Sports Report for Monday, 9-16-2024

Monday, September 16, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Clinton 49 – Chapman 27… The Red Devils traveled up to Inman Thursday night to take on the Chapman Panthers… The Red Devils started the game out putting 35 unanswered points on the board before the Panther finally scored just before the end of the first half and then rolled on to a 49-27 win over the Panthers.
    • The Red Devils had 373 yards of total offense (259 in the first half) to the Panthers 397 of which only 123 of which came in the first half.
    • The Red Devils had 339 yards rushing and only 34 passing compared to the Panthers 136 yards rushing and 261 passing.
    • Javen Cook led the Red Devils rushing attack with 156 yards on 14 carries and scored 2 TDS… Kason Copeland had 93 yards and 2 TDs with Angelo Cromer also having a rushing TD.
    • Tushawan Richardson completed 2 of 6 passes and was intercepted once while throwing 1 TD to Chris Boyd.
    • To see the complete stat package which has a play-by-play accounting of the game, click here.
    • The Red Devils are schedule to travel to Daniel next Friday night.

Laurens HS

  • 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 3rd 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 Franklins PAT the score stood 13-10 just before the end of the 3rd quarter.
    • Flora scored about midway through the 4th 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. 27th.

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Laurens Academy

  • Updated: Richard Winn 56 – Crusaders 20… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Winnsboro last night to take on the Richard Winn Eagles last Thursday night… The Eagles came into the game 3-0 averaging 41.3 points per game and giving up only 10 points per game and last night they rolled again as they took a 56-20 win a 56-20 win over the Crusader … The Eagles led 35-12 at the half and held the Crusaders to only 8 points in the fourth quarter… About the only other details I have on the game is that Garrett Murphy scored all 3 of the Crusader TDs and Mason Cooper had a 2-point conversion… If I get more details on the game I will bring them to you Monday… The Crusaders are scheduled to host the Knights of King Academy next Friday.
    • The Crusaders had only 14 yards passing and 280 yards rushing.
    • Garrett Murphy had 179 yards rushing and the two TDS.
    • To see more Laurens Academy stats in the game click here.

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

 Atlanta Braves… The Braves started a 4-game series with the Dodgers Friday night.

  • Friday: Braves 6 – Dodgers 2… Friday night the Braves used a 4-run second inning to take a 6-2 win over the Dodgers in the first game of the 4-game series… They outhit the Dodgers 10-5 and out homered them Dodgers 2-1… Gio Urshela (6) had a 2-run homer in the second inning and Jorge Soler (18) had a 2-run homer in the second also.
  • Saturday: Braves 10 – Dodgers 1… The Braves also won on Saturday this time by a score of 10-1… They led 4-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning where they struck for 6 runs to put the game out of reach… The Braves only outhit the Dodgers 10-7 and believe it or not all the runs were scored playing small ball as there were no homers by either team… Matt Olson drove in 4 runs with a pair of doubles and Whit Merrifield had the most hots for the Braves going 3-4.
  • Sunday: Dodgers 9 – Braves 2… The Braves and the Dodgers were tied 2-2 going into the top of the 9th inning… The Dodgers scored 7 runs in the top of the 9th and then held the Braves scoreless in the bottom of the as they took a 9-2 win over the Braves… They scored all 7 of their runs in the 9th inning after two were out and the only three homers in the game were hit by the Dodgers in that inning… The teams will finish the series in Atlanta tonight.
  • Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves season schedule, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised. .
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Sports Report for Friday, 9-13-2024

Friday, September 13, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Clinton 49 – Chapman 27… The Red Devils traveled up to Inman last night to take on the Chapman Panthers… The Red Devils started the game out putting 35 unanswered points on the board before the Panther finally scored just before the end of the first half and then rolled on to a 49-27 win over the Panthers.
    • The Red Devils had 373 yards of total offense (259 in the first half) to the Panthers 397 of which only 123 of which came in the first half.
    • The Red Devils had 339 yards rushing and only 34 passing compared to the Panthers 136 yards rushing and 261 passing.
    • Javen Cook led the Red Devils rushing attack with 156 yards on 14 carries and scored 2 TDS… Kason Copeland had 93 yards and 2 TDs with Angelo Cromer also having a rushing TD.
    • Tushawan Richardson completed 2 of 6 passes and was intercepted once while throwing 1 TD to Chris Boyd.
    • To see the complete stat package which has a play by play accounting of the game, click here.
    • The Red Devils are schedule to travel to Daniel next Friday night.
  • JV Football: Clinton 14 – Chapman 7… With the varsity football game being moved up 24 hours, the JV football game at Wilder Stadium against Chapman was moved up to Wednesday night… Good news for Red Devil fans as the team took a 14-7 win over the Chapman Panthers to run their winning streak t over 45 games (47 or 48)… It was a hard fought game with a lot of hard licks being delivered by both teams….After a scoreless first quarter , the Red Devils struck first on a 9 yd. TD run by Zydarrion Butler with 1:55 left in the half… The two-point conversion failed so the score stood 6-0 Red Devils which was the score at the half… The Clinton defense scored also as with 4:15 left in the third quarter they caused the Panther runner to fumble and A’Javian James picked it up and scored from about the Chapman 21 yard line… The two-point conversion was hood as Own Glenn connected with Damarius Griffin with a short pass to make it 14-0 Red Devils…The Panthers finally got on the scoreboard with 2:17 left in the game on a 22 yard TD pass… The Red Devils will host Daniel at 6:00 pm a week from today.

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Still Play Tonight… The Laurens Raider travel to Columbia tonight to take on the AC Flora Falcons…  The Falcons are 2-1 on the season averaging 33 points per game while giving up an average of 29.6 points per game… They are averaging more passing yards per game than rushing and if you would like more information on the Falcons click here… Now the Falcons DO NOT play on their campus… They play at Memorial Stadium which is near Owens Airfield and kind of across the railroad yard near the State Fairgrounds… If you are planning on going use the following address to find Memorial Stadium: 1000 S. Holly St., Columbia , SC 29205
  • Football: Raiders 12 – AC Flora 0… The Raider JV football team hosted the AC Flora Falcons last night at KC Hanna Stadium and its good news for Raider fans as they took a 12-0 win… The Raiders scored with 19.7 seconds left in the 1st quarter when Isai Fernandez carried in from 5 yards out capping a 76 yd. drive in 10 plays… The 2-point conversion failed… There was no further score until the 3rd quarter where the Raiders scored with 149left in the quarter when Buddy Cheeks scored from the 2 yard line to make it 12 -0 as the 2-point conversion again came up short… Both team had penalties that were drive killers and most of the Falcons offense came through the air… Ke’Allen Blackwell had an interception for eh Raiders and the Raiders also lost a fumble in the game.

Laurens Academy

  • Richard Winn 56 – Crusaders 20… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Winnsboro last night to take on the Richard Winn Eagles… The Eagles came into the game 3-0 averaging 41.3 points per game and giving up only 10 points per game and last night they rolled again as they took a 56-20 win a 56-20 win over the Crusader … The Eagles led 35-12 at the half and held the Crusaders to only 8 points in the fourth quarter… About the only other details I have on the game is that Garrett Murphy scored all 3 of the Crusader TDs and Mason Cooper had a 2-point conversion… If I get more details on the game I will bring them to you Monday… The Crusaders are scheduled to host the Knights of King Academy next Friday.

Thornwell

  • MS Football: Saints 30 – Ware Shoals 0… The Thornwell Saints middle school football team was scheduled to host the Ware shoals Hornets last night but they went ahead and played Wednesday night and all I can tell you about the game is that the saints were able to ring the bell last night as they took a 30-0 win over the Hornets to run their record to 2-0 on the season.

 

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… The results reported to me are:

  • Dixie 36 – Hickory Tavern 16… The Hickory Tavern Panthers traveled over to Due West yesterday and the ride home must have seemed longer than the one coming back as the Green Hornets defeated the Panthers 36-16… I have received some information that Dixie did not have a “true” middle school team as they played some 9th graders… About the only other thing I can tell you is that that Sam Parsons had a couple of long TD runs (about 80 yards) and also the 2-point conversions.
  • Sanders 28 – Gray Court-Owens 0… At KC Hannah Stadium yesterday afternoon the Sanders Yellow Jackets kicked off their season with a 28-0 win over the GCO Tigers… The Tigers were able to move the ball but just could not finish drives as the Sanders defense stepped up to knock down several key passes and  both teams had penalties with the Tigers coming more often than not at a bad time.
    • Sanders scored at the end of the first possession of the game on a run by Travion Robinson and Devante Hill added the 2-point conversion.
    • Sanders scored again with 3:38 left in the 3rd quarter when Kassiah Smith broke off a ling 93 yd. TD run but the 2-point conversion failed making it 14-0 Sanders with 3:39 left in the 3rd quarter.
    • Sander scored on their next possession when Robinson again scored on a run… Hill again added the 2-point conversion.
    • Sanders last score came with 2:29 left in the game when Hill carried it in but the 2-pointconversion failed to make the final 28-0 Sanders.
  • Whitmire at Laurens MS – Coaches did not report score to me. Ask them to please.
  • Ware Shoals at Thornwell – played Wednesday (9-11) with Thornwell winning 30-0

 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, September 13th… Varsity football at A.C. Flora, 6:20 pm, kickoff 7:30 pm.

 

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

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

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia still holds down the top spot but Texas moved up to #2 while last week’s #2 Ohio State drops to #3… Alabama continues at #4 but Ole Miss moves up a spot to #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Missouri, Tennessee, Penn State, Oregon and Miami (FL)… Clemson moved up from # 25 to #22… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #16 (down from #10) and Mercer #24 while Furman and Western Carolina dropped out of the top 25. … To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
  •  FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
  • FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.

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

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Sports Report or Thursday, 9-11-2024

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Local Notes

 Kevin Long Passes Away… Sad news out of Columbia yesterday as it was announced that Red Devil and Gamecock great has passed away at the age of 69… After ending his football career at Clinton HS he was a standout for the Gamecocks from 1973-76 where he became the first Gamecock to rush for over a 1000 yards in a season as in 1975 he rushed for 1133 yards… He played for the New York Jets and a couple of teams in the USFL… He was a member of the USC Athletic Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame back in 2017… Click here for more details on him and his career and click here also.

 Clinton HS

  • Clinton at Chapman Tonight… Trying to get ahead of the predicted rain tomorrow, the Red Devils will travel to Chapman to take on the Panthers a foe they have faced many times over the years… The Panthers are 1-2 on the season having defeated St Joseph’s 35-21 but lost to Daniel 41-23 and Boiling Springs 52-7.
  • JV Football: Clinton 14 – Chapman 7… With the varsity football game being moved up 24 hours, the JV football game at Wilder Stadium against Chapman was moved up to last night… Good news for Red Devil fans as the team took a 14-7 win over the Chapman Panthers to run their winning streak t over 45 games (47 or 48)… It was a hard fought game with a lot of hard licks being delivered by both teams….After a scoreless first quarter , the Red Devils struck first on a 9 yd. TD run by Zydarrion Butler with 1:55 left in the half… The two-point conversion failed so the score stood 6-0 Red Devils which was the score at the half… The Clinton defense scored also as with 4:15 left in the third quarter they caused the Panther runner to fumble, and A’Javian James picked it up and scored from about the Chapman 21-yard line… The two-point conversion was good as Own Glenn connected with Damarius Griffin with a short pass to make it 14-0 Red Devils…The Panthers finally got on the scoreboard with 2:17 left in the game on a 22-yard TD pass… The Red Devils will host Daniel at 6:00 pm a week from today.

