I’m a little under the weather today so I’m not really doing a sports report today.

I will tell you that the Thornwell Saints softball team lost to Ware Shoals yesterday by a score of 12-6 and I’ll have details on that Monday.

Have a great Easter weekend and see you in church on Sunday at Chestnut Ridge. Please feel free to come to one of their 3 services at 8:00. 9:15 or 10:30 am.

Thursday, 4-17-25 

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

• Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will be hosting the Eau Claire Shamrocks on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 7:30.

• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will not be in action until Tuesday, 4-22 when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

• Golf: Clinton 163 – Laurens 174… Doing some catching up with both the Red Devil and Raider golf teams, they faced off against each other late last week out at Lakeside CC… When the last put went into the cup, the Red Devils had taken a 163 – 174 win over the Raiders… The Red Devils were led my Luke McMurray who shot a 36 and was the match medalist… Michael Hamby led the Raiders with a 40… To see how the other Red Devils and Raiders did in the match, click here.

• Tennis: Clinton 6 – Columbia 0… Also doing some catching up with the Red Devil boys’ tennis team, last Thursday they traveled down to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals… They defeated the Capitals 6-0 with Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King, Jacob King and Jacob Meyerholtz all taking 6-0 wins in singles action… The #2 doubles team composed of Cooper Stinson and Malakye Brewer also defeated their opponents… The Red Devils are now 6-0 overall and 4-0 in region play and will be back in action Tuesday, 4-22-25 when they travel to Blue Ridge to take on the Tigers in non-region action.

Laurens

• Hillcrest 11 – Laurens 2… NOTE: all the following information comes from the Hillcrest scoring of the game…. If the Raider scoring of the game becomes available I will then be able to bring you the box score and the scorebook… The Raiders had a tough night last night as the Rams outhit them 7-4 and took an 11-2 win over the Raiders… The Rams led 5-1 going into the 4^th inning where they broke the game open scoring 5 runs  and then both teams added a run in the 5^th inning to make the final 11-2 Rams… The Raiders did have 4 errors (the Rams had 2) so that only 8 of the Rams 11 runs were earned…. Both team issued 9 walks which also helped runs to score… For the Raiders, Logan Martin was the only Raider with more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 4 (all singles) and drove in a run.
• Up Next in Baseball… On MaxPreps it says that the Raiders will travel be hosting the Southside Tigers Monday 4-21-25 at 6:30 pm in region action.

• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

• Golf: Raiders 174 – Rams 216… The Raider golf team also played the Westside Rams in region action last week out at Lakeside CC and the news is good for Raider fans as they won 174-216… Ashton Wilson and Landon James both shot a 42 in the match to lead the Raiders… For more information on this match, click here.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

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• Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be back in action when they when they take on the Calhoun Falls Charter School Blue Flashes at 5:00 pm

• Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting Ware Shoals today (4-17) at 4:00 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. [Read more…]

Wednesday, 4-16-25

 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 vs Laurens… Last night the Raider varsity baseball team traveled to Clinton HS to take on the Red Devils in the second game of their two-game series with the Red Devils for the “County Championship” …. As a reminder the Raiders won the first game 5-0 on Monday night (4-14)

• Raiders 7 – Red Devils 1… The Raiders laid claim to the “County Championship” last night by taking a 7-1 win over the Red Devils… They scored 4 runs in the in the2nd inning , 2 in the 4^th and 1 in the 5^th while Ben Willis and the Raiders held the Red Devils to a single run in the 4^th inning… Willis gave up the 1 earned run on 8 hits while striking out 9 and walking 3… The Raiders only outhit the Red Devils 10-8 with all the Raider hits being singles… At times the Red Devils proved to be their own worst enemy as only 4 of the Raider runs were earned due to 4 Red Devils errors… Jireh Brown led the Raiders at the plate going 4 for 4 and scoring 3 runs while Zay Pulley and Brayden Patterson both had 2 hits and RBIs for the Raiders… For the Red Devils, Luke Young was the only one with more than one hit as he went 2 for 3 with a walk… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

 Clinton HS

• Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will be hosting the Eau Claire Shamrocks on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 7:30.

• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will not be in action until Tuesday, 4-22 when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

Laurens

• Up Next in Baseball… On MaxPreps it says that the Raiders will travel up to Hillcrest tonight for a 7:30 contest with the Rams but the Raider athletic website does not list the game, but it does list a JV game at Hillcrest at 5:30 so I am just not sure.

• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

• Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

• Baseball: Dixie 16 – Saints 1 (3)… The Saints baseball team traveled to Dixie HS to take on the Green Hornets in region action last night and for the second time in as many days, it just was not a good night for the Saints as Dixie took a 16-1 win in 3 innings… Again, the reason for the one-sided win is simple… First the Hornets outhit the Saints 10-1and secondly the Saints had 5 errors so that only 6 of the Hornets 16 runs were earned… As it was on Monday, Tru’Mari Kinard-Shelton had a single for the Saints and the Saints only run in the 2^nd inning came as the result of 2 walks, a hit batter and a balk…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… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be back in action when they when they take on the Calhoun Falls Charter School Blue Flashes at 5:00 pm

• Softball: Saints 22 – McCormick 2 (3)… The news is better where the Saints softball team is concerned as they took a 22-2 win over the McCormick Chiefs yesterday at home in 3 innings…The Chiefs scored their only 2 runs in the top of the 1^st inning but the Saints answered that with 12 runs in the bottom of the inning and added 10 more in the 2^nd inning as they cruised to the win… The Saints only outhit the Chiefs 9-2 but the Chiefs aided the Saints in a couple of different ways… First they had 4 errors and two Chief pitchers walked 21 batters while striking out nine… Adrienne Anderson went 3 for 3 for the Saints and drove in 6 runs… One of her hits was an inside the park 3 run homer in the bottom of the 2^nd inning…Karleigh Porter also had 2 hits for the Saints and 2 walks that brought in 4 runs… 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 … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting Ware Shoals tomorrow (4-17) at 4:00 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.  [Read more…]

Tuesday, 4-15-25

 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 vs Laurens… Last night the Clinton varsity baseball team traveled to Laurens HS to take on the Raiders in the first game of a two-game series with the Raiders for the “County Championship”.

• Raiders 5 – Red Devils 0… The first 4 innings saw both teams threaten to score but did not before the Raiders scored 1 run in the 5^th inning when Coleman Coker led eh inning off with a solo homer… The 6^th inning saw the Raiders break the game open as they scored 4 runs in the inning on an error, 3 singles, a sacrifice fly and a double… The Red Devils never quit as they loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the 7^th inning only to have relief pitcher Connor Rice strike out the next batter and then the next 2 Red Devils popped up to the infield and the Raiders started their celebration… The Raiders only outhit the Red Devils 6-4 with Zay Pulley being the only Raiders with more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 3 scoring 1 run… Jireh Brown had only 1 hit and it was a double that drove in 2 runs… For the Red Devils, Owen Glen went 2 for 3 with a double… Grayson Ledford picked up the win going 6 innings giving up 4 hits while striking out 8 and walking just 2… Connor Rice finished the game for the Raiders… The Red Devils Jayden Glen took the loss going the distance striking out 4 and walking 2… Only 2 of the 5 runs he gave u were earned as the Red Devils had 3 errors in 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
• Up Next… The Raiders will travel to Clinton tonight for game 2 of the 2-game series with first pitch scheduled fo5 7:30

 Clinton HS

• Baseball… See above
• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will not be in action until Tuesday, 4-22 when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

Laurens

• Baseball… See above.
•  Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

• Softball… The Crusaders home game with Richard Winn that was supposed to be played last Friday was postponed and no makeup date has been announced.
• Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

• Baseball: Dixie 20 – Saints 1 (3)… The Saints baseball team hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in region action last night and it just was not a good night for the Saints as Dixie took a 20-2 win in 3 innings… The reason for the one-sided win is simple… First the Hornets outhit the Saints 11-1and secondly the Saints had 8 errors so that only 6 of the Hornets 20 runs were earned… Tru’Mari Kinard-Shelton had a single for the Saints…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… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be in action today (4-15) when they travel to Dixie for a rematch with 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 be hosting McCormick today (4-15) 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. [Read more…]

Monday, 4-14-25

 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

• Baseball… The Red Devils were scheduled to host Fairfield Central in a region game last Friday, but that game has been postponed until Monday, 4-21-25
• Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Laurens tonight for a 7:30 game with the Raiders in the first of two games for the “County Championship” with the second game scheduled for Tuesday at Clinton at the same time.

• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will not be in action until Tuesday, 4-22 when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

Laurens

• Baseball: Fury 5 – Raiders 3… The Raiders took on the Fountain Inn Fury at Ed Prescott Field last Friday in the third game of their 3-game series… As you may recall, the Raiders lost the first two games by 1 run in each game… The Raiders broke on top scoring a run in the bottom of the 1^st inning, but the Fury took the lead scoring 2 runs in the 3^rd and 5^th inning to go up 4-1… The Raiders cut that lead to 1 run (4-3) scoring 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the 5^th inning… However, the Raiders would get no closer as the Fury scored another run in the top of the 7^th inning and then after giving a leadoff walk in the bottom of the 7^th, retired the next 3 batters to take the 5-3 win and strengthen their hold on first place in the region… The Fury outhit the Raider 6-5 and they had 2 extra base hits to the Raiders 1… Ben Willis and Zay Pulley led the Raiders at the plate both getting 2 hits each and Willis did have a double… 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 host the Clinton Red Devils tonight at 7:30 in the first game of the “County Championship” with the second game at Clinton tomorrow night.

• Softball: Wade Hampton 14 – Laurens 0 (5)... The Raiders hosted the Generals of Wade Hampton last Friday in a non-region game and the Generals took a 14-0 win in 5 innings…The reason for the Generals win is simple in the fact that the Generals outhit the Raiders 12-2and the Raiders did have a few problems that gave the Generals 3 unearned runs… Summer Nations and Makayden Livingston both had a single to account for the Raiders only 2 hits… 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 Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

Laurens Academy

• Baseball… I don’t think the Crusader baseball team played last Friday and if they did I cannot find any results.
• Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

• Softball… The Crusaders home game with Richard Winn that was supposed to be played last Friday was postponed and no makeup date has been announced.
• Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be in action next Monday (4-14) when host Dixie HS taking on the Green Hornets in region action at 7:30 pm.
• Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting McCormick next Tuesday (4-15) 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. [Read more…]

Friday, 4-11-25

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

• Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils are scheduled host Fairfield Central at 7:30 tonight.

• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will not be in action until Tuesday, 4-22 when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

Laurens HS

• Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team will now host Fountain Inn tonight at 6:30 in a game they really need to win to try to keep pace with the Fury who are undefeated in the region.

• Softball: Wren 6 – Laurens 5…. The Raiders hosted the Golden Hurricanes of Wren last night and the score is not what I like to report as the Hurricanes led 6-5 at the end of 5 innings and then the game was stopped in the middle of the sixth inning with the score still 6-5 Wren due to lightning… The Raiders trailed 6-2 going into the bottom of the fifth inning where they scored 3 runs to make it 6-5 but just could not get another run or two before lightning caused the game to be ended…. Wren outhit the Raiders 11-6 but the Hurricanes also had a couple of errors so that only 4 of the Raiders 5 runs were earned… Summer Nations led the Raiders at the plate going 2 for 3 scoring 2 runs and driving in a run… Addison Trevino had only 1 hit but it was a double that drove in a run… 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 Wade Hampton today (4-11) in a JV-Varsity doubleheader starting at 5:30.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Richard Winn today at 4:00 with a middle school game but their MaxPreps schedule shown no game until Tuesday, 4-22-25 so I am just not sure.

• Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the Crusaders will be hosting the Eagles of Richard inn at 5:30 today if the schedule on MaxPreps is correct.

Thornwell

• Baseball… According to their GameChanger account, the Thornwell Saints baseball team hosted the McCormick Chiefs in a doubleheader of baseball yesterday in Clinton…. If GameChanger is correct there was some bell ringing going on as the Saints took 2 one-sided wins against the Chiefs.
  • Game 1: Saints 16 – Chiefs 0 (3)… In the first game, the Saints scored 16 runs in the first inning and the Saint defense and Parker Workman held the Chiefs hitless as they took a 16-0 win in 3 innings… Workman struck out 8 of the 9 batters he faced and did not issue a walk… The Saints pounded out 9 hits with 3 of them being for extra bases (2 doubles and a triple)… The Chiefs pitches issued 9 walks while only striking out 2 and the Chiefs did have a couple of errors that aided the Saints… Parker Workman, Tru’Mari Kinard-Shelton and Arnell Deese each had 2 hits in 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.
  • Game 2: Saints 17 – Chiefs 0… The second game was pretty much a repeat of the first game as this time the Saints took a 17-0 win over the Chiefs… The Saints only outhit the Chiefs 6-0 but took full advantage of 5 Chief errors and 10 walks so that only 10 of their 17 runs were earned… Again the Saints scored all of their runs in the first inning and coasted the rest of the way as Sam Robertson did not allow a hit while striking out 7 of the batters he faced and issued no walks… Griffin Raines and Sam Robertson both had 2 hits for the Saints with one of Raines’ being a double… Parker Workman only had 1 hit but it was a triple that drove in 3 runs… 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… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be in action next Monday (4-14) when host Dixie HS taking on the Green Hornets in region action at 7:00 pm.

• Softball: Whitmire 11 – Saints 1 (5)… Yesterday the Saints softball team traveled over to Whitmire HS to take on the Wolverines… I hate to have to report that Whitmire took a 10-1 win over the Saints in 5 innings… The Saints actually outhit the Wolverines 7-4 and all the hits by both teams were singles… The Saints led 1-0 going into the bottom of the 3^rd inning where the Wolverines scored 9 runs and added 2 more in the 5^th to win the game 11-1 on the 10-run rule… One statistic for the Saints sticks out like a sore thumb and that is that two Saint pitchers issued 10 walks in the game and thy figured heavily into the Wolverines scoring especially in the 9 run third inning… Adrienne Anderson and Skyla Bates were the only two Saints to get more than 1 hit as they both had 2… 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 … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting McCormick next Tuesday (4-15) 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. [Read more…]

Thursday, 4-10-25

 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

• Baseball: Clinton 10 – Fairfield Central 0… Yesterday the Red Devil baseball team traveled to Fairfield Central HS to take on the Griffins in region action… The Ride home was a happy one as the Red Devils took a 10-0 win in 6 innings… The Red Devils outhit the Griffins 9-0 and the Griffins did have 5 errors in the game so that only 4 of 10 runs were earned….Tanner Finley picked up the complete game win striking out 14 and walking just 1 as he and the Red Devil defense held the Griffins scoreless…Finley also let the Red Devils offense as he went 3 for 3with 2 doubles scoring 1 run and driving in 2… Luke Young went 2 for 4 with a triple, a double and an RBI from his leadoff spot in the lineup… 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 Red Devils are scheduled host Fairfield Central at 7:30 tomorrow night weather permitting.

