Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Monday, 10-14-2024

Monday, October 14, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

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.
Homecoming… Homecoming has now been set for Oct. 25^th when the Red Devils host the Blacksburg Wildcats… More details will be released later.

Laurens HS

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

Raider Cheer Classic 2024… The Raider completive cheer team finally got to start its season last night as they hosted the Raider Cheer Classic 2024… By the way, this was the first time the Raiders had ever hosted a completive cheer event… The number of teams that were able to compete was reduced at the last minute as the Greenville County School District imposed a 6:00 pm curfew on all athletic events and practices yesterday…. The Raiders finished second among the Class AAAA teams present to region foe Westside… Coach Erin Patterson said she was pleased with the Raiders first performance of the season especially since she has 5 middle schoolers on the team and several others who are new to competitive cheer on the team… If you click here, you will see a video of the 21/2 minute routine the Raiders performed a couple of photos after that… The Raiders are scheduled to participate in another event this Saturday where they are scheduled to take “center stage” at about 10:45 am… Go up and support the team if you get a chance

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

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 18^th … 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 Friday, 10-11-2024

Friday, October 11, 2024

Sorry for the delay in posting this but it was because of a computer problem.

Clinton HS

Up Next in Football… The Red Devils get back on the field tonight at Wilder Stadium hosting the Chesnee Eagles in the first region game for both teams… The Red Devils are 3-2 and the Eagles are 2-3… A common opponent for both teams this season is Woodruff… The Eagles lost to the Wolverines 45-28 about a month ago while the Red Devils lost to the Wolverines in a close one 40-36 in the first game of the season…. Chesnee is averaging 25.8 points per game while the Red Devils average 31 points per game… The Eagles are giving up an average of 32.6 point per game while the Red Devils are giving up and average of 25.2 points per game… To see the Chesnee schedule and scores click here… Go Big Red!
Homecoming… Homecoming has now been set for Oct. 25^th when the Red Devils host the Blacksburg Wildcats… More details will be released later.

Laurens HS

Up Next in Football… The Raiders will be hosting the Southside Tigers tonight in their first region game and it will also be Homecoming… As with the other area team, this will be the first region game of the season for both teams and both teams are 0-5 so unless something very unforeseen happens, one of the two teams will pick up its first win… Southside is averaging 18.5 per game while giving up 34.8… Raiders have had trouble on offense averaging just 6.2 points per game while the defense has been helping them hang in there only allowing 31 points per game with most of that in second half of each game…To see the Southside schedule and results click here… By the way it is also Homecoming.

Raider Cheer Classic 2024… The Raider completive cheer team finally got to start its season last night as they hosted the Raider Cheer Classic 2024… By the way, this was the first time the Raiders had ever hosted a completive cheer event… The number of teams that were able to compete was reduced at the last minute as the Greenville County School District imposed a 6:00 pm curfew on all athletic events and practices yesterday…. The Raiders finished second among the Class AAAA teams present to region foe Westside… Coach Erin Patterson said she was pleased with the Raiders first performance of the season especially since she has 5 middle schoolers on the team and several others who are new to competitive cheer on the team… If you click here, you will see a video of the 21/2 minute routine the Raiders performed a couple of photos after that… The Raiders are scheduled to participate in another event this Saturday where they are scheduled to take “center stage” at about 10:45 am… Go up and support the team if you get a chance

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 in Football… The Crusader’s will travel to Oakbrook Prep for a region game tonight at 7:30 pm… As you may recall, the Crusaders are 4-2 on the season while the Knights are 0-5… Earlier in the season the Crusaders took a 40-20 win over the Knights at Todd Kirk Field… Coach Doolittle says that any team that is trying to get its first win is dangerous and the Crusaders cannot take them lightly…. The Knights average 22.4 points per game while giving up 44 while the Crusaders average 38 points per game and give up an average of 31.5… To see the Oakbrook schedule and scores click here…. Go Crusaders!
Crusaders Host Region Tournament… Both the middle school and varsity volleyball teams will be in action tomorrow as the Crusaders host the region tournament … The middle school team will start their participation at 10:00am and if (when) they win they will play again about noon…The varsity team is supposed to take to the court tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 and if (when) they win they will play again about 4#0 pm… Good Luck both teams

Thornwell

Volleyball: Abbeville 3 – Saints 0… last night the Thornwell Saints volleyball teams hosted the Abbeville Panthers in region action… I hate to have to report that the Saints were unable to “ring the bell” as in varsity action the Panthers took a 3-0 win… As a rule the Saints hung in there in the early portion of each set only to have the Panthers pull away in the end… Set scores were 25-16, 25-16 and 25-22… The middle school teams also played and Abbeville took a 2-0 win in that match… Set scores were 25-19 and 25-8… The Saints still have a shot at making the playoffs… Go Big Dogs!

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… NOTE… There was a break in the middle school football schedule because of the fall Break and as far as I know, none of the teams are going to use this break to makeup games lost last week due to Helene so there are no games to report on today…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

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.

Friday, October 11^th … Varsity football host Southside 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

Sports Report for Thursday, 10-10-2024

Thursday, October 10, 2024

South Carolina High School League Adjust Some Season Schedules… The Executive Committee of the SCHSL met Tuesday and decided to extend the football season one week and move the playoffs back by a week so that the Championship weekend will be Dec. 12-14 instead of Dec. 5-7 and the championships will still be held at SC State… Now some of the other fall sports also had their seasons extended and some did not… Also the movement of the state finals has caused the Touchstone Energy Bowl to be pushed back a week and will now be played the same weekend as the Shrine Bowl… The announcement of Mr. Football will still take place at halftime even though there is a chance the recipient could be participating in the Shrine Bowl in Spartanburg at the time of the announcement… The State Newspaper has a nice article about the action that the SCHSL did and did not take yesterday listing the sports that season schedules changed and those that did not and also other things on interest coming out of the meeting yesterday… To go to that article, click here.

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Today:
- JV Football at Chesnee starting at 6:00 pm
- Tennis host Chester on courts at CMS at 5:00 pm
Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Chester 0… Catching up with the Red Devils last volleyball match before Hellene, the teams traveled to Chester and took a 3-0 win back on 9-24 and ran their season record to 9-2 and region record to 3-0… The set scores were a dominating 25-8, 25-21 and 25-16… To see some individual stats for the Red Devils from the match click here… JV: Clinton 2 – Chester 0…. The JV team also took a win before the varsity on that date as they won 2-0 with set scores of 25-6 and 25-12… To see some individual stats for the Red Devils from the match click here… After that match the JV record is 8-2 overall and 2-0 in region play… Now as luck would have it, the Red Devils are hosting the Cyclones today in a rematch of that contest.
Up Next in Football… The next game on the schedule for the Red Devils is this Friday when they will host the Chesnee Eagles at Wilder Stadium.
Homecoming… Homecoming has now been set for Oct. 25^th when the Red Devils host the Blacksburg Wildcats… More details will be released later.

Laurens HS

Raider Cheer Classic 2024… The Raider completive cheer team finally got to start its season last night as they hosted the Raider Cheer Classic 2024… By the way, this was the first time the Raiders had ever hosted a completive cheer event… The number of teams that were able to compete was reduced at the last minute as the Greenville County School District imposed a 6:00 pm curfew on all athletic events and practices yesterday…. The Raiders finished second among the Class AAAA teams present to region foe Westside… Coach Erin Patterson said she was pleased with the Raiders first performance of the season especially since she has 5 middle schoolers on the team and several others who are new to competitive cheer on the team… If you click here, you will see a video of the 21/2 minute routine the Raiders performed a couple of photos after that… The Raiders are scheduled to participate in another event this Saturday where they are scheduled to take “center stage” at about 10:45 am… Go up and support the team if you get a chance
No JV Football Today
Up Next in Football… The Raiders will be hosting the Southside Tigers this Friday night in their first region game and it will also be Homecoming.
This Week in Athletics… If you click here it will carry you to a posting on the Raider Athletic website whet a schedule of athletic events the rest of the week is posted… There is one correction I need to tell you about… The Raider JV football team will NOT be traveling to Southside as the posting says… Tommy Spires informed me that after that posing was made they decided to cancel the 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

Volleyball: LA 3 – Oakbrook Prep 0… After being idled by Hurricane Helene, the Crusader volleyball team got back in action this past Monday defeating Knights of Oakbrook Prep 3-0 at home… Set scores were 25-20, 25-18 & 25-16… It was also Senior Night as the Crusaders honored Maggie Collins, Olivia Suttles and Cadie Wilson… I believe Laurens Academy will be hosting the middle school and varsity region tournament this Saturday and I’ll try to confirm that and get a schedule for you.
Up Next in Football… The Crusader’s will travel to Oakbrook Prep for a region game at 7:30 pm this Friday night.

Thornwell

Volleyball: Dixie 3 – Saints 0… Tuesday the Saints volleyball team travelled over to Due West to take on a very strong Dixie Green Hornet volleyball team… The Dixie prevailed by a score of 3-0 with set scores of 25-16, 25-19 and 25-17… If you click here you can see some individual stats for the Saints players in the match… The Saints scheduled shows they are hosting the Abbeville Panthers at 7 pm tonight… The Saints have a chance at a playoff spot so come on out if you can and cheer them on!

Laurens County Touchdown Club

If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.I

Middle School Football… NOTE… There is a break in the middle school football schedule because of the fall Break and as far as I know, none of the teams are going to use this break to makeup games lost last week due to Helene…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

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.

Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas Releases Rosters… Recently the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas released the rosters for their annual game to be played at Spartanburg HS on December 21^st… Now there were no local players on the South Carolina Roster from Laurens County… There are players from a few of the schools like BHP, Hillcrest and Westside that appear on the schedule of Laurens or Clinton… If you click here, it will carry you to an article / posting in the State Newspaper that list the member of both the South Carolina and North Carolina squads by position as well as the coaching staffs.

Friday, October 11^th … Varsity football host Southside 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

Sports Report for Wednesday, 10-9-2024

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

South Carolina High School League Adjust Some Season Schedules… The Executive Committee of the SCHSL met yesterday and decided to extend the football season one week and move the playoffs back by a week so that the Championship weekend will be Dec. 12-14 instead of Dec. 5-7 and the championships will still be held at SC State… Now some of the other fall sports also had their seasons extended and some did not… Also, the movement of the state finals has caused the Touchstone Energy Bowl to be pushed back a week and will now be played the same weekend as the Shrine Bowl… The announcement of Mr. Football will still take place at halftime even though there is a chance the recipient could be participating in the Shrine Bowl in Spartanburg at the time of the announcement… The State Newspaper has a nice article about the action that the SCHSL did and did not take yesterday listing the sports that season schedules changed and those that did not and also other things on interest coming out of the meeting yesterday… To go to that article, click here.

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Chester 0… Catching up with the Red Devils last volleyball match before Hellene, the teams traveled to Chester and took a 3-0 win back on 9-24 to run their season record to 9-2 and region record to 3-0… The set scores were a dominating 25-8, 25-21 and 25-16… To see some individual stats for the Red Devils from the match click here… JV: Clinton 2 – Chester 0…. The JV team also took a win before the varsity on that date as they won 2-0 with set scores of 25-6 and 25-12… To see some individual stats for the Red Devils from the match click here… After that match the JV record is 8-2 overall and 2-0 in region play.
Up Next in Football… The next game on the schedule for the Red Devils is this Friday when they will host the Chesnee Eagles at Wilder Stadium.
Homecoming… Homecoming has now been set for Oct. 25^th when the Red Devils host the Blacksburg Wildcats… More details will be released later.

Laurens HS

Raider Cheer Classic 2024… The Raider Completive Cheer Team is back in action tonight as they host the Raider Cheer Classic 2024 starting at 6:00 pm… For a little more information about this click here… Go Raiders.
Volleyball: Westside 3 – Laurens 1… Also catching up with the Raiders last volleyball matches before Helens, they hosted the Westside Rams and fell 3-1… The Raiders took the first set 25-13 but after that the Rams won three sets by scores of 25-15, 25-11 and 25-16… The Raiders fell to 2-8 on the season and 2-2 in region play… To see some individual Raider stats from the match click here… No report on how the JVs did.
Up Next in Football… Yesterday it was confirmed that barring any further complications, the Raiders will be hosting the Southside Tigers this Friday night in their first region game and it will also be Homecoming.
This Week in Athletics… If you click here it will carry you to a posting on the Raider Athletic website whet a schedule of athletic events the rest of the week is posted… There is one correction I need to tell you about… The Raider JV football team will NOT be traveling to Southside as the posting says… Tommy Spires informed me that after that posing was made they decided to cancel the 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

Up Next in Football… The Crusader’s will travel to Oakbrook Prep for a region game at 7:30 pm this Friday night.

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

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.

Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas Releases Rosters… Recently the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas released the rosters for their annual game to be played at Spartanburg HS on December 21^st… Now there were no local players on the South Carolina Roster from Laurens County… There are players from a few of the schools like BHP, Hillcrest and Westside that appear on the schedule of Laurens or Clinton… If you click here it will carry you to an article / posting in the State Newspaper that list the member of both the South Carolina and North Carolina squads by position as well as the coaching staffs.

Friday, October 11^th … Varsity football host Southside 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

Sports Report for Tuesday, 10-8-2024

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Sports Schedules Clearing Up… The sports schedules for our local teams are becoming clearer and if you check below you will find out what I know about them… Also the SCHSL Executive Committee will be meeting this morning to decide what to do about all sports schedules (not just football) in light of the postponements here in the upstate of South Carolina.

Clinton HS

Up Next in Football… The next game on the schedule for the Red Devils is this Friday when they will host the Chesnee Eagles at Wilder Stadium.
Homecoming… Homecoming has now been set for Oct. 25^th when the Red Devils host the Blacksburg Wildcats… More details will be released later.
Volleyball – I am not 100% sure but I do believe the volleyball teams are scheduled to travel to Columbia today to take on the Capitals.

Laurens HS

Up Next in Football… Yesterday it was confirmed that barring any further complications, the Raiders will be hosting the Southside Tigers this Friday night in their first region game and it will also be Homecoming.
This Week in Athletics… If you click here it will carry you to a posting on the Raider Athletic website whet a schedule of athletic events the rest of the week is posted… There is one correction I need to tell you about… The Raider JV football team will NOT be traveling to Southside as the posting says… Tommy Spires informed me that after that posing was made, they decided to cancel the 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

Up Next in Football… The Crusader’s will travel to Oakbrook Prep for a region game at 7:30 pm this Friday night. .
Volleyball… The Crusader volleyball team has one match left on their regular season schedule (and a couple to make up?) and it is scheduled for tonight at Community Christian Academy in Georgia… Not sure if they are still playing it.

Thornwell Middle School… Yesterday I learned that the Thornwell middle school football game scheduled for this week has been canceled… The volleyball and cross-country teams will resume their schedules today traveling over to Dixie.

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.I

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

High School Football Scores… The state Newspaper has a listing of high school football scores played around the state last weekend… To see that, click here.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

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

Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas Releases Rosters… Recently the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas released the rosters for their annual game to be played at Spartanburg HS on December 21^st… Now there were no local players on the South Carolina Roster from Laurens County… There are players from a few of the schools like BHP, Hillcrest and Westside that appear on the schedule of Laurens or Clinton… If you click here it will carry you to an article / posting in the State Newspaper that list the member of both the South Carolina and North Carolina squads by position as well as the coaching staffs.

Friday, October 11^th … Varsity football host Southside 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

Sports Report for Monday, 10-7-2024

Monday, October 7, 2024

Local Notes

Sports Schedules Gone With the Wind… With all the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and some people being without power, I have no idea what the local sports schedules will be like this week… I plan on reaching out to the athletic directors of our school and seeing if I can get any information… Also, we all are waiting to see what the SCHSL is going to do about the football schedule.

Clinton HS

Up Next in Football… The nest game on the schedule for this Friday is Chesnee at home as the Red Devils start their region schedule.

Laurens HS

Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Southside Tigers at 7:30 pm on Friday, 10-11-24 if they stick to the schedule and do not make up the Fountain Inn Fury first…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for this Friday is postponed and a date for it is still to be determined.

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 in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Oakbrook Prep for a region game at 7:30 pm.

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

High School Football Scores… The State Newspaper has a listing of high school football scores played around the state last weekend… To see that, click here.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

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

Friday, October 11^th … Varsity football host Southside at 7:30 we think…LOL

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results click here
PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Friday, 10-4-2024

Friday, October 4, 2024

Local Notes

South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association Director Ask for Season Change… Thursday another voice was added to the chorus to voices wanting the SCHSL to make a decision on extending the fall season a week or two for all sports not just football… Former Myrtle Beach and Westside head football coach Scott Earley who is the Executive Director of the South Carolina Athletics Coaches Association sent a letter to Jerome Singleton the Commissioner of the SCHSL to do just that… His letter makes compelling case to do just that… If you would like to tread more about this and see the letter, click here to go to a posting on WYFF.com about this.

Some High School Coaches Hoping for Extension of Season… Some high school coaches around the state are hoping that the SCHSL will consider extending the season a week or two to help make up already postponed game caused by Hurricane Helene and other that might have to be postponed this week due to conditions that still exist after the hurricane… This would not be unprecedented as just such a thing happened back in 2015… There is a nice article about this in the State Newspaper that includes comments from Jerome Singleton Commissioner of the SCHSL and others… To read that article click here…. I have ever since 2015 advocated a remedy for this problem that so far no coach I have mentioned it to have disliked… If you are curious about my proposal, click here… I would be curious on your thoughts about it.

Clinton HS

Schedule Changes at CHS… Hurricane Helene continues to play havoc on athletic schedules in the area… Yesterday CHS Athletic Director Louis Alexander passed on the following information about athletic contest for the CHS teams.
- Friday (10-4)… The varsity football at Liberty has been postponed… No makeup date has been announced as of this ,posting
- Saturday (10-5)… Cross country at Riverside yet to be determined
Up Next in Football… That is a good question as the game at Liberty has been postponed.

Laurens HS

All Athletics Events Postponed… Tuesday I received a text from Tommy Spires that all athletic events in Laurens District 55 for the rest of this week (including Saturday) have been postponed… Note this includes all middle school athletics as well.
Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Southside Tigers at 7:30 pm on Friday, 10-11-24 if they stick to the schedule and do not make up the Fountain Inn Fury first…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for this Friday is postponed and a date for it is still to be determined.

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 in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Wardlaw for a region game at 7:30 pm…This game has been postponed to a later date.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

Touchdown Club Cancels Meeting This Week… In light of the devastating storm and the wellbeing of our patrons and players/coaches the TD Club canceled the scheduled meeting scheduled for yesterday, Thursday, October 3… Hopefully will resume at our next regularly scheduled meeting on October 17.
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…. All contest his week have been postpones\d with no makeup dates announced.

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.

