Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Monday, 12-9-2024

Monday, December 9, 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

Red Devils Play for State Championship… The Clinton Red Devils punched their ticket to the SCHSL Class AAA State Championship last Friday night by taking a 32-21 win over the Fairfield-Central Griffins at Wilder Stadium… They will play the Barnwell Warhorses at SC State in Orangeburg this Thursday at 2:00 pm. for the Class AA Championship.
- Total Offense and Rushing… The Red Devils had a total of 424 yards of offense with 320 of them coming on the ground… The Griffins had 340 yards of total offense with 290 of them coming on the ground… The Red Devils had 3 runners rush for over 100 yards as Rhett Gilliam led the Red Devils with 109 yards and 1 TD, Tushawan Richardson had 102 yards and 1 TD while Javen Cook finished with 101 yards rushing…The Griffins Tydarion Greer who averaged 152 yards per game this season did get 191 yards and scored 2 TDs to help keep the Griffins in the game.
- Passing…In the passing department, Tushawan Richardson completed 3 of 5 passing attempts for 104 yards with 2 TDs and no interceptions…. Devin swindler caught 2 passes for 82 yards one of which was a TD while DJ Clark caught the other pass for 22 yards and a TD… The Griffins Kaden Diggs completed 3 of 12 passes and had one intercepted and no TDs picking up only 80 yards.
- First Quarter… The Griffins won the toss and elected to defer to the second half… The Griffins were hesitant about kicking to the Red Devils as their first two kicks went out-of-bounds… after the Red Devils finally got the ball at their own 41 after Mason Tinsley returned the third kickoff 11 yards, the Red Devils scored in 4 plays as Richardson completed a 22 yard TD pass to DJ Clark and Kuykendal kicked the PAT the score was 7-0 Red Devils with 11:19 remaining in the first quarter… There was no more scoring in the first quarter.
- Second Quarter… The Red Devils started a 13 play drive late in the first quarter that culminated with a missed field goal… The Griffins then went 80 yards in 6 plays and scored on a 28 yard run by Grier… The PAT made it 7-7… The Red Devils responded going 84 yards in 6 plays with Rhett Gilliam scoring from 1 yard out… The PAT was missed so the score stood 13-7 Red Devils with a 1:10 left in the half… On the ensuing kickoff, the Red Devils forced a fumble and Austin Boyd scooped it up and scored… The two-point conversion failed making the score 19-7 Red Devils at the half.
- Third Quarter… The Griffins scored the second time they had the ball in the third quarter on a 19 yard run by Diggs and the PAT was added to make it 19-14 Red Devils which was the score going into the fourth quarter.
- Fourth Quarter… The Red Devils started a drive after the previous Griffin score that ended with 11:54 left in the game when Richardson carried it in from the 7 yard line to make it 25-14 as the two-point conversion again failed… The Griffins responded by scoring again with 9:49 left in the game and with the PAT the score stood 25-21 Red Devils… Clinton marched right back down the field going 52 yards in 7 plays with Richardson connecting with Devin Swindler on what was supposed to be a hook and ladder play…Swindler noticed no one near him so he just carried it in almost untouched from the 17… The PAT was good so the score stood 32 – 21 Red Devils with 6:33 remaining in the game… The Griffins then started back down the field with the drive stalling at the Clinton 33 where they turned the ball over on downs and Javen Cook went 24 yards for a first down, Richardson 25 yards for another and Rhett Gilliam picked up another 15 yards before the horn sounded and the celebration was on.
- More Information… To see the complete stat package for the game including a play-by-play accounting of the game, click here.

Laurens Academy

Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusader basketball teams hosted the Spartanburg Christian Warriors last Friday night.
- Boys: Warriors 63 – Crusaders 51… The Crusader boys’ varsity basketball team fell for the first time this season as they lost to the Warriors by a score of 63-51… The Warriors outscored the Crusaders 14-11 in the first quarter and continued to outscore the Crusaders by 2 to 3 points in each of the following quarters to take the win… Braydon Burke led the Crusaders with a game-high 30 points and was the only Crusader in double-digits… Tristan Bates finished with 6 points, Eli Hornberger and Elijah Strait 5, Chesney Watkins 3 and Micah Strait 2…The team is now 3-1 on the young season.
- Girls: Warriors 50 – Crusaders 45… I hate to have to report that the Lady Crusaders also lost for the first time last Friday night as the Warriors took a close 50-45 win over the Crusaders as the Warriors Delancy Caldwell scored 24 of the Warriors points… The score was 22-21 Warriors at the half and then the Warriors outscored the Crusaders by 2 points in each of the final 2 quarters… Braylee Burke was the only Crusader scoring in double-digits 9 points scoring 14 of them in the fourth quarter… Brooklyn Senn scored 8 points, Abbey Howard 7, Mackenzie Runyons 4, Sadie Bruyere 3 and both Makayla Lindley and Madisyn Graham rounded out the Crusader scoring with 2 points each.
- Up Next … The varsity teams will be headed up to Greenville Tech Charter tonight to take on another set of Warriors with the girls’ game starting at 6:00 pm.
- MS Boys: Warriors 54 – Crusaders 18… Mason Snider led the Crusader with 7 points.
- MS Girls: Warriors 9 – Crusaders 8… Lorelai Bagwell led the Crusader scoring with 4 points.

Thornwell

Basketball… The schedules I have shows that both teams played at Dixie last Friday night but no one sent me the results.

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 8^th 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. .

Sports Talk Media 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!

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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.

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, 12-6-2024

Friday, December 6, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Red Devils Play for Upper State Championship… I think most of the sports fans in the area know that the Red Devils will be playing the Fairfield-Central Griffins tonight at 7:30 at Wilder Stadium for the Class AA Upper State Championship… Let’s look at the two teams from the stat point of view… All stats below come from MaxPreps
- Records: The Griffins come into the game with a 12-1 record, losing only their opening game to Ridge View 42-18… The Red Devils are 12-2 losing to Woodruff 40-36 in the opening game of the season and to Daniel 37-12 in September.
- Points Per Game: The Griffins are averaging 43.5 points per game while giving up 12.9 points per game… They were ranked #3 in the last SC Media Prep Football Poll… The Red Devils are averaging 41.3 points per game while giving up 19.9 points per game and were ranked #4 in the last SC Media Prep Football Poll
- Rushing and Passing: The Griffins are averaging 154.7 yards per game rushing and 121.8 yards per game passing… The Red Devils are averaging 340.1 yards per game and 94.3 yards per game passing… The Griffins have 60 rushing TDs while the Red Devils have 54… The Griffins have 14 passing TDs while the Red Devils have 12.
- Rushing Leaders: The leading rusher for the Griffins is #2 Tydarion Grier who is averaging 152.5 yards per game and has scored 35 rushing TDs… Javen Cook has come on to be the leading rusher for the Red Devils averaging 136.6 yards per game and has scored 21 rushing TDs.
- Passing Leaders: Number 3 Kadden Diggs and #11 Ford Davis have split the quarterback duties for the Griffins… Diggs has completed 51 of 79 pass attempts for 655 yards and 3 TDs while being intercepted 3 times… Davis is 32 of 52 for 517 yards with 6 TDs and 5 interceptions… Tushawn Richardson is 61 of 112 for 1059 yards with 12 TDs and 2 interceptions.
- Receiving: The three main receivers for the Griffins are #13 Jayden with 11 receptions for 323 yards and 2 TDs, #15 Jalen Squirewell with 15 receptions for 309 yards and 2 TDs and #19 TyQuarius Shannon who has 11 receptions for just 181 yards but 5 of them were for TDs… For the Red Devils Devin Swindler has 20 catches for 422 yards and 6 TDs while Chris Boyd has 15 receptions for 296 yards and 3 TDs.
- Interview with Coach Fountain… Earlier this week I did an interview with Coach Corey Fountain where we talked a little bit about last week’s game with Batesburg-Leesville and also about tonight’s game… If you want to hear that interview click here.
- Bottom Line… The Red Devils face a very tough opponent tonight and they really need a full house of Red Devil fans to cheer them on… Please come out if you can and cheer them on to another win! Another win puts them in the championship game next Thursday down in Orangeburg. Go Big Red!

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Fairfield-Central Griffins this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in third round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the gate, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate and no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.!

Laurens HS

Wrestling… Good luck to the Raider wrestling team as they participate in the Fury Invitational tomorrow… Click here for a little more information.

Laurens Academy

Basketball at Home Today… The 4 Crusader basketball teams will be hosting Spartanburg Christian today starting with middle school girls’ action at 4:00 pm.

Thornwell

Basketball… The schedules I have shows that both teams will be headed to Dixie tonight for their first region games… Go Big Dogs!

Sanders at Dixie (Wednesday)… The sanders boys traveled to Dixie on Wednesday and all I can tell you is that Sanders won 44-34… Dixie does not have a girl’s team this season.
GCO at Whitmire… All I can tell you here is that the GCO Tigers lost both games at Whitmire yesterday.
Ware Shoals at Hickory Tavern… These games were postponed due to a scheduling conflict.
Laurens MS at Thornwell … No one sent me the scores… If you see the coaches, please ask them to do so in the future.
Sanders at Dixie… The boys’ defeated Dixie boys 44-34 Wednesday night. Dixie does not have a girls’ team.

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 8^th 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. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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.

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

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Sports Report for Thursday, 12-5-2024

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Clinton HS

Basketball… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams traveled own to Emerald HS Tuesday night to take on their former region foe the Vikings… It was the season opener for the boys’ team.

- Updated– Boys: Clinton 56 – Emerald 46… In boys’ action, the Red Devils took a 56-46 win over the Vikings…They simply outscored the Vikings by small margins in every quarter but the last where the Vikings outscored them 20-18… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Terry Smith who finished with 15 points, CJ Jones 14 and Jishun Nabors was also in double-digits with 10… Kylen Calhoun and Zeke Murray both scored 5 points… NyKing Pitts 4, and Kevodrick Cullen 1.
- Clinton 43 – Emerald 26… The Lady Red Devils ran their season record to 3-1 as they took a 43-26 win over the Vikings… The score was tied 12-12 at the half but the Red Devils got their act together finishing strong taking the 43-26 in… McKenzie Clark led the Red Devils with 18 points. .. Kemaria Shelton finished with 8 points, Bryanna Belton 6, Mylayja Thompson & Jakia Burton 4 each and Ja’Neshia Burton 3.
- Up Next… For those of you who have a Red Devil basketball schedule, you will see where the Red Devils are supposed to travel to Laurens Friday night… Those games have been postponed due to the football game at Clinton Friday night and they will attempt to reschedule to a later date.

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Fairfield-Central Griffins this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in third round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate and no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.!

