The third time was the charm for the Shamrocks on Tuesday evening at Florence Center.
Eau Claire, which fell in its two Region 3-2A games against Clinton, prevailed in the one that determined the Upstate championship, 41-30.
The Shamrocks frustrated any Red Devil hopes of a fourth-quarter comeback by dominating the offensive boards. Clinton (23-6) played hard but ran out of gas at the end.
No one scored in double figures for the Red Devils, who were led by McKenzie Clark with seven points. Ry’Daijia Mars, Mylayja Thompson and Nah’Shia Wright had five, while Bryanna Belton and Kemaria Shelton scored four.

The Shamrocks’ stellar guard, Destinee Tiller, scored 14 points, joined in double figures by Milaysha Chisholm with 13 and Syteria Bethel with 10.
“We didn’t get the job done, but it wasn’t for lack of effort,” Clinton head coach John Gardner said to radio voice Buddy Bridges.
Eau Claire (19-8) takes on Andrew Jackson (Kershaw) on Saturday at noon for the 2A title. The Volunteers (27-3) have scored at least 79 points in their last 11 games.

Mikah Conner (PC photo)

Presbyterian (7-7) came from behind to defeat Wofford, 4-3, on Tuesday at Elton Pollock Field on Tuesday.
The Terriers (11-2) took a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning.
Aaron Hobson reached base after being hit by a pitch. Mikah Conner tied the score with a triple to right-center field. Jake Randolph then delivered a go-ahead single.
Sean Hollister (1-1) shut down Wofford in the seventh and eighth innings, and Jacob Fields slammed the door on the Terriers in the ninth, earning his third save. PC starter Yechiel Saint struck out four in 4-1/3 innings, allowing a hit and a run.

Five different batters managed a hit apiece for Wofford. Michael Sills (1-1) absorbed the loss.
The Blue Hose hit the road for Clemson on Wednesday, with first pitch set for 5 p.m.
The Big South all-conference list includes four Presbyterian men’s basketball players.
Senior guard Kobe Stewart made second team. Sophomore guard Kory Mincy was voted honorable mention. Forward Iverson King was all-freshman. Senior forward Kaleb Scott was all-academic.

Stewart, from Augusta, Ga., ranks eighth in the Big South in scoring, averaging a team-leading 15.1 points per game. Mincy, from East Point, Ga., averages 14.9 points per game and is second in the Big South in assists at 4.4 per game.
Scott, from Raleigh, N.C., is a business administration major.
The Blue Hose (14-17) open play in the Hercules Tires Big South Championships on Friday, at Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tenn., against Radford (19-12) at 2:30 p.m.
The PC women (6-23) take on UNC Asheville (3-26) on Wednesday at 5.

In a 24-7 softball victory over Greenwood on Monday in Clinton’s annual tournament, the Laurens shortstop and leadoff batter laced a two-run double in the second inning, slammed a three-run homer in the fourth and slapped another two-run double in the fifth.
Seven runs batted in for Addison Trevino!
It got worse and worse for the Eagles. The Raiders scored two runs in the first, five in the second, seven in the fourth and 10 in the fifth. Laurens amassed 16 hits. Carly Edwards rapped three hits and three others had two each.
The Raiders rolled again, 18-3 over Abbeville, as Edwards mimicked Trevino’s performance – a homer and two doubles – from the previous game. Laurens had 17 hits.
Zealy Martin was the winning pitcher.

Clinton also made quick work of the Panthers, winning, 22-5, as Me-Me Smith belted two home runs and and a double and drove in seven. After putting up 12 runs in the first three innings, the Red Devils added 10 in the fifth alone.
Cat Wilkie and Sierra Templeton each produced five hits for Clinton. They shared the pitching chores, as well.
Alyssa Young pounded four hits.

Presbyterian lacrosse (2-3) engaged in the highest-scoring match in 11 years, yet never relinquished the lead, trimming Mercyhurst (Erie, Pa.) at home, 20-19.
The Blue Hose rode five goals apiece by seniors Kenzie Partsch and Willow Hammond. The last time that Presbyterian competed in a game that featured at least 39 goals was April 2014 against St. Mary’s (California).
Emily Currie of the Presbyterian lacrosse team is Big South Freshman of the Week. Currie scored nine goals in two matches, seven in an 18-6 blowout over Delaware State.

The current conference leader in both batting average and on-base percentage after a five-game weekend hitting .600, sophomore Kasey Wolfe of the Presbyterian College softball team is Big South Player of the Week.
Nineteen was the magic number for Laurens Academy, at least for the winners.
The Crusader baseball team pounded Wardlaw, 19-9, led by Evan Asalone with five hits in six trips.
The Patriots won the softball game, 19-8. Both games took place in Johnston.

The warring soccer teams of Clinton and Laurens split matches in Clinton on Monday, with the Raiders winning the boys’ game, 1-0, and the Red Devils the girls’, 4-2.
Laurens opened golf season by defeating Westside, 177-191. The medalist was the Raiders’ Michael Hamby, who carded a career-best 38. Ashton Wilson shot 44, Rich Coggins 47 and Landon James 48.

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