Friday, October 11th… Varsity football host Southside 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

Sports Report for Thursday,10-3-2024

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Local Notes

Some High School Coaches Hoping for Extension of Season… Some high school coaches around the state are hoping that the SCHSL will consider extending the season a week or two to help make up already postponed game caused by Hurricane Helene and other that might have to be postponed this week due to conditions that still exist after the hurricane… This would not be unprecedented as just such a thing happened back in 2015… There is a nice article about this in the State Newspaper that includes comments from Jerome Singleton Commissioner of the SCHSL and others… To read that article click here…. I have ever since 2015 advocated a remedy for this problem that so far no coach I have mentioned it to have disliked… If you are curious about my proposal click here… I would be curious on your thoughts about it.

Clinton HS

Schedule Changes at CHS… Hurricane Helene continues to play havoc on athletic schedules in the area… Yesterday CHS Athletic Director Louis Alexander passed on the following information about athletic contest for the CHS teams.
- Thursday (10-3)
  - JV football vs Liberty cancelled
  - Varsity volleyball vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
  - Girls Tennis vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
- Friday (10-4)… The varsity football at Liberty has been postponed… No makeup date has been announced as of this ,posting
- Saturday (10-5)… Cross country at Riverside yet to be determined
Up Next in Football… That is a good question as the game at Liberty has been postponed…

Laurens HS

All Athletics Events Postponed… Tuesday I received a text from Tommy Spires that all athletic events in Laurens District 55 for the rest of this week (including Saturday) have been postponed… Note this includes all middle school athletics as well.
Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Southside Tigers at 7:30 pm on Friday, 10-11-24 if they stick to the schedule and do not make up the Fountain Inn Fury first…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for this Friday is postponed and a date for it is still to be determined.

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 in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Wardlaw for a region game at 7:30 pm…Again this is all dependent on whether or not it is safe to do so and the power situation.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

Touchdown Club Cancels Meeting This Week… In light of the devastating storm and the wellbeing of our patrons and players/coaches the TD Club is going to cancel the scheduled TD Club meeting scheduled for this Thursday, October 3… We hopefully will resume at our next regularly scheduled meeting on October 17.
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… All contest his week have been postpones\d with no makeup dates announced.

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 11th… Varsity football host Southside 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

Sports Report for Wednesday, 10-2-2024

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Local Notes

Some High School Coaches Hoping for Extension of Season… Some high school coaches around the state are hoping that the SCHSL will consider extending the season a week or two to help make up already postponed game caused by Hurricane Helene and other that might have to be postponed this week due to conditions that still exist after the hurricane… This would not be unprecedented as just such a thing happened back in 2015… There is a nice article about this in the State Newspaper that includes comments from Jerome Singleton Commissioner of the SCHSL and others… To read that article click here…. I have ever since 2015 advocated a remedy for this problem that so far no coach I have mentioned it to have disliked… If you are curious about my proposal click here… I would be curious on your thoughts about it.

Clinton HS

Schedule Changes at CHS… Hurricane Helene continues to play havoc on athletic schedules in the area… Yesterday CHS Athletic Director Louis Alexander passed on the following information about athletic contest for the CHS teams.
- Girls Tennis… Yesterday’s match at Greer Middle College was cancelled
- Today (10-1)… Girls Tennis, JV/Varsity volleyball and cross country all at Mid-Carolina postponed, makeup date to be determined
- Wednesday (10-2) Girls tennis at BHP cancelled
- Thursday (10-3)
  - JV football vs Liberty cancelled
  - Varsity volleyball vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
  - Girls Tennis vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
- Friday (10-4)… Varsity football at Liberty yet to be determined
- Saturday (10-5)… cross country at Riverside yet to be determined
Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Red Devils are scheduled to open up their region schedule on the road at Liberty HS this Friday taking on another set of Red Devils at 7:30 pm.

Laurens HS

All Athletics Events Postponed… Yesterday I received a text from Tommy Spires that all athletic events in Laurens District 55 for the rest of this week (including Saturday) have been postponed… Note this includes all middle school athletics as well.
Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Southside Tigers at 7:30 pm on Friday, 10-11-24 if they stick to the schedule and do not make up the Fountain Inn Fury first…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for this Friday is postponed and a date for it is still to be determined.

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 in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Wardlaw for a region game at 7:30 pm…Again this is all dependent on whether or not it is safe to do so and the power situation.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

Touchdown Club Cancels Meeting This Week… In light of the devastating storm and the wellbeing of our patrons and players/coaches the TD Club is going to cancel the scheduled TD Club meeting scheduled for this Thursday, October 3… We hopefully will resume at our next regularly scheduled meeting on October 17.
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.

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.

Friday, October 11th… Varsity football host Southside 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

Sports Report for Tuesday, 10-1-2024

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Schedule Changes at CHS… Hurricane Helene continues to play havoc on athletic schedules in the area… Yesterday CHS Athletic Director Louis Alexander passed on the following information about athletic contest for the CHS teams.
- Girls Tennis… Yesterday’s match at Greer Middle College was cancelled
- Today (10-1)… Girls Tennis, JV/Varsity volleyball and cross country all at Mid-Carolina postponed, makeup date to be determined
- Wednesday (10-2) Girls tennis at BHP cancelled
- Thursday (10-3)
  - JV football vs Liberty cancelled
  - Varsity volleyball vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
  - Girls Tennis vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
- Friday (10-4)… Varsity football at Liberty yet to be determined
- Saturday (10-5)… cross country at Riverside yet to be determined
Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Red Devils are scheduled to open up their region schedule on the road at Liberty HS this Friday taking on another set of Red Devils at 7:30 pm.

Laurens HS

Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Fountain Fury at 7:30 pm…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for last Friday is n ow set for this Friday.
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 in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Wardlaw for a region game at 7:30 pm…Again this is all dependent on whether or not it is safe to do so and the power situation.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

Touchdown Club Cancels Meeting This Week… In light of the devastating storm and the wellbeing of our patrons and players/coaches the TD Club is going to cancel the scheduled TD Club meeting scheduled for this Thursday, October 3… We hopefully will resume at our next regularly scheduled meeting on October 17.
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.

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.

Friday, October 4th… Varsity football host Fountain Inn 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

Sports Report for Monday, 9-30-2024

Monday, September 30, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Union Football Game Cancelled… The Red Devils really wanted to host the Union County Yellow Jackets last Friday night for homecoming but it just was not to be… Impassable roads or dangerous roads plus a lack of electricity caused the game to be cancelled and there are no plans to make it up… The notice I received did not say anything about Homecoming… If it is rescheduled I will pass that information on to you.
Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Red Devils are scheduled to open up their region schedule on the road at Liberty HS this Friday taking on another set of Red Devils at 7:30 pm.

Laurens HS

Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Fountain Fury at 7:30 pm…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for last Friday is n ow set for this Friday.

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 Postpone Game with WW King… Last Thursday afternoon the Crusaders decided to postpone their game with the King Academy Knights until October 18^th when the Crusaders had a bye week built into their schedule… It’s my understanding that SCISA had a bye week built into everyone’s schedule for situations like this… Not a bad idea… Homecoming was scheduled Friday night and though I have not been told so official, I do believe it will be rescheduled for October 18^th also as the Crusaders are on the road for the next two weeks.
Up Next in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Wardlaw for a region game at 7:30 pm…Again this is all dependent on whether or not it is safe to do so and the power situation.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

Touchdown Club Cancels Meeting This Week… In light of the devastating storm and the wellbeing of our patrons and players/coaches the TD Club is going to cancel the scheduled TD Club meeting scheduled for this Thursday, October 3… We hopefully will resume at our next regularly scheduled meeting on October 17.
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.

Friday, October 4th… Varsity football host Fountain Inn 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

Sports Report for Friday, 9-27-2024

Friday, September 27, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Red Devils Host Union County… Last night about 8:30 pm I reached out to conform that the Red Devils are still planning on hosting the Union County Yellow Jackets tonight at 7:30 and received a reply from Coach Fountain that the game was still on… He promised me that if that changed they would let me know… If that should happen I will get that information out as a news story on our website, through X (formerly Twitter) and also announced over the air… By the way Homecoming is also scheduled for tonight.
Union Stats… The Yellow Jackets come into the game tonight with a 1-4 record and their only win so far this season has been against Blacksburg a couple of week ago where they took a close 30-27 victory… They are averaging 15.2 points per game while giving up 44.6 points per game… The 3-2 Red Devils are averaging 31 points per game while giving up 25.2… If you would like to see the Union County schedule and results click here… Once you get to the posting on MaxPreps be sure to click on game preview for more comparison between the two teams.
Interview with Coach Fountain…Earlier this week I called and talked with Coach Fountain about the game with Daniel and the game with Union County tonight like I would if we had our Friday Night Insiders program before a Raider football broadcast… If you would like to hear that recording, click here.
JV Football: Clinton 32 – Union 8… The Red Devil JV football team traveled over to Union County HS Wednesday and came home with a 32-8 win over the Yellow Jackets… At this time that I have no other details on the game but if Coach Glenn send me some I will be sure to pass them on to you.

