Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com
- Thursday, 3-13-25… Baseball hosting Greenwood at 6:30 pm
- Friday, 3-14-25… Varsity softball Laurens at Clinton at 7:00 pm
Clinton HS
- Kuykendall Signs with Brevard… Yesterday afternoon at Clinton HS senior Lukas Kuykendall signed a letter to continue his football career and education play for the Brevard College Tornados… Lukas handled most all the kickoffs, place kicking and punting for the Red Devils the last couple of seasons… Coach Fountain was sure to point out the work he put out not only on the football field but also in the classroom to get to this point… He also noted he became aware of Lukas when he attended a Clinton MS game when he first came to Clinton and was amazed to see the Wildcats attempting PATs and Field goals… That is something rare in middle school football… He will be joining his teammate and long snapper Rion Gordon who signed with the Tornados last month… To see a short video interview done with him after the signing and a few photos at its end, click here… Congratulations and Good Luck to Lukas!
- Baseball: Clinton 11 – Ninety Six 4… Last night the Red Devil varsity baseball team traveled down to Ninety Six to take on the Wildcats as part of a JV-Varsity doubleheader… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took an 11-4 win over the Wildcats outhitting them 17-9… The Red Devils led 4-1 going into the top of the 4th inning where they struck for 4 more runs to go up 8-1 and then both teams scored 3 runs in the 6th inning to make the final 11-4… The Red Devil bats pounded out 5 extra-base hits last night as Camden Finley and Luke Young both had 3 hits in the game and each had a homer and drove in 2 runs each… Owen Glenn also had 3 hits 2of which were doubles driving in 2 runs and Camden Finley also had a double in addition to his homer…Zack Lawson got the start and the win going 5 innings with Talon Campbell finishing the game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- JV Baseball: Ninety Six 6 – Clinton 5… The Red Devil JV baseball team lost for the first time this season as the Ninety six Wildcats defeated them 6-5 yesterday afternoon before the varsity game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Softball: River Bluff 13 – Clinton 8… The Red Devil softball team was at home last night hosting the Class 5A River Bluff Gators… The Gators scored 6 runs in the 1st inning and led 13-1 going into the bottom of the 5thinning… There the “never say die” Red Devils scored 6 runs in a comeback attempt but fell short as the Gators went on to take a 13-8 win… They Gators only outhit the Red Devils 13-11but were aided by 5 untimely Red Devil walks issued by 3 Red Devil pitchers…Halleigh Luke went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and Alyssa Young went 2 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Tennis: Clinton 4 – Chapin 2…The Red Devil boys tennis team opened up it season Tuesday traveling down to Chapin HS to take on the always powerful Eagles… Good news for Red Devil fans as the team took a 4-2 win over the Eagles… In singles action Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King and Jacob King all took wins… For much more information on this match and to see what is next for the team click here.
- Golf: Clinton 162 – Laurens 185… The Red Devil and the Raider golf teams opened their season Tuesday at Lakeside CC taking on each other… When the final putt went into the cup, the Red Devils had taken a 162 – 185 win over the Raiders. Clinton was led by Luke McMurray the match medalist shooting a 39… Ashton Wilson led the Raiders with a 42… For more information as to how the other participants did for each team click here.
Laurens
- Tennis: Raiders 6 – Fury 1… The Raider boys’ tennis team hosted the fountain Inn Fury to open their season Tuesday and its good news for Raider fans as the team took a 6-1 win over the Fury… Now I do not have any other details on this match.
- Softball up Next: The Raiders are scheduled to host the Southside Tigers in a doubleheader of region action today starting at 5:30
- Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host Greenwood today at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.
