Sports Report for Friday, 10-10-2014

The Blue Hose football team has had some big moments at home this season when they knocked off Furman a few weeks back and Western Carolina last week… Well they have a chance to add to that as they host #3 Coastal Carolina tomorrow at 2:00… For more information about the game, click on the following link: PC host #3 Coastal Carolina

CHS

• Tennis: CHS 7 – Lancaster 0… The Lady Red Devils tennis team hosted the Lady Bruins of Lancaster in Region 3-AAA action yesterday and took a very convincing 7-0 win over the Lay Bruins… Gracie Waldron, Mason Paige Gambrell, Mary Beth Ferguson, Elizabeth Jones and Molly Scarborough all picked up wins in singles action… The #2 doubles team made up of Mary Catherine Kelly and Izzy Worley also took a win… Lancaster forfeited the #1 doubles match…. Clinton moves to 7-2 on the season and 6-0 in region play… Click on the following for more match details: 2014-10-9-CHS – Lancaster
• Varsity Volleyball: Lancaster 3 – CHS 0…. JV: Lancaster 2 – CHS 0
• JV football: Lancaster 48 – CHS 20 …. The Red Devil JV football team took on the Lancaster Bruins at Wilder Stadium and came out on the short end of a 48-20 score… Lancaster jumped out to a 14-0 lead after their first two possessions… Clinton drove inside the 20 on their next possession but turned it over on downs… However, the Red Devil defense held the Bruins and forced them to punt with less than two minutes to go in the half… Taylor Bailey completed a pass to Dawson Green to get the Red Devils down inside the five and Bailey took it in from one yard out with less than a minute to go in the first half. Elvis Fitz’s PAT cut the lead to 14-7… Lancaster would fumble the ensuing kickoff and Clinton would take over inside the Lancaster 10… Clinton would take a shot in the endzone but it fell incomplete… Fitz attempted a field goal with one second left but it was blocked and returned for a touchdown on the final play of the first half as the Bruins took a 20-7 lead going into the half… Lancaster would score on their first possession of the second half to go up 26-7… Clinton would score on a Kris Holmes run to cut the lead to 26-13… Lancaster then scored and converted the two point conversion to take a 34 – 13 lead late in the 3rd quarter… Lancaster would score again and take a 40-13 lead before Clinton’s King Price scores on a 10 yard run… Fitz added the extra point to cut the lead to 40-20… Lancaster added a late touchdown and made the two point conversion to round out the scoring… Clinton will travel to Union County next Thursday to take on the Yellow Jackets.

LDHS

• Tennis: Greenwood 5 – LDHS 2… The Lady Raider tennis team hosted the Lady Eagles of Greenwood yesterday afternoon at the Laurens City Tennis Courts… The raiders proved to be too kind a host as the Eagles took a 5-2 win over the raiders dropping them into 4^th place behind Hanna, Greenville and Greenwood… The Raiders two wins came a #2 singles and #1 doubles where Kathleen Horner won her singles match and paired with Abby Riddle to take the doubles win…. Click on the following for match details and comments from Coach Corley: Greenwood 10-9-14   The Raiders host Senior Night at the Laurens City Courts Tuesday.
• JV football: LDHS 22 – Hannah 0… The Laurens Raider JV team took a 22-0 win over the Yellow Jackets of TL Hannah last night at KC Hannah Stadium… Laurens went 59 yards in 5 plays in their first possession with Braylin McBeth carrying it in from 24 yards out to take an 8-0 lead when he also added the 2-point conversion… Laurens scored on their next possession which was set up by KT Abney intercepting an errant Hannah pass… McBeth picked up his 2^nd TD of the night with a 3 yard run to make the score 14-0 with 8:38 left in the half… Neither team could score the rest of the half and in their initial possession of the 2^nd half, Hannah drove all the way to the Raider 6 inch line when on 4^th and goal to go the raiders forced a fumble into the endzone which they recovered for a touchback… A dead ball personal foul then moved the ball out to the Raider 35 from where it took them 10 plays to score with 6:34 left in the game to score when McBeth picked up his 3^rd TD of the evening on a 30 yard run… McBeth added the 2-point conversion to make the final score 22-0 and the JV team moves to 2-4 on the season.
• 9^th grade football: Hannah 39 – LDHS 28… In 9^th grade action prior to the JV game yesterday at KC Hannah Stadium, Hannah took a 39-28 win over Laurens… Both teams scored at the end of their first possessions of the game with Troy Dendy getting the first of his 2 TDs on the night on a 14 yard run… Dendy also picked up the 2-point conversion to make the score 8-7 with Laurens on top with 6;40 left in the first period… Hannah’s Braylon Peterson then picked up his 2^nd of 5 TDs on the night on a 55 yard run on the first play from scrimmage making it 14-8… Not to be outdone, Troy Dendy then went 56 yard on Laurens 1^st play and the score was tied 14-14 with 6:04 left in the opening period… Hannah added 3 more scores in the half to take a 33-14 lead into the halftime break… Laurens was first to score in the second half when Aaron McCleod intercepted a Hannah pass giving the Raiders the ball at their own 33 yard line… Six plays later Ty Rice scored from 3 yards out and Dendy added the 2-pont conversion to make it 33-22 with 2:44 left in the 3^rd quarter… Hannah responded on their next possession and scored making it 39-22 early in the 4^th quarter… The raiders managed 1 more score with 1:12 left in the game when Rice picked up his TD on an 11 yard run making the final score 39-28… The team goes to 2-2 on the season and both the 9^th grade and JV team will host Hillcrest next Thursday.

Middle School football…. Be sure to see the posting in the Featured Sports section of our homepage for the latest scores and standing in the Little River conference.

• LMS 14 – Belton 8…. The Laurens Middle School Tigers hosted undefeated Belton yesterday and I have a feeling Belton did not like the ride home as Laurens defeated them 14-8… Laurens opened up a 14-0 lead at the half by taking their first possession down the field behind Jervis Young and Carado Ray… Ray scored on a 2 yard run to end the drive and later scored again on a 56 yard run in the 2^nd quarter… LMS had trouble getting their offense in sync the 2^nd half but their defense kept Belton out of the endzone until the late in the final quarter of play… Belton threatened again but with 1”30 left, Donte Smith had an interception to seal the win…
• SMS 34 – BSW 0… The Sanders Yellow Jackets also posted a win yesterday and theirs was a 34-0 over the Bell Street White Wildcats… Sanders led 28-0 at the half one score being on a 72 yard run by Demondra Boyd with the 2-point conversion coming on a pass from Garrett Addy to Zachary Miller… Jordan Woodruff got on the board on a 54 yard run with Robert Walker rushing for the 2-point conversion… Jaylon Massey also had a rushing TD of 47 yard in the first half and the last Sanders score of the half came on 30 yard TD pass from Boyd to Zachariah Miller…Woodruff capped off the scoring for Sanders with a 43 yard TD run.
• BSR – 24 – HT 6… The Bell Street Red Wildcats hosted the Panther of Hickory Tavern yesterday at Wilder Stadium and the Wildcats defeated the Panthers 24-6… Brandon Owen had the lone TD for Hickory tavern… Sorry, no scoring details from BSR.
• HP 42 – GCO 12… The Gray Court-Owings Tigers hosted the team from Honea Path yesterday and all I have is the final score and that was HP 42 – GCO 12.

