Sports Report for Monday, 11-11-2024

Monday, November 11, 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.

 

  • 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.

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Laurens Academy 

  • 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 31st 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

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.

 

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Sports Report for Friday, 11-8-2024

Friday, November 8, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • JV Football: Clinton 34 – Liberty 12… The Red Devil JV football team closed out its season last night with a 34-12 win over the Liberty Red Devils at Wilder Stadium… At this time that is the only thing I know about the game but if I get more details I will pass them on to you later
  • Varsity on the Road to Liberty…  The varsity team will close out the regular season tonight on the road to Liberty to take on the Liberty Red Devils… The Red Devils can clinch the Region Championship with a win tonight and home field advantage in the playoffs…  Liberty is 5-3overall and 2-1 in region play… They are averaging 36.6 points per game while giving up 26.5 points per game… To see the Liberty schedule this season and scores of their games, click here… I only have one last thing to say about the game, Go Big Red

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Host Fountain Inn on Senior Night… The raiders will finish the regular season tonight hosting the Fountain Inn Fury and it will also be Senior Night… The Raiders will honor their 20 seniors before the game…. This is a very critical game for the raiders as they have a shot at making the playoffs based on their RPI ranking (see below)… The Fury come into the game with a 5-4 overall record and 1-3 in region play… The Fury are averaging 31.8 points per game and giving up 29.1 points per game… To see the schedule and scores for the Fury click here… We will start our coverage of the game with the Friday Night Insiders at 6:20 pm today.

 

  • JV Football: Laurens 29 – Fountain Inn 0… The Raider JV football team closed out its season last 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!

 

  • Class 4A Upper State RPI… I think most Raider fans know that the teams making the playoff sin Class 5A and 4A this year will not be done by region standings alone… They ae using the RPI system as determined by MaxPreps ant the top 16 teams in the upper state and lowers state will ,make the playoffs… Below is the latest RPI for the upper state 4A teams… You will note that Laurens is #16 at this time and would make the playoffs if the teams were selected today based on this present RPI… However, a loss to Fountain Inn Friday night could put the Raiders below the “cut line”… That is why I want to encourage all the “true” Raider fans to make plans to come out to KC Hanna Stadium tomorrow night to cheer the Raiders on as they try to “lock down” a playoff position…. Note: the arrows and numbers beside some of the teams indicate that they have moved up or down and by how many positions since the previous RPI.
    • Westside, 8-0, 0.84196
    •  Daniel, 8-1, 0.70127
    • South Pointe, 8-2, 0.68574 ↑ 1
    • Seneca, 8-1, 0.66927 ↓ 1
    • Camden, 7-3, 0.64008 ↑ 3
    • Wren, 6-2, 0.61770 ↓ 1
    • AC Flora. 7-3, 0.59477 ↓ 1
    • Greer 5-4, 0.59133
    • Richland Northeast, 7-3, 0.58220
    • Fountain Inn, 5-4, 0.53899
    • Emerald, 5-4, 0.51212
    • Pickens, 4-5, 0.48054
    •  Lancaster, 4-6, 0.44695 ↓ 1
    •  Blue Ridge, 4-5, 0.43390 ↑ 2
    • Dreher, 3-6, 0.41039 Berea, 3-6, 0.38673 ↓ 2
    • Laurens, 1-8, 0.36167 ↑ 1  cut line
    • York, 2-8, 0.35048 ↓ 1
    • Travelers Rest, 1-7, 0.28370
    • Southside, 0-9, 0.20991

  

  • 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 Start Playoffs Tonight… The Crusaders football team will start their participation in the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs this tonight hosting Cross School Stingrays out of Bluffton, SC at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… The Stingrays come into the game with a 2-8 overall record and are averaging 12.9 points per game while giving up 52.1 points per game… Coach Jolly Doolittle was quick to point  out when I talked to him this week, that at this point in the season everyone is 0-0… Their regular season makes them dangerous as they might try anything to take a win according to Coach Doolittle… To see the Stingrays regular season schedule and scores, click here…. Good Luck to the Crusaders… I hope they are able to play Rocky Top a lot tonight!

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 31st 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

SC Media Prep Football Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Nov. 5… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses… The arrows up and down show which teams moved up and down from last week.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (15) (8-0), 2. Northwestern (1) (10-0), 3. Summerville (10-0), 4. Irmo (9-0), 5. Sumter (9-0), 6. Spartanburg (7-1), 7. Gaffney (7-1), 8. JL Mann (7-2) ↑ 1, 9. TL Hanna (7-2) and 10. Greenwood (7-2)…  Dropped out: Hillcrest, River Bluff… Others receiving votes: Hillcrest, Dorman, Clover, and River Bluff.
  • CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (16) (8-0), 2. Daniel (8-1), 3. South Pointe (8-2), 4. Hartsville (8-1-1) ↑ 1, 5. North Augusta (8-1) ↑ 2, 6. Seneca (8-1) ↑ 3, 7. South Florence (7-3) ↓ 3, 8. Gray Collegiate (7-2), 9. May River (7-2) ↓ 3 and 10. (tie) Wren (6-2) ↓ 2 and 10. (tie) Bishop England (8-2)…  Others receiving votes: Camden, Hilton Head Island, AC Flora and Greer.
  • CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (12) (9-1), 2. Mountain View Prep (4) (8-0), 3. Loris (9-1), 4. Dillon (8-2), 5. Woodruff (7-1), 6. Oceanside Collegiate (7-3), 7. Powdersville (6-3) ↑ 3, 8. Newberry (5-3), 9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (7-3) ↓ 1 and 10. Swansea (7-3) ↓ 1… Dropped out: Marlboro County… Others receiving votes: Keenan, St. Joseph’s, Waccamaw and Christ Church.
  • CLASS 2A: 1. Batesburg-Leesville (16) (9-0), 2. Barnwell (9-1) ↑ 1, 3. Fairfield Central (8-1) ↑ 1, 4. Clinton (6-2) ↑ 1, 5. Saluda (7-1) ↓, 3 6. Manning (9-1), 7. Philip Simmons (8-2) ↑ 1, 8. Hampton County (7-2) ↓ 1, 9. Strom Thurmond (6-2) and 10. Central (8-2)… Dropped out: Woodland… Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Woodland, and Timberland
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (14) (7-1), 2. Lewisville (2) (9-1), 3. Lake View (8-1), 4. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (9-1), 5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (6-2) ↑ 1, 6. Cross (8-2) ↑ 2, 7. Blackville-Hilda (7-2), 8. Lamar (7-3) ↓ 3, 9. Hannah-Pamplico (7-2) and 10. Branchville (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Lee Central, Ridgeland and Baptist Hill.

 

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.

  

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, Nov. 8th … Varsity hosts the Fountain Inn Fury at 7:30 on Senior Night.

 

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, 11-7-2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Clinton HS

  • Tennis Travels to Whitmire… A quick reminder that the Red Devil girls tennis team was supposed to  travel to Whitmire Tuesday to take on the Wolverines in the second round of the Class A-AA Girls Tennis Tournament… The rain caused that match to be postponed Tuesday and yesterday… Coach Simmons said weather permitting they will try to get that match in today starting at 5:00 pm…  If you would like to see the entire Class A-AA Playoff Bracket click here… Good Luck to the Red Devils … Go Big Red!
  • JV Football… The Red Devil JV football team is scheduled to have it final game of the season today when they host the Liberty Red Devils at Wilder Stadium at 6:00 pm… Hope the Clinton Red Devil pitchforks are stronger more powerful than Liberty’s… Go Big Red!

 Laurens HS

  • JV Team on the Road… The Raider JV football team will close out its season tonight as they travel to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury… According to the Fountain Inn athletic website that game will start at 7:00 pm… If you are planning on going and want to purchase your ticket ahead of time online, click here… Go Raiders!
  • Class 4A Upper State RPI… I think most Raider fans know that the teams making the playoff sin Class 5A and 4A this year will not be done by region standings alone… They ae using the RPI system as determined by MaxPreps ant the top 16 teams in the upper state and lowers state will ,make the playoffs… Below is the latest RPI for the upper state 4A teams… You will note that Laurens is #16 at this time and would make the playoffs if the teams were selected today based on this present RPI… However, a loss to Fountain Inn Friday night could put the Raiders below the “cut line”… That is why I want to encourage all the “true” Raider fans to make plans to come out to KC Hanna Stadium tomorrow night to cheer the Raiders on as they try to “lock down” a playoff position…. Note: the arrows and numbers beside some of the teams indicate that they have moved up or down and by how many positions since the previous RPI.
    • Westside, 8-0, 0.84196
    •  Daniel, 8-1, 0.70127
    • South Pointe, 8-2, 0.68574 ↑ 1
    • Seneca, 8-1, 0.66927 ↓ 1
    • Camden, 7-3, 0.64008 ↑ 3
    • Wren, 6-2, 0.61770 ↓ 1
    • AC Flora. 7-3, 0.59477 ↓ 1
    • Greer 5-4, 0.59133
    • Richland Northeast, 7-3, 0.58220
    • Fountain Inn, 5-4, 0.53899
    • Emerald, 5-4, 0.51212
    • Pickens, 4-5, 0.48054
    •  Lancaster, 4-6, 0.44695 ↓ 1
    •  Blue Ridge, 4-5, 0.43390 ↑ 2
    • Dreher, 3-6, 0.41039 Berea, 3-6, 0.38673 ↓ 2
    • Laurens, 1-8, 0.36167 ↑ 1  cut line
    • York, 2-8, 0.35048 ↓ 1
    • Travelers Rest, 1-7, 0.28370
    • Southside, 0-9, 0.20991

  

  • 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

  • Up Next… The Crusaders football team will start their participation in the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs this Friday hosting Cross School at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… More about this matchup tomorrow.

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 31st 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

SC Media Prep Football Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Nov. 5… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses… The arrows up and down show which teams moved up and down from last week.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (15) (8-0), 2. Northwestern (1) (10-0), 3. Summerville (10-0), 4. Irmo (9-0), 5. Sumter (9-0), 6. Spartanburg (7-1), 7. Gaffney (7-1), 8. JL Mann (7-2) ↑ 1, 9. TL Hanna (7-2) and 10. Greenwood (7-2)…  Dropped out: Hillcrest, River Bluff… Others receiving votes: Hillcrest, Dorman, Clover, and River Bluff.
  • CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (16) (8-0), 2. Daniel (8-1), 3. South Pointe (8-2), 4. Hartsville (8-1-1) ↑ 1, 5. North Augusta (8-1) ↑ 2, 6. Seneca (8-1) ↑ 3, 7. South Florence (7-3) ↓ 3, 8. Gray Collegiate (7-2), 9. May River (7-2) ↓ 3 and 10. (tie) Wren (6-2) ↓ 2 and 10. (tie) Bishop England (8-2)…  Others receiving votes: Camden, Hilton Head Island, AC Flora and Greer.
  • CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (12) (9-1), 2. Mountain View Prep (4) (8-0), 3. Loris (9-1), 4. Dillon (8-2), 5. Woodruff (7-1), 6. Oceanside Collegiate (7-3), 7. Powdersville (6-3) ↑ 3, 8. Newberry (5-3), 9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (7-3) ↓ 1 and 10. Swansea (7-3) ↓ 1… Dropped out: Marlboro County… Others receiving votes: Keenan, St. Joseph’s, Waccamaw and Christ Church.
  • CLASS 2A: 1. Batesburg-Leesville (16) (9-0), 2. Barnwell (9-1) ↑ 1, 3. Fairfield Central (8-1) ↑ 1, 4. Clinton (6-2) ↑ 1, 5. Saluda (7-1) ↓, 3 6. Manning (9-1), 7. Philip Simmons (8-2) ↑ 1, 8. Hampton County (7-2) ↓ 1, 9. Strom Thurmond (6-2) and 10. Central (8-2)… Dropped out: Woodland… Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Woodland, and Timberland
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (14) (7-1), 2. Lewisville (2) (9-1), 3. Lake View (8-1), 4. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (9-1), 5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (6-2) ↑ 1, 6. Cross (8-2) ↑ 2, 7. Blackville-Hilda (7-2), 8. Lamar (7-3) ↓ 3, 9. Hannah-Pamplico (7-2) and 10. Branchville (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Lee Central, Ridgeland and Baptist Hill.

 

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.

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, Nov. 8th … Varsity hosts the Fountain Inn Fury at 7:30 on Senior Night.

 

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, 11-6-2024

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Girls Tennis: Blue Ridge 4 – Laurens 3… The Raider girls’ tennis team finished the season with a 5-5 region record which put them in third place in the region standings behind Wren and Southside who were both 9-1… That means they qualified for the playoffs and last Thursday they traveled to Blue Ridge to take on the Tigers … I hate to have to report that the Raiders lost a close one to the Tigers by a score of 4-3… Ella Sanders took a win in singles action and Sara Beth Field also won in singles action… The double team of Sanders and Fields also defeated their opponents also defeated their opponents for the Raiders third win in the match…
  • Thompson Selected TD Club Plyer of the Week… Yesterday it was announced thatthe Raiders Will Thompson has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance last Friday night in the Raiders 26-17 loss to the Vikings at Emerald HS… The Raider’s senior quarterback completed 9 of 15 pass attempts for 176 yards… Among those 9 completions was a 50 yard touchdown pass to Shawn Medlin… Thompson also had positive yardage running the football… Coach Gregg Porter commented “Will has demonstrated leadership and toughness for the Raiders this season.  Although the journey hasn’t been easy for him, he continues to give his best every day and every game.  He continues to do whatever it takes do help this program lay a strong foundation to build on for next season.”… Thompson will be honored at the club’s next meeting on Thursday, Nov.21st… Please note this is a change in the schedule as the schedule of meetings was changed to accommodate the lengthening of the high school football season by one week… Thank you again Hurricane Helene.

