Bryanna Belton 4 and Kemaria Shelton 2 … The Red Devils are now 10-3 on the season.
    • Boys: Red Devils 76 – Razorbacks 57… The news is better where the boys team is concerned as the Red Devils took a 76-57 win over the Razorbacks… The Red Devils jumped out to a 13-7 lead after 8 minutes of play and led 37-20 at the half… Walhalla did outscore the Red Devils 19-16 in the third quarter, but the Red Devils took the fourth quarter 23-18… The Red Devils had two players scoring in double-digits as Devin Swindler had a game-high 27 points scoring 16 of them in the fourth quarter and Tushawan Richardson finished with 17 points… Nyterian smith contributed 7 points, Jared Willard 6, Cristian Jones 5, Kylen Calhoun 5, Zy Butler 4, Jaydon Glenn 3 and Dirkus Clark 2… The Red Devils are now 5-4 on the season
    • Up Next… The Red Devils will be traveling to Fairfield Central this Friday night (1-10-25) as they open region play.

Laurens HS

  • Sub Varsity Games… The Raiders 9th grade boys and JV teams traveled to Southside last night to take on the Tigers… The only information I have on those games is the final scores and its good news for Raider fans as the 9th grade boys team took a 40-28 win and the JV boys took a 30-28 win in a game that saw the lead go back and forth in the fourth quarter…If I get more details on those games I will pass them on to you later.
  • Up Next… The Raider varsity basketball teams will be hosting Southside tonight starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live at www.wlbg.com.

 

  • Wrestling… This past weekend the ra9der wrestling team travelled to Rock Hill to participate in the Bearcat Invitational… There were 46 teams from all classes and the Raiders finished a very respectable 11th…Indian Land finished first with 179.5 points to the Raiders 120.5… Dakota McCall finished 2nd in the 144-pound weight class to lead the Raiders.

 

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Crusader will be traveling to King Academy tonight for non-region games starting with girls at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball
    • Up Next… According to the schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to McCormick this Friday (1-10-25) for more region games.

 

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally, the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All-County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge starting at 6:00 pm… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named. 
  • Information about Brian Mance… The featured speaker at the Awards Banquet will be Brian Mance… He is a former Clemson football great…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…. If you would like to read more about him and his struggle to overcome physical problems, 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: 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, 1-6-2025

Monday, January 6, 2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Basketball: The Red Devils are hosted what they are called the Laurens County Showcase Saturday… Check below to see how the Laurens Academy Crusaders did.
    • Girls: Clinton 63 – High Point Academy 19… The Red Devil Red Devils played the Red Devil Grizzlies of High Point Academy out of Spartanburg and they led 14-9 at the end of the first quarter and it only got worse for the Grizzlies as the Red Devils rolled to a 63-19 win… They led 26-15 at the half and held the Grizzlies to a single point in the third quarter in route to the win… The Red Devils had 4 players scoring in double-digits as Mylayja Thompson finished with a game-high 15 points while Emma Patterson finished with 14 points and both Kemaria Shelton and Bryanna Belton contributed 12 points each… McKenzie Clark scored 4 points while both Ja’Neshia Burton and Jakia Burton both scored 2 points… The Red Devil Red Devils improved to 10-2 on the season.
    • Boys: High Points 68 – Clinton 64… The news is not as good where the Red Devil boys are concerned as they lost 68-64 in a hard-fought game to the Grizzlies… The Grizzlies came into the game with an 11-2 record with 2 close losses and about half their wins were by 20 points or more… The game was close all the way with the Grizzlies leading 35-34 at the half, 49-44 at the end of the third quarter and the Red Devils just could not catch up… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Tushawan Richardson’s game-high 21 points… Devin Swindler was also in double-digits with 14 points and Nyterian Smith scored 12 points… Kylen Calhoun scored 6 points, J’shon Nabors 5, Zy Butler 4 and Jared Willard 2… The Red Devils are now 4-4 on the season.
    • Up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting the Walhalla Razorbacks today starting with girl’s action at 3:00 pm.

Laurens HS

  • Boys: Laurens 57 – Mauldin 44… The Raider boys; basketball team was involved in a showcase Event at Grenville HS Saturday where they took on the Mauldin Mavericks the team Raider Coach Armond Flood was the assistant coach for just before he came to Laurens… Good news for Raider fans as the Raiders defeated the Mavericks 57-44… The Raiders led 14-6 after one quarter of play and 25-17 at the half… The Raiders came out of the locker room and outscored the Mavericks 23-15 in the third quarter with TyJ Jones scoring all but 4 of his game-high 18 points in that quarter… Z. Simpson scored 9 points for the Raiders, Quin Watts 8, Q. Anderson 7, DJ Martin 6Niger Brown and will Thompson 4 each, and Damyyo Watts 1… The Raiders are now 8-4 on the season.
  • Up Next… The Raider varsity basketball teams will be hosting Southside tomorrow starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live at www.wlbg.com.

Laurens Academy… The Laurens Academy Crusader varsity basketball teams were very busy over the weekend… On Friday they travelled to Brashier Middle College Bengals and on Saturday to Clinton HS to take on the Ware Shoals Hornets as part of the Laurens County Showcase.

  • Friday Girls: Crusaders 33 – Bengals 31… This game was close throughout and the main thing you need to know here is that the Crusaders trailed by 1 points with seconds left in the game when Braylee Burke put up a 3-point shot which left here hand just before the final buzzer and it went in to lift the Crusaders to a 33-31 win over the Bengals… Burke scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Crusaders in the heart-stopping win… Mackenzie Runyans scored 6 points, Sadie Bruyere 5, Abby Howard 4 and Brooklyn Senn 2.
  • Friday Boys: Grizzlies 65 – Crusaders 19… The news is not as good where the boys are concerned as they suffered through a poor shooting night and fell to the Bengals by a score of 65-19…. Braydon Burke led the Crusaders in scoring with 6 points… garrison Vaughn finished with 5 points, Garrett Murphy 4, Chesney Watkins 3 and Elijah Hornberger 1.
  • Saturday Girls: Crusaders 47 – Hornets 19… The Red Devil Crusaders got off to a slow start in their game against the Red Devil Hornets on Saturday as they trailed 11-6 at the end of the first quarter but by halftime they led 21-14 and never looked back as they held the Hornets to just 5 points in the second half and cruised on to a 47-19 win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with 12 points and Braylee Burke was also in double digits with 10 points… Mackenzie Runyans contributed 7 points to the win, Brooklyn Senn and Taylor Gagle 4 each, Makayla Lindley and Brooke Abercrombie 3 each while Braydyn Dorn and Madisyn Graham scored 1 point each… The Red Devil Crusaders are now 7-3 on the season.
  • Saturday Boys: Hornets 67 – Crusaders 34… Again on Saturday the Crusader boys had trouble getting their offense in gear as they fell to the Hornets 67 – 34… The Hornets only led 18-13 after 8 minutes of play but then held the Crusader scoring to single-digits in the three remaining quarters while they scored in double-digits in each of the remaining quarters… Brayden Burke was the only Crusader to score in double digits as he finished with 18 points… Micha strait scored 7 points for the Crusaders, Garrett Murphy 4, Garrison Vaughn 2 and rounding out the Crusader scoring both Chesney Watkins and Elijah Strait scored 1 point each… The Crusaders are now 4-7 on the season.
  • Up Next… The Crusader will be traveling to King Academy tomorrow night for non-region games starting with girls at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The Thornwell Saints hosted the Ware Shoals Hornets in region basketball action last Friday night.
    • Girls: Hornets 44 – Saints 29… The Hornets outscored the Saints 12-2 in the first quarter and then went on to take a 44-29 win over the scrappy Saints… The Saints only trailed 19-15 at the half and cut the Hornet lead to 3 points (21-19) early in the third quarter but could get no closer as the Hornets outscored them 13-5 in the final 8 minutes to take the win… The Hornets Stella Eichhorn led all scorers with 23 points most of them in the first and fourth quarters…Aly Jeter was the only Saint scoring in double-digits as she finished with 17 points… Both Kynli English and Kelyn Spurgeon finished with 4 points each while Kendra Wilson and Graycen Moore scored 2 points each… The Red Devil Saints are now 3-5 overall and 2-4 in region play
    • Boys: Hornets 59 – Saints 47… The news is also not good for Saints fans where the boys are concerned as the Hornets took a 59-47 win… The Hornets led 23-21 at the half and the Saints came back to take a 35-28 lead early in the third quarter but the Hornets cut the Saints lead to one (37-36) at the end of the third quarter… The 3.5 minutes of the fourth quarter saw the Saints offense go cold as the Hornets scored 15 unanswered points to take a 51-37 lead putting the Saints in a hole they just could not get out of… The Hornets had 4 players scoring in double-digits and were led by Jayce Medlin’s 15 points… The Saints were led in scoring by Zalen Washington who had a game-high 20 points and Keilaud Singleton who finished with 18 points… Jacob Wilson scored 4 points, Parker Workman 3 and Kemonie Pitts 2… The team is now 2-7 overall and 1-5 in region play.
    • Up Next… According to the schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to McCormick this Friday (1-10-25) for more region games.