Laurens HS

Basketball… The Raider varsity basketball teams traveled to Woodruff last night to take on the Wolverines.
- Girls: Woodruff 56 – Laurens 44… The girls’ team fell to the Wolverines 56-44 avenging an earlier 50-44 loss to the Raiders in a preseason tournament,,, The Wolverines outscored the Raiders 11-4 in the first quarter and continued to outscore the Raiders in every quarter but the last where the Raiders did outscore them 19-17… The Wolverines were led by Sadie Burnette who had a game-high 24 points… The only Raider in double-digits was Nyri Allen who finished with 16 points… The Raiders are now 3-2 on the season.
- Boys: Laurens 55 – Woodruff 47… The news is better where the boys’ team is concerned as the Raiders took a 55-47 win… The Wolverines actually led 23-19 at the half but the Raiders came out in the third quarter and outscored 19-17 and held on for the win… Now I don’t have any scoring details at this time but if I get them I will pass them on to you later… The boys are now 2-3 on the season

JV Basketball… While the varsity teams were up at Woodruff last night the JV teams hosted the Wolverines in the main gym at LDHS.
- Girls: Woodruff 21 – Laurens 15… In JV girls’ action, the Raiders led 9-8 at the half but the Wolverines came back and took a 21-15 win over the Lady Raiders… In the second half, the Wolverines used their height advantage to control the defensive board and block at least 5 Raider shots as they went on to take the win… The top two scorers for the Raiders were Taraji Jenkins and Maylasia Cook who both scored 4 points… The team is now 0-2 on the season.
- Boys: Laurens 42 – Woodruff 30… The news is better in the JV boys’ game as the Raiders took a 42-30 win… They led by no more than 4 points up until the fourth quarter where they outscored the Wolverines 14-6 to seal the deal… The win could have been a bigger one if the Raiders had of made their free throws… They made only 3 of 24 shots from the charity strip… The Raider had 2 players scoring in double-digits as Jay Watson finished with 12 points and Damajia Crooks 10… The team is 2-0 on the young season.

Thornwell

Girls Basketball… The Lady Saints hosted the Wagner-Salley War Eagles last night… The boys did not play.
- .Saints 36 – War Eagles 26… Good news here for Saints fans as they took a 36-26 win over the War Eagles to give Coach Michael Hogan his first win as the Saints girls basketball coach and even their record at 1-1… The Saints led 17-12 at the half and then outscored the War Eagles 13-3 in the third quarter and held on for the win… The scorebook photo was hard to read and the scorer did not total the individual points but I think the Saints were led in scoring by Jessie Pitts who scored 9 points… Kendra Wilson and Kynli English both finished with 8 points each.
- Up Next… The schedules I have shows that both teams will be headed to Dixie Friday for their first region games Friday night.

GCO at Whitmire
Ware Shoals at Hickory Tavern
Laurens MS at Thornwell

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 8^th 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. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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.

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

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Wednesday, 12-4-2024

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Basketball… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams traveled own to Emerald HS last night to take on their former region foe the Vikings… It was the season opener for the boys’ team.
- Boys: Clinton 56 – Emerald 46… In boys’ action, the Red Devils took a 56-46 win over the Vikings…They simply outscored the Vikings by small margins in every quarter but the last where the Vikings outscored them 20-18… Sorry but I do not have any scoring details… If I get them I’ll bring them to you later…
- Clinton 43 – Emerald 26… The lady Red Devils ran their season record to 3-1 as they took a 43-26 win over the Vikings… The score was tied 12-12 at the half but the Red Devils got their act together finishing strong taking the 43-26 in… McKenzie Clark led the Red Devils with 18 points. .. Kemaria Shelton finished with 8 points, Bryanna Belton 6, Mylayja Thompson & Jakia Burton 4 each and Ja’Neshia Burton 3.
- Up Next… For those of you who have a Red Devil basketball schedule, you will see where the Red Devils are supposed to travel to Laurens Friday night… Those games have been postponed due to the football game at Clinton Friday night and they will attempt to reschedule to a later date.

Javen Cook TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Javen Cook had been chosen the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Red Devils quarterfinals 31-14 win over the Batesburg-Leesville Tigers at Wilder Stadium last Friday night… Javen ‘Zoom’ Cook is a Clinton High School junior for the Red Devils who lead the team in rushing with 269 yards on twenty-four carries and three touchdowns on the night… Cook had a long run of 50 yards and rushed for 11.2 yards per carry from his running back position… The Red Devils rushed for 393 as a team on the night… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Javen has a great work ethic… His work in the weight room shows on Friday nights when he explodes down the field on big plays… He is a great young man on and off the field.”… The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Cook 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.

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Fairfield-Central Griffins this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in third round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate and no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.!

Laurens HS

Basketball… The Raider varsity basketball teams opened up their regular season last night traveling up to Hillcrest to take on the Rams.
- Girls: Hillcrest 39 – Laurens 35… The girls’ team fell for the first time this season as the Rams took a 39-35 win… The Rams jumped out to a 13-5 lead after the first quarter of play and continued to outscore the Raiders by small amounts until the last quarter… There the Raiders started a comeback and got the within 3 points with about 30 seconds left in the game but could get no closer as they were playing a little shorthanded with 2 player out… Tiyonna Jones led the Raiders with 11 points and was the only Raider in double-digits… A’Nyah McBeth and Gabby Wormley both had 4 points while Alayiah Carter finished with 2 points.
- Boys: Hillcrest 59 – Laurens 52… The Raider boys’ team lost a heart breaker to the Rams last night by a score of 59-52… The Raider led 22-19 at the half and 39-32 going into the fourth quarter… There a few too many Raider turnover and the Rams going 10 of 11 from the free-throw line doomed the Raiders… The Raiders had 2 players in double-digits as TyJ Jones finished with 15 points and Quinton Watts with 11… DJ Martin finished with 7 points, Will Thompson 6, Z. Simpson 6, Damyyo Watts 4 and RJ Brewster-Snow 3… The boys are now 1-3 on the season
- UP Next… The Raider varsity teams will travel to Woodruff tonight and the JV teams will host the Wolverines starting at 6:00 pm.

Laurens Academy

Basketball… The Crusader basketball teams hosted the Wardlaw Patriots yesterday.
- Girls: Crusaders 42 – Patriots 29… The Crusader girls’ team continues to roll on in this young season as they defeated the Patriots 42-29… The Crusaders outscored the Patriots 10-5 in the first quarter and then were never really threatened after that… They had two players scoring in double-digits as Sadie Bruyere finished with 17 points and Braylee Burke had 10… Brooklynn Senn added 7 points, Mackenzie Runyan 5, Madisyn Graham 2 and Makayla Lindley 1… The saints are 3-0 on the young season.
- Boys: Crusaders 59 – Patriots 52… Now the boys’ game was a little closer but good news for Crusader fans as they took a 59-52 win over the Patriots… The Crusader led 24-18 at the half and then went on to take the win behind Braydon Burke’s 21 points… Garrison Vaughn was also in double-digits with 14 points… Micha Straight finished with 8 points, Garrett Murphy 6 and both Chesney Watkins and Tristan Bates finished with 5 points each… The Crusaders are 3-0.

Thornwell

Basketball… The Saints opened their season traveling down to Greenwood Christian to take on the Hawks Monday night in a doubleheader of boys’ and girls’ action.
- Correction: Boys: Hawks 71 – Saints 53… In boys’ action, the Hawks took a 71-53 win… The score at the half was 19-16 Hawks and both teams picked up the scoring in the second half but the Hawks were hotter than the Saints… Zalen Washington led the Saint with a game-high 41 points.
- Up Next… The schedules I have shows the girls hosting Wagner Salley Thursday and both teams headed to Dixie Friday for their first region games.

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 8^th 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. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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.

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

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Tuesday, 12-3-2024

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Local Notes

Local Basketball Games Tonight… All based on schedules available and subject to change without notification… Starting at 6:00 pm with girls’ action.

Clinton – Varsity at Emerald
Laurens – Varsity at Hillcrest
Laurens Academy – All hosting Wardlaw starting at 4:00 pm

Clinton HS

Javen Cook TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Javen Cook had been chosen the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Red Devils quarterfinals 31-14 win over the Batesburg-Leesville Tigers at Wilder Stadium last Friday night… Javen ‘Zoom’ Cook is a Clinton High School junior for the Red Devils who lead the team in rushing with 269 yards on twenty-four carries and three touchdowns on the night… Cook had a long run of 50 yards and rushed for 11.2 yards per carry from his running back position… The Red Devils rushed for 393 as a team on the night… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Javen has a great work ethic… His work in the weight room shows on Friday nights when he explodes down the field on big plays… He is a great young man on and off the field.”… The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Cook 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… I need to do some catching up with the Laurens Raider basketball teams where both the girls and boys teams participated in preseason Tournaments.
- Girls… The girls’ tem participated in the Coach Varner Tipoff Classic at Woodruff HS before the Thanksgiving break… Good news to report here as they won all three of their games… They defeated Landrum 59-26, Chapin 46-44 in a close won and won the tournament with a 50-44 win over the host Woodruff HS to give them a 3-0 record.
- Boys… About the same time as the girls were up at Woodruff, the boys were traveling to Spartanburg to take part in the Sports Impact Tournament at Spartanburg Christian Academy… They defeated Irmo 60-57 in the first game but fell to Spartanburg 68-67 in double overtime… They then faced Irmo again and this time fell by a score of 44-42 in a close one o give them a record of 1-2.

Sub-Varsity Basketball… Last night the Raider sub-varsity teams traveled up to Hillcrest to take on the Rams… Now I have no report on the JV girls but I can tell you that the C-team boys took a 49-38 win over the Rams and the JV boys won 44-30… No other details available… Good luck to the varsity teams as they travel to Hillcrest tonight.

Laurens Academy

Basketball… The Crusader basketball teams are scheduled to host Wardlaw today starting at 4:00 pm wit middle school girls’ action.

Thornwell

Basketball… The Saints opened their season traveling down to Greenwood Christian to take on the Hawks last night in a doubleheader of boys and girls action.
- Girls: Hawks 52 – Saints 9… The young Saints girls’ team took to the court against an experienced Hawks team last night and lost by a score of 52-9… The Hawks outscored the Saints 20-0 in the first quarter and rolled on to the win… Madi Landrith led the Saints in scoring with 3 points.
- Boys: Hawks 71 – Saints 53… In boys’ action, the Hawks took a 71-53 win… The score at the half was 19-16 Hawks and both teams picked up the scoring in the second half but the Hawks were hotter than the Saints… Zalen Washington led the Saint with a game-high 35 points.
- Up Next… The schedules I have shows the girls hosting Wagner Salley Thursday and both teams headed to Dixie Friday for their first region games.

Boys Thornwell 29 – GCO 27…The Thornwell Saints boys’ middle school team trailed 9-7 at the end of the first quarter but fought back and took a 29-27 win at Gray Court-Owings last night… At the half the Saints led the Tigers 15-14 and the game went back and forth from that point on … The Saints were led in scoring by Jaden Wilson who had a game-high 10 points… Caleb Clinkscales was close behind with 7 points… The Tigers were led by Dylan Abramowitz who finished with 9 points and Wesley Collins with 5 points.
Hickory Tavern at Sanders… The Hickory Tavern Panthers traveled to Sanders last night to take on the Yellow Jackets… All I have is the final scores and in girls action the Yellow Jackets took a 26-12 win and in boys action the Yellow Jackets took a 48-2 win.

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 8^th 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. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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.