  

  • 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

  • Up Next… The Crusaders football team will start their participation in the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs this Friday hosting Cross School at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… More about this matchup in the next few days.

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 31st 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

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, Nov. 8th … Varsity hosts the Fountain Inn Fury at 7:30 on Senior Night.

 

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.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 11-5-2024

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Please Go Vote!

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Tennis Travels to Whitmire… A quick reminder that the Red Devil girls’ tennis team will travel to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines in the second round of the Class A-AA Girls Tennis Tournament… The first volley is scheduled for 4:00 pm… If you would like to see the entire Class A-AA Playoff Bracket, click here… Good Luck to the Red Devils … Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Thompson Selected TD Club Plyer of the Week… Yesterday it was announced that the Raiders Will Thompson has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance last Friday night in the Raiders 26-17 loss to the Vikings at Emerald HS… The Raider’s senior quarterback completed 9 of 15 pass attempts for 176 yards… Among those 9 completions was a 50-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Medlin… Thompson also had positive yardage running the football… Coach Gregg Porter commented “Will has demonstrated leadership and toughness for the Raiders this season.  Although the journey hasn’t been easy for him, he continues to give his best every day and every game.  He continues to do whatever it takes do help this program lay a strong foundation to build on for next season.”… Thompson will be honored at the club’s next meeting on Thursday, Nov.21st… Please note this is a change in the schedule as the schedule of meetings was changed to accommodate the lengthening of the high school football season by one week… Thank you again Hurricane Helene.

 

  • Raider Volleyball Falls in First Round of the Playoffs… Catching up with the Lady Raider volleyball team, the made it into the Class 4A playoffs last Thursday and I almost let it slip past me… They traveled up to Daniel to take on the Lions  who were the #1 seed in the upper state part of the volleyball bracket…Now as you may recall last Thursday was Halloween and the Lions only were handing out tricks and no treats as they defeated the Raiders 3-0… Set scores were 25-13, 25-15 and 25-8… Congratulations to the Raiders for making the playoffs!

 

  • 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

  • Up Next… The Crusaders football team will start their participation in the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs this Friday hosting Cross School at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… More about this matchup in the next few days.

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 31st  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

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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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, Nov. 8th… Varsity hosts the Fountain Inn Fury at 7:30 on Senior Night.

 

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.

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Sports Report for Monday, 11-4-2024

Monday, November 4, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Football Has a Bye Week… Just a quick reminder that the varsity football team was off Friday after Union County and Clinton agreed to cancel the game that was postponed by hurricane Helene… The Red Devils will end their regular season this Friday night when they travel to Liberty to take on another set of Red Devils

 

Laurens HS 

  •  Emerald 26 – Laurens 17… The Raider football traveled down to Emerald HS last Friday night to take on the Vikings… The Vikings scored 19 points in the first half before the Raiders finally got on the scoreboard with 24 seconds left in the first half to make it 19-7 Vikings at the half and then went on to a 26-17 win over the Raiders.
    • The Raiders only score in the first half came on 4-yard run by Will Thompson to cap a 48-yard drive in 6 plays and Brock Franklin made the PAT to make it 19-7 going into the locker room at the half.
    • The Raiders received the opening kickoff of the second half and that possession ended with a 50-yard pass from Thompson to Shawn Medlin with 7:29 left in the third quarter… Again Franklin made the PAT so the score stood 19-14 Vikings.
    • The Raiders would get no closer as Emerald responded scoring again to make it 26-14 with the PAT.
    • The Raiders final points were added on the first play of the fourth quarter when a Raider drive stalled, and Brock Franklin kicked a 31-yard field goal to make it 26-17 which would prove to be the final score as the Raiders threatened again but could not convert on a 35-yard field goal attempt later in the fourth quarter.
    • The Vikings had 220 yards rushing to the Raiders 35… Will Thompson had 16 yards rushing and the one TD while Denari Lee Jackson had 14 yards.
    • The passing attack saw the Raiders gain 176 yards through the air as Will Thompson completed 9 of 15 for the 176 yards with the 1 TD to Medlin and no interceptions… The Vikings had 86 yards as their quarterback Beau Hite went 6-9 with no TDS or interceptions.
    • To see the full stat package including a play-by-play accounting of the game, click here.
    • The Raiders host the Fountain Inn Fury in the final regular season game.

 

  •  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 40 – King Academy 26… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled sown to Batesburg last Friday night to take on the Jing Academy Knights… The Crusaders led 28-12 at the half and then pulled away to take a 40-26 win in their last game of the regular season… The Crusaders took the win with a rushing attack that picked up 328 yards with Garrett Murphy having 277 of them on 22 rushed and he also scored 5 TDs… Caleb Hardy had 51 yards and 1 TD… IN the passing department, Ethan Collins completed 6 of 8 passing attempts for 61 yards and had no interceptions or TDs…. Caleb Hardy and Garrett Murphy each caught 3 passes for 10 and 51 yards respectively… Spires Mc Cameron intercepted a Knight pass to stop one of the Knight’s drives… To see more stats on the game, click here.
  • Up Next… The Crusaders will start their participation in the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs this Friday hosting Cross School at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… More about this matchup in the next few days.

 

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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, Nov. 8th … Varsity host the Fountain Inn Fury at 7:30 on Senior Night.

 

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.

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Sports Report for Friday, 11-1-2024

Friday, November 1, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Volleyball: High Point Academy 3 – Clinton 2 … The Red Devil volleyball team started their participation in the Class 2A volleyball playoffs Wednesday at home hosting the Grizzlies of High Point Academy out of Spartanburg… I hate to have to report that the Red Devils lost by a score of 3-2 in a very close match… The Red Devils won the first set by a score of 25-20 but the Grizzlies came back and took the second set by a score of 25-17… The Red Devils dug in and won the third set by a score of 28-26… The Grizzlies fought back and won the fourth set by a score of 25-22… That forced the fifth tie-breaking set where the first one to 15 wins but you have to win by 2 point or more… Neither team wanted to go home early in the playoffs so when the score got to 15 no one had a two-point lead… The Grizzlies wound up winning it by a score of 21-19 ending a great season for the Red Devils… The Red Devils finish the season with an overall record of 16-3 and won the region with a perfect 10-0 record…Afterwards Coach Delio commented “It wasn’t the outcome we hoped for, but I couldn’t be prouder of this group of young ladies and how hard they worked… Playing in 2 scrimmages and 19 games overall including our playoff match and having only 3 total losses, 2 of which being 5 set matches  says a lot about the heart that they played with all season… They have a lot to be proud of.”… I strongly agree with that last statement… Congratulations to the Red Devils and Coach Delio for an outstanding season!

  

  • Football Has a Bye Week… Just a quick reminder that the varsity football team has tonight off after Union County and Clinton agreed to cancel the game that was postponed by hurricane Helene… The Red Devils will end their regular season next Friday night when they travel to Liberty to take on another set of Red Devils

Laurens HS

  •  JV Football: Emerald 26 – Laurens 13… The Raider JV football team hosted the Emerald Vikings last night led 13-12 at the half but the Vikings came back and scored 14 unanswered points in the second half to take a 26-13 win over the Raisers… How the game went:
    • The Raiders got the ball first and scored on a hook and ladder play with Damajia Crooks carrying it in… The PAT was good so the Raiders led 7-0.
    • The Vikings responded by driving down the field and scoring on a 1 yard run Jamorion Morgan but the PAT was blocked by Ke’Allen Blackwell.
    • The next score came with 1:23 left in the half when the Vikings completed a long pass to make it 12-7 Vikings as the PAT was no good.
    • The Raiders responded immediately as on the third play from scrimmage after the kickoff Crooks again scored on a long run but the PAT was missed to make the score 13-12 Raiders with 11.1 seconds left in the half and that was the score at the half… The Raiders would not score again.
    • Emerald scored on the end of a long, time consuming first possession drive of the second half and again the PAT failed so the score stood 18-13 Vikings
    • The Raiders went 3 and punt on their first possession of the second half.
    • The Vikings then mounted another long, time consuming drive to score with 3:14 left in the game and this time made a 2-point conversion to make the score 26-13 Vikings.
    • Any hope of a comeback by the Raiders was dashed on the first play of the next drive when the Vikings intercepted a Raider pass and then proceeded in running the clock out.

 

  • Varsity Travels to Emerald Tonight… As a reminder, the 1-7 Raiders are on the road tonight down to Greenwood for a very important region game with the Emerald Vikings who are 4-4 coming into tonight’s game… I can’t overstate the importance of this game because even with only 1 win on the season, the Raiders still have a chance to make playoffs and possibly host a playoff game in 2 week pending the outcome of this game and the one next Friday night at home against the Fountain Inn Fury… I can say that because for class 5A and 4A the SCHSL is using the RPI system found on MaxPreps to determine who makes the playoffs and due to the strength of our opponents this season that helps the Raiders cause if they can win another game or two… If you would like to see the Emerald schedule and scores so far this season, click here… Now I say all that because I hope you will make the short trip to Greenwood to help cheer the Raider on… If you can’t make it, remember we will be broadcasting the game here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com starting at 6:20 with the Friday Night Insiders and then going live to Frank Hill Stadium about 6:40 or so… Go Raiders!

 

  • 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

  • Crusader on the Road Tonight… A quick reminder that the Crusader will be on the road tonight as they travel to Batesburg to take on the King Academy Knights in a region contest… The Knights are coming into tonight’s contest with a 2-6 record while the Crusaders are 6-3…  The Crusaders defeated them at home back in September at home by a score of 52-36 at home pulling away in the end in a game that was considered a non-region game… The Knights are scoring an average of 20 points per game but giving up 32.6 points per game… When I talked with Coach Doolittle he was quick to point out that they have gotten better as the season went along as the difference in their opponent scoring margin has gone down in the more recent games… If you want to see want to see the Knights schedule this season and the scores of their games, click here… Good Luck to the Crusader tonight!

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball: Lewisville 3 – Saints 0… The Saints volleyball team traveled to Lewisville yesterday to take on the Lewisville Lions who came into the match with a 16-2 overall record…I hate to have to report that the Lions ended the Saints season when they took a 3-0 win… Set scores were 25-2, 24-17 and 25-10… The Saints finished the season with a 10-12-1 record and were tied with Green Upstate for 4th in the region and lost the tie-breaker to the Owls to take the #5 seed in the region… Afterwards Thornwell AD Davis Coates commented “Most wins by any team since TCS opened… The young ladies set a new standard and we are all very proud!”… Congratulation to the Saints for making the playoffs and my thanks to Cindy information about the Saints throughout the season!

 

 

SC Media Prep Football Poll… The latest SC Media Prep Football Poll came out Tuesday and if you would like to see it click here to go to the State Newspaper where there is a posting of it… I will tell you that the Clinton Red Devils remain at #5 in Class AA.

 

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.

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, Nov. 1st… Varsity travels to Emerald at 7:30.

 

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

 

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

College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll (10-27-24) had some changes in the top 10 this week… The first 4 teams are the same as last week, Oregon, Georgia, Penn State and Ohio State… Miami (FL) moves up to #5 while last week’s #5 drops to #6… Spots 7-10 are occupied by Tennessee, Notre Dame, BYU and Texas A&M… Clemson and Iowa State are tied for #11…To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
  • FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (10-27-24) still has North Dakota State #1 and Montana State at #2 … In our general area, Mercer moved is the only team you often see on the schedule of some our local teams in the top 25 as they are #16 and Chattanooga #25… To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
  •  FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
  • FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.

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

 Major League Baseball

  • World Series… The World Series started on Friday, October the 25th and the two teams playing in it are the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New Your Yankees… It is a best of 7 series that started in Los Angeles and moved to New York for game 3… To see how each game unfolded click on the scores below.
    • Wednesday: Dodgers 7 – Yankees 6… The Dodgers defeated the Yankees last night by a score of 7-6 in New York to win the World Series 4 games to 1…. The Dodgers were trailing 5-0 going into the 5th inning when a couple of Yankee errors opened the door for them to score 5 runs and ties the game and then score the winning runs in the top of the 8th inning…Series MVP: Former Atlanta Brave and now Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman was named as the Word Series MVP… He went 6-20 and hit 4 homeruns while driving in 12 runs… Bobby Richardson is the
    • 7\only other player to drive in 12 runs in the World Series and he did it back in 1960… Nice little posting about this on the MLB website and if you would like to see it click here… Congratulations to the Dodgers and Freddie!
    • Tuesday: Yankees 11 – Dodgers 4
    • Monday: Dodgers 4 – Yankees 2
    • Saturday: Dodgers 4 – Yankees 2
    • Friday: Dodgers 6 – Yankees 3
  • Postseason Schedule… If you would like to see the entre playoff schedule  and scores of the completed   games to date all the way to the World Series click here… If you would rather see the post season schedule by matchups click here… If you look at both of those and you are still confused or have questions about the playoff format, click here where they try to explain it and thus answer your questions.

NFL

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

NASCAR

  • Tyler Reddick Wins in Florida… Tyler Reddick caught and blew past Ryan Blaney on the last half lap of the Cup series race in Homestead, Fla. this past Sunday to punch his ticket into the field of 4  which will be competing for the Cup Championship in a couple of weeks… For more information about this race, click here.
  • Playoffs…With the win, Reddick jumped to the lead ahead of Joey Logano in the field of 8 drivers trying to make the Final 4 who will compete for the Cup Championship…  To see the drivers rank who are still in the chase for the championship rank, click here.
  • Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are headed to Martinsville  this weekend with the Xfinity race taking place on Saturday at 4:00 pm and the Cup Series race on Sunday at 2:00 pm…To see the complete schedule for Los Vegas  including practices and TV availability, click here.
  • NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.