Thornwell
- Baseball: Saints 11 –Southside 1 (4)... The Thornwell Saints baseball team hosted the hosted the Class4A Southside Tigers yesterday and after 1 inning of play the Saints led 9-1 and then went on to take an 11-1 win over the Tigers in 4 innings… The Saints only outhit the Tigers 8-2 but were the recipient of 6 walks issued by the Tigers that came at opportune times especially in the first inning… All the Saint hits were singles except for a double by Cameron Bryant who had 2 hits total and drove in 3 runs… Jaden Wilson and Josef Holford each had 2 hits for the Saints and each drove in a run…. Sam Roberts picked up the complete game win striking out 8 and walking none in the 4 innings of work… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…
- Softball: Saints 22 – Emerald 3 (5)… The Saints softball team traveled down to Greenwood last night to take on the Class 4A emerald Vikings… When the Saints got back home, they were able to ring the bell as they took a 22-3 win over the Vikings… The Saints only outhit the Vikings 12-8 but the two Viking pitchers issued 15 walks, and the Vikings had a couple of errors all of which aided the Saints in their win… Now I do NOT have the usual stats available to me but there are some stats on the Saints MaxPreps account for this game… If you would like to see them, click here.
Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.
- School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
- School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
- Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
- PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Conference Basketball Tournaments
- ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament… The ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament starts today (Tuesday, 3-11-25) up in Charlotte… For more information about the tournament including the bracket, schedule and scores after the games are finished, click here… The Clemson Tigers, who are a #4 seed, will be playing SMU tonight at 9:30 pm and it can be seen on ESPN2
- SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament… The SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will start tomorrow (Wednesday, 3-12-25) up in Nashville… If you click here it will carry you to the SEC website where they have a posting that has most anything you would want to know about the tournament including but not limited to bracket, schedule and scores… South Carolina drew a #16 seed and played #9 seeded Arkansas on Wednesday and fell by a score 72-68…. To see more information on this game click here.… They finished their season with a 12-20 overall record.
College Polls… In the polls below the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one… If there is a score given for game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).
Men’s Basketball
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (3-9-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Duke has moved up to #1from #2 followed by Houston (3), Auburn (1), Florida (5) and Alabama (7)… There were also some changes in spots 6-10 as St John’s checks in at #6 followed by Michigan St. (8), Tennessee (4), Texas Tech and Clemson moves up a spot to #10… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
- DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
- Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.
Women’s Basketball
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (3-9-25) had a lot of changes in the top 5… UCLA moves from #4 to be the new #1 followed by South Carolina (5), UConn, Southern Cal (2) and Texas (1)… Spots 6-10 are now occupied by TCU (8), Duke (11), Notre Dame (6), NC State (7) and LSU (9)… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
- DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
- Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.
Baseball
- DIBaseball.com Top 25… In the latest (3-9-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 are LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia (5) and Florida State (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by North Carolina (4), Florida, Oregon State, Oregon (10) and Clemson (10)… To see the entire top 25 in this poll click here.
Softball
- ESPN/USA Softball Poll… In the latest (3-10-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 are Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, LSU (5) and UCLA (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Texas A&M (4), Tennessee (8), Oregon (12), South Carolina (11) and Florida State… To see the entirety of this poll click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.
NASCAR
- Christopher Bell Wins for Third Time… In case you missed it Sunday; Christopher Bell is the hottest driver in the Cup series as he took yet another win (third in a row) at Phoenix… He battled his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin down the stretch in the last lap and just did beat him to the finish line for the second closest finish in the history of the track at Phoenix… For more on this race including the order of finish for the entire field, click here.
- Driver Standings… After this race, the top 5 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are now William Byron, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott… If you click here you will go the NASCAR posting that has the Cups Series standings from top to bottom… Once you get there you can click on tabs at the top of the page to see the driver standings in the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series.
- Weekend Schedule… To see the NASCAR schedule for this weekend out in Las Vegas, click here.
- Master Schedule… If you click here it will carry you to the NASCAR website where the season schedule is posted and you can look at the Cup Series. Xfinity Series or the Craftsman Truck Series by clicking on their icon at the top of the list… In addition to the date and location, it will also give you race times and TV viewing options.
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