Area Sports

Clinton claimed the Class 2A District 1 championship Wednesday with a 7-4 victory over visiting Chesnee. With the win, the Red Devils (21-6) advance to the Upper State championship round and will host Batesburg-Leesville (18-6-1) tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock. Against top-seeded Chesnee (18-11), the Red Devils rallied from a 3-0 deficit with a five-run…

Daniel ousted Laurens from the Class 4A District B playoffs Tuesday with a 10-1 victory in Central. With the win, the Lions move on to the Upper State championship round and are to play at top-seeded Fountain Inn today. Daniel touched up LDHS pitching for 13 hits and led 7-0 after four innings. The Lions…

Laurens third baseman Coleman Coker led off the eighth inning with solo home run to left field, and the Raiders added a pair of insurance runs for a 7-4 Class 4A District B Upper State playoffs Saturday. The win sets up a winner-take-all game at Daniel at 6:30 p.m. Monday for the District B championship.…

Laurens advanced to the Class 4A District B baseball finals Thursday night with a 7-3 win over visiting Blue Ridge. With the victory, the Raiders (19-11) will play at Daniel Saturday in the finals. Daniel defeated LDHS 3-2 Tuesday night, forcing the Raiders into the elimination bracket. Blue Ridge, who lost to Daniel Monday, was…

The Clinton boys tennis team is headed to the Class 3A/2A/1A state championship thanks to a 4-2 victory over Christ Church Wednesday in Greenville. Clinton is returning to the state finals for the first time since 2021 and will try to win its sixth boys championship. The Red Devils are to face the winner of…

Clinton defeated Saluda for the third time in eight days Tuesday, beating the visiting Tigers 5-1 to advance in the winner’s bracket in the Class 2A District 1 baseball playoffs. With the win, the Red Devils (19-6) are to travel to Chesnee Thursday. Top-seeded Chesnee defeated Central 9-2 Tuesday night. Clinton trailed Saluda 1-0 before…

Laurens baseball will begin the Class 4A playoffs at home Monday as the No. 5 overall seed in the Upstate. The Raiders (16-9), who finished second in Region 1-4A, will host No. 12 Travelers Rest (11-15) at 6:30 p.m. LDHS is to play again Tuesday in the double-elimination tournament. Meanwhile, Clinton is to host Saluda…

The Laurens boys tennis team continued its historic season Thursday with a 5-1 second-round playoff victory over visiting Fountain Inn. With the victory, LDHS, which had earlier won its first ever boys tennis region championship, advances to the Upper State semfinals for the first time in playoff history. The Raiders opened the playoffs Tuesday with…

Fountain Inn junior right-hander Brayden Passmore won a pitcher’s duel Tuesday night, beating host Laurens 1-0 and helping the No. 1-ranked Fury firmly into the driver’s seat for the Region 1-4A championship. LDHS pitchers Grayson Ledford and Caleb Rice did their job shutting down the Fury offense, but the Raiders’ bats floundered as Passmore struck…