First-year coach — and athletics director — Tommy Spires has started the turnaround at Laurens High, where the Raiders have already won more games than all last season. Last week…

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Jayden McGowan, a state-champion sprinter and versatile star of Laurens Raider football, signed with Vanderbilt of the Southeastern Conference last week at LDHS. McGowan, primarily known as a receiver but…

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Laurens made the Clinton boys work hard, but the Red Devils won the boys’ basketball game 45-42, and the girls rolled past the Raiders, 48-29. Read the story and see…

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Rayshon Harrison and Winston Hill both scored 26 points. One would think that was enough but it wasn’t as College of Charleston slipped past Presbyterian 78-76 in overtime on the…

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Matthew Wiggins of Laurens shot round of 71 and 69 — the only player in the field with a pair of under-par rounds — to win the annual Laurens County…

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Presbyterian College is launching a nationwide search for its next head football coach after Kevin Kelley informed the administration that he is stepping down from leading the program for personal…

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In the 1st stanza in the county basketball rivalry, Clinton won both boys’ and girls’ games on Laurens’ home floor on Friday night, dominating the 2nd halves of both games.…

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The UNO Classic was a 3-day, men’s basketball round-robin hosted by the University of New Orleans but dominated by Presbyterian College, which won on consecutive afternoons (Wednesday-Thursday) over, in order,…

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Corey Fountain’s 3rd Clinton football team won 11 games and advanced to the 3rd round of the Class 3A playoffs, but there, in Central, the Red Devils ran into a…

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While the Presbyterian football team was playing its final game against St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., the women’s basketball team was soundly defeating the Tommies at Templeton Center. Read…

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Kevin Kelley’s 1st season as head football coach at Presbyterian College ended with a 2-9 record, and the Blue Hose set an NCAA records for most average points (53.68) allowed…

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Laurens knew it was playing a worthy opponent in a 2nd-round Class 4A game in Rock Hill. The South Pointe Stallions were as advertised, eliminating the Raiders by a score…

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A tough early-season schedule has plagued Alaura Sharp’s Presbyterian women’s basketball program, which opened at Kentucky and took a 68-39 loss at Furman on Friday. The Blue Hose visit Western…

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After giving Clemson a bit of a scare in the season opener, Presbyterian, behind Rayshon Harrison’s 32 points, defeated VMI at Templeton Center on Friday night by a score of…

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Marist was the latest bearer of sad tidings to visit Bailey Memorial Stadium. The Red Foxes from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., handed the Blue Hose their 8th straight loss by a score…

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Clinton, trailing by two touchdowns in the 1st half, came off the deck to upend Lower Richland and advance to the Upstate football semifinals in Class 3A with a 48-34…

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The CHS Competitive Cheer team qualified for the AAA State Championship on Tuesday, Nov. 9.  The Red Devils will travel to Columbia on Nov. 20, to compete in the state…

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At the end of each tennis season, the South Carolina High School League hosts a singles tournament for the top girls across the state. Players qualify for the “invitation only”…

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Clinton High’s football team scored more points in a game than any team in the school’s history. And it was in the Class 3A playoffs, and the Red Devils played…

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Presbyterian College women’s basketball coach Alaura Sharp has four starters back and no shortage of optimism as the Blue Hose attempt to improve on last season’s 11-10 record. Sharp’s teams…

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The fact that Easley was seeded higher made no appreciable difference to the Laurens Raiders, who hammered the Green Wave, 56-13, on Friday night in Easley. Quarterback James Rawl threw…

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Jalen Jones set a pair of school records, but Valparaiso managed to keep Presbyterian at bay in a 65-55 victory on the Beacons’ home turf on Saturday. The Blue Hose…

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The CHS Girls Tennis Team will compete in the Upper State Championship tonight after easing through their playoff draw thus far. They beat Berea in round 1, 6-0. They beat…

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Corey Fountain’s Clinton Red Devils put a nice cap on the regular season with a 39-17 victory over perennial rival Woodruff on the Wolverines’ home field. Clinton (9-1) hosts Palmetto…

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Since opening the season with two victories over minor opponents, the Presbyterian Blue Hose have lost six consecutive games, the latest being a 56-14 loss to Stetson in a Pioneer…

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Although Laurens won both Region 2-4A football games it played, the Raiders enter the playoffs as No. 3 seed because COVID forced cancellation of games against Greenwood and Greenville. Nonethless,…

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At Presbyterian College homecoming, the Blue Hose allowed a point less than the week before, but the University of San Diego still won by a score of 69-28. Davidson won,…

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A week after a 1-point loss to Chapman, Clinton’s football team bused to Greenwood and overwhelmed Emerald, 47-0. The Red Devils improved to 8-1 overall and 3-1 in Region 3-3A.…

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For all practical purposes, Laurens visit to play White Knoll in Lexington meant little. This week’s home game with Greer means much. The 19-14 victory did, however, lift the Raiders…

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After consecutive Region 2-4A cancellations due to COVID, the Laurens Raiders looked recovered and refreshed in a 69-10 victory over Eastside in Taylors. Laurens (3-3) plays outside its region in…

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Davidson won the new Border Cup for its games against Presbyterian with the ease, doubling up the Blue Hose, 70-35, at Richardson Field on Saturday. Presbyterian (2-4, 0-3 Pioneer Football…

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A tough call that transformed a Clinton interception into a Chapman touchdown played a crucial role in the Panthers’ 27-26 victory over the Red Devils at a near-capacity Wilder Stadium.…

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The 2021 Pioneer Football League (PFL) matchup between Davidson and Presbyterian will feature the inaugural Carolina Border Clash for the 1919 Cup. The history between the two schools dates back…

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Just numerically, Presbyterian College has lost consecutive football games by margins of 72, 20 and 8 points, respectively. The Blue Hose won their 1st two games against teams of modest…

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Davis Wilson became the 1st quarterback this year to be named Player of the Week by the Laurens County Touchdown Club. The Clinton senior directed the Red Devil offense in…

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Clinton High School Cross Country teams swept their opponents in their final home meet of the year on Monday, October 4th. It was also Senior Night and Dorothy Trent, Joey…

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Clinton, ranked 3rd in Class 3A, played like it on Friday night as the Red Devils roared past Union County 56-21. Bryson James scored 3 touchdowns and Clinton (6-0, 1-0…

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Presbyterian scored the 1st 23 points and the final 14, but in between it was all Dayton as the Flyers defeated the Blue Hose 63-43 in a wild Pioneer Football…

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The Clinton Red Devils are 5-0 in football for the 1st time since 2007. Their 41-20 victory over Newberry was the 1st against the Bulldogs since 2012. Read the full…

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Clinton remained unbeaten with a 49-7 homecoming victory over Blue Ridge at Wilder Stadium. The Red Devils take a 4-0 record into Friday night’s game, also at home, against nearby…

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After a late comeback — and a missed field goal that could have won in regulation — Laurens lost for the 3rd time. In Lexington, River Bluff defeated the Raiders,…

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In its 1st two games, Presbyterian used the innovative football approach of new head coach Kevin Kelley to outscore meager opposition by a combined score of 152-46. The trend reversed…

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