Local Sports Results:
CHS: Yesterday a couple of CHS teams were involved in scrimmages and the coaches were kind enough to get the scores to me so I will pass them along to you.
Soccer: CHS 1 – Dixie 1
Tennis: CHS 4 – Chapin 3
Laurens Academy: The boys’ basketball team was down in Sumter @ Wilson Hall taking on St. John’s in semi-final action of the SCISA State Basketball Tournament
LA 57 – St. John’s 55… The Crusaders trailed in this game by as much as 17 in the first half and were still down 9 with about 3.5 minutes to play in the game but they managed to come back and take a 57-55 win on a buzzer beating 40 ft. 3-point shot by Matthew Urwick….The Crusaders comeback in the second half was sparked by Chase Brewington who had 28 of his 38 points on the night in the second half… He tied the game 54-54 on a pair of free throws with about 15 seconds left in the game… moments later he was called for his 5th foul and St. Johns made 1 of 2 free throws to go up by 1 with 5 seconds left… After the inbound, Matthew Urwick found himself with the ball 40 feet or so from the basket and put up a shot that went through the net as time expired to give the Crusaders the 57-55 win… They will now play Myrtle Beach Christian at 12:30 tomorrow for the SCISA Class A Championship at the Sumter Civic Center…. Good Luck to the Crusaders!!!
College Notes:
SC 67 – Georgia 56… The South Carolina Lady Gamecocks secured the SEC regular season title last night in Columbia with a 67-56 win over the Lady Bulldogs of Georgia… The team is now 26-2 on the season and 14-1 in SEC play and will close out their regular season Sunday at Tennessee.
South Carolina vs. Clemson in Baseball… Well today starts the annual 3-game series between the Tigers and the gamecocks on the baseball diamond… Carolina will host tonight at 7:00 and the game can be seen on Fox Sports South … The series will move to Flour Field in Greenville tomorrow at 2:00 and can be seen on ESPN3 & WMYA 40 … The final game will be Sunday at 4:00 and will take place at Doug Kingsmore Stadium… No TV as far as I know on Sunday, I don’t think Clemson has learned how to plug it up yet…. No just kidding, on Tigercast only.
Local Sports Schedule:
CHS:
Lacrosse host Riverside 5:30
Softball @ Heritage Park Tournament: Today CHS vs. Palmetto 5:30, Saturday: Calhoun Falls 10:30, Dorman 1:30 and another game TBA.
Baseball tomorrow Carolina Ale House Tournament at Irmo: CHS vs. Aiken 3:00
LDHS:
Wrestling… Today and tomorrow Ryan Hughes & Spanky Crocker @ State AAAA Tournament at Anderson Civic Center.
Baseball… Today LDHS host Southside Christian 5:00, Tomorrow LDHS host Powdersville
Softball… tomorrow scrimmage at Byrnes 9:00 am
FYI / Community Interest:
Travel Basketball Try-outs… LDHS varsity girls basketball Coach Yoneko Washington will be holding try-outs for a girls travel basketball team this Sunday March 2nd at the LDHS main gym… The try-outs are open to young ladies in grades 6-11… The try-outs will start at 5:30 and conclude at 7:30… There will also be a sign-up for girls in grades 3-5… For more information contact Coach Washington at ykwashington@laurens55.or or Melvin Allen at (864) 876-2526.
Laurens YMCA Registration for Spring Sports… The Laurens YMCA is registering youth for Tee Ball and Dixie Youth Baseball… Tee Ball & Dixie Youth is open to those ages 3-15 and registration closes March 17th… For more information about these call he Laurens YMCA at 984-2626 or go to the Y’s website www.laurensymca.org.
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.