August 18, 7:30 pm @ Batesburg-Leesville
Batesburg is home to world-famous Shealy’s Barbecue, 340 East Columbia Avenue.
Batesburg-Leesville is in Region 2 AA along with Fox Creek, Pelion, Silver Bluff, Strom Thurmond and Saluda (football only). B-L was scheduled to scrimmage Barnwell, Mid-Carolina and Strom Thurmond in the preseason. In 2022, Batesburg-Leesville was a AA playoffs team as a #4 seed, knocked out in the first round by #3 seed Newberry, which was knocked out the following week by State Champ Abbeville.
Clinton is in Region 3 AAA along with Chester, Emerald, Union County, and Woodruff.
Clinton scrimmaged York on Friday at the York Jamboree. TDs: Clinton 14 – York 0…. Kaydon Crawford, 12 yd. TD pass from Tyshuwan Richardson; Jayden Robinson, 4 yd. TD run all in 1st quarter.
Newberry and Chester are opponents on both Clinton’s and Batesburg-Leesville’s schedules.
THURSDAY, JV vs. B-L: Kickoff will be at 7 PM. This is a paid LIVE scrimmage. Admission is $5.00 - CASH ONLY at the gate.
2022 result: We didn’t know it at the time - August 19 - but this would be the start of a remarkable 13-1 season for Clinton Red Devil Football, Head Coach Corey Fountain and coaches, and Red Devil Nation in 2022.
Clinton’s run-dominated offense rolled for more than 600 yards in a 55-20 win over Batesburg-Leesville, in a non-region tune-up to THE BIG GAME at home against Laurens (41-7 loser to Hillcrest).
Bryson James’ two 3rd quarter touchdowns against the tiring Panthers’ defense put the game away at 48-20. B-L had hung around with an 80-yard kickoff return touchdown, and an interception on a screen pass touchdown. A senior running back and outside linebacker, and team captain who eventually became the Laurens County Player of the Year, James racked up 159 yards on 8 carries. Do the math - that’s 19.9 yards per carry against a Panthers-busting offensive line.
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