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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, 1-3-2025

Friday, January 3, 2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Basketball: The Red Devils are hosting what they are calling the Laurens County Showcase tomorrow (1-4-25)… It will be a mixture of varsity and JV action… The teams involved will be Laurens academy, Ware Shoals, High Point and Clinton…. The schedule is as follows:
    • VG- Ware Shoals vs. Laurens Academy at 10:00 am
    • VB- Ware Shoals vs. Laurens Academy at 11:30 am
    • JVG- High Point vs. Clinton at 1:00 pm
    • JVB- High Point vs. Clinton at 2:15 pm
    • VG- High Point vs. Clinton at 3:30 pm
    • VB- High Point vs. Clinton at 5:00 pm

Laurens HS

  • Up Next… The Raider varsity basketball teams will be hosting Southside next Tuesday starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm… We do plan on bringing those games to you on Real Radio WLBG.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The master schedule for Crusader basketball shows that the varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Brashier Middle College teams tonight, Jan. 3rd starting at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The MaxPreps schedule shows that the Thornwell varsity basketball teams will be hosting Ware Shoals tonight starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm.

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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 Thursday, 1-2-2025

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Basketball: The Red Devils will be hosting what they are calling the Laurens County Showcase this Saturday (1-4-25) … It will be a mixture of varsity and JV action… The teams involved will be Laurens academy, Ware Shoals, High Point and Clinton…. The schedule is as follows:
    • VG- Ware Shoals vs. Laurens Academy at 10:00 am
    • VB- Ware Shoals vs. Laurens Academy at 11:30 am
    • JVG- High Point vs. Clinton at 1:00 pm
    • JVB- High Point vs. Clinton at 2:15 pm
    • VG- High Point vs. Clinton at 3:30 pm
    • VB- High Point vs. Clinton at 5:00 pm

Laurens HS

  •  Up Next… The Raider varsity basketball teams will be hosting Southside next Tuesday starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm… We do plan on bringing those games to you on Real Radio WLBG.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The master schedule for Crusader basketball shows that the varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Brashier Middle College teams on Friday, Jan. 3rd starting at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The MaxPreps schedule shows that the Thornwell varsity basketball teams will be hosting Ware Shoals this Friday starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm.

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting, which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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.

 Clemson Football Notes

  • Cade Klubnick Coming Back Next Year… In case you missed it earlier this week, Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnick announced Monday night on X (formerly Twitter) that he will return next season for his final year of eligibility… He simply said “the story isn’t over. See y’all in 2025”… For more on this story click here.
  • Wes Goodwin Out as Defensive Coordinator… There is a story in the Charleston Post and Courier this morning that Clemson defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin will not return this next season… As you may recall, he replaced Brent Venables when Venables took the head coaching job at Oklahoma… While no official announcement has come from Clemson, the Post and Courier says the story has been confirmed by multiple sources…. For more on this, click here to go to the story from the Charleston Post and Courier.

 

Bowl Schedule for Today, 1-2-2025

Bowl Results From Yesterday, 1-1-25

  • College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game (Peach Bowl), No. 3 Texas 39, No. 12 Arizona State 31 (2OT)…. For more information about this double-overtime win by Texas, click here to go to an AP News story about it… Interesting note: Clemson transfer Andrew Mukuba made the game saving interception in the second overtime to seal the win for the Longhorns.
  • College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game (Rose Bowl), No. 6 Ohio State 41, No. 1 Oregon 21…The top ranked Oregon Ducks found the Buckeyes of Ohio state very hard to swallow or crack as Ohio State eliminated them from the College Playoffs and sent them home with broken wings… For more on this game, click here to go to a story in USA Today.

 

  •  2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games  that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score
  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here.

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 or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (12-30-24) had no changes in the top 5… Tennessee is still #1 followed by Auburn, Iowa State, Duke and Alabama … 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 (12-30-24) also had no changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, UConn and LSU (4)…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.

 NFL

  • Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 1-1-2025

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Basketball: Up Next: The Red Devil varsity basketball teams will be taking on the High Point Grizzlies this Saturday (1-4-25) at home with tipoff scheduled for 3:30 pm

 

Laurens HS

  • Girls… The Raiders girls’ team was also in action down in Charleston this weekend playing in the same tournament as the Red Devils but at two different sites.
    • Monday: Fort Dorchester 31 – Laurens 22… According to the Lady Raider schedule on MaxPreps, The Fort Dorchester Patriots took a 31-22 win over the Lady Raiders Monday in the final game of the Carolina Invitational down at Fort Dorchester… Neither team scored more than 9 points in a quarter and the Patriots led 18-7 at the half… I do not have any scoring details on the game but if I get them, I’ll pass them on to you later.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The master schedule for Crusader basketball shows that the varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Brashier Middle College teams on Friday, Jan. 3rd starting at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The MaxPreps schedule shows that the Thornwell varsity basketball teams will be hosting Ware Shoals this Friday starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm.

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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, 12-31-2024

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Girls… The Lady Red Devils were playing in the Carolina Invitational over the weekend and Monday at the Summerville HS site.
    • Friday: Clinton 49 – Durham Academy 39… In their first game on Friday, the shorthanded Lady Red Devils took a 49-39 win over the Durham Academy (NC) Cavaliers despite being down a couple pf players due to illness… The Red Devils led 23-11 at the half and then held on to take the win as the Cavaliers Shy Williams scored 18 of her game high 23 points in the second half in a comeback attempt that fell way short… The Red Devils were led in scoring by McKenzie Clark who had 14 points… Other scoring for the Red Devils included Emma Patterson with 8 points while Nah’shia Wright, Jakia Burton and Byranna Belton all finished with 7 points… Rounding out the scoring for the Red Devils Mylayja Thompson had 6 points.
    • Saturday: Concord Christian 36 – Clinton 25… On Saturday the Lady Red Devils took on the Lions of Concord Christian out of Knoxville, TN…. As Coach Garner put it “Couldn’t find the bottom of the basket” as the Red Devils fell to the Lions by a score of 36-25… He also pointed out that the Red Devil defense played well and kept it from being a blowout as the offense struggled… McKenzie Clark and Bryanna Belton both had 8 points to lead the Red Devils…. Nah’shia Wright finished with 5 points while Emma Patterson and Mylayja Thompson finished with 2 points each.
    • Update… Monday: Clinton 50 – Cross Schools 31… The Lady Red Devils closed out their participation in the Carolina Invitational Monday taking a 50-31 win over the Cross Schools Stingrays out of Bluffton, SC… The Red Devils jumped out to a 20-10 lead after 8 minutes of play and led 39-18 at the half… The only quarter the Stingrays outscored the Red Devils was the last (14-9) when I suspect Clinton was playing subs… Bryanna Belton led the Red Devils with a game-high 15 points, Mylayja Thompson had 13 and McKenzie Clark 12… Also scoring for the Red Devils Jakia Burton finished with 4 points, Halleigh Luke 3 and Nah’shia Wright 2…
    • Up Next: The team is now 9-2 on the season after going 2-1 in Charleston this weekend… They will be taking on the High Point Grizzlies this Saturday ((1-4-25) at home with tipoff scheduled for 3:30 pm

 

  • Boys… The Red Devil boys’ varsity team was also participating in the same tournament over the weekend at the Summerville HS site also.
    • Friday: Durham Academy 92 – Red Devils 64… The Red Devil boys also took on the Durham Academy Patriots on Friday but I hate to have to report that the news is not good in that game as the Cavaliers took a 92-64 win over the Red Devils… The Cavaliers jumped out to a 24-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 49-35 at the half and then continued to outscore the Red Devils in the second half except in the third quarter where both teams scored 22 points… The Cavaliers had 6 players scoring in double-digits… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Devin Swindler who finished with 18 points and J’shon Nabors was also in double-digits with 10 points… Jaydon Glenn contributed 7 points, Tushawan Richardson 6, Kylen Calhoun 5, Khari Vance 5, Zy Butler 5, Christian Jones 2, DJ Clark, 2, Jared Willard 2 and Patrick McGowan 2.
    • Saturday: Clinton 56 – Concord Christian 35… On Saturday the boys’ team also faced off against the Concord Christian Lions and the news is better as the Red Devils took a 56-35 win… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Tushawan Richardson who scored 15 points and Devin Swindler who finished with 14 points… Christian Jones and Nyterian Smith both scored 7 points, J’shon Nabors 6, Nyking Pitts 2, Khari Vance 2, and Patrick McGowan 1.
    • Update… Monday: Clinton 69 – Cross Schools 29… The Red Devils closed out their participation in the tournament on a positive note as they rolled to a 69-29 win over the cross Schools Stingrays… The Red Devils led 39-18 at the half and held to Stingrays scoreless in the fourth quarter as they rolled to the win… Devin Swindler had a game-high 19 points with 15 of his points coming from behind the three-point line… Tushawan Richardson was also in double digits with 11 points… Kylen Calhoun contributed 8 points, as did Dirkus Clark… Jared Willard scored 6 points, Zy Butler 5 and Jaydon Glenn 4
    • Up Next: The Red Devils are now 5-3 on the season and will host the High Point Academy Grizzlies this Saturday (1-4-25) at 5:00 pm.

