By MONTE DUTTON

Considerable evidence exists that I watch too much TV.
I mention commercials that I’ve seen approximately a hundred times that others seem to have never seen.
My knowledge is broad-based. They are gleaned from major-college football games, minor-college football games and reruns of Perry Mason.
How can there possibly be so much unclaimed furniture?
I’m thinking about moving to Fanville.
In the unlikely event that I demand my doctor to provide me medication I learned about in a commercial, I couldn’t possibly tell him what its name is.

The final Player of the Week for the Laurens County Touchdown Club this year is Clinton High junior Jaydon Glenn.
The reason Glenn is the season’s last honoree is that the Red Devils had to reach the state Class 2A championship game to make the season last this long.
A junior defensive end, Glenn had four tackles, two for loss, four quarterback pressures and two sacks as Clinton won its ninth state championship, 35-6, over Barnwell at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium in Orangeburg last Thursday afternoon.

It had been 15 years since Clinton won the 2009 3A championship over Myrtle Beach.
“Jaydon has been an unselfish player all year. During region play, he was moved to defensive end and never looked back,” stated head coach Corey Fountain. “He has worked tremendously hard and has been a great asset on the defensive line throughout region play and the playoffs. His pressure on the quarterback during the state championship kept one of their best players uncomfortable all game. I’m proud of Jaydon and look forward to seeing his continued success.”
Glenn is to be honored on Jan. 8 when the TD Club holds its annual banquet at The Ridge in Laurens.

Player of the Week awards are presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County.
The featured speaker for the Awards Banquet is former Clemson standout Brian Mance. The TD Club will recognize its All-County team as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each high school, as well as Presbyterian College.
Tickets can be purchased at the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce in advance for $20.

The Class 2A state champion Clinton football team placed nine on the All-Region 1 team. Seven more earned second-team recognition.
On the first team are quarterback Tushawan Richardson, running back Javen Cook, defensive back Chris Boyd, linebackers Brett and Luke Young, linemen Clayton and Hunter Lawson, center Rion Gordon and tackle Tre Aiken.
Honorable Mention honorees are tackle Cal Pitts, linebacker Kason Copeland, wide receiver Devin Swindler, defensive back Maison Tinsley, running back D.J. Clark, defensive end Jaydon Glenn and running back Rhett Gilliam.

Clinton point totals in state title wins:
(1.) 35 (Clinton 35, Barnwell 6, 2024)
(2.) 35 (Clinton 35, Myrtle Beach 26, 2009)
(3.) 34 (Clinton 34, James Island 7, 1977)
(4.) 32 (Clinton 32, Hanahan 0, 1972)
(5.) 30 (Clinton 30, Middleton 0, 1985)
(6.) 30 (Clinton 30, Marion 7, 1987)
(7.) 16 (Clinton 16, James Island 6, 1978)
(8.) 14 (Clinton 14, Myrtle Beach 6, 1975)
(9.) 7 (Clinton 7, Lake View 6, 1939)

Both Laurens Academy basketball teams lost to Spartanburg Christian by 13 points, but the games were different.
The Warriors built a big lead early in the boys’ game and mostly matched buckets the rest of the way to win, 57-44. The girls were neck-and-neck until the fourth quarter, when SCA pulled away.
Garrison Vaughn led the Crusaders with 20 points. Braydon Burke added nine and Garrett Murphy eight.
The Warriors outscored LA 17-5 in the fourth quarter of a 54-41 triumph in the girls’ game. Braylee Burke led the Crusaders with 11 points, followed by Sadie Bruyere with nine and Brooklyn Senn with seven.

Elsewhere …
Laurens picked up a big victory in boys’ basketball at Greenwood, defeating the Eagles, 59-54, and improving to 5-3. Greenwood won the girls’ game, 53-29, dropping the Raiders to 5-4.
Last Thursday, Thornwell’s basketball teams ran away with games against S.C. School for the Deaf & Blind, presumably the deaf, in Spartanburg . The boys won, 71-19, and the girls, 79-8.

Thornwell also split in Simpsonville against Green Upstate, the girls winning, 30-26, and the boys falling to the Owls, 55-51.
The Presbyterian College men are at home on Wednesday against Virginia University of Lynchburg. Game time is 2 p.m.
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