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, 12-2-2024

Monday, December 2, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Clinton 31 – Batesburg Leesville 14… The Batesburg-Leesville Panthers came into Wilder Stadium last Friday night riding high and undefeated on the season… When the final horn sounded they left with 1 loss on the season and a little humbler than before the game started as the Red Devils took a 31-14 win.
- First Quarter… The first half ended in a 14-14 tie as the two teams went after each other like 2 heavy weight fighters… The Panthers got the ball first but fumbled on their own 18 yard line which the Red Devils recovered… Four plays later Javen Cook carried it in from 4 yards out and with Lucas Kuykendall’s PAT the Red Devils led 7-0 with 9:31 showing on the clock in the first quarter… The Panthers scored the next time they had the ball on a 3 yard run by Tanner Watkins to cap a 65 yard drive in 11 plays and with the PAT the score was tied 7-7 with 4:17 left in the quarter.
- Second Quarter… The Red Devils started a drive in the first quarter that carried over into the second quarter and it ended with the Red Devil’s only turnover on the night as Tushawan Richard’s pass was intercepted near the goal line and returned to the Panther 39 yard line… Ten plays later the Panthers scored on an 8 yard pass play and with the PAT led 14-7 with 5:14 left in the half… The Red Devils then drove down and faced a fourth and goal to go at the Panther 9 yard line when Richardson finding his receivers covered and went to his right and as he was tackled about the one-yard line held the ball out and knocked the pylon down to score with no time on the clock and Kuykendall then added the PAT to tie the game.. Note: Sky 4 happened to be circling above Wider Stadium at the time he scored and they have an aerial shot of that… If you click here you will go to that video and you will have to watch a sort commercial and the shot of Wilder Stadium will be in the last 2 minutes of the almost 8 minute long video .
- Third Quarter… The Red Devils got the ball first in the second half and picked up a first down but then the drive stalled… With it being fourth down and eight, Kuykendal went back to punt but the snap sailed over his head… He covered the ball but the Panthers took possession on the Clinton 18 yard line… Three plays later they fumbled and Brett Young fell on the ball to give it back to the Red Devils at their own 17 yard line… Six plays later Javen Cook scored again from the 10 and with the PAT Clinton led 21-14 with 4:34 left in the quarter.
- Fourth Quarter… The next score in the game with 7:10 left in the game when Kuykendall connected on an 18 yard field goal to make it 24-14 Red Devils… That field goal would have not been possible but for the effort and cool headedness of the holder Mason Tinsley… The snap skidded on the ground back to him and he calmly got it down in time for the kick to give the Red Devils a two-score lead… The Panthers turned the ball over on downs at the Clinton 34 and Javen Cook scored 5 plays later from the 10 and with the PAT the score stood 31-14 Red Devils… He had a 50 yard run in that drive… The Panthers then had a pass intercepted by Mason Tinsley and returned 20 yards to give the Red Devils the ball at their own 45 yard line with 1:40 left in the game… Not long after that the celebration was on as the Panthers looked shell-shocked.
- Some Stats… The Red Devil had 382 yards rushing and only 11 passing for a total of 393 yards of total offense… The Panthers had 113 yards rushing and 89 passing for a total of 202 yards of total offense… Javen Cook was the leading rusher for the Red Devils with 269 yards on 24 carries and 3 TDs… For the complete stat package and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- Up Next… The Red Devils will be at home this Friday night as they take on the Fairfield-Central Griffins who defeated Central 48-28 and are 12-1 on the season… More about them later this week.

Laurens Academy

Interview with Coach Doolittle… I had a chance to talk with Coach Jolly Doolittle about the Crusaders loss to Richard Winn last Friday night in the SCISA 8-Mand Championship game but mostly we talked about what his impressions were about this past season and the future for the Crusaders… To hear that interview, click here… Again thanks to him and congratulations to the team that finished much better than most people (except themselves) thought this past season… Go Crusaders!

Thornwell

Basketball… According to the latest basketball schedule I have from Thornwell they will open their basketball regular season tonight with the middle school teams playing at Gray Court-Owings starting at 5:00 pm and the varsity will travel to Greenwood Christian for games starting at 6:00 pm.

Dixie at LMS
Thornwell at GCO
Hickory Tavern at Sanders
Whitmire 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 8^th at The Ridge
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. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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. . .
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, 11-29-2024

Friday, November 29, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Clinton Host Batesburg-Leesville Tonight… The Red Devils are the last Laurens County team remaining in the playoffs and they will be hosting the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers tonight at Wilder stadium with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 pm… The Panthers come into this game with a perfect 12-0 record and their head coach is Greg Lawson who was the Laurens Raider coach for 7 seasons starting in 2006… Coach Fountain actually was an assistant on his staff 2 seasons.
- The Panthers come into the contest with a 12-o record and are ranked #1 in the latest SC Media Football Poll for Class 2A… They are averaging 39-8 points per game and giving up only 7.5 points per game.
- If you would like to see their season schedule and results to date click here… If you do you will find that the closest game they have had this season is an 8-7 win over Strom Thurmond in the final game of the regular season…In the playoffs they have defeated Columbia HS 42-6 and last week they defeated Andrew Jackson 49-14.
- The Panthers are averaging 158 yards rushing per game and passing 103 yards per game… If you would like to see more team stats on the Panthers, click here.… If you would like to see team leaders in various statistical categories both offense and defense, click here.
- The other day I interviewed Coach Fountain about the win last Friday night against Chester and the game tonight… If you would like to hear that interview, click here… One thing he was quick to point out is that is the best team the Red Devils have faced so far and the Red Devils really need a large fan turnout tonight because he thinks the Panther fans will show up in mass and ALL Red Devil fans are needed there tonight to counteract the Panther fans.
- IGO BIG RED!

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in third round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.

· Girls Basketball… I need to do some catching up with the Red Devil girls basketball team as they started their season last Saturday competing in the Bob Dillon Invitational up at Spartanburg HS….Before I recap the scores (below) I’ll tell you that the Red Devils finished third in the tournament and Nah’shia Wright was named to the All-Tournament Team… Congratulations to here and the team!

- Saturday (11-23): Clinton 68 – Catawba Ridge30… On Saturday the Red Devils opened their season taking 68-30 win over the Catawba Ridge Copperheads… The Red Devils jumped out to a 23-11 lead at the end of the first quarter and then the defense held the Copperheads to 9 points or less in each of the three remaining quarters while they scored 12 or more to take the win… MyKenzie Clark led the Red Devils with 16 points while Emma Patterson had 14 and Kemaria Shelton had 12 to give the Red Devils 3 players scoring in double-digits.
- Monday (11-25): Byrnes 54 – Clinton 32… Monday the Red Devils faced off against 5A Byrnes and the Rebels jumped out to a 19-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and rolled on to a 54-32 win over the Red Devils… Coach Gardner said the team “plated with great effort” but that Byrnes is a very good team… The leading scorer for the Red Devils was Bryanna Belton who finished with 9 points.
- Tuesday (11-26): Clinton 56 – Spartanburg 50… The Red Devils closed out their participation in the tournament on Tuesday taking on the home standing Spartanburg Vikings,,, It was a tough game that saw the Vikings jump out to a 14-11 lead after 8 minutes of play but the Red Devils came back to lead 29-24 at the half and then held on for a 56-50 win… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Mylayja Thompson with 13 points and Bryanna Belton with 10 points.
- Next… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will travel to Greenwood next week on Tuesday to take on the Vikings.

Laurens Academy

Interview with Coach Doolittle… I had a chance to talk with Coach Jolly Doolittle about the Crusaders loss to Richard Winn last Friday night in the SCISA 8-Mand Championship game but mostly we talked about what his impressions were about this past season and the future for the Crusaders… To hear that interview, click here… Again, thanks to him and congratulations to the team that finished much better than most people (except themselves) thought this past season… Go Crusaders!

Basketball… I also need to do some catching up with the Laurens Academy Crusader basketball teams as they opened their season back Monday and hen played again on Tuesday.

UPDATED Monday the Crusader basketball teams hosted the Eagles of Westgate Christian out of Spartanburg.
- Boys: Crusaders 65 – Eagles 33… The Crusader varsity boys’ team opened its season by taking a 65-32 win over the Eagles… They outscored the Eagles 17-4 in the first quarter and led 37-7 at the half with Braydon Burke leading the Crusaders scoring a game-high 19 points… Garrison Vaughn was also in double –digits with 14 points.
- Girls: Crusaders 57 –Eagles 8… Sadie Bruyere Led the Crusaders with 16 points as they defeated the Eagles 57-8… The Crusaders actually held the Eagles scoreless in the third quarter… Braylee Burke was also in double-digits with 11 points.
- MS Boys: Crusaders 51 – Eagles 12… In middle school action, the Crusaders defeated the Eagles 51-12… They outscored them 13-6 in the first quarter and that was the most the Eagles scored in a quarter as the Crusaders went on to take the one-sided win… Elias Littleton and Mason Whitaker led the Crusaders with 9 points each.
- MS Girls: Crusaders 14 – Eagles 13… In the first game of the evening, the Crusader middle school girls’ team managed to pull out a 14-13 win over the Eagles in a close one… They led 8-0 after the first quarter and did not score again until the fourth quarter where they scored their other 6 points to escape with the 1 point win… Hadley Knox and Lillie Jones had 4 points each in the Crusaders win.
Tuesday the Crusader boys hosted the Cambridge Academy Cougars while the girls hosted the Richard Winn Eagles.
- Boys: Crusaders 55 – Cougars 53… The Crusader boys team put 23 points on the scoreboard in the first quarter while the Cougars only managed 4 but don’t count your chickens before the eggs hatch as that was Crusaders best quarter and the worst for the Cougars… They started coming back in each of the three remaining quarters but good news for Crusader fans as they held on to take a 55-53 win over the Cougars… Braydon Burke turned out to be the games’ leading scorer with 31 points… Garrison Vaughn was also in double-digits with 11 points.
- Girls: Crusaders 56 – Richard Winn 34… The girls basketball team also picked up a big win as they defeated the Richard Winn Eagles by a score of 56-34The Crusader led 27-17 at the half and were never really threatened after that… The Crusaders had three players scoring in double-digits as Brooklynn Sinn finished with a game-high 16 points, Braylee Burke 12 and Sadie Bruyere finished with 10 points.

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 8^th at The Ridge
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. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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. . .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Thursday, 11-28-2024

Thursday, November 28, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

- Saturday (11-23): Clinton 68 – Catawba Ridge30… On Saturday the Red Devils opened their season taking 68-30 win over the Catawba Ridge Copperheads… The Red Devils jumped out to a 23-11 lead at the end of the first quarter and then the defense held the Copperheads to 9 points or less in each of the three remaining quarters while they scored 12 or more to take the win… MyKenzie Clark led the Red Devils with 16 points while Emma Patterson had 14 and Kemaria Shelton had 12 to give the Red Devils 3 players scoring in double-digits.
- Monday (11-25): Byrnes 54 – Clinton 32… Monday the Red Devils faced off against 5A Byrnes and the Rebels jumped out to a 19-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and rolled on to a 54-32 win over the Red Devils… Coach Gardner said the team “plated with great effort” but that Byrnes is a very good team… The leading scorer for the Red Devils was Bryanna Belton who finished with 9 points.
- Tuesday (11-26): Clinton 56 – Spartanburg 50… The Red Devils closed out their participation in the tournament on Tuesday taking on the home standing Spartanburg Vikings… It was a tough game that saw the Vikings jump out to a 14-11 lead after 8 minutes of play, but the Red Devils came back to lead 29-24 at the half and then held on for a 56-50 win… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Mylayja Thompson with 13 points and Bryanna Belton with 10 points.
- Next… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will travel to Greenwood next week on Tuesday to take on the Vikings.