• Softball: The Red Devil softball team also traveled to Fairfield Central yesterday but the decision was made to play a doubleheader so that they could finish the series with the Griffins before some expected rain comes in to end the week.
  • Game1: Red Devils 5 – Griffins 0… In the first game, the Red Devils simply outhit the Griffins as they took a 5-0 win over the Griffins… Me-Me Smith picked up the complete game as she pitched all 5 innings giving up just 1 hit while striking out 5 and walking none… All the Red Devil hits were singles and the Griffins did have a couple of errors that figured into the Red Devil scoring… Taylor Davis was the only Red Devils with more than 1 hit as she had 2 from her leadoff spot in the lineup… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here
  • Game 2: Red Devils 15 – Griffins 0… In the second game where the Red Devils were the home team, they did not need to play all 5 innings as the Red Devils won 15-0 in just 3 innings… The Red Devils jumped out to an 8-0 lead after one inning of play and were never really stopped or threatened after that… Both hits by the Griffins were singles as Me-Me Smith again got the complete game win striking out 6 and walking none… Alysa Yung went 2 for 2 at the plate with a double and rove in 2 runs… Cat Willkie’s only hit was a double and she had drove in 3 runs… 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… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will not be in action until Tuesday, 4-22 when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

Laurens

• Baseball: Fountain Inn 6 – Laurens 5… The Laurens Raider baseball team traveled to Fountain Inn HS last night to take on the Fury in region action… As you may recall, the Fury took a 1-0 win at Ed Prescott Field on Tuesday…  Well last night was another 1 run win by the Fury as they scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 8^th inning to win the game 6-5… The Fury took an early 4-1 lead after one inning of play, but the Raiders had a 5-4 lead after 3 innings to play… The Fury tied the game with a single run in the fourth inning and it remained 5-5 until the bottom of the 8^th inning… The Fury outhit the Raiders 9-8 with two of their hits being doubles…. The only extra base hit for the Raiders was a solo homer by Coleman Coker in the third inning…. No Raider had over 1 hit… 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 host Fountain Inn tomorrow night at 6:30 in a game they really need to win to try to keep pace with the Fury who are undefeated in the region.
• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to host Wren today (4-10) about 7:00 pm weather permitting.

Laurens Academy

• Baseball: The Crusader baseball team took on the Bengals of Brashier Middle College yesterday in a doubleheader.
  • Game 1: Crusaders 8 – Bengals 2 (4)…  In the first game the Crusaders outhit the Bengals 5-3 and took advantage of a few Bengal mistakes to take an 8-2 win over the Bengals…The Crusaders led 7-0 after 2 innings of play and were really never threatened after that… Mason Cooper and Riley Whitaker both had 2 hits in the game to lead the Crusader offense…  To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here
  • Game 2: Bengals 12 – Crusaders 3 (4)… Now I hate to have to report that in the second game, the Bengals turned the tables taking a 12-3 win in 4 innings… The Bengals only outhit the Crusaders 8-7 but too many walks (8), hit batters (4) and wild pitches (3) by 5 Crusader pitchers to go along with a couple of Crusader errors tells the “backstory” on this game… Two Crusaders had over 1 hit as Mason Cooper went 2 for 2 with a double and 2 RBIs while Elias Littleton had 2 singles… 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 Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Richard Winn tomorrow (weather permitting) at 4:00 with a middle school game but their MaxPreps schedule shown no game until Tuesday, 4-22-25 so I am just not sure.

• Tuesday Softball: Crusaders 18 – Hawks 8 (5)… Catching up with the Crusader softball team, they were in action down in Greenwood Tuesday taking on the Greenwood Christian Hawks and I finally have details on that game… Good news for Crusader fans as they took an 18-8 win over the Hawks in 5 innings… They did outhit the Hawks 10-8 but took full advantage of some Hawk errors and 8 walks… Morgan Boding and Abby Howard led the Crusaders at the plate as they both had 2 hits driving in at least 1 run… Maddie Loe picked up the win going 4 innings giving up 5 runs (only 2 of which were earned) while striking out 6 and walking 3… Mackenzie Runyans finished the game… To more information on the Crusaders in this game, click here.
• Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the Crusaders will be hosting the Eagles of Richard inn at 5:30 if the schedule on MaxPreps is correct.

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 Tuesday… 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/
• Softball: Dixie 16 – Saints 6 (6)… Yesterday the Saints softball team traveled over to Dixie HS to take on the Green Hornets… I hate to have to report that Dixie took a 16-6 win over the Saints in 6 innings… They only outhit the Saints 18-11 but the Saints had defensive miscues so that only 14 of the Hornets 16 runs were earned while the Saints had to earn all 6 of their runs… The “big” inning for the Hornets was the 2^nd inning where they scored 10 runs to go up 11-1… The Hornets also tallied 4 doubles in the game and 1 triple while the Saints could only answer that with 4 doubles… Camden Nelson led the Saints offense with 3 hits two of which were doubles… Madi Porter and Skylar Bates both had 2 hits for the Saints with each having a double… 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 … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will head to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines in region action today 7:00 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. [Read more…]

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 1^st 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 3^rd 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. [Read more…]

Tuesday, 4-8-25 

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

 NOTE… As far as I can tell, all games scheduled for yesterday were either postponed or canceled.

 Clinton HS

• Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will travel to Fairfield Central for a region contest with the Griffins today but not sure about the time.

• 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. .

Two Sign at Clinton HS Friday (4-4-25)… A pair of student-athletes signed to continue their education and athletic careers at two area schools.

• Jamirah Rivers signed a letter of intent with Erskine College to continue her education and cheerleading career… She mentioned that she had several academic scholarship offers from other schools, but Erskine was the only one that also offered the chance to continue cheerleading… She plans on majoring in a pre-medical field with the goal of becoming a dental hygienist and then possibly move on to dental school to become a dentist… Good luck and congratulations to her!

• Tushawan Richardson signed a letter of intent to continue his education at Newberry College playing football with the Wolves… He said that he had had conversation with other smaller schools around the area including PS but he just felt like Newberry would be the best fit for him after visiting and talking with the coaches there… Richardson was a two sports star at Clinton not only quarterbacking the football team but also having outstanding seasons on the basketball team… When asked if anyone recruited him for basketball, he replied a few junior colleges and DII schools expressed and interest, but he wanted to play football more than basketball… He said there was a remote possibility he might try to walk-on the basketball team at Newberry, but he wanted to concentrate on football first and then see how it went… When asked about his most memorable moment at Clinton HS without a pause he replied winning the State Class AAA Football Championship this past season was it… He is planning on majoring in sports management to try to stay involved with athletics after he graduates… Congratulations to Tushawan and Good Luck both on the field and in the classroom!

Laurens

• Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team was scheduled to host the Fountain Inn Fury yesterday at 6:30 pm but weather postponed the game…. As far as I can tell, the game will be played today at Ed Prescott Field at the same time… The Fury are 6-0 in the region while the Raiders are 7-2.
• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders will be traveling to Wren HS today (4-8-25) to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team was supposed to be hosting the Brashier Middle College Bengals yesterday but as far I can tell weather did not allow that to happen and I have no idea when or if they will makeup that game… They are now scheduled to play the Bengals at Brashier Middle College tomorrow at 6:00 pm

• Softball: WW King 14 – Crusaders 3… The Crusader softball team hosted the Knights of WW King last Friday and they fell by a score of 14-3 to the Knights… I do now know a few facts about this game… The Crusaders had only 3 hits in the game and they were by 3 different players… Morgan Bolding, Madisyn Graham and Braylee Burke each had a hit with Burke’s being a double that drove in a run…Maddie Loe took the loss for the Crusaders and Knight pitching struck out 12 Crusaders and walked just 4…. For a few more Crusader stats on this game, click here.
• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team will be on the road today heading down to Greenwood to take on the Greenwood Christian Hawks but the game is NOT on the Crusaders master schedule on their website so I am not sure.