Laurens HS

  • Girls… The Raiders girls’ team was also in action down in Charleston this weekend playing in the same tournament as the Red Devils but at two different sites.
    • Updated… Friday: Washington HS 48 – Raiders 38… On Friday at Fort Dorchester HS the Lady Raiders took on the Washington HS Patriots out of Charles Town WV…  The Raiders trailed 43-21 at the end of three quarters of play and tried to come back scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter but that was too little too late as the Patriots took a 48-38 win… Zoe Young led the Raiders with 17 points and Nyri Allen was also in double-digits with11 points…. Others scoring for the Raiders included Alayiah Carter with 3 points  while Ty Jones, A’Nyah McBeth and Gabby Wormley all scored 2 points each… Rounding out the scoring for the Raiders Nasira sanders scored 1 point.
    • Updated… Saturday: Howard Tech. 48 – Laurens 32… The Lady Raiders took on the Howard Tech Wildcats out of Wilmington, DE on Saturday and fell by a score of 48-32… The Wildcats only led 24-20 at the half but the Raider offense went cold in the second half scoring only 12 points as the Wildcats pulled away for the 48-32 win… Once again Zoe Young led the Raiders in scoring with 16 points (only 3 in the second half)… Others scoring for the Raiders included Nyri Allen who finished with 8 points, MiAngel Pitts 3 and both Kryssy Carter and Gabby Wormley scored a single point.
    • Monday… The Raiders were scheduled to play the Fort Dorchester Patriots at Fort Dorchester yesterday but no one sent me the score… I’ll try to get it today.

 

  • Boys… The Raider boys started their participation in the Louie Golden Holiday Classic in Jacksonville, FL last Thursday night.
    • Thursday: Raiders 56 – Mandarin HS 51… Their first game was against the Mandarin Mustangs from Jacksonville, FL… The Raiders took an early lead but trailed 39-35 going into fourth quarter… There the Raiders outscored the Mustangs 17-5 to take a come-from-behind 56-51 win…Q. Watts had 17 points to lead the Raiders in scoring with 6 of them coming in the third quarter… TyJ Jones had finished with 16 points with 9 of them coming in the in the 4th quarter… DJ Martin finished with 9 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 5, Z Simpson 5 and Will Thompson 4.
    • Friday: Westside 54 – Laurens 54… Friday the Raiders took on the Westside HS Wolverines from Jacksonville Fla… Raiders jumped out to small early lead and led 39-34 at the end of the third period… In the fourth quarter, the Wolverines outscored the Raiders 20-13 to take a hard fought 54-52 win…. The Raiders had two players scoring in double-digits as Q Watts finished with 15 points and DJ Martin 14… Both Hunter Richardson and Nigere Brown scored 6 points, Z Simpson 4, Will Thompson 3 and rounding out the scoring for the Raiders Quin Anderson and Damyyo Watts finished with 2 points each.
    • Saturday: Raiders 57 – Blue Ridge Tigers 40… In their last game on Friday, the Raiders took on the Blue Ridge Tigers from up the road in Greer… The Raiders only led 24-23 at half but blew game open in third quarter outscoring the Tigers 20-5 and then went on to take a 57-40 win… Once again Q Watts led the Raiders with 19 points (11 in the 3rd  quarter) and TyJ Jones finished with 16 (8 in the 3rd  quarter)… DJ Martin finished with 8 points, Will Thompson 6, Quin Anderson 4 and both Damyyo Watts and CJ Bates finished with 2 points each… The Raiders are now 7-4 on the season.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The master schedule for Crusader basketball shows that the varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Brashier Middle College teams on Friday, Jan. 3rd starting at 6:00 pm.

 

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

 

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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 Monday, 12-30-2024

Monday, December 30, 2024

Local Notes

 Basketball… Some of the local varsity basketball teams were in action this weekend and below is what I can tell you about their results…. Hopefully I can have more tomorrow.

Clinton HS

  • Girls… The Lady Red Devils were playing in the Carolina Invitational over the weekend at the Summerville HS site.
    • Friday: Clinton 49 – Durham Academy 39… In their first game on Friday, the shorthanded Lady Red Devils took a 49-39 win over the Durham Academy (NC) Cavaliers despite being down a couple pf players due to illness… The Red Devils led 23-11 at the half and then held on to take the win as the Cavaliers Shy Williams scored 18 of her game high 23 points in the second half in a comeback attempt that fell way short… The Red Devils were led in scoring by McKenzie Clark who had 14 points… Other scoring for the Red Devils included Emma Patterson with 8 points while Nah’Shia Wright, Jakia Burton and Byranna Belton all finished with 7 points… Rounding out the scoring for the Red Devils Mylayja Thompson had 6 points.
    • Saturday: Concord Christian 36 – Clinton 25… On Saturday the Lady Red Devils took on the Lions of Concord Christian out of Knoxville, TN…. As Coach Garner put it “Couldn’t find the bottom of the basket” as the Red Devils fell to the Lions by a score of 36-25… He also pointed out that the Red Devil defense played well and kept it from being a blowout as the offense struggled… McKenzie Clark and Bryanna Belton both had 8 points to lead the Red Devils…. Nah’shia Wright finished with 5 points while Emma Patterson and Mylayja Thompson finished with 2 points each.
    • Up Next: The team will be taking on the Cross Schools Stingrays out of Bluffton, SC today at 11:30 am.

 

  • Boys… The Red Devil boys’ varsity team was also participating in the same tournament over the weekend at the Summerville HS site also.
    • Friday: Durham Academy 92 – Red Devils 64… The Red Devil boys also took on the Durham Academy Patriots on Friday but I hate to have to report that the news is not good in that game as the Cavaliers took a 92-64 win over the Red Devils… The Cavaliers jumped out to a 24-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 49-35 at the half and then continued to outscore the Red Devils in the second half except in the third quarter where both teams scored 22 points… The Cavaliers had 6 players scoring in double-digits… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Devin Swindler who finished with 18 points and J’shon Nabors was also in double-digits with 10 points… Jaydon Glenn contributed 7 points, Tushawan Richardson 6, Kylen Calhoun 5, Khari Vance 5, Zy Butler 5, Christian Jones 2, DJ Clark, 2, Jared Willard 2 and Patrick McGowan 2.
    • Saturday: Clinton 56 – Concord Christian 35… On Saturday the boys’ team also faced off against the Concord Christian Lions and the news is better as the Red Devils took a 56-35 win… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Tushawan Richardson who scored 15 points and Devin Swindler who finished with 14 points… Christian Jones and Nyterian Smith both scored 7 points, J’shon Nabors 6, Nyking Pitts 2, Khari Vance 2, and Patrick McGowan 1.
    • Up Next: They are scheduled to play the Cross Schools Stingrays at 12:45 today.

 

Laurens HS

  • Girls… The Raiders girls’ team was also in action down in Charleston this weekend playing in the same tournament as the Red Devils but at two different sites.
    • Friday: Washington HS 48 – Raiders 38… On Friday at Fort Dorchester HS the Lady Raiders took on the Washington HS Patriots out of Charles Town WV…  The Raiders trailed 43-21 at the end of three quarters of play and tried to come back scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter but that was too little too late as the patriots took a 48-38 win… I believe that Zoe Young led the Raiders with 16 points and Nyri Allen was also in double-digits with10 points.
    • Saturday: Howard Tech. 41 – Laurens 32… The tournament website shows that the Howard Tech Wildcats out of Wilmington, DE took a 41-32 win over the Raiders but I do not have a confirmation on that score.
    • Today… The Raiders are scheduled to play the Fort Dorchester Patriots at Fort Dorchester today at 3:15 pm.

 

  • Boys… The Raider boys started their participation in the Louie Golden Holiday Classic in Jacksonville, FL last Thursday night.
    • Thursday: Raiders 56 – Mandarin HS 51… Their first game was against the Mandarin Mustangs from Jacksonville, FL… The Raiders took an early lead but trailed 39-35 going into fourth quarter… There the Raiders outscored the Mustangs 17-5 to take a come-from-behind 56-51 win…Q. Watts had 17 points to lead the Raiders in scoring with 6 of them coming in the third quarter… TyJ Jones had finished with 16 points with 9 of them coming in the in the 4th quarter… DJ Martin finished with 9 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 5, Z Simpson 5 and Will Thompson 4.
    • Friday: Westside 54 – Laurens 54… Friday the Raiders took on the Westside HS Wolverines from Jacksonville Fla… Raiders jumped out to small early lead and led 39-34 at the end of the third period… In the fourth quarter, the Wolverines outscored the Raiders 20-13 to take a hard fought 54-52 win…. The Raiders had two players scoring in double-digits as Q Watts finished with 15 points and DJ Martin 14… Both Hunter Richardson and Nigere Brown scored 6 points, Z Simpson 4, Will Thompson 3 and rounding out the scoring for the Raiders Quin Anderson and Damyyo Watts finished with 2 points each.
    • Saturday: Raiders 57 – Blue Ridge Tigers 40… In their last game on Friday, the Raiders took on the Blue Ridge Tigers from up the road in Greer… The Raiders only led 24-23 at half but blew game open in third quarter outscoring the Tigers 20-5 and then went on to take a 57-40 win… Once again Q Watts led the Raiders with 19 points (11 in the 3rd  quarter) and TyJ Jones finished with 16 (8 in the 3rd  quarter)… DJ Martin finished with 8 points, Will Thompson 6, Quin Anderson 4 and both Damyyo Watts and CJ Bates finished with 2 points each… The Raiders are now 7-4 on the season.

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

 Bowl Schedule for Today

  

Bowl Results from Friday and Saturday:

Friday: 12-27-24:

Saturday, 12-28-24:

 

  • 2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score…  Bowls in South Carolina or involving team from South Carolina include:
    • Citrus Bowl,  Tuesday, 12-31, #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois in Orlando, 3:00 pm on ABC
  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here.

This & That:

Youth Basketball at Laurens YMCA… Registration is now open for youth basketball at the Laurens Family YMCA… There are two age groupings: 3-4 and 5-6… Registration will be closing on Dec. 31st and practice starts Jan. 6th… For more information about this, click here to go to a posting on the Y’s website… You can also register there…  For questions, please email hqueen@lakelandsymca.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 Friday, 12-27-2024

Friday, December 27, 2024

Local Notes

 Basketball… Some of the local varsity basketball teams will be in action this weekend and below is what I can tell you about their schedule…. Hopefully I will have results on these Monday.