· Gilliam Chosen TD Club Player of the Week…Monday the Laurens County Touchdown Club announced that Clinton HS sophomore Rhett Gilliam has been chosen the Club’s Player of the week for his performance in the Red Devils 48-20 win over the Chester Cyclones in their second round win in the Class AA SCHSL Playoffs… … Rhett Gilliam a big 48 – 20 win over the Chester Cyclones in the second round of the SCHSL AA playoffs. He led the team in rushing with 165 yards on twenty carries and two touchdowns on the night… Gilliam had a long touchdown run of 30 yards and rushed for 8.2 yards per carry from his H-back running position… The Red Devils rushed for 432 as a team on the night… Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Rhett is usually the guy blocking for the other backs to explode big runs, however, this week he was carving out big runs versus Chester… Rhett practices and hits the weight room hard… His preparation is the reason he was successful on Friday night… Rhett is a great ambassador of our program on and off the field.”… The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Gilliam on January 8th at the Touchdown Club Annual Banquet… The Awards Banquet will be at 6 pm at The Ridge in Laurens

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in third round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.

Laurens Academy

Basketball… I also need to do some catching up with the Laurens Academy Crusader basketball teams as they opened their season back Monday and hen played again on Tuesday.

Monday the Crusader basketball teams hosted the Eagles of Westgate Christian out of Spartanburg.
- Boys: Crusaders 65 – Eagles 33… The Crusader varsity boys’ team opened its season by taking a 65-32 win over the Eagles… They outscored the Eagles 17-4 in the first quarter and led 37-7 at the half with Braydon Burke leading the Crusaders scoring a game-high 19 points… Garrison Vaughn was also in double –digits with 14 points.
- Girls: Crusaders 57 –Eagles 8… Sadie Bruyere Led the Crusaders with 16 points as they defeated the Eagles 57-8… The Crusaders actually held the Eagles scoreless in the third quarter… Braylee Burke was also in double-digits with 11 points.
Tuesday the Crusader boys hosted the Cambridge Academy Cougars while the girls hosted the Richard Winn Eagles.
- Boys: Crusaders 55 – Cougars 53… The Crusader boys team put 23 points on the scoreboard in the first quarter while the Cougars only managed 4 but don’t count your chickens before the eggs hatch as that was Crusaders best quarter and the worst for the Cougars… They started coming back in each of the three remaining quarters but good news for Crusader fans as they held on to take a 55-53 win over the Cougars… Braydon Burke turned out to be the games’ leading scorer with 31 points… Garrison Vaughn was also in double-digits with 11 points.
- Girls: Crusaders 56 – Richard Winn 34… The girls basketball team also picked up a big win as they defeated the Richard Winn Eagles by a score of 56-34The Crusader led 27-17 at the half and were never really threatened after that… The Crusaders had three players scoring in double-digits as Brooklynn Sinn finished with a game-high 16 points, Braylee Burke 12 and Sadie Bruyere finished with 10 points.

Thornwell

Cross Country in State Class A Championship… And finally last Friday down at Newberry, the Thornwell boys’ cross country team participated in the Class A State Champion Meet… I am pleased to report that the Saints finished 7th at the meet out of 15 teams participating… The top runner for the Saints was JT Shorter who finished 7^th overall with a time of 18:32.85… Now three of the Saint girls also ran at the team and that is not enough to qualify for a team score… The top runner for the girls was Emma Richardson who finished 38^th overall in a time of 26:30.55… If you would like to see the times for each of the Saints runners both male and female, click here… Congratulations to the Saints on their fine showing!

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 8^th at The Ridge
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.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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. . .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Wednesday, 11-27-2024

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Gilliam Chosen TD Club Player of the Week…Monday the Laurens County Touchdown Club announced that Clinton HS sophomore Rhett Gilliam has been chosen the Club’s Player of the week for his performance in the Red Devils 48-20 win over the Chester Cyclones in their second round win in the Class AA SCHSL Playoffs… … Rhett Gilliam a big 48 – 20 win over the Chester Cyclones in the second round of the SCHSL AA playoffs. He led the team in rushing with 165 yards on twenty carries and two touchdowns on the night… Gilliam had a long touchdown run of 30 yards and rushed for 8.2 yards per carry from his H-back running position… The Red Devils rushed for 432 as a team on the night… Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Rhett is usually the guy blocking for the other backs to explode big runs, however, this week he was carving out big runs versus Chester… Rhett practices and hits the weight room hard… His preparation is the reason he was successful on Friday night… Rhett is a great ambassador of our program on and off the field.”… The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Gilliam on January 8th at the Touchdown Club Annual Banquet… The Awards Banquet will be at 6 pm at The Ridge in Laurens ·

Boys Cross Country… Last Friday at The Farm in Newberry the Red Devil boys’ cross country team participated in the Class AA Championship Meet… Last year the Red Devils finished 5th, this year they finished 4th… William Reid led the Red Devil finished 5th overall with a time of 16:29.7… This time earned him a spot on the All State… For a photo of the team, how the other Red Devils finished and the order of finish for the other team in the meet, click here…. Congratulations to the Red Devils or as they say in Clinton, Go Big Red!

Girls Cross Country… The girls’ cross country team also qualified to participate in the State Championship Meet… They finished 11th a new best for the team… Elizabeth Reid turned in the best time for the team finishing 18th overall with a time of 21:33.06… Again for a photo of the team, how the other Red Devils finished and the order of finish for the other team in the meet, click here.

Laurens HS

Competitive Cheer… Last Saturday at Colonial Life Center for the first time in their short 2-year existence, the competitive cheer team participated in the Class AAAA Championship Meet… They finished 15 out of a field of 17… That is not bad for the first time at the state championships… To see the scores and order of finish for the other teams click here… Congratulation to Coach Patterson and the Team!

Laurens Cross Country… Last Friday the Raider boys’ cross country team competed in the Class AAAA State Championship down in Newberry also… The Raiders finished 14^th at the meet… The following are the results for each of the Raider runners. .. Congratulations to the team for making the state Meet and finishing well!
- Cody Patterson #29 – 17:37.76
- Hunter Power #36 – 17:48.89
- Hayden Wham #51 – 18:06.69
- Ethan Patterson #87 – 19:16.35
- Hunter Hawkins #89 – 19:25.37

Thornwell

Cross Country in State Class A Championship… And finally last Friday down at Newberry, the Thornwell boys’ cross country team participated in the Class A State Champion Meet… I am pleased to report that the Saints finished 7th at the meet out of 15 teams participating… The top runner for the Saints was JT Shorter who finished 7^th overall with a time of 18:32.85… Now three of the Saint girls also ran at the team and that is not enough to qualify for a team score… The top runner for the girls was Emma Richardson who finished 38^th overall in a time of 26:30.55… If you would like to see the times for each of the Saints runners both male and female, click here… Congratulations to the Saints on their fine showing!

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 8^th at The Ridge
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. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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. . .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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 Tuesday, 11-26-2020

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Due to illness, there is no online sports report today.

Everything mentioned on the sports Report heard on WLBG this morning will be on tomorrow’s sports report plus more.

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Sports Report for Monday, 11-25-2024

Monday, November 25, 2024

Local Notes

Sports Schedules for Today

Laurens Academy varsity basketball teams host First Presbyterian Academy, 6:00 and 7:30
Raider boys’ basketball takes on Irmo at 6:30 in the Sports Impact Invitational Tournament in Spartanburg.

Clinton HS

Red Devils 48 – Cyclones 20… The Clinton Red Devils hosted the Chester Cyclones in round two action in SCHSL Class AA playoffs last Friday night… Tornados (Cyclones) are rayed on the rated on the Fujita Scale from 1-5 with them 1 beginning the smallest to monster type 5 which wreck everything… Well Chester was more like a Type 1 and Clinton would have been at least a Type 4 as the Red Devils took a 48-20 win over the Chester Cyclones… If you recall recent games the opposition had an advantage in time of possession (though they did not score much) while Clinton often scored on big play reactively short drives… That was not the case Friday as the Red Devils had the almost 2 minutes more than the Cyclones) and relied on what call “old style” Red Devil football having longer drives and more plays that ate the clock up keeping the ball out of the Cyclones hands.
- First Quarter…The Red Devils led 21-6 at the end of the first quarter of play as they punted to end their first possession and then scored the next 3 times they had the ball on two runs by Rhett Gilliam (2 & 30 yards) and Javen Cook had a 40 yard run… Lukas Kuykendall kicked the 3 PATs.
- Second Quarter…The only score in the second quarter was on a 7 yard pass from Tushawan Richardson to Noah Garrett with Kuykendal adding the PAT to make it 28-6 at the half
- Third Quarter… In the third quarter Chester had the ball first and scored on a rush but missed the 2-point conversion… Two possessions later, the Red Devils scored on a 5 yard rush by Tushawan Richardson but the PAT failed making the score 34-12 Red Devils and that was the score at the end of the third quarter.
- Fourth Quarter… The Red Devils next score came on their second possession of the fourth quarter and was set up when Austin Boyd intercepted a Cyclone pass at the Clinton 42… Angelo Cromer then broke loose on a 45 yard run to the Chester 13 and then 2 plays later carried it in from the 4 yard line… Lukas Kuykendall kicked the PAT making it 41-12 Red Devils… The Cyclones then score on a 72 yard run on their first play from scrimmage and made the 2-point conversion to make the score 41-20 Red Devils… Chester tried an onside kick that the Red Devils covered it and 2 plays later KJ Vance carried it in from the Chester 11 and Kuykendal added the PAT to make it 48-20 Red Devils and that was also the final score.
- Some Stats… The Red Devils had 432 yards rushing (Chester 131)… Rhett Gilliam had 165 yards and 2 TDs with Javen Cook had 130 yards and a TD while… Angelo Cromer and Tushawan Richards also had a rushing TD… Passing the Cyclones had 177 yards while Richardson went 6-9 for 52 yards with no interceptions and 1 TD to Noah Garrett.
- Mores Stats… If you would like to see the complete stat package which has a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- Next… The win means that the Red Devils will be playing this Friday (11-29) and will be hosting the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers who defeated Andrew Jackson last Friday 49-14… The Panthers are coached by former Raiders Head Coach Gregg Lawson.

Laurens Academy

Eagles 43 – Crusaders 6… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to WW King last Friday night to take on region foe Richard Winn for the SCISA 8-Man Football Championship…. The Eagles came into the game undefeated and averaging 51.3 points per game while giving up 15.6 points per game… The Eagles were just too fast, too strong and too deep in players and rolled to a 43-6 win over the Crusaders… The Eagles led 20-0 at the end of the first quarter and 37-0 at the half and then scored another 6 points in the third quarter to make the core 43-0 and the game was finished with a running clock… One thing the Crusaders had was heart… They fought to the final buzzer and scored their only points of the game with 8:35 left in the game on a 4 yard run by Ethan Collins at the end of a 12 play drive that covered 75 yards.
- Stats… The Crusaders Ethan Collins went 15 for 25 in the passing department for 155 yards and did throw an interception and no TDs… The Crusaders finished with 176 yards rushing with Garett Murphy having 114 of those yards… Caleb Hardy caught 10 of those passes for 71 yards and Garrett Murphy caught 4 passes for 66 yards… To see more Crusader stats on the game click here.
- Final Thoughts… Congratulation to the Crusader and Coach Jolly Doolittle for finishing as runner-up in SCISA 8-man football with a 10-4 record with 3 of their losses coming at the hands of Richard Winn.

