Area Sports

The Clinton High School girls tennis team continued its Class 3A state playoff journey Tuesday with a 6-0 victory over visiting Seneca. Meanwhile, Laurens’ playoff run ended Tuesday with a 6-0 loss at top-seeded A.C. Flora. The Raiders finished as the No. 2 seed in Region 2-4A and won their opening-round match 6-0 over Lancaster…

Presbyterian honored its Big South Conference 2021 championship baseball team with a ring ceremony Saturday morning. PC head coach Elton Pollack, who was also a standout player during his collegiate career with the Blue Hose, also received a different diamond of sorts. PC officially named its baseball field after Pollack. It is now called “Elton…

San Diego senior running back Terrance Smith scored three rushing touchdowns as the Toreros sent Presbyterian to its fifth straight loss Saturday and spoiled the Blue Hose’s homecoming weekend. The Toreros opened the game with 23 straight points en route to a 69-28 win over the Blue Hose. After opening the season with four straight…

LEXINGTON – Zy Todd scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 9-yard run with 10 minutes, 45 seconds left in the game, and visiting Laurens outlasted White Knoll 19-14 in a nonconference game Friday night. After forcing a White Knoll punt on their next possession, LDHS held the ball for over six minutes of game time,…

GREENWOOD – Jykorie Gary and Bryson James ran for two touchdowns apiece and Clinton’s defense recorded its second shutout of the season Friday night in a 47-0 win over host Emerald. With the victory, the Red Devils (8-1 overall, 3-1 Region 3-3A) rebounded from their only setback of the season, a 27-26 loss to Chapman…

• Chapman thwarts Red Devils for region title … again • Laurens Academy volleyball finishes off perfect 12-0 region season • Clinton’s Peyton Pitts, Laurens’ Zy Todd headed to all-star game   Laurens volleyball, tennis set for postseason The Raiders are readying for playoff matchups this week. The Laurens District High volleyball and girls tennis…

A battle of Class 3A heavyweights lived up to the billing Friday night, but Chapman escaped Wilder Stadium with a 27-26 win over previously unbeaten Clinton and the inside track to the Region 3-3A title. The Red Devils battled back from a one-time 21-7 first-half deficit to take their first lead of the game in…

TAYLORS – Quarterback James Rawl threw for five touchdowns, and Zy Todd ran for 104 yards and a pair of scores to lead Laurens to a 69-10 win at Eastside Friday night. The Region 2-4A victory came after a two-week layoff for the Raiders (3-3 overall, 1-0 region) brought on by COVID-19 cases and quarantines…

The seventh time was the charm for Laurens Academy. The Crusaders notched a homecoming victory Saturday afternoon, rolling over Jefferson Davis Academy 66-30 at Todd Kirk Field. The game had been postponed from Friday night due to rainy conditions, but LA had waited an agonizing seven weeks to pick up a victory, but didn’t have…

Laurens got back to practice at near full force Monday. Now, the Raiders just have to make it to Friday night. COVID-19 positive tests and quarantines forced LDHS to cancel its last two scheduled varsity football games, which were region contests against Greenwood and Greenville. The outbreak and quarantines entirely decimated two position groups, forcing…