Thornwell

• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to McCormick to take on the Chiefs today at 5:30
• Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team was scheduled to travel to Dixie for a region game with the Green Hornets yesterday at 5:00 pm but Mother Nature got in the way… Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will head to Dixie tomorrow to play that game at the same time.

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. [Read more…]

Monday, 4-7-25

 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

• Baseball: Clinton 19 – Columbia 0 (3)… The Red Devil baseball team hosted the Columbia Capitals last Friday and took a very one-sided 19-0 win over the Capitals… As you may or may not recall, the Red Devils defeated the Capitals in Columbia last Tuesday by a score of 18-0 scoring all their runs in the 1^st inning… Very similar in the Friday game as the Red Devils scored 13 runs in the 1^st inning and 6 in the 2^nd to win the game in 3 innings…The Red Devils simply outhit the Capitals 12-0 with the Capitals having enough miscues so that only 17 of the Red Devils runs were earned… Luke Young and Camden Finley were the only 2 Red Devils with more than 1 hit as they both had 2 hits one of which was triple for both of them… Three different Red Devil pitches each worked 1 inning where they combined to strike out 8 Capitals while walking none and giving up no hits… They were Jayden Glenn, Tanner Finley and Isaac Cane…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 Red Devils will travel to Fairfield Central for a region contest with the Griffins tomorrow.

• 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… If I get any more details on this game today I will pass them along to you tomorrow.
• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will be traveling to Ninety Six today weather permitting to take on the Wildcats. .

Two Sign at Clinton HS Friday (4-4-25)… A pair of student-athletes signed to continue their education and athletic careers at two area schools.

• Jamirah Rivers signed a letter of intent with Erskine College to continue her education and cheerleading career… She mentioned that she had several academic scholarship offers from other schools, but Erskine was the only one that also offered the chance to continue cheerleading… She plans on majoring in a pre-medical field with the goal of becoming a dental hygienist and then possibly move on to dental school to become a dentist… Good luck and congratulations to her!

• Tushawan Richardson signed a letter of intent to continue his education at Newberry College playing football with the Wolves… He said that he had had conversation with other smaller schools around the area including PC but he just felt like Newberry would be the best fit for him after visiting and talking with the coaches there… Richardson was a two sports star at Clinton not only quarterbacking the football team but also having outstanding seasons on the basketball team… When asked if anyone recruited him for basketball, he replied a few junior colleges and DII schools expressed and interest, but he wanted to play football more than basketball… He said there was a remote possibility he might try to walk-on the basketball team at Newberry, but he wanted to concentrate on football first and then see how it went… When asked about his most memorable moment at Clinton HS without a pause he replied winning the State Class AAA Football Championship this past season was it… He is planning on majoring in sports management to try to stay involved with athletics after he graduates… Congratulations to Tushawan and Good Luck both on the field and in the classroom!

Laurens

• Baseball: Raiders 11 – Vikings 1(6)… The Raiders traveled to Emerald HS to take on the Vikings and came home with an 11-1 win to completer a sweep of the Vikings last week… The Raiders did it by simply outhitting the Vikings 10-3 with Zay Pulley, Logan Martin and Brayden Patterson each getting 2 hits in the game… All of the Viking hits were singles while Pulley and Bennett Edwards each had a double for the Raiders… The Raiders led 6-1 after 4 innings of play and broke the game open in the 6^th inning scoring 5 runs and then holding the Vikings scoreless to end the game on the 10-run rule… The Raiders also had their track shoes on as they stole 7 bases in the game with Ben Willis getting 2 of them… Rylan Paxton pitched the first 4 innings and picked up the win with Ben Willis pitching the last 2 innings…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 is scheduled to host the Fountain Inn Fury today at 6:30 pm weather permitting in an important region game… The Fury are 6-0 in the region while the Raiders are 7-2.

• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders will be traveling to Wren HS Tuesday (4-8-25) to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action.

Laurens Academy

• Baseball: Crusaders 9 – WW King 4… The Crusaders hosted the Knights of WW King last Friday and took a 9-4 win… They outhit the Knights 8-4 and all of the Knights hits were singles while both Caleb and Hack Hardy each had a double among the Crusaders 8 hits… The Knights led 2-1 going into the bottom of the 3^rd inning where the Crusaders put 4 runs on the scoreboard and never trailed after that… Hack Hardy and Evan Asalone were the only two Crusaders to have more than one hit as they each had two… There were errors by both teams that figured into the scoring by the other team… 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… Weather permitting; the Crusader baseball team will be hosting the Brashier Middle College Bengals today at 6:00 pm.

• Softball: WW King 14 – Crusaders 3… The Crusader softball team also hosted the Knights of WW King Friday and they fell by a score of 14-3 to the Knights… At this time that is all the information I have on the game and if I get more information on the game, I will pass it on to you later.  
• Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team will be on the road tomorrow heading down to Greenwood to take on the Greenwood Christian Hawks.

Thornwell

• Baseball: Ware Shoals 14 – Saints 1… The Saints baseball team traveled over to Ware Shoals last Friday to take on the Hornets… Once again, the Saints must have left their wasp / Hornet spray at home as the Hornets took a 14-1 win in 5 innings… They simply outhit the Saints 13-2 and the Saints did have a few errors so that only 8 of the Hornets runs were earned…. The Hornets also had 5 doubles and a triple among their hits while the Saints managed just 2 singles against the Hornets… Parker Workman had a single in the 3^rd inning that drove in the Saints only run… 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… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to McCormick to take on the Chiefs tomorrow at 5:30
• Softball: Ware shoals 6 – Saints 2… The Saints softball team traveled over to Ware Shoals also last Friday night and they lost a tough one by a score of 6-2… The Saints scored 2 runs in the 1^st inning and made them standup until the bottom of the 6^th inning… There the Hornets scored all 6 of their runs to take the win holding the Saints scoreless in the top of the 7^th inning… What makes it so tough is that the Hornets only had 2 of their 4 hits in the 6^th inning and the Saints shot themselves in the foot as errors, walks and hit batters helped the Hornets score their runs in the inning… Only 2 of the 6 runs were earned… Both teams had 4 hits and Skyla Bates had two doubles to lead the Crusaders at the plate… 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 Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Dixie for a region game with the Green Hornets at 5:00 pm today weather permitting.

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.  [Read more…]

Friday, 4-4-25 

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

• Softball: Clinton 16 – Newberry 2… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Newberry Bulldogs yesterday and its good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 16-2 win over the Bulldogs in 5 innings… The Bulldogs only had 4 singles in the game while the Red Devils had 13 hits 5 of them for extra bases… Halleigh Luke and Me-Me Smith both had homers in the game while Kamryn Campbell, Cat Willkie and Sierra Templeton all had doubles… Templeton picked up the win giving up the 2 runs (only one was earned) on the 4 hits while striking out 5 and walking just 1… 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 Red Devils will be hosting the Columbia Capitals today at 5:30 in region action
• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Red Devils will be hosting the Columbia Capitals today at 6:00 pm in region action.
• Tennis: Clinton 5 – Woodruff 1… The Red Devil boys’ tennis team made-up a rain postponed match with Woodruff yesterday… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 5-1 win over the Wolverines… All 5 of the singles matches were won by Red Devils and those players were Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Jacob King, Matthew King, and Cooper Stinson… For more details on this match click here….The Red Devils are now 4-0 overall and 2-0 in region action and will travel to Blue Ridge Monday (4-7) in non-region action.

Laurens

• Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS today to take on the Vikings in region action.
• Softball: Fountain Inn 10 – Laurens 0… The Raider softball team traveled up to Fountain Inn HS yesterday to take on the Fury… For the second time this week the Fury took a win over the Raiders in region action this time by a score of 10-0 in 5 innings… The Fury simply outhit the Raiders 10-4 scoring 6 runs in the 1^st inning… No Raider had over 1 hit and the Raiders had a runner at third base only twice in the game but could not get the Clutch hit to bring them home… 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 will be traveling to Wren HS Tuesday (4-8) to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the King Academy today.
• Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday

Thornwell

• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to Ware Shoals for a rematch with the Hornets this Friday at 7:00 pm
• Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals for a region game with the Hornets at 5:00 pm Friday.

