Area Sports

Another accolade in a season full of them, Presbyterian College football head coach Steve Englehart was selected as the 2025 FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) on Tuesday. Englehart coached the Blue Hose to a 10-2 record this past season, which ended Saturday with a 29-25 victory…

Visiting Fairfield Central accomplished what it couldn’t do at this time a year ago – beating Clinton in the Class 2A playoffs at Wilder Stadium. And they did so emphatically with a 42-7 victory over the defending Class 2A state champion Red Devils. Last season, Clinton eliminated the Griffins in the Class 2A Upper State…

GREENWOOD – Laurens Academy’s drive for a SCISA 8-man state championship was thwarted in the finals for the second straight year Friday night. W.W. King Academy defeated the Crusaders for the third time this season – this time for the state title – beating LA 50-36 at Greenwood Christian School. King standout running back Joseph…

Laurens Academy will return to the SCISA 8-man State Championship game for the second time in as many seasons. The Crusaders (9-2) defeated previously unbeaten Holly Hill Academy 30-24 Friday night in the 8-man semifinals, winning for the first time at Holly Hill and beating the Raiders for the first time in four playoff meetings…

Senior running back Javen Cook rushed for 236 yards and scored four touchdowns as Clinton advanced to the Class 2A Upper State semifinals with a 35-25 victory over visiting Saluda Friday night at Wilder Stadium. With the win, the Red Devils (9-3) advance to a playoff rematch against Fairfield Central (9-3), a 36-0 winner over…

Clinton began the Class 2A playoffs Friday night in much the same way the Red Devils ended the regular season – with a dominating victory. The Red Devils, ranked No. 2 in Class 2A, crushed North Central 56-7 at Wilder Stadium, advancing to a second-round playoff next Friday night. The victory was the sixth straight…

Emerald scored the game-winning touchdown with 11. 7 seconds remaining in the game to escape K.C. Hanna Stadium with a 23-17 victory over Laurens Friday night. With the win, the Vikings (5-5 overall, 2-3 Region 1-4A) captured the fourth playoff spot from Region 1-4A. The Raiders ended their season – the second under head coach…

UPDATE: Finals set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Cardinal Newman Defending champion Laurens Academy volleyball is heading back to the SCISA Class 2A state finals. LA defeated Oakbrook Prep 2-0 (25-19, 25-8) Saturday to advance to the finals. LA head coach Shannon McGee said the finals will be played at Cardinal Newman School in Columbia…

WINNSBORO – Just minutes shy of three hours and 142 points after Laurens Academy’s SCISA 8-man football game began Friday night at Richard Winn Academy, the Crusaders came away with a 78-64 victory. The two teams bludgeoned one another with big play after big play until the Crusaders finally were able to pull away from…

Defending Region 1-4A champion Westside cruised to a 41-9 victory over visiting Laurens Friday night. With the win, the Rams set up a showdown for this season’s region championship next week at Wren. Once again, the Raiders were unable to score enough to keep up with Westside’s potent offense. LDHS (1-8 overall, 1-3 region) has…