This & That:

  • College Football Fan Challenge Oyster Roast… The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce Oyster Roast will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7th… As in the past there will be steamed oysters, low country boil and chicken gumbo as well as both a silent and live auction and other entertainment…Tickets $60 and you need to get them fast as this event has a limited number of tickets and they usually sell out fast… For more information click here and it will carry you to a posting on the Chamber of Commerce website where there is more information and a short video…. Click on events and select Oyster Roast. .. Tickets can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce office during normal business hours… The office address is 291 Professional Park Rd, Clinton, SC 29325 or call them at 864-833-2716

 

  • Youth Basketball at The Ridge… Registration for youth basketball through the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation is now open… The cost is $60 and you register at the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation headquarters at The Ridge located at 301 exchange Drive…The age groupings include  7-8 year old coed, 9-12 girls, 9-10 boys and 11-12 boys… The deadline to enter is Friday, Nov. 22nd and there will be a skill evaluation on November 25th with practices staring Dec. 2nd… If you have any questions about the league, please email JPridgen@cityoflaurenssc.com or call 864-939-9137.

 

 

 

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

 

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Sports Report for Thursday, 10-31-2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Girls Tennis: Clinton 4 – Dixie … The Red Devil girls’ tennis team opened up play in the SCHSL 1A-2A girls tennis playoffs at home yesterday and defeated the Green Hornets 4-2… Those who took wins in singles action included Libby Dailey, Addy Derrick and Deborah Goldman … The #2 doubles team composed of Savanna Fountain and Abby McMurray also took a win over their opponents… For more information on this match click here… The team will be back in action next Tuesday Nov. 5th when they take a short ride to Whitmire to take on the Wolverines at 4:00 pm in round 2 of the playoffs … If you want to see the 2024 Class 1A-2A Tennis bracket click here… There are not as many teams in Class AA and Class A as there are in other classes so they are both in the same bracket to make out a competitive field…. Bottom line… Go Big Red!

 

  • Cross Country Host County Championship… The Red Devils cross country teams hosted the County Championships yesterday.
    • Girls Take Title… The Lady Red Devils took the County Championship kind of by default as neither Laurens HS, Laurens Academy or Thornwell had less than the needed 5 runners to contend for the title… Elizabeth Reid was the top runner for the Red Devils with a time of 23:05… For more on this and to see how the other Red Devil runners did click here.
    • Boys Win in Tiebreaker…  The boys match was a close one as when all the runners had finished the Red Devils and the Raiders had both finished in a tie (28-28)… Normally you only count a team’s top 5 runners to figure their score but in a case where there is a tie like yesterday, they add in the 6th and 7th place runners for the two tied teams and in doing that yesterday the Red Devils came out on top… The top finisher for the Red Devils was William Reid who set a new course record finishing in 16:32… The top finisher for the Raiders was Cody Patterson who finished with a time of 17:32… For more information on this meet including those who were named All-County Runners click here…Congratulations to the Red Devils.

Laurens HS

  •  Tennis heads to Blue Ridge Today… The Raider girls’ tennis team finished in third place in the region and will start playoff action today when they head to Blue Ridge to take on the Tigers… Not sure of the start time for that match… To see the Class 4A Girls Tennis Bracket click here…. Good Luck to the Raiders!
  • JV Football At Home Tonight… The Raider JV football team will be at home hosting the Emerald Vikings… Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30… Come out and cheer the team on in their last home game of the season… Go Raiders!

 

  • 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.

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball Headed to Lewisville… The Saints volleyball team now know that they will be headed to Lewisville today for a first-round playoff match in the SCHSL volleyball playoffs…To see the bracket for the Class A Volleyball tournament click here… Good Luck to the Saints!

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 will be this Thursday, October 31st meeting will feature Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state, as our featured speaker.

 

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it… Results from KC Hanna Stadium yesterday

  • Gray Court-Owings 28 – Hickory Tavern 14… The GCO Tigers took a 28-14 win over the HT Panthers in the first game yesterday to claim the “Country Championship”… The Panthers played hard but had too many mistakes in the game and more often than not the Tigers turned them into points… How it happened:
    • The Tigers Mason Lang ran the opening kickoff back 70 yards for a score to make 6-0 GCO as the 2-point conversion failed.
    • The Panthers answered driving 60 yards in 11 plays and scoring on a 3 yard run by Omar Almanza… Shamere Grant added the 2-point conversion to make it 8-6 Panthers.
    • Not to be outdone, the Tigers scored on their next possession on a 5 yard run by Lang. The 2-point conversion failed so the score stood 12-8 GCO with 3:31 left in the 1st quarter.
    • Neither team scored again in the first half as penalties helped to stop their drives.
    • The Panthers fumbled away the ball on the 4th play of the second half as Wesley Collins recovered for Sanders…A few plays later Collins was intercepted by the Panthers Almanza… The turnover bug in the form of a fumble bit the Panthers 3 plays later and it was recovered by the Tigers at the Panthers 23 yard line and 2 plays later the Tigers Wesley Collins completed a 27 yard pass to Malachi Brown for a TD… Collins added the 2point conversion to make it 20-8 Tigers with 5:19 left in the game.
    • The Panthers responded driving 70 yards and scoring on a 46 yard pass from Sam Parsons to Brent Ludwig to make the score 20-14 as GCO as the 2-point conversion failed with 3:15 left in the game.
    • The Panthers recovered the ensuing onside kick and took over on the Tiger 49 yard line… Two plays later with extreme pressure from 2 Tiger defensive lineman in his face, Parson pass went off the hands of the intended receiver into the hands of the Tigers Mason Lang for a pick-six and Collins added the 2-point conversion to make the final score 28-14 Tigers as the Panthers could not move the ball in the little time reaming in the game.

 

  • Laurens MS 40 – Sanders 6… In the last game of the day at KC Hanna Stadium the Laurens MS Tigers took a 40-6 win over the Sanders Yellow Jackets to claim the “City Championship”… The Yellow Jackets scored first in the game to make it 6-0 but the Tigers roared back and shut them out the rest of the way to take the win… How it happened:
    • The Yellow Jacket scored the first time they had the ball on a 4 yard run by Travion Robinson but the 2-point conversion failed so they led (for the only time in the game) 6-0with 2:47 left in the first quarter… Little did they know that that would be their only score of the game.
    • The Tigers went right back down the field and scored on a 19 yard run by KB Bryson… Logan Bragg added the 2-point conversion to make it make it 8-6 tigers with just under 40 seconds to play in the first quarter.
    • Sanders turned the ball over on downs on their next possession so the Tigers took over at the Yellow Jacket 47 yard line…Eight plays later Bragg carried it in from the 4 yard line and Shamere Robinson added the 2-point conversion to make it 16-6 LMS.
    • On the first play from scrimmage, the Yellow Jackets had a pass picked off by the Tigers Logan Bragg and returned to the Sanders 19 yard line… Two plays later Bragg carried it in from the 10 yard line and Bryson added the 2point conversion to make it 24-6 with 8.7 seconds left in the half and that was the score at the half.
    • The Yellow Jacket got the ball first to start the 2nd half but could not move the ball and turned it over on downs at their own 45 yard line… The Tigers then scored on a 10 yard run by KB Bryson and the 2-point conversion came on a pass from Logan Bragg to Mason Young to make the score 32-6 with 3:20 left in the 3rd quarter.
    • Again the Yellow Jackets could get no traction against the tough Tiger defense and turned the ball over on downs at their own 46 yard line… The Tigers then went on down the field and scored on a 6 yard pass from Bragg to Miles Crow and added the 2-point conversion on a pass from Bragg to Aadyn Jenkins to make the score 40-6 which would be the final.

SC Media Prep Football Poll… The latest SC Media Prep Football Poll came out Tuesday and if you would like to see it click here to go to the State Newspaper where there is a posting of it… I will tell you that the Clinton Red Devils remain at #5 in Class AA.

 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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, Nov. 1st… Varsity travels to Emerald at 7:30.

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

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 10-30-2024

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Girls Tennis: Clinton 5 – Chester 1… Monday the Red Devil girls’ tennis team traveled to Chester to take on the Cyclones in their final regular season and region match… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 5-1 win over the Cyclones… Those who took wins in singles action included Libby Dailey, Addy Derrick, Deborah Goldman and Abby McMurray… The #2 doubles team composed of Savanna Fountain and Ellis Workman also took a win over their opponents… For more information on this match click here.
  • Tennis Starts Playoffs Today… The Red Devils now know who they will play in the first round of the SCHSL Girls Tennis Playoffs… They will be hosting the Dixie Green Hornets and they have decided to start the playoffs a day early… They were scheduled to start on Thursday, but the decision has been made to start today at 4:00 pm on the courts at Clinton Middle School… If you want to see the 2024 Class 1A-2A Tennis bracket click here… There are not as many teams in Class AA and Class A as there are in other classes so they are both in the same bracket to make out a competitive field…. Bottom line… Go Big Red!

 

  • Up Next in Cross Country… The Red Devils will be back in action today (Wednesday) when they host the County Championship at 5:30 pm and they will also honor their seniors before the match.
  • Boys Cross Country Captures 4th Region Championship…  For the 4th time in as many years the Red Devil boys cross country team captured the region title last Saturday…. Also William Reid was the Region Champion with a time of 17:02… Four other Red Devils made the All-Region Team in addition to William… For more information on this match, click here.
  • Girls Cross Country Finishes 2nd… The lady Red Devil cross country team finished second in the region met 1 point behind Mid-Carolina… Calvary Lyda finished second in the meet with a time of 24:02 (her personal best) to lead the Red Devils…  To see the other Red Devil runners’ results click here.

  

  • Volleyball Host High Point Today… The Red Devil volleyball team will open up playoffs today instead of tomorrow at home taking on the Grizzlies of High Point Academy out of Spartanburg…  The match is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm… Go Big Red!

 

  • Lawson Chosen as TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Red Devil senior offensive and defensive lineman Clayton Lawson has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Clubs Player of the week…  In last Fridays 61-14 win over Blacksburg, he graded out at 90% on offense and he had he had 3 pancake blocks as the Red Devil offense for 478 yards and had a total of 605 yards of offense… On defense, Lawson had 3 tackles and one for a loss… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Clayton was a hard worker in the off-season strength and conditioning program and currently during practice.  His hard-nosed play on offense and defense set the tone in the trenches.  He has a ‘high motor’ and barely comes off the field during the game which is rare for a big man.  It is fun watching his 2-way throwback style of football on Friday nights.”… The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Lawson on October 31st 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… The October 31st meeting will feature Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state, as our featured speaker.

Laurens HS

  •  Girls’ Tennis: Southside 4 – Laurens 3… The Lady Raiders traveled to Southside yesterday for their last region match of the season. In the first six lines, the Raiders tied 3-3, which led them to play number one doubles for the tiebreak. Unfortunately, the Raiders lost in a close match.
  • Tennis heads to Blue Ridge Tomorrow… The Raider girls’ tennis team finished in third place in the region and will start playoff action tomorrow when they head to Blue Ridge to take on the Tigers… I do not yet know the start time for that match… To see the Class 4A Girls Tennis Bracket click here…. Good Luck to the Raiders!

 

  • 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.

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball Headed to Lewisville… The Saints volleyball team now know that they will be headed to Lewisville tomorrow for a first-round playoff match in the SCHSL volleyball playoffs…To see the bracket for the Class A Volleyball tournament click here… Good Luck to the Saints!

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 will be this Thursday, October 31st meeting will feature Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state, as our featured speaker.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it…

  • Today: A doubleheader of middle school football starting with Hickory Tavern vs. Gray Court-Owings for the “Country Championship” followed by Laurens MS vs. Sanders for the “City Championship about 30 minutes after the first game… They will recognize all the 8th graders between the games for all 4 schools… All the action will take place at KC Hanna Stadium.

SC Media Prep Football Poll… The latest SC Media Prep Football Poll came out Tuesday and if you would like to see it click here to go to the State Newspaper where there is a posting of it… I will tell you that the Clinton Red Devils remain at #5 in Class AA.

 

 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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Wednesday, Oct. 30th…. A doubleheader of middle school football starting with Hickory Tavern vs. Gray Court-Owings for the “Country Championship” followed by Laurens MS vs. Sanders for the “City Championship about 30 minutes after the first game… All the action will take place at KC Hanna Stadium.
  • Friday, Nov. 1st… Varsity travels to Emerald at 7:30.

 

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

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 10-29-2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Boys Cross Country Captures 4th Region Championship…  For the 4th time in as many years the Red Devil boys cross country team captured the region title last Saturday…. Also William Reid was the Region Champion with a time of 17:02… Four other Red Devils made the All-Region Team in addition to William… For more information on this match, click here.
  • Girls Cross Country Finishes 2nd… The lady Red Devil cross country team finished second in the region met 1 point behind Mid-Carolina… Calvary Lyda finished second in the meet with a time of 24:02 (her personal best) to lead the Red Devils…  To see the other Red Devil runners results click here.
  • Up Next… The Red Devils will be back in action tomorrow (Wednesday) when they host the County Championship and they will also honor their seniors before the match.

