Area Sports

Editor’s Note: Advertiser Editor John Clayton will be back in Columbia Thursday and Friday for complete coverage of PC’s NCAA Tournament game against No. 1 South Carolina. Read it all here. COLUMBIA – Presbyterian’s post-season glass slipper still fits. The PC women’s basketball team outlasted Sacred Heart 49-42 in the First Four of the NCAA…

Thornwell Charter School, which is in its first year of varsity competition in team sports, is searching for a new head football coach after one season. Charlie Washington coached the Saints as they returned to varsity football for the first time in 18 years, but lasted only one season. Thornwell went 1-8 in Washington’s lone…

Presbyterian College will host a watch party for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show Sunday at Templeton Center. The Selection Show, which will be broadcast by ESPN, will begin at 8 p.m. Doors at Templeton will open at 7:30 p.m. During the show, the NCAA Women’s Tournament brackets will be announced, so the Blue…

The Presbyterian College women’s basketball team won its first Big South Conference championship Sunday with a 60-37 victory over Radford at High Point University’s Qubein Center, earning the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. No. 5-seeded PC broke open a tight contest in the fourth quarter, ending the game with a 24-5 run behind…

Staff Reports The Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame will induct five members into its fifth class on April 25, 2024. The induction ceremony will be held at the Laurens County Museum on the historic square in Laurens at 6:30pm. The process of selecting the fifth class of the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame…

Visiting West-Oak overcame a double-digit third-quarter deficit and held off Clinton 47-39 Saturday afternoon in the second round of the Class 3A girls basketball playoffs. The Red Devils turned a 21-15 halftime lead into a 25-15 advantage in the opening minute of the second half, but the Warriors answered with a 7-0 run over the…

A swarming Clinton defense shut out Southside in the fourth quarter Wednesday night as the Red Devils advanced to the second round of the Class 3A playoffs with a 43-18 victory. The Red Devils ended the game on a 22-0 run over the final 9:40 of game time. Mylayja Thompson, who earned S.C. Basketball Coaches…

Clinton clinched the boys and girls Region 4-3A championships Tuesday night with victories at Woodruff. The Clinton girls downed the Wolverines 44-18, while the boys outlasted Woodruff 52-47. Both Red Devils teams are unbeaten in region play at 6-0 and have two-game leads over second-place Woodruff with the head-to-head tiebreak advantage. In the boys game,…

The South Carolina High School League announced its region assignments Thursday, the final part of its realignment plan for 2024-26. Schools have until Jan. 30 to present any plans to appeal the region assignments. Appeals are to be heard Feb. 6-8. Clinton, which moved to Class 2A from Class 3A, will play in Region 1-2A…