Clinton HS
- Boys’ Tennis… The Red Devil boys’ tennis team will be on the road to Wren HS to take on the Golden Hurricanes at today at 5:00 pm in third round action of the Class AAA Tennis Tournament… Go Big Red!…If you would like to see the SCHSL Baseball Bracket for Class AAA Tennis click here.
- Baseball: Clinton 2 – Union 0… The Red Devils boys’ baseball team laid claim to the region championship and a #1 seeding in the upcoming baseball playoffs by taking a 2-0 win over the Union County Yellow Jackets at home last Friday night… The biggest reason for the win was the Carson Glenn who picked up the complete game win scattering 4 hits without allowing a run while striking out 11 and walking none….Meanwhile the Red Devils had 7 hits in the game with Brett Young being the only Red Devil to get more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 3… The Red Devils scored 1 run in the 4th inning when Jaydon Glenn singled driving in in Owen Glenn who was a courtesy runner for Luke Young who walked to get on earlier… The Red Devils other ruin came in the 5th inning Harrison Moore singled to drive in Brett Young who singles to get on… The Red Devils finish with an overall record of 13-10 and region record of 6-2… The Red Devils will open tournament play Tuesday hosting either Wren or Palmetto which both have 5-5 region records… To see the SCHSL Class AAAA Playoff Brackets click here… Go Big Red!
- Softball… I need to do some catching up with the Red Devils softball team as they played two games against the Mauldin Mavericks one on Thursday and one on Friday to close out their regular season.
- Thursday: Clinton 11 – Mauldin 10… On Thursday the Red Devils traveled to Mauldin and escaped with an 11-10 win… The Red Devils trailed 9-7 going into the 7th inning where they put 4 runs on the scoreboard and then held the Mavericks to a single run in the bottom of the inning to take the come-from behind 11-10 win… A double by both Kamryn Campbell and ME-Me Smith plus a Maverick error scored the 4 runs in the 7th inning… Me-Me Smith led the Red Devils at the plate going 4 for 4 with 3 doubles and driving in 2 runs… Sophia Sullivan also had 3 hits for the Red Devils… Smith was the pitcher of record when the Red Devils scored the 4 big ruins in the 7th so she gets the win… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored.
- Friday: Clinton 17 – Mauldin 2… On Friday the two teams faced off at Clinton HS… The Red Devils had an easier time of it as they took a 17-2 win in a 4 inning game… They simply outhit the Mavericks 14-3 with Me-Me smith again going 4 for 4 driving in 4 runs 3 of them coming in in the 3rd inning on a 3-run homer her 5th homer of the season… Ella Adair also went 4 for 4 driving in 3 runs and one of her hits was a double…Smith got the complete game win giving up 2 earned runs on 3 hits while striking out 3 and walking 1. .. Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored.
- Up Next for the Red Devils… The Red Devils finish the season with a 12-10 overall record and 2-6 in region play finishing 4th in the region and making the playoffs…. Now there seems to be some confusion on the SCHSL website’s bracket for Class AAA softball as it shows the Red Devils playing 2 different opponents on Wednesday and we all know that is not right… According to what Coach Terry told me last week I believe they will be headed to Palmetto this Wednesday (5-1-24)… To see the SCHSL Class AAAA Softball Playoff Brackets click here… Go Big Red!
Laurens HS
- Softball: Wade Hampton 13 – Laurens 3… The Raider softball team closed out its regular season Friday night as they traveled to Wade Hampton to take on the Generals… The Generals led 5-3 going into the bottom of the 5th inning where things went south for the Raiders as the Generals scored 9 runs to take a 13-3 win in 5 innings… The Generals outhit the Raiders 13-6 and took advantage of 4 Raider errors 3 of which came in the 5th inning and helped the Generals score their 9 runs in that inning… Carly Edwards and Summer Nations led the Raiders at the plate as they both were the only Raiders with more than 1 hit as they had 2 each… One of Nations was a double and she drove in a run while Edwards had a double and a solo-homer in the first inning… That was her team leading 5th homer of the year… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored.
