Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Softball: Woodruff 6 – Clinton 5… The Red Devil softball team traveled to Woodruff to take on the Wolverines last Friday and they lost a real heartbreaker by a score of 6-5… The Red Devils led 5-3 going into the bottom of the 6th inning where the Wolverines scored 3 unearned runs to take a 6-5 win when they held the Red Devils scoreless in the 7th inning… Clinton actually outhit Woodruff 8-6 but Red Devil errors, a couple of hit batters and walks (some with bases loaded) proved to be the Red Devils undoing… Me-Me Smith had 3 of the Red Devils 8 hits (all singles) and drove in 1 run… Halleigh Luke had 2 hits and one of them was a triple and she drove in 1 run… Me-Me Smith took the complete game loss striking out 4 and walking 2 and only 1 of the 6 runs she gave up was earned… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored…The team is now 8-7 on the season and 1-5 in region play.
- Baseball: Clinton 11 – Chester 0… The Red Devil baseball team was at home Friday night hosting the Chester Cyclones in region action… The Cyclones proved to be just a light breeze as the Red Devils took an 11-0 win in 5 innings… The Red Devils scored 1 run in the 1st inning Brett Young singled and later was driven in by Carson Glenn when he singled… The Red Devils broke the game open in the 2nd inning scoring 6 runs… Bryce Young singles driving in a run as did Tanner Kyko… Harrison Moore drew a bases loaded walk to score another run and Like Young singled to left field where the left fielder misplayed it allowing 3 runs to score…. In the 3rd inning, the Red Devils scored their last 4 runs on a single by Bryce Young which drove in 2 runs and a triple by Zane McClendon which drove in 2 runs… Brett Young went 3 for 3 at the plate (all singles) scoring 3 times and driving in a run to lead the Red Devils… Freddy Lopez and Jadon Glenn both had 2 hits for the Red Devils…Jaydon Glenn started the game for the Red Devils and went 3innings giving up 3 hits but no runs while striking out 3 and walking 2… Tanner Finley finished the game giving up no hits while striking out 2 and walking none… The team is now 10-7 on the season and 3-2 in region play…
- Contest Involving CHS Today:
- Golf at Spartanburg County Tournament
- Tennis host Woodruff – 5:00
- JV Softball host Gaffney – 6:00
- Varsity baseball host Blue Ridge – 6:30
Laurens HS
- Baseball: Laurens 13 – Riverside 1… The Raider varsity baseball team traveled up to Riverside HS Friday for the third game of a 3-game series with the Warriors… Good news for Raider fans as the Raiders took a 13-1 win in 5 innings… The Raiders scored 3 runs in the 1st and 2nd innings before the Warriors picked up their lone run in the 3rd inning… The Raiders got that back in the 4th inning and scored 6 runs in the 5th inning while holding the Warriors scoreless as the game ended on the 10-run rule after the end of the 5tyh inning…. The Raiders outhit the Warriors 14-2… Jordan Hudson picked up the complete game win giving up the 1 earned run on 2 hits while striking out 8 and walking 4… Ben Willis went 3 for 3 at the plate (all singles) and drove in 1 run… Five different Raiders had 2 hits in the game with one of Bennet Edwards’ hits being a grand slam homer as part of the big 6th inning… He drove in 6 runs total in the game… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored… The Raiders are now 15-4 overall and 7-2 in region play… They will host Wade Hampton tonight at 7:30 pm starting their last region series of the season.
- Softball: Riverside 10 – Laurens 0… The Raider softball team traveled to Riverside just like the baseball team last Friday also but the news is not as good as the Warriors took a 10-0 win… The reason they took the win is that they had the hot bays pounding out 17 hits while the Raiders managed just 5 hits in the game… The Warriors scored in every inning but the 2nd… Summer Nations was the only Raider to get more than 1 hit as she went 2 for 3… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored… The team is now 6-6 on the season and 1-3 in region play.