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Still Set to Play Tomorrow Night… I talked to the AC Flora coach yesterday afternoon and they are still planning on playing their game with Laurens at 7:30 tomorrow night… If that changes, I will be sure to let you know… Now the Falcons DO NOT play on their campus… They play at Memorial Stadium which is near Owens Airfield and kind of across the railroad yard near the State Fairgrounds… If you are planning on going use the following address to find Memorial Stadium: 100 S. Holly St., Columbia , SC 29205
  • JV Game Tonight… The raider JV football team is scheduled to host the AC Flora falcons tonight at KC Hannah Stadium about 6:30… The reason I say about is that Sanders and Gray Court Owens will play at 5:00 pm before the JV game KC Hanna Stadium.

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Laurens Academy

  • Varsity Football Tonight… The Laurens Academy at Richard Winn football game that was schedule foe tomorrow night at Richard Winn has also been moved up 23 hours due to the threat of bad weather.. The Crusader and the Eagles will kick off at 6:30 pm… The 3-1 Crusader will face one of the toughest teams on their schedule as Eagles are 3-0 and averaging 41.3 points per game while giving up just 10 points per game.

Thornwell

  • MS Football: Saints 30 – Ware Shoals 0… The Thornwell Saints middle school football team was scheduled to host the Ware shoals Hornets tonight, but they went ahead and played last night and all I can tell you about the game is that the saints were able to ring the bell last night as they took a 30-0 win over the Hornets to run their record to 2-0 on the season.

 

S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 10. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (19) (2-0)  2. Gaffney (1) (2-0)  3. Northwestern (1)  4. Summerville (3-0)  5. Irmo (3-0)  6. Sumter (3-0)  7. JL Mann (2-1)  8. Hillcrest (3-0)  9. White Knoll (2-1)  10. Boiling Springs (3-0)… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, Spartanburg, Fort Dorchester, Lexington, Chapin, River Bluff, Blythewood
  • CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (21) (2-0)  2. South Pointe (2-1)  3. Daniel (2-1)  4. Camden (2-1)  5. Gray Collegiate (1-1) 6. May River (3-0)  7. Wren (3-0)  8. Richland Northeast (3-0)  9. Seneca (3-0)  10. South Florence (1-2)… Others receiving votes: Hartsville, Bishop England, North Augusta, AC Flora, Hilton Head Island, Blue Ridge, Crestwood
  • CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (20) (3-0)  2. Dillon (1) (3-0)  3. Mountain View Prep (3-0)  4. Woodruff (3-0)  5. Marlboro County (3-0)  6. Loris (3-0)  7. Pendleton (2-1)  8. Oceanside Collegiate (1-2)  9. Orangeburg Wilkinson (3-0)  10. Swansea (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Newberry, Chapman, Keenan, Aynor
  • CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (13) (3-0)  2. Strom Thurmond (7) (2-0)  3. Clinton (2-1)  4. Barnwell (1) (3-0)  5. Saluda (2-0)  6. Batesburg-Leesville (2-0)  7. Fairfield Central (2-1)  8. Philip Simmons (2-1)  9. Chesterfield (3-0)  10. East Clarendon (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Andrews, Chester, Blacksburg, Mullins, North Central, Timberland, Manning, Woodland, Academic Magnet, Andrews, Chesnee, Lake City
  • CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (12) (3-0)  2. Abbeville (9) (2-1)  3. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-1)  4. Blackville-Hilda (2-1)  5. Lake View (1-1) 6. Hannah-Pamplico (2-0)  7. Cross (2-1)  8. Dixie (3-0)  9. Branchville (3-0)  10. Lamar (1-2)… Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler, McBee, Latta, Johnsonville, Williston-Elko, Baptist Hill, 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… The schedule for today is as follows:

  • Hickory Tavern at Dixie – 5:00 pm
  • Sanders vs, Gray Court-Owens at 5:00 pm at KC Hannah Stadium
  • Whitmire at Laurens MS – 5:00 pm
  • Ware Shoals at Thornwell – played Wednesday (9-11) with Thornwell winning 30-0

 

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, September 13th… Varsity football at A.C. Flora, 6:20 pm, kickoff 7:30 pm.

 

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

 

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

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia still holds down the top spot but Texas moved up to #2 while last week’s #2 Ohio State drops to #3… Alabama continues at #4 but Ole Miss moves up a spot to #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Missouri, Tennessee, Penn State, Oregon and Miami (FL)… Clemson moved up from # 25 to #22… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #16 (down from #10) and Mercer #24 while Furman and Western Carolina dropped out of the top 25. … To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
  •  FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
  • FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week, click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.

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

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 9-11-2024

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Local Notes

 Weather Changing Football Schedules… Hurricane Francine is expected to cause 50%-60% chance of rain Friday and Saturday to our area… According to media reports, the Clinton at Chapman game has been moved to Thursday at 7:30…  I will be checking to verify that today and also checking with Laurens Academy and Laurens High School to see if that is a possibility for them.

Clinton HS

  • Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Strom Thurmond 1… Catching up with the Red Devil volleyball team, last Thursday they traveled down to Strom Thurmond HS to take on the Rebels… Good news for Clinton fans as they took a 3-1 win over the Rebels… Clinton won the first two sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-21… The Rebels came back and took the third set by a score of 25-15… The Red Devils then took the fourth set by a decisive 25-7 margin… If you would like to see individual stats for Clinton in this match click here and scroll down… The team is now 4-1 on the season and will host Strom Thurmond tonight at 7:00 pm
    • JV Volleyball: Clinton 2 – Rebels 0… The JV volleyball team also took a 2-0 win… Set scores wre25-13 and 25-15…Click here to see some individual stats on the match… They host the Rebels today at 5:30.
  • Javen Cook TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that the Red Devil junior running back Javen Cook has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in last Friday night’ performance in the Red Devils 23-14 win at Newbery… Cook offensively had 22 carries for 235 yards and one touchdown… Javen was a workhorse all night and had long runs of 39 and 49 yards, respectively…  Cook averaged 10.7 yards per carry on the night…  His 49 yard TD run put the Devils up at the time 12 – 7 in the 3rd period in the come from behind win over the 10th ranked AAA Bulldogs… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Javen has tremendous work ethic…  He is learning to become a leader on and off the field…  In the past two games he has run the ball with great determination and explosiveness…  We look forward to seeing his progress the rest of the season.”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting on September 19th at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive.
  • Update: JV Football: Clinton 26 – Newberry 7… Last Friday I told you that the Red Devil JV football team defeated the Newberry Bulldogs 26-7 at Wilder stadium but I did not have any details on the game… Well I do now… Clinton led 14-0 at the half and did not allow the Bulldogs to score until the 4th quarter… Zy Butler had 2 rushing TDS for the Red Devils and Owen Glenn had a TD pass to Graydon Watkins… The Red Devil defense also put points on the board as Ajavian James had a 40 yd. pick-six… Coach Glenn commented “Our kids put together a solid game where everyone contributed to the win. Our defense did a great job containing the quarterback and taking away their deep ball threat. The offense operated well and made big plays the entire game. #110%”… The team is 2-0 on the season and will host Chapman Thursday night at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Volleyball: Dixie 3 – Saints 1… Last night over at Thornwell, the Saints volleyball teams hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in region action in a couple of hard fought matches… Dixie won the varsity match by a score of 3-1… Dixie won the first 2 sets by scores of 25-13 and 25-15… The Saints took the third set 25-11 but Dixie took the fourth set 25-20 with the Saints fighting to the end
  • JV Volleyball: Dixie 2 – Saints 0… The JV team also lost to the Green Hornets by scored of 18-25 and 24-26 with the last set going down to the wire.
  • Up Next… The Saints will travel to Abbeville tomorrow for another region match.

S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 10. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (19) (2-0)  2. Gaffney (1) (2-0)  3. Northwestern (1)  4. Summerville (3-0)  5. Irmo (3-0)  6. Sumter (3-0)  7. JL Mann (2-1)  8. Hillcrest (3-0)  9. White Knoll (2-1)  10. Boiling Springs (3-0)… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, Spartanburg, Fort Dorchester, Lexington, Chapin, River Bluff, Blythewood
  • CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (21) (2-0)  2. South Pointe (2-1)  3. Daniel (2-1)  4. Camden (2-1)  5. Gray Collegiate (1-1) 6. May River (3-0)  7. Wren (3-0)  8. Richland Northeast (3-0)  9. Seneca (3-0)  10. South Florence (1-2)… Others receiving votes: Hartsville, Bishop England, North Augusta, AC Flora, Hilton Head Island, Blue Ridge, Crestwood
  • CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (20) (3-0)  2. Dillon (1) (3-0)  3. Mountain View Prep (3-0)  4. Woodruff (3-0)  5. Marlboro County (3-0)  6. Loris (3-0)  7. Pendleton (2-1)  8. Oceanside Collegiate (1-2)  9. Orangeburg Wilkinson (3-0)  10. Swansea (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Newberry, Chapman, Keenan, Aynor
  • CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (13) (3-0)  2. Strom Thurmond (7) (2-0)  3. Clinton (2-1)  4. Barnwell (1) (3-0)  5. Saluda (2-0)  6. Batesburg-Leesville (2-0)  7. Fairfield Central (2-1)  8. Philip Simmons (2-1)  9. Chesterfield (3-0)  10. East Clarendon (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Andrews, Chester, Blacksburg, Mullins, North Central, Timberland, Manning, Woodland, Academic Magnet, Andrews, Chesnee, Lake City
  • CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (12) (3-0)  2. Abbeville (9) (2-1)  3. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-1)  4. Blackville-Hilda (2-1)  5. Lake View (1-1) 6. Hannah-Pamplico (2-0)  7. Cross (2-1)  8. Dixie (3-0)  9. Branchville (3-0)  10. Lamar (1-2)… Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler, McBee, Latta, Johnsonville, Williston-Elko, Baptist Hill, 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.

 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, September 13th… Varsity football at A.C. Flora, 6:20 pm, kickoff 7:30 pm.

 

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

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

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia still holds down the top spot but Texas moved up to #2 while last week’s #2 Ohio State drops to #3… Alabama continues at #4 but Ole Miss moves up a spot to #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Missouri, Tennessee, Penn State, Oregon and Miami (FL)… Clemson moved up from # 25 to #22… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #16 (down from #10) and Mercer #24 while Furman and Western Carolina dropped out of the top 25. … To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
  •  FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
  • FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.

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

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 9-10-2024

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Javen Cook TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that the Red Devil junior running back Javen Cook has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in last Friday night’ performance in the Red Devils 23-14 win at Newbery… Cook offensively had 22 carries for 235 yards and one touchdown…  Javen was a workhorse all night and had long runs of 39 and 49 yards, respectively…  Cook averaged 10.7 yards per carry on the night…  His 49 yard TD run put the Devils up at the time 12 – 7 in the 3rd period in the come from behind win over the 10th ranked AAA Bulldogs… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Javen has tremendous work ethic…  He is learning to become a leader on and off the field…  In the past two games he has run the ball with great determination and explosiveness…  We look forward to seeing his progress the rest of the season.”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting on September 19th at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive.
  • Update: JV Football: Clinton 26 – Newberry 7… Last Friday I told you that the Red Devil JV football team defeated the Newberry Bulldogs 26-7 at Wilder stadium but I did not have any details on the game… Well I do now… Clinton led 14-0 at the half and did not allow the Bulldogs to score until the 4th quarter… Zy Butler had 2 rushing TDS for the Red Devils and Owen Glenn had a TD pass to Graydon Watkins… The Red Devil defense also put points on the board as Ajavian James had a 40 yd. pick-six… Coach Glenn commented “Our kids put together a solid game where everyone contributed to the win. Our defense did a great job containing the quarterback and taking away their deep ball threat. The offense operated well and made big plays the entire game. #110%”… The team is 2-0 on the season and will host Chapman Thursday night at 6:00 pm.
  • Clinton 23 – Newberry 14… The Red Devil varsity football team traveled down to Newberry last Friday night and trailed 7-6 at the half but came back and took a 23-14 win in the Battle for the CNNGA… The Red Devils gave up an early score to the Bulldogs and finally scored  (Kason Copeland 5 yd. run) about a minute left in the half but missed the PAT to make the score 7-6 Bulldogs in a first half of very physical football… The Red Devils scored first in the 3rd quarter on a 49 yd. run by Javen Cool who finished the night with 235 yds. rushing to make it 12-7 Red Devils… Newberry returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD to go up 14-12… Clinton answered that scoring on a 47 yd. rush by DJ Clark and getting the 2-point conversion from Tushawan Richardson to go up 20-14… Lukas Kuykendall added a 28 yd. field goal in the 4th quarter and the Red Devils stopped a late Newberry drive to take the win.
    • The Red Devils had 404 yds. of total offense (369 rushing) to Newbery’s 252 (169 rushing)
    • Javen Cook was the games’ leading rusher with 235 yds. and 1 TD on 22 carries.
    • To see the games’ entire stat package and play-by play accounting of the game click here.
    • The Red Devils travel to Chapman this Friday.