 Clinton HS

  • Girls and Boys… Both of the Red Devils will be participating in the Carolina Invitational down in the Charleston area… This is a big event that has a lot of team playing at different sites in the Charleston area… They both will be playing at the Summerville site and to see the schedule of all the game at that site this weekend click here… Games will be at Summerville HS located at 1101 Boone Hill Rd., Summerville, SC 29483… You might be able to get the scores at their MaxPreps site… For the Lady Red Devils click here, for the boys click here.

Laurens HS

  • Girls… The Raiders girls’ team will also be in action down in Charleston this weekend playing in the same tournament but at two different sites… To get the addresses for these sites click here which will carry you to the tournament homepage where each site is listed along with their schedule and address.
    • Friday at Fort Dorchester at 4:30 vs. Washington (WV)
    • Saturday at Cathedral Academy at 12:30 pm vs. Howard Tech.
    • Monday at Fort Dorchester at 3:15 pm vs. Fort Dorchester
    • Scores: You might be able to get the scores of the games at the Lady Raiders MaxPreps site… Click here to go there.
  • Boys… The Raider boys started their participation in the Louie Golden Holiday Classic in Jacksonville, FL last night according to their schedule on MaxPreps… It also shows they have games today and tomorrow… To go to their MaxPreps schedule where you might be able to get the scores, click here…. Some of you may remember that Louie Goldman was a legendary coach in Greenville County mostly at Riverside HS… He passed away in 1921 with 699 win and 6 state championships… To read more about him click here to go to an article written at the time of his death that appeared in the The Greenville News.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The master schedule for Crusader basketball shows that the varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Brashier Middle College teams on Friday, Jan. 3rd starting at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The schedule I have shows that the Saints boys’ basketball team will be playing Cambridge Academy Friday with time and location TBD

All-Region Team Members… Now that the football season is over the three area high schools have announced those members of their teams that have were names to All- Region Teams… Congratulations to all those mentioned below!

 Clinton HS…  As you might expect after winning not only the Region 1 Class AA Region and State Championship the following were named to the All-Region Team:

Tushawan Richardson

  • Javen Cook
  • Chris Boyd
  • Brett Young
  • Luke Young
  • Clayton Lawson
  • Rion Gordon
  • Tre Aiken
  • Hunter Lawson
  • Coach of the Year… Coach Corey Fountain
  • Honorable Mention All-Region
    • Cal Pitts
    • Kason Copeland
    • Devin Swindler
    • Maison Tinsley
    • DJ Clark
    • Jaydon Glenn
    • Rhett Gilliam

I am a little curious as to why one of them did not get player of the year.

 

Laurens HS… The Raiders that made the All-Region 1-AAAA Team were:

  • Denarii Lee Jackson (RB)
  • Brayden Patterson (WR)
  • Ja’Mauri Lee Williams (LB)

 

 Laurens Academy… Those who were named to the Region 1 8-Man All Region team included;

  • Hack Hardy
  • Caleb Hardy
  • Anthony Candelas
  • Garrett Murphy – Region Offensive Player of the Year
  • Garrison Vaughn – Region Athlete of the Year
  • Those named to the North-south All-Star team included seniors:
    • Hack Hardy
    • Anthony Candelas
    • Garrett Murphy
    • Non-seniors named to the Futures team included:
      • Caleb Hardy
      • Garrison Vaughn

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

 Bowl games for Today and Saturday: Click on the two teams involved for information on the games

Friday: 12-27-24:

Saturday, 12-28-24:

 

Bowl from yesterday: Click on the two teams involved for information on the games

 

 

  • 2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score…  Bowls in South Carolina or involving team from South Carolina include:
    • Citrus Bowl, Tuesday, 12-31, #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois in Orlando, 3:00 pm on ABC
  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here.

 

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 or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (12-23-24) had some changes in the top 5… Tennessee is still #1 followed by Auburn, Iowa State, Duke (5) and Alabama (6)… Clemson dropped out of the top 25… 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 (12-16-24) had a couple of changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1but South Carolina moved from #3 to #2… The rest of the top 5 are Notre Dame (8), UConn (2) and LSU (4)…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.

 NFL

  • Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,

This & That:

Youth Basketball at Laurens YMCA… Registration is now open for youth basketball at the Laurens Family YMCA… There are two age groupings: 3-4 and 5-6… Registration will be closing on Dec. 31st and practice starts Jan. 6th… For more information about this, click here to go to a posting on the Y’s website… You can also register there…  For questions, please email hqueen@lakelandsymca.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.

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Thursday, 12-26-2024

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Local Notes

 All-Region Team Members… Now that the football season is over the three area high schools have announced those members of their teams that have were names to All- Region Teams.

 Clinton HS…  As you might expect after winning not only the Region 1 Class AA Region and State Championship the following were named to the All-Region Team:

Tushawan Richardson

  • Javen Cook
  • Chris Boyd
  • Brett Young
  • Luke Young
  • Clayton Lawson
  • Rion Gordon
  • Tre Aiken
  • Hunter Lawson
  • Coach of the Year… Coach Corey Fountain
  • Honorable Mention All-Region
    • Cal Pitts
    • Kason Copeland
    • Devin Swindler
    • Maison Tinsley
    • DJ Clark
    • Jaydon Glenn
    • Rhett Gilliam

I am a little curious as to why one of them did not get player of the year.

 

Laurens HS… The Raiders that made the All-Region 1-AAAA Team were:

  • Denarii Lee Jackson (RB)
  • Brayden Patterson (WR)
  • Ja’Mauri Lee Williams (LB)

 

 Laurens Academy… Those who were named to the Region 1 8-Man All Region team included;

  • Hack Hardy
  • Caleb Hardy
  • Anthony Candelas
  • Garrett Murphy – Region Offensive Player of the Year
  • Garrison Vaughn –  Region Athlete of the Year
  • Those named to the North-South All-Star team included seniors:
    • Hack Hardy
    • Anthony Candelas
    • Garrett Murphy
    • Non-seniors named to the Futures team included:
      • Caleb Hardy
      • Garrison Vaughn

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

 Bowl schedule for Today: Click on the two teams involved for information on the games

 

Bowl Results for 12-24-24… Click on the two teams involved for information on the games

Hawai’i Bowl: South Florida 41 vs. San Jose State 39 in 5OT, 8:00 pm on ESPN from H Honolulu, Hawai’i

  • 2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score…  Bowls in South Carolina or involving team from South Carolina include:
    • Citrus Bowl, Tuesday, 12-31, #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois in Orlando, 3:00 pm on ABC
  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here… Clemson will open play on Saturday, Dec. 21st at Texas taking on the Longhorns.

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 or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (12-23-24) had some changes in the top 5… Tennessee is still #1 followed by Auburn, Iowa State, Duke (5) and Alabama (6)… Clemson dropped out of the top 25… 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 (12-16-24) had a couple of changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1but South Carolina moved from #3 to #2… The rest of the top 5 are Notre Dame (8), UConn (2) and LSU (4)…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.

 NFL

  • Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,

This & That:

 

Youth Basketball at Laurens YMCA… Registration is now open for youth basketball at the Laurens Family YMCA… There are two age groupings: 3-4 and 5-6… Registration will be closing on Dec. 31st and practice starts Jan. 6th… For more information about this, click here to go to a posting on the Y’s website… You can also register there…  For questions, please email hqueen@lakelandsymca.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 Tuesday, 12-24-2024

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Richland Northeast Quarterback Will Wilson Named the 2024 SC Mr. Football… In case you missed it, Richland Northeast quarterback Will Wilson was named Mr. Football for SC 2024… This season he threw for 2482 yards completing 66.7% of his passes… Twenty of his passes went for touchdowns… Oh by the way, he missed two games this season….. He has signed to play at NC State and was chosen for the Shrine Bowl but passed on that to go practice with NC State… For more on him and to find out who the other players in the running for the Mr. Football Award were, click here to go to an article about this in The State Newspaper.

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Basketball… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams hosted the Newberry Bulldogs in their last games before the Christmas break last night.

  • Girls: Clinton 54 – Newberry 19…  The Lady Red Devil basketball team pretty much had its way with the Bulldogs as they rolled to a 54-19 win over Newberry… The Red Devil defense held the Bulldogs to single-digit scoring in the first three quarters and the Bulldogs only scored 11 in the final quarter… The Red Devils led 27-4 at the half…Nah’shia Wright led the Red Devils with 15 points and Emma Patterson was also in double-digits with 11 points…. The team is now 7-1 on the season and will return to action this coming week end in a tournament down in the Charleston area.
  • Boys: Clinton 75 – Newberry 54… In the last game of the day, the Red Devil boys’ team was also victorious by a score of 75 – 54… The Red Devils 46-22 and 60-34 going into the final quarter… It seems that Tushawan Richardson definitely has his basketball “touch” back in shape after leading the Red Devils to the Class AA State Championship as quarterback a couple of weeks ago as he had a game high 31 points… Devin Swindler was the only other Red Devil in double-digits as he had 17 points… The team will be back in action this coming weekend in a tournament down in the Charleston area.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball: Up Next… Both the boys’ and girls’ team will next see action when they participate in tournaments after Christmas.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The master schedule for Crusader basketball shows that the varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Brashier Middle College teams on Friday, Jan. 3rd starting at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The schedule I have shows that the Saints boys’ basketball team will be playing Cambridge Academy Friday with time and location TBD

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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.

