Local Notes
Laurens HS
- LDHS Cheerleading Car Wash Fund Raiser… This Saturday (June 8th), the Raider cheerleaders will be holding a carwash at Gregory’s Car Wash located at 1220 N. Harper Street… They will be washing vehicles between noon and 2:00 pm… The cost is $20 for cars and $25 for Trucks and SUVs… All proceed go to help funding the Cheerleading Program at LDHS for things like travel expenses, competition entry fees, competitive uniform replacements and other expenses that come up in helping to make the cheerleading program one of the best.
- Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers… You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
- Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am… The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
Justin Bethel Inducted into Big South Hall of Fame… Late last week 2012 PC
graduate Justin Bethel made history becoming he first PC player inducted into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame… Bethel’s induction comes on top of other numerous awards he picked up during his time at PC including numerous FCS All-America nods, the 2011 Big South Defensive Player of the Year honor, and a spