FLORENCE – The third time was the lucky charm for the Shamrocks. Eau Claire ended Clinton’s playoff run Tuesday night in the Class 2A Upper State Championship with a 41-30 victory at the Florence Center. “We were able to get them twice during the regular season, but they just outplayed us tonight,” said Clinton head…
The South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2025 has a distinctly Clinton feel to it as the list of this year’s inductees include native sons George Wham and Andy B. Young. Wham, a Clinton native and graduate of Thornwell and Presbyterian College, is the co-head athletic trainer and assistant athletic director…
The Clinton girls basketball team made it to the Final Four for the first time in 13 years Tuesday night with a come-from-behind victory over visiting Fairfield Central. Senior Bryanna Belton scored 14 points, and the Red Devils dominated the fourth quarter to come away with a 40-30 victory in the state quarterfinals. Clinton advances…
SUMTER – Cross Schools’ pressure defense finally cracked Laurens Academy, and the Stingrays downed the Crusaders 45-29 to capture the SCISA Class 2A girls basketball championship Saturday at the Sumter Civic Center. LA head coach Jason Marlett recognized his young team was the underdog heading into the finals, but was hoping his 18-8 Crusaders could…
SPARTANBURG – The Clinton boys basketball season and the Red Devils’ playoff run ended two minutes, 42 seconds early Friday night at High Point Academy. High Point defeated Clinton 67-48 in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs in a tumultuous game that the officials stopped with 2:42 remaining in the fourth quarter. By…
SUMTER – Freshman Sadie Bruyere hit the front end of a one-and-one free-throw attempt with 9 seconds to play in overtime to lift Laurens Academy to a 44-43 win over Dorchester Academy at Wilson Hall Thursday night and into the SCISA Class 2A state championship game. Brooklyn Senn and Bruyere combined for 24 points in…
Clinton got off to a fast start Thursday night on its way to the quarterfinals of the Class 2A state playoffs, while the Red Devils’ stifling defense made sure visiting Landrum never really got started at all. The Red Devils advanced to the Round of 8 with a 45-19 victory over the defending Upper State…
Clinton’s Tushawan Richardson scored a game-high 24 points, and the Red Devils survived a fourth-quarter Saluda rally for a 54-49 victory Tuesday night in the Class 2A state playoffs. The Red Devils exploded for 26 points in the fourth quarter and took a 44-25 lead into the final period, but Saluda went on a 24-10…
COLUMBIA – The Laurens Academy girls basketball team advanced to the SCISA Class 2A Final Four with a 49-43 victory over Charleston Collegiate Monday night at Cardinal Newman School. Sadie Bruyere scored a game-high 20 points, and seventh-grader Braylee Burke added 15 to lead the Crusaders (17-7), who received a first-round bye into the quarterfinals.…
In a rare postseason matchup between Red Devils, the Clinton girls basketball team cruised past Liberty 67-29 and into the second round of the Class 2A state playoffs. Bryanna Belton led four Clinton Red Devils in double figures with 17 points. Nah’shia Wrighg scored 13, Mylayja Thompson scored 12 and McKenzie Clark added 10 for…