Presbyterian College men’s basketball has paused all team activities after a member of the program tested positive for COVID-19. As a result of this positive test, the Blue Hose have canceled the team’s next three scheduled games. The Wofford game Sunday, Dec. 6, has been canceled, while the Gardner-Webb series scheduled for Dec. 9-10, in…
• Ticket info for Raiders, Red Devils below The high school girls basketball season has already met with speed bumps for Clinton and Laurens high schools – and neither had made it to tip off in an actual game as of Tuesday night. LDHS Athletic Director Tommy Spires announced Tuesday morning that the Raiders varsity…
Just days after Presbyterian’s season-opening loss at Clemson, the Blue Hose announced a halt to women’s basketball activities due to a positive COVID-19 test within the program. The PC athletic department said Monday that the team’s next three scheduled games have been canceled, including on set for this past Monday night at Furman. No makeup…
Thornwell returned as a charter school, opening for elementary and middle-school children for the 2019-20 academic year, and now administrators say the Saints will return to athletic competition as early as this spring. The current plan is to bring back high school football by 2023-24. “Thornwell was a big part of the Laurens County sports…
HOLLY HILL – Fireworks were set off in celebration minutes after Holly Hill Academy eliminated visiting Laurens Academy from the SCISA 8-man football semifinals Friday night, downing the Crusaders 50-36. But truthfully, the fireworks had been going on since Holly Hill’s Zack Pelloni returned the opening kick 66 yards for a touchdown. The unbeaten Raiders jumped out…
Clinton ended a frustrating week and possibly its football season on a high note with a dominant defensive performance and a 38-6 nonconference victory over Strom Thurmond Friday night at Wilder Stadium. The Red Devils held the Rebels to just seven yards on the ground and intercepted quarterback Patrick Westbrook twice, doubling his interception total…
Clarence Bertoli scored three touchdowns and to lead Laurens Academy to a 30-14 victory over visiting Patrick Henry Friday night in the opening round of the SCISA Class A 8-man football playoffs at Todd Kirk Field. Bertoli scored on touchdowns of 15 and 55 yards in the first half, but the Patriots rallied to a…
The Laurens District High School football season came to an abrupt end Thursday as District 55 officials announced that a person in the program tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release from District 55, the person within the program tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday and was asymptomatic until the day of the test. District…
Laurens Academy scored its third blowout victory in a row Friday night with a 60-0 thumping of a combined Palmetto Christian-Cambridge Academy team at Todd Kirk Field in SCISA 8-man football. With the victory, the Crusaders (7-3 overall, 3-2 conference) earned a first-round home playoff game and will face Patrick Henry next Friday night. LA…
UNION – Host Union County scored the go-ahead touchdown with just over three minutes to play, and the Yellowjackets’ defense stopped Clinton’s last-ditch drive to hold on for a 28-21 Region 3-3A victory Friday night. A Jykorie Gary catch-and-run set up the Red Devils at the Union 5-yard line, but a call for an…