- Contest Involving LDHS Today:
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- Golf at Woodfin Tournament
- Tennis host Woodmont – 4:30
- JV baseball host Wade Hampton – 5:15
- Varsity baseball host Wade Hampton – 7:30
- Softball host Woodruff – 6:00
- Soccer at Wade Hampton – 5:30 & 7:00
- Cheerleading Tryouts… Cheerleading tryouts will be held at LDHS starting Monday, May 6th and running through Thursday, May 9th in the Main Gym at LDDHS… There is a lot of information you need to know be coming out on those dates including information about needing a current physical form… For much more information about this, click here
Laurens Academy
- Baseball: Richard Winn 11 – Laurens Academy 0… The Laurens Academy Crusader baseball team hosted the Eagles of Richard Winn last Friday night… The Eagles had some big talons and flew high as they defeated the Crusaders 11-0 in five innings… They did it by outhitting the Crusaders 12-3 and 4 Crusader errors helped them as only 6 of the Eagles runs were earned… The Eagles scores d in every inning but the 3rd… Evan Asalone, Caleb Hardy and Elijah Hornberger each had a single for the Crusaders… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored… The team is now 4-6 on the season.
- Softball: Crusaders 9 – Richard Winn 2… The news is better where the Crusader softball team as they took a 9-2 win over the Richard Winn Eagles at home last Friday… The Crusaders led 3-2 going into the bottom of the 4th inning where the Crusaders put 6 runs and held the Eagles scoreless the rest of the way… The Crusaders only outhit the Eagles 5-3 but were also the recipient of 9 walks and a few hit batters and when a Crusader got on bae they were running as they stole 11 bases….Abby Howard and Madison Loe were the only two Crusaders to get more than 1 hit as they both had a double and drove in a run… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored
- Contest Involving Laurens Academy Today
- Middle School baseball at Wardlaw 5:00
- Varsity baseball at Wardlaw – 7:00
- Softball at Wardlaw – 4:00 / 6:00
Thornwell
- Baseball: Ware Shoals 21 – Thornwell 2… The Thornwell Saint baseball team traveled to Ware Shoals last Friday and they forgot to carry their Hornet spray as the Hornets stung them for 15 run in the 1st inning and 6 in the 2nd inning as the Hornets went on to take a 21-2 win over the Saints… All of the Hornets runs were earned as they pounded out 13 hits and were aided by 10 walks, 4 wild pitches and 4 hit batters issued by 4 Saint pitchers… The Saints scored their two earned runs in the 2nd inning when both Griffen Raines and Sam Robertson singled driving in one run each… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored.
- Softball: Ware Shoals 19 – Thornwell 4… While the baseball team was at Ware Shoals Friday the softball team was hosting the Hornets…. The results were much the same as in the baseball game in that the Hornets took a 19-4 win over the Saints in 3 innings. Ware Sholas scored 5 runs in the 1st inning and the Saints answered with 2 runs in the bottom of the inning… Camden Nelson had triple that drove in a run and Madi Landrith had a RBI single…. The Hornets scored 9 runs in the 2nd and 5 in the 3rd and the Saints did not give up scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 3rd… Madi Landrith had another RBI single and later stole home… The Hornets only outhit the Saints 7-4as they were helped by Saints errors and miscues to the point that only 8 of their runs were earned… Madi Landrith was the only the Saint with more than 1 hit as she went 2 for 2 scoring and driving in a run…. Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored.
- Contest Involving Thornwell Today
- Softball at McCormick – 5:00
Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG:
- We have no broadcast planned for this week as I cannot get a board operator… Contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470 if you would like to learn how to do this and make some extra money.
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: To see the varsity and middle school baseball schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school softball schedule click here.
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity baseball schedule and results click here.… To see the Saints softball schedule and results click here.
- PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Baseball
- D-1 Rankings… The latest college baseball rankings according to D1BASEBALL.COM TOP 25 came out 4-7-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Arkansas (1), Clemson (2), Texas A&M (3), Tennessee (4) and Oregon State (5)… Coastal Carolina remains at # 20 and South Carolina dropped out of the top 25… If you wish to see the entire top 25 according to the poll click here.
- Scores… If you click here, it will carry you to a posting linked to the NCAA website where you can find the latest scores, past scores and future contest in D1 baseball… When you get there, it will list scores and contest by top 25 and if you scroll down, it will also list them by conferences… Enjoy!