 

  • Lawson Chosen as TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Red Devil senior offensive and defensive lineman Clayton Lawson has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Clubs Player of the week…  In last Fridays 61-14 win over Blacksburg, he graded out at 90% on offense and he had he had 3 pancake blocks as the Red Devil offense for 478 yards and had a total of 605 yards of offense… On defense, Lawson had 3 tackles and one for a loss… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Clayton was a hard worker in the off-season strength and conditioning program and currently during practice.  His hard-nosed play on offense and defense set the tone in the trenches.  He has a ‘high motor’ and barely comes off the field during the game which is rare for a big man.  It is fun watching his 2-way throwback style of football on Friday nights.”… The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Lawson on October 31st 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… The October 31st meeting will feature Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state, as our featured speaker.

 

  • Girls Tennis: Mid-Carolina 4 – Clinton 2… Last Thursday the Red Devil girls’ tennis team traveled down to Prosperity to take on the Mid-Carolina Rebels… I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the Rebels took a 4-2 win over the Red Devils… Libby Dailey and Addy Derick were the only two players to take wins in singles action… For more information on this match click here… The Red Devils will finish the regular season as Region III Runner Up and I think the playoffs start Thursday and I will try to find  the playoff bracket as soon as possible because at this time the SCHSL does not have it available on their website.

 

  • Volleyball Host High Point… The Red Devil volleyball team will open up playoffs tomorrow at home taking on the Grizzlies of High Point Academy out of Spartanburg…  The match is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm… Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  •  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.

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball: Green Upstate 3 – Saints 1… The Saints hosted the Green Upstate Owls last night in the gym at Thornwell…  This was a match to break a tie for fourth place in the region…. Bothe teams are headed to the playoffs and this was to determine where they finished in the region for the playoff bracket… I hate to have to report that the Owls took a 3-1 win over the Saints thus finishing 4th in the region while the Saints finish 5th…  The Owls won the first two sets 25-10 and 25-18… The Saints fought back and took the third set 25-22 but could not maintain that momentum in the fourth set as they fell 25-14… The SCHSL should post the seeding for the playoffs in the next 24 hours as the playoffs start Thursday…To see the bracket for the Class A Volleyball tournament click here… I’m hoping whoever they play they will get the treat and not the trick Thursday,

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 will be this Thursday, October 31st meeting will feature Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state, as our featured speaker.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it.

 

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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Wednesday, Oct. 30th…. A doubleheader of middle school football starting with Hickory Tavern vs. Gray Court-Owings for the “Country Championship” followed by Laurens MS vs. Sanders for the “City Championship about 15 minutes after the first game… All the action will take place at KC Hanna Stadium.
  • Friday, Nov. 1st… Varsity travels to Emerald at 7:30.

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

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, 10-28-2024

Monday, October 28, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils 61 – Blacksburg 14…  The Red Devils took care of business again last Friday as they rolled to a 61-14 win over the Blacksburg Wildcats at Wilder Stadium to go 3-0 in region play…  The Red Devils scored in the opening possession of the game and then scored three more times in the first half to lead 28-0 at the half.
    • Javen Cook scored that first TD on a 43 yard run on the third play of the game and then he went on to be the Red Devils leading rusher with 152 yards in 12 carries and hat 1 TD…
    • The Red Devils had a total of 478 yards on the ground in the game… All of the Red Devil scores came on the ground as they had 9 rushing TDs… Tushawan Richardson and Rhett Gilliam each had 2 rushing TDs while in addition to Cook’s rushing TD, AZ Simmons, KD Vance, Angelo Cromer and Owen Glenn each carried the ball across the goal line once… Lukas Kuykendall was 5 for 8 kicking extra points on the night.
    • In the passing department, Richardson went 3-8 for a 102 yards and Owen Glenn went 2-3 for 25 yards and neither had a TD pass.
    •  The Wildcats had net rushing yards of 89 and 1 TD rushing by Josh Sims and in the passing department Sims wen 12 of 28 for 229 yards with I TD pass and the Red Devil defense intercepted him 3 times.
    • For much more information on this game click here to open the entire stat package which also has a play-by-plat accounting of the game.
    • The Red Devils will be idle this week and return to action on Friday, Nov. 8th when they travel to Liberty in the final regular season game.
    • By the way, Ry’Daija Mars, representing girls’ basketball, was crowned the Homecoming Queen at halftime and the 20 senior Red Devil football players were honored before the game started.

 

  • Updated JV Football: Clinton 36 – Blacksburg 0… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Blacksburg last night to take on the Wildcats… Since then I have received some more information about the game:
    • The Red Devils led 16-0 at the half and 30-0 going into the final quarter of play.
    • Zy Butler, A’Javian James, Lincoln Alexander and Emmanuel Lagroon all had TDs for the Red Devils.
    • Gray Garrett and Angel Vargas had pass interceptions for the Red Devils.
    • Afterwards Coach Glenn commented “We had a great game against Blacksburg.  Our team played well in all 3 phases of the game: Offense, Defense and Special Teams.  We are starting to gain more depth and we get more kids playing.  It’s fun to watch everyone contribute to the win”
    • The next JV game will be on Nov. 7th at home against Liberty with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 pm

Laurens HS 

  • Westside 49 – Laurens 3… The Laurens Raiders hosted the #1 ranked in Class AAAA Westside Rams last Friday night at KC Hanna Stadium… Coach Porter said in the pre-game interview that the Rams were the real deal with several players who will be playing on Saturdays in the near future and were the quickest team he had seen in quite some time… That was truly the case as the Rams rolled to a 49-3 win over the Raiders…  They scored on the first possession of the game on a 77 yard pass play and never looked back as they scored on all but 3 of their 11 possessions in the game…  They only punted once, Owen Crow intercepted one of their passes and they had a fumble late in the game recovered Michael Brown… The Raiders only score came in the first quarter on a 26 yard field goal by Brock Franklin.
    • The Rams finished with 493 yards of offense while the Raiders had 141.
    • Rushing the Rams had 282 yards with Sharode Richardson having 200 of them and scoring 2 TDs… The Raiders had only 40 yards rushing after 78 lost yards were subtracted out… Denari Lee-Jackson led the Raiders with 38 yards.
    • The Rams had 211 yards passing with future Gamecock Cutter Woods going 3 for 9 with the 1 interception and 3 TD passes… Will Thompson went 9-17 for 101 yards for the Raiders with no interceptions of TDs…. Brayden Patterson caught 4 of Thompson’s passes for 30 yards… Jackson only caught 1 but it was for 45 yards. To see the complete stat package which has a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
    • The raiders will be on the road this Friday as they travel to Emerald to take on the Vikings.

 

  • JV Football: Laurens 18 – Westside 14… The Raider JV football team traveled over to Anderson last night to take on the Westside Rams… They came home with an exciting 18-14 win scoring late in the game and then hanging on for the win.
    • The Raiders found themselves trailing 14-12 after the Rams scored with scored on a short run with 8:51 left in the game and they made the 2-point conversion to take a 14-12 lead over the Raiders.
    •  The Raiders drove down the field but had the drive to stall at the Westside 1 yard line… The defense then gave up a first down but forced the Rams to punt with 1:32 left in the game.
    • The Raiders got a great punt return by Kalen Gilchrist all the way to the Ram 4 yard line… After a couple of plays, Buddy Cheeks carried it in from the 3 yard line to make it 18-14 Raiders as the two-point conversion failed with 39 seconds left in the game.
    • The Rams then returned the kickoff to the Raider 46 yard line with 28 seconds left to play… They completed a pass on the first play from scrimmage to the Raider 40 but the Raiders defender punched the ball lose and recovered to give the Raiders the ball back with 13 seconds left in the game and all they had to do was take the “victory kneel” and take the win.
    • The TDs in the first half were scored on a hook & ladder play with Damajia Crooks carrying it across the goal line and JJ Bennett had a 3 yard run for the other score… Q. Watts had an interception in the first half and Coach Stevenson also pointed out that Carter Adair had a solid game on defense making several big plays.
  • 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

  • Richard Winn 62 – Laurens Academy 12… The Laurens Academy Crusaders will be hosted the Richard Winn Eagles Friday night at Todd Kirk Field… The Eagles took a 56-20 win over the Crusaders earlier in the season down at Winnsboro and they have not lost a step since then as they led 41-12 at the half and then rolled on to a 62-12 win over the Crusaders… Other than the final score I do not have much more information on this game…  The Crusaders had 194 yards passing as Ethan Collins went 18 for 28… The Crusaders also had 201 yards rushing with Garrett Murphy having 106 yards on 10 carries and Mason Cooper had 92 yards in 12 carries… If I get more information on this game I will pass it on to you later… The Crusaders are now 6-3 on the season and according to .their schedule will be at King Academy this Friday night.

Thornwell  

  • Up Next for Volleyball… The Saints will be hosting Green Upstate today at 6:30 for a tie-breaking match for fourth place in their region… Both teams have a 9-7 region record and I do believe they will both make the playoffs which start on Thursday, Oct. 31st and this will be for seeding purposes going into the playoffs… Good Luck to the Saints!

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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it…

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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Wednesday, Oct. 30th…. A doubleheader of middle school football starting with Hickory Tavern vs. Gray Court-Owings for the “Country Championship” followed by Laurens MS vs. Sanders for the “City Championship about 15 minutes after the first game… All the action will take place at KC Hanna Stadium.
  • Friday, Nov. 1st… Varsity travels to Emerald at 7:30.

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

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 Friday, 10-25-2024

Friday, October 25, 2024

 Clinton HS

JV Football: Clinton 36 – Blacksburg 0… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Blacksburg last night to take on the Wildcats… The only thing I can tell you about the game at this time is the most important thing and that is that the Red Devils took a 36-0 win… If I get more details later I will pass them on to you.

  • Red Devils at Home Tonight…  The Red Devils will be hosting the Blacksburg Wildcats at Wilder Stadium tonight at 7:30 pm… The Wildcats are only 3-4 overall and 0-1 in region play so that makes them more dangerous than usual as they have even more reason to pull the upset of eh Red Devils… For more information about the Wildcats, click here to see their schedule and results… Go Big Red
  • Region Champions… Now congratulations are due to the Red Devil varsity volleyball team as they captured with an undefeated region record… They await the start of the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs that will begin one week from today (Halloween)… Congratulations and Good Luck to the Red Devils… Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  •  JV Football: Laurens 18 – Westside 14… The Raider JV football team traveled over to Anderson last night to take on the Westside Rams… They came home with an exciting 18-14 win scoring late in the game and then hanging on for the win.
    • The Raiders found themselves trailing 14-12 after the Rams scored with scored on a short run with 8:51 left in the game and they made the 2-point conversion to take a 14-12 lead over the Raiders.
    •  The Raiders drove down the field but had the drive to stall at the Westside 1 yard line… The defense then gave up a first down but forced the Rams to punt with 1:32 left in the game.
    • The Raiders got a great punt return by Kalen Gilchrist all the way to the Ram 4 yard line… After a couple of plays, Buddy Cheeks carried it in from the 3 yard line to make it 18-14 Raiders as the two-point conversion failed with 39 seconds left in the game.
    • The Rams then returned the kickoff to the Raider 46 yard line with 28 seconds left to play… They completed a pass on the first play from scrimmage to the Raider 40 but the Raiders defender punched the ball lose and recovered to give the Raiders the ball back with 13 seconds left in the game and all they had to do was take the “victory kneel” and take the win.
    • The TDs in the first half were scored on a hook & ladder play with Damajia Crooks carrying it across the goal line and JJ Bennett had a 3 yard run for the other score… Q. Watts had an interception in the first half and Coach Stevenson also pointed out that Carter Adair had a solid game on defense making several big plays.
  • Raiders Host Westside Tonight… The completion does not get any easier for the Raiders as tonight as the host the #1 ranked in Class AAAA Westside Rams at KC Hanna Stadium… The Rams are undefeated and have been running up some big scores on their opponents…They have 2 players on their team that are headed to the Shrine Bowl and 2 more that are headed to the Touchstone Energy North –South All-Star game… I hope you can make it to the game to support the Raiders, but if you cannot, we will start our coverage on the game tonight at 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders and go live from the stadium about 6:40 pm… and you can catch all the action on Real Radio 860 AM, 104.1 FM and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com… Go Raiders, dehorn the Rams!

 

  • 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 Host the Eagles… The Laurens Academy Crusaders will be hosting the Richard Winn Eagles tonight at 7:30 on Todd Kirk Field… This is a region game and the Eagles come in undefeated at 7-0 overall… The Eagles took a 56-20 win over the Crusaders earlier in the season down at Winnsboro and the Crusaders would love to avenge that game and get right back into the hunt for first place in the region…To see the Eagles schedule and scores, click here… It’s a big game so come out and pack the field to help cheer on the Crusaders.!

Thornwell  

  • MS Football: Dixie 14 – Thornwell 6… The Saints hosted the Dixie Green Hornets yesterday on the Saints football field and led 6-0 at the half… However, the Hornets scored 14 points in the third quarter while holding the Saints scoreless the rest of the way to take a 14-6 come-from-behind win over the Saints… The Saints score in the first half came on a pass from Jaden Wilson to Jaylen Washington
  • Homecoming… It was also Homecoming at Thornwell and Rose Yarbrough was crowned the Homecoming Queen and Parker Workman claimed the title of Homecoming King… Congratulations to both of them
  • Up Next for Volleyball… The Saints will be hosting Green Upstate at 6:30 for a tie-breaking match for fourth place in their region… Both teams have a 9-7 region record and I do believe they will both make the playoffs which start on Thursday, Oct. 31st and this will be for seeding purposes going into the playoffs… Good Luck to the Saints!

 

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.