Laurens HS

  • BHP 55 – Laurens 6… The Raider varsity football team football team traveled up to the Bear’s Den at BHP last Friday night and found out that the Bears are very deserving of their #1 ranking in Class 3 A as the Bears defeated the Raiders 55-6… They also found out that the Bears Marquise Henderson is on the Mr. Football watch list for a very good reason as he saw less than full duty but still gained 218 yds. rushing and scored 3 TDs… The Clemson commit also set the all-time BHP career rushing record last Friday night… A third thing the Raiders found out is that it is hard to get a consistent offense when the top 2 quarterbacks are out with injury and you are forced to run a wild-cat offense… To their credit the Raiders did mount some drives and fought hard to the very end but had to settle for 2 field goals by Brock Franklin.
    •  To see the complete stat package for this game including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
    • The Raiders travel to Columbia this Friday night to take on the AC Flora Falcons.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusader 40 – Knights 20… The Crusader varsity football team ran its record to 3-1on the season last Friday night as they defeated the Oakbrook Prep Knights 40-20 at Todd Kirk Field…
    •  The Crusaders Ethan Collins completed 18 of 24 pass attempts for 327 yds. and threw 4 TD passes… Caleb Hardy caught 3 of those TD passes a and a total of 10 passes caught while Spires McCameron caught the other TD pass.
    • The Crusaders also had 233 yds. rushing with Garrett Murphy having 159 of those yards in 19 rushes… Caleb Hardy rushed 12 times for 60 yds. but scored twice.
    • Caleb hardy and John Walters each had a 2-point conversion for the Crusaders… To see more Crusader stats for this game click here.
    • The Crusaders will travel to Richard Winn this Friday night to take on the Eagles.

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, September 13th… Varsity football at A.C. Flora, 6:20 pm, kickoff 7:30 pm.

 

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

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

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia still holds down the top spot but Texas moved up to #2 while last week’s #2 Ohio State drops to #3… Alabama continues at #4 but Ole Miss moves up a spot to #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Missouri, Tennessee, Penn State, Oregon and Miami (FL)… Clemson moved up from # 25 to #22… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #16 (down from #10) and Mercer #24 while Furman and Western Carolina dropped out of the top 25. … To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
  •  FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
  • FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week, click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.

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

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Sports Report for Monday, 9-9-2024

Monday, September 9, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Clinton 23 – Newberry 14… The Red Devil varsity football team traveled down to Newberry last Friday night and trailed 7-6 at the half but came back and took a 23-14 win in the Battle for the C-NNAGA… The Red Devils gave up an early score to the Bulldogs and finally scored (Kason Copeland 5 yd. run) about a minute left in the half but missed the PAT to make the score 7-6 Bulldogs in a first half of very physical football… The Red Devils scored first in the 3rd quarter on a 49 yd. run by Javen Cool who finished the night with 235 yds. rushing to make it 12-7 Red Devils… Newberry returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD to go up 14-12… Clinton answered that scoring on a 47 yd. rush by DJ Clark and getting the 2-point conversion from Tushawan Richardson to go up 20-14… Lukas Kuykendall added a 28 yd. field goal in the 4th quarter and the Red Devils stopped a late Newberry drive to take the win.
    • The Red Devils had 404 yds. of total offense (369 rushing) to Newbery’s 252 (169 rushing)
    • Javen Cook was the games’ leading rusher with 235 yds. and 1 TD on 22 carries.
    • To see the games’ entire stat package and play-by play accounting of the game click here.
    • The Red Devils travel to Chapman this Friday.

Laurens HS

  • BHP 55 – Laurens 6… The Raider varsity football team football team traveled up to the Bear’s Den at BHP last Friday night and found out that the Bears are very deserving of their #1 ranking in Class 3 A as the Bears defeated the Raiders 55-6… They also found out that the Bears Marquise Henderson is on the Mr. Football watch list for a very good reason as he saw less than full duty but still gained 218 yds. rushing and scored 3 TDs… The Clemson commit also set the all-time BHP career rushing record last Friday night… A third thing the Raiders found out is that it is hard to get a consistent offense when the top 2 quarterbacks are out with injury and you are forced to run a wild-cat offense… To their credit the Raiders did mount some drives and fought hard to the very end but had to settle for 2 field goals by Brock Franklin.
    •  To see the complete stat package for this game including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
    • The Raiders travel to Columbia this Friday night to take on the AC Flora Falcons.
    • Photo courtesy of John Clayton.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusader 40 – Knights 20… The Crusader varsity football team ran its record to 3-1on the season last Friday night as they defeated the Oakbrook Prep Knights 40-20 at Todd Kirk Field…
    •  The Crusaders Ethan Collins completed 18 of 24 pass attempts for 327 yds. and threw 4 TD passes… Caleb Hardy caught 3 of those TD passes a and a total of 10 passes caught while Spires McCameron caught the other TD pass.
    • The Crusaders also had 233 yds. rushing with Garrett Murphy having 159 of those yards in 19 rushes… Caleb Hardy rushed 12 times for 60 yds. but scored twice.
    • Caleb hardy and John Walters each had a 2-point conversion for the Crusaders… To see more Crusader stats for this game click here.
    • The Crusaders will travel to Richard Winn this Friday night to take on the Eagles.

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, September 13th… Varsity football at A.C. Flora, 6:20 pm, kickoff 7:30 pm.

 

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

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

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a change in the top 5… The top 2 are still Georgia and Ohio State… Texas moves up to #3 followed by Alabama and Notre Dame to round out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Missouri and Michigan… Clemson dropped from 14 to 25… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #10, Furman #16 and Western Carolina ##17… 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, 9-6-2024

Friday, September 6, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • JV Football: Clinton 26- Newberry 7… The Red Devil JV football team hosted the Newberry Bulldogs last night at Wilder Stadium and the only details I have on that the Red Devils won by a score of 26-7 to run their record to 2-0… If I get details later, I will pass them on to you.
  • Varsity Football… The Red Devil varsity football team will be on the road for the first time this season as they travel down to Newberry to take on the Bulldogs… Newberry comes into the game with a 2-0 record averaging 44 points per game while giving up 7 points per game… They are ranked #10 in Class AAA in the latest SC Media Poll… Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • JV Football: Raiders 26 – Bears 20 (OT)… The Raider JV football team hosted the BHP Bears last night and I’m glad to report that the Raiders took a 26-20 win over the Bears in overtime.
    • The game was tied 20-20 at the end of regulation and the Raiders won the coin toss and elected to defer in the overtime thus giving the Bears the ball first at the 10 yard line… The Raider defense dug in and held the Bears to the point that the Bears faced a fourth down and goal to go from the 9-yard line… They attempted a pass but the Raiders Jerimiah Simpson with help from other sacked the Bears quarterback so they came away with nothing… On the second play from scrimmage the Raiders quarterback Buddy Cheeks carried it in from the 9-yard line and the celebration was on.
    • Cheeks also had a rushing TD in the first half and completed a short pass to CJ Bates for another score in the first half.
    • Isai Fernandez had a 3 yd. TD run in the third quarter and added a 2 point conversion earlier in the game.
    • The Raiders are now 1-1 on the season and will host AC Flora next Thursday at 6:30.
  • Varsity Football Goes Bear Hunting Tonight… The Raider varsity football team will go Bear hunting tonight and I am sure they will find some up at BHP… The Bears are big, strong and quick and come into the contest ranked #1 in Class AAA with a 2-0 record… The raiders will have their hands full, and I am sure that a large number of Raider fans there will inspire them to do their best… I hope you can go but if not join us at 6:20 as we begin our coverage here on Real Radio WLBG and on the internet at www.wlbg.com.   Go Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • MS Football: Crusaders 32 – Richard Winn 26 (2 OT) … The Crusader middle school football team hosted the Richard Winn Eagles yesterday and good news for Crusader fans as they defeated the Eagles 32-26 in two overtimes… I don’t have any other details on the contest, but I can tell you that the team is 2-0 on the season and will travel to WW King next Thursday night for a 6:00 pm contest.
  • Crusader at Home Tonight… The varsity football team will be hosting the Knights of Oakbrook Prep out of Spartanburg tonight and hope to get back on the winning track after their first loss of the season last Friday… The Knights are 0-2 on the season and after losing big 64-18 to Richard Winn in their first game they made the second game much closer as King Academy defeated them by a score of 22-12… Crusader fans need to come out and cheer the Crusaders on to help be sure that the Knights don’t get their first win of the season… Go Crusaders!

Thornwell

  • Volleyball: Saints 3 – SCSDB Hornets 0… The Saints volleyball team hosted the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind Hornets last night and took a 3-0 win… set scores were 25-9, 25-3 and 25-5… The saints are now 3-1 in region play… They will be in action again next Tuesday (9-10-24) as they host the Dixie Green Hornets at 5;30 pm

MS Football: Saints 14 – Wildcats 8… There was more bell ringing at Thornwell yesterday as the Saints C-football team took a 14-8 win over the Edgewood MS wildcats from Ninety Six… No other details on that game.

Middle School Football

  • Hickory Tavern 32 – Greenwood Christian 8… The Hickory Tavern Panthers opened their football season yesterday hosting the Greenwood Christian Hawks…. I am pleased to tell you that the Panthers took a 32-8 win over the Hawks
    • The Panthers scored first on about a 70 yd. TD run by Sam parsons and they also got the 2-point conversion to go up 8-0with 6:11 left in the first quarter.
    • The Hawks mishandled the ensuing kickoff, and the Panthers recovered at the hawk 45 and 4 plays later they scored on a 24 yd. run by Parsons and Aiden Eaton made the two-point conversion to go up 16-0 which was the halftime score.
    • The Hawks got their only score in the opening drive of the second half to make it 16-8
    • The Panthers responded with Omar Almanza scoring on a short run and Shamere Grant getting the two-point conversion on sheer triple effort.
    • The Panthers last score came on a 45 yd. run by Parsons with Grant again adding the two-point conversion to make the final 32-8 Panthers.