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. [Read more…]

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

• Tuesday Softball: Clinton 18 – Columbia 0… I now have some information about the Red Devils 18-0 win over the Columbia HS Capitals back on Tuesday (4-1-25)… The Red Devils scored 7 runs in the 1^st inning, 2 in the 2^nd and 9 in the 3^rd to take the 18-0 win…They outhit the Capitals 8-0 and were the benefactors of 5 Capital errors and 11 walks plus a couple of wild pitches and hit batters so that only 12 of their 18 runs were earned…. Kamryn Campbell was the only Red Devil with more than 1 hit as she went 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI… Addie Watkins and Taylor Davis both had triples in the game driving in runs… Cat Wilkie took the win giving up no hits or runs while striking out 4 and walking none… 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 Red Devils will be hosting the Newberry Bulldogs today according to their schedule on Max Preps.

• Baseball… According to their schedule, the 7-4 Red Devils were supposed be heading to Strom Thurmond HS to take on the Rebels in non-region action yesterday… If that game was played, I can’t find any score on it but if I find it later today, I will have it for you tomorrow…. Their schedule on MaxPreps shows that are supposed to host Columbia HS tomorrow at 6:00 pm but I cannot confirm that on the CHS athletics website.

• Golf: Clinton 151 – Broome 156… The Red Devil golf team hosted the Broome Centurions at Lakeside CC Tuesday and its good news for Red Devil fans as they took a151-156 win over the Centurions… Like Murray led the Red Devils with a 1 under par 35… James Dearbury of Broom was the match medalist with a 34… For more information on this match including how the other Red Devils did, click here.

Laurens

• Baseball: Raiders 15 – Vikings 10… After defeating the Emerald Vikings 11-1 at home on Tuesday night, the Laurens Raiders traveled to Greenwood to take on the Vikings last night on their home field… The Raiders took another win by a score of 15-10 but it was not as easy as the night before as the score would indicate… The Vikings actually led 6-5 after 3 innings of play but the Raiders led 12-6 after 5 innings of play and then held on to take the win… The Raiders outhit the Vikings 15-6 and 5 of their hits were for extra bases while the Vikings only had 2 extra base hits… The Vikings did have enough errors (4) so that only 11 of the Raider runs were earned… Zay Pulley led the Raiders at the plate as he went 3 for 5 and he had 2 RBIs and 2 stolen bases… Logan Martin had 2 doubles driving in 3 runs while Ben Willis and Tristan Buzbee both had a double that drove in runs… Willis also had a triple… 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 is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS tomorrow to take on the Vikings at 6:30 pm.

• Softball: Clinton 22 – Raiders 6… The news is not as good where the Raider softball team is concerned as they fell to the Clinton Red Devils 22-6 last night at LDHS thus the Red Devils can claim the “County Championship” this season in softball… The Red Devils led 7-0 going into the bottom of the 2^nd inning where the Raiders scored 5 runs to make it 7-5 Red Devils but Clinton answered that with 7 runs in the top of the 3^rd inning and then rolled on to the win in 5 innings… The Red Devils outhit the Raiders 22-4 with Kamryn Campbell going 5 for 5 with 4 RBIs… Cat Wilkie and Me-Me Smith both had 4 hits with Wilkie getting 2 triples and Smith getting a double among her 4 hits… Three other Red Devils had more than one hit and several of them had extra base hits…. Me-Me Smith picked up the complete game win giving up the 4 hits and 6 runs (none of them earned) while striking out 5 and walking 2… No Raider had more than 1 hit but Carly Edwards was a triple driving in 3 runs…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 travel to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury in a 6:00 pm game tonight

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday.
• Softball: Wardlaw 17 – Crusaders 5… The Crusader softball team hosted the Wardlaw Patriots yesterday and the only thing I have on that game at this time is the final score and it is not good news for Crusader fans a Wardlaw took a 17-5 win… I did not get any more information on that game yesterday.
• Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday

Thornwell

• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to Ware Shoals for a rematch with the Hornets this Friday at 7:00 pm
• Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals for a region game with the Hornets at 5:00 pm Friday.

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.  [Read more…]

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

• Softball: Clinton 18 – Columbia 0… The Red Devil softball team traveled down to Columbia HS yesterday also to take on the Capitals and the only information I have on that game at this time is that the Red Devils took and 18-0 win in 4 innings… If I get more information on this game, I will bring it to you later.
• Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils will be traveling to Laurens to take on the Raiders today.
• Baseball: Red Devils 18 – Capitals 0 (3)… The Red Devil baseball team traveled to Columbia HS yesterday to take on the Capitals… In my 50 years of either umpiring or covering baseball this game was the most one-sided game in the shortest amount of time I have ever known about on the highs school varsity level as the Red Devils defeated the Capitals 18-0 in just 3 innings… The Red Devils scored all their runs in the first inning and had only 5 hits in the game with 4 of them in the 1^st inning…. How is that possible you ask… Three Capital pitchers gave up 16 walks, a few wild pitches and hit batters to go along with 2 Capital errors and you can get that kind of result… No Red Devil had over 1 hit, but Owen Glenn’s was a 3-run homer… It also helps when the Zack Lawson and Collin Lollis pitched those 3 innings and not only gave up no hits or runs but also struck out all 9 batters they faced… 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 7-4 Red Devils will be heading to Strom Thurmond HS to take on the Rebels in non- region action today at 6:00 pm.

Laurens

• Baseball: Raiders 11 – Vikings 1… The Laurens Raiders actually hosted the Emerald Vikings yesterday in region action at Ed Prescott Field and I am pleased to report the Raiders took an 11-1 win in 6 innings… The Vikings scored a single run in the 2^nd inning to take the early lead but the Raiders scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 3^rd inning and rolled on to the 11-1 win…The raiders simply outhit the Vikings 11-1 and the Raider runs but one were earned… Five of the Raiders 11 hits were for extra-bases with Logan Martin leading the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs… Bennett Edwards went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple and had 3 RBIs… Grayson Ledford picked up the complete game win striking out 7 and walking just 2… 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 was scheduled to travel to Emerald HS today to take on the Vikings at 6:00 pm
• Softball: Fury 23 – Raiders 7… The news is not as good where the Raider softball team is concerned as they fell to the Fountain Inn Fury 23-7 last night at LDHS… The Fury led 12-3 going into the 7^th inning where they scored 11 runs but the Raiders did not “roll over and play dead” as they scored 4 runs in the bottom of the inning to make the final score 23-7… The Fury outhit the Raiders 25-8 and only 20 of their runs were earned as the Raiders had 3 errors in the game… Eight of the Fury’s hits were for extra-bases as they had 6 doubles, a triple and a homer… Only one of the Raiders hits was for extra-bases and that was a 3-run homer by Ashlyn Messer who went 2 for 3 on the night… Carly Edwards and Zealy Martin also has 2 hits each 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 Softball… The Raiders host the Clinton Red Devils today in a 5:00 pm game… As you may or may not recall, the Red Devils took a 7-2 win over the Raiders earlier in the season at Clinton.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday.
• Softball: Wardlaw 17 – Crusaders 5… The Crusader softball team hosted the Wardlaw Patriots yesterday and the only thing I have on that game at this time is the final score and it is not good news for Crusader fans a Wardlaw took a 17-5 win… If I get more information on this game, I will bring it to you later.
• Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday

Thornwell

• Baseball: Ware Shoals 22 – Thornwell 2 (4)… The Saints baseball team hosted the Ware Shoals Hornets yesterday and they forgot their wasp and hornet spray as the Hornets rolled to a 22-2 win in 4 innings… Simply put, the Hornets outhit the Saints 13-3 and 6 Saint errors and 12 walks issued by 3 Saint pitchers aided the Hornets cause…. Zack Crowe was the only Saint to get more than 1 hit as he went 2for 2 with an RBI… 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… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to Ware Shoals for a rematch with the Hornets this Friday at 7:00 pm
• Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals for a region game with the Hornets at 5:00 pm Friday.

