Area Sports

Clinton opened the Class 2A playoffs Friday night with a dominating performance against overmatched Pelion, bullying the visiting Panthers 56-0 at Wilder Stadium. Javen Cook, D.J. Clark and K.J. Vance scored two rushing touchdowns apiece, while the Red Devils defense limited Pelion to 70 yards of total offense. Senior quarterback Tushawan Richardson, who celebrated his…

Senior running back Garrett Murphy scored on a 10-yard touchdown run Friday night in overtime to propel Laurens Academy to a 34-28 win over Jefferson Davis Academy and into the SCISA 8-man State Finals. The Crusaders (10-3) will face old nemesis Richard Winn for the state title next Friday at W.W. King Academy in Batesburg.…

Javen Cook and Tushawan Richardson both turned in 100-yard rushing games as Clinton downed host Liberty 42-22 to claim the Region 1-2A championship Friday night. Cook scored on runs of 9, 18 and 57 yards – all in the first half – as the Red Devils jumped out to a 22-7 lead by halftime. Clinton…

Playing its first home playoff game in four years, Laurens Academy easily dispatched of Cross School Friday night with a 56-22 opening-round victory in the SCISA 8-man state playoffs at Todd Kirk Field. LA (8-3) put the game out of reach early, leading42-8 by halftime. Cross, which is located in Bluffton,  ended its season at…

Fountain Inn capitalized on Laurens mistakes in the fourth quarter and left K.C. Hanna Stadium with a 35-14 victory and a guaranteed playoff spot by virtue of a fourth-place finish in Region 1-4A. The Fury scored 29 fourth-quarter points with their final three touchdowns set up by LDHS turnovers, including two interceptions by sophomore defensive…

GREENWOOD – Emerald guaranteed itself a playoff spot, wrapping up a third-place finish in Region 1-4A Friday night with a 26-17 victory over visiting Laurens. Emerald’s Key Holloway scored on a pair of first-half touchdown runs and the Vikings defense held the Raiders to just 35 yards rushing on 30 attempts (1.16 yards per carry).…

Clinton opened the Class 2A state girls tennis playoffs Wednesday with a 4-2 home victory over Dixie. With the win, the Red Devils will travel to Whitmire Tuesday. Here are results from Monday’s match: CLINTON 4, DIXIE 2 Singles: No. 1 Libby Dailey (C) def. Nicole Hershberger 6 – 0, 6 – 1; No. 2…

The Clinton tennis team ended its regular season with a 5-1 victory at Chester Monday and followed that with a 4-2 win Wednesday afternoon over Dixie to start the Class 2A state playoffs. In volleyball, Region 3-2A champion Clinton (16-2) will host No. 5-seeded High Point Academy at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Red Devils were…

Six different Clinton players scored rushing touchdowns as the Red Devils exploded for 605 yards of total offense in a 61-14 region victory over Blacksburg Friday night at Wilder Stadium. It was the second straight outing of more than 50 points for the Red Devils, who improved to 6-2 overall and remained unbeaten in Region…

For the second straight week, Laurens faced one of the top-ranked teams in Class 4A, and the result was much the same. The Raiders managed only a field goal for the second time in as many weeks as senior wide receiver Chmarryus Bomar scored three touchdowns to lead No. 1-ranked Westside to a 49-3 victory…