 

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, September 6th… Varsity football at BHP, 7:30

 

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

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

 

College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a change in the top 5… The top 2 are still Georgia and Ohio State… Texas moves up to #3 followed by Alabama and Notre Dame to round out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Missouri and Michigan… Clemson dropped from 14 to 25… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #10, Furman #16 and Western Carolina ##17… 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, 9-5-2024

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • JV Football Host Newberry… The Red Devil JV football team will be at home today as they host the Newberry Bulldogs at 6:00 pm… The team is 1-0 after defeating the Raider 6-0 at Laurens last Thursday.
  • Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Laurens 2… Catching up on some volleyball action back on Tuesday, the Red Devils defeated the raiders 3-2 at Laurens HS… The Raiders won the first set 22-22 but the Red Devils rebounded taking the next two sets by scores of 25-11 and 25-22… The Raiders dug down deep and managed to take a 25-22 win in set 4 to force a 5th and deciding set… There the red Devils took a 15-10… To see some individual stats on the Red Devils in this match, click here.… The team is now 2-1 on the season and will travel to Strom Thurmond today for a JV / Varsity match.
  • JV Volleyball: Clinton 2 – Laurens 1… In JV volleyball action prior to the varsity action on Tuesday, the Red Devil JV team ran its record to 2-1 also as they took a 2-1 win over the Raiders at Laurens…  The Raiders won the first set 25-23 but the Red Devils won the next two sets by scores of 25-13 and 15-13 to take the 2-1 win… To see some individual stats on this match click here.

Laurens HS

  • JV Football… The raider JV football team will be hosting the BHP Bears tonight at 6:30.

Laurens Academy

  • Volleyball at Home Today… The Crusader volleyball teams will be hosting Richard Winn this afternoon starting with middle school action at 4:00 pm and the varsity to follow about 5:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Volleyball: Wolverines 3 – Saints 2… Tuesday night the Thornwell Saints volleyball team traveled over to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines… The two teams battled back and forth but in the end the Wolverines prevailed by a score of 3-2… They won the first set 25-19but the Saints came back to win the next two sets by the same 25-19 margin… The fourth set went to the Wolverines by a score of 25-20…  In the fifth and deciding set, the score was tied often but the Wolverines prevailed by a 15-12 score… Tough loss for the Saints… The team will be back in action today at 5:30 when they host the SC School for the Deaf and Blind

Laurens County Touchdown Club… The next meeting of the Laurens County Touchdown Club will be today at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Cal Pitts of Clinton HS and Ethan Collins of Laurens Academy will be honored as the last two TD Club’s Players of the week… The local high school coaches will report on their last two games and about the games tomorrow night… Coach Steve Englehart will be the featured speaker… The cost is only $15 and you can pay at the door… Hope to see you there!

Middle School Football

  • Hickory Tavern Start Football Today… The Hickory Tavern football team starts it season today at 5:00 pm hosting the Greenwood Christian Hawks.

SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 3. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A:  1. Dutch Fork (17) (1-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (1-0), 3. Northwestern (2) (2-0), 4. Summerville (2-0), 5. Irmo (2-0), 6. TL Hanna (1-0), 7. Sumter (2-0), 8. JL Mann (1-1), 9. White Knoll (1-1) 10. Hillcrest (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, Boiling Springs, Lexington, River Bluff, Fort Dorchester, Blythewood, Chapin, James Island
  • CLASS 4A:   1. Westside (1-0) (20,) 2. Daniel (2-0), 3. South Pointe (1-1), 4. South Florence (1-1), 5. Camden (1-1), 6. Gray Collegiate (1-1), 7. Hartsville (0-0-1), 8. Richland Northeast (2-0), 9. May River (2-0), 10. Wren (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Seneca, Bluffton, North Augusta, Emerald, Gilbert, Lancaster, Midland Valley, Darlington, Crestwood, Brookland-Cayce, AC Flora
  • CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (19) 2-0, 2. Dillon (1) (2-0), 3. Pendleton (2-0), 4. Oceanside Collegiate (1-1), 5. Mountain View Prep (2-0), 6. Woodruff (2-0), 7. Marlboro County (2-0), 8. Loris (2-0), 9. Chapman (1-1), 10. Newberry (2-0) … Others receiving votes: Aynor, St. Joseph’s, Broome, Christ Church, Walhalla, Orangeburg-Wilkinson, Keenan, Swansea, Hanahan
  • CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (12) (2-0), 2. Strom Thurmond (7) (2-0), 3. (tie) Clinton (1) 1-1 3. (tie) Chester (0-1), 5. Barnwell (2-0), 6. Saluda (2-0), 7. Fairfield Central (1-1), 8. Phillip Simmons (-1), 9. Chesterfield (2-0), 10. Batesburg-Leesville (1-0)… Others receiving votes: East Clarendon, Manning, Blacksburg, Cheraw, Andrew Jackson, Andrews, Woodland, Lake City, Columbia, Timberland, Mullins, Academic Magnet
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (20) (2-0), 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-0), 3. Lewisville (2-0), 4. Cross (2-0), 5. Lake View (1-1), 6. Lamar (1-1), 7. Blackville-Hilda (1-1), 8. Hannah-Pamplico (2-0), 9. Latta (1-1), 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (1-1)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Branchville, Johnsonville, Baptist Hill, Calhoun County, McBee, Wagener-Salley

 

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, September 6th… Varsity football at BHP, 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.

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a change in the top 5… The top 2 are still Georgia and Ohio State… Texas moves up to #3 followed by Alabama and Notre Dame to round out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Missouri and Michigan… Clemson dropped from 14 to 25… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #10, Furman #16 and Western Carolina ##17… 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, 9-4-2024

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Cal Pitts TD Club Player of the Week… Yesterday it was announced that Call Pitts was chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Red Devils 35-8 win over the Laurens Raiders last Friday night at Wilder Stadium…  Pitts is a senior offensive tackle for the Red Devils… He had three knockdown blocks Friday night against the Raiders and helped lead Clinton to 327 yards rushing and 409 yards of total offense… Pitts graded out at 98% with the 3 knockdown blocks and 2 pancake blocks… Clinton High School Head Football Coach Corey Fountain states, “Cal is a part of our leadership council and leads by example… Cal is a great teammate by always picking up other players that needs rides and he organizes support of other sports by getting his accountability group and other teammates to attend other CHS sporting events.”… Cal will be honored this Thursday when the Touchdown Club meets at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive here in Laurens… Ethan Collins of Laurens Academy will also be honored as he was last week’s Player of the Week… In addition to the local high school coaches, Coach Steve Englehart of PC will be the featured speaker.

Thornwell

  • Volleyball: Wolverines 3 – Saints 2… Last night the Thornwell Saints volleyball team traveled over to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines… The two teams battled back and forth but in the end the Wolverines prevailed by a score of 3-2… They won the first set 25-19but the Saints came back to win the next two sets by the same 25-19 margin… The fourth set went to the Wolverines by a score of 25-20…  In the fifth and deciding set, the score was tied often but the Wolverines prevailed by a 15-12 score… Tough loss for the Saints… The team will be back in action tomorrow at 5:30 when they host the SC School for the Deaf and Blind

SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 3. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A:  1. Dutch Fork (17) (1-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (1-0), 3. Northwestern (2) (2-0), 4. Summerville (2-0), 5. Irmo (2-0), 6. TL Hanna (1-0), 7. Sumter (2-0), 8. JL Mann (1-1), 9. White Knoll (1-1) 10. Hillcrest (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, Boiling Springs, Lexington, River Bluff, Fort Dorchester, Blythewood, Chapin, James Island
  • CLASS 4A:   1. Westside (1-0) (20,) 2. Daniel (2-0), 3. South Pointe (1-1), 4. South Florence (1-1), 5. Camden (1-1), 6. Gray Collegiate (1-1), 7. Hartsville (0-0-1), 8. Richland Northeast (2-0), 9. May River (2-0), 10. Wren (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Seneca, Bluffton, North Augusta, Emerald, Gilbert, Lancaster, Midland Valley, Darlington, Crestwood, Brookland-Cayce, AC Flora
  • CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (19) 2-0, 2. Dillon (1) (2-0), 3. Pendleton (2-0), 4. Oceanside Collegiate (1-1), 5. Mountain View Prep (2-0), 6. Woodruff (2-0), 7. Marlboro County (2-0), 8. Loris (2-0), 9. Chapman (1-1), 10. Newberry (2-0) … Others receiving votes: Aynor, St. Joseph’s, Broome, Christ Church, Walhalla, Orangeburg-Wilkinson, Keenan, Swansea, Hanahan
  • CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (12) (2-0), 2. Strom Thurmond (7) (2-0), 3. (tie) Clinton (1) 1-1 3. (tie) Chester (0-1), 5. Barnwell (2-0), 6. Saluda (2-0), 7. Fairfield Central (1-1), 8. Phillip Simmons (-1), 9. Chesterfield (2-0), 10. Batesburg-Leesville (1-0)… Others receiving votes: East Clarendon, Manning, Blacksburg, Cheraw, Andrew Jackson, Andrews, Woodland, Lake City, Columbia, Timberland, Mullins, Academic Magnet
  • CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (20) (2-0), 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-0), 3. Lewisville (2-0), 4. Cross (2-0), 5. Lake View (1-1), 6. Lamar (1-1), 7. Blackville-Hilda (1-1), 8. Hannah-Pamplico (2-0), 9. Latta (1-1), 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (1-1)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Branchville, Johnsonville, Baptist Hill, Calhoun County, McBee, Wagener-Salley

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, September 6th… Varsity football at BHP, 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.

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a change in the top 5… The top 2 are still Georgia and Ohio State… Texas moves up to #3 followed by Alabama and Notre Dame to round out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Missouri and Michigan… Clemson dropped from 14 to 25… 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, UT Chattanooga comes in at #10, Furman #16 and Western Carolina ##17… 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.  

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 9-3-2024

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Volleyball: Woodruff 3 – Clinton 0… Last Thursday the Red Devil volleyball team hosted the Woodruff Wolverines and lost 3-0… The JV team also lost to Woodruff 2-0… No other details on these matches… The JV and varsity teams will travel to Laurens tonight to take on the Raiders with JV action starting at 5:30 and varsity at 7:00.

Clinton HS & Laurens HS

  • Clinton 35 – Laurens 8… As most of you probably know b know the Red Devils took a 35-8 win over the Raiders last Friday night at Wilder Stadium to win the fourth Laurens County Championship in as many years… The game was fairly close until just before the end of the first half as the Red Devils only led the Raiders 14-8 after Laurens actually led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter… The Raiders had the ball at their own 10-yard line and with 56 seconds left in the half they fumbled, and the Red Devils recovered it… The Red Devils took needed only 1 play to score from the 10 yd. line and with the extra point the score stood 21-8 Clinton and the Raiders were never able to get back in the game… The Raiders had 4 fumbles in the game and lost all 4 of them and the Red Devils also had an interception and they scored 21 points off the Raiders 5 turnovers.
  • Some Stats
    • Rushing, Passing & Total Yards
      • Clinton: 327, 82, 409
      • Laurens:  163, 8, 171
    • Leading Rusher: Number, Yards, TDs
      • Clinton: Javen Cook: 15-89-3Tds
      • Laurens: Nemo Fernandez: 15-87-1 Td
    • Leading Passer: Comp.-Attempts-Yds.-TD-Int.
  • Clinton: Tushawan Richardson: 4-8-82-1-0
  • Laurens: Will Thompson: 1-8-8-0-0
  • Complete Stats… To see the complete stat package including a play by play accounting of the game click here
  • Up Next… Clinton will travel to Newberry this Friday night while Laurens will travel to BHP

