Local Notes
Clinton HS
- CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Baseball
- Final Baseball Coaches Poll… Now that the college baseball season is over the final USA Today Coaches Poll has been released… As you might expect Tennessee checks in at #1 and Texas A&M #2… The other 6 teams that made it to Omaha to participate in the Baseball College World Series filled out the next 6 spots in order are Kentucky, Florida State, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, and NC State coming in at #8… The Clemson Tigers (44-16) finished the best they could not making it to Omaha at #9… Other area teams finishing in the top 25 included Georgia at #10 and East Carolina at #16… To see the entire poll click here.
- Baseball College World Series
- Monday: Tennessee 6 – Texas A&M 5… Monday night out in Omaha he Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Texas A&M Aggies 6-5 to win the College Baseball World Series… This was the first ever national title in the program’s history… The Volunteers led 6-1 after 7 innings of play and to their credit the Aggies did not give up as they scored 2 runs in the 8th inning and 2 in the 9th to make the final 6-5… Both teams had 13hits and one of the big differences in the game is that the Volunteers had 2 homers in the game and the Aggies had none… Tennessee finishes with a 60-13 record and becomes the first SEC to win the SEC regular season title, SEC Tournament title and the MCWS in the same season… In addition to clicking on the score at the start of this section, you can also click here to go to the Tennessee website and their take on the game.
- Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy
College Football
- 2024-25 College Football Dates Announced… On June 19th the NCAA announced the dates, times and TV viewing for the expanded college football playoffs this upcoming season… If you have forgotten how they plan to choose the 12 teams that will be in the expanded playoffs click here… The first round of the playoffs will start on Friday, December 20, 2024 and the National Champion will be crowned on January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To see the entire listing of dates and what bowl games will be involved, click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
NHL
- Panthers 2 – Oilers 1… In case we have a few casual hockey fans out there, I’ll briefly mention that the Florida Panthers took a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers Monday night down in Florida to win the Stanly Cup this season taking the championship series 4 games to 3… Florida at one point led the best of 7 series 3 games to none and to their credit the Oilers came back to even the series at 3 games apiece to force game 7… The Panthers were able to pull out game 7 in front of their home fans to win their first NHL Championship in program history.
Atlanta Braves …For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Mother Nature 1 – Braves/Cardinals 0… Last night up in St Louis the Braves and the Cardinals were scheduled to play game 2 of their 3 game series but Mother Nature stepped in and said “No” as the game was rained out…. The two teams are now scheduled to play a doubleheader today with the first game starting at 11:45 and the second at 7:15 EDT.
- Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves season schedule, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised.
- Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here… Once you get there you will see the standing by league (American or National) and also by division.
- All-Star Voting is Open… Voting for the All-Star Game which will be held in Arlington, Texas on July 16th is now open… There will be two phases to the voting and Phase 1 will end on June 27th… You can vote up to 5 times a day and if you wish to do so click here.
Greenville Drive… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Drive 8 – Crawdads 2… The Greenville Drive a six-game series with the Hickory Crawdads last night up at Flour Field… The Drive started the series off on a positive note as they took an 8-2 win… The Drive only outhit the Crawdads 8-7 and the Crawdads did score their runs on a pair of solo homers… The Drive countered that with one homer that was a 2-run shot to right field by Allan Castro (4) and 5 triples in the game.
- Schedule… If you wish to see the Greenville Drive schedule and results of completed games, click here.
- Standings… To see the standings for the South Atlantic League (SAL) click here.
NASCAR
- Christopher Bell wins at a Rainy New Hampshire Motor Speedway… Sunday Christopher Bell took the Cup Series win up in New Hampshire in a race that went six hours mainly due to a 2 hour red flag rain delay about 2/3 through the race… He finished just a little over a second ahead of Chase Briscoe… Not only did Bell win the Cup Series Race on Sunday he also won the Xfinity Race on Saturday meaning he swept the damp track … Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
- Standings … Kyle Larson jumped from second to first in the Cup Series Driver Standings with 620 points while Chase Elliott is in second with 620 points also but he has a few less stage points than Larson giving Larson the lead … The rest of the top 5 are Denny Hamlin (580), Martin Truex Jr. (572) and Tyler Redick (555)…To see the driver standings for the Cup Series click here… Once you get there you can also click on links to see the standings in Xfinity and Truck Series using tabs in the upper right corner of the posting.
- Schedule This Week… This week NASCAR moves to the Nashville for action in all three of the major divisions…The Cup Series race will take place Sunday at 3:30 pm our time…To see the schedule for practices and races click here.
- NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.
This & That:
Randy Stevens Memorial Bike Ride… The Laurens Police Department (LPD) recently announced the 2nd Annual Caesars Head Bike Run, dedicated this year to the memory of Randy “Steam” Stevens. Scheduled for Sunday, June 30, 2024, this motorcycle and hot rod benefit ride will raise funds for the LPD’s Youth Summer Camp… Of course Randy was a long-time member of the staff here at WLBG and a big supporter of the various activities of the City of Laurens Police Department… Laurens County Buzz has more about this on their website and I encourage you to read this by clicking here… If you can, please help out the Laurens Police Department and also to help honor Randy.
Summer Camps at Clinton YMCA… The Clinton YMCA has released their schedule of Summer Youth Sports Camps for this year… To see a list of those camps including dates, location, times and cost click here… These camps do have registration deadlines and you register at the Clinton YMCA… The last camp is:
- Tennis Camp… This camp will be July 8-10 at the tennis courts at Clinton Middle School… Coach Clovis Simmons will be conducting the camp… Boys and girls ages 6-8 will have their camp between the hours of 9:00 and 10:00 am while boys and girls ages 9 and up will have their camp between the hours of 10:00 and 11:00 am… The cost is $30 for YMCA members and $40 for non-members… The deadline to register is Friday, July 5th @ 4:00 pm
Basketball Camp…. The LDHS varsity basketball staff and players in association with the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting a basketball for youth age 9 through 8th grade July 22-25… The camp hours will be from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm each day… This will be an excellent opportunity for the young player to improve their skills and basketball knowledge form experienced coaches… The first 3 days (Monday-Wednesday) the camp will take place at The Ridge and the last day (Thursday) the action will move to LDHS… You may register for the camp at The Ridge and if you have any questions contact them at 681-7275.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.
