Wednesday, 4-9-25
Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.
Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Tennis: Clinton 6 – Columbia 0… Yesterday the Red Devil boys’ tennis team hosted the Capitals of Columbia HS on the courts at Clinton Middle School… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 6-0 win over the Capitals… In singles action, Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King, Jacob King and Jacob Meyerholtz all took one-sided wins against their opponents… The #2 doubles team made up of Cooper Stinson and Malakye Brewer also took a one-sided win against their opponents… For more details on this match click here… The Red Devils are now 5-0 overall and 3-0 in region play and will take on the Capitals again tomorrow this time down in Columbia.
- Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will travel to Fairfield Central for a region contest with the Griffins today at 7:30.
- Softball: Clinton 20 – Columbia 0… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Columbia HS Capitals last Friday in region action and about all I can tell you is that the Red Devils scored 11 run in the first inning and 9 in the second inning thus taking a 20-0 win in 3 innings… I did NOT get any more details on this game.
- Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will be traveling to Fairfield Central today to take on the Griffins in region action at 5:30. .
Laurens
- Baseball: Fountain Inn 1 – Laurens 0… The Laurens Raiders hosted the fountain Inn Fury last night at Ed Prescott Field in region action… The Fury took advantage of 3 walks and a Raider error in the top of the 1st inning and then made that standup as they took a 1-0 win over the Raiders… It was a pitcher’s duel the rest of the way as the two teams combined for only 5 hits with the Fury having 3 of them… All the hits by both teams were singles… Ben Willis and Logan Martin each had a single for the Raiders… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team will now travel to Fountain Inn tonight for a rematch with the Fury starting at 6:30.
- Softball: Wren 5 – Raiders 1… The Raider softball team traveled to wren yesterday to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action… Wren scored 2 runs in the first inning and that would be all they needed as they went on to take a 5-1 win over the Raiders… They only outhit the Raiders 9-4 all the hits by both teams were singles… The Raiders only run came in the 3rd inning when Addy Carlisle singled, moved to second on a single by Summer Nations and then scored when Carly Edwards singled… Summer Nations took the complete game loss but only 2 of the Hurricanes 5 runs were earned as the Raiders shot themselves in the foot with errors… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to host Wren tomorrow (4-10).
Laurens Academy
- Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team was supposed to be hosting the Brashier Middle College Bengals Monday but weather did not allow that to happen… According to their schedule on MaxPreps they will take on the Bengals at home in a doubleheader starting at 5:00 pm.
- Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team was on the road yesterday heading down to Greenwood to take on the Greenwood Christian Hawks … If that game took place, I did not get any information about it…. The next contest on the Crusaders schedule is on Friday (4-11) when they host the Richard Winn Eagles at 5:30.
Thornwell
- Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team was supposed to travel to McCormick to take on the Chiefs yesterday… If they did, I could not find any results for the game… Their schedule on MaxPreps shows they will not be in action until next Tuesday (4-15) when they travel to Dixie HS to take on the Green Hornets in region action at 7:00 pm/
- Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will head to Dixie today to play the Green Hornets at 5:00 pm.
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.
Men’s March Madness Bracket… For those of you who want to keep up with all that is going on in the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, if you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where the official bracket is located… The bracket is interactive so you can click on games of interest for more information.
- Championship Game: Florida 65 – Houston 63… In case you were in a coma Monday night or abducted by aliens, I will tell you that Florida defeated Houston 65-63 to win the DI Men’s Basketball Championship… It was a game that went back and forth and had some weird moment and none weirder than Houston inbounding the ball with seconds left and a Houston guard going up to shoot a 3-point shot and dropping the ball… If he picked it up it would be double dribble so he tried to screen Florida players away from the ball but was unsuccessful as Florida fell on the ball to take possession as time ran out to win the game… For a lot more information on this game, click here to go to the NCAA website.
Women’s March Madness Bracket… For those of you who want to keep up with all that is going on in the Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, if you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where the official bracket is located… The bracket is interactive so you can click on games of interest for more information.
- Championship Game: UConn 82 – South Carolina 59…In case you missed it Sunday, the UConn Huskies beat the South Carolina Gamecocks 82-59 to win the DI National Championship down in Tampa… For much more information on this game, click on the score at the start of this section.
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).
Baseball
- DIBaseball.com Top 25… In the latest (3-30-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 spots are occupied by Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida State and Texas (7)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Clemson, LSU, Alabama (12) and Oklahoma (9)… To see the entire top 25 in this poll click here.
Softball
- ESPN/USA Softball Poll… In the latest (3-30-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 had a little change compared to last week as Texas is still #1 followed by Florida (4), Oklahoma (2), Texas A&M (5) and Oregon (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Tennessee (10), LSU (3), UCLA (7), South Carolina (11) and Florida State (8)… Clemson checked in at #25… 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
- Denny Hamlin Wins at Darlington… In case you missed it Sunday, Denny Hamlin won for the second time in as many weeks as he edged out William Byron thanks to a clutch pit stop late and a near perfect restart after a caution… For more on this race including a link to the final finishing order for all drivers click here.
- Driver Standings… After this race, the top 5 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are now William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliot and Tyler Redick… 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 up in Bristol, 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.
Braves…. Click on the score to go to the Braves website for a recap of the game.
- Braves 7 Phillies 5… Last night in Atlanta, Sean Murphy had a 3-run homer to help the Braves take a 7-5 win over the Phillies.
- Regular Season Schedule… To see the Braves regular season schedule click here… Once you get there you can go backwards to see completed games in previous month(s) or ahead for future dates.
- Scores… To see the MLB scores by date and see the schedule for future days, click here.
- Standings… To see the standings for all the MLB teams by divisions, click here.
Greenville Drive… Click on the scores below for more details on the game(s).
- Ashville 6 – Drive 2… This game took place in Greenville, Tuesday, 4-8-25.
- Schedule… To see the Drive schedule click here.
- Standings… If you would like to see the standings in the South Atlantic League, click here to go to the website where that is available… Once you get there, there are drop-down menus and filters so that you can see the standing in other leagues and levels of minor league baseball.
This & That:
As most of you know by now, WLBG will be signed off the air about 3:15 pm on Monday, 3-31-2025.
That was a bittersweet moment for me as I have strived to bring you local sports to the best of my ability and throw in some college and pro sports also.
As I understand it, the WLBG website will NOT be taken down immediately.
If that is the case I may still be able to continue to post these sports reports on the website for some time to come if there if you the Laurens County sports fans want me to but don’t look for the sports report until 8:00 am weekdays or perhaps a little later (I’ll be sleeping later and not getting up at 3:00 am like I have been doing).
Obviously I will not be getting paid to do it but I will try to continue to the end of the high school sports this season if the demand is there. This will also help me to decide if in the future I might try to develop my own website if I can obtain the sponsorship to bring you what you want.
If you don’t mind, please email me at sports@wlbg.com and let me know you would like to see it continue.
That is the only way I have to judge this.
If I don’t seem to generate much interest in this that is fine I just won’t do it.
In any event I have enjoyed (for the most part) my almost 15 years doing this and meeting some great coaches, players, administrators and you the fans.
Take care and you will still be able to catch me at some athletic contest.
Go Red Devils, Raiders, Crusaders and Saints!
If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com .