 

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it… Results from last night:

  • Ware Shoals 26 – Gray Court – Owings 0… The GCO Tigers traveled over to Ware Shoals yesterday and the information I have on that game is that the Hornets took a 26-0 win over the Tigers
  • Sanders 28 – Whitmire 14… Yesterday the sanders Yellow Jackets hosted the Whitmire Wolverines on the football field behind Laurens MS… The Yellow Jackets Trailed 14-6 at the half but came back in the second half and outscored the Wolverines 22-0 to take a 28-14 win over the Wolverines
    • Sanders scored first when Nasir Webb ran the games’ opening kickoff back about 60 yards for a TD but the 2-point conversion failed.
    • Whitmire got on the scoreboard with 5:37 left in the half on a 4 yard run by Damarcus Reed capping a 7 play 32 yard drive and added the 2-point conversion on a run .
    • Whitmire then recovered an onside kick at the Sanders 40 yard line and scored 5 plays later on a run by Joshia Hamilton but the 2-point conversion failed  making the score 14-6 Wolverines which was the score at the half.
    • The next score came with 3:32 left in the third quarter Travion Robinson broke loose for a 48 yard TD run with 3:49 in the third quarter… He also added the 2-point conversion to tie the score 14-14.
    • Sanders scored on their next possession when Deaunte Hill connected with Robinson on a 48 yard scoring strike… Hill also converted on the 2-point attempt to make it 20-14 Sanders.
    • Sanders last score came when the Wolverines were driving and on Sanders 22 yard line and fumbled and the ball was scooped up by Robinson who carried it home for a 79-yard TD… The 2-point conversion failed making the final score 28-14 Sanders… Congratulations to the Yellow Jackets!
  •  Laurens MS 52 – Hickory Tavern 8…We have one the middle school game to report on from Wednesday afternoon and that is the Hickory Tavern Panthers taking on the Laurens MS Tigers at Laurens MS… The tigers won the toss and elected to receive and Mason Young returned the opening kickoff 55 yds. for the score with Lagan Bragg adding the 2-point conversion to make it 8-0 with just seconds off the clock and the Tigers then rolled on to a 52-8 win over the Panthers… Two main things to know about the game… One is that the Tigers scored every time they had the ball and number 2 is that the Tiger offensive and defensive line were more than the Panthers could handle…The Tigers led 44-0 at the half and there was a running clock in the second half…
    • Young also scored on a pair of passes from Logan Bragg one a 10 yd. pass and the other a 15 yd. pass.
    • KB Bryson scored on a 41 yd. run and also on a 34 yd. pick six.
    • Mason Dial also caught a 35 yd. TD pass from Bragg.
    • Logan Bragg also had a 46 yd. TD run in addition to the TD passes he threw.
    • The Panthers only score came at the end of their last possession of the game 45 yd. run by #51 whose number and name were not on the Panther roster that I have.

SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Oct. 22… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses… Teams in bold are new teams in the rankings for this week and arrows up and down show which teams moved up and down from last week.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (13) (7-0),  2. Northwestern (1) (9-0),  3. Gaffney (1) (6-0),  4. Summerville (8-0),  5. Irmo (8-0),  6. Sumter (8-0),  7. Spartanburg (5-1) ↑ 2,  8. Hillcrest (5-1) ↑2,  9. JL Mann (4-2) ↓ 2 and  10. Greenwood (5-1)… Dropped out: Boiling Springs… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, River Bluff Boiling Springs; Catawba Ridge; Ashley Ridge
  • CLASS 4A:  1. Westside (15) (6-0),  2. Daniel (5-1),  3. South Pointe (6-2),  4. South Florence (6-2) ↑ 2,  5. Hartsville (6-1-1) ↑ 2,  6. May River (6-1) ↓ 2,  7. North Augusta (5-1) ↑ 2,  8. Wren (5-1),  9. Seneca (6-1) ↓ 4 and  10. AC Flora (7-2)… Dropped out:.. None Others receiving votes: Gray Collegiate, Bishop England, Greer, Hilton Head Island, Camden.
  •  CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (9) (7-1),  2. Mountain View Prep (6) (7-0),  3. Loris (7-1) ↑ 1,  4. Dillon (6-2) ↑ 2,  5. Marlboro County (6-1) ↓ 2,  6. Woodruff (5-1) ↓ 1,  7. Oceanside Collegiate (5-3) ↑ 1,  8. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (6-2) ↑ 1,  9. Keenan (6-3) ↑ 1 and  10. Swansea (5-3) ↓ 3…  Dropped out: None… Others receiving votes: Powdersville, Newberry, St. Joseph’s
  • CLASS 2A:  1. Batesburg-Leesville (7-0) (10),  2. Saluda (6-0) (5),  3. Fairfield Central (7-1) ↑ 1,  4. Barnwell (7-1) ↑ 2,  5. Clinton (5-2),  6. Strom Thurmond (5-1) ↑ 1,  7. Hampton County (6-2) ↓ 4,  8. Manning (7-1),  9. Philip Simmons (6-2) and 10. Woodland (6-2)… Dropped out: Landrum… Others receiving votes: Central, Timberland, Chesterfield, Cheraw, Andrews, Landrum.
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (5-1) (15),  2. Lewisville (7-1),  3. Blackville-Hilda (6-1),  4. Lake View (7-1),  5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-2),  6. Lamar (6-2),  7. (tie) Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (6-1) ↑ 1,  7. (tie) Cross (5-2),  9. Dixie (6-1) and 10. Branchville (7-1)… Dropped out:.. None Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, Baptist Hill.
  • For More Information, Click here to go to a posting on the State Newspaper website.

 

 

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.

 

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game, we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 25th … Varsity hosts Westside at 7:30.

 

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

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, 10-24-2024

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Mid-Carolina 2… Catching up with the Clinton Red Devil volleyball team, I do believe that their match at home last Thursday with the Mid-Carolina Rebels was their final regular season match… This was a tough match for the Red Devils but in the end they won by a score of 3-2… The Red Devils won the first set 25-21 but the Rebels came back and won the next 2 sets by a score of 25-16 in each of them… With the Red Devils now facing a loss, they came back and took the 4th set by a score of 25-19 forcing a fifth and deciding set which they won 15-6 to take the 3-2 win.
  • Region Champions… Now congratulations are due to the Red Devil varsity volleyball team as they captured with an undefeated region record… They await the start of the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs that will begin one week from today (Halloween)… Congratulations and Good Luck to the Red Devils… Go Big Red!
  • Pitts Named to Touchstone Energy Bowl Roster… The Touchstone Energy Bowl (North-South All-Star Game0 will be held in Myrtle Beach again this year on Saturday, December 21st… Unlike the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, one of our Laurens County football players has made the roster for the North Squad… That person is Cal Pitts one of the outstanding senior offensive linemen on the Red Devils football team… This is quite an honor and congratulations to Cal!
    • North Roster… Now if you want to see the entire North Roster click here… You will find that opponents of both Clinton and Laurens High School have place members on the squad.
    • South Roster… If you would like to see who made the South roster, click here.
    • Mr. Football… A quick reminder that at halftime they will be awarding the 2024 SC Mr. Football Awards whose finalist are yet to be announced…. Several of the past winners are playing in the NFL now… For more on this award, click here.
    • More Information… If you would like more information about the Touchstone Energy Bowl click here… It will carry you to the homepage on their website and if you can’t find the answer to a question you might have, it has information on how to contact them.
  • JV Football on the Road… The Red Devil JV football team will be on the road taking on the Blacksburg Wildcats at 6:00 pm

Laurens HS

  • Volleyball… Doing some catching up with the Raider varsity volley ball team and how they did in 2 matches earlier this week… The Hurricanes took a 3-0 win over the Raiders by set scores of
    • Wren 3 – Laurens 0… On Monday the Raiders hosted the Wren Golden Hurricanes… Set scores were 25-15, 25-14 and the third set score was 25-10.
    • Fountain Inn 3 – Laurens 1… On Tuesday the Raiders traveled to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury… The Fury won the first 2 games 25-17 and 25-17… The Raiders did not quit and came back to take the 3rd.set 27-25…The Fury came back and took a close 25-20 win in the 4th set to make the final score 3-1.
    • Today… The team will close out its season on the road as they travel to Greenville to take on the Southside Tigers..
  • Girls Tennis:  Laurens 6 – Westside 0… Monday the Raider girls’ tennis team hosted the Westside Rams and improved their playoff chances by taking a 6-0 win… Sorry, no other information available on this match other than it helped to improve the Raiders chance of making the playoffs next week.
  • 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.
  • JV Football on the Road… The Raider JV football team will be on the road taking on the Rams of Westside HS today at 6:00 pm

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Laurens Academy

  • Crusader Volleyball Team Wins Class 2A Championship…The Crusader volleyball team traveled down to Cardinal Newman HS in the Columbia area last night to take on the Kings Academy Lions out of the Florence area… When the last volley was over, the Crusaders were able to celebrate their third State Championship in as many years as they took a 3-0 win over the Lions… The Crusaders dominated the first set taking a 25-10 win… The Crusaders continued to control the tempo of the match in the second set as they rolled to a 25-14 win… To their credit, the Lions did not go quietly into the good night as they fought back in the third set and took a brief lead and kept the match closer but the Crusaders would not be denied as they took a 25-19 win and the celebration was on… The Crusaders finish the season with a great 28-3 record… It was a great way to send out the Crusades 2 seniors Olivia Suttles, Cadie Wilson and Maggie Collins … Congratulations to the Crusaders for the 3-peat!… Can we say 4-peat?
  • Photo Slideshow… I took a few pictures while at the championship match and if you would like to see them, click here to view a slideshow containing them.

Thornwell  

  • Up Next for Volleyball… The Saints now await the final outcome in region standings as there are a few makeup games to be played by other schools in the region this week… It’s possible that there may be a tie between the Saints and another region team for a seeding spot in the playoffs and if that is the case the tie-breaking match will most likely be played early next week as the SCHSL Playoffs are set to begin Thursday of next week on Halloween, October 31st.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club met last Thursday, 10-17-24 at noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The three latest TD Clubs Players of the Week were honored and they were Garrison Vaughn of Laurens Academy, Logan Martin of Laurens HS and Tushawan Richardson of Clinton HS… Along with the local coaches, the featured speaker was Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member…. To see a video that was shot at that meeting click here.
  • 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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it.

  • Laurens MS 52 – Hickory Tavern 8… One of the middle school game to report on from yesterday afternoon and that id the Hickory Tavern Panthers taking on the Laurens MS Tigers at Laurens MS… The tigers won the toss and elected to receive and Mason Young returned the opening kickoff 55 yds. for the score with Lagan Bragg adding the 2-point conversion to make it 8-0 with just seconds off the clock and the Tigers then rolled on to a 52-8 win over the Panthers… Two main things to know about the game… One is that the Tigers scored every time they had the ball and number 2 is that the Tiger offensive and defensive line were more than the Panthers could handle…The Tigers led 44-0 at the half and there was a running clock in the second half…
    • Young also scored on a pair of passes from Logan Bragg one a 10 yd. pass and the other a 15 yd. pass.
    • KB Bryson scored on a 41 yd. run and also on a 34 yd. pick six.
    • Mason Dial also caught a 35 yd. TD pass from Bragg.
    • Logan Bragg also had a 46 yd. TD run in addition to the TD passes he threw.
    • The Panthers only score came at the end of their last possession of the game 45 yd. run by #51 whose number and name were not on the Panther roster that I have.
  • MS Games Today according to master schedule:
    • Dixie at Thornwell (5:30)
    • Gray Court-Owings at Ware Shoals (5:30)
    • Whitmire at Sanders (LMS field at 5:00)

SC Prep Football Media Poll….Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Oct. 22… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses… Teams in bold are new teams in the rankings for this week and arrows up and down show which teams moved up and down from last week.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (13) (7-0),  2. Northwestern (1) (9-0),  3. Gaffney (1) (6-0),  4. Summerville (8-0),  5. Irmo (8-0),  6. Sumter (8-0),  7. Spartanburg (5-1) ↑ 2,  8. Hillcrest (5-1) ↑2,  9. JL Mann (4-2) ↓ 2 and  10. Greenwood (5-1)… Dropped out: Boiling Springs… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, River Bluff Boiling Springs; Catawba Ridge; Ashley Ridge
  • CLASS 4A:  1. Westside (15) (6-0),  2. Daniel (5-1),  3. South Pointe (6-2),  4. South Florence (6-2) ↑ 2,  5. Hartsville (6-1-1) ↑ 2,  6. May River (6-1) ↓ 2,  7. North Augusta (5-1) ↑ 2,  8. Wren (5-1),  9. Seneca (6-1) ↓ 4 and  10. AC Flora (7-2)… Dropped out:.. None Others receiving votes: Gray Collegiate, Bishop England, Greer, Hilton Head Island, Camden.
  •  CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (9) (7-1),  2. Mountain View Prep (6) (7-0),  3. Loris (7-1) ↑ 1,  4. Dillon (6-2) ↑ 2,  5. Marlboro County (6-1) ↓ 2,  6. Woodruff (5-1) ↓ 1,  7. Oceanside Collegiate (5-3) ↑ 1,  8. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (6-2) ↑ 1,  9. Keenan (6-3) ↑ 1 and  10. Swansea (5-3) ↓ 3…  Dropped out: None… Others receiving votes: Powdersville, Newberry, St. Joseph’s
  • CLASS 2A:  1. Batesburg-Leesville (7-0) (10),  2. Saluda (6-0) (5),  3. Fairfield Central (7-1) ↑ 1,  4. Barnwell (7-1) ↑ 2,  5. Clinton (5-2),  6. Strom Thurmond (5-1) ↑ 1,  7. Hampton County (6-2) ↓ 4,  8. Manning (7-1),  9. Philip Simmons (6-2) and 10. Woodland (6-2)… Dropped out: Landrum… Others receiving votes: Central, Timberland, Chesterfield, Cheraw, Andrews, Landrum.
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (5-1) (15),  2. Lewisville (7-1),  3. Blackville-Hilda (6-1),  4. Lake View (7-1),  5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-2),  6. Lamar (6-2),  7. (tie) Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (6-1) ↑ 1,  7. (tie) Cross (5-2),  9. Dixie (6-1) and 10. Branchville (7-1)… Dropped out:.. None Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, Baptist Hill.
  • For More Information, Click here to go to a posting on the State Newspaper website.

