Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Boys’ Tennis: Clinton … The Red Devils have now advanced to the Upper State Finals today and they will travel to Daniel to take on the Lions… Go Big Red!…If you would like to see the SCHSL Baseball Bracket for Class AAA Tennis click here.
- Baseball: Wren 8 – Clinton 4… The Red Devil baseball team hosted the Wren Hurricanes yesterday and I hate to have to report that the Hurricanes took an 8-4 win… The Hurricanes scored 1run in the 1st inning and the Red Devils responded scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the inning on a RBI single by Harrison Moore and a double by Luke Young that drove in the other run… Wren broke on top scoring 4 runs in the 4th inning and another run in the 5th inning… They closed out their scoring with 2 runs in the 7t inning… Not giving up, the Red Devils scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th on a RBI single by Brett Young and a sacrifice fly Zane McClendon but just could not score any more runs… Wren outhit Clinton 8-6 and a couple of Red Devil errors aided them… Brett Young was the only Red Devil with more than one hit as he went 2 for 4 and drove in a run… The Red Devils are now scheduled to be back in action Thursday as they host the Travelers Rest Devildogs who lost to Daniel last night 6-0… The Red Devils must win this game to remain in the playoffs… I’ll try to find out the start time and let you know tomorrow… To see the SCHSL Class AAAA Playoff Brackets click here.
- Softball Starts Playoffs Today… The Red Devils finish the season with a 12-10 overall record and 2-6 in region play finishing 4th in the region has made the playoffs…. They will be headed to Palmetto today (5-1-24) for a 6:00 pm game to start the playoffs… To see the SCHSL Class AAAA Softball Playoff Brackets click here…. Go Big Red
Laurens HS
- Baseball at Home Tonight… The Laurens Raider varsity baseball team will be hosting the Greenwood Eagles tonight at 6:30… Be there if you can but if not, we will broadcast the game on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.
- Softball: Indian Land 12 – Raiders 4… The Raider softball team traveled over to Indian Land HS yesterday to start their participation in the Class AAAA Softball Tournament… The ride back most likely seemed longer than the one going over as the Warriors took a 12-4 win over the Raiders… The jumped out to 3-0 lead going into the 3rd inning where the Raiders tied the game scoring 3 runs… Summer Nations grounded into a fielder’s choice that scored a run and Azaria Johnson singled scoring 2 runs… The Warriors retook the lead in the bottom of the inning scoring 2 runs and added 3 runs in the 4th inning… The Raiders last run came in the 5th inning when Carly Edwards hit a solo homer… The Warriors added 4 runs in the 6th inning to make the final 12-4 Warriors… The Warriors outhit the Raiders 14-6 and both Addison Trevino and Carly Edwards had 2 hits to lead the Raiders at the plate… 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 will now host the Pickens Blue Flame Thursday in an elimination game with the first pitch scheduled for 6:00 pm… 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: Holly Hill 4 – Crusaders 2…The Laurens Academy Crusader baseball team saw its season come to an end yesterday as the Holly Hill Raiders took a 4-2 win at Laurens Academy taking the best of 3 series 2 games to none… Holly Hill led 2-0 going into the bottom of the 6th inning where the Crusaders scored their first run on a sacrifice fly by Hack Hardy to bring in Caleb hardy who reached on an error earlier… The Raiders responded scoring 2 runs in the 7th inning… The Crusaders still had some fight left them as with 2 outs in the bottom of the inning, Riley Whitaker walked and Ethan Collins doubled to drive him in but the Crusaders could get no closer… The Raiders outhit the Crusaders 7-2 with Collins and Evan Asalone getting the 2 Crusader hits… 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 end their season with a 5-12 overall record. … Click here to see the SCISA Baseball Brackets for all classes plus other information about the playoffs.
- Softball: Crusaders 3 – Hawks 2… The Crusader softball team still has a couple of games to makeup in their regular season schedule before they can start the playoffs… They finished one of them yesterday as they yesterday as they traveled to Greenwood Christian to take on the Hawks… This was a low scoring game where each team had only 3 hits and they combined for 5 runs… I’m glad to report that the Crusaders had 3 of those runs taking a 3-2 win… The Crusaders scored one of their runs in the 3rd inning when Morgan Bolding walked and then scored when another Crusader ground out… The Crusaders second run was scored in the 4th inning when Catherine Riddle reached on a fielder’s choice and scored on a triple by Emily Suttles… The Crusaders scored what would prove to be the winning run in the 6th inning when Abby Howard reached base on a fielder’s choice and later scored on a Hawk error… Olivia Huck picked up the complete game win giving up 2 runs only one of which was earned while striking out 9 and walking none… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored.
Thornwell
- Baseball: McBee 13 – Saints 1… The Saints baseball team opened its participation in the Class A baseball tournament traveling to McBee HS yesterday and I hate to have to report that the Panthers took a 13-1 over the Saints… They only outhit the Saints 10-6 but got the Clutch hits when they needed them including a double and a homer… They scored in each of the first 4 innings while holding the Saints to a single run in the 3rd inning when Sam Robertson drove in a run with a double the Saint only extra-base hit… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored… Thursday the team will travel to North HS to take on the Eagles in a must-win game if the Saints are to remain in the playoffs… To see the SCHSL Class A Baseball Bracket click here.
- Softball: The Saints softball team has also made the playoff and they will be headed to Lewisville today 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:
- Wednesday, baseball… The Raiders will host the Greenwood Eagles at 6:30… The Eagles defeated Midland Valley 12-9 Monday night in Greenwood.
- Thursday, softball… Raiders host the Pickens Blue Flames at 6:00 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: 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 4-28-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Texas A&M (1), Arkansas (2), Clemson (5) and East Carolina (7)… Coastal Carolina dropped out of the top 25…. South Carolina checked in at #15(24)… 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 4-29-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Texas (1), Oklahoma (2), Tennessee (3) Oklahoma State (4) and Duke (5), … The Clemson Tigers dropped a spot from #21 to #22…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.
- Seattle 3 – Braves 2… The Braves did something for the first time this season and that is lose a series to an opponent when the Seattle Mariners took a 3-2 win over the Braves in Seattle in game 2 of the 3 game series after dropping the first game to the Mariners on Monday night… Both teams had 7 hits but all of the Braves hits were singles while the Mariners did have a double and a homer among their 7 hits.
- 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 12 – Tourist 7… The Greenville Drive opened a 6-game series in Ashville with the Tourist last night on a positive note as they took a 12-7 win… They outhit the Tourist 13-10 and the Drive had 3 homers among their 13 hits.
- 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 for Playoff Games and Matches… A quick reminder that only South Carolina High School: League passes will be accepted for admission for all post-season contests…. No school or season passes will be accepted…. No exceptions… Further in most all cases admission will be $8.00 and everyone must have a ticket… All these are SCHSL rules.
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