- Up Next for the Team… The Raiders finish the season 8-10 overall and 3-5 in region play which means they finished third in the region… They will head to Indian Land tomorrow (4-30-24) to take on the Warriors in first round action of the Class AAAA Softball Tournament… The game is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm and we do plan n bringing you that game here on Real Radio WLBG. .. If you would like to see the Class AAAA Softball Bracket click here.
- Cheerleading Tryouts… Cheerleading tryouts will be held at LDHS starting Monday, May 6th and running through Thursday, May 9th in the Main Gym at LDHS… There’s a lot of information you need to know before coming out on those dates including information about needing a current physical form… For much more information about this, click here
Laurens Academy
- Baseball: The Crusader varsity baseball team has made the SCISA Class A Baseball Tournament… They will start their participation in the tournament today traveling down to Holly Hill Academy to take on the Raiders in the first game of a best of 3 series starting at 6:00 pm… They return home tomorrow for a 6:00 pm game with the Raiders… To see the brackets and other information for all classes of SCISA baseball click here… Go Crusaders!
- Softball: To the best of my knowledge, SCISA had NOT released the playoff brackets for softball… When they do, I will make them available to you.
Thornwell
- Baseball: If I am reading the Class A baseball bracket correctly (Click here to see it) the Saints baseball team will be on the road tomorrow heading to McBee to take on the Panthers… MaxPreps says the start time will be 6:00 pm… Good Luck to the Saints!!
- Softball: The Saints softball team has also made the playoff and they will be headed to Lewisville on Wednesday to take on the Lions… Again MaxPreps says the start time will be 6:00 pm… … To see the Class A Softball bracket click here… Good Luck to the Saints!!
Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG:
- Monday, Baseball… Laurens hosting Northwestern in first round Class AAAA baseball playoff at 6:30
- Tuesday, softball… Laurens travels to Indian Land in first round Class AAAA baseball playoff at 6:00
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 on 4-21-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Texas A&M (1), Arkansas (2), Tennessee, (4) Kentucky (3), and Clemson (6)… Coastal Carolina moved up #13 (19)…. South Carolina checked in at #24 (20)… 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 4-22-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Texas (1), Oklahoma (2), Tennessee (4) Oklahoma State (6) and Duke (3), … The Clemson Tigers dropped a spot from #20 to #21…South Carolina is still out of the top 25… 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.
Atlanta Braves… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Braves Take Series Win… The Braves hosted the Cleveland Guardians over the weekend and took 2 out of 3 games to win the series… The score of Friday night’s game was Braves 6 – Guardians 2 with the Guardians rebounding and taking Saturday’s game 4-2… The Braves took the series win on Sunday winning the game 4-3 in 10 innings on a walk-off by Austin Riley… The Braves start a road trip tonight as they travel to Seattle to take on the Mariners.
- Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised.
- Other MLB Scores & Schedules… If you would like to see other scores around MLB last night or in the recent past plus the schedule of upcoming games, click here.
- 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 Split Series … The Greenville Drive finished their 6-game series with the Greensboro Grasshoppers over the weekend… On Friday they lost 4-2 but rebounded on Saturday to take a 6-5 win… Sunday the Grasshoppers took a 4-1 win to tie the series 3-3 with the Drive… The Drive are off tonight and will start a series with the Ashville Tourist up in Ashville tomorrow night.
- 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
- Denny Hamlin Takes Close Win at Dover… Denny Hamlin was able to hold off Kyle Larson Sunday up at Dover and take the win by 0.256 seconds ahead of Larson… This was his 54th career win and 3rd win this season… 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… Chase Elliot retained his 3rd place spot and Denny Hamlin moved up to 4th.…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 it’s racing this week out in Kansas except for the Xfinity Series which is idle… 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:
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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