Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Athletic Awards Night is May 23rd… The Red Devils will host their 2023-24 athletic awards night on May 23, beginning at 6:00, in the main gym… All sports will be recognized: Fall, Winter, and Spring… Coaches will be contacting their players with specific information… There is no cost to attend. #GO BIG RED
Laurens HS
- Up Next for the Raiders Baseball Team… The Raiders now travel to Easley tonight for a 6:30 pm game and can close out the upper state championship series with a win… Should Easley win, game 3 will be at Laurens on Friday at 6:30…To see the Class AAAA Baseball Bracket click here.
- Location and Ticket Information… For Raider fans who have never been to Ealey HS the address to you need to search for is 154 Green Wave Boulevard, Easley, SC 29642… Tickets will be sold at the gate CASH ONLY and they will cost $8.00… You can buy your tickets ahead of time by clicking here.
- No Broadcast Tonight… WLBG will not be able to broadcast the game tonight… If you have a smartphone or tablet you can keep up with the game by downloading the GameChanger app and then looking for and following the Laurens Varsity Raiders 2024… It will be under the Spring 2025 season area… I will also be tweeting out updates at least every half inning on X (formerly known as Twitter) @AM860Mike
Thornwell
- Thornwell Drops Varsity Football in 2024… Last week Thornwell Athletic Director David Coates sent out an email to parents and other at Thornwell stating that the saints will not be having a varsity football team for the upcoming school year in the fall of 2024… The reason for this is a lack of interest despite their best efforts to encourage participation from among their current students… Some of the upperclassmen have either decided not to play football or are no longer enrolled at Thornwell… Thornwell will continue to offer JV football for students in grades 7-10… To see a copy of the email Coach Coates sent out click here… Hopefully this is a one-year deal or at the most two…. Go Big Dogs!
Broadcast Notes… Until further notice, WLBG will not be able to broadcast any live sports due to conditions beyond our control… We hope to be able to do something by next week.
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 5-4-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Tennessee (3), (1), Clemson (4), Texas A&M (1), Kentucky (8) and Arkansas (2)… South Carolina checked in at #13 (15)… 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
- 2024 D-I Softball Championship… In case you missed it Sunday night, the field of 64 that will be playing for the DI-I was announced… Good news for Clemson, South Carolina and USC Upstate fans as those 3 teams form the State of South Carolina have all made the field… The teams were placed in one of 16 regionals…. Clemson will be playing in the Tuscaloosa Regional along with Alabama, Southeaster Louisiana and USC Upstate… Clemson will take on Southeastern Louisiana at 2:00 pm Friday (5-17) and USC Upstate will take on #14 nationally seeded Alabama at 4:30 on Friday… The Gamecocks will be playing in the Durham Regional… Other teams in that regional are #10 nationally seeded Duke, Morgan State and Utah… The Gamecocks will also open play on Friday (5-17) taking on Utah at noon… If you click here it will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where there is a lot more information about the teams such as how many from each conference… Guess which conference placed the most teams in the field of 64… If you said the SEC you would be correct as they have 13 of the 64 teams.
- Softball Bracket… If you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the regional you are interested in and it will open up that regional to show the schedule for that regional, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed.
- 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 7 – Cubs 0… For the second night in a row the Braves held the Cubs scoreless in Atlanta as they took a 7-0 win… The Braves scored 1 run in the 1st inning and then 6 more runs in the 7th as they cruised to the win… In the big 4th inning Michael Harris II hit his 4th homer of the season a solo shot and Matt Olson hit his 5th a 3-run homer… Chris Sale picked up the win going 7 strong innings giving up just 2 hits while striking out 9 and walking none.
- 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.
- Dash 12 – Drive 5… The Greenville Drive started a 6-gamme home series with the Winston-Salem Dash last night on a down note as the Dash took a 12-5 win at Flour Field… The Drive actually outhit the Dash 14-2 but just could not get the key hit when needed as they left 15 runners on base compared to the dash’s 9… Two homers by the Dash also hurt the Drive.
- 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
- Brad Keselowski Finally Wins Again… For the first time in almost 13 years, Brad Keselowski saw the checkered flag wave for him in the Cup Series race in Darlington last Sunday… He had 35 Cup Series wins before Sunday but just had not been able to break into the top spot for quite some time… 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 moved up to third while Chase Elliot dropped to fourth…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 is up in North Wilkesboro… 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.
Summer Camps at Clinton YMCA… The Clinton YMCA has released their schedule of Summer Youth Sports Camps for this year… To see a list of those camps including dates, location, times and cost click here… These cams do have registration deadlines and you register at the Clinton YMCA… The next camps are:
- Baseball at CHS… This camp will be June 3-5 and will be held at the CHS baseball field from 9:00 to 11:30 am each day… This camp is for boys ages 6-12 and will be conducted by Coach Peyton Spangler… The cost is $40 for YMCA members and $50 for non-members… The deadline to register is Friday, May 31 @ 4:00 pm.
- Soccer Cap at PC… This camp will be June 5-10 at the PC intramural Field from 9:00 am to 11:00 am… It is open to boys and girls ages 6-12 and will be conducted by Coach Tania Harris… The cost is $50 for YMCA members and $60 for non-members… The deadline to register is Monday, June 3 @ 4:00 pm
If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.
