The Clinton boys tennis team won the combined Class 3A/2A/1A Upper State Championship with a 4-2 victory over visiting St. Joseph’s Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the Red Devils advance to the state finals for the second straight year and will once again face Oceanside Collegiate, a 6-0 winner over Waccamaw Wednesday. The state championship…
Both Clinton and Laurens Academy picked up playoff victories Tuesday in home games. Clinton defeated Liberty 6-1 in the Class 2A Upper State District 2 opener for both teams, while LA scored nine runs in the fifth inning to rally past Dorchester Academy 11-9 in Game 2 of its best-of-three SCISA Class 2A semifinal series.…
BAMBERG – Laurens Academy advanced past the opening round of the SCISA state baseball playoffs Thursday for the first time in more than a decade, moving forward with a 9-0 victory over Andrew Jackson Academy in the deciding game of the best-of-three SCISA Class 2A playoff series. Riley Whittaker pitched a two-hit shutout as LA…
No. 2-seeded Andrew Jackson bounced back from a Game 1 loss Laurens Academy to force a deciding Game 3 in the SCISA Class 2A state baseball playoffs. The Crusaders fell 7-5 in Game 2, following a 6-4 victory Monday in Game 1 in Bamberg. LA committed four errors and two Andrew Jackson pitchers limited the…
GREENWOOD – Clinton graduate Wil Stewart will have one of the best seats in the house when Lander faces Gannon Sunday at Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship. But that’s just not exactly where the Bearcats sophomore wants to be. He’d rather be on the court, but a back injury…
The Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame will induct four members into its seventh class on May 21, 2026. The induction ceremony will be held at Belk Auditorium, on the campus of Presbyterian College, at 7:00pm. The ceremony will be a part of the Laurens County Sports Awards, an ESPYs-type event that honors high school…
Cross Schools ended Laurens Academy’s quest for a Class 2A state girls basketball championship for the second straight year, topping the Crusaders 46-39 Thursday night in Sumter. Last year, Cross defeated LA in the state finals. This year, the loss came in the semifinals at Wilson Hall. LA got off to a rocky start, hitting…
Landrum avenged a playoff loss to Clinton from a year ago by eliminating the No. 1-ranked Red Devils from the Class 2A playoffs Tuesday night. The Cardinals defeated Clinton 63-37, and it was never close. Landrum led 25-7 after the first quarter and cruised into the Class 2A Final Four. The Cardinals (23-7) will face…
The Laurens Academy boys basketball team advanced to the SCISA Class 2A Final Four Tuesday with a 49-45 victory over Faith Christian at Wilson Hall in Sumter. The Crusaders overcame a 23-19 deficit at halftime, going on a 16-8 third-quarter run that proved to be the difference. The two teams each scored 14 points in…
The Laurens Academy girls advanced to the SCISA 2A state semifinals for the second straight year Monday night, topping Cathedral Academy 63-48 in a physical quarterfinal contest at Cardinal Newman School in Columbia. LA will now face Cross Schools (21-7) in Thursday’s semifinal round in Sumter. Cross defeated the Crusaders for the state title 45-29…