Bowl Schedule for Today 12-24-24… Click on the two teams involved for information on the games

Hawai’i Bowl: South Florida vs. San Jose State, 8:00 pm on ESPN from H Honolulu, Hawai’i

 

Bowl schedule for Yesterday 12-23-24… Click on the two teams involved for information on the games.

 

  •  2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games  that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score…  Bowls in South Carolina or involving team from South Carolina include:
    • Citrus Bowl, Tuesday, 12-31, #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois in Orlando, 3:00 pm on ABC
  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here… Clemson will open play on Saturday, Dec. 21st at Texas taking on the Longhorns.

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 or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (12-23-24) had some changes in the top 5… Tennessee is still #1 followed by Auburn, Iowa State, Duke (5) and Alabama (6)… Clemson dropped out of the top 25… 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 (12-16-24) had a couple of changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1but South Carolina moved from #3 to #2… The rest of the top 5 are Notre Dame (8), UConn (2) and LSU (4)…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.

 NFL

  • Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,

 

This & That:

Youth Basketball at Laurens YMCA… Registration is now open for youth basketball at the Laurens Family YMCA… There are two age groupings: 3-4 and 5-6… Registration will be closing on Dec. 31st and practice starts Jan. 6th… For more information about this, click here to go to a posting on the Y’s website… You can also register there…  For questions, please email hqueen@lakelandsymca.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.

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Monday, 12-23-2024

Monday, December 23, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Basketball

  • Up Next… The Red Devil MaxPreps schedule shows that the varsity teams will be hosting Newberry today… The action will start at 11:00 am when the JV girls’ teams take to the court… The JV boys will play next followed by the varsity girls about 2:00 pm and the varsity boys about 3:30 pm.

Laurens HS

Basketball

  • Freshman Basketball: The raider 9th grade boys’ basketball team participated in a Christmas Tournament up in Greenville County this past weekend and the MaxPreps schedule shows they were to have played 3 games, but I only have scores on two of them.
    • Friday: Easley 47 – Laurens 28… On Friday the Raiders fell to Easley by a score of 47-28… simply put, the Green Wave held the Raiders to single digits in every quarter but the third (11) as they led 22-12 at the half and pulled away for the win… Kam Moore scored 10 points for the raiders and Sy Westfield had 9.
    • Saturday… The MaxPreps schedule for the team shows that the Raiders were to play two games on Saturday, but I only have the score for one of them… The one score that I do have is that the Wren Hurricanes defeated the Raiders by a score of 56-41… The Raiders led 13-12 at the end of the first quarter but trailed 25-22 at the half… The Raiders stayed close in the third quarter but were outscored 16-7 in the fourth quarter as the Hurricanes pulled away for the win… No individual scoring details on this game.
  • Up Next… Both the boys’ and girls’ team will next see action when they participate in tournaments after Christmas.

Laurens Academy

  • Girls: Laurens Academy 44 – Greer Middle College 34… Saturday the Lady Crusaders traveled up to Taylors to take on the Greer Middle College Blazers… The trip back most likely seemed a little shorter than the one going up because the Crusaders took a 44-34 win…. I don’t have a lot of details about the game other than to tell you that Braylee Burke led the Crusaders with 15 points and Sadie Bruyere had 9 points… Coach Marlett was also quick to point out that Abby Howard had 5 points which gave the Crusaders a big lift when they needed it in the second half and she also made some key defensive plays… The Crusaders are 5-3 on the season and according to their schedule on MaxPreps will be back in action on Saturday, January 4th when they travel to Ware Shoals to take on the Hornets in a 10:00 am game.
  • Boys… last Friday and Saturday the Crusader boys’ basketball team was down in Newberry participating in a Holiday Tournament.
    • Friday: Laurens Academy 55 – Wardlaw 45… Friday the Crusaders started their participation in the Tournament by taking a 55-45 win over the Wardlaw Patriots… The Crusaders only led by 1 (23-22) at the end of the first half but came out of the locker room after the break and put 20 points on the scoreboard while holding the Patriots to just 8 points and then going on the win… The Crusaders gad 4 players scoring in double-digits and were led by Garrett Murphy’s 14 points… Braydon Burke and Garrison Vaughn both scored 13 points and Chesney Watkins had 11 points.
    • Saturday: Newberry Academy 47 – Laurens Academy 31… The results from Saturday are not what I like to report as the Newberry Academy Eagles took a 47-31 win over the Crusaders… I don’t have any scoring details on this game… I will tell you that previously the Eagles had defeated the Crusaders 36-11 so the Crusaders had a better showing against the Eagles this time and that the Crusaders are 4-5 on the young season.

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…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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.

Bowl Schedule for Today 12-23-24

 

Bowl Schedule for this past Weekend… Click on the two teams involved for final scores

 Friday, Dec. 20

Saturday, Dec. 21

  

  • 2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games  that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score…  Bowls in South Carolina or involving team from South Carolina include:
    • Myrtle Beach Bowl, Monday, 12-23, Costal Carolina vs. UTSA, 2:30 pm on ESPN
    • Citrus Bowl,  Tuesday, 12-31, #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois in Orlando, 3:00 pm on ABC
  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here… Clemson will open play on Saturday, Dec. 21st at Texas taking on the Longhorns.

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 or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (12-16-24) one change in the top 5… Tennessee is still #1 followed by Auburn, Iowa State then Kentucky moves up a spot to #4 while Duke drops a spot to #5… Clemson dropped from #16 to #25… 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 (12-16-24) had a couple of changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1but South Carolina moved from #3 to #2… The rest of the top 5 are Notre Dame (8), UConn (2) and LSU (4)…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.

 NFL

  • Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,

 

This & That:

 

 

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Sports Report for Friday, 12-20-2024

Friday, December 20, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

Basketball

  • Up Next… The Red Devil MaxPreps schedule shows that the varsity teams will be hosting Newberry next Monday… Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

Basketball

  • Up Next… If you have a Raider basketball schedule it shows that the Raiders are scheduled to host the Greenwood Eagles in varsity action tonight… Those games have been canceled and will not be played… Both the boys and girls team will next see action when they participate in tournaments after Christmas.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The schedule I have shows the Crusader boys team participating in a tournament in Newberry starting tonight as they take on Wardlaw at 7:30 and tomorrow taking on Newberry at noon… The Lady Crusader will travel to Greer Middle College for an 11:30 am game tomorrow.

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… The results from yesterday’s game that I have are:

  • Laurens Middle at GCO
    • Girls: LMS 38 – GCO 16… In the girls’ game, the LMS Tigers used their speed and height to hold the GCO Tigers to single digits in each of the four quarters as they took a 38-16 win over the GCO Tigers… LMS led 21-5 at the half and continued that pace to take the win… LMS was led by Nizeria Jones who had 19 points and Aijiah Crooks who finished with 12… For GCO, Koziah Smith was the only player in double-digits as she finished with 10 points.
    • Boys: LMS 43 – GCO 29… The boys’ game was different in that GCO led 18-12 at the half but LMS held them to just 11 points in the second half while LMS scored 31 to take a 43-29 win… Elijah Bryson and Wells Rhodes both had 12 points for the LMS Tigers while Wesley Collins was the only GCO Tiger to score in double-digits with 15 points… Thanks to Jerry Filbin for information on these games!
  • HT at Thornwell
    • Boys: Thornwell 23 – HT 10… Sorry no scoring detail and there was no girls’ game.
  • Sanders at Ware Shoals… No score reported. Please ask coaches to do so.

 

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting, which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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 Thursday, 12-19-2024

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

Basketball… The Red Devil varsity teams traveled down to Newberry last night to take on the Bulldogs.

  • Girls: Clinton 44 – Newberry 22… The lady Red Devil ran their record to 6-1 last night when they took a 44-22 win over the Lady Bulldogs… They led 25-6 at the half as the Red Devil defense kept the Bulldogs well in check… In the second half they continued to outscore the Bulldogs by at least 1 point in each quarter as Coach Gardner was able to get everyone into the game …The only Red Devil to score in double-digits was Mylayja Thompson who finished with 10 points… Emma Patterson was close behind with 9 points.
  • Boys: Newberry 49 – Clinton 43… The news is not as good in boys’ action as a poor second quarter where the Red Devils scored only 1 point to trail 30-14 at the half put them in a hole they almost climbed out of but fell by a score of 49-43… The Red Devils fought hard in the second half but came up a little short and were led by Tushawan Richardson’s 27 points… Looks like he getting over football… J’shon Nabors was also in double-digits with 16 points The Red Devils are now 2-2 on the season.
  • Up Next… The Red Devil MaxPreps schedule shows that the varsity teams will be hosting Newberry next Monday … Go Big Red!

Update on Emerald Boys Game… Yesterday I reported to you that the Red Devil boys’ basketball team took a 49-43 win over Emerald at home Tuesday night but I had no details… I can now tell you that the Red Devils outscored the Vikings 12-7 in the first quarter and led 24-18 at the half and maintained that margin in the second half to take the win… Kylen Calhoun led the Red Devils with 16 points and was the only Red Devil to score in double digits.