Laurens Academy

  • Volleyball: Crusaders 3 – Cambridge Academy 0… Catching up with the Crusader volleyball team, last Thursday they defeated the Cambridge Academy Cougars 3-0 at home to run their season record to 10-2… Set scores were 25-20, 25-14 and 25-14… They will be back in action again today as they host the Community Christian Academy Ambassadors out of Martinez, Georgia today at 6:00 pm… The Ambassadors are 8-0 on the season
  • Patriots 32 – Crusaders 20… The Laurens Academy Crusaders hosted the Wardlaw Patriots last Friday night in their home opener taking on a team that historically they have had trouble defeating… Well that proved to be the case again last Friday as the Patriots took a 32-20 win… The Patriots actually led 14-8 about a minute before the half nut Wardlaw struck and led 16-14 at the half… With about 2 minutes left in the third quarter the Patriots led 32-20 which was the final score.
    • Scoring for the Crusaders… All the Crusader scoring came on the ground as Garrett Murphy had 2 TDs and Caleb Hardy 1…Ethan Collins had a two-point conversions
    • Team Stats
      • Wardlaw had 229 yds. rushing and 60 passing for 290 total
      • Laurens Academy had 300 yds. rushing and 140 passing for 440 yds.
    • Individual Stats Leaders
      • Wardlaw
        • Passing: Colt Bailey: 4-6-60 yds., 0 TDS and Interceptions
        • Rushing: Colt Bailey: 20 for 198 yds. and 3 TDs
      • Crusaders:
        • Passing:  Ethan Collins 16-23-140 yds., 0 TDs and 2 interceptions
        • Rushing: Garrett Murphy 27 for 196 and 2 TDs.
    • More Stats… To see more stats on the game click here.
    • Up Next… The Crusaders are now 2-1 on the season and will host Oakbrook Prep this Friday at 7:30 pm

Thornwell

  • Volleyball: Saints 3 – Chiefs 0… last Thursday the Thornwell Saints volleyball teams traveled over to Calhoun Falls to take on the Blue Flashes… Good news for Saints fans as they took a 3-0 win in varsity action and 2-0 win in JV action… Set scores for the varsity match were 25-15, 25-17 and 25-7… For the JV match set scores were 25-8 and 25-6… Both teams are now 2-0 in region play… The teams will be back in action as they travel to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines.

 

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, September 6th… Varsity football at BHP, 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.

 College Football

  •  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.

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Sports Report for Monday, 9-2-2024

Monday, September 2, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS & Laurens HS

  • Clinton 35 – Laurens 8… As most of you probably know b know the Red Devils took a 35-8 win over the Raiders last Friday night at Wilder Stadium to win the fourth Laurens County Championship in as many years… The game was fairly close until just before the end of the first half as the Red Devils only led the Raiders 14-8 after Laurens actually led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter… The Raiders had the ball at their own 10-yard line and with 56 seconds left in the half they fumbled, and the Red Devils recovered it… The Red Devils took needed only 1 play to score from the 10 yd. line and with the extra point the score stood 21-8 Clinton, and the Raiders were never able to get back in the game… The Raiders had 4 fumbles in the game and lost all 4 of them and the Red Devils also had an interception and they scored 21 points off the Raiders 5 turnovers.
  • Some Stats
    • Rushing, Passing & Total Yards
      • Clinton: 327, 82, 409
      • Laurens:  163, 8, 171
    • Leading Rusher: Number, Yards, TDs
      • Clinton: Javen Cook: 15-89-3Tds
      • Laurens: Nemo Fernandez: 15-87-1 Td
    • Leading Passer: Comp.-Attempts-Yds.-TD-Int.
  • Clinton: Tushawan Richardson: 4-8-82-1-0
  • Laurens: Will Thompson: 1-8-8-0-0
  • Complete Stats… To see the complete stat package including a play by play accounting of the game click here
  • Up Next… Clinton will travel to Newberry this Friday night while Laurens will travel to BHP

Laurens Academy

  • Patriots 32 – Crusaders 20… The Laurens Academy Crusaders hosted the Wardlaw Patriots last Friday night in their home opener taking on a team that historically they have had trouble defeating… Well, that proved to be the case again last Friday as the Patriots took a 32-20 win… The Patriots actually led 14-8 about a minute before the half nut Wardlaw struck and led 16-14 at the half… With about 2 minutes left in the third quarter the Patriots led 32-20 which was the final score.
    • Scoring for the Crusaders… All the Crusader scoring came on the ground as Garrett Murphy had 2 TDs and Caleb Hardy 1…Ethan Collins had a two-point conversions
    • Team Stats
      • Wardlaw had 229 yds. rushing and 60 passing for 290 total
      • Laurens Academy had 300 yds. rushing and 140 passing for 440 yds.
    • Individual Stats Leaders
      • Wardlaw
        • Passing: Colt Bailey: 4-6-60 yds., 0 TDS and Interceptions
        • Rushing: Colt Bailey: 20 for 198 yds. and 3 TDs
      • Crusaders:
        • Passing:  Ethan Collins 16-23-140 yds., 0 TDs and 2 interceptions
        • Rushing: Garrett Murphy 27 for 196 and 2 TDs.
    • More Stats… To see more stats on the game click here.
    • Up Next… The Crusaders are now 2-1 on the season and will host Oakbrook Prep this Friday at 7:30 pm

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, September 6th… Varsity football at BHP, 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. 

College Football

  •  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, 8-30-2024

Friday, August 30, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS & Laurens HS

  • JV Football Clinton 6 – Laurens 0… The Red Devil JV football team took a hard fought 6-0 win over the Raiders last night at KC Hannah Stadium… The Red Devils went 63 yds. in 14 plays with Graydon Watkins tossing a 4 yd. TD pass to Zydarrion Butler with 7:35 left in the first quarter and made that stand up as they went on to the win… The two-point conversion failed… Both teams were able to move the ball but just could not finish the drives… In the Raiders case, penalties and some high snaps to the quarterback were often Drive killers… Both teams defense did step up at times to stop the other team… The raiders Caleb Gilchrist intercepted a Red Devil pass in the endzone to keep the Red Devils off the board early in the third quarter and at the end of the game with about 2 minutes left the Red Devils stuffed the Raiders on fourth down to get the ball back and run out the clock… Clinton is now 1-0 while the Raiders fall to 0-1.

 

  • Raiders Travel to Clinton… Unless you have just come out of a coma, been returned from and alien abduction from outer space or just don’t care about sports (why are you reading this in that case), you know that the Raiders will be traveling to Clinton tonight to take on the Red Devils in the “County Championship” … Both teams lost their season opener last Friday as the Red Devils lost to Woodruff 40-36 at home and the Raiders lost to Hillcrest 16-0 at home… The Raiders are looking to break a 3-game losing streak to the Red Devils and the Red Devils want to be able to hold up 4 fingers when the game is over… They expect a large crowd so plan on getting there early… I hope you can come out and support your favorite team but if you can’t, we do plan on brining you the game here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com… We will start our coverage at 6:20 with the Friday Night Insiders.

 

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders at Home Tonight… The 2-0 Laurens Academy Crusaders will have their home opener tonight at Todd Kirk Field as they host the Wardlaw Patriots in a non-region matchup… The Patriots are 1-0 on the season having defeated King Academy last week 32-8… The Patriots are a team that historically the Crusaders have had trouble with and they hope to turn that around tonight… A big crowd at Todd Kirk Field could help then make that happen… Go Crusaders!

 

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, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton, 7:30
  • Friday, September 6th… Varsity football at BHP, 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.

 College Football

  • Mercer 63 – PC 10… The Blue Hose opened their football season last night down at Mercer taking on the Bears… There is an old saying sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you… well last night the Bear got PC as the Bears took a 63-10 win over the Blue Hose after a 90 minute weather delay before the game started… Mack Mikko had a 24 yd. field goal in the 1st quarter and Ty Englehart threw a 24 yd. TD to Cincere Gill in the 4th quarter… PC travels to Greenwood to take on Erskine next Saturday.
  • Wofford 21 – Gardner-Webb 20… The Wofford Terriers opened their season last night at Garner-Webb and scored 10 points in the 4th quarter to take a come-from-behind 21-20 win.
  • Coastal Carolina 55 – Jacksonville State 27… Coastal Carolina also opened its season last night down at Jackson State and took a 55-27 win over the Gamecocks rolling up 552 yds. of total offense.
  • Clemson Football Schedule, TV Channels, Dates and Start Times…  Click here to see what is known at this time for the Clemson football schedule where dates, times and TV viewing is concerned
  • South Carolina Football Schedule, TV Channels, Dates and Start Times…  Click here to see what is known at this time for the Gamecock football schedule where dates, times and TV viewing is concerned

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, 8-29-2024

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Newberry 0… Catching up with the Red Devil varsity volleyball season, they started their season Monday as they hosted the Newberry Bulldogs… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 3-0 win over the Bulldogs… Set scored were 25-22, 25-18 and 25-17… JV: Clinton 2 – Newberry 0… The JV volleyball team also played Monday and the news is equally as good as they took a 2-0 win… Set scored were25-6 and 25-10… Go Big Red!
  • JV Football at Laurens Tonight… As they usually do before the Clinton vs. Laurens varsity football game, the Raiders and the Red Devils will be getting together tonight at KC Hanna Stadium in JV football action… Kickoff is slated for 6:30 pm and I do hope you can make it out to cheer on your favorite team… If you can’t, we do plan on bringing you that game here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming on the internet at www.wlbg.com… We plan on going live just a few minutes before the game starts.

Laurens HS

  • Girls Tennis: Laurens 4 – Greenwood 3… The Raiders girls’ tennis team defeated Greenwood 4-3 on Tuesday… The match was decided by the #1 doubles team of Sara Beth Field and Ella Sanders defeating their opponents in an eight game pro set 8-4.

Laurens Academy

  • Volleyball: Shannon Forest 3 – Crusaders 0… Back on Monday the Laurens Academy Crusaders fell to the Shannon Forest Crusaders by a score of 3-0… Set scores were 25-21, 25-21 and 25-13… The Crusaders are now 8-2 on the season and will host Cambridge Academy today starting at 5:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Volleyball: Saints 3 – McCormick 0… Last night in volleyball action at Thornwell, the Saints defeated the McCormick Chiefs 3-0 in varsity action… Set scores were 25-8, 25-10 and 25-9… The JV team also took a win as they defeated the Chiefs 25-2 and 25-10… This was the first region win for the Saints.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

  • Last Thursday at noon the Laurens County Touchdown Club met for the first time this season at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Garret Murphy was honored for being the clubs first Player of the Week for his role in the Crusaders 56-20 win over Cambridge Academy last Friday night… Mr. Tommy Stribble one of our local area multi-sport officials was also honored as he will be officiating his 700th contest tonight at the Woodruff vs. Clinton football game… I have personally have had the privilege of officiating a few of those 699 contest with him and will tell yo9u you will not find a better official anywhere and he an even better man… He starts is 51st year officiating tonight’s Woodruff vs. Clinton game… After that Coach Steve Englehart of PC briefly spoke and the three local high school coaches too center stage… Click here to see a video of most of that meeting.

SC Prep Football Media Poll… The latest SC Media Prep football poll came out Tuesday… To see the entirety of that poll click here… Some of the highlights are as follows:

  • 5A: Dutch Fork and Gaffney are #1 & #2
  • 4A: Laurens region foe Westside still is #1… Daniel a future opponent of the Red Devils is #3 and A.C. Flora who the Raiders will play in a couple of weeks is #8.
  • 3A: BHP who the Raiders will play in a couple of weeks checks in at #1, Woodruff #7 and Chapman a future Red Devil opponent at #9.
  • 2A: Hampton County is #1 and Clinton dropped from #2 to #4 with the loss to Woodruff last Friday.
  • 1A: Abbeville still hold down the # 1 spot and is the only team close by in the top 10.
  • Entire Poll… Again to see the entire top 10 in each classification and other teams that received votes, click here.

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

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

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

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

  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton, 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.

