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Blue Hose football adds 30 on National Signing Day
Presbyterian football’s rebuilding effort continued Wednesday with 30 additions to the 2023 football recruiting class of second-year head coach Steve Englehart. “This recruiting class addresses many of our needs on the field to help us morph into the program that we envision, and we will continue to search for young men that fit within our…
Read MoreSports Extra: County football players sign
Anderson U, Lamb net 4 county players Mr. Football finalist James chooses Trojans with teammates Aiken, Kinard Copelands: Justin to North Greenville; Jishun joins Newberry’s ‘Pack Clinton’s Justin Copeland spent part of Tuesday night running over in his mind everything he wanted to say on National Signing Day – all the people he wanted to…
Read MoreCHS senior killed in 2-car collision
A Clinton High School senior and member of the Red Devils football team was killed in a two-car vehicle accident on East Jerry Road in Laurens just after midnight Saturday morning. Taylor Tisdale, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Tisdale was traveling on East…
Read MoreSports Extra: Red Devils overtake Yellowjackets in Region 4-3A standings
Clinton avenged its only Region 4-3A loss Tuesday with a 57-49 victory over visiting Union County and remained atop the conference standings. The Red Devils (13-5 overall, 4-1 region) overcame a game-high 23 points from Union County’s Ja Raylen Gregory with a balanced scoring attack. Quay Ryant and Tushawon Richardson scored 14 points apiece and…
Read MoreSports Extra: PC women upset Upstate, 82-53
Freshman guard Aubrie Kierscht scored a game-high 18 points to tie her career best and lead Presbyterian to an 82-53 victory over USC Upstate Wednesday night at Templeton Center. The Blue Hose (8-10 overall, 4-3 Big South) snapped a two-game Big South Conference skid with the victory. PC has scored 80 points or more in…
Read MoreRaiders win first mat meeting versus Red Devils
The rather lengthy book in the Laurens-Clinton high school rivalry added another chapter Monday night as the Red Devils and Raiders met for the first time on the wrestling mat. LDHS defeated Clinton 39-32 in the first dual match between the two programs. Clinton’s wrestling program is in its first season of existence, but pushed…
Read MoreInternational House of Blue Hose: PC roster changes with Euro additions
There are no names on the back of their jerseys, but the Presbyterian women’s basketball team might need them this season. And a world atlas. With 11 new players, including four from Europe and the NCAA transfer portal, keeping up with the new cast and a few new languages has presented its own challenges as…
Read MoreSports Extra: Raiders’ Martin picks baseball, Terriers
Laurens District High two-sport standout Jackson Martin announced on Twitter Wednesday (Dec. 20) his verbal commitment to play baseball at Wofford. Martin, a right-handed pitcher and outfielder for the Raiders, is also nominated for Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Year for his play as a receiver, defensive back and punter on the football…
Read MoreDevil of a debut: Clinton hosts 1st home wrestling match
George Cody spent most of last winter all alone representing a Clinton wrestling team that was more theory than fact. This season, he got reinforcements as the inaugural Red Devils wrestling team took to the mat after a couple of years of planning, purchasing equipment and hiring head coach Andrew Wright away from Emerald High…
Read MoreTrainer training: LDHS student trainer heads to Shrine Bowl
Laurens quarterback James Rawl didn’t know his season was over due to a knee injury as he lay on the field at K.C. Hanna Stadium, just short of a touchdown. But he knew Mason Gibbs was there to help. “When I ran out there, I got on a knee and said, ‘James, it’s OK, I’m…
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