Area Sports

The Clinton Red Devils put the wraps on the spring sports season this week with three appearances at state championships, each turning in strong results. The Clinton track and field team had a solid day at Spring Valley High School Saturday, with Keria Dendy winning the gold medal in the shot put. Dendy’s toss of…

Adam Flagler’s days with the Presbyterian College men’s basketball team are over. Flagler announced he will be transferring to Baylor, and will have three years of eligibility left after sitting out the 2019-20 season. The Waco  (Texas) Tribune had reported the story earlier in the week. Flagler led the Blue Hose in scoring with 15.9…

The Clinton Red Devils’ athletic program has been very busy – and very successful – over the last few days. As a result the Red Devils are going to be very active as the spring sports season wraps up for 2019. Clinton’s golf team advanced to the state championship tournament with a sixth-place finish at…

Dr. Nickie Templeton, the current athletic director at Clinton High School, has announced she is leaving the school at the end of the school year to become the assistant principal at Woodmont High School, located in Piedmont. Templeton, who graduated both from Clinton High and Presbyterian College, has been the athletic director at Clinton since…

The Clinton Red Devils boys’ tennis team is one victory from a third straight state championship appearance. Clinton rolled to a 6-0 victory over West-Oak Thursday in Clinton, guaranteeing the team a chance at a return to the Class 3A finals. Clinton was to play the winner of the Powdersville-Camden match Monday at 5 p.m.,…

The Clinton Red Devils boys’ tennis team moved on to the third round of the SCHSL Class 3A Playoffs after winning its first match of the postseason, a 4-2 decision over Seneca in Clinton. Clinton picked up victories at No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 singles. with Ike Waldron (No. 1), Connor Donley (No. 2)…

The Clinton Red Devils’ softball team kept its Class 3A playoff hopes alive in an early morning game Saturday, using a 10-run second inning to blow away from Fairfield Central, 15-5, in five innings at Clinton. Clinton advanced to play the loser of the Crescent-Chesnee game, which was played later in the day on Saturday,…

The search for a new Presbyterian Women’s Tennis Head Coach didn’t last long. Joel Roberts, who helped the PC men to the Big South Tournament title and a bid in the NCAA Tournament in 2017, was named the new head coach of the women’s team Friday. Roberts, who majored in History and minored in Secondary…

The Laurens Academy baseball team’s victory Thursday night proved just what it needed to make the SCISA Class A Playoffs. Laurens Academy earned a No. 4 seed for the playoffs and will face No. 1 Dorchester Academy in an opening best-of-three series, starting Monday. Dorchester Academy will host Game 1, while LA will host Game…

It was a rough night all around for the area baseball and softball teams that took part in postseason games Thursday, while one other baseball team awaits word on whether it will be in the playoffs. The Laurens Raiders’ baseball team was eliminated from the SCHSL Class 5A playoffs Thursday night in an 11-1, five-inning…