Laurens HS

Lexington 29 – Laurens 0… The Raiders were at home Wednesday night taking on the Lexington Wildcats in their last non-region game of the session… Lexington won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball to start the game, but the Raiders surprised everyone as they recovered an onside kick to start the game… After that, very few things went the Raiders way.
- The Raiders had trouble moving the ball as the Lexington defensive line won the battle at the line of scrimmage more often than not… The Raiders were forced to try a field goal at the end of that first possession but missed it.
- Lexington scored first early in the second quarter on a 28 yard run by Matthew McCaulay but the PAT was blocked by Javaye Suber… The Wildcats other score in the first half came on a 31 yard field goal just before the end of the half.
- Lexington came out and scored 3 times in the third quarter twice on runs and once on a pass to take a 29-0 lead which they would protect the rest of the way..
- The Raiders finished with 108 yards of total offense (47 yards rushing) to the Wildcats 193 yards (129 rushing)
- Ze’Mar Jones had 44 yards rushing to lead the Raiders rushing attack and Will Thompson went 5 for 8 with 1 interception and 54 yards in the Raiders passing attack
- To see the complete stat package and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- The Raiders will host the Fountain Inn Fury Friday, October 4^th and it will be Homecoming.
Homecoming Parade Photos… The Homecoming Parade was held on Monday, 9-13-2024… The Raider band, class representative, cheerleaders, and athletic team members all participated in the parade… To see a slideshow of some photos taken at the parade click here.
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 Postpone Game with WW King… Yesterday afternoon the Crusaders decided to postpone their game with the King Academy Knights until October 18^th when the Crusaders had a bye week built into their schedule… It’s my understanding that SCISA had a bye week built into everyone’s schedule for situations like this… Not a bad idea… Homecoming was scheduled for tonight and though I have not been told so official, I do believe it will be rescheduled for that date also as the Crusaders are on the road for the next two weeks.

Thornwell

Volleyball: Thornwell 3 – McCormick 0… Back on Tuesday the Thornwell Saints volleyball team took a 3-0 win in region action over at McCormick against the Chiefs… The Saints dominated the first set taking it 25-8… The Chiefs picked up their game some after that but the Saints still prevailed taking the next two sets by scores of 25-20 and 25-23… For some stats on this match click here…

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.

SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 24. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (4-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (4-0), 3. Northwestern (1) (5-0), 4. Summerville (4-0), 5. Irmo (5-0), 6. Sumter (5-0), 7. JL Mann (3-1), 8. Hillcrest (4-0), 9. White Knoll (3-1) and 10. Boiling Springs (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, River Bluff, Greenwood, James Island, West Florence, Dorman
CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (19) (4-0), 2. Daniel (3-1), 3. Richland Northeast (5-0), 4. South Pointe (3-2), 5. May River (4-0), 6. South Florence (3-2), 7. Seneca (5-0), 8. Camden (3-2), 9. Wren (3-1) and 10. Hartsville (2-1-1)… Others receiving votes: North Augusta, Gray Collegiate, Hilton Head Island, Bishop England, Fountain Inn
CLASS 3A: 1. Belton Honea-Path (10), (4-1) 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (5-0), 3. Marlboro County (2) (4-0), 4. Dillon (2) (3-1), 5. Woodruff (5-0), 6. Loris (4-0), 7. Aynor (4-1), 8. Oceanside Collegiate (2-3), 9. Pendleton (2-2) and 10. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (4-1)… Others receiving votes: receiving votes: Swansea, Powdersville, Newberry, Keenan, St. Joseph’s Broome, Fox Creek, North Charleston
CLASS 2A: 1. Saluda (8) (4-0), 2. Batesburg-Leesville (5) (4-0), 3. Clinton (1) (3-2), 4. Hampton County (3) (4-1), 5. Fairfield Central (1) (4-1), 6. Barnwell (1) (4-1), 7. Strom Thurmond (3-1), 8. Chesterfield (5-0), 9. Andrews (4-0) and 10. Woodland (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Mullins, Philip Simmons, Manning, Academic Magnet, Landrum, Liberty
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (17) (3-1), 2. Lewisville (1) (3-1), 3. Blackville-Hilda (4-1), 4. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-2), 5. Lake View (3-1), 6. Dixie (4-0), 7. Lamar (3-2), 8. Branchville (1) (4-0), 9. Cross (3-2), 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, McBee, Williston-Elko, Latta, Baptist Hill

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.

Thornwell 14 – Hickory Tavern 12… The Hickory Tavern Panthers made the trip over to Clinton yesterday to take on the Thornwell Saints… The Panthers jumped out to a 14-0 lead at the half but the Saints never gave up and came back to take a 16-14win over the Panthers… The Panthers scored the first time they had the ball as Omar Almanza scored on a short run but the two-point conversion failed… The other Panther score in the first half also came on a short run this time by Sam Parson… The two-point conversion was good to give the Panthers a 14-0 lead at the half… The Saints came back and scored twice with the last one coming late in the game and made both two-point conversions to make the final 16-14.
Laurens Academy 44 – Wardlaw 16… I don’t have any other information other than the score in middle school football action involving the Crusaders, but its goo news as the Crusaders took a 44-16 win over Wardlaw… Thanks to Jessie Tarver for getting that score to me.

Sports Media College Preview… Those of you who listen to the Raider football broadcast know that we have a college preview augment in the Friday Night Insiders program before the game… since there is no game tonight I thought I’d make available to you here… Click here to listen to it.

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.

Friday, October 4th… Varsity football host Fountain Inn 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, 9-26-2024

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Local Notes

Schedule Changes Due to Weather…. The threat of bad weather from tropical storm / hurricane Helene is causing high school and middle school football schedules to be adjusted… Below is what I know about some of those changes at the time of this posting

Clinton HS… The varsity game is still on for Friday night with Union County is still on as is Homecoming… If that changes I will let you know… However the JV football game at Union has been moved up to tonight at 6:00 pm on the campus at Union County HS.
Laurens Academy… The Crusaders are still planning on hosting Newberry Academy this Friday night… If they are forced to change that they will make the game up on October 18^th which at this time is scheduled to be a bye week for the Crusaders.

Clinton HS

JV Football: Clinton 32 – Union 8… The Red Devil JV football team traveled over to Union County HS yesterday and came home with a 32-8 win over the Yellow Jackets… At this time that I have no other details on the game but if Coach Glenn send me some I will be sure to pass them on to you..

Up Next for Red Devil Football… The Red Devils return home this Friday night for their last non-region game with the Union County Yellow Jackets… It is also Homecoming.

Laurens HS

Lexington 29 – Laurens 0… The Raiders were at home last night taking on the Lexington Wildcats in their last non-region game of the session… Lexington won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball to start the game but the Raiders surprised everyone as they recovered an onside kick to start the game… After that, very few things went the Raiders way.
- The Raiders had trouble moving the ball as the Lexington defensive line won the battle at the line of scrimmage more often than not… The Raiders were forced to try a field goal at the end of that first possession but missed it.
- Lexington scored first early in the second quarter on a 28 yard run by Matthew McCaulay but the PAT was blocked by Javaye Suber… The Wildcats other score in the first half came on a 31 yard field goal just before the end of the half.
- Lexington came out and scored 3 times in the third quarter twice on runs and once on a pass to take a 29-0 lead which they would protect the rest of the way..
- The Raiders finished with 108 yards of total offense (47 yards rushing) to the Wildcats 193 yards (129 rushing)
- Ze’Mar Jones had 44 yards rushing to lead the Raiders rushing attack and Will Thompson went 5 for 8 with 1 interception and 54 yards in the Raiders passing attack
- To see the complete stat package and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- The Raiders will host the Fountain Inn Fury Friday, October 4^th and it will be Homecoming.
Homecoming Parade Photos… The Homecoming Parade was held on Monday, 9-13-2024… The Raider band, class representative, cheerleaders, and athletic team members all participated in the parade… To see a slideshow of some photos taken at the parade click here.
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… See middle school football results below.

Thornwell… Look below in middle school football results.

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.

SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 24. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (4-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (4-0), 3. Northwestern (1) (5-0), 4. Summerville (4-0), 5. Irmo (5-0), 6. Sumter (5-0), 7. JL Mann (3-1), 8. Hillcrest (4-0), 9. White Knoll (3-1) and 10. Boiling Springs (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, River Bluff, Greenwood, James Island, West Florence, Dorman
CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (19) (4-0), 2. Daniel (3-1), 3. Richland Northeast (5-0), 4. South Pointe (3-2), 5. May River (4-0), 6. South Florence (3-2), 7. Seneca (5-0), 8. Camden (3-2), 9. Wren (3-1) and 10. Hartsville (2-1-1)… Others receiving votes: North Augusta, Gray Collegiate, Hilton Head Island, Bishop England, Fountain Inn
CLASS 3A: 1. Belton Honea-Path (10), (4-1) 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (5-0), 3. Marlboro County (2) (4-0), 4. Dillon (2) (3-1), 5. Woodruff (5-0), 6. Loris (4-0), 7. Aynor (4-1), 8. Oceanside Collegiate (2-3), 9. Pendleton (2-2) and 10. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (4-1)… Others receiving votes: receiving votes: Swansea, Powdersville, Newberry, Keenan, St. Joseph’s Broome, Fox Creek, North Charleston
CLASS 2A: 1. Saluda (8) (4-0), 2. Batesburg-Leesville (5) (4-0), 3. Clinton (1) (3-2), 4. Hampton County (3) (4-1), 5. Fairfield Central (1) (4-1), 6. Barnwell (1) (4-1), 7. Strom Thurmond (3-1), 8. Chesterfield (5-0), 9. Andrews (4-0) and 10. Woodland (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Mullins, Philip Simmons, Manning, Academic Magnet, Landrum, Liberty
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (17) (3-1), 2. Lewisville (1) (3-1), 3. Blackville-Hilda (4-1), 4. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-2), 5. Lake View (3-1), 6. Dixie (4-0), 7. Lamar (3-2), 8. Branchville (1) (4-0), 9. Cross (3-2), 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, McBee, Williston-Elko, Latta, Baptist Hill

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.