Jaydon Glenn TD Club Player of the Week

  • Monday it was announced that Clinton’s junior defensive end Jaydon Glenn was chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s final Player of the Week for this season because of his performance in the Red Devils 35-6 win over the Barnwell Warhorses in the Class AA State Championship game down in Orangeburg last Thursday… He led the defensive team in points as he finished the game with 4 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 4 quarterback pressures and 2 sacks of the Warhorse quarterback… The Red Devil defense held the powerful Warhorses scoreless except for 1 kickoff return for a TD.
  • About Jaydon Coach Fountain commented “Jaydon has been an unselfish player all year. During Region play he was moved to defensive end and never looked back.  He has worked tremendously hard and been a great asset on the defensive line throughout Region play and the playoffs.  His pressure on the quarterback during the State Championship kept one of their best players uncomfortable all game.  I’m proud of Jaydon and look forward to seeing his continued success.”
  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Glenn on January 8th at the Touchdown Club Annual Banquet. The Awards Banquet will be at 6 pm at The Ridge in Laurens…  Player of the Week awards is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County in 2024.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball… Three of the Raider basketball teams hosted the White Knoll Timberwolves last night at LDHS.
    • JV Girls: Timberwolves 25 – Raiders 20… In JV girls’ action last night, the Timberwolves jumped out to a 15-8 lead at the half and the Raiders tried to come back in the second half but came up short as the Timberwolves took a 25-20 win… T. Jenkins scored 13 of the Raiders 20 points.
    • Freshman Boys: Raiders 35 – Timberwolves 29… The Raider freshman boys were also in action last night and the news is better as they took a 35-29 win over the Timberwolves… The score was tied 17-17 at the half but the Raiders came out hot in the third quarter as they outscored the Timberwolves 14-4 and cruised on to the win…One of the keys for the Raiders was they allowed the Timberwolves few second-chance shots as they out rebounder the Wolves… Sy Westfield finished with 16 points for the Raiders and Kam Moore was also in double-digits with 11 points
    • Varsity Girls: Timberwolves 48 – Raiders 25… In the last game of the evening, the Lady Raider varsity basketball team took on the Timberwolves… The game was close at the half as the Timberwolves only led 17-16… The second half was a different story as the Raiders had too many turnovers and missed shots and wound up losing to the Timberwolves 48-25
    • Up Next… If you have a Raider basketball schedule it shows that the Raiders are scheduled to host the Greenwood Eagles in varsity action tomorrow night… Those games have been canceled and will not be played… Both the boys’ and girls’ team will next see action when they participate in tournaments after Christmas.

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… The schedule for games tonight is supposed to be:

  • Laurens Middle at GCO
  • HT at Thornwell
  • Sanders at Ware Shoals

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.
  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club last meeting was on Thursday, 11-21-24. In addition to honoring the three latest Players of the Week and hearing from the local high school and college coaches, it was the annual Clemson-Carolina Meeting.  The guest speakers were Don Munson the Voice of the Clemson Tigers and Chet Tucker Sideline Reporter for the Gamecocks. Click here to see a video of that meeting followed by a few pictures taken at the meeting. .

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, 12-18-2024

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Basketball… The Red Devil varsity teams hosted the Emerald Vikings last night in a doubleheader of basketball action.

  • Girls: Clinton 38 – Emerald 20… The Red Devil and Vikings girls’ basketball teams had a problem getting their offense going last night as the score was tied 8-8 at the half… The Red Devils woke up in the second half and scored 15 points in each of the last two quarters while the Vikings still remained half asleep as the Red Devils pulled away to take a 38-20 win… The only Red Devil to score in double-digits was Kemaria Shelton who finished with 10 points… McKenzie Clark was close behind with 9 points and Emma Patterson finished with 6…. Mylayja Thompson and Bryanna Belton both finished with 5 points and Jakia Burton finished with 3 points… The Red Devils are 5-1 on the young season.
  • Boys: Clinton 49 – Emerald 43… In boys’ action, the news is also good as the Red Devils won 49-43… I don’t have any scoring details on the game but Coach Glenn is supposed to send me some today and if he does I will share them with you tomorrow.
  • Up Next… The Red Devil MaxPreps schedule shows that the varsity teams will be traveling to Newberry tonight to take on the Bulldogs… Go Big Red!

Jaydon Glenn TD Club Player of the Week

  • Monday it was announced that Clinton’s junior defensive end Jaydon Glenn was chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s final Player of the Week for this season because of his performance in the Red Devils 35-6 win over the Barnwell Warhorses in the Class AA State Championship game down in Orangeburg last Thursday… He led the defensive team in points as he finished the game with 4 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 4 quarterback pressures and 2 sacks of the Warhorse quarterback… The Red Devil defense held the powerful Warhorses scoreless except for 1 kickoff return for a TD.
  • About Jaydon Coach Fountain commented “Jaydon has been an unselfish player all year. During Region play he was moved to defensive end and never looked back.  He has worked tremendously hard and been a great asset on the defensive line throughout Region play and the playoffs.  His pressure on the quarterback during the State Championship kept one of their best players uncomfortable all game.  I’m proud of Jaydon and look forward to seeing his continued success.”
  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Glenn on January 8th at the Touchdown Club Annual Banquet. The Awards Banquet will be at 6 pm at The Ridge in Laurens…  Player of the Week awards is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County in 2024.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball
    • The Raider varsity basketball teams traveled to Greenwood Tuesday night for a double-header of girls’ and boys’ basketball against the Eagles.
      • Updated: Boys: Laurens 59 – Greenwood 54… The boys’ team took a close 59-54 win over the Eagles… The two teams were tied 14-14 at the end of the first quarter and then the Raiders had a 24-23 lead at the half and continued to outscore the Eagles by 4 points in the second half to secure the win…The Raiders had two players scoring in double-digits as TyJ Jones finished with a game high 24 points and DJ Martin had 15 points…. Q. Watts had 8 points, Will Thompson 6, Zee Simpson 4 and Damyyo Watts 2…The Raiders improve to 5-3 on the young season.
      • Updated: Girls: Greenwood 53 – Laurens 29… The news is not as good where the girls are concerned as they had trouble getting the offense going last night as the Eagles took a 53-29 win…. The Eagles outscored the Raiders 16-4 in the first quarter and held the Raiders to single-digits in every quarter but the last where the Raiders scored 14 points but the Eagles scored 17 in the quarter… Using the MaxPreps score tracker done by Greenwood, it looks like Nyri Allen led the Raiders with 11 points and Zoe Yong had 7… The Raiders fall to 4-4 on the young season.
    • Up Next… Some of the Raider teams will be hosting the White Knoll Timberwolves tonight… If I read the schedule correctly, the JV girls will play at 5:00 pm, freshman boys at 6:15 and the varsity girls after that.

 Thornwell

  • Basketball… The schedule I have shows that the Saints basketball teams will be traveling over to Abbeville tonight to take on the Panthers in region action… Girls will start at 6:00pm with boys to follow about 7L30… Go Big Dogs!

 

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

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.
  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club last meeting was on Thursday, 11-21-24. In addition to honoring the three latest Players of the Week and hearing from the local high school and college coaches, it was the annual Clemson-Carolina Meeting.  The guest speakers were Don Munson the Voice of the Clemson Tigers and Chet Tucker Sideline Reporter for the Gamecocks. Click here to see a video of that meeting followed by a few pictures taken at the meeting. .

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, 12-17-2024

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

 Basketball… The CHS athletic website calendar shows the Red Devil varsity teams will be hosting the Emerald Vikings tonight for a doubleheader of basketball action starting at 6:00 pm.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball
    • The Raider varsity basketball teams traveled to Greenwood last night for a double-header of girls’ and boys’ basketball against the Eagles.
      • Boys: Laurens 59 – Greenwood 54… The boys’ team took a close 59-54 win over the Eagles… The two teams were tied 14-14 at the end of the first quarter and then the Raiders had a 24-23 lead at the half and continued to outscore the Eagles by 4 points in the second half to secure the win… Sorry no scoring details at this time… The Raiders improve to 5-3 on the young season.
      • Girls: Greenwood 53 – Laurens 29… The news is not as good where the girls are concerned as they had trouble getting the offense going last night as the Eagles took a 53-29 win…. The Eagles outscored the Raiders 16-4 in the first quarter and held the Raiders to single-digits in every quarter but the last where the Raiders scored 14 points but the Eagles scored 17 in the quarter… Sorry no scoring details at this time… The Raiders fall to 4-4 on the young season.
    • The Raider JV basketball teams hosted the Greenwood Eagles last night.
      • Girls: Greenwood 25 – Laurens 6… All I have on this game and it’s not good news for Raider fans as the team fell to the Eagles by a score of 25-6… The team is still looking for its first win on the season.
      • Boys… No one reported this score to me.

Laurens Academy… Last night the Laurens Crusader basketball teams hosted the Newberry Eagles except for the varsity girls that hoisted the Abbeville Panthers.

