Sports Report for Tuesday, 7-2-2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Catching Up with Clinton HS Sports Awards… Ove the next several days I will be attempting to bring to you the names of student-athletes who won various awards at the Clinton HS Sports Awards Ceremony held just before school let out this year.
    • Region and State Football Awards… As a reminder the Red Devils went 10-3 overall in football this year and 4-0 in region play.
      • AAA Football All-State: Zay Johnson, Kadon Crawford and Keegan Fortman
      • Region Player of the Year: Kadon Crawford
      • All Region Team: Clayton Lewis, Rion Gordon, Nyse Boyd, Ares Jones, Brett Young and Zay Johnson
      • Region Coach of the Year: Corey Fountain
      • Local team Awards… To see the master list of student-athletes who won the “local” team awards, click here.
  • 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!

Laurens HS   

  • Raider Youth Football Camp… Last week the Raider football coaches and senior Raider players hosted a youth football camp at KC Hanna Stadium… I went up there on Wednesday and talked with Coach Porter about the camp and took a few photos… Click here to go to a short video with the conversation I had with him followed by a few photos taken of some of the participants having a lot of fun.



College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 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 SportsFor more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores. 

 Atlanta Braves … For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.

  • Braves Off Last Night… The Braves were off last night but return to action tonight in Atlanta where they will host the Giants in a 3-game series… The Brave are 46-36 on the season and in second place in the NL East 8 games behind Philadelphia…. The Giants 41-44, in 4th place behind Dodgers in NL West.
  • 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 Starters Voting is Open… Voting for the starters in All-Star Game which will be held in Arlington, Texas on July 16th is now open… The voting for starters will end on 7-3-24… You can vote up to 5 times a day and if you wish to do so click here.

Greenville DriveFor more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.

  • Drive 10 – Tourist 6… well I have to admit that I made a mistake in yesterday’s sports report when I said that the Greenville Drive would start a series with the Ashville Tourist today because they actually started it last night up in Ashville… The Drive jumped off to a good start as they scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and 4 in the 3rd inning as they went on to take a 10-6 win over the Tourist… They outhit the Tourist 15-9 and had 4 homers among their 15 hits while to Tourist had none… Ronald Rosario (2) and Jhostynxon Garcia (10) both had solo homers in the 1st inning, Cutter Coffey (13) a solo shot in the 3rd inning and finally Allan Castro had a solo shot in the 8th inning.
  • ScheduleIf you wish to see the Greenville Drive schedule and results of completed games, click here.

NASCAR

  • Logano Wins at NashvilleSunday Joey Logano picked up the win in the Cup Series Race in Nashville… Several things to note in his win… First the race went 31 extra laps as they were 5 overtime restarts needed to determine the winner… secondly this was his first win of the season and he punched his ticket into the playoffs with the win… Lastly, he finished just 0.068 seconds ahead of rookie Zane Smith who finished second by staying out on the last caution gambling that he had enough fuel to win the race…  Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
  • StandingsKyle Larson continues to hold down the top spot in the Cup Series Driver Standings with 662 points while Chase Elliott is in second with 644 points… The rest of the top 5 are Denny Hamlin (321), Tyler Redick (611) and Martin Truex Jr. (591)… 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 WeekThis week the Cup Series and the Xfinity Series races will be held in Chicago where they will be street racing… The Xfinity Race will take place at 3:30 pm EDT Saturday and the Cup Series race at 4:30 pm EDT Sunday and I do believe that NBC will carry those races…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: 

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.

 

 

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