Thornwell 14 – Hickory Tavern 12… The Hickory Tavern Panthers made the trip over to Clinton yesterday to take on the Thornwell Saints… The Panthers jumped out to a 14-0 lead at the half but the Saints never gave up and came back to take a 16-14win over the Panthers… The Panthers scored the first time they had the ball as Omar Almanza scored on a short run but the two-point conversion failed… The other Panther score in the first half also came on a short run this time by Sam Parson… The two-point conversion was good to give the Panthers a 14-0 lead at the half… The Saints came back and scored twice with the last one coming late in the game and made both two-point conversions to make the final 16-14.
Laurens Academy 44 – Wardlaw 16… I don’t have any other information other than the score in middle school football action involving the Crusaders, but its goo news as the Crusaders took a 44-16 win over Wardlaw… Thanks to Jessie Tarver for getting that score to me.

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.

Friday, October 4… Varsity football host Fountain Inn

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, 9-25-2024

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS… The Raiders are now set to host the Lexington Wildcats tonight at 7:00 pm (NOT 7:30)… We will not be having a Friday Night Insiders program tonight but we are planning on starting our normal pregame show at 6:20 pm from KC Hanna Stadium… As for the JV game scheduled for tomorrow, I do believe it has been cancelled and will not be made up… If that changes I’ll let you know… By the way, Homecoming is now rescheduled for October 4^th when the Raiders host Fountain Inn.
Clinton HS… The varsity game is still on for Friday night with Union County is still on as is Homecoming… If that changes I will let you know… However the JV football game at Union has been moved up to tonight at 6:00 pm on the campus at Union County HS.
Laurens Academy… The Crusaders are still planning on hosting Newberry Academy this Friday night… If they are forced to change that they will make the game up on October 18^th which at this time is scheduled to be a bye week for the Crusaders.
Middle School Football… Not all the coaches got back to me yesterday when I reached out to them about schedule changes… What follows is from the ones that did:
- Hickory Tavern will be at Thornwell today at 5:50 pm
- Sanders will play at Ware Shoals today at 5:30

Clinton HS

Up Next for Red Devil Football… The Red Devils return home this Friday night for their last non-region game with the Union County Yellow Jackets… It is also Homecoming.

Laurens HS

Homecoming Parade Photos… The Homecoming Parade was held on Monday, 9-13-2024… The Raider band, class representative, cheerleaders, and athletic team members all participated in the parade… To see a slideshow of some photos taken at the parade click here.
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

Garrison Vaughn TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Garrison Vaughn has been chosen as this week’s Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the week for his contributions in the Crusaders 52-36 win over WW King at Todd Kirk Field last Friday night… This win was the Crusaders first the Knights in several years and they are now 4-2 on the season… The junior who plays on the offensive line helped the Crusaders amass 448 yards of total offense… He also plays on defense where he had 10 total tackles including 6 tackles for loss and had a huge blocked punt on special teams… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated; “Garrison is everything you want in an offensive and defensive lineman. He is tough and relentless, smart and precise, and an unselfish leader on the team.”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting which will be on Thursday, Oct.4^th at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive where the guest speaker will be Coach Mike Ayers, former head football coach at Wofford College and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member,

Laurens County Touchdown Club

The Laurens County Touchdown Club held its most current meeting last Thursday, 9-19 at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Nemo Fernandez of Laurens and Javen Cook of Clinton were honored as the last two weeks Player of the Week… Coach Clay Hendrix of Furman was the featured speaker… If you would like to see a video of 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.
If you would like to see a video of the (9-5-24) meeting of the TD Club click here.

SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 24. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (4-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (4-0), 3. Northwestern (1) (5-0), 4. Summerville (4-0), 5. Irmo (5-0), 6. Sumter (5-0), 7. JL Mann (3-1), 8. Hillcrest (4-0), 9. White Knoll (3-1) and 10. Boiling Springs (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, River Bluff, Greenwood, James Island, West Florence, Dorman
CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (19) (4-0), 2. Daniel (3-1), 3. Richland Northeast (5-0), 4. South Pointe (3-2), 5. May River (4-0), 6. South Florence (3-2), 7. Seneca (5-0), 8. Camden (3-2), 9. Wren (3-1) and 10. Hartsville (2-1-1)… Others receiving votes: North Augusta, Gray Collegiate, Hilton Head Island, Bishop England, Fountain Inn
CLASS 3A: 1. Belton Honea-Path (10), (4-1) 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (5-0), 3. Marlboro County (2) (4-0), 4. Dillon (2) (3-1), 5. Woodruff (5-0), 6. Loris (4-0), 7. Aynor (4-1), 8. Oceanside Collegiate (2-3), 9. Pendleton (2-2) and 10. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (4-1)… Others receiving votes: receiving votes: Swansea, Powdersville, Newberry, Keenan, St. Joseph’s Broome, Fox Creek, North Charleston
CLASS 2A: 1. Saluda (8) (4-0), 2. Batesburg-Leesville (5) (4-0), 3. Clinton (1) (3-2), 4. Hampton County (3) (4-1), 5. Fairfield Central (1) (4-1), 6. Barnwell (1) (4-1), 7. Strom Thurmond (3-1), 8. Chesterfield (5-0), 9. Andrews (4-0) and 10. Woodland (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Mullins, Philip Simmons, Manning, Academic Magnet, Landrum, Liberty
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (17) (3-1), 2. Lewisville (1) (3-1), 3. Blackville-Hilda (4-1), 4. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-2), 5. Lake View (3-1), 6. Dixie (4-0), 7. Lamar (3-2), 8. Branchville (1) (4-0), 9. Cross (3-2), 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, McBee, Williston-Elko, Latta, Baptist Hill

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.

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.

Friday, September 27^th… Varsity football host Lexington, 6:20 pm.

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: 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, 9-24-2024

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Red Devil Volleyball… I need to do some catching up with the Red Devils volleyball team which played 3 matches last week.
- Clinton 3 – Laurens 1… Monday (9-16-24) at home the Red Devils took a 3-1 win over the Raiders to claim the County Championship for this season as they defeated Laurens 3-1 at Laurens earlier in the season… The Red Devils won the first two sets by scores of 28-26, 25-23… The Raiders fought back to take the third set 25-19 but the Red Devils closed it out winning the fourth set 25-16 to conclude a very hard-fought match… For more stats on the Red Devils in this match click here…. JV Results… The JV team also won by a score of 2-0 and if you want more details on this match click here.
- Clinton 3 – Fairfield Central 0… On Tuesday the Red Devils traveled to Winnsboro to take on the Griffins of Fairfield Central… Good news here also as they took a 3-0 win… Set scores were a little one-sided as Clinton won by scores of 25-12, 25-13 and 25-6… Click here to see more Red Devil stats in this match.
- Clinton 3 – Columbia 0… The Red Devils closed out the week on Thursday (9-19) hosting the Capitals of Columbia HS and rolling over them by a 3-0 score… again set scores were a little one-sided as the Red Devils won 25-5, 25-7 and 25-7… Again to see more Clinton stats on this match click here…. JV Results… The JV team also defeated the Capitals 2-0 and I do not have any other details on that match.
- Up Next… The Red Devils are now 8-2 overall and 2-0 in region play and will travel to Chester today to take on the Cyclones in a region match… Go Big Red!

Up Next for Red Devil Football… The Red Devils return home this Friday night for their last non-region game with the Union County Yellow Jackets… It is also Homecoming.

Laurens HS

Homecoming Parade Photos… The Homecoming Parade was held on Monday, 9-13-2024… The Raider band, class representative, cheerleaders, and athletic team members all participated in the parade… To see a slideshow of some photos taken at the parade click here.
Raider Volleyball… I also need to do some catching up with the Raider volleyball and their action last week… Look above in the Clinton volleyball portion of this report to see how they did against the Red Devils.
- Tuesday: Raiders 3 – Southside 0… Last Tuesday (9-17) the Raiders rebounded from their tough loss to Clinton on Monday and took a 3-0 win over region foe Southside at home… Set scores were 25-15, 25-3 and 25-6…. JV Results… The JV team also defeated Southside by a score of 2-0… Set scores were 25-7 and 25-11.
- Thursday: Wren 3 – Raiders 0… On Thursday the Raiders traveled to Wren HS to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action… The Hurricanes were a little too string for the Raiders as they took a 3-0 win with set scores of 25-10, 25-9 and 25-13.
- Up Next for Volleyball… The Raiders will be hosting the Rams of Westside HS tonight at 7:00 pm in region action.
Up Next for Raider Football… As most Raider fans know, the Raiders were off Friday night and the off week comes at a good time as the Raiders who are plagued with injuries need that time to get some players well… The will be back in action this Friday night when the host the Lexington Wildcats at KC Hanna Stadium and it will be Homecoming.
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

Garrison Vaughn TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Garrison Vaughn has been chosen as this week’s Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the week for his contributions in the Crusaders 52-36 win over WW King at Todd Kirk Field last Friday night… This win was the Crusaders first the Knights in several years and they are now 4-2 on the season… The junior who plays on the offensive line helped the Crusaders amass 448 yards of total offense… He also plays on defense where he had 10 total tackles including 6 tackles for loss and had a huge blocked punt on special teams… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Garrison is everything you want in an offensive and defensive lineman. He is tough and relentless, smart and precise, and an unselfish leader on the team.”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting which will be on Thursday, Oct.4^th at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive where the guest speaker will be Coach Mike Ayers, former head football coach at Wofford College and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member,

Laurens County Touchdown Club

The Laurens County Touchdown Club held its most current meeting last Thursday, 9-19 at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Nemo Fernandez of Laurens and Javen Cook of Clinton were honored as the last two weeks Player of the Week… Coach Clay Hendrix of Furman was the featured speaker… If you would like to see a video of 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.
If you would like to see a video of the (9-5-24) meeting of the TD Club 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.