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.

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 25th … Varsity hosts Westside at 7:30.

 

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

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

Area FBS Football Coach’s Salaries… The Greenville news recently had a couple of articles about FBS football coach’s salaries on their website… Thought you might be interested in seeing how much sawn Beamer and Dabo Swinney make… I’ll tell you here it’s not chicken feed!

  • SEC Coaches’ Salaries… The first article I saw is one that compares the salaries of the SEC coaches… Shane Beamer ranks 14 out of the 16 coaches in the SEC with a salary of almost $6.5 dollars. … Click here to see that article
  • Dabo Swinney’s Salary Among Top FBS Coaches… The other article was one that compared the salaries of top FBS coaches across the country… Clemson’s Dabo Swinney checked in at #2 in that article at $11.13 million… Kirby Smart of Georgia topped Dabo with a salary listed at $13.28 million… To see that article click here.

College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll (10-20-24) had some changes in the top 10 this week… Texas dropped out of the top spot and fell to #5 with their loss this past weekend….  Oregon moved up to #1 followed by Georgia, Penn State, Ohio State and Texas…  Miami, Tennessee, Clemson, Iowa State and …. Spots 6-10 are occupied by Miami, Alabama, LSU, Iowa State and Clemson checks in at #10 (15)… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
  • FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (10-20-24) had some shakeup in the top 3… North Dakota State moved up a spot to #1, Montana State came in at #2 and last week’s #1 South Dakota state dropped to #3… In our general area, Mercer moved is the only team you often see on the schedule of some our local teams in the top 25… To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
  •  FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
  • FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.

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

 Major League Baseball

  • Postseason Schedule… If you would like to see the entre playoff schedule  and scores of the completed   games to date all the way to the World Series click here… If you would rather see the post season schedule by matchups click here… If you look at both of those and you are still confused or have questions about the playoff format, click here where they try to explain it and thus answer your questions.

NFL

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

NASCAR

  • Joey Logano Wins at Vegas… Joey Logano took the checkered flag out in Los Vegas in the Cup Series race Sunday to punch his ticket into the final 4 competing for the Cup Championship… He only led the last 6 laps and finished 0.662 ahead of second place finisher Christopher Bell… For more information about this race, click here.
  • Playoffs… Logano now leads in the points to make the final 4 and to see how the remaining 7 drivers rank who are still in the chase for the championship rank, click here.
  • Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are headed down to the Homestead—Miami Speedway this weekend with the Xfinity race taking place on Saturday at 3:30 pm and the Cup Series race on Sunday at 2:30 pm…To see the complete schedule for Los Vegas  including practices and TV availability, click here.
  • NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.

This & That:

This & That:

College Football Fan Challenge Oyster Roast… The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce Oyster Roast will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7th… As in the past there will be steamed oysters, low country boil and chicken gumbo as well as both a silent and live auction and other entertainment…Tickets $50 and you need to get them fast as this event has a limited number of tickets and they usually sell out fast… For more information click here and it will carry you to a posting on the Chamber of Commerce website where there is more information and a short video…. Click on events and select Oyster Roast… Tickets can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce office during normal business hours… The office address is 291 Professional Park Rd, Clinton, SC 29325 or call them at 864-8332716

 

 

 

  

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 10-23-2024

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Pitts Named to Touchstone Energy Bowl Roster… The Touchstone Energy Bowl (North-South All-Star Game0 will be held in Myrtle Beach again this year on Saturday, December 21st… Unlike the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, one of our Laurens County football players has made the roster for the North Squad… That person is Cal Pitts one of the outstanding senior offensive linemen on the Red Devils football team… This is quite an honor and congratulations to Cal!
    • North Roster… Now if you want to see the entire North Roster click here… You will find that opponents of both Clinton and Laurens High School have place members on the squad.
    • South Roster… If you would like to see who made the South roster, click here.
    • Mr. Football… A quick reminder that at halftime they will be awarding the 2024 SC Mr. Football Awards whose finalist are yet to be announced…. Several of the past winners are playing in the NFL now… For more on this award, click here.
    • More Information… If you would like more information about the Touchstone Energy Bowl click here… It will carry you to the homepage on their website and if you can’t find the answer to a question you might have, it has information on how to contact them.

 

  • Chris Boyd TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Chris Boyd has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Red Devils 56-22 win over the Landrum Cardinals last Friday night… The junior defensive back, wide receiver and special teams player had 5 catches for 80 yards including 1 touchdown… On special teams he had 142 yards of kickoff returns including one of 71 yards for a touchdown… On defense he had 6 solo tackles and broke up 2 pass attempts… Coach Corey Fountain said “Chris Boyd works hard every day and is the ultimate competitor on the offense and defense side of the ball.  His work ethic on the practice field translates to his play on the field. He gives everything he has every time he steps onto the field. He is not only a great player but also a great person.”… He will be honored at the Club’s next meeting on Thursday, October 31st at The Ridge on Exchange Drive…

Laurens HS

  • Raider Girls Tennis… I need to do some catching up with the Raider girls’ tennis team so let’s cover the last 3 matches I have the results for from last week…
    • Wren 6 – Laurens 0… Monday of last week the Raiders hosted the Wren Golden Hurricanes and fell by a score of 6-0… No further details available.
    • Laurens 6 – Westside 0… On Tuesday last week the Raiders hosted the Westside Rams and took a 6-0 win… No further details available.
    • Laurens 5 – Fountain Inn 2… On Wednesday the Raider traveled to Fountain Inn to make up a match with the Fury… Goon news as the Raiders took a 5-2 win… For more information on this match, click here
    • Laurens 6 – Emerald 0 and .Laurens 6 – Emerald 0… On Thursday last week the Raider hosted the Emerald Vikings in a doubleheader of varsity action making up a match that was “Hurricane Helened out” earlier… Good news as the Raiders won both matches by the same 6-0 score… Talk about “iron women” tennis, last week with 5 matches in 4 days I think the Raiders fit that description… Congratulation to them on winning 4 of the 5 to remain in contention for a playoff spot!
  • 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

  • Crusader Volleyball Team Wins Class 2A Championship…The Crusader volleyball team traveled down to Cardinal Newman HS in the Columbia area last night to take on the Kings Academy Lions out of the Florence area… When the last volley was over, the Crusaders were able to celebrate their third State Championship in as many years as they took a 3-0 win over the Lions… The Crusaders dominated the first set taking a 25-10 win… The Crusaders continued to control the tempo of the match in the second set as they rolled to a 25-14 win… To their credit, the Lions did not go quietly into the good night as they fought back in the third set and took a brief lead and kept the match closer but the Crusaders would not be denied as they took a 25-19 win and the celebration was on… The Crusaders finish the season with a great 28-3 record… It was a great way to send out the Crusades 2 seniors Olivia Suttles, Cadie Wilson and Maggie Collins … Congratulations to the Crusaders for the 3-peat!… Can we say 4-peat?
  • Photo Slideshow… I took a few pictures while at the championship match and if you would like to see them, click here to view a slideshow containing them.

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball: Thornwell 3 – Calhoun Falls 0… The volleyball team clinched a spot in the playoffs last night in Clinton by taking a 3-0 win over the Calhoun Falls Blue Flashes… Set scores were 25-22, 25-18 and 25-13…. By the way the JV team also won 2-0… The Saints also recognized their two seniors Karliegh Porter and Nashia Vargus.
  • Up Next… The Saints now await the final outcome in region standings as there are a few makeup games to be played by other schools in the region this week… It’s possible that there may be a tie between the Saints and another region team for a seeding spot in the playoffs and if that is the case the tie-breaking match will most likely be played early next week as the SCHSL Playoffs are set to begin Thursday of next week on Halloween, October 31st.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club met last Thursday, 10-17-24 at noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The three latest TD Clubs Players of the Week were honored and they were Garrison Vaughn of Laurens Academy, Logan Martin of Laurens HS and Tushawan Richardson of Clinton HS… Along with the local coaches, the featured speaker was Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member…. To see a video that was shot at that meeting click here.
  • 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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it.

  • Today (Wednesday)… One of the middle school football games this week is being played today and that is the Hickory Tavern at Laurens MS game that is scheduled to start at 5:00 pm on the field behind Laurens MS

SC Prep Football Media Poll….Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Oct. 22… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses… Teams in bold are new teams in the rankings for this week and arrows up and down show which teams moved up and down from last week.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (13) (7-0),  2. Northwestern (1) (9-0),  3. Gaffney (1) (6-0),  4. Summerville (8-0),  5. Irmo (8-0),  6. Sumter (8-0),  7. Spartanburg (5-1) ↑ 2,  8. Hillcrest (5-1) ↑2,  9. JL Mann (4-2) ↓ 2 and  10. Greenwood (5-1)… Dropped out: Boiling Springs… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, River Bluff Boiling Springs; Catawba Ridge; Ashley Ridge
  • CLASS 4A:  1. Westside (15) (6-0),  2. Daniel (5-1),  3. South Pointe (6-2),  4. South Florence (6-2) ↑ 2,  5. Hartsville (6-1-1) ↑ 2,  6. May River (6-1) ↓ 2,  7. North Augusta (5-1) ↑ 2,  8. Wren (5-1),  9. Seneca (6-1) ↓ 4 and  10. AC Flora (7-2)… Dropped out:.. None Others receiving votes: Gray Collegiate, Bishop England, Greer, Hilton Head Island, Camden.
  •  CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (9) (7-1),  2. Mountain View Prep (6) (7-0),  3. Loris (7-1) ↑ 1,  4. Dillon (6-2) ↑ 2,  5. Marlboro County (6-1) ↓ 2,  6. Woodruff (5-1) ↓ 1,  7. Oceanside Collegiate (5-3) ↑ 1,  8. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (6-2) ↑ 1,  9. Keenan (6-3) ↑ 1 and  10. Swansea (5-3) ↓ 3…  Dropped out: None… Others receiving votes: Powdersville, Newberry, St. Joseph’s
  • CLASS 2A:  1. Batesburg-Leesville (7-0) (10),  2. Saluda (6-0) (5),  3. Fairfield Central (7-1) ↑ 1,  4. Barnwell (7-1) ↑ 2,  5. Clinton (5-2),  6. Strom Thurmond (5-1) ↑ 1,  7. Hampton County (6-2) ↓ 4,  8. Manning (7-1),  9. Philip Simmons (6-2) and 10. Woodland (6-2)… Dropped out: Landrum… Others receiving votes: Central, Timberland, Chesterfield, Cheraw, Andrews, Landrum.
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (5-1) (15),  2. Lewisville (7-1),  3. Blackville-Hilda (6-1),  4. Lake View (7-1),  5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-2),  6. Lamar (6-2),  7. (tie) Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (6-1) ↑ 1,  7. (tie) Cross (5-2),  9. Dixie (6-1) and 10. Branchville (7-1)… Dropped out:.. None Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, Baptist Hill.
  • For More Information, Click here to go to a posting on the State Newspaper website.

  

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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 25th … Varsity hosts Westside at 7:30.

 

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

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 10-22-2024

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Local Notes

 Laurens Academy

  • Crusader Volleyball Team Wins Class 2A Championship…The Crusader volleyball team traveled down to Cardinal Newman HS in the Columbia area last night to take on the Kings Academy Lions out of the Florence area… When the last volley was over, the Crusaders were able to celebrate their third State Championship in as many years as they took a 3-0 win over the Lions… The Crusaders dominated the first set taking a 25-10 win… The Crusaders continued to control the tempo of the match in the second set as they rolled to a 25-14 win… To their credit, the Lions did not go quietly into the good night as they fought back in the third set and took a brief lead and kept the match closer but the Crusaders would not be denied as they took a 25-19 win and the celebration was on… The Crusaders finish the season with a great 28-3 record… It was a great way to send out the Crusades 3 seniors Olivia Suttles, Cadie Wilson and Maggie Collins … Congratulations to the Crusaders for the 3-peat!… Can we say 4-peat?

 

Clinton HS

  • Chris Boyd TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Chris Boyd has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Red Devils 56-22 win over the Landrum Cardinals last Friday night… The junior defensive back, wide receiver and special teams player had 5 catches for 80 yards including 1 touchdown… On special teams he had 142 yards of kickoff returns including one of 71 yards for a touchdown… On defense he had 6 solo tackles and broke up 2 pass attempts… Coach Corey Fountain said “Chris Boyd works hard every day and is the ultimate competitor on the offense and defense side of the ball.  His work ethic on the practice field translates to his play on the field. He gives everything he has every time he steps onto the field. He is not only a great player but also a great person.”… He will be honored at the Club’s next meeting on Thursday, October 31st at The Ridge on Exchange Drive…
  • Updated JV Football: Clinton 52 – Landrum 14… The Red Devil JV football team hosted the Landrum Cardinals last Thursday night and rolled to a 52-14 win…. The Red Devils led 28-7 at the half and never looked back… Zy Butler scored 3 TDs in the game 2 rushing and 1 receiving… Owen Glenn also had 3 TDs on the night 1 rushing and 2 receiving… Javien James also had 2 rushing TDs while Graydon Watkins had 1 receiving… Coach Glenn commented “This was a solid performance by our team, each player came out and executed our game and everyone did well… Everyone contributed to our win…  Our defense played well and the offense operated consistently throughout the night…  So proud of how our kids are growing and improving each week. It’s been fun to watch… #FAMILYON1”… The team will travel to Blacksburg this Thursday night for a 7:00 pm contest.