  • Boys: Eagles 36 – Crusaders 11… A slow start in the first quarter where the Eagles outscored the Crusaders 12-0 and continued to outscore the Crusaders by at least 4 points in each of the remaining quarters except the second tells the story of this game as the Eagles took a 36-11 win… Braydon Burke led the Crusaders in scoring with 5 points.
  • Girls: Crusaders 38 – Panthers 15… The news is better where the girls are concerned as the Crusaders took a 38-15 win over the Panthers… They held the Panthers scoreless in the first quarter while they put 15 points on the board and then outscored them in every quarter but the last where the Panthers outscored them 9-6 but it was too little, too late… Brooklyn Senn led the Crusaders with 9 points while both Taylor Cagle and Braylee Burke finished with 8 points each.
  • Middle School Scores… In middle school action, the Crusader girls fell to the Newbery Eagles by a score of 18-6 with Lorelai Bagwell, Lille Jones and Daphne Strait each scoring 2 points… In boys’ action, the Crusaders took a 31-28 coming back in the fourth quarter and outscoring the Eagles 12-8 to take the come-from-behind win… Mason Snider finished with 12 points leading the Crusaders and Elias Littleton was close behind with 9.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… Last night the Thornwell Saints traveled up to the Simpsonville area to take on the Owls of Green Upstate… I only have the scores and no scoring details… In girls action the Saints took a 30-26 win and in boys action the Owls took a come-from-behind 55-51 win over the Saints

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…. Middle school schedule for today:

  • GCO at Dixie… There was only a boy’s game and Dixie Hornets took a 25-11 win over the GCO Tigers.
  • Whitmire at HT…  In girls’ action, the Panthers took an exciting 27-25 win over the Wolverines but the boys lost to the Wolverines by a score of 26-14… No scouring details on either.
  • Ware Shoals at LMS
    • Boys: LMS 46 – Ware Shoals 29… The LMS Tigers took a 46-29 win over the Ware shoals Hornets… They only led 20-17 at the half but their offense heated up while the defense continued to hold the Hornets in checks as they rolled to the win…. Logan Bragg led the Tigers with 14 points and Jaylen Dendy finished with 10 points.
    • Girls: LMS 49 – Ware Shoals 21…In girls’ action, the Tigers led 19-5 at the end of the first quarter and continued that pace as they took a 49-21 win over the Hornets… They were just too tall for the Hornets and the Hornets really had trouble on the free throw line and thus could not get the game any closer… N. Jones led the Tigers with 30 points while A. Crooks finished with 15 points.
  • Thornwell vs. Sanders… No score reported to me… Please ask the coaches to do so in the future.

Laurens County Touchdown Club    

  • If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.
  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club last meeting was on Thursday, 11-21-24. In addition to honoring the three latest Players of the Week and hearing from the local high school and college coaches, it was the annual Clemson-Carolina Meeting.  The guest speakers were Don Munson the Voice of the Clemson Tigers and Chet Tucker Sideline Reporter for the Gamecocks. Click here to see a video of that meeting followed by a few pictures taken at the meeting. .

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, 12-16-2024

Monday, December 16, 2024

Local Notes

 Local Notes

Clinton HS

 Red Devils win Class AA Championship 36-6…If you were looking for someone in Clinton yesterday there is a good chance that you would not find them there as it seemed like most of Clinton was in the visitor stands yesterday afternoon down at SC State watching the Red Devils roll to a 35-6 win over the Barnwell Warhorses to capture their first State Championship since 2009.

  • First Quarter… As Coach Fountain put it after the game yesterday, his blue-collar football team wasted little time making their intentions known as they won the coin toss and elected to receive… Then on the second play from scrimmage Tushawan Richardson broke free for a 77 yard TD run and Rhett Gilliam added the two-point conversion to put the Red Devils up 8-0…The Warhorses then answered that with a 90 yard kickoff return by Jordan Peeples but the PAT failed making 8-6 Red Devils with most of the game left… However that would be the last time the Warhorses would put points on the board as the Red Devil defense held them scoreless the rest of the way… The Red Devils answered that going 65 yards in 9 plays with DJ Clark carrying it in from 27 yards out and Lucas Kuykendal kicked the PAT to make it 15-6
  • Second Quarter… The Red Devils started a drive late in the first quarter that ended with 9:33 left in the second quarter when Rhett Gilliam carried it in from 5 yards out… A two-point attempt failed so the score stood 21-6 Red Devils… Neither team was able to score the rest of the half but the Red Devils came close as they drove to the Barnwell 3 yard line on fourth and goal which caused them to turn the ball over on downs with just seconds left in the half.
  • Third Quarter… The Warhorses were able to gain some yards after receiving the opening kickoff of the second half and went for it on fourth and two but their pass fell incomplete… The Red Devils took over on their own 23 yard line and went the distance to score on a 29 yard pass from Richardson to Devin Swindler with 4:57 left in the quarter… Kuykendall kicked the PAT to make it 28-6 Red Devils… On their next possession, the Warhorses again went for it on fourth and one and were stopped cold.
  • Fourth Quarter… The Red Devil defense in the person of Austin Boyd stopped the Warhorses with a pass interception at the Clinton 45 and returned it to the Barnwell 30… Four plays later Rhett Gilliam scored again this time from 8 yards out… Kuykendall then made the PAT to make the score 35-6 Red Devils with 6:49 left in the game… The next two Barnwell possessions ended when they failed to convert on fourth down situations… As a matter of fact, the Warhorses went for it on fourth down 5 times in the game and the Red Devils denied them every time… The Red Devils took over for the last time with 1:25 left in the game and two plays later the celebration was on.
  • Some Stats
    • The Red Devil had 349 yds. of total offense to the Warhorses 155… 311 of Clinton’s yards came on the ground while they held Barnwell to just 35 yards rushing… The Red Devils had 2 pass completions for 28 yards with 1 TD caught by Devin Swindler.
    • Richardson wound up being the leading rusher for the Red Devils as he had 109 yards with the 1 TD of 77 yards… Javen Cook had 87 yards, Rhett Gilliam 58 and 2 TDS while DJ Clark finished with 36 yards and 1 TD.
    • To see the complete stat package and a play by play accounting or the game, click here.
  • Congratulations to Coach Fountain and the team for a great season!

 

 

Basketball… The CHS athletic website calendar shows the Red Devil JV teams will be on the road traveling to Emerald tonight for a doubleheader of basketball action starting at 6:00 pm.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball
    • The Raider varsity basketball teams are scheduled to travel to Greenwood tonight for a double-header of girls and boys basketball starting at 6:00 pm.
    • The Raider JV basketball teams will be hosting Greenwood tonight starting at 6:00 pm

Laurens Academy… Last Friday the Laurens Crusader basketball teams traveled up to Spartanburg Christian Academy to take on the Warrior for the second time this season.

  • Boys: Warrior 57 – Crusaders 44… A slow start in the first quarter where the Warrior outscored the Crusaders 20-10 pretty much was the difference in the boys’ varsity game as the Warrior took a 57-44 win… After the first quarter the two teams played almost to a draw… Garrison Vaughn led all scorers with 20 points with Brayden Burke chipping in 9 points and Garrett Murphy 8.
  • Girls: Warrior 54 – Crusaders 41… The SCA Warrior took a 54-41 win in varsity girls’ action but this was just about the opposite of the boys game in that in the first 3 quarters the game was close as the Warriors only held a 37-36 lead going into the final quarter of play… Three they held the Crusader to just 5 points while they put 17 on the scoreboard to take a 54-41 win… Braylee Burke led the Crusaders with 11 points while Sadie Bruyere finished with 9 points and Brooklyn Senn 7.
  • Middle School Scores… In middle school action the Crusader girls fell to the Warrior by a score of 14-13 in a tight one where Lorelai Bagwell led the Crusaders with 7 points and in boys’ action the Crusaders fell 32-3.
  • Up Next… The schedule I have shows the Crusader middle school and varsity boys hosting Newberry Academy starting at 4:00 pm and the varsity girls hosting Abbeville at 7:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Thursday, 12-12… I just found the scores on Thornwell varsity basketball from last Thursday where they traveled to the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind to take on the Hornets… In boys’ action the Saints won 70-19 and the girls won 73-8… No scoring details on either of those games.
  • Today… The MaxPreps schedule for today shows the Saints will be traveling up to the Simpsonville area to take on the Green Upstate Owls.

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…. Middle school schedule for today:

  • GCO at Dixie
  • Whitmire at HT
  • Ware Shoals at LMS
  • Thornwell vs, Sanders

Other SCHL Football Final Scores

  • Thursday Night: Abbeville defeated the Cross Trojans 58-20 to capture the Class A Title.
  • Friday, Dec. 13:
    • Class 5A Division I: Dutch Fork defeated Summerville 35-12
    • Class 4A: South Florence defeated Westside42-41
  • Saturday, Dec. 14:
    • Class 3A: Oceanside Collegiate defeated Belton-Honea Path 35-17
    • Class 5A Division II: Northwestern defeated Irmo 34-31

 

Sports Talk Media Final High School Football Recap… Each week during the football season Sports Talk Media produce a recap show of high school football results from around the state… If you would like to hear that show for last Friday night, click here… It’s usually about 5 minutes long and keeps you updated on football outside our area… Enjoy

Laurens County Touchdown Club    

  • If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.… The Club’s next meeting which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.
  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club last meeting was on Thursday, 11-21-24. In addition to honoring the three latest Players of the Week and hearing from the local high school and college coaches, it was the annual Clemson-Carolina Meeting.  The guest speakers were Don Munson the Voice of the Clemson Tigers and Chet Tucker Sideline Reporter for the Gamecocks. Click here to see a video of that meeting followed by a few pictures taken at the meeting. .

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, 12-13-2024

Friday, December 13, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

 Red Devils Win Class AA Championship 36-6…If you were looking for someone in Clinton yesterday there is a good chance that you would not find them there as it seemed like most of Clinton was in the visitor stands yesterday afternoon down at SC State watching the Red Devils roll to a 35-6 win over the Barnwell Warhorses to capture their first State Championship since 2009.