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.

Friday, September 27^th… Varsity football host Lexington, 6:20 pm.

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: 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.

College Football [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Monday, 9-23-2024

Monday, September 23, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Daniel 37 – Clinton 12… The # 2 ranked team in Class AA traveled to the #2 ranked team in Class AAAA and the Class AAA team prevailed as Clinton fell to the Daniel Lions 37-12… The Red Devils hung in there in the first half as the Lions only led 14-6 at the half and the score could have been 14-10 at the half but for a missed extra point and missed 30 yard field goal… The second half so Daniel come out and put 23 unanswered points on the scoreboard before Clinton was able to get a TD just before the final horn sounded… In the third quarter the Red Devils quarterback Tushawan Richardson was injured and had to leave the game with Jayden Glenn finishing the game at quarterback… The Red Devils fought to the end but just could not get the “big play” when needed.
- Red Devil Scoring
  - Kason Copeland scored on a 2 yard run with 5:01 left in the second quarter to make the score 7-6 Daniel
  - Rhett Gilliam scored on a 4 yard run with 3 seconds left in the game to make it 37-12
- A Few Stats
  - Offense… The Red Devils had 138 yards rushing and 144 yards passing for a total of 282 while the Lions had 90 yards rushing and 319 yards passing for a total of 409 yards.
  - First Downs…The Red Devils had 22 while the Lions had 14
  - Time of Possession… Red Devils 32:26, Lions 15:34
  - Red Devil Leaders
    - Rushing… Javen Cook 23 for 86 yards
    - Passing… Tushawan Richardson 11 of 19 for 120 yards.
- Complete Stats… To see a complete stat package for the game including a play –by-plat accounting of the game click here.
Up Next… The Red Devils return home this Friday night for their last non-region game with the Union County Yellow Jackets… It is also Homecoming.

JV Football: Daniel 14 – Clinton 6… Last Thursday the Red Devil JV football team hoisted the Daniel Lions at Wilder Stadium and something happened that has not happened in about 4 years, they lost as Daniel took a 14-6 win breaking the Red Devils long winning streak… Daniel scored in the first and second quarters and the Red Devils had their lone TD scored by Angel Vargas in the second quarter…Coach Glenn commented afterwards “Our team played extremely hard all four quarters and we came up short on some missed opportunities. The effort given was great. Our kids shouldn’t have anything to hold their heads down about. We had one player suffer a significant injury and will pray for him and his recovery. We will improve on our mistakes and prepare for Union next week.” That game will be at Union at 6:00 pm and it will be played at the stadium on their campus not the one on the bypass where the varsity normally plays.

Laurens HS

Raiders Off Friday… As most Raider fans know, the Raiders were off Friday night and the off week comes at a good time as the Raiders who are plagued with injuries need that time to get some players well… The will be back in action this Friday night when the host the Lexington Wildcats at KC Hanna Stadium and it will be Homecoming.
Homecoming Parade Today and Other Homecoming Information… The Annual Homecoming Parade will be held today and start at the School District Administration Building and wind its way around the square and in in the area of the Laurens MS… For more information about this and other activities this week this week click here.
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 52 – WW King 36… The Crusader football team hosted the Knights of WW King last Friday night at Todd Kirk Field and the Crusaders took a 52-36 win after being ahead 30-16 at the half but King tied it 30-30 in the third quarter…. How it happened:
- The Crusaders got the ball first after a short almost onside kick off (all the kickoffs for both teams were that way) at their own 48 yd. line and scored 3 plays later when Caleb Hardy ran 45 yds. for the TD… Garrett Murphy made the 2-point conversion so the Crusaders led 8-0 with 10:37 left in the first quarter.
- The Knight got the ball on the 50 yd. line after the kickoff and scored 6 plays later on a 29 yd. run by Joseph Moore from 29 yards out… Kevin Crapps then completed the 3 yd. pass for the 2-point conversion to tie the game 8-8.
- The Crusaders wasted little time getting the lead back as Garett Murphy broke loose on the first play from scrimmage and weaved his way to a 51 yd. TD run… By the way he added the 2-point conversion to make it 16-8 Crusaders with 7:23 left in the second quarter.
- The Crusaders then held the Knight to 3 and punt and took over on their own 14 yd. line… A penalty on the Knights moved it to the 29 and 2 plays later Murphy again scored this time carrying the ball 69 yds… Caleb Hardy then connected with Anthony Candelas for the 2-point conversion to make the score 24-8 with 3:47 left in the half.
- The Knights did not go quietly into the good night as on the first play from scrimmage they had a 50 yd. TD run and converted the 2-point attempt to make it 24-16 with 3:22 left in the half.
- Neither team could punch the ball in on their next possession and when the Knight punted, Garrison Vaughn blocked the punt to give the Crusaders the ball at the Knight 13… A penalty set the Crusaders back 10 yards but they did score on a 2 yd. run by Murphy but the conversion failed to make it 30-16 which was the score at the half as neither team scored again in the first half.
- The Knight got the ball first in the second half and drove down and scored on an 8 yd. run by Casen Buzhardt but the 2-point conversion failed so the score stood 30-22 Crusaders.
- The Knights recovered the onside kick and took over at the Crusader 48 yd. line… The Crusaders made them earn every yard in the drive but 10 play later they did score on a 13 yd. pass play and added the 2-[point conversion to tie the score 30-30 with 2:30 left in the third quarter.
- The Crusaders put their heads down and went back to work and scored at the end of a 56 yd. drive in 8 plays as Murphy again carried it home this time from 2 yds. out… Oh by the way, he once again added the 2-point conversion to make it 28-30 with 10:18 left in the game.
- After again holding the Knights to 3 and a punt, the Crusaders went 66 yds. and scored on the 4^th play from scrimmage when Caleb Hardy turned a shuttle pass form Ethan Collins into a 47 yd. scamper… If I told you the 2-point conversion was good and asks you to guess who scored it and you said Garrett Murphy you would be correct making it 46-30 with 7:07 left in the game.
- The Knights were not ready to get on the bus and go home just yet as they scored the next time they had the ball on a 48 yd. TD run by Casen Buzhardt but the 2 point conversion failed.
- The Crusaders finished all the scoring in the game the next time they had the ball as Caleb hardy decided to score one more time this time from the 48 yds. out but the 2-point conversion failed making the final 52-36
- Some Stats
  - Rushing… The Crusaders finished with 397 yds. rushing with Garrett Murphy having 258 of them in 24 carries and he scored 4 rushing TDs while Caleb Hardy finished with133 yds. in 10 carries and 2 TDs.
  - Passing… Ethan Collins completed 9 of 11 attempts for 87 yds., no interceptions and 1 TD to Caleb Hardy.
  - To see more stats for the Crusaders in the game click here.
- Up Next… The 4-2 Crusaders have now finished their non-region games and will open region play this Friday night hosting the Newberry Eagles who they defeated earlier in the season 42-25 at Newberry.

Thornwell

See below for middle school football results.

Updated 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 Thursday follow:

Whitmire 40 – GCO 8… No further details on this game.
Hickory Tavern 20 – Ware Shoals 14… The Hickory Tavern Panthers hosted the Ware Shoals Hornets Thursday and it is good news for Panther fans as they took a 20-14 win over the Hornets.
- The Panthers led 12-0 at the half as Omar Almanza scored on a 1yd. run and Sam Parsons connected with Brent Ludwig on a 35 yd. TD with both scores coming in the second quarter and both two point conversions were unsuccessful.
- The Hornets scored first in the second half but did not convert so the score stood 12-6 Panthers
- In the fourth quarter the Panthers Sam Parsons carried it in from the 11 yd. line and the Panthers did get the 2-point conversion to make it 20-6 Panthers.
- The Hornets scored one more time with about 1:25 left in the game and did pick up the 2-point conversion to make it 20-14 Panthers.
- They attempted an onside kick but the Panthers covered to seal the win.
Laurens MS 26 – Thornwell 0… The Thornwell Saints traveled over to Laurens MS to take on the Tigers … The Saints found the Tigers defense a little too strong for them as they fell by a score of 26-0.
- The Tigers scored in the first series of the game as on a 13 yard run by Logan Bragg but the 2-point conversion failed so the score stood 6-0 Tigers with 4:56 left in the first quarter.
- The Tigers scored again at the end of their next possession on a 50 yard TD pass from Bragg to Mason Dial… Bragg also carried it in to make the score 14-0 Tigers with 35 seconds left in the first quarter.
- Neither team was able to move the ball very far until just before the end of the first half when Bragg hit Mason Young with a 25 yard scoring strike to make the score 20-0 Tigers at the half.
- The Saints fumbled the ball on the first play of their first possession in the second half and it was recovered by the Tigers Jakayden Adams at the Saints 20 yard line… A few plays later Kevin Bryson carried it in from the 7 to make the score 26-0 Tigers as the two-point conversion failed.
- Neither team was able to generate much offense after that as the Tigers played many players who had not seen action in the first half.
Sanders 30 – Dixie 22… The Yellow jackets traveled to Dixie… In the game Sanders Travion Robinson had 5 TDS and an interception… He also forced a fumble and had a 95 yd. kick return for a TD… One of his TDSs was a 34 yd. TD pass from Tae Hill… He finished with 420 all-purpose yards… Jaden Garrett led the defense with 8 tackles.
Laurens Academy 20 – Newberry 8… The Laurens Academy middle school football team hosted Newberry last Thursday and I did find out the score since last Friday morning… All I have is the score but its good news for Crusader fans as they defeated the Eagles 20-8.

