Area Sports

Clinton stayed alive in the Class 3A playoffs Thursday night with a 7-0 victory over visiting Travelers Rest. One day after officially signing with Spartanburg Methodist, Clinton starting pitcher Carson Glenn pitched his second straight shutout, allowing just three hits, striking out five and walking two in 6 2/3 innings. He was pulled before the…

Laurens defeated Greenwood 1-0 in extra innings as the Class 4A baseball playoffs continued Wednesday night. Coleman Coker delivered an RBI single, scoring pinch runner Josh Goodwin from third. Goodwin replaced Owen Pridgen, who led off the ninth inning with a walk, stole second and reached third on a passed ball. Josh Hughes picked up…

• Red Devils to host Wren Tuesday in 1st round of playoffs • Updates: Thornwell, LDHS, LA playoffs this week;  Red Devil tennis advances Clinton won its third straight region baseball championship Friday night behind a four-hit gem by left-handed starter Carson Glenn. The Red Devils downed visiting Union County 2-0 in a winner-take-all game…

Laurens’ Bennett Edwards scored a walk-off run on a passed ball in the ninth inning Tuesday night to lift the Raiders to 5-4 victory over rival Clinton at Ed Prescott Field. Edwards reached base on a walk to open the ninth inning, but that was the beginning of control problems for Clinton pitching. Edwards went…

New Presbyterian College women’s basketball head coach Tiffany Sardin said she had never held a Scottish Claymore sword like the one presented to her Friday afternoon by PC Athletic Director Dee Nichols. But now she has the sword and the keys to the Blue Hose women’s basketball program. Sardin’s hire was announced during a Friday…

Two weeks after leading the Presbyterian College women’s basketball team on a historic run to the NCAA Tournament, head coach Alaura Sharp has accepted the same position at Appalachian State. Appalachian State has scheduled a press conference for 12:15 p.m. today (Friday) to introduce Sharp. A national search for Presbyterian College’s next head coach is…

Thornwell Charter School has hired a familiar face as its second head football coach since beginning varsity competition last season. Former Laurens District High School head coach Daryl Smith was announced Thursday morning as the Saints’ head coach, replacing Charlie Washington. Thornwell parted ways with Washington two weeks ago after a 1-8 season in 2023.…

Sports Commentary – John Clayton Forget about Cinderella. She’s out of her depth now in Columbia. This is Buster Douglas business. This are Armani Edwards and Appalachian State stunning Michigan in the Big House vibes. This is Broadway Joe and the Jets beating the near-invincible Colts. This is Charismatic winning the Derby at 31-1 but…

COLUMBIA – When South Carolina and Presbyterian face off at 2 p.m. Friday in Columbia, the Gamecocks will be without one of their best players. Even so, the Blue Hose are decided 53.5-point underdogs. All-American Kamilla Cardoso, a 6-foot-7 center from Brazil by way of Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Hamilton Heights Christian Academy, will not be in…