  • First Quarter… As Coach Fountain put it after the game yesterday, his blue-collar football team wasted little time making their intentions known as they won the coin toss and elected to receive… Then on the second play from scrimmage Tushawan Richardson broke free for a 77-yard TD run and Rhett Gilliam added the two-point conversion to put the Red Devils up 8-0…The Warhorses then answered that with a 90-yard kickoff return by Jordan Peeples but the PAT failed making 8-6 Red Devils with most of the game left… However, that would be the last time the Warhorses would put points on the board as the Red Devil defense held them scoreless the rest of the way… The Red Devils answered that going 65 yards in 9 plays with DJ Clark carrying it in from 27 yards out and Lucas Kuykendal kicked the PAT to make it 15-6
  • Second Quarter… The Red Devils started a drive late in the first quarter that ended with 9:33 left in the second quarter when Rhett Gilliam carried it in from 5 yards out… A two-point attempt failed so the score stood 21-6 Red Devils… Neither team was able to score the rest of the half, but the Red Devils came close as they drove to the Barnwell 3 yard line on fourth and goal which caused them to turn the ball over on downs with just seconds left in the half.
  • Third Quarter… The Warhorses were able to gain some yards after receiving the opening kickoff of the second half and went for it on fourth and two but their pass fell incomplete… The Red Devils took over on their own 23-yard line and went the distance to score on a 29-yard pass from Richardson to Devin Swindler with 4:57 left in the quarter… Kuykendall kicked the PAT to make it 28-6 Red Devils… On their next possession, the Warhorses again went for it on fourth and one and were stopped cold.
  • Fourth Quarter… The Red Devil defense in the person of Austin Boyd stopped the Warhorses with a pass interception at the Clinton 45 and returned it to the Barnwell 30… Four plays later Rhett Gilliam scored again this time from 8 yards out… Kuykendall then made the PAT to make the score 35-6 Red Devils with 6:49 left in the game… The next two Barnwell possessions ended when they failed to convert on fourth down situations… As a matter of fact, the Warhorses went for it on fourth down 5 times in the game and the Red Devils denied them every time… The Red Devils took over for the last time with 1:25 left in the game and two plays later the celebration was on.
  • Some Stats
    • The Red Devil had 349 yds. of total offense to the Warehorses 155… 311 of Clinton’s yards came on the ground while they held Barnwell to just 35 yards rushing… The Red Devils had 2 pass completions for 28 yards with 1 TD to caught by Devin Swindler.
    • Richardson wound up being the leading rusher for the Red Devils as he had 109 yards with the 1 TD of 77 yards… Javen Cook had 87 yards, Rhett Gilliam 58 and 2 TDS while DJ Clark finished with 36 yards and 1 TD.
    • To see the complete stat package and a play by play accounting or the game, click here.
  • Congratulations to Coach Fountain and the team for a great season!

Other SCHL Football Final Scores or Schedule

  • Thursday Night: Abbeville defeated the Cross Trojans 58-20 to capture the Class A Title.
  • Friday, Dec. 13: Class 5A Division I: Dutch Fork vs. Summerville, 2:06 p.m. and Class 4A: South Florence vs. Westside, 7:36 p.m.
  • Saturday, Dec. 14: Class 3A: Oceanside Collegiate vs. Belton-Honea Path, 12:06 p.m. and Class 5A Division II: Irmo vs. Northwestern, 6:06 p.m.

Laurens HS

  • Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Raiders hosted the Wolverines of Woodruff last Wednesday.
    • Girls: Woodruff 41-39… The Lady Raiders lost a tough one 41-39… Led most of game and led 31-28 at end of 3rd… Too many turnovers down the stretch and unlike Tuesday game with Hillcrest had trouble hitting free throws hit only hit 50% and less than that in second half…Zoe Dial game-high 19 points and only raider in d-d.
    • Boys: Laurens 59 – Woodruff 50… Now the news is good also where the boys are concerned as they took a 59-50 win… They led 33-18 at the half and 43-29 at the start of the 4th quarter… The Wolverines tried to come back in the 4th quarter as the raider offense went cold for a while and got to within 6 points before the Raiders stretched the lead back out… Q. Watts was the only Raider in D-D as he had 17 point including a total of 9 points from behind the 3 point line

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

College Football… In the polls the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one.

  •  College Football Playoff Rankings….The final College Football Rankings came out on 12-11-24 and these are the rankings that will be used to seed the 12 teams that make the FBS Playoffs at the end of the year… They follow the AP Poll closely but not exactly… The first 5 teams in order are Oregon, Georgia (5), Texas (2), Penn State (3) and Notre Dame (4)… Spots 6 – 10 are held by Ohio State, Tennessee, Indiana (9), Boise State (10) and SMU (8)… Spots 11 and 15 are occupied by Alabama (11), Arizona State (15), Miami (12), Ole Miss (13) and South Carolina (14)… Clemson moved up t0 #16 from #17… To see the list of the entire top 25 in the in the Playoff Rankings click here… NOTE: Now due to certain rules for automatic placements into the playoffs, Clemson did make it into the playoffs but South Carolina did not (see below)… Other teams that did not make the playoffs ranked in the top 15 are Alabama, Miami and Ole Miss

 

  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here… Clemson will open play on Saturday, Dec. 21st at Texas taking on the Longhorns.

 

  •  2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowls that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score…  The bowls will start this Saturday (12-14-24) with South Carolina State taking on Jackson State in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta (noon on ABC)… Other bowls in South Carolina or involving team from South Carolina include:
    • Myrtle Beach Bowl, Monday, 12-23, Costal Carolina vs. UTSA, 2:30 pm on ESPN
    • Citrus Bowl, Tuesday, 12-31, #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois in Orlando, 3:00 pm on ABC

 FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule..

  • FCS Playoffs… The FCS playoffs are underway and have been since Dec.7th… There are no teams from South Carolina involved and the closest team to our area is Mercer… To see the bracket and scores as the games are finished, click here.

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

 NFL

  • Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,
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Sports Report for Tuesday, 12-10-2024

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

2024 SCHSL Football Brackets… I now have all the SCHSL football brackets for all classifications available… Look over in the Featured Sports Section for a posting with them or simply click here… Enjoy

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Ticket and Venue Information for Championship Game Thursday… I do hope that a lot of red devil fans are planning on following the team down to South Carolina State for the big game on Thursday afternoon… If you are planning on going there are a few thing you need to know before you go… First ticket prices will be $15.00 and everyone coming through the game must have a ticket except toddlers and infants that will be seaside in their parents’ laps… You can purchase tickets at the gate but there is a link to purchase the on the SCHSL website posting about the game… That posting has much more information about how to get there, where to park, stadium policies and other details you need to know before you go… Click here to go to that posting for just about anything you might want to know about the game site and details you need to know before you go.

 

  • Tushawan Richardson TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Tushawan Richardson had been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the week for his performance in last Friday’s game… Richardson is a senior quarterback who led Clinton High School to a 32 – 21 win over Fairfield Central in the Upper State Championship of the SCHSL AA playoffs…  Clinton High School will play Barnwell High School at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium on the campus of S.C. State University Thursday afternoon with a 2:06 pm kickoff for the AA state championship… Richardson rushed for 102 yards and one touchdown with a long run of 37 yards averaging 12.8 yards per carry…  In the passing department Richardson was 3 for 5 passing for 104 yards with 2 touchdowns with a long pass of 65 yards to set up a one-yard TD run for the Red Devils…  Richardson was sacked zero times in the game as well… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Tushawan is a true competitor and excels with the ball in his hand… He made plays when we needed them most with his legs and through the air.  It’s been great to see him grow as a player and person.”…The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Richardson on January 8th at the Touchdown Club Annual Banquet. .. The Awards Banquet will be at 6 pm at The Ridge in Laurens.  Player of the Week awards is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County in 2024.

 

  • Press Conference… Today at 9:30 there will be a virtual press conference conducted by the SCHSL and Coach Fountain and the Clinton Red Devils will be participating … It can be viewed on SCHSL YouTube Channel … If you click here it should carry you to a live streaming of that press conference when it starts.

  

  • Basketball Travels to Union…  According to the schedule I have, the Red Devil varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Union tonight to take on the Yellow Jackets… Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Sub-Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Raiders hosted The Rams of Hillcrest last night and let’s give you the information I have on boys teams… sorry. JV girls coach did not send me any results.
    •  CTEAM: Laurens 40 – Hillcrest 37… The C-team beat The Rams 40-37 to avenge a lost to the Rams last week…. Sorry, no more information available.
    • The JV BOYS: Laurens 41 – Hillcrest 27…  The Raiders defeated the Rams for the 2nd time this season by a score of 41-27… The win was secured by a stingy Raider Defense holding the Rams to 5 points in each of the first three quarters… The Raiders were led in scoring by freshman Jaylin Bluford with 13 points and Jay Watson chipped in 8 points.

 

  • Varsity at Home Tonight… The Raider varsity basketball teams will take on the Hillcrest Rams starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm in the main gym at LDHS.

Laurens Academy

  • Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusader varsity basketball teams traveled to Greenville Tech Charter School last night to take on the Warriors.
    • Girls: Warriors 53 – Crusaders 29… The Crusaders had some problems with their offense last night as they were held scoreless in the second quarter and that proved to be a hole too big to climb out of as the Warriors took a 53-29 win… Braylee Burke was the only Crusader in double-digits with 10 points… The Warriors had 2 players who were in double digits.
    • Boys: Warriors 55 – Crusaders 26… The Crusader boys also found it hard to get their offense going against the Warriors as they trailed the Warriors 31-12 at the half and the Warriors went on to take a 55-26 win over the Crusaders… Braydon Burke was the only Crusader in double-digits with 15 points.
  • Up Next … All Crusader the Crusader teams will be in action today as they host the Cavaliers of New Covenant starting with middle school girls at 4:00 pm.

 

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