 College Football

  • PC Starts Season Tonight… The Blue Hose will get a jump on other area college football teams as they start their season tonight at 7:00 pm when they travel to Mercer to take on the Bears… The game will be available for viewing on ESPN+… For much more about the game, the two teams and the history between the schools, click here... If you don’t have ESPN+ there is a link to live stats on the page I just gave you the link to… Go Blue Hose!
  • Clemson Football Schedule, TV Channels, Dates and Start Times…  Click here to see what is known at this time for the Clemson football schedule where dates, times and TV viewing is concerned
  • South Carolina Football Schedule, TV Channels, Dates and Start Times…  Click here to see what is known at this time for the Gamecock football schedule where dates, times and TV viewing is concerned

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 8-28-2024

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens Academy

  • Collins Chosen as TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Laurens Academy sophomore quarterback Ethan Collins was chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the week for his performance in the Crusaders 42-25 win at Newberry against the Newbery Academy Eagles in Newberry… Collins threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns completing 13 passes on 20 attempts.  Collins had one additional 47 yard TD called back because of a penalty.  Collins also rushed 10 times for 87 yards and a touchdown…  Additionally he scored three 2-point conversions as well… Laurens Academy Head Football Coach Jolly Doolittle quoted, “Ethan has every intangible a Coach wants in a Quarterback.  He is even-keeled, mentally and physically tough, smart, coachable, disciplined, a leader and an extremely hard worker.”…The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Ethan on September 5th at the second Touchdown Club meeting of the year.  The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens.  Player of the Week awards this year will presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County.

 

Thornwell

  • Volleyball: Saints 3 – McCormick 0… Last night in volleyball action at Thornwell, the Saints defeated the McCormick Chiefs 3-0 in varsity action… Set scores were 25-8, 25-10 and 25-9… The JV team also took a win as they defeated the Chiefs 25-2 and 25-10… This was the first region win for the Saints.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

  • Last Thursday at noon the Laurens County Touchdown Club met for the first time this season at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Garret Murphy was honored for being the clubs first Player of the Week for his role in the Crusaders 56-20 win over Cambridge Academy last Friday night… Mr. Tommy Stribble one of our local area multi-sport officials was also honored as he will be officiating his 700th contest tonight at the Woodruff vs. Clinton football game… I have personally have had the privilege of officiating a few of those 699 contest with him and will tell yo9u you will not find a better official anywhere and he an even better man… He starts is 51st year officiating tonight’s Woodruff vs. Clinton game… After that Coach Steve Englehart of PC briefly spoke and the three local high school coaches too center stage… Click here to see a video of most of that meeting.

SC Prep Football Media Poll… The latest SC Media Prep football poll came out yesterday… To see the entirety of that poll click here… Some of the highlights are as follows:

  • 5A: Dutch Fork and Gaffney are #1 & #2
  • 4A: Laurens region foe Westside still is #1… Daniel a future opponent of the Red Devils is #3 and A.C. Flora who the Raiders will play in a couple of weeks is #8.
  • 3A: BHP who the Raiders will play in a couple of weeks checks in at #1, Woodruff #7 and Chapman a future Red Devil opponent at #9.
  • 2A: Hampton County is #1 and Clinton dropped from #2 to #4 with the loss to Woodruff last Friday.
  • 1A: Abbeville still hold down the # 1 spot and is the only team close by in the top 10.
  • Entire Poll… Again to see the entire top 10 in each classification and other teams that received votes, click here.

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

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

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

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

  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton, 7:30

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

Olympics

  • Sports Added to 2028 Summer Olympics… With the Paris Summer Olympics not too far back in the rear view mirror, I wonder how many of you know that the Summer 2028 will be held in Los Angeles July 14 – July 30, 2028… They will be adding back some sports that were left out this year and adding a new one or two… Cricket will be back for the first time since the 1900 Olympics in Paris… Lacrosse is back for the first time since 1948… Baseball and softball which were left out this year after several years of being “in”…Squash and flag football will be making in in for the first time… For more on this click here.

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

 College Football

  • College Football Playoff Information…. Recently there was an article that was on USA Today and the Greenville News about how teams for the expanded college playoffs for FBS teams will be chosen… Playoff ranking dates were also announced and they will start on Tuesday Nov. 5th… The people who are on the selection committee are also listed in that article… The college football playoff dates and game locations are also listed with the National Championship being played on Monday, January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To read that article click here… By the way, Good Lord willing, that will be my birthday… I’ll gladly accept a ticket to the game if anyone wants to give me one as birthday present!

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 8-27-2024

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Woodruff 40 – Clinton 36… In a game that went back and forth last Friday night, the Woodruff Wolverines were able to stop the Red Devils on a fourth and one at the Woodruff 17 yd. line with 19 seconds left in the game to take a 40-36 win over the Red Devils… Coach Corey Fountain said before the game that Woodruff was going to a better team than last year and that proved to be the case as they had 479 yds. of total offense 276 of which were on the ground and 203 through the air… After the game he took the blame saying “I did not have our guys ready to execute the way we needed to”… The Red Devils did have 488 total yds. of offense with 369 of them coming on the ground and Tushawan Richardson had 119 yds. passing for the Red Devils going 6 for 14 with 2 TDS both to Devin Swindler… Richardson also led the Red Devil rushing attack with 147 yds. and a TD… Javen Cook had 120 yds. rushing and 2 TDs… Clinton only went 3-6 in Red Zone Chances while Woodruff went 5-5… To see the complete game stat package including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.

 

Laurens HS

  • Hillcrest 16 – Laurens 0… In the season opener for new Head Football Coach Greg Porter, his former team the Hillcrest Rams took a 16-0 win over the Raiders at KC Hanna Stadium… The Rams led 13-0 at the half and the Raiders were able to hold them to 29 yd. field goal in the second half… The Rams had 128 rushing and 172 passing for a total of 300 yds. of offense to the Raiders 65 yds. rushing and 68 yds. passing for a total of 133 yds… 63 of the Rams 172 yds. passing came on a 63 yd. TD pass in the first quarter that helped the Rams go up 7-0… The Raiders also lost 2 fumbles one of which gave the Rams the ball at the Raider 30 where they only took 2 plays to turn that into 7 points in the 2nd quarter… The Raiders also had a couple of passes intercepted which of course were drive killers…  Nehemias Fernandez had 51 yds. rushing to lead the Raiders and Will Thompson went 6-11 o account for the Raiders 68 yds. passing with Brayden Patterson catching 3 of them… To see the complete game stat package including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here…. The Raiders will travel to Clinton this Friday for at 7:30 for the County Championship 2024.

Laurens Academy

  • Collins Chosen as TD Club Player of the Week… Yesterday it was announced that Laurens Academy sophomore quarterback Ethan Collins was chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the week for his performance in the Crusaders 42-25 win at Newberry against the Newbery Academy Eagles in Newberry… Collins threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns completing 13 passes on 20 attempts.  Collins had one additional 47 yard TD called back because of a penalty.  Collins also rushed 10 times for 87 yards and a touchdown…  Additionally he scored three 2-point conversions as well… Laurens Academy Head Football Coach Jolly Doolittle quoted, “Ethan has every intangible a Coach wants in a Quarterback.  He is even-keeled, mentally and physically tough, smart, coachable, disciplined, a leader and an extremely hard worker.”…The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Ethan on September 5th at the second Touchdown Club meeting of the year.  The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens.  Player of the Week awards this year will presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County.
  • Crusaders 42 – Eagles 25 … The Crusaders traveled down to Newberry last Friday night to take on their biggest rivals the Newberry Eagles… The trip back up the road after the game was a happy one as the Crusaders took a 42-26 win…. The Crusaders led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter and 28-0 at the half and held the Eagles scoreless until the 8:19 mark of the third quarter as the Crusaders went on to their second win of the season… The Crusaders had 417 yds. of total offense 219 rushing and Ethan Collins went 13-20 for 198 yds. passing and threw 3 TD passes against 1 interception… He also led the rushing attack with 87 yds. and scored a TD rushing… Caleb Hardy caught one of his TD passes and Anthony Candelas caught the other two… Caleb Hardy also scored a rushing TD as did Elijah Hornberger… Hornberger also had an interception on defense… To see more Crusader stats on this game click here… The Crusaders are scheduled to host Wardlaw Academy this Friday night at 7::30pm at Todd Kirk Field.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

  • Last Thursday at noon the Laurens County Touchdown Club met for the first time this season at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Garret Murphy was honored for being the clubs first Player of the Week for his role in the Crusaders 56-20 win over Cambridge Academy last Friday night… Mr. Tommy Stribble one of our local area multi-sport officials was also honored as he will be officiating his 700th contest tonight at the Woodruff vs. Clinton football game… I have personally have had the privilege of officiating a few of those 699 contest with him and will tell yo9u you will not find a better official anywhere and he an even better man… He starts is 51st year officiating tonight’s Woodruff vs. Clinton game… After that Coach Steve Englehart of PC briefly spoke and the three local high school coaches too center stage… Click here to see a video of most of that meeting.

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

 

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

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

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.

  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton, 7:30

 

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

Olympics

  • Sports Added to 2028 Summer Olympics… With the Paris Summer Olympics not too far back in the rear view mirror, I wonder how many of you know that the Summer 2028 will be held in Los Angeles July 14 – July 30, 2028… They will be adding back some sports that were left out this year and adding a new one or two… Cricket will be back for the first time since the 1900 Olympics in Paris… Lacrosse is back for the first time since 1948… Baseball and softball which were left out this year after several years of being “in”…Squash and flag football will be making in in for the first time… For more on this click here.

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

 College Football

  • College Football Playoff Information…. Recently there was an article that was on USA Today and the Greenville News about how teams for the expanded college playoffs for FBS teams will be chosen… Playoff ranking dates were also announced and they will start on Tuesday Nov. 5th… The people who are on the selection committee are also listed in that article… The college football playoff dates and game locations are also listed with the National Championship being played on Monday, January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To read that article click here… By the way, Good Lord willing, that will be my birthday… I’ll gladly accept a ticket to the game if anyone wants to give me one as birthday present!

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Sports Report for Monday, 8-26-2024

Monday, August 26, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Woodruff 40 – Clinton 36… In a game that went back and forth last Friday night, the Woodruff Wolverines were able to stop the Red Devils on a fourth and one at the Woodruff 17 yd. line with 19 seconds left in the game to take a 40-36 win over the Red Devils… Coach Corey Fountain said before the game that Woodruff was going to a better team than last year and that proved to be the case as they had 479 yds. of total offense 276 of which were on the ground and 203 through the air… After the game he took the blame saying “I did not have our guys ready to execute the way we needed to”… The Red Devils did have 488 total yds. of offense with 369 of them coming on the ground and Tushawan Richardson had 119 yds. passing for the Red Devils going  6 for 14 with 2 TDS both to Devin Swindler… Richardson also led the Red Devil rushing attack with 147 yds. and a TD… Javen Cook had 120 yds. rushing and 2 TDs… Clinton only went 3-6 in Red Zone Chances while Woodruff went 5-5… To see the complete game stat package including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.