College Softball
- D-1 Rankings… The latest college softball rankings put out by ESPN and USA Softball came out 4-8-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Texas (5), Oklahoma (1), Duke (2), Tennessee (4) and Oklahoma State (6)… The Clemson Tigers dropped a spot from #17 to #19 while South Carolina is tied at #25 with Arizona… If you wish to see the entire top 25 according to the poll click here
- Scores… Similar to baseball above, if you click here, it will carry you to a posting linked to the NCAA website where you can find the latest scores, past scores and future contest in D1 baseball… When you get there, it will list scores and contest by top 25 and if you scroll down, it will also list them by conferences… Enjoy!
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
The Masters… I have to admit I am not a big fan of golf but the one tournament I pay attention to is The Masters… Not only is some great gold played there but it is done on one of the most beautiful courses on the tour… The Masters starts Thursday, 4-11 and if you click here it will carry you to the masters’ website where almost anything you want to know about this iconic tournament can be found… Schedules, tee times, weather alerts and leader board are just a few of the thing you can find there… If you want to go directly to the leader board click here… Enjoy!
Atlanta Braves… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Braves… The Braves played a 3-game series down in Miami against the Marlins over the weekend.
- Friday: Braves 8 – Marlins 1… The Braves opened the series on appositive note taking an 8-1 win over the Marlins… The Braves broke the game open in the 7th inning scoring 5 runs and outhit the Marlins 14-6 in the game… Marcel Ozuna hit his 6th homerun of the season a solo shot in the 9th inning.
- Saturday: Marlins 5 – Braves 1… The Marlins rebounded on Saturday taking a 5-1 win over the Braves by outhitting them 8-6 and getting some clutch hits… No Brave had over 1 hit.
- Sunday: Braves 9 – Marlins 7… The Braves closed out the series Sunday taking a 9-7 win by scoring 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning and then holding the Marlins scoreless in the bottom of the inning… Marcell Ozuna provided the 3 winning runs in the 9th when he hit his 7th homer of the year a 3-run shot to center field … Adam Duval hit his first homer of the season a solo shot in the 4th inning.
- Season Schedule… The Braves remain on the road tonight as they travel to Houston to start a 3-game series with the Astros at 8:10 pm… If you would like to see the Braves, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised.
- Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here… Once you get there you will see the standing by league (American or National) and also by division.
Greenville Drive… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Drive Lose Series… The Greenville Drive finished their 6-game series with the Bowling Green Hot Rods over the weekend… The lost Friday by a score of 6-0 and Saturday by a score of 10-5… They did rebound Sunday to take a 6-4 win over the Hot Rods… They are off tonight as they travel to Wilmington, Delaware to start a 6-game series with the Blue Rocks tomorrow.
- Schedule… If you wish to see the Greenville Drive schedule and results of completed games, click here.
- Standings… To see the standings for the South Atlantic League (SAL) click here.
NBA
- Scores… To see the latest scores in the NBA and games up next, click here
- Standings… To see the current standing and records in each of the NBA Conferences click here.
NASCAR
- Chase Eliot Wins at Texas… Chase Elliot had not won a Cup Race in his last 42 starts… Well yesterday ho broke that streak out in Texas… The race had an overabundance of caution flags and actually ended in the second overtime period where Elliot had just past the start-finish line where he received the white one lap to go flag before another caution came out.… Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
- Standings… Kyle Larson still leads the Driver Standings in the Cup Series while Martin Truex Jr. remains second… Denny Hamlin still checks in at 3rd…To see the driver standings for the Cup Series click here… Once you get there you can also click on links to see the standings in Xfinity and Truck Series using tabs in the upper right corner of the posting.
- Schedule This Week… This week NASCAR holds its racing this week at Talladega… To see the schedule for practices and races click here.
- NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.
This & That:
Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame… Recently the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame announced the five members of its fifth class which will be inducted on Thur., April 25th at Laurens County Museum on courthouse square at 6:30 pm… The five new members are Robert Wilder, Anthony Downs, Charles Peterson, Walter Todd and Jean Hammond Whitfield… Now to read more about each of the inductees and to learn how they were chosen click here… You will also find out who the members of the first four classes were as well as general information about the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame… Tickets are now on sale for $30 and include a catered meal… To purchase your ticket, click here… No tickets will be sold at the door.
Ticketing Information and Other Important Information for Raider Spring Sports… The Raider athletic department has released information about ticketing including how to buy ahead of time and policy for purchasing at the gate… Also information about what passes will be accepted as well as other information you need to know before you go… To see all of this and more, click here
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