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.

Friday, September 27^th… Varsity football host Lexington, 6:20 pm.

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: 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.

College Football

FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia has dropped from #1 to #2 and Texas has moved up a spot to #1… Ohio State is still #3, Alabama #4 and Ole Miss #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Tennessee, Missouri, Miami (FL), Oregon and Penn State… Clemson moved up a spot to #21… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer checked in at #16 and UT Chattanooga comes in at #24 (down from #16)… 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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Friday, 9-20-2024

Friday, September 20, 2024

Local Notes

Friday Night Insiders Audio… With the Laurens Raiders off tonight there will be no Friday Night Insiders Program… I went ahead and recorder the interviews that would have played tonight if we had a game and have made them available to you…. Click on the titles below to hear those interviews and the college preview that would have played also.

College Preview for this weekend

Henry Laurens Band Completion Tomorrow… It is time for the Henry Laurens Band Competition this year and it will be held at KC Hanna Stadium tomorrow (Saturday, 9-21-24) and last week I had the opportunity to interview LDHS band Director Patrick Flaniken about the contest… To hear that interview where he tells you most everything about the contest you might want to know, click here.

Clinton HS

Red Devils Travel to Daniel… The #2 ranked team in Class AA will travel to take on the #2 ranked team in Class AAAA tonight when the Red Devils travel up to Daniel HS to take on the Lions… Daniel comes into the contest with a 2-1 record and is averaging 38-7 points per game while giving up 28.3…. Their only loss was to JL Mann 28-23 last week at JL Mann… If you would like to see some stats on Daniel this season click here and once you get there you can select individual and team stats… IMPORTANT NOTE… Daniel has provided a brochure that gives you information about tickets, parking and other things you need to know before you get there… To see that brochure click here… Now one last thing… Go Big Red!!
JV Football… The Red Devil JV football team was scheduled to host Daniel last night and I did not get any results… If I get them I will bring them to you later.

Laurens HS

Raiders Off Tonight… As most Raider fans know, the Raiders are off tonight and the off week comes at a good time as the Raiders who are plagued with injuries need that time to get some players well… The will be back in action next Friday night when the host the Lexington Wildcats at KC Hanna Stadium.

Laurens Academy

Crusaders at Home Tonight… The Crusader football team is scheduled to host the King Academy Knight at Todd Kirk Field tonight at 7:30… The Knights are 1-3 on the season and are averaging 12.5 points per game while giving up 31.6… Their only win was against Oakbrook Prep 22-12 and there losses were to Richard Winn 57-6 and Newberry 26-14… Coach Doolittle and the team are not taking the Knights lightly and would like to see a large number of Crusader fans out there tonight to cheer them on… Go Crusaders!

Thornwell

See below for middle school football results.

Whitmire 40 – GCO 8… No further details on this game.
Hickory Tavern 20 – Ware Shoals 14… The Hickory Tavern Panthers hosted the ware Shoals Hornets yesterday and it is good news for Panther fans as they took a 20-14 win over the Hornets.
- The Panthers led 12-0 at the half as Omar Almanza scored on a 1yd. run and Sam Parsons connected with Brent Ludwig on a 35 yd. TD with both scores coming in the second quarter and both two point conversions were unsuccessful.
- The Hornets scored first in the second half but did not convert so the score stood 12-6 Panthers
- In the fourth quarter the Panthers Sam Parsons carried it in from the 11 yd. line and the Panthers did get the 2-point conversion to make it 20-6 Panthers.
- The Hornets scored one more time with about 1:25 left in the game and did pick up the 2-point conversion to make it 20-14 Panthers.
- They attempted an onside kick but the Panthers covered to seal the win.
Laurens MS 26 – Thornwell 0… The Thornwell Saints traveled over to Laurens MS to take on the Tigers … The Saints found the Tigers defense a little too strong for them as they fell by a score of 26-0.
- The Tigers scored in the first series of the game as on a 13 yard run by Logan Bragg but the 2-point conversion failed so the score stood 6-0 Tigers with 4:56 left in the first quarter.
- The Tigers scored again at the end of their next possession on a 50 yard TD pass from Bragg to Mason Dial… Bragg also carried it in to make the score 14-0 Tigers with 35 seconds left in the first quarter.
- Neither team was able to move the ball very far until just before the end of the first half when Bragg hit Mason Young with a 25 yard scoring strike to make the score 20-0 Tigers at the half.
- The Saints fumbled the ball on the first play of their first possession in the second half and it was recovered by the Tigers Jakayden Adams at the Saints 20 yard line… A few plays later Kevin Bryson carried it in from the 7 to make the score 26-0 Tigers as the two-point conversion failed.
- Neither team was able to generate much offense after that as the Tigers played many players who had not seen action in the first half.
Sanders at Dixie… No results reported to me. If you see the coach ask them to do so.
Laurens Academy host Newberry… No results reported to me. If you see the coach ask them to do so.

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.

Friday, September 27^th… Varsity football host Lexington, 6:20 pm.

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: 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.

College Football

FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia has dropped from #1 to #2 and Texas has moved up a spot to #1… Ohio State is still #3, Alabama #4 and Ole Miss #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Tennessee, Missouri, Miami (FL), Oregon and Penn State… Clemson moved up a spot to #21… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer checked in at #16 and UT Chattanooga comes in at #24 (down from #16)… 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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Thursday, 9-19-2024

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

Girls Tennis… I need to do some catching up on the girls’ tennis team at Clinton HS where they have played 2 matches.
- Chapin 7 – Clinton 0… The Lady Red Devils opened their season on Thursday, Sept. 5^th down at Chain HS… The Red Devils fell to the Eagles by a score of 7-0 to a traditionally strong Chapin team… For more details on this match, click here
- Clinton 6 – Fairfield Central 0… The Red Devils rebounded this past Tuesday taking a 6-0 win over the Fairfield Central Griffins down in Winnsboro… Each of the Red Devil singles players and the #2 doubles team took one sided wins… For more details on this match click here.
- Up Next… The team will have its first home match of the season as the host the Columbia Capitals on the courts at Clinton MS at 5:00 pm today… Come out and cheer them on.

Laurens HS

Girls Tennis
- Greenwood 4 – Laurens 3… Last week the lady Raider tennis team hosted the Greenwood Eagles and fell to the Eagles 4-3 in a very hard fought match… For more details on this match click here.
- Fury – Raiders ????… The Raiders and the Fountain Inn Fury were scheduled to play this past Tuesday in a region match… I do not know if they played or it was postponed…If I find out I will let you know.
- Up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host the Southside Tigers today in a region match at 4:30… If you get a chance, come out and cheer on the Raider girls’ tennis team as they are improving.

Laurens Academy

Volleyball Host Newberry… The Crusader volleyball team is now 14-3 on the season and 2-0 in region play… They get back into region play today (9-19) at 5:00 pm as they host the Newberry Eagles.

Thornwell

Middle School Football at Laurens Middle School… The Saints middle school football team will travel to Laurens MS today at 5:00 pm to take on the Tigers.

S.C. Pep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 17. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (18) (3-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (3-0), 3. Northwestern (4-0), 4. Summerville (3-0), 5. Irmo (4-0), 6. Sumter (4-0), 7. Hillcrest (3-0), 8. JL Mann (2-1), 9. White Knoll (2-1), 10. Boiling Springs (3-0)… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, Spartanburg, Chapin, River Bluff, Blythewood, Greenwood
CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (19) (3-0), 2. Daniel (2-1), 3. Camden (3-1), 4. May River (4-0), 5. South Pointe (2-2), 6. Richland Northeast (4-0), 7. Seneca (4-0), 8. Wren (3-1), 9. South Florence (2-2), 10 Gray Collegiate (1-2)… Others receiving votes: North Augusta, Hartsville, Bishop England, AC Flora, Hilton Head Island, Crestwood
CLASS 3A: 1. Dillon (15) (4-0), 2. Belton-Honea Path (3) (3-1), 3. Mountain View Prep (4-0), 4. Marlboro County (1) (4-0), 5. Woodruff (4-0), 6. Loris (4-0), 7. Oceanside Collegiate (2-2), 8. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (4-0), 9. Swansea (4-0), 10. Pendleton (2-2)… Others receiving votes: Aynor, Newberry, Broome, St. Joseph’s, Chapman, Fox Creek
CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (14) (4-0), 2. Clinton (2) (3-1), 3. Saluda (2) (3-0), 4. Batesburg-Leesville (1) (3-0), 5. Strom Thurmond (2-1), 6. Barnwell (3-1), 7. Fairfield Central (3-1), 8. Chesterfield (4-0), 9. Andrews (3-0), 10. Mullins (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Woodland, Phillip Simmons, Timberland, Manning, East Clarendon, Landrum, Columbia, Academic Magnet
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (18) (3-1), 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-1), 3. Lewisville (2-1), 4. Blackville-Hilda (3-1), 5. Lake View (2-1), 6. Dixie (3-0), 7. Branchville (1) (3-0), 8. Lamar (2-2), 9. Cross (2-2), 10. (tie) Hannah-Pamplico (2-1) 10. (tie) Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (2-1)… Others receiving votes: McBee, Williston-Elko, Latta, Baptist Hill, Lee Central, Wagener-Salley

Laurens County Touchdown Club

The next meeting of the Laurens County Touchdown Club will be today at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The local high school coaches will report on their last two games and about the games tomorrow night… Nemo Fernandez of Laurens and Javen Cook of Clinton will be honored as the last two weeks Player of the Week… Coach Clay Hendrix of Furman will be the featured speaker… The cost is only $15 and you can pay at the door… Hope to see you there!
If you would like to see a video of the last (9-5-24) meeting of the TD Club 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… Games on the schedule for today (9-19-24) are as follows:

Sanders at Dixie at 5:00
Gray Court-Wings at Whitmire at 5:30
Ware Shoals at Hickory Tavern at 5:00
Thornwell at Laurens Middle at 5:00
Laurens Academy host Newberry at 6:00

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… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Friday, September 27^th… Varsity football host Lexington, 6:20 pm.