Laurens HS

  • 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.

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball: Whitmire 3 – Thornwell 0…  The Saints volleyball team hosted the Whitmire Wolverines last night and I hate to have to report that they fell by a score of 3-0… Set scores were 25-16, 25-11 and 25-23.
  • Up Next in Volleyball… The Saints will host Calhoun Falls on Tuesday at 5:30 to close out the regular season… The saints still have a good chance at making the playoffs so come out and cheer them on if you can… Go Big Dogs!

 Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club met last Thursday, 10-17-24 at noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The three latest TD Clubs Players of the Week were honored and they were Garrison Vaughn of Laurens Academy, Logan Martin of Laurens HS and Tushawan Richardson of Clinton HS… Along with the local coaches, the featured speaker was Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member…. To see a video that was shot at that meeting click here.
  • 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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it.

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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 25th … Varsity hosts Westside at 7:30.

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

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, 10-21-2024

Monday, October 21, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils 56 – Landrum 22… The Red Devils took care of business Friday night in their first ever football game with the Landrum Cardinals up in Landrum taking a 56-22 win to go 2-0 in the region… The game was close at one point in the first quarter as the Red Devils only led 14-10 before pulling away to the win… Chris Boyd had 142 yards on kickoff returns and scored on at least one of them… The Red Devils Javen Cook tallied 122 yards rushing and had at least 1 TD run…  Tushawan Richards had 203 rushing yards and threw for 148 yards on 6 completions with DJ Clark catching one of them for a TD and he also rushed for a TD… Brett Young also had a pick-six for the Red Devils…  There is a score tracking summary on MaxPreps and if you would like to see that, click here… If I can get more stats on the game and a play-by-play accounting of the game that is usually in with the game’s stat package I will bring it to you later…

Laurens HS

  • Wren 55 – Laurens 3… The Raider football team traveled up tow Wren HS last Friday to take on the Golden Hurricanes who are ranked #8 in Class 4A… Hurricane Helene did record breaking damage in the Laurens area a couple of weeks ago and the Wren Golden Hurricanes did about the same amount of damage to the Raiders as they took a 55-3 win with a running clock in the second half… The Hurricanes rolled up about 339 yard of total offense (265 yards rushing) while the Raiders had just over 158 yards of total offense… Wren more often than not started their drives with excellent filed position… The Hurricanes put 14 points on the scoreboard in both the first and second quarters in route to the win… The Raiders had trouble finishing drives due to penalties, a fumble that was returned for a TD and a pick-six…. Nemo Fernandez was the leading rusher for the Raiders with 51 yards compared to Wrens Reece Price who finished with about 97 yards and 3 TDs… The bright spot for the raiders was Kevin Franklin’s 43 yard field goal in the 2nd quarter… The Raiders return home to host the #1 ranked Westside Rams this Friday night at KC Hanna Stadium.
  • 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

  • Football: Laurens Academy 36 – Newberry 6… The Crusaders raced out to a 36-6 lead over the Newberry Eagles last Friday night at Todd Kirk Field and then with a running clock in the second half, they made that standup as they took a 36-6 win… The Crusaders mainly used an air attack to defeat the Eagles as Ethan Collins went 19 for 22 for 276 yards and 4 TDs… The Crusaders had 166 yards rushing with Garrett Murphy getting 120 of those yards and scored 1 TD… Murphy also caught 3 of the 4 passing TDs and had 5 catches for 111 yards… Anthony Candelas had 92 yards on 3 catches and scored the other passing TD…. To see more Crusader stats on the game, click here… The Crusaders will host the Richard Winn Eagles in another region game this Friday night… The Eagles defeated the Crusaders 56-20 at Richard Winn earlier in the season in a non-region match so the Crusaders will be looking for revenge.
  • Crusader Volleyball Playoff Results…The Crusader volleyball team started its participation in the SCISA Class 2A Volleyball Tournament last Friday… Below are the results reported to me…If you would like to see the bracket for the Class 2A portion of the tournament, click here… Good Luck to the Crusaders!
    • Friday: Laurens Academy 2 – Lee Academy 0… Set scores were 25-9 & 25-9
    • Saturday: Laurens Academy 2 Charleston Colligate 0… Set scores were 26-24 & 25-7
    • Monday, 10-21-24… The Crusaders will take on Kings Academy out of Florence for the Class 2A Championship tonight at 6:30… The match will take place at Cardinal Newman HS whose address is 2945 Alpine Rd., Columbia, SC 29223… Admission is $12 for adults and $5 for students… Good Luck to the Crusaders!

Thornwell  

  • Up Next in Volleyball… The Saints will host Whitmire Monday at 5:30 and Calhoun Falls on Tuesday at 5:30 to close out the regular season… Wins in those matches will clinch them a playoff spot… Go Big Dogs!

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club will be met last Thursday at noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The latest TD Clubs Players of the week were honored and along with the local coaches, the featured speaker was Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member…. Check back early tomorrow for more information on this meeting including a link to a video of the meeting.
  • 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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it…. Results from last week:

  • Dixie 24 – GCO 6…This game was played on Wednesday at GCO… No other details available.
  • Whitmire 6 – Hickory Tavern 0… This was a scoreless game that had several turnovers until the Wolverines scored with about 5 minutes left in the game to take a 6-0 win,
  • Laurens MS 54 – Ware Shoals 6… The LMS Tigers traveled to Ware Shoals yesterday and the ride back was a happy one as the Tigers took a 54-6 win over the Hornets.
  • Sanders 30 – Thornwell 0… No other details on this game.

 

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.

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 25th … Varsity hosts Westside at 7:30.

 

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

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, 10-18-2024

Friday, October 18, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils Travel to Landrum… The Red Devils get on the bus tonight and get on I26 to travel almost to North Carolina as they take on the Landrum Cardinals… The Cardinals come into the contest with a 5-1 record and are also 1-0 in the region having taken a 28-6 over Blacksburg at Blacksburg last Friday night… The Cardinals are averaging 38.3 points per game and giving up an average of 11 points per game… The Red Devils are 4-2 overall and 1-0 in region play having defeated Chesnee last Friday at Wilder Stadium… They are averaging 33.5 points per game while giving up 24.5… The Red Devils will have to keep the Landrum quarterback in check as he has 78 completions in 134 attempts for 11118 yards and has thrown 13 TD passes and 6 interceptions… They also have a potent running attack led by Aiden Kelly and Tye Foster who have 564 and 466 yards on the ground respectively and Kelly has 5 TDs to Foster’s 4… If you would like to see the Landrum schedule and results, click here… Good Luck to the Red Devils.
  • JV Football: Clinton 52 – Landrum 15… The Red Devil JV football team hosted the Landrum Cardinals last night and the only information I have is the final score… Good news for Red Devil fans as they rolled to a 52-14 win…. If I get more information later, I’ll pass it on to you.

Laurens HS

  • Raiders on the Road… The Raider football team travels up to the Piedmont area to take on the #8 in Class 4A ranked Wren Golden Hurricanes… Wren is 4-1 on the season and is coming off a 49-12 win over the Fountain Inn Furry at Fountain Inn last Friday night so they are 1-0 in the region… They are coached by Anthony Frate who was the defensive coordinator for the Raiders a few years ago when Coach Chris Liner was the head coach… They are averaging 40.4 points per game while giving up 12.4 points per game… Their only loss was to TL Hanna at home back in mid-September by a score of 36-29… Their quarterback Colten Bagwell has completed 42 of 60 pass attempts for 616 yards and has thrown 8 TDs and 5 interceptions… To see their schedule and scores, click here. We do plan on broadcasting this game on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live at ww.wlbg.com. Go Raiders!
  • JV Football: Wren 23 – Laurens 21… The Raider JV football team hosted the Wren Golden Hurricanes last night at KC Hanna Stadium and the Raiders took an early 7-3 lead but could not hold it as Wren came back to take a 23-21 win over the Raiders… It was a game that saw both team have troubles with penalties and turnovers…  How it happened:
    • Wren took the opening kickoff and drove down to the Raider 8 yard line but could get no closer and had to settle for a 15 yd. field goal with 8:11 left on the clock in the first quarter.
    • The Raiders BJ Hill returned the ensuing kickoff 42 yards to the Wren 36 yard line and 8 plays later Isai Fernandez carried in in from the 2 yard line and with Kevy Velasco’s extra point the Raiders led 7-3 with 4:10 left on the clock in the first quarter.
    • Wren answered scoring on a long pass play with 2:04 left on the clock in the first quarter to make it 9-7 Wren.
    • Both teams had troubles with turnovers as the Raiders fumbled twice before halftime and the Raiders AJ Mumford intercepted a pass on a fake punt by Wren .
    • Wren scored again with 18.1 seconds left in the half on a short run that was set up by a Raider fumble… The score was 16-6 Wren at the half.
    • The Raiders took the opening kickoff of the second half and went 51 yards scoring on a 46 yard pass from Buddy Cheeks to Caleb Gilchrist and with Velasco’s extra point the score was 16-14 Wren.
    • The Raiders Jamorion Rice then recovered a Wren fumble only to have the Raider offense fumble the ball back to Wren 2 plays later… Again the Hurricanes fumbled the ball back to the Raiders 2 plays later but the Raiders could not cash in on that opportunity.
    • The next score was a Wren TD with 1:49 left in the game and the PAT was good so Wren led 23-14 with 1:49 left in the game.
    • The Raiders then used a trick play to score as Buddy Cheeks completed a pass to Kaleb Gilchrest who lateraled to Demajia Crooks who scored to make it 23-21 Wren with Velesco’s extra point being good.
    • The Raiders then blocked a Wren punt to give then the ball at the Wren 20 yard line with 26.5 seconds left in the game but the Raiders just could not cover the distance in the time remaining so the final was 23-21 Wren I  one whale of a game.
  • 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

  • Crusader Football at Home Tonight… The Laurens Academy Crusader football team is the only one of the three county high schools that will be playing at home tonight taking on the Newberry Eagles at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… The Crusaders defeated the Eagles 42-25 in Newberry earlier in the season that did NOT count as a region game while the one tonight does… The Eagles are 2-4 on the season overall and 0-3 in region play… They are averaging 22 points per game and giving up 36 while the Crusaders are averaging 39.7 points per game while giving up 29.9 points per game… Coach Jolly pointed out when I talked to him that the Crusader cannot afford to take them lightly…  If you would like to see the Newberry schedule and scores, click here…. Go Crusaders!
  • Crusader Volleyball Starts Playoffs Today…The Crusader volleyball team finished the regular season with a 23-3 and will start play in the SCISA Class 2A Volleyball Tournament today down at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center… They have a first round bye and will take to the court at 4:15 this afternoon against the winner of the Lee Academy vs. Holy Trinity match… If you would like to see the bracket for the Class 2A portion of the tournament, click here…. Good Luck to the Crusaders!

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball: Thornwell 3 – Ware Shoals 2… The Thornwell Saints volleyball team traveled to Ware Shoals yesterday to take on the Hornets in a region match that had implication as the whether or not the Saints make the playoffs…  When the Saints got back home last night, they were able to “ring the bell” as they took a hard-fought 3-2 win over the Hornets… The Saints won the first two sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-16… The third set was back and forth and tied at 20 all before the Hornets pulled away to take a 25-22 win… The Hornets won the fourth set 25-20 to tie the match at 2-2… Chloe Wilson started the service for the Saints in the fifth set and the Saints took an early 8-0 lead behind her and then rolled to a 15-9 win to take the match 3-2…. Thanks to Cindy Pitts for this information.
  • Up Next… The Saints will host Whitmire Monday at 5:30 and Calhoun Falls on Tuesday at 5:30 to close out the regular season… Wins in those matches will clinch them a playoff spot… Go Big Dogs!

 

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club will be met yesterday noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The latest TD Clubs Players of the week were honored and along with the local coaches, the featured speaker was Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member…. Check back early next week for more information on this meeting including a link to a video of the meeting.
  • 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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it.

  • Dixie 24 – GCO 6…This game was played on Wednesday at GCO… No other details available.
  • Whitmire 6 – Hickory Tavern 0… This was a scoreless game that had several turnovers until the Wolverines scored with about 5 minutes left in the game to take a 6-0 win,
  • Laurens MS 54 – Ware Shoals 6… The LMS Tigers traveled to Ware Shoals yesterday and the ride back was a happy one as the Tigers took a 54-6 win over the Hornets.

