College athletic signings continued on Wednesday as four Laurens High students inked their National Letters of Intent. Braylen Williams and Tyrese Moses both inked NLIs to continue playing football inside Laurens County, agreeing to attend and play at Presbyterian College. Troy Dendy will be off to Tennessee as he signed his NLI to attend and…
The Clinton High varsity boys’ basketball team used a late first-half run to turn a close contest with the underdog Seneca Wildcats Tuesday night into something of a laugher. The Red Devils scored 12 straight points in one key stretch, building a 38-23 lead and eventually pulling away to a 70-47 victory that sent them…
The Clinton girls’ basketball team was ousted in the first round of the SCHSL Class 3A Tournament Monday night as Pendleton used a long-range barrage in the first half to roll to a 63-29 victory. Pendleton hit 6 of 8 shots from 3-point range in the first quarter alone, and hit eight of their nine…
The Laurens Academy Crusaders girls’ basketball team rolled to a 45-23 victory over Richard Winn Saturday afternoon at Greenwood Christian, helping them win the Region 2-A Tournament title. Taylor Campbell scored 17 points and Florence Mitchell added 10 for the Crusaders, who will likely have a No. 1 seed in the state tournament. The pairings…
Both the Clinton boys’ and girls’ basketball teams played an extra game Thursday night to break a pair of ties in the Region 3-3A standings, with both Clinton teams coming up on the short end of the stick. Newberry scored the first 10 points of the second half to pull away from Clinton and pick…
Tuesday night brought five of the six area prep basketball teams back onto the court, resulting in a mixed bag of results. Laurens Academy took home the opening game of the boys’ SCISA Region 2-A Tournament with a 56-22 victory over King, in Newberry. LA got 19 points from Joshua Moore, who passed the 1,000-point…
The Clinton Red Devils’ basketball teams each won their varsity contests Friday night against Broome, but the girls’ victory was spoiled by an ugly incident late in the fourth quarter. In Clinton’s 47-36 victory over Broome that all but assured the girls a spot in the state tournament later this month, Red Devil Terriauna Bennett…
The weekend is fast approaching, and there are a healthy number of events to attend this weekend for area sports fans. Action starts Thursday evening when the Presbyterian College men’s basketball team (9-14) looks to bounce back from a tough loss to Liberty when it hosts Longwood. Game time is at 7 p.m., at…
The Laurens County Hall of Fame announced its 2018 class, featuring five new inductees. Former Laurens Raiders’ football star Rickey Foggie, former head coach Bobby Ivey, Clinton High baseball standout Kinard Littleton, and officials Sam and Truman Owens were all tabbed by the three-person selection committee for induction on March 22. The ceremony will take…
The Presbyterian College women’s basketball team wrapped up non-conference play Saturday afternoon with a thriller, getting a team-high 24 points from senior Cortney Storey – including the game-winning free throws with 1.2 seconds to go in overtime, as the Blue Hose picked up a 76-75 victory over the Furman Paladins at the Templeton Center. PC…