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. [Read more…]

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Local Notes 

As far as I can tell, all contests yesterday that were to be held outside were either canceled or postponed.

Clinton HS

• Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils were scheduled to travel to Abbeville yesterday to take on the Panthers in a non-region contest…. That contest will be made up as a varsity only game on Tuesday, 4-29-25… Today they are scheduled to travel to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals at 5:30 in a region contest
• Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will be heading to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals in region action tomorrow at 6:00 pm.
• Golf… Last Thursday (3-27-25) the Red Devil golf team traveled to Spartanburg to take part in the Spartanburg County Golf Tournament… There were 13 teams there and the Red Devils finished in 7^th place shooting a 329 behind Dorman which won the tournament shooting a 299… Mil Carles shot a 75 to lead the Red Devils and was named to the All-Spartanburg County team… Luke McMurray shot a 79, Aiden Bragg 81 and John Carles 94… For a little more information on this match click here… The team is scheduled to host Broome at Lakeside CC today at 4:00 pm.
• Soccer… Last Friday the Red Devil soccer teams hosted the Chester Cyclones… All I can tell you is the final scores, but they are good as Clinton won the boys match 3-1 and the girls match 2-0… No other details available.

Laurens

• Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team was scheduled to travel to Emerald HS to take on the Vikings yesterday… That game will now take place at 6:00 pm today at Emerald
• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are off tonight and will play again today (4-1-25) when they host the Fountain Inn Fury in region action at 6:00 pm.
• Golf… Wren 165 – Laurens 179… Last Tuesday the Raider golf team traveled to Southern Oaks GC just south of Easley to take on the defending state champions the Wren KS Golden Hurricanes… The Hurricanes are still a force to be reckoned with as they took a 165-179 win over the Raiders… The Raiders Ashton Wilson was the match medalist with a 38… To see how the other Raiders did and for a little more information on this match, click here… The team will host Fountain Inn Thursday (4-3) at Lakeside CC. .

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the Wardlaw Patriot today at 6:00 pm
• Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team was off last night and will next see action today (4-1-25) when the host Wardlaw at 6:00.

Thornwell

• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team is off tonight and will next see action on Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Ware shoals Hornets at 7:30 pm.
• Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals  for a region game with the 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.  [Read more…]

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

• Softball: Chester 10 – Clinton 6… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Chester Cyclones last Friday and I hate to have to report that the Cyclones took a 10-6 win… The Cyclones outhit the Red Devils 14-10 and they had had 5 extra-base hits including a3 doubles, a triple and a homerun while Clinton only had 2 a pair of doubles by Alyssa Young and Halleigh Luke… Both teams had some errors so that only 8 of Chester’s 10 runs were earned and only 4 of Clintons 6 runs were earned… Sierra Templeton went 3 for 4 to lead the Red Devils at the plate… 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… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Abbeville today to take on the Panthers in a non-region contest.

• Baseball: Clinton 10 – Chester 0… The news is better for Red Devil fans where the baseball team is concerned as the Red Devils defeated the Chester Cyclones 10-0 at home Friday night… The Red Devils scoring in every inning but the first and outhit the Cyclones 9-3… All of the Cyclones hits were singles while the Red Devils had 3 extra-base hits including 2 doubles and 1 triple by Camden Finley who led the Red Devils at the plate going 2 for 2 and scoring 2 runs… Isaac Cane, Jayden Glenn and Finley combined to hold the Cyclones hitless while striking out 7 and walking none…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 Red Devils will be heading to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals in region action tomorrow at 6:00 pm.
• Boys Tennis: Clinton 6 – Mid-Carolina 0… The Red Devil tennis team traveled to Mid-Carolina HS Thursday and came home with a 6-0 region win over the Rebels… Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Jacob King and Matthew King all took wins in singles action… The Red Devils are now 3-0 overall and 2-0 in region play and will travel to Woodruff HS to take on the Wolverines next Wednesday, 4-2-25.

Laurens

• Baseball: Wren 4 – Laurens 1… After defeating Wren twice last week, the Raiders lost to Wren 4-1 last Friday at Wren… The reason is simple in that Wren outhit the Raiders 6-1with the Raiders only run coming off the bat of Bennett Edwards who hit a solo homer in the 7^th inning… 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 is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS to take on the Vikings at 6:00 pm weather permitting
• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are off tonight and will play again tomorrow (4-1-25) when they host the Fountain Inn Fury in region action at 6:00 pm

Laurens Academy

• Baseball: Knights 24 – Crusaders 1… Friday the Crusaders hosted the Knights of Oakbrook Prep… At the end of the 1^st inning the Knights led 2-1… After that it was all Knights as they went on to take a 24-1 win over the Crusaders in 5 innings… The Knights outhit the Crusaders 13-4 and the Crusaders had some errors(5) and 5 Crusader pitchers issued 14 walks so that only 14 of the Knights runs were earned…Masson Coper was the only Crusader with more than 1 hit has he had 2 and he scored in the first inning on an RBI single by Evan Asalone… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Crusaders are now 3-3 on the season.
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the Wardlaw Patriot tomorrow at 6:00 pm
• Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team is off tonight and will next see action tomorrow (4-1-25) when the host Wardlaw at 5:30.

Thornwell

• Baseball: Upstate Owls 11 – Saints 8… The Saints baseball team hosted the Green Upstate Owls last Friday and fell by a score of 11-8… Both teams had 10 hits and the game was just about even in all categories except 1, errors… The Saints had 6 errors so that only 4 of the Owls 11 runs were earned while the Owls had 4 errors so that only 6 of the Saints 8 runs were earned… parker Workman led the Saints at the plate going 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI while scoring twice… 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… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team is off tonight and will next see action on Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Ware shoals Hornets at 7:30 pm.
• Softball: Abbeville 12 – Saints 2… Last Friday the Saints softball team traveled over to Abbeville to take on the Panthers in region action… The Saints scored the first 2 runs of the game in the top of the 1^st inning then after that it was all Panthers as Abbeville rolled on to a12-2 win in 5 innings… The panthers only outhit the Saints 8-6 but the Saints had enough errors (6) so that only 3 of the Panthers 12 runs were earned… Karleigh Porter was the only Saint to collect more than 1 hit as she went 2 for 2 with an RBI…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 Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS today in a non-region game weather permitting to take on the Vikings at 4:15 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. [Read more…]

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

• Softball: Clinton 17 – Newberry 4… The Red Devil softball team traveled down to Newberry yesterday to take on the Bulldogs and good news to report to Clinton fans as they came home with a 17-4 win over the Bulldogs in non-region action… The Red Devils wasted little time getting ahead as they scored 8 runs in the first inning and the Bulldogs countered with 3… By the time they got to the 4^th inning Clinton led 10-4 and they broke the game open scoring 7 runs in the 4^th inning and then held Newberry scoreless to take the 17-4 win in 5 innings… Mainly they did it by outhitting the Bulldogs 20-6 but the Bulldogs did have a few mistakes so that only 12 of the Red Devil runs were earned… Five of the Red Devils 20 hits were for extra bases including 2 doubles, 2 triples and a homerun by Me-Me Smith a 2-run shot in the 4^th inning her third home run of the season…Kamryn Campbell, Taylor Davis Cat Wilkie and Micah Snelgrove each had 3 hits to lead the Red Devil at the plate and Sierra Templeton picked up the complete game win giving up the 4 unearned runs while striking out 6 and walking none…  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… The 4-7 Red Devils are scheduled to host the Chester Cyclones tonight at 7:30 a region team they lost to by a score of 4-7 on Tuesday at Chester… Chester is 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in region play.
• Up Next in Baseball… The 6-4 Red Devil varsity baseball team will also be hosting the Chester Cyclones tonight at 7:30… Chester is 7-1 on the season and their only loss was to Clinton last Tuesday at home where the Red Devils took a 14-0 win so the Cyclones will be looking for revenge.
• Boys Tennis: Clinton 6 – Mid-Carolina 0… The Red Devil tennis team traveled to Mid-Carolina HS yesterday and came home with a 6-0 region win over the Rebels… Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Jacob King and Matthew King all took wins in singles action… The Red Devils are now 3-0 overall and 2-0 in region play and will travel to Woodruff HS to take on the Wolverines next Wednesday, 4-2-25.