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 8^th at The Ridge

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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. . .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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, 11-22-2024

Friday, November 22, 2024

Local Notes

Broadcasting Note… If everything goes as planned, we do plan on brining you the SCISA 8-Man Championship football game this Friday where the Laurens Academy Crusaders will be taking on their region foe the Richard Winn Eagles… We will start out coverage of the 7:30 pm game from Batesburg at 7:00 pm… We hope you can follow the Crusaders down but if not, you can listen live here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg .com… Go Crusaders!

Good Luck To… Beside the Crusader football team, we have several other teams that are involved in state championship games today or tomorrow… They include the Raider Completive Cheer Team, the Red Devil boys’ and girls’ cross country team, the Raider boy’s cross country team and the Thornwell cross country teams… Good Luck to one and all!

Clinton HS

Red Devils Host Cyclones Tonight… The Clinton Red Devils will be hosting a former region foe the Chester Cyclones tonight at Wilder Stadium in a second round game in the SCHSL Class AA Football Playoffs… Chester finished their regular season with a 5-5 overall record and 3-1 in region play… They finished the season in second place in their region behind Fairfield-Central who went 9-1 on the season and 4-0 in region play… They are averaging 31.2 points per game while giving up 16.3 points per game… They defeated a very good Strom Thurmond team 44-23 last week in a first-round playoff game…They will feature a strong running game but can pass the ball when they needed to… Their quarterback Trooper Floyd is a threat to run as much as he passes… Coach Corey Fountain has good reason not to underestimate the Cyclones by just looking at their record… To hear an interview where he talks about last week’s game with Pelion and about tonight’s game, click here… He points out that the Red Devil fans need to come out in large numbers tonight… One last thing, Go Big Red

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Chester Cyclones this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in second round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.

Richardson Receives Pre-season Honor… Recently the South Carolina Basketball Association released several pieces of pre-season information related to the upcoming high school basketball season… One of the things they did was tank the top 5 seniors in each of the classifications for both the boys and girls… Clinton’s Tushawan Richardson was named as one of the top 5 seniors in Class AA boys… This is quite an honor and we congratulate him on this but right now I am sure he has his mind concentrating on leading the Red Devil football team at his position at quarterback in their second round playoff game tomorrow night at home against the Chester Cyclones.
Clinton Boys Picked as #7 and Girls #6 in Preseason Rankings… The same release by the SCBCA also had a preseason ranking for both boys and girls team in each classification… In Class AA boys, the Red Devils are ranked #7… The Red Devil girls are also in the top 10 in the girls Class AA rankings as they come in at #6… If you would like to see the all the various preseason list released by the SCBCA, click here to go to an article in the State Newspaper where you can find that information… I for one hope these preseason rankings are wrong because I hope at the end of the season they both are #1 winning State Championships…

Laurens HS

Competitive Cheer Headed to the State Finals… The Raider Competitive Cher team competed in the Class AAAA Qualifier last Wednesday down at White Knoll HS and their score of 203 was the best score of the season…. That score earned them a 13^th place finish and allowed them to move on to State Finals this Saturday at the Colonial Life Center in Columbia… Earlier this season the Raiders hosted a cheer competition and I was able to film their routine at that time… If you would like to see the video shot that day click here… Good Luck to the Raiders this Saturday!

Laurens Academy

Crusaders Take on the Eagles in SCISA 8-Man Championship Tonight… After the so-called upset of Jeff Davis 34-28 in overtime last week (the Crusaders don’t think it was an upset), the Crusader travel down to WW King in Batesville tonight to take on region Richard Winn in the SCISA 8-Man Football Championship Game… The Eagles come into tonight’s game undefeated and defeated the Crusaders twice during the regular season… Two of the Crusaders 3 loses this season came at the hands of the Eagles…Coach Doolittle know this is going to be a tough game, but it gives them another chance to show how much the team has improved over the season… The Eagles are averaging 51.3 points per game while giving up 15.6 points per game… I do hope that a large number of Crusader fans will follow them down tonight, but if you can’t make it you can listen to the game live here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming on the internet at www.wlbg.com… We will go live at 7:00 pm with myself, Jessie Tarver and Tom Robertson brining you the game… Go Crusaders.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results click here
PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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Sports Report for Thursday, 11-21-2024

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Richardson Receives Pre-season Honor… Recently the South Carolina Basketball Association released several pieces of pre-season information related to the upcoming high school basketball season… One of the things they did was tank the top 5 seniors in each of the classifications for both the boys and girls… Clinton’s Tushawan Richardson was named as one of the top 5 seniors in Class AA boys… This is quite an honor and we congratulate him on this but right now I am sure he has his mind concentrating on leading the Red Devil football team at his position at quarterback in their second round playoff game tomorrow night at home against the Chester Cyclones.
Clinton Boys Picked as #7 and Girls #6 in Preseason Rankings… The same release by the SCBCA also had a preseason ranking for both boys and girls team in each classification… In Class AA boys, the Red Devils are ranked #7… The Red Devil girls are also in the top 10 in the girls Class AA rankings as they come in at #6… If you would like to see the all the various preseason list released by the SCBCA, click here to go to an article in the State Newspaper where you can find that information… I for one hope these preseason rankings are wrong because I hope at the end of the season they both are #1 winning State Championships…

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Chester Cyclones this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in second round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.

Laurens HS

Competitive Cheer Headed to the State Finals… The Raider Competitive Cher team competed in the Class AAAA Qualifier last Wednesday down at White Knoll HS and their score of 203 was the best score of the season…. That score earned them a 13^th place finish and allowed them to move on to State Finals this Saturday at the Colonial Life Center in Columbia… Earlier this season the Raiders hosted a cheer competition and I was able to film their routine at that time… If you would like to see the video shot that day click here… Good Luck to the Raiders this Saturday!

Laurens Academy

Bell Chosen TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that the Crusaders linebacker and tight end Nathan Bell has been chosen the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders 34-28 overtime win over the Jefferson Davis Raiders down in Blackville last Friday night… The win propelled the Crusaders into the SCISA 8-Man Championship game this Friday at WW King… Nathan led the Crusaders on defense with 18 total tackles, one sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery… He also played every snap on the offensive line that gained over 350 yards from scrimmage… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Nathan is a tireless worker and a relentless competitor… He has played nearly every snap of every game… He is a team-first guy and a true throwback player… The tougher it gets the better he is!”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting which is this Thursday at noon out at The Ridge

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 is this Thursday, Nov. 21^st where it will be the annual South Carolina and Clemson University Touchdown Club meeting celebration with Chet Tucker-USC chief sideline reporter and Don Munson-voice of the Clemson Tigers, as our featured speakers.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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 Wednesday, 11-20-2024

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Red Devil Cross Country Teams Qualify for state Championship Meets… This past Saturday down at Fort Jackson in Columbia, both the Red Devil cross country teams qualified for the Class AA State Championship Meet which will be held in Newberry… Look below for more information on how each team… Congratulations and good luck to both teams or as they say at CHS, Go Big Red!
- Girls Finish Fourth… The Red Devil girls’ cross country team finished fourth in the qualifier at Fort Jacks on last Saturday… They were led by Elizabeth Reid who finished the course in 12:03. 33 which placed her sixth overall… If you would like to see how the other Red Devils finished and some comment from Coach Lee Atkinson click here… There is a photo there and some of the other Clinton runners turned in their best time of the season so check it out.
- Boys Finish Second… The Red Devil boys’ cross country team did even better finishing second in the boys portion of the meet… William Reid finished in 4^th place overall with a time of 16:43.72 and right behind him Sam Gearheart finished 5^th with a time of 16:53.71… If you would like to see how the other Red Devil runners finished click here… Just like in the girls’ link, some of the runners finished with season best times and there is also a picture where the link leads you as well as comments from Coach Atkinson there.

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Chester Cyclones this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in second round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.

Laurens HS

Competitive Cheer Headed to the State Finals… The Raider Competitive Cher team competed in the Class AAAA Qualifier last Wednesday down at White Knoll HS and their score of 203 was the best score of the season…. That score earned them a 13^th place finish and allowed them to move on to State Finals this Saturday at the Colonial Life Center in Columbia… Earlier this season the Raiders hosted a cheer competition and I was able to film their routine at that time… If you would like to see the video shot that day click here… Good Luck to the Raiders this Saturday!
Raider Boys Cross Country Headed to State Meet… The Raider boys’ crops country team also qualified for the State Meet to be held at Newberry this Friday… The Raiders finished 8^th among the teams they were competing against… Cody Patterson led the Raiders finishing 17^th in a time of 16:54.03… Hayden Wham finished 27^th with a time of 17:16.89, Hunter Power 40^th with a time of 17:51.71, Ethan Patterson 52^nd with a time of 18:34.38, Hunter Hawkins 53^rd with a time of 18:39.84 and finally Nolan Bunner 81^st with a time of 20:50.64… Congratulations and Good Luck to the Raiders this Friday.

Raider Football at 54… They have now been playing football at Laurens District 55 High School for 54 years… For you old timers out there as well as the relatively newcomers have you ever wondered how many games the Raiders have won in those 54 years? Who have been the head coaches and their records at LDHS? When were they region champs? State Champs? Well if you want to know the answer to those questions and others, Doug Holiday has been compiling such information and has sent me a document with all sorts of information about Raider football history… If you would like to see that document, click here… Thanks to Doug for this information.

Laurens Academy

Bell Chosen TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that the Crusaders linebacker and tight end Nathan Bell has been chosen the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders 34-28 overtime win over the Jefferson Davis Raiders down in Blackville last Friday night… The win propelled the Crusaders into the SCISA 8-Man Championship game this Friday at WW King… Nathan led the Crusaders on defense with 18 total tackles, one sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery… He also played every snap on the offensive line that gained over 350 yards from scrimmage… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Nathan is a tireless worker and a relentless competitor… He has played nearly every snap of every game… He is a team-first guy and a true throwback player… The tougher it gets the better he is!”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting which is this Thursday at noon out at The Ridge

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 is this Thursday, Nov. 21^st where it will be the annual South Carolina and Clemson University Touchdown Club meeting celebration with Chet Tucker-USC chief sideline reporter and Don Munson-voice of the Clemson Tigers, as our featured speakers. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Tuesday, 11-19-2024

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Red Devil Cross Country Teams Qualify for state Championship Meets… This past Saturday down at Fort Jackson in Columbia, both the Red Devil cross country teams qualified for the Class AA State Championship Meet which will be held in Newberry… Look below for more information on how each team… Congratulations and good luck to both teams or as they say at CHS, Go Big Red!
- Girls Finish Fourth… The Red Devil girls’ cross country team finished fourth in the qualifier at Fort Jacks on last Saturday… They were led by Elizabeth Reid who finished the course in 12:03. 33 which placed her sixth overall… If you would like to see how the other Red Devils finished and some comment from Coach Lee Atkinson click here… There is a photo there and some of the other Clinton runners turned in their best time of the season so check it out.
- Boys Finish Second… The Red Devil boys’ cross country team did even better finishing second in the boys portion of the meet… William Reid finished in 4^th place overall with a time of 16:43.72 and right behind him Sam Gearheart finished 5^th with a time of 16:53.71… If you would like to see how the other Red Devil runners finished click here… Just like in the girls’ link, some of the runners finished with season best times and there is also a picture where the link leads you as well as comments from Coach Atkinson there.