 

Laurens HS

  • Hillcrest 16 – Laurens 0… In the season opener for new Head Football Coach Greg Porter, his former team the Hillcrest Rams took a 16-0 win over the Raiders at KC Hanna Stadium… The Rams led 13-0 at the half and the Raiders were able to hold them to 29 yd. field goal in the second half… The Rams had 128 rushing and 172 passing for a total of 300 yds. of offense to the Raiders 65 yds. rushing and 68 yds. passing for a total of 133 yds… 63 of the Rams 172 yds. passing came on a 63 yd. TD pass in the first quarter that helped the Rams go up 7-0.. The Raiders also lost 2 fumbles one of which gave the Rams the ball at the Raider 30 where they only took 2 plays to turn that into 7 points in the 2nd quarter… The Raiders also had a couple of passes intercepted which of course were drive killers…  Nehemias Fernandez had 51 yds. rushing to lead the Raiders and Will Thompson went 6-11 o account for the Raiders 68 yds. passing with Brayden Patterson catching 3 of them… To see the complete game stat package including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here…. The Raiders will travel to Clinton this Friday for at 7:30 for the County Championship 2024.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders 42 – Eagles 25 … The Crusaders traveled down to Newberry last Friday night to take on their biggest rivals the Newberry Eagles… The trip back up the road after the game was a happy one as the Crusaders took a 42-26 win…. The Crusaders led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter and 28-0 at the half and held the Eagles scoreless until the 8:19 mark of the third quarter as the Crusaders went on to their second win of the season… The Crusaders had 417 yds. of total offense 219 rushing and Ethan Collins went 13-20 for 198 yds. passing and threw 3 TD passes against 1 interception… He also led the rushing attack with 87 yds. and scored a TD rushing… Caleb Hardy caught one of his TD passes and Anthony Candelas caught the other two.. Caleb Hardy also scored a rushing TD as did Elijah Hornberger… Hornberger also had an interception on defense… To see more Crusader stats on this game click here… The Crusaders are scheduled to host Wardlaw Academy this Friday night at 7::30pm at Todd Kirk Field.

Laurens County Touchdown Club

  • Last Thursday at noon the Laurens County Touchdown Club met for the first time this season at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Garret Murphy was honored for being the clubs first Player of the Week for his role in the Crusaders 56-20 win over Cambridge Academy last Friday night… Mr. Tommy Stribble one of our local area multi-sport officials was also honored as he will be officiating his 700th contest tonight at the Woodruff vs. Clinton football game… I have personally have had the privilege of officiating a few of those 699 contest with him and will tell yo9u you will not find a better official anywhere and he an even better man… He starts is 51st year officiating tonight’s Woodruff vs. Clinton game… After that Coach Steve Englehart of PC briefly spoke and the three local high school coaches too center stage… Check back later this week for a video of most of that meeting.

 

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

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

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

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.

  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton, 7:30

 

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

Olympics

  • Sports Added to 2028 Summer Olympics… With the Paris Summer Olympics not too far back in the rear view mirror, I wonder how many of you know that the Summer 2028 will be held in Los Angeles July 14 – July 30, 2028… They will be adding back some sports that were left out this year and adding a new one or two… Cricket will be back for the first time since the 1900 Olympics in Paris… Lacrosse is back for the first time since 1948… Baseball and softball which were left out this year after several years of being “in”…Squash and flag football will be making in in for the first time… For more on this click here.

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

 College Football

  • College Football Playoff Information…. Recently there was an article that was on USA Today and the Greenville News about how teams for the expanded college playoffs for FBS teams will be chosen… Playoff ranking dates were also announced and they will start on Tuesday Nov. 5th… The people who are on the selection committee are also listed in that article… The college football playoff dates and game locations are also listed with the National Championship being played on Monday, January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To read that article click here… By the way, Good Lord willing, that will be my birthday… I’ll gladly accept a ticket to the game if anyone wants to give me one as birthday present!

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, 8-23-2024

Friday, August 23, 2024

Its Finally Here – Week 0 of the High School Football Season

 

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devils Open With Woodruff at Home… The Red Devils open their season tonight and find themselves in Class AA down from Class AAA but they have kept some old familiar foes and rivals on their non-region schedule… Tonight they open with just such a team as they host the Woodruff Wolverines who has been a region foe for many years… Last year woodruff went 4-7 overall and 2-2 in region play while Clinton went 10-3 and went undefeated in region play losing in the 3rd round of the playoffs to BHP 27-24…  Last year the Red Devils took a 36-20 win over the Wolverines at Woodruff… Brett Sloan is back for his second season as the head Wolverine…The Wolverines quarterback TJ Morris is back for his senior year as well as a couple of other key players so look for them to improve this year… Let’s hope that occurs after they play the Red Devils tonight… There are also some special ceremonies tonight before the game as one of the local officials Mr. Tommy Stribble will wear the white hat tonight for his 700th contest that he has officiated in in 50 years and 50 years ago the Red Devil Tennis team under the direction of Coach Keith Richardson won consecutive state championships will be honored…Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Host Hillcrest… The Raider fans are looking forward to tonight’s opening game at KC Hanna Stadium as the Greg Porter era at LDHS starts… Porter comes to Laurens from Greenville HS and before that he was head coach at Hillcrest HS where he guided the Rams to a state championship and posted a 66-44 record there and went 45-15 at Greenville… This is the first time that Coach Porter has played Hillcrest… Hillcrest went 10-3 last season made it to the third round of the playoffs losing to then region foe JL Mann 12-13 who also defeated the Rams in the regular season 42-35… The Raiders lost to the Rams 55-9 last year in the opening game of the season and Coach Porter and this year’s Raiders will do all they can to prevent that… We will start our Friday Night Insiders at 5:20 and go live to the stadium about 6:40 pm
  • JV Football Team Traveled to Hillcrest Last Night… The Raider JV team traveled to Hillcrest last night to take part in a 3 team scrimmage… The Raiders took on the Fountain Fury for 1 quarter of play and fell by a score of 20-14… They then took on the Hillcrest 9th grade team for a quarter of play and that wound up a 6-6 tie…. The last quarter they played was against the Hillcrest JV team and the score there was 8-0 Rams… The Raiders were able to move the ball, but fumbles seemed to be a problem as they had turnovers in each of the quarters that hurt them… The defense gave up some big plays including some long yardage scoring.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders Travel to Newberry … The Crusaders will head down to Newberry Academy tonight for a 7:30 pm game with the rival Eagles… The Crusaders are coming off the season opening 56-20 win against the Cambridge Academy Cougars in Greenwood last Friday night while this is the season opener for the Eagles…. Last year the Eagles went 2-9 on the season and 0-6 in region play… They struggled during the first part of the season where the Crusaders took a 58-0 in early September at their place but by October, they had improved an only loss to the Crusaders 32-20 at Todd Kirk Field… Coach Doolittle expects them to have one of the best teams they have had in years so this could be tough one…Good Luck to the Crusaders!

 Laurens County Touchdown Club

  • Yesterday at noon the Laurens County Touchdown Club met for the first time this season at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Garret Murphy was honored for being the clubs first Player of the Week for his role in the Crusaders 56-20 win over Cambridge Academy last Friday night… Mr. Tommy Stribble one of our local area multi-sport officials was also honored as he will be officiating his 700th contest tonight at the Woodruff vs. Clinton football game… I have personally have had the privilege of officiating a few of those 699 contest with him and will tell you will not find a better official anywhere and he an even better man… He starts is 51st year officiating tonight’s Woodruff vs. Clinton game… After that Coach Steve Englehart of PC briefly spoke and the three local high school coaches too center stage… Check back early next week for a video of the meeting.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

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

 

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, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens, 7:30
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton, &:30

 

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

 

Olympics

  • Sports Added to 2028 Summer Olympics… With the Paris Summer Olympics not too far back in the rear view mirror, I wonder how many of you know that the Summer 2028 will be held in Los Angeles July 14 – July 30, 2028… They will be adding back some sports that were left out this year and adding a new one or two… Cricket will be back for the first time since the 1900 Olympics in Paris… Lacrosse is back for the first time since 1948… Baseball and softball which were left out this year after several years of being “in”…Squash and flag football will be making in in for the first time… For more on this click here.

 

 

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

 

College Football

  • College Football Playoff Information…. Recently there was an article that was on USA Today and the Greenville News about how teams for the expanded college playoffs for FBS teams will be chosen… Playoff ranking dates were also announced and they will start on Tuesday Nov. 5th… The people who are on the selection committee are also listed in that article… The college football playoff dates and game locations are also listed with the National Championship being played on Monday, January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To read that article click here… By the way, Good Lord willing, that will be my birthday… I’ll gladly accept a ticket to the game if anyone wants to give me one as birthday present!

 

 

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

 

Atlanta Braves…

  • Braves 2 – Phillies 2… Last night down in Atlanta in game 3 of a 3-game series with the division leading Phillies, the Braves took a 3-2 win to win the series 2 game to 1… They did it by simply outhitting thePhillies10-3 with Adam Duvall (11) having the games only homerun a solo shot in the 6th inning that proved to be the winning runs… Spencer Schwellenbach picked up the win going 6⅔ strong innings giving up 2 earned runs on 3 hits while striking out 9 and walking just 1… The Braves start a 3-game series with the Washington Nationals tonight in Atlanta.
  • Austin Riley Out Rest of Regular Season… Well an injury has struck the Braves again this season where the Braves lineup is almost unrecognizable due to previous injuries… Sunday against the Angels Austin Riley was hit by a pitch on his right hand fracturing bones in it thus he will be out for 6-8 weeks…. For more on this and a recap of other Braves injuries this season click here.
  • Braves Sign Gio Urshela… In order to plug the hole left in the Braves lineup by Riley’s injury the Braves signed Gio Urshela to a contract Tuesday morning after being released by the Detroit Tigers on Sunday… He has been in the big leagues since 2015 and has played on 6 different teams… For more on this story click here.
  • Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves season schedule, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised. .
  • Other Scores… If you would like to see the scores of other MLB games click here.
  • Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here… Once you get there you will see the standing by league (American or National) and also by division.

 

 

Greenville Drive.

  • Drive 6 – Emperors 4… There is also good news for the casual Greenville Drive fans out there as they took a 6-4 win over the Rome Emperors last night at Flour Field… They trailed 4-0 3oing into the bottom of the 5th inning where they scored 2 runs and then proceeded to come all the way back taking the 6-4 win. Click on the score at the beginning of this section for more details.
  • Standings… To see the full standings for the SAL click here.
  • Season Schedule… To see the Drives season schedule, click here… Once you are there you can go back to look at scores of past games and also see what lies ahead for the Drive.

 

 

NASCAR

  • Reddick Wins in Two Overtimes Cup Series Race at Michigan… Monday in the rain delayed FireKeepers 400 at the Michigan International Speedway, Tyler Reddick picked up his second win of the season… They had to go run two overtimes to determine the winner with Reddick taking a slim .168 second win William Byron… For more information as to who was leading at the suspension of the race click here.
  •  Standings … With the win, Tyler Redick (814) moves up a notch to the top spot in the Cup Series Driver Standings while Case Elliot (804) moves up a spot to #2. Denny Hamlin (786) moves up to #3 and last week’s leader Kyle Larson (782) drops to 4th… Ryan Blaney (732) continues to hold down the #5 spot…  Click here if you would like to see the entire driver standings and once at the NASCAR site you can also click on links to see the standings in Xfinity and Truck Series using tabs in the upper right corner of the posting.
  • Schedule This Week… NASCAR is splitting up where they race this weekend… The Xfinity Series will race Friday night at 7:30 pm down in Daytona and the Cu Series Race will be in Daytona also on Saturday night at 7:30… The Truck series will be racing Sunday at 4:00 pm in Milwaukee… Click here to see the full schedule for Daytona and Milwaukee including practices and qualifying.
  • NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.

 

 

This & That:

 

Fall Baseball at City of Laurens Parks and Recreation… Registration is now open through August 23rd at the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation for Fall Baseball… There will be three age groupings: 5-7 coaches’ pitch, 7-9 kids’ pitch and 9-11 kids pitch… The cost for each registrant is $50… You can register can the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation offices at The Ridge on Exchange Drive in Laurens during their normal business hours… If you have any questions call them at 864-681-7275… Batter Up!