Laurens

• Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team will be traveling back over to Wren tonight for an important region game with the Golden Hurricanes that is scheduled for 6:30… The Raiders have already taken two close games from the Hurricanes this week and they will be looking to defend their home field tonight … The Raiders are 4-1 in the region while Wren is 2-3… Fountain in is 2-0 in the region and on percentage of region wins is considered ahead of Laurens.
• Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are off tonight and will play again next Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Fountain Inn Fury in region action at 6:00 pm

Laurens Academy

• Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting Oakbrook Prep tonight a team they lost to 2-8 at Oakbrook Prep on Tuesday.
• Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team is off tonight and will next see action Tuesday (4-1-25) when the host Wardlaw at 5:30.

 Thornwell

• Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team is off tonight and will next see action on Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Ware shoals Hornets at 7:30 pm.
• Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Abbeville today according to their schedule on MaxPreps…  This is a region game with a 5:00 pm first pitch.

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 [Read more…]

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

• Boys Tennis: Red Devils 6 – Rebels 0… Catching up with the Red Devil boys’ tennis team, last week they defeated Mid-Carolina Rebels at home 6-0 in their first region match of the season… Edwin Orr, Nathan Meade, Matthew Ling, and Jacob King all took wins in singles action… For a little more information on this match click here…By the way, they travel to Mid-Carolina today for a re-match… Go Big Red!
• Golf… I also need to do some catching up with the Red Devil golf team that played Monday at Heddles Hideaway Country Club in Spartanburg for a match that also involved Broome HS, Landrum HS and Union County HS… The Red Devils wound up tied for first with Broome HS as both teams shot a 157… For more details on this match click here.

Laurens

• Baseball: Raiders 8 – Wren 7… The Raider baseball team hosted the Wren Golden Hurricanes last night at Ed Prescott Field in a very important region game… The game was tied 7-7 going into the bottom of the 7^th inning when with one out, Jireh Brown singled and reached second on an error by the second baseman… With a 2-2 count Tristen Buzbee than singled driving in the speedy Brown to give the Raiders a walk-off win… The Raiders outhit the Hurricanes 12-7 but both teams also had problems with errors and wild pitches so that only 2 of the Raiders runs were earned and none of the Hurricanes… That was especially true in the 3^rd inning when wren scored 6 runs and in the 4^th when the Raiders scored 6 runs…  Zay Pulley and Buzbee both had 3 hits to lead the Raiders as they both had a double and Buzbee also had a triple and the game winning single… By the way, Buzbee picked up the win pitching… 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: Raiders 13 – JL Mann 7… There is also good news for Raider fans where the softball team is concerned as the Raiders traveled up to Greenville last night to take on the JL Mann Patriots and the ride home was a happy one as the Raiders won 13-7… Mann actually led 6-5 going into the top of the 7^th inning where the Raiders scored 8 runs to make it 13-6 Raiders and then the Patriots scored 1 run in the bottom of the inning to make it 13-7… A double play by the Raiders ended the game and preserved the win… The Raiders outhit the Patriots 16-5 but to be honest both teams had problems with errors, wild pitches and hit batters so that only 3 of the Patriot runs were earned and 7 of the Raider runs were earned…All the hits by both teams were singles… For the Raiders Makayden Livingston and Addie Carlisle both had 3 hits and 4 other Raiders had 2 hits each… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here

 Laurens Academy

• Softball: Crusaders 14 – Northside Christian Academy 2… Yesterday I mentioned to you that the Crusader Softball team defeated Northside Christian Academy 14-2 Tuesday at Northside… I also said I did not know any details on the game well I do now… I can tell you that Mackenzie Runyans had 4 of the Crusaders 11 hits in the game and one of them was a triple… I can also tell you that Maddie Loe picked up the complete game win giving up just 3 hits and only I of Northside’s runs was earned…. She struck out 12 and walked just 3… To see more Crusader stats on the game, click here.

Thornwell

• Softball: Saints 20 – Southside 5… The Saints softball team traveled up to Greenville to take on the Southside HS Tigers (a Class 4A team) and they outhit the Tigers 9-1 to take a 20-5 win in 5 innings… Six of the Saints nine hits were for extra-bases with Adrienne Anderson hitting a 2-run homer in the 5^th inning, a double and driving in 3 runs… Skyla Bates and Lexi Hazel also had 2 hits each for the Saints… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored 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. [Read more…]

Local Notes

Note… A family emergency kept me gone until 2:30 am this morning and will require me to be out again for a while early this morning… For that reason, you will find the score and links to the box score and scorecard for some of the games I have results on from last night… Sorry but I really do not have time and am too tired to offer comments on the games.

Broadcast Note… The same family emergency will keep me from being able to broadcast the Wren at Laurens baseball game tonight but please do go out and support the Raiders in this big region contest.

Clinton HS

• Softball: Chester 7 – Clinton 4… This game was at Chester and box score and scorecard are not available at this time.
• Baseball: Clinton 14 – Chester 0… This game was at Chester… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

Laurens Academy

• Baseball: Oakbrook Prep 8 – Laurens Academy 2… This game was at Oakbrook Prep… 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: Crusaders 14 – Northside Christian Academy 2… This game was at Northside Christian Academy and details not available at this time.

Thornwell

• Baseball: Green Upstate 17 – Saints 8… This game was at Green Upstate Academy in Simpsonville… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored 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.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

Local Notes 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

• Wednesday, 3-26-25… Baseball host Wren at 6:30 pm

Clinton HS

• Softball: According to all the schedules I could find, the Clinton softball team was scheduled to play yesterday and if they did, I could not find any results.
  • Softball up Next… The Red Devils re now 3-5 overall and 0-2 in region play and head to Chester s today at 7:30 pm.

• Baseball: Clinton 12 – Newberry 5… The Red Devil baseball team traveled down to Newberry yesterday to take on the Bulldogs… The Bulldogs took an early 3-1 lead but the Red Devils scored 2 runs in the 4^th inning to tie the game…They then broke the game open scoring 6 runs in the 5^th inning and 3 runs in the 6^th as they went on to take a 12-5 win… The Red Devils outhit the Bulldogs 11-6 with Brett Young going 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Red Devil attack… Luke Young and Talon Campbell also had 2 hits each in 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.
  • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil will travel to Chester to take on the Cyclones today at 6:30 pm.