Local Sports Schedule: (CHS – Clinton High, LDHS – Laurens High, LA – Laurens Academy & MS – middle school athletics)

• LDHS Football @ TL Hannah 7:30
• LDHS Saturday Cross country @ Furman 9:00 am
• CHS football @ Lancaster 7:30
• LA football @ WW King 7:30

This & That:

• Fan Bus to Hannah… There will be a fan bus going to the game tonight in Anderson…. The cost for the ride (you will have to purchase admission ticket when you arrive) will be $5.00… That’s probably less than the cost of gas it would take you to drive up there…. The bus will leave LDHS about 6:00 pm… For more details or to reserve your place on the bus call the District Transportation Office at 682-9117…. See you there!
• Softball Chicken Stew Sale: The Lady Raider Softball Teams are pre-selling chicken stew as a fund raiser for the team… Orders will be taken until the end of October and the cost of the stew is $7.00 per quart and will be ready Saturday November the 8th… You can see any member of the Raider softball teams to place your order or contact Michelle Gibbs at LDHS… Her email address is: mgibbs@laurens55.org and her phone number is 864.682.3151 ext 5093 
• 1984 Football Team Reunion…There will be a reunion of the 1984 football team, cheerleaders and coaches before the October 24^th game at home with Westside… There will be a supper prepared for the honored guest in the Commons area at 5:00 pm… If you are planning on attending, please call Ashley Hall at 683-3351 so they can be sure to prepare enough food.
• Laurens County Touchdown Club… The Laurens County Touchdown Club will hold its next meeting of the year today… The three local high school coaches and Coach Harold Nichols of PC will be there to recap past games… The quest speaker will be John Iamarino, Commissioner of the Southern Conference…  For more information about the club including the full season schedule and information about joining, click on the following link: 2014 Laurens County TD Club… For video of past meetings, click on the following link: Video of 2014 Laurens County TD Club Meetings….
• Coach Chris Liner Show….  Be sure to join Coach Chris Liner each Monday night at the House of Pizza in the Western Square as they talk not only Raider football but football in general… The show starts at 7:00 pm each Monday … From 6:00 until closing on Monday nights they will selling wings for 75₵ each (that’s 25₵ of the normal price)… They will also have some wing and pizza combo specials available… So bring the family and come enjoy the food and conversation … If you can’t make it, you can always catch the show on Real Radio 860 WLBG or on the internet at www.wlbg.com
• Varsity Football on WLBG: Be sure to tune into the Friday Night Insider Show with Mike Hughes as your host at 5:30… He will have interviews with the coaches from Laurens Academy, Ware Shoals High and Clinton High about their game Friday night… He will also have the one and only Elmo P. Arbagoogle and his ”predications” of local high school and college contest… Then at 6:05 we will join Stan Olenek for his high school pregame show… We will then go live to Anderson for all the action as the Raiders take on a region opponent the TL Hannah Yellow Jackets and for all the festivities of Homecoming… Doug Holiday will do the play-by-play and King Dixon will join him for color commentary while Mike Hughes reports from the side lines and Philip Dean will bring you all the statistics… Be sure to take your FM radio and pick us up on the in-stadium transmitter at 95.9 or 95.7 on the FM dial.
• Replay of Raider Football (Internet Only)… Replays of the last Raider football game at wlbg.com online streaming at wlbg.com/listen or by clicking our listen live link on the homepage. There you will find multiple play formats for any computer, tablet or smartphone. Raider Football replays will be on Saturday mornings from 7:30 am-11 am, Sundays from Noon – 3:30 pm and 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm and Monday through Thursday nights from 9:30 pm-Midnight during football season

Happenings at – Clinton & Laurens YMCA & City of Laurens Parks & Recreation

Laurens YMCA:

•  Tomorrow the Laurens YMCA will be holding a Fall Festival…. Admission is free and there will be bounce houses, door prizes, face painting, bake sales, raffles, popcorn and games for all ages… The hours will be 9-12 in the morning and there will be some very nice prize packages being raffled off…Click on the following for a list of those raffle packages:   For more information call the YMCA at 681-0203.

 Clinton YMCA

• Nothing at this time

 Laurens Parks & Recreation:

• Nothing at this time

If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to reports scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.