 

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

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Sports Report for Thursday, 8-22-24

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Today in District 56
    • JV football at Woodruff at 6:00 pm for scrimmage
    • Girls’ tennis hosting Woodruff at CMS in scrimmage at 5:00 pm

Laurens HS

  • Today in District 55
    • . JV football team at Hillcrest for 6:00 pm scrimmage

Laurens Academy

  • Today at LA
    • Volleyball teams host Wardlaw at 4:00 and 5:00 pm
  • Murphy TD Club Player of the Week… For his performance in last Friday’s 56-20 win by the Laurens Academy Crusaders, Garrett Murphy has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s first Player of the Week for this season… Murphy had an outstanding night for the Crusaders on both Offense and Defense…  Offensively he had 107 yards rushing on 10 carries for three touchdowns…  He also had one catch for three yards and one 2-point conversion as well.  Defensively Murphy had three total tackles and one tackle for loss and one sack… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Garrett is an extremely hard worker and a gifted athlete who leads the team by example.  He prepares well, practices well and is one of our best players.”… He will be honored this Thursday when the TD Club meets for the first time this season out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive at noon with the local high school coaches being the featured speakers.
  • Up Next for the Crusaders… The Crusaders will head down to Newberry Academy for a 7:30 pm game with the Eagles… This is the first of 2 games they will play against each other and this one will not count as a region game.

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 6:25 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

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

Olympics

  • Sports Added to 2028 Summer Olympics… With the Paris Summer Olympics not too far back in the rear-view mirror, I wonder how many of you know that the Summer 2028 will be held in Los Angeles July 14 – July 30, 2028… They will be adding back some sports that were left out this year and adding a new one or two… Cricket will be back for the first time since the 1900 Olympics in Paris… Lacrosse is back for the first time since 1948… Baseball and softball which were left out this year after several years of being “in”…Squash and flag football will be making in in for the first time… For more on this click here.

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

PC Notes

  • Football Fan Day Today… PC will be holding its Annual Football Fan Day today (Thursday, August 22nd) starting at 6:00 pm in Bailey Memorial Stadium… The event is free and it will include live music, merchandise options, food and beverages, schedule posters, autograph sessions with student-athletes, and an intersquad scrimmage to wrap up the event… Now for more information about this click here.

 

College Football

  • College Football Playoff Information…. Recently there was an article that was on USA Today and the Greenville News about how teams for the expanded college playoffs for FBS teams will be chosen… Playoff ranking dates were also announced and they will start on Tuesday Nov. 5th… The people who are on the selection committee are also listed in that article… The college football playoff dates and game locations are also listed with the National Championship being played on Monday, January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To read that article click here… By the way, Good Lord willing, that will be my birthday… I’ll gladly accept a ticket to the game if anyone wants to give me one as birthday present!

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, 8-21-2024

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!
  • Red Devils Featured on Channel 7… Last Friday night while the Red Devils were down at Chapin and participating in the jamboree Channel 7 WSPA featured the Red Devils during their 6:00 pm newscast as part of their Countdown to Kickoff… If you want to see the short video they ran after a short commercial click here.

Laurens HS

  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Murphy TD Club Player of the Week… For his performance in last Friday’s 56-20 win by the Laurens Academy Crusaders, Garrett Murphy has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s first Player of the Week for this season… Murphy had an outstanding night for the Crusaders on both Offense and Defense…  Offensively he had 107 yards rushing on 10 carries for three touchdowns…  He also had one catch for three yards and one 2-point conversion as well.  Defensively Murphy had three total tackles and one tackle for loss and one sack… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Garrett is an extremely hard worker and a gifted athlete who leads the team by example.  He prepares well, practices well and is one of our best players.”… He will be honored this Thursday when the TD Club meets for the first time this season out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive at noon with the local high school coaches being the featured speakers.
  • Up Next for the Crusaders… The Crusaders will head down to Newberry Academy for a 7:30 pm game with the Eagles… This is the first of 2 games they will play against each other and this one will not count as a region game.

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 6:25 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

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

Olympics

  • Sports Added to 2028 Summer Olympics… With the Paris Summer Olympics not too far back in the rear view mirror, I wonder how many of you know that the Summer 2028 will be held in Los Angeles July 14 – July 30, 2028… They will be adding back some sports that were left out this year and adding a new one or two… Cricket will be back for the first time since the 1900 Olympics in Paris… Lacrosse is back for the first time since 1948… Baseball and softball which were left out this year after several years of being “in”…Squash and flag football will be making in in for the first time… For more on this click here.

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

PC Notes

  • Fan Day Tomorrow… PC will be holding its Annual Football Fan Day tomorrow (Thursday, August 22nd) starting at 6:00 pm in Bailey Memorial Stadium… The event is free and it will include live music, merchandise options, food and beverages, schedule posters, autograph sessions with student-athletes, and an intersquad scrimmage to wrap up the event… Now for more information about this click here.

College Football

  • College Football Playoff Information…. Recently there was an article that was on USA Today and the Greenville News about how teams for the expanded college playoffs for FBS teams will be chosen… Playoff ranking dates were also announced and they will start on Tuesday Nov. 5th… The people who are on the selection committee are also listed in that article… The college football playoff dates and game locations are also listed with the National Championship being played on Monday, January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To read that article click here… By the way, Good Lord willing, that will be my birthday… I’ll gladly accept a ticket to the game if anyone wants to give me one as birthday present!

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, 8-20-24

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Clinton 18 – Blythewood 7… The Red Devils were down in Chapin Friday night taking on Blythewood in a half of football… Clinton won by a score of 18-7…  The following is a quote from the State Newspaper about the contest…” Clinton is legit: One of the best performances of the night came from Clinton in the 18-7 win over Blythewood. The Red Devils, No. 2 in the Class 2A poll, were dominant with its spread version of the wing-T… DJ Clark made some big plays at running back, and their offensive line could compete on any level and is led by Division I prospect Tre Aiken.”…To see the posting which out with other midland jamboree scores and other information, click here.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!
  • Red Devils Featured on Channel 7… Last Friday night while the Red Devils were down at Chapin and participating in the jamboree Channel 7 WSPA featured the Red Devils during their 6:00 pm newscast as part of their Countdown to Kickoff… If you want to see the short video they ran after a short commercial click here.

Laurens HS

  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Murphy TD Club Player of the Week… For his performance in last Friday’s 56-20 win by the Laurens Academy Crusaders, Garrett Murphy has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s first Player of the Week for this season… Murphy had an outstanding night for the Crusaders on both Offense and Defense…  Offensively he had 107 yards rushing on 10 carries for three touchdowns…  He also had one catch for three yards and one 2-point conversion as well.  Defensively Murphy had three total tackles and one tackle for loss and one sack… Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Garrett is an extremely hard worker and a gifted athlete who leads the team by example.  He prepares well, practices well and is one of our best players.”… He will be honored this Thursday when the TD Club meets for the first time this season out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive at noon with the local high school coaches being the featured speakers.
  • Crusaders 56 – Cambridge 20…  The Laurens Academy Crusaders opened their season with a bang last Friday as they traveled to Greenwood to take on the Cambridge Academy Cougars and defeated them 56-20 with a running clock in the second half… The Crusaders got the ball first and on the opening kickoff Spires McCameron retuned it for a little over 70 yards and Caleb Hardy carried it in for the 2-point conversion to make it 8-0 Crusaders with 11:48 showing on the clock and it was pretty much all Crusaders from there as they led 44-14 at the half
    • How it happened:
      • After the kickoff return for a score, the Crusaders held the Cougar and forced a short punt.
      • The Crusader took over on their own 40 yd. line… Eight plays later Garrett Murphy scored from 11 yds. out and Ethan Collins picked up the 2-oiint conversion to make it 16-0 Crusaders with 5:25 left in the 1st quarter.
      • The Cougars then fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Nathan Bell to give the Crusaders the ball at the Cambridge 26 yd. line… Three plays later, Spires McCameron carried it in from 10 yds. out but the conversion failed so the score stood 22-0 Crusaders with 4:26 left in the 1st quarter.
      • The Cougars finally got on the scoreboard with 3:24 left in the quarter as they scored on a 55 yd. pass but failed on the conversion to make it 2-6 Crusaders with 3:24 ;left in the 1st quarter.
      • The Crusaders then took over on the their on 30 yd. line after the kickoff and drove down the field in 11 plays with Caleb Hardy carrying the ball in from 8 yds. out… Ethan Collins then hit Elijah Hornberger in the endzone for the 2-point conversion to make it 30-6 with 9:35 left in the half.
      • The Cougars did pick up some yardage on their next drive but turned the ball over on downs at their own 49 yd. line… It took the Crusaders just 5 plays to cover that distance and score with Caleb Hardy soring again this time from the 8 yd. line… McCameron picked up the 2-point conversion to make it 38-6 with 5:34 in the half.
      • The Cougars then started having some success with their passing game and scored with 5.9 seconds left in the half and added the 2-point conversion to make it 38-14 Crusaders.
      • The Cougars then tried an onside kick which was covered by Anthony Candelas for the Crusaders at their own 48 yd. line with 4.5 seconds left in the half… A lot of coaches would have taken the knee and head into the break but Ethan Collins decided to carry it in from that spot and scored with no time on the clock to make it 44-14 as the 2-point conversion failed.
      • The second half had a running clock and the Crusaders scored only 2 TDs… The first one saw a Crusader rusher tackled just before crossing the goal line and fumbled into the endzone where Caleb Hardy fell on the ball for the score and the other was on short run by Mason Cooper just before the end of the game.
      • The Cougars did score again between those two Crusader scores on a long pass play and the final was 56-20 Crusaders as all 2-point conversion failed in the second half.
    • Game Stats…below are a few game stats thanks to Luke Tollison and the LA coaching staff.
      • Passing
        • Ethan Collins 5-8 for 39 yards
        • Elias Littleton 1-2 for 1 yard
      • Rushing
        • Garret Murphy 10 rushes 107 yards 3 td
        • Caleb Hardy 9 rushes 50 yards 2 td
        • Ethan Collins 4 rushes 85 yards 1 td
        • Spires McCameron 2 rushes 8 yards 1 td
        • Mason Cooper 8 rushes 71 yards 1 td
        • Elijah Hornberger 4 rushes 29 yards
      • Receiving
        • Caleb Hardy 2 catches 18 yards
        • Nathan Bell 2 catches 18 yards
        • Garret Murphy 1 catch 3 yards
        • Eli Garret 1catch 0 yards
      • Defense
        • Caleb Hardy 3.5 tackles
        • Garrison Vaughan 2 tackles 1 TFL 1 sack 1 fumble recovery
        • Nathan Bell 1.5 tackles
        • Hack Hardy 3 tackles
        • Spires McCameron 2 tackle 1 PBU
        • Elijah Hornberger 2 tackles
        • Garret Murphy 3 tackles
        • Mason Cooper 1 tackle
      • Total Yards
      • Cambridge Academy
        • Rush yards=24 yards
        • Pass yards=123 yards
      • Laurens Academy
        • Rush yards= 350 yards
        • Pass yards= 39 yards
  • Up Next for the Crusaders… The Crusaders will head down to Newberry Academy for a 7:30 pm game with the Eagles… This is the first of 2 games they will play against each other and this one will not count as a region game.

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 6:25 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

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

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

 College Football

  • College Football Playoff Information…. Recently there was an article that was on USA Today and the Greenville News about how teams for the expanded college playoffs for FBS teams will be chosen… Playoff ranking dates were also announced and they will start on Tuesday Nov. 5th… The people who are on the selection committee are also listed in that article… The college football playoff dates and game locations are also listed with the National Championship being played on Monday, January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To read that article click here… By the way, Good Lord willing, that will be my birthday… I’ll gladly accept a ticket to the game if anyone wants to give me one as birthday present!

     

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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