Clinton 56 – Pelion 0… The Clinton Red Devils started their participation in the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs last Friday night hosting the Pelion Panthers… The Panthers turned out to be no more than a docile pet cats as the Red Devils score ever time thy had the ball and took a 56-0 win… The Red Devils rolled up 473 yards of total offense to the Panthers 127… Once again this week the Red Devils were able to score quickly several times so they had the ball just over 16 minutes to the Panthers almost 32… The Red Devils led 42-0 at the half so that meant there was a running clock in the second half and several non-starters and JV players who got called up saw action.
- Rushing… The Red Devils finished the game with363 yards rushing to the Panthers 91 yards… KJ Vance was the leading rusher for the Red Devils as he finished with 98 yards on 3 rushes one of which was a 76 yard TD run and he also scored on an 18 yard run… DJ Clark finished with 60 yards and 2 TDs while Javen Cook also scored 2 rushing TDs.
- Passing… Tushawan Richards went 4-7 for 110 yards with no interceptions in the passing department… He threw one 72 yard TD pass to Devin Swindler just before the first half ended.
- Special Teams & Defense… Special teams also had a big part in the game as Chris Boyd had a 41 yard punt return for a score… Bryson Perrin intercepted a Panther pass to kill one of their drives.
- Stat Package… If you would like to see the complete stat package for the game which includes a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- Up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting an old familiar opponent this Friday night as the Chester Cyclones come to town for a second round game in the Class AA Playoffs.
- AA Bracket… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Playoff Bracket click here…. One last ting… Go Big Red!

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Chester Cyclones this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in second round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… All of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Gates will open at 6:30 pm… Go Big Red.

Laurens HS

Raider Boys Headed to State Meet… The Raider boys’ crops country team also qualified for the State Meet to be held at Newberry this Friday… The Raiders finished 8^th among the teams they were competing against… Cody Patterson led the Raiders finishing 17^th in a time of 16:54.03… Hayden Wham finished 27^th with a time of 17:16.89, Hunter Power 40^th with a time of 17:51.71, Ethan Patterson 52^nd with a time of 18:34.38, Hunter Hawkins 53^rd with a time of 18:39.84 and finally Nolan Bunner 81^st with a time of 20:50.64… Congratulations and Good Luck to the Raiders this Friday.

Raider Football at 54… They have now been playing football at Laurens District 55 High School for 54 years… For you old timers out there as well as the relatively newcomers have you ever wondered how many games the Raiders have won in those 54 years? Who have been the head coaches and their records at LDHS? When were they region champs? State Champs? Well if you want to know the answer to those questions and others, Doug Holiday has been compiling such information and has sent me a document with all sorts of information about Raider football history… If you would like to see that document, click here… Thanks to Doug for this information.

Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.

Laurens Academy

Bell Chosen TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that the Crusaders linebacker and tight end Nathan Bell has been chosen the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders 34-28 overtime win over the Jefferson Davis Raiders down in Blackville ;last Friday night… The win propelled the Crusaders into the SCISA 8-Man Championship game this Friday at WW King… Nathan led the Crusaders on defense with 18 total tackles, one sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery… He also played every snap on the offensive line that gained over 350 yards from scrimmage… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Nathan is a tireless worker and a relentless competitor… He has played nearly every snap of every game… He is a team-first guy and a true throwback player… The tougher it gets the better he is!”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting which is this Thursday at noon out at The Ridge

Crusaders 34 – Jeff Davis 28 in OT… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Blackville last Friday night to take on the Jefferson Davis Raiders in a semi-final game of the SCISA 8-Man football playoffs… It was a close game but in the end the Crusaders took a 34-28 win over the Raiders in overtime.
- First Quarter… The Crusaders took an early 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter as Garett Murphy scored twice in the first quarter… The 2-point conversion failed after the first TD but I believe Ethan Collins connected with Caleb Hardy after the second TD to make it 14-0 with 1:16 left in the first quarter.
- Second Quarter… The Raiders picked up their first score with 11:16 left in the second quarter and converted on the 2-point attempt to make it 14-8 Crusaders… The Raiders scored again with 7:38 left in the half but failed to make the 2-pont conversion so the score was tied 14-14… I believe it was on the first play from scrimmage after the kickoff that Ethan Collins connected with Murphy on a 65 yard TD pass… The Crusaders did make the 2-point conversion to make the score 28-22 Crusaders… Jeff Davis responded by scoring one more time before the half and picking up a 2-point conversion which tied the score 22-22 and that was the score at the half.
- Third Quarter… The only score in the third quarter was by the Raiders as they scored on a rushing TD with about 7 minutes left in the quarter but failed on the 2-opoint conversion so they led 28-22 going into the final quarter.
- Fourth Quarter… Both teams’ defense tightened in the fourth quarter but the Crusaders were able to carry the ball into the endzone with about 2 minutes left in the game but failed on the 2-point conversion so the game was tied 28-28… I believe that Murphy once again scored but not 100% sure.
- Overtime… The Raiders had the ball first and the Crusaders were able to hold them out of the endzone as they had a fourth and goal from the 3 but the Crusaders defense held to give the Crusaders a chance to score… It did not take long for the Crusaders to score as on the first play from scrimmage Garrett Murphy carried the ball in from the 10 yard line and the celebration was on.
- Up Next… The Crusaders will be back in action this Friday night as the travel to WW King in Batesburg to take on the region foe Richard Winn for the SCISA 8-Man Football Championship… More on this game as the week goes on.

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 is this Thursday, Nov. 21^st where it will be the annual South Carolina and Clemson University Touchdown Club meeting celebration with Chet Tucker-USC chief sideline reporter and Don Munson-voice of the Clemson Tigers, as our featured speakers. .

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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, 11-18-2024

Monday, November 18, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Clinton 56 – Pelion 0… The Clinton Red Devils started their participation in the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs last Friday night hosting the Pelion Panthers… The Panthers turned out to be no more than a docile pet cats as the Red Devils score ever time thy had the ball and took a 56-0 win… The Red Devils rolled up 473 yards of total offense to the Panthers 127… Once again this week the Red Devils were able to score quickly several times so they had the ball just over 16 minutes to the Panthers almost 32… The Red Devils led 42-0 at the half so that meant there was a running clock in the second half and several non-starters and JV players who got called up saw action.
- Rushing… The Red Devils finished the game with363 yards rushing to the Panthers 91 yards… KJ Vance was the leading rusher for the Red Devils as he finished with 98 yards on 3 rushes one of which was a 76 yard TD run and he also scored on an 18 yard run… DJ Clark finished with 60 yards and 2 TDs while Javen Cook also scored 2 rushing TDs.
- Passing… Tushawan Richards went 4-7 for 110 yards with no interceptions in the passing department… He threw one 72 yard TD pass to Devin Swindler just before the first half ended.
- Special Teams & Defense… Special teams also had a big part in the game as Chris Boyd had a 41 yard punt return for a score… Bryson Perrin intercepted a Panther pass to kill one of their drives.
- Stat Package… If you would like to see the complete stat package for the game which includes a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- Up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting an old familiar opponent this Friday night as the Chester Cyclones come to town for a second round game in the Class AA Playoffs.
- AA Bracket… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Playoff Bracket click here…. One last ting… Go Big Red!
Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Chester Cyclones this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in second round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… all of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Go Big Red.

Laurens HS

Raider Football at 54… They have now been playing football at Laurens District 55 High School for 54 years… For you old timers out there as well as the relatively newcomers have you ever wondered how many games the Raiders have won in those 54 years? Who have been the head coaches and their records at LDHS? When were they region champs? State Champs? Well if you want to know the answer to those questions and others, Doug Holiday has been compiling such information and has sent me a document with all sorts of information about Raider football history… If you would like to see that document, click here… Thanks to Doug for this information.

Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.

Laurens Academy

Crusaders 34 – Jeff Davis 28 in OT… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Blackville last Friday night to take on the Jefferson Davis Raiders in a semi-final game of the SCISA 8-Man football playoffs… It was a close game but in the end the Crusaders took a 34-28 win over the Raiders in overtime.
- First Quarter… The Crusaders took an early 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter as Garett Murphy scored twice in the first quarter… The 2-point conversion failed after the first TD but I believe Ethan Collins connected with Caleb Hardy after the second TD to make it 14-0 with 1:16 left in the first quarter.
- Second Quarter… The Raiders picked up their first score with 11:16 left in the second quarter and converted on the 2-point attempt to make it 14-8 Crusaders… The Raiders scored again with 7:38 left in the half but failed to make the 2-pont conversion so the score was tied 14-14… I believe it was on the first play from scrimmage after the kickoff that Ethan Collins connected with Murphy on a 65 yard TD pass… The Crusaders did make the 2-point conversion to make the score 28-22 Crusaders… Jeff Davis responded by scoring one more time before the half and picking up a 2-point conversion which tied the score 22-22 and that was the score at the half.
- Third Quarter… The only score in the third quarter was by the Raiders as they scored on a rushing TD with about 7 minutes left in the quarter but failed on the 2-opoint conversion so they led 28-22 going into the final quarter.
- Fourth Quarter… Both teams’ defense tightened in the fourth quarter but the Crusaders were able to carry the ball into the endzone with about 2 minutes left in the game but failed on the 2-point conversion so the game was tied 28-28… I believe that Murphy once again scored but not 100% sure.
- Overtime… The Raiders had the ball first and the Crusaders were able to hold them out of the endzone as they had a fourth and goal from the 3 but the Crusaders defense held to give the Crusaders a chance to score… It did not take long for the Crusaders to score as on the first play from scrimmage Garrett Murphy carried the ball in from the 10 yard line and the celebration was on.
- Up Next… The Crusaders will be back in action this Friday night as the travel to WW King in Batesburg to take on the region foe Richard Winn for the SCISA 8-Man Football Championship… More on this game as the week goes on.

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 last meeting was Thursday, October 31^st where in addition to honoring Clayton Lawson and Tushawan Richardson both of Clinton HS as the last two Players of the week the local coaches spoke and the featured speaker was Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state… His talk was very informative and timely when it comes to officiating even in the family… I strongly suggest you take the time to see the video of the meeting… To do that, click here… The next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 21^st.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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, 11-15-2024

Friday, November 15, 2024

College Preview Show… If you have been listening to the Raider football broadcast here on Real Radio WLBG, you know that as part of the Friday Night Insiders we bring you the Phil Kornblut and Sports Talk Media’s College Preview Show… Well since the Raiders just missed out on the playoffs and there is no Raider broadcast tonight, I thought I would make that available to you here on my Sports Report… If you click here you can hear that audio…Enjoy!