SC Prep Media Football Poll… Below is the latest S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (6-0), 2. Northwestern (8-0), 3. Gaffney (1) (5-0), 4. Summerville (7-0), 5. Irmo (7-0),  6. Sumter (7-0), 7. JL Mann (4-1), 8. Boiling Springs (4-1),  9. Spartanburg (5-1) and 10. Hillcrest (4-1)… Dropped out: River Bluff…  Others receiving votes: Greenwood, River Bluff, Ashley Ridge, and White Knoll.
  • CLASS 4A 1. Westside (19) (5-0), 2. Daniel (4-1), 3. South Pointe (5-2), 4. May River (6-0), 5. Seneca (6-0), 6. South Florence (5-2), 7. Hartsville (5-1-1), 1 8. Wren (4-1), 9. North Augusta (4-1) and 10. AC Flora (6-2)… Dropped out: Richland Northeast… Others receiving votes: Gray Collegiate, Richland Northeast, Fountain Inn
  • CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (12) (5-1), 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (6-0), 3. Marlboro County (1) (6-0), 4. Loris (6-1) 5. Woodruff (5-0), 6. Dillon (5-2), 7. Swansea (5-2), 8. Oceanside Collegiate (4-3), 9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (5-1) and 10. Keenan (5-3)… Dropped out: Aynor… Others receiving votes: Newberry, Powdersville, St. Joseph’s, Aynor, Battery Creek
  • CLASS 2A: 1. Batesburg-Leesville (9) (6-0), 2. Saluda (7) (5-0), 3. Hampton County (1) (6-1), 4. Fairfield Central (6-1), 5. Clinton (4-2), 6. Barnwell (1) (6-1), 7. Strom Thurmond (4-1), 8. Manning (5-1), 9. Philip Simmons (5-2) and 10. Landrum (5-1)… Dropped out: Andrews, Chesterfield …Others receiving votes: Woodland, Timberland, Andrews, East Clarendon, Chesterfield
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (17) (4-1), 2. Lewisville (1) (5-1,) 3. Blackville-Hilda (5-1), 4. Lake View (6-1), 5 Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-2), 6. Lamar (5-2), 7. Cross (6-2), 8. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (5-1), 9. Dixie (5-0) and 10. Branchville (6-1)… Dropped out: None …Others receiving votes: Latta, Hannah-Pamplico, Baptist Hill, Lee Central

 

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.

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 18th … Varsity football at Wren at 7:30.

 

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, 10-17-2024

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Today at Clinton HS:
    • JV football host Landrum 6:00 pm.
    • Tennis host Mid-Carolina at 5:00 pm
    • Volleyball  host Mid-Carolina 5:30/ 7:00 pm
  • Tushawan Richardson TD Club POW… Yesterday it was announced that Tushawan Richardson had been selected the Laurens County Touchdown Clubs player of the week for his performance for his performance in the Red Devils 46-21 win over Chesnee last Friday… The senior completed 9 of 14 passes for 178 yards and 3 of them were TDs to 3 different receivers… He also ran for 25 yards on 3 carries… Coach Corey Fountain commented “Tushawan did a great job operating the offense after a long break… He was able create plays with his legs and improvise when needed. Tushawan is not only a great football player, but also a great young man”… He will be honored at the TD Clubs next meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge.

Laurens HS

  • Today at LDHS
    •  JV football host Wren at 6:30 pm.
    • Tennis host Emerald at 4:30 pm
  • Tennis Wren 6 – Laurens 0 … Back on Monday the Lady Raider tennis team hosted the Golden Hurricane of wren HS which has a very strong team this tear… I hate to have to report that Wren took a 6-0 win over the Raiders… The team is still in contention for a playoff spot and the match they have today with Emerald at LDHS will have a very big impact on their chances of making the playoffs… Come out and cheer them on if you can… Go Raiders!
  • Logan Martin TD Club POW… Also yesterday it was announced that Laurens sophomore linebacker and special teams Logan Martin was chosen as the Touchdown Clubs Player of the week for his performance in the Raiders loss to the Lexington Wildcat on Sept. 25th the last game before Hurricane Helene disrupted high school sports in general not just football… In the Lexington game he had one interception, one sack, 4 tackles and 2 kickoff returns and recoveries on the short kickoffs made by the Wildcats… Coach Gregg Porter commented “Logan is a young man that works hard on and off the field and only a sophomore that we are investing in for next season. Logan played hard until the end and that is how we build our culture in our program”… He will be honored at the TD Clubs next meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge.

 

  • 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

  • Crusades 3 – Cambridge Cougars 2… On Tuesday the Crusaders who have already clinched the region regular season and region tournament crowns traveled down to Greenwood to take on what has become one of their biggest rivals in volleyball, the Cambridge Academy Cougars…   The Cougars won the first set 25-22 but the Crusaders rebounded taking the second set 25-23… The Cougars took the third set 25-18 and the Crusaders once again rebounded taking the fourth set 25-16… That forced a fifth and deciding set which went back and forth but in the end the Crusaders downed the Cougars 15-13… The Crusaders will be taking part in the SCISA Volleyball Tournament this weekend and I’ll try to have the bracket for you on tomorrow’s sports report.

Thornwell  

  • Up Next in Volleyball… The teams will be traveling to Ware Shoals today for another important region matchup.

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club will be meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The two latest TD Clubs Players of the week will be honored and along with the local coaches, the featured speaker will be Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member.
  • 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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it

 

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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 18th … Varsity football at Wren at 7:30.

 

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, 10-16-2024

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Tushawan Richardson TD Club POW… Yesterday it was announced that Tushawan Richardson had been selected the Laurens County Touchdown Clubs player of the week for his performance for his performance in the Red Devils 46-21 win over Chesnee last Friday… The senior completed 9 of 14 passes for 178 yards and 3 of them were TDs to 3 different receivers… He also ran for 25 yards on 3 carries… Coach Corey Fountain commented “Tushawan did a great job operating the offense after a long break… He was able create plays with his legs and improvise when needed. Tushawan is not only a great football player, but also a great young man”… He will be honored at the TD Clubs next meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge.
  • JV Football: Clinton 36 – Chesnee 31… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Chesnee last Thursday to take on the Eagles and it was a close back and forth game but in the end, the Red Devil prevailed by a score of 36-10…The Red Devils led 16-15 at the half but trailed 22-23 at the end of the third quarter and came back to take the win… Zy Butler led the Red Devils in scoring as he had 2 rushing TDs and also caught a TD pass… Both Owen Glenn and Javien James each had a rushing TD… The team is 5-1 on the season and will host Landrum this Thursday at 6:00 pm at Wilder Stadium… Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Logan Martin TD Club POW… Also yesterday it was announced that Laurens sophomore linebacker and special teams Logan Martin was chosen as the Touchdown Clubs Player of the week for his performance in the Raiders loss to the Lexington Wildcat on Sept. 25th the last game before Hurricane Helene disrupted high school sports in general not just football… In the Lexington game he had one interception, one sack, 4 tackles and 2 kickoff returns and recoveries on the short kickoffs made by the Wildcats… Coach Gregg Porter commented “Logan is a young man that works hard on and off the field and only a sophomore that we are investing in for next season. Logan played hard until the end and that is how we build our culture in our program”… He will be honored at the TD Clubs next meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge.

 

  • 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.

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball: Saints 3 – Owls 2… The Saints volleyball team raveled up to the Simpsonville area last night to take on the Owls of Upstate Green Academy… This was an important region match as the Owls had defeated the Saints earlier in the season and both schools are fighting for a spot in the playoffs… Good news for Saints fans as they took a very hard-fought come from behind 3-2 win… The Owls won the first two sets by scores of 25-9 and 25-20… Then the saints dug down deep to win the next two sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-22 to force a fifth and deciding tie-breaker set… There the Saints prevailed by a score of 15-8
  • JV Volleyball: Thornwell 2 – Green Upstate 1… Prior to the varsity match, the JV team played and I happy to report they also won another hard-fought match 2-1… They won the first set 25-23 but the Owl won the next set 25-21… The third set was back and forth with the Saints pulling out a 16-14 win… Congratulations to both teams!
  • Up Next… The teams will be traveling to Ware Shoals tomorrow for another important region matchup.

 Laurens County Touchdown Club

  • The Laurens County Touchdown Club will be meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The two latest TD Clubs Players of the week will be honored and along with the local coaches, the featured speaker will be Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member.
  • 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.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it

 

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.

 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 18th … Varsity football at Wren at 7:30.

 

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, 10-15-2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • JV Football: Clinton 36 – Chesnee 31… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Chesnee last Thursday to take on the Eagles and it was a close back and forth game but in the end, the Red Devil prevailed by a score of 36-10…The Red Devils led 16-15 at the half but trailed 22-23 at the end of the third quarter and came back to take the win… Zy Butler led the Red Devils in scoring as he had 2 rushing TDs and also caught a TD pass… Both Owen Glenn and Javien James each had a rushing TD… The team is 5-1 on the season and will host Landrum this Thursday at 6:00 pm at Wilder Stadium… Go Big Red!
  • Clinton 46 – Chesnee 21… The Red Devils got back on the field tonight at Wilder Stadium last Friday night hosting the Chesnee Eagles in the first region game for both teams… Good news for Red Devil fans as they prevailed by a score of 46-21 to improve their record to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in region play… The Red Devils took the opening kickoff and went 61 yds. in 6 plays and scored on a 30 yd. pass from Tushawan Richardson to Devon Swindler and Rhett Gilliam added a 2-point conversion to make it 8-0 Clinton with 9:23 left in the first quarter…
    • The Red Devils scored the first 4 times they had the ball to lead 29-7 at the half and only punted 1 time and that was early in the third quarter.
    • The Red Devils had 276 yds. rushing in 36 carries while the Eagles had 263 in 46 carries… The Red Devils finished with 178 yards passing to the Eagles 67… I’m sure Coach Fountain was not pleased with the 10 penalties for 90 yds. for the Red Devils while Chesnee had 5 for 43 yards.
    • Javen Cook led the Clinton rushing attack with 129 yds. in 16 carries and scored 2 TDs…Richardson went 9-14 for 178 yds. and completed 3 TD passes and had no interceptions…. Devin Swindler, Chris Boyd and Noah Garrett each caught a TD pass.
    • To see the full stat package and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here… The Red Devils will travel up I-26 this Friday to take on the Landrum Cardinals.

Laurens HS

  • Volleyball… The raider volleyball teams will be hosting the Emerald Vikings tonight starting with JV action at 5:20… Go Raiders!
  • Laurens 45 – Southside 0…   There was a lot of celebrating at KC Hanna Stadium last Friday night as it was Homecoming and the Raiders picked up their first win in the Gregg Porter era as they defeated the Southside Tigers 45-0… The offense had been the big problem for the Raiders to date in the season as they had only scored 31 points in the first 5 games and none of them at home but Friday night they scored 25 points in the first quarter, added 7 more in the second and 13 in the third quarter to take the win… Will Thompson started the scoring for the Raiders on a 5 yd. run to cap a 60 yd. drive in 5 plays with Brock Franklin adding the PAT at the 10:32 mark of the first quarter.
    • In the first half the Raiders scored 5 of the 6 times they had the ball with 4 TDs, a made field goal and the only time they did not score in the first half was a missed field goa.
    • The Raiders had 360 total yards on offense with 231 yds. on the ground while the Tigers finished with 126 yds. 65 on the ground.
    • Javaye Suber led the Raiders rushing with 67 yds. in 4 carries and Nehemiah Fernandez was close behind with 62 yds. in 7 carries… Denari Lee-Jackson had 1 rushing TD among his 51 yds. and Will Thompson carried it in 3 times on short yardage situations… Thompson went 10-16 in the passing department with no interceptions or TDs for 129 yds.
    • To see the full stat package and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here… The Raiders will travel to Wren this Friday night to take on the Golden Hurricanes who are ranked in the top 10 in Class 4A and coached by former Raider defensive coordinator Anthony Frate.
  • Homecoming Results… There was also a celebration at halftime as the Class Princes and the Homecoming Queen were crowned…. Congratulations to all the following!
    • Miss Freshman – Mo’Riyah Williams
    • Miss Sophomore – Marley Benson
    • Miss Junior – Carrie Bartley
    • Miss Senior – Maddie Benson
    • 2024 Homecoming Queen – Za’Kiah Davenport

 

  • 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 50 – Oakbrook Prep 20-… The Crusader’s will travel to Oakbrook Prep for a region game last Friday night and led 50-12 at the half and when the final horn sounded they came home with a 50-20 win to run their season record to 5-2 and 1-0 in region play… The Crusaders rolled up 553 yards of total offense with all but 72 of the yards coming on the ground… Garrett Murphy led the rushing attack with 320 yards on 16 carries and scored 4 TDs… Mason Cooper finished with 109 yards rushing and 1 TD… Ethan Collins went 10 for 12 for the 72 yards rushing and threw 1 TD to Spires McCameron… To see more Crusader stats for this game click here…. The Crusader schedule shows them hosting Newberry Academy this Friday.
  • Crusaders Sweep Region Tournament… Both the middle school and varsity volleyball teams were in action Saturday as the Crusaders hosted the Region Tournament… Good news for Crusader fans as both teams won the region tournament and they had also captured the regular season crowns… The varsity team defeated the Our Lady of the Rosary in first round action 25-17 and 25-16… In the championship match they faced off against Community Christian… Community Christian won the first set 25-19 but the Crusaders rebounded to take the next two sets by scores of 25-15 and 15-3 to claim the Region Tournament Championship…  The middle school team also defeated Community Christian in the finals of their portion of the tournament but I don’t have any other details… Congratulations to both teams!
    • Up Next … The Crusaders have one regular season match they need to makeup and they will do that tomorrow when they travel to Cambridge Academy

Thornwell  

  • Volleyball: Thornwell 3 – SCSDB 0… The Saints volleyball team traveled up Spartanburg last night to take on the Hornets of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in region action…. I imagine the ride back was a good one since the Saints took a3-0 win… Set scores were 25-120, 25-8 and 25-8… The Saints are still in the running for a playoff spot and according to their schedule on MaxPreps they will be traveling up to the Simpsonville area to tyke on the Green Upstate Owls today at 6:30… The Saints will be looking for revenge since they lost to the Owls 3-0 earlier in the season

 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. 

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it

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.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, October 18th … Varsity football at Wren at 7:30.

 

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
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