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: 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.

College Football

FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia has dropped from #1 to #2 and Texas has moved up a spot to #1… Ohio State is still #3, Alabama #4 and Ole Miss #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Tennessee, Missouri, Miami (FL), Oregon and Penn State… Clemson moved up a spot to #21… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer checked in at #16 and UT Chattanooga comes in at #24 (down from #16)… 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. [Read more…]

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sports Report for Wednesday, 9-18-2024

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

Fernandez Names Laurens County TD Club Player of the Week… On Monday (9-16-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club announced that Nehemias “Nemo” has been chosen as the Clubs Player of the Week for his performance in the Raiders hard fought 20-17 loss to AC Flora last Friday in Columbia…He carried the ball 26 times for 217 yards and scored 1 touchdown on a 49-yard run in the third quarter… He averaged 8.3 yards per carry in the game… Head Coach Greg Porter stated, “Nehemias has an incredible work ethic on and off the field… Nemo has always put the Team first and when needed to play quarterback, there was no hesitation… It’s about the Team from him.”.. He will be honored this Thursday at the Clubs 9-19-24 meeting at The Ridge on Exchange Drive which starts at noon… In addition to the local coaches, Furman Head Coach Clay Hendricks will be the featured speaker.

Laurens Academy… Catching up on the last 2 matches for the Laurens Academy Crusader varsity volleyball team:

Crusaders 3 – Panthers 0…Last week the Crusaders hosted the Panthers of Batesburg-Leesville and took a 3-0 win… The set scores were 25-14, 25-15 and 25-16… For some stats on this match click here.
Crusaders 3 – Griffins 0… The Crusaders were back in action on Monday this week hosting the Griffins of Spartanburg Day… Again the Crusaders took a 3-0 win this time by set score off 25-9, 25-10 and 25-8.
Up Next… The Crusaders are now 14-3 on the season and 2-0 in region play… They get back into region play tomorrow (9-19) at 5:00 pm when they host the Newberry Eagles.

Thornwell

Saints 3 – Hornets 0… Last night the Saints hosted the Ware Shoals Hornets in region action… Good news for Saint fans as they took a 3-0 win… Set scores were 25-18 25-11 and 25-15.

S.C. Pep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 17. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (18) (3-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (3-0), 3. Northwestern (4-0), 4. Summerville (3-0), 5. Irmo (4-0), 6. Sumter (4-0), 7. Hillcrest (3-0), 8. JL Mann (2-1), 9. White Knoll (2-1), 10. Boiling Springs (3-0)… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, Spartanburg, Chapin, River Bluff, Blythewood, Greenwood
CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (19) (3-0), 2. Daniel (2-1), 3. Camden (3-1), 4. May River (4-0), 5. South Pointe (2-2), 6. Richland Northeast (4-0), 7. Seneca (4-0), 8. Wren (3-1), 9. South Florence (2-2), 10 Gray Collegiate (1-2)… Others receiving votes: North Augusta, Hartsville, Bishop England, AC Flora, Hilton Head Island, Crestwood
CLASS 3A: 1. Dillon (15) (4-0), 2. Belton-Honea Path (3) (3-1), 3. Mountain View Prep (4-0), 4. Marlboro County (1) (4-0), 5. Woodruff (4-0), 6. Loris (4-0), 7. Oceanside Collegiate (2-2), 8. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (4-0), 9. Swansea (4-0), 10. Pendleton (2-2)… Others receiving votes: Aynor, Newberry, Broome, St. Joseph’s, Chapman, Fox Creek
CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (14) (4-0), 2. Clinton (2) (3-1), 3. Saluda (2) (3-0), 4. Batesburg-Leesville (1) (3-0), 5. Strom Thurmond (2-1), 6. Barnwell (3-1), 7. Fairfield Central (3-1), 8. Chesterfield (4-0), 9. Andrews (3-0), 10. Mullins (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Woodland, Phillip Simmons, Timberland, Manning, East Clarendon, Landrum, Columbia, Academic Magnet
CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (18) (3-1), 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-1), 3. Lewisville (2-1), 4. Blackville-Hilda (3-1), 5. Lake View (2-1), 6. Dixie (3-0), 7. Branchville (1) (3-0), 8. Lamar (2-2), 9. Cross (2-2), 10. (tie) Hannah-Pamplico (2-1) 10. (tie) Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (2-1)… Others receiving votes: McBee, Williston-Elko, Latta, Baptist Hill, Lee Central, Wagener-Salley

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…

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.

Friday, September 27^th… Varsity football host Lexington, 6:20 pm.

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: 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.

College Football

FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia has dropped from #1 to #2 and Texas has moved up a spot to #1… Ohio State is still #3, Alabama #4 and Ole Miss #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Tennessee, Missouri, Miami (FL), Oregon and Penn State… Clemson moved up a spot to #21… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer checked in at #16 and UT Chattanooga comes in at #24 (down from #16)… 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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 9-17-2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

Fernandez Names Laurens County TD Club Player of the Week… On Monday (9-16-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club announced that Nehemias “Nemo” has been chosen as the Clubs Player of the Week for his performance in the Raiders hard fought 20-17 loss to AC Flora last Friday in Columbia…He carried the ball 26 times for 217 yards and scored 1 touchdown on a 49 yard run in the third quarter… He averaged 8.3 yards per carry in the game… Head Coach Greg Porter stated, “Nehemias has an incredible work ethic on and off the field… Nemo has always put the Team first and when needed to play quarterback, there was no hesitation… It’s about the Team from him.”.. He will be honored this Thursday at the Clubs 9-19-24 meeting at The Ridge on Exchange Drive which starts at noon… In addition to the local coaches, Furman Head Coach Clay Hendricks will be the featured speaker.
AC Flora 20 – Laurens 17… The Laurens Raider traveled to Columbia last Friday night to take on the AC Flora Falcons and played their best game of the season but still came up short as the Falcons took a 20-17 win… Coach Porter is not one to make excuses but the truth be known, the Raiders are handicapped by injuries especially in the quarterback position as the top 2 are out forcing the Raiders to play a wildcat style offense which considering everything the coaches and players have done well with… The defense has done well basically using the bend but don’t break approach.
- The Falcons scored first on a 24 yd. pass play late in the first quarter and led 7-0… The Raiders only score in the first half came on a 36 yd. field goal by Brock Franklin with just over 2 minutes left in the half.
- Flora scored again in the 3^rd quarter on another pass play but missed the PAT to make it 13-3 Falcons.
- The Raiders recovered a Flora fumble at their own 48 yd. line and 2 plays later Nehemias (Nemo) Fernandez carried it 49 yds. for the score and with Franklin’s PAT the score stood 13-10 just before the end of the 3^rd quarter.
- Flora scored about midway through the 4^th quarter to make it 20-10 Flora.
- The Raiders answered that driving back down the field and scoring on a 1 yd. run by Denari Lee-Jackson and Franklin again made the Pat to make the score 20-17 Falcons.
- The Raiders tried to mount a late drive but a couple of untimely penalties put then behind the chains and they turned the ball over on down and AC Flora ran out the Clock
- Some Stats:
  - Total Yds.: Flora 363 (212 rushing) – Laurens 213 (182 rushing)
  - Penalties: Flora 7-62, – Laurens 9-91
  - Nemo Fernandez led both teams in rushing as he had 215 yds. in 26 carries and scored 1 TD.
  - To see the entire stat package and a plat-by play accounting of the game click here.
- Up Next… The Raiders get a week off as they have no game this coming Friday and this comes at a great time as they have a good chance of getting most of their injured players well… The return home to take on the Lexington Wildcats Friday, Sept. 27^th.

Thornwell… The Thornwell Saints volleyball has had a rough time the last couple of matches.

Abbeville 3 – Saints 0… Last Thursday (9-12) the teams traveled to Abbeville and the varsity lost 3-0… set scores were 25-15, 25-14 and 25-23… To see some Thornwell stats on the match click here… The JV team also lost by a score of 2-0… Set scores were 25-15 and 25-23… Click here to see some stats on the match.
Green Upstate Owls 3 – Saints 0… Last night the Saints hosted the Green Upstate Owls out of Simpsonville… The score there is not what I like to report as once again the Saints lost 2-0… Set scores were 25-19, 25-18 and 25-20… No report on JV match if there was one.
Next… The Saints will host Ware Shoals today at 5:30 pm.

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…

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.

Friday, September 27^th… Varsity football host Lexington, 6:20 pm.

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

School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: 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.

College Football

FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia has dropped from #1 to #2 and Texas has moved up a spot to #1… Ohio State is still #3, Alabama #4 and Ole Miss #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Tennessee, Missouri, Miami (FL), Oregon and Penn State… Clemson moved up a spot to #21… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer checked in at #16 and UT Chattanooga comes in at #24 (down from #16)… 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. [Read more…]

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