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Red Devils at Home Tonight… The Clinton Red Devils start what I hope will be a long run in the SCHS:L Class AA playoffs tonight as they host the Pelion Panthers at Wilder Stadium at 7:30… The Red Devils finished the regular season with a 7-2 record and first in their region with a 4-0 record… The Panthers finished the season with a 2-8 record and fifth in their region with a 1-4 record… They are averaging 12.9 points per game while giving up 35.2 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 40 points per game while giving up 27.8 points per game… If you would like to see the Panthers schedule and results for this season, click here.
- Coach Fountain Comments… This week I talked with Coach Fountain about the game last week with Liberty and the game tonight with the Panthers… He wants to stress that at this point in the season everyone is 0-0 and the Red Devils cannot take the Panthers lightly as they have nothing to lose and could try anything…If you would like to hear my interview with him, click here.
- AA Bracket… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Playoff Bracket click here…. One last ting… Go Big Red!

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Pelion Panthers this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in the first round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… all of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Go Big Red.

Laurens HS

Riopel and Edwards Sign at LDHS… Wednesday (11-13-24) at LDHS Emily Riopel and Bennett Edwards both signed letters of intent to continue their education and athletic careers at two different institutions of higher learning… To see a video interview done with them after the signing and some pictures at its end, click here…. Good Luck to both of them as they finish their careers at LDHS in the
- Emily is a senior wrestler for the Raiders and signed to attend Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia for the Wildcats… Emily has been wrestling for 6 years has won a state championship at her weight class and finished as a runner-up last year… She has also has been very active in wrestling outside of LDHS and has picked up many awards there.
- Bennett is a senior baseball player for the Raiders where he has been a catcher for the last several years… He will continue his education and baseball career playing for the Georgia Southern Eagles down in Statesboro, Georgia… He has been a key part of the success of the Green Boys at the catching position and has often been allowed to call the pitches for the Raiders… He also has been involved with travel ball where he has done very well.

Raider Football at 54… They have now been playing football at Laurens District 55 High School for 54 years… For you old timers out there as well as the relatively newcomers have you ever wondered how many games the Raiders have won in those 54 years? Who have been the head coaches and their records at LDHS? When were they region champs? State Champs? Well if you want to know the answer to those questions and others, Doug Holiday has been compiling such information and has sent me a document with all sorts of information about Raider football history… If you would like to see that document, click here… Thanks to Doug for this information.

Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.

Laurens Academy

Crusaders on the Road… As a reminder, the Laurens Academy Crusaders took a 56-22 win over the Cross School Stingrays last Friday night at Todd Kirk Field in the opening round of the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs… That win allowed them to advance to tonight semi-final game against the Jefferson Davis Academy Raiders down in Blackville… The Crusaders are going to find the Raiders a much tougher team as they are 12-1 on the season and are averaging 413 points per game while giving up only 11 points per game… The Crusaders are 38.4 points per game while giving up 29.5 points per game… If you would lie to see the Jeff Davis schedule and scores this season, click here… If you do that, you will note they have played 3 common opponents and both the Raiders and the Cysaders each defeated those 3 opponents by similar margins.
Coach Doolittle Comments… Yesterday I was able to sit down and talk with Coach Jolly Doolittle about last week’s one-sided win against the Stingrays and tonight’s game against the Raiders… He agreed that yes the Crusaders took a big win against the Stingrays but that was last week and the Raiders will be tougher team and they will need to pay that well or even better this week… They must stop the Raiders dominating ground game and find a way to get past their stingy defense… If you would like to hear that interview click here… I hope that a large number of Crusader fans will follow them down tonight because if the Crusaders win tonight, they advance to the SCSA 8-Man Football Championship Game next Friday against the winner of the Wardlaw vs. Richard Winn game tonight at a location yet to be determined by SCISA… Go Crusaders!

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 last meeting was Thursday, October 31^st where in addition to honoring Clayton Lawson and Tushawan Richardson both of Clinton HS as the last two Players of the week the local coaches spoke and the featured speaker was Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state… His talk was very informative and timely when it comes to officiating even in the family… I strongly suggest you take the time to see the video of the meeting… To do that, click here… The next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 21^st.

S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Nov. 12… This is the final poll of the season… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (9-0), 2. Northwestern (1) (10-0), 3. Summerville (10-0), 4. Sumter (10-0), 5. Irmo (9-1), 6. Gaffney (8-1) ↑ 1, 7. Spartanburg (7-2), 8. JL Mann (8-2), 9. TL Hanna (8-2) and 10. Greenwood (8-2)… Others receiving votes: River Bluff and Dorman,
Clover CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (18) (9-0), 2. Daniel (8-1), 3. South Pointe (8-2), 4. Hartsville (8-1-1), 5. North Augusta (9-1), 6. South Florence (7-3), 7. Wren (7-2), 8. Bishop England (8-2), 9. Hilton Head Island (8-2) 10. (tie) Seneca (8-2) and 10. (tie) May River (7-2)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Gray Collegiate, AC Flora and Greer
CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (13) (9-1), 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (9-0), 3. Loris (9-1), 4. Dillon (8-2), 5. Woodruff (8-1), 6. Oceanside Collegiate (6-3), 7. Powdersville (7-3), 8. Newberry (6-3), 9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (7-3) and 10. Swansea (7-3)… Others receiving votes: Christ Church, Waccamaw, Keenan and Crescent
CLASS 2A: 1. Batesburg-Leesville (18) (10-0), 2. Barnwell (9-1), 3. Fairfield Central (9-1,) 4. Clinton (8-2), 5. Saluda (8-1), 6. Manning (9-1), 7. Philip Simmons (8-2), 8. Hampton County (7-2), 9. (tie) Strom Thurmond (6-3) and. (tie) Central (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Cheraw and Timberland.
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (15) (8-1), 2. Lewisville (3) (9-1), 3. Lake View (8-1), 4. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (8-1), 5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (7-2), 6. Cross (8-2), 7. Blackville-Hilda (8-2), 8. Lamar (7-3), 9. Hannah-Pamplico (7-2) and 10. Branchville (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Lee Central and Ridgeland.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results click here
PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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Sports Report for Thursday, 11-14-2024

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Girls Cross Country Finishes 7^th at Starlight… Last Saturday (11-9-24) the Red Devil girls’ cross county tam participated in the starlight Invitational at Riverside HS… There were 12 teams participating and the Red Devils finished a very respectable 7^th and just a few points away from finishing 6^th… This race is a fundraiser for the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Greenville… The top runner for the Red Devils was Elizabeth Reid who finished third with a time 20:45.06… This was season best time for her… As a matter of fact, all of the Red Devil runners turned in season best time… To see how the other Red Devil runners did and the order of finish for all the schools participating in the match, click here… The team will be headed down to Fort Jackson for the State Qualifier this Saturday… Go Big Red!
Boys Finish 9^th… The boys’ cross country team also participated in the Starlight Invitational last Saturday… They were one of 13 teams participating coming in 9^th… The top runner for the Red Devils was William Reid who had a season best time of 15:34.83… Several other Red Devils also turned in season best times… To see who they were as well as the order of finish for the teams participating, click here…. The team will also be headed down to Fort Jackson for the State Qualifier this Saturday… Go Big Red!

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Pelion Panthers this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in the first round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate an no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… all of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Go Big Red.

Laurens HS

Riopel and Edwards Sign at LDHS… Wednesday (11-13-24) at LDHS Emily Riopel and Bennett Edwards both signed letters of intent to continue their education and athletic careers at two different institutions of higher learning… To see a video interview done with them after the signing and some pictures at its end, click here…. Good Luck to both of them as they finish their careers at LDHS in the
- Emily is a senior wrestler for the Raiders and signed to attend Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia for the Wildcats… Emily has been wrestling for 6 years has won a state championship at her weight class and finished as a runner-up last year… She has also has been very active in wrestling outside of LDHS and has picked up many awards there.
- Bennett is a senior baseball player for the Raiders where he has been a catcher for the last several years… He will continue his education and baseball career playing for the Georgia Southern Eagles down in Statesboro, Georgia… He has been a key part of the success of the Green Boys at the catching position and has often been allowed to call the pitches for the Raiders… He also has been involved with travel ball where he has done very well.

Raider Football at 54… They have now been playing football at Laurens District 55 High School for 54 years… For you old timers out there as well as the relatively newcomers have you ever wondered how many games the Raiders have won in those 54 years? Who have been the head coaches and their records at LDHS? When were they region champs? State Champs? Well, if you want to know the answer to those questions and others, Doug Holiday has been compiling such information and has sent me a document with all sorts of information about Raider football history… If you would like to see that document, click here… Thanks to Doug for this information.

Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.

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 last meeting was Thursday, October 31^st where in addition to honoring Clayton Lawson and Tushawan Richardson both of Clinton HS as the last two Players of the week the local coaches spoke and the featured speaker was Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state… His talk was very informative and timely when it comes to officiating even in the family… I strongly suggest you take the time to see the video of the meeting… To do that, click here… The next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 21^st.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (9-0), 2. Northwestern (1) (10-0), 3. Summerville (10-0), 4. Sumter (10-0), 5. Irmo (9-1), 6. Gaffney (8-1) ↑ 1, 7. Spartanburg (7-2), 8. JL Mann (8-2), 9. TL Hanna (8-2) and 10. Greenwood (8-2)… Others receiving votes: River Bluff and Dorman,
Clover CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (18) (9-0), 2. Daniel (8-1), 3. South Pointe (8-2), 4. Hartsville (8-1-1), 5. North Augusta (9-1), 6. South Florence (7-3), 7. Wren (7-2), 8. Bishop England (8-2), 9. Hilton Head Island (8-2) 10. (tie) Seneca (8-2) and 10. (tie) May River (7-2)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Gray Collegiate, AC Flora and Greer
CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (13) (9-1), 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (9-0), 3. Loris (9-1), 4. Dillon (8-2), 5. Woodruff (8-1), 6. Oceanside Collegiate (6-3), 7. Powdersville (7-3), 8. Newberry (6-3), 9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (7-3) and 10. Swansea (7-3)… Others receiving votes: Christ Church, Waccamaw, Keenan and Crescent
CLASS 2A: 1. Batesburg-Leesville (18) (10-0), 2. Barnwell (9-1), 3. Fairfield Central (9-1,) 4. Clinton (8-2), 5. Saluda (8-1), 6. Manning (9-1), 7. Philip Simmons (8-2), 8. Hampton County (7-2), 9. (tie) Strom Thurmond (6-3) and. (tie) Central (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Cheraw and Timberland.
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (15) (8-1), 2. Lewisville (3) (9-1), 3. Lake View (8-1), 4. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (8-1), 5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (7-2), 6. Cross (8-2), 7. Blackville-Hilda (8-2), 8. Lamar (7-3), 9. Hannah-Pamplico (7-2) and 10. Branchville (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Lee Central and Ridgeland.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 11-13-2024

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Girls Tennis: Whitmire 4 – Clinton 2… The Red Devil girls’ tennis team was finally able to play the raid delayed second round playoff match with Whitmire on Monday at Whitmire… I hate to have to report that the Wolverines took a 4-2 win over the Red Devils to end the Red Devils season… The two Clinton wins came in singles action as Libby Dailey and Addy Derrick both defeated their opponents… If you would like to see how the other Red Devils did in this match click here… The Red Devils finished their season with a 9-4 record… Congratulations to the Red Devils on another good season!