 Laurens

• Softball up Next… The Raiders will travel to JL Mann Wednesday (3-26).
• Baseball: Laurens 8 – Wren 6… The Raider baseball team traveled to Wren yesterday to take on the Golden Hurricanes a team they were tied with for the Region lead with a 2-1 record… The Raiders trailed 6-2 after 2 innings of play but settled down and got to work and tied the game 6-6 with a pair of runs in the in the 6^th inning… They then scored 2 runs in the top of the 7^th inning to take the 8-6 win… In the 7^th inning with one out, Tristan Buzbee and Brayden Patterson had back-to-back singles and then Zay Pulley doubled driving them in with what would prove to be the winning runs… The Raiders outhit the Hurricanes 9-6 and had a couple of errors that helped the Hurricanes score their runs…Pulley was the only Raider with more than 1 hit as he had 2 (single and the game winning double)… Ben Willis and Bennett Edwards hits were doubles also… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders will be at home Wednesday taking on Wren in the second game of the 3-game series with the Golden Hurricanes… We do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.

Laurens Academy

• Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are now 3-2 on the season and scheduled to travel Oakbrook Prep today with first pitch at 6:15.
• Softball up Next… The Crusaders are now 1-4 on the season and I believe the Crusader softball team will be traveling to Northside Christian Academy to take on another set of Crusaders today at 5:30 pm down in Lexington.

Thornwell

• Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host the Ware Shoals Hornets on Tuesday, April 1^st at 7:30 pm.
• Softball: Dixie 21 – Thornwell 0… The Saints hosted the Dixie Green Hornets and must have forgotten and left their cans of wasp and Hornet spray in the locker room as the Dixie took a 21-0 win over the Saints…. There were two main reasons for the one-sided win….First the Hornets outhit the Saints 11-3 with 3 doubles, 2 triples and 2 homes while all the Saints hits were singles… Secondly the Saints made 7 errors in the game… Madi Porter, Karleigh Porter and Madi Landrith had the 3 singles for the Saints… 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 up Next… The Saints are now 3-2 on the season and will be traveling to Southside HS tomorrow for a 6 pm game with the Tigers

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.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

• Wednesday, 3-26-25… Baseball host Wren at 6:30 pm

Clinton HS

• Softball: Mid-Carolina 12 – Red Devils 1… The Red Devil softball also traveled to Mid-Carolina to take on the Rebels last Friday night… The Rebels pounded out 13 hits to the Red Devils 3 and took a 13-1 win over Clinton… The Rebels led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 4^th inning where they scored 6 runs and then held the Red Devils scoreless in the 5^th inning as the game then ended on the 10-run rule… Halleigh Luke, Kamryn Campbell and Me-Me Smith all had singles for the Red Devils and Smith’s drove in Luke in the third inning with the Red Devils only run… 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 up Next… The Red Devils re now 3-5 overall and 0-2 in region play and will host the Ninety Six Wildcats today at 6:00 pm.

• Baseball: Mid-Carolina 7 – Clinton 6… The Red Devil baseball also traveled to Mid-Carolina to take on the Rebels… I hate to have to report that they came up on the short side of a 7-6 score but they never stopped tying as a comeback attempt in the 7^th inning fell just a little bit short… The Red Devils trailed 1-0 go9ng into the top of the 2^nd inning where they scored 3 runs and added another one in the 3^rd inning to make the score 4-1 Red Devils… That would be the last they scored until the 7^th inning… The Rebels took the lead in the 5^th inning and led 7-4 going into the top of the 7^th inning… There Camden Finley led off with a double and Brett Young drew a walk and both scored by way of a passed ball and during strike out to make the score 7-6 Rebels but could get no closer as the tying run was left stranded at third base… The Rebels outhit the Red Devils 8-6 and all their hits were singles except for one homerun…No Red Devil had over 1 hit but Camden Finley, Luke Young and Jarred Willards hits were doubles… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…. The Red Devils are now 4-4 overall and 0-2 in region play.
  • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil will travel to Newberry to take on the Bulldogs today at 6:00 pm.
• JV Baseball: Mid-Carolina 7 – Clinton 3… The Red Devil JV team also played Friday and they lost to the Rebels 7-3… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… They are 5-2 on the season.

Laurens

• Softball up Next… The Raiders are 5-4overall and 3-1 in the region and will travel to JL Mann next Wednesday (3-26).
• Baseball: Laurens 5 – Westside Rams 4… Last Friday night the Raider baseball team hosted the Westside Rams in region action at Ed Prescott Field… This was the 3^rd time the two schools got together with each other last week and they both had a win against each other…  Well this game went back as forth as the Raiders led 4-0 after 3 innings of play but the Rams came back to tie the game 4-4 going into the bottom of the 7^th inning…  There the Raiders used a single by Coleman Coker and 3 walks (one with the bases loaded) to take a 5-4 win over the Rams… The Raiders only outhit the Rams 6-4 and both teams had errors that aided the other team… Ben Willis went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles while Coleman Coker also 2- for 4 with his hits being singles… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Wren HS tonight to start a 3-game series with the Golden Hurricanes… Wren is tied with Laurens with a 2-1 region record for the region lead.

Laurens Academy

• Baseball: WW King 12 – Crusaders 8… The Crusader baseball team traveled to WW King last Friday and lost a heartbreaker to the Knights by a score of 12-8… The Crusaders led 8-5 going into the bottom of the 6^th inning where they gave up 7 runs in the inning and then were Held scoreless by the Knights in the top of the 7^th inning thus falling 12-8… The Knights only outhit the Crusaders 8-7 but 7 Crusader errors, 9 walks issued by 4 Crusader pitchers and the same number of wild pitches aided the Knight’s cause especially in the 6thg inning…All but 1 of the Crusader hits were singles and that was a double by Garrett Murphy and Caleb Hardy was the only Crusader with more than 1 hit as he has 2…   To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are now 3-2 on the season and scheduled to travel Oakbrook Prep tomorrow with first pitch at 6:15.

• Softball: Knights 14 – Crusaders 4… The Crusader softball team also traveled to WW King last Friday and they also lost to the Knights by a score of 14-4… The Crusaders scored all of their runs in the first inning and led 4-2 going into the bottom of the 5^th inning where the Knights scored 5 runs to go up 7-4… In the next inning the Knights struck for 7 runs making the score 14-4 thus ending the game on the 10-run lead rule… I have limited stats on the game and if you would like to see them click here… I do believe that Abby Howard, Braylee Burke and Mackenzie Runyans led the team with 2 hits each… Burke and Runyans each had a double for the Crusaders.
• Softball up Next… The Crusaders are now 1-4 on the season and I believe the Crusader softball team will be traveling to Northside Christian Academy to take on another set of Crusaders tomorrow at 5:30 pm down I Lexington.

Thornwell

• Baseball: Whitmire 12 – Saints 10… The Saints hosted the Whitmire Wolverines last Friday and they came so close to being able to ring the bell but saw there come-back in the 7^th inning fall just short as the Wolverines took a 12-10 win… The Saints trailed 12-3 going into the bottom of the 7^th inning where they put 7 runs on the scoreboard to make the score 12-10 Knights with the Saints leaving the tying runs on base… The Wolverines only outhit the Saints 9-8 but they has several extra base hits while all 8 of the Crusaders hits were singles with Parker Workman having 3 of them and driving in 3 runs…  To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…. The Saints are 2-6 overall and 0-2 I region play.
  • Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host the Ware Shoals Hornets on Tuesday, April 1^st at 7:30 pm.
• Softball: Saints 19 – McCormick 3… The news is belter for Saints fans where the softball team is concerned as the traveled to McCormick HS to take on the Chiefs and when they dot back home they were able to ring the bell because they took a 19-3 win… Simply put, they outhit the Chiefs 11-3 and more often than not took advantage of 7 walks issued by 2 Chief pitchers and close to the same number of hit batters… Karleigh Porter led the Saints offense as she went 3 for 4 with a double and 5 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.
  • Softball up Next… The Saints are now 3-1 on the season and will be hosting the Dixie Green Hornets today at 4:15 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.

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