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
- Baseball: Raiders 7 – Green Wave 6… Caution and Warning: Watching the Laurens Raiders play baseball may be hazardous to the health of people with heart problems… The reason I say that is last night the Raiders found themselves down 6-2 to the Ealey Green Wave going into the top of the 7th inning at Easley last night and came back to take a 7-6 win… The Raiders struck first scoring a single run in the in the 2nd inning when Owen Pridgen singled with 2 out to drive in Coleman Coker who singled to lead off the inning… The Green Wave responded scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the inning on a mixture of singles, walks, a hit batter and an error by the Raiders… The Raiders scored another run in the 4th inning when Ben Willis singled and two batters later Owen Pridgen doubled to drive him in to make it 6-2 Easley… The game rocked along with no one really threatening until the Raiders came to bat in the 7th inning… Leading off the inning both Jireh Brown and Zay Pulley singled… Hunter Nabors was then hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs…. Bennett Edwards then stroked a double to center field to drive in the 3 base runners and make it 6-5 Easley… Asher Goss then drew a walk… The next two Raiders struck out but a passed ball allowed Zee Williams who was a courtesy runner for Edwards and Goss to move up to third and second… Avery Madden then singled to drive in Williams and Goss for what would prove to be the winning runs… Connor Rice then came into the game to pitch in relief of Grayson Ledford… He was able to strikeout the first two batters but the third one tripled putting the tying run just 90 feet away from home plate… Rice then recorded the final out by striking out the last hope for the Green Wave and the celebration was on not only on the field but also in the stands where a large number of Raider fans were located… The Raiders had 10 hits to the Green Waves 5 and Zay Pulley, Bennett Edwards and Owen Pridgen each had 2 hit 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… Click here to hear a short interview done with Coach Patterson after the game.
- Up Next for the Raiders… With the win the Raiders have punched their ticket to the championship series which is scheduled to begin next Monday and will be a best 2 of 3 series… The Raiders will be on the road to either North Myrtle Beach or James Island… The North Myrtle Beach Chief took a 7-1 win over the James Island Trojans on Monday but last night the Trojans came back to take a 13-2 win over the Chiefs to tie the beast of 3 series at 1 game each… Those teams will play again tomorrow and the winner will host Laurens on Monday… To see the Class AAAA Baseball Bracket click here.
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 2…. Go Big Dogs!
Broadcast Notes… We are planning on broadcasting the first game of the championship series on Monday from a location yet to be determined.
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
- North Greenville Host Regional Starting Today… The North Greenville Crusader baseball team is back doing what they normally do this time of year as they are hosting a DII Region starting today… The Crusaders finished the season with a 41-12 record which trails only Catawba with a 40-14 record in the Southeast Region of DII baseball… Click here to see the rankings of all DII teams by region… The DII Regionals start today and North Greenville will be hosting the southeast Regional #2 which will include Georgia College (34-20), Mount Olive (37-16) and Wingate (33-23)… The Crusaders will open with Georgia College tonight at 6:00 pm and the other two teams will play at 2:00 pm… To see the all the regional brackets (16 of them) and who is in the regionals, click here… You will have to scroll down to page 12 to find the regional the Crusaders are hosting…. Good Luck to the Crusaders!
- 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.
- Cubs 7 – Braves 1… The Chicago Cubs avoided being swept by the Braves as they took a 7-1 win in Atlanta last night… They put 3 runs on the board in the first inning and then went on to take the win outhitting the Braves 13-8… among their 13 hits were 2 solo homers while the best the Braves could do were 3 scattered doubles…. The Braves are off tonight as they travel to the West Coast to start a 4-game series with the Padres tomorrow night.
- 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 6– Drive 3… The Greenville Drive fell to the Winston-Salem Dash 6-3 last night at Flour Field… The dash outhit the Drive 11-7 and about the only bright spot for the Drive came in the bottom of the 7th inning when Juan Chacon (1) and Bryan Gonzalez (6) both had a solo home run in the inning.
- 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
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