Clinton HS
- Baseball: Clinton 7 – Travelers Rest 0… The Red Devil baseball team kept its season alive last night by taking a 7-0 win over the Travelers Rest Devildogs in an elimination game at Clinton HS… They scored 2 runs in the 1st inning when Harrison Moore singled driving in 2 runs… They scored another run in the 2nd inning when Camden Finley led the inning off with a solo homerun…In the 3rd inning, Finley doubled to drive in another run to make the score 4-0 Red Devils… The Red Devils closed out their scoring in the 5th putting 3 runs on the scoreboard on a sacrifice fly by Tanner Kyko, Bryce Young drawing a bases-loaded walk and Brett Young hitting a RBI single… The Red Devils outhit the Devildogs 7-3 with Harrison Moore and Camden Finley each getting 2 hits for the Red Devils…Moore drove in 2 runs with his homer and a double… Carson Glenn picked up the win pitching all but the last out striking out 5 and walking 2… Zack Lawson finished the game… The Red Devils are now scheduled to play again Saturday and they will get another crack at Wren as they lost to Daniel 3-2 and if I read the bracket correctly, Clinton will host… First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 pm…Go Big Red… To see the SCHSL Class AAAA Playoff Brackets click here.
- Tennis: Daniel 5 – Clinton 1… Catching up with the Red Devil tennis team, the Red Devils saw their season come to a close on Wednesday up at Daniel HS as eh Lions took a 5-1 win over the Red Devils… The Red Devils only win came in singles action where Jacob King defeated his opponent… Click here for more details on this match… Congratulation to the Red Devils on another great season where they went 6-0 in region play taking the Region 4 Championship and falling one match short of making the state finals.
- Softball at Travelers Rest Tonight … The Red Devil softball team will be on the road tonight in an elimination game at Travelers Rest… First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 pm…To see the SCHSL Class AAAA Softball Playoff Brackets click here…. Go Big Red
Laurens HS
- Baseball at Home Tonight: The Raider baseball team will host the Catawba Ridge Copperheads in a winner’s bracket game… Come on out and cheer the Green Boys on but if you can’t, we do plan on broadcasting the game live on Real Radio WLBG … To see the Class AAAA Baseball Bracket click here.
- Softball: Pickens 15 – Laurens 1… The Laurens Raider softball team hosted the Pickens Blue Flame in an elimination game in the Class AAAA Softball yesterday… The Raiders jumped on top 1-0 when Ashlyn Messer singled driving in Summer Nations but that would be the last run the Raiders scored as the Blue Flame went on to take a 15-1 win thus eliminating the Raisers from the playoffs… Pickens broke the game open scoring 6 runs in the 2nd and 3rd inning… Pickens simply outhit the Raiders 16-3 and 6 Raider errors did help their cause…. Summer Nations, Azaria Johnson and Messer had the 3 Raider hits and all were singles… 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 finish the season with an 8-12 record and the future does look good for the young Raiders as they have no seniors on the team and only 2 juniors… 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
Thornwell
- Baseball North 16 – Saints 4… Yesterday the Saints Baseball team traveled down to North HS to take on the Eagles in an elimination game in the Class A playoffs… The game was tied 4-4 going into the bottom of fell out for the Saints as the Eagles scored 12 runs to take a 16-4 win and end the Saints season….In the decisive 4th inning for the Eagles, they scored 10 of the 12 runs after 2 were out… The Saints 5 hits came from 5 different players with Griffen Raines and Parker Workman each having doubles and Sam Robertson had a triple… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored… Congratulations to the Saints for making the playoff in their first season of completion! To see the SCHSL Class A Baseball Bracket click here.
- Softball on the Road Today… The Thornwell softball team will be taking a ride up to Simpsonville to take on the Southside Christian Saber softball team in an elimination game… Good Luck to the Saints!… To see the Class A Softball bracket click here.
Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG:
- Friday, baseball… The Raiders will host the Catawba Ridge Copperheads… The Copperheads defeated North Augusta 8-4 Wednesday night at Catawba Ridge…This is a winner’s bracket game.
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.
- Season Schedule… The Braves start a 3-game series with the Dodgers out in LA tonight… It should be a very good and important series as both teams lead their respective division with the Braves having a 20-9 record while the Dodgers have a20-13 record… 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 8 – Tourist 2… After losing the first game of the 5-game series Wednesday night up in Ashville, the Drive rebounded last night and took an 8-2 win over the Tourist… They simply outhit the Tourist 11-5.
- 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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