Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Spring Game Cancelled… The Red Devils were scheduled to hold a Spring Game last Friday night at Wilder Stadium but due to a couple of injuries and a bunch of dinged up players, the decision was made not to play tonight… The Red Devils will now start the summer process of getting ready for the season opener on August 23 when they host former region foe Woodruff at Wilder Stadium.
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Baseball
- 16 Regional Sites Announced… Sunday the NCAA Division I baseball Committee announced the 16 regional sites for the start of this year’s playoffs… Clemson was the 4th site on that list… A total of 5 ACC and 5 SEC teams will be hosting a regional… To see more details on this, click here… The rest of the field of 64 trying to make it to the CWS will be announced today at noon.
- Conference Tournaments…Most of the D-I conferences that have schools in our area are finished their Conference Tournaments this weekend.
- Big South… The Big South Tournament is being held up in High Point, NC at Truist Park… For complete information about the tournament click here
- USC Upstate 9 – PC 8… As you may or may not recall, the Blue Hose baseball team opened play in the Big South Tournament last Thursday with a 5-4 loss to the College of Charleston… On Friday they took on the USC Upstate Spartans in an elimination game and unfortunately fell to the Spartans by a score of 9-8… The game was back and forth the whole 9 innings and the Spartans scored the 2 winning runs in the top of the 9th inning… The Blue Hose finish with a 29-27 record and finished in first place in the Big South regular season.
- High Point Wins Big South Tournament… The High Point Panthers won its first Big South title in program history by taking a 6-0 win over USC Upstate on Saturday… For details on this game click here.
- ACC… The ACC Tournament started May 21st up in Charlotte, NC… For complete information about this tournament including scores as the games finish, click here.
- Clemson 8 – Louisville 7… After losing to Miami 8-7 on Thursday, the Clemson Tigers rebounded on Friday to take an 8-7 win over the Louisville Cardinals… The Tigers took the walk-off win literally when Clemson’s Jimmy Obertop drew a bases loaded win in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Tigers the win… The Tigers finish the regular season with a 41-14 record and will host a regional (see story above).
- .Duke Wins ACC Tournament… Sunday the Duke Blue Devils defeated Florida State 9-4 to win the ACC Tournament Championship… For more information on this game click here… Duke gets the automatic bid into the field of 64 but will NOT be hosting a regions;… Florida State will be hosting a regional.
- SEC… The SEC Tournament starts Wednesday out in Hoover, AL… Now for complete information about this Tournament including scores of games completed, click here…
- Gamecocks Finishes Run in SEC Tournament… As a reminder, the Gamecocks took a 10-5 Wednesday 6-5 and then lost to LSU 11-10 on Thursday to fall into the losers’ bracket of the tournament… On Friday the Gamecocks rebounded to take a 6-5 win over Kentucky to propel them into a semifinal game… They then faced LSU again and again lost to the Tigers by a score of 12-11 in 10 innings… This was a wild game that had a very unusual finish… Click here to read more about it… The Gamecocks finish the season with a 36-23 record and are expected to make the field of 64 announced today.
- Tennessee Wins SEC Tournament… The Tennessee Volunteers defeated LSU 4-3 to win the SEC Tournament… For more on this game click here… Tennessee will be hosting a regional and LSY is expected to make the fields of 64 announced today.
- SoCon… The Southern Conference Tournament started Wednesday up at Flour Field in Greenville… For complete information about this tournament click here.
- Wofford Wins SoCon Tournament… Another team for our neck of the woods will be in the field of 64 and that is the Wofford Terriers as they won the SoCon Tournament Championship… They worked their way through the winner’s bracket and took on the Samford Bulldogs yesterday only needing to win one game to punch their ticket to a regional… Samford took a 10-9 win in a noon game Sunday but the Terriers came back and sent the Bulldogs back to the pound taking a 15-9 win in the second game… Wofford finishes the regular season with a 41-18 record and will find out today what regional they will be in.
- Big South… The Big South Tournament is being held up in High Point, NC at Truist Park… For complete information about the tournament click here
College Softball… For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
- 2024 D-I 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 Play 3 in Pittsburg… The Braves played a 3-game series with the Pirates over the weekend up in Pittsburg
- Friday: Pirates 11 – Braves 5… The Pirates opened the series on Friday outhitting the Braves 14-7 as they took an 11-5 win… The Braves scored their 5 runs in the 8th inning with the big blow being a 3-run homer by Ronald Acuna Jr. his 4th of the season.
- Saturday: Pirates 4 – Braves 1… On Saturday the Braves actually outhit the Pirates 9-7 but that is not what counts as the Pirates took a 4-1 win in a game that was stopped twice for weather… No homers by either team in this game.
- Sunday: Braves 8 – Pirates 1… Sunday the Braves avoided being swept by the Pirates by taking an 8-41 win… They simply outhit the Pirates 14-5 and two of their hits were homers… Matt Olson (8) had a solo homer in the 8th inning as did Adam Duvall (4)… The Braves return home tonight to take on the Washington Nationals starting a 4-game series.
- 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 with Grasshoppers… The Greenville Drive finished their six game series with the Greensboro Grass Hoppers up in Greensboro over the weekend… On Friday they lost to the Hoppers 5-0 but rebounded on Saturday to take a 3-2 win… Sunday’s game saw the Grasshoppers take a hard-fought 5-4 win to give each team 3 wins and 3 losses in the series… The Drive are off tonight but return home tomorrow night (Tuesday) to start a 6-game series with the Rome Braves.
- 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.
This & That:
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 Camp at PC… This camp will be June 5-7 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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