Ticket Information for Friday’s Football Game… As most of you already know the Red Devil football team will be hosting the Pelion Panthers this Friday Night at 7:30 pm in the first round of the Class AA Playoffs… Ticket price for this game will be $10 and that price is set by the SCHSL… Tickets can be purchased at the game, but you can also purchase them ahead of time by clicking here… Another reminder is that only SCHSL passes will be accepted at the gate and no locally issued passes will be accepted… Everyone entering must have a ticket… all of this is per SCHSL rules and regulations… Go Big Red.

Laurens HS

Raider Football at 54… They have now been playing football at Laurens District 55 High School for 54 years… For you old timers out there as well as the relatively newcomers have you ever wondered how many games the Raiders have won in those 54 years? Who have been the head coaches and their records at LDHS? When were they region champs? State Champs? Well, if you want to know the answer to those questions and others, Doug Holiday has been compiling such information and has sent me a document with all sorts of information about Raider football history… If you would like to see that document, click here… Thanks to Doug for this information.

Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.

Laurens Academy

Murphy Chosen TD Club Player of the Week…Monday the Laurens County Touchdown Club announced that senior running back linebacker and team captain Garrett Murphy has been chosen as the club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders 56-22 win over the Cross Stingrays at Laurens Academy last Friday night in the first round of the SCISA playoffs… He rushed for 141 yards on six carries and two touchdowns… Murphy also had one catch for 66 yards and a touchdown… Defensively, Murphy had four total tackles and one forced fumble… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Garrett is everything a coach expects of a captain. He is a 360 degree leader. He is a great football player and an even better young man”… He will be honored on November 21st at the bi-monthly Touchdown Club meeting. The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens. Player of the Week awards is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County in 2024…. Congratulations to Garrett!

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 last meeting was Thursday, October 31^st where in addition to honoring Clayton Lawson and Tushawan Richardson both of Clinton HS as the last two Players of the week the local coaches spoke and the featured speaker was Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state… His talk was very informative and timely when it comes to officiating even in the family… I strongly suggest you take the time to see the video of the meeting… To do that, click here… The next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 21^st.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (9-0), 2. Northwestern (1) (10-0), 3. Summerville (10-0), 4. Sumter (10-0), 5. Irmo (9-1), 6. Gaffney (8-1) ↑ 1, 7. Spartanburg (7-2), 8. JL Mann (8-2), 9. TL Hanna (8-2) and 10. Greenwood (8-2)… Others receiving votes: River Bluff and Dorman,
Clover CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (18) (9-0), 2. Daniel (8-1), 3. South Pointe (8-2), 4. Hartsville (8-1-1), 5. North Augusta (9-1), 6. South Florence (7-3), 7. Wren (7-2), 8. Bishop England (8-2), 9. Hilton Head Island (8-2) 10. (tie) Seneca (8-2) and 10. (tie) May River (7-2)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Gray Collegiate, AC Flora and Greer
CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (13) (9-1), 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (9-0), 3. Loris (9-1), 4. Dillon (8-2), 5. Woodruff (8-1), 6. Oceanside Collegiate (6-3), 7. Powdersville (7-3), 8. Newberry (6-3), 9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (7-3) and 10. Swansea (7-3)… Others receiving votes: Christ Church, Waccamaw, Keenan and Crescent
CLASS 2A: 1. Batesburg-Leesville (18) (10-0), 2. Barnwell (9-1), 3. Fairfield Central (9-1,) 4. Clinton (8-2), 5. Saluda (8-1), 6. Manning (9-1), 7. Philip Simmons (8-2), 8. Hampton County (7-2), 9. (tie) Strom Thurmond (6-3) and. (tie) Central (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Cheraw and Timberland.
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (15) (8-1), 2. Lewisville (3) (9-1), 3. Lake View (8-1), 4. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (8-1), 5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (7-2), 6. Cross (8-2), 7. Blackville-Hilda (8-2), 8. Lamar (7-3), 9. Hannah-Pamplico (7-2) and 10. Branchville (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Lee Central and Ridgeland.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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 Tuesday, 11-12-2024

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Clinton 42 – Liberty 22…The Clinton Red Devils traveled up to Liberty last Friday night to take on another set of Red Devils for the region championship… When the final horn sounded Clinton had posted a 42-22 win to finish first in the region and have the opportunity to be the host team throughout the playoffs as long as they win… The Red Devils scored a TD the first at the end of all 3 possessions in the first half and led 22-7 at the half and then went on to the 42-22 win… Clinton which has been traditionally known as a long, time consuming drive team was more often than not last Friday as they only had the ball a total of 14:10 in the game while Liberty had the ball a little over 33 minutes.
- Clinton had 325 yards rushing to Liberty’s190… Javen Cook led Clinton in rushing with 114 yards in 7 carries and scored 3 TDs… Tushawan Richardson had 111 yards on 4 carries and scored 1 rushing TD… KJ Vance also had a rushing TD.
- Richardson also competed 3 of 4 passing attempts for 91 yards and 1 TD to Devin Swindler which was a 65 yard scoring strike…. Liberty’s Logan Smith went 7 for 13 for 120 yards and threw 1 TD also.
- Javen Cook also picked up 90 yards in kickoff returns to give him 204 all-purpose yards…Clinton never punted but did give up a safety late in the game.
- To see the complete stat package including a play-by-play recounting of the game, click here.

Updated: JV Football: Clinton 34 – Liberty 12… The Red Devil JV football team closed out its season last Thursday night with a 34-12 win over the Liberty Red Devils at Wilder Stadium… When I mentioned this last Friday I did not know any details other than the final score… I do have a few more details now.
- Clinton led 20-6 at the half and then outscored Liberty 14-6 in the second half to take the 34-12 win.
- Angel Vargas had 2 rushing TDs for Clinton while Emanuel Lagroon and Bryland James each had 1 rushing TD.
- Grayson Watkins completed a TD pass to Braylin Swindles to help Clinton take the win.
- Coach Glenn commented after the game “Our kids played extremely well and grew throughout the year… I am proud of our kids and coaches… We have a bright future in Red Devil Country! #GBR
- The team finished the season with an 8-1 overall record and went 4-0 in region play… I agree with Coach Glenn the future does look bright for the Red Devils!

Laurens HS

Fountain Inn 35 – Laurens 14…… The Raiders finished their regular season last Friday at home hosting the Fountain Inn Fury… The Raiders led 14-6 going into the fourth quarter but the Fury scored 29 unanswered points in the final quarter to defeat the Raiders 35-14…
- The Raiders scored with 6:07 left in the first half on a 5 yard run by Will Thompson with Brock Franklin adding the PAT to make it 7-0 Raiders… The Fury drove down the field on their next possession but missed a 37 yard field goal that may have been partially blocked.
- The Raiders were unable to move the ball on the first possession of the second half and had to punt…The Fury then went down the field and scored but had the PAT blocked by Demayjah Watts to make the score 7-6 Raiders with 6:35 left in the third quarter.
- The Raiders responded going down the field and scoring on a 6 yard run by Denari Lee-Jackson and again Franklin added the PAT to make it 14-6 Raiders with 1:04 left in the third quarter.
- The Fury drove down and scored with 11:08 left in the game on a 30 yard run and added a 2-point conversion to tie the score… After that it was all Fury.
- The Fury then scored the last 21 points of the game once on a pick-six and the other two shortly after 2 more interceptions of Raider passes.
- The Fury had 430 total yards of offense with 81 of them passing and 349 rushing… The Raiders had 233 yards of total offense with 98 coming through the air and 135 on the ground.
- To see the complete stat package for the game which includes a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- The Raiders finish the season 1-9 overall and 1-4 in region play… The Raiders had 5 of their 10 opponents ranked in the top 10 of their class at the time they played them and 8 of them have made the playoffs… Not making excuses but that is a tough schedule.

Updated JV Football: Laurens 29 – Fountain Inn 0… The Raider JV football team closed out its season last Thursday night as they travel to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury… Good news for Raiders fans as the team took a 29-0 win over the Fury … The following information was provided by Coach Jawon Stevens… “The defense DOMINATED!! They held Ft Inn to minimal yards with our starters in… They were able to move the ball in the 4th Quarter, but the defense forced a turnover… Nasir Sanders had a pick (an interception)… Everyone made plays to contribute to the effort on defense. .. We played solid all night on offense! We had several explosive plays… Had a couple touchdowns called back, but they didn’t panic… Buddy Cheeks lead the offense at the QB spot with timely runs when passing plays broke down… He was great reading the Zone (defense) and making the correct decisions… Finding the endzone were BJ Hill, Isai Fernandez, Crooks and AJ Mumford… Two-point conversions (were made) by Buddy and JJ Bennett….Kevy Velasco handles kickoffs and punts… His kicks gave the coverage teams time to get down the field all night… Good kicks all night on a wet surface… Khamarius Moore came in and led the final scoring drive at quarterback… Fun night to see this crew finish the season with a shutout victory! ”… Congratulation to the JV team on a winning season and especially on improving as the season went along after a rocky start!

Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.

Laurens Academy

Murphy Chosen TD Clun Player of the Week…Monday the Laurens County Touchdown Club announced that senior running back linebacker and team captain Garrett Murphy has been chosen as the club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders 56-22 win over the Cross Stingrays at Laurens Academy last Friday night in the first round of the SCISA playoffs… He rushed for 141 yards on six carries and two touchdowns… Murphy also had one catch for 66 yards and a touchdown… Defensively, Murphy had four total tackles and one forced fumble… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Garrett is everything a coach expects of a captain. He is a 360 degree leader. He is a great football player and an even better young man”… He will be honored on November 21st at the bi-monthly Touchdown Club meeting. The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens. Player of the Week awards is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County in 2024…. Congratulations to Garrett!

Crusaders 56 – Cross 22 … The Crusaders football team started it participation in the SCIS 8-Man Football Playoffs last Friday night taking on the Cross Stingrays out of Bluffton, SC… The Crusaders rolled out to a 42–0 lead at the end of the first quarter and then went on to take 56-22 win… I’m sure that there was a running clock and a lot of younger players got to play for the Crusaders or the score could have been more one-sided…
- In the passing department, the Crusaders Ethan Collins went 9-11 for 163 yards with no interceptions and 3 TDs… Elias Littleton also spent time at quarterback and he went 6-6 for 105 yards, no interceptions and 2 TDs… In total the Crusaders were 15-17 for 268 yards, no interceptions and 5 TD.
- Caleb Hardy caught 2 TD passes (4-87 yds.) while Eli Garrett, Riley Whitaker and Garrett Murphy each also caught a TD pass.
- Rushing the ball, the Crusaders had 185 yards on just 18 attempts with Garrett Murphy getting 141 of them on 6 carries and he scored 2 TDs.
- Defensively, Mason Cooper led the team in tackles with 8 while Spires McCameron had 6 to lead the Crusaders.
- To see more game stats for the Crusaders click here.
- The Crusaders will be on the road for a semi-finals game with the Jefferson Davis Raiders down in Blackville this Friday… More on this game latter in the week.

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 last meeting was Thursday, October 31^st where in addition to honoring Clayton Lawson and Tushawan Richardson both of Clinton HS as the last two Players of the week the local coaches spoke and the featured speaker was Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state… His talk was very informative and timely when it comes to officiating even in the family… I strongly suggest you take the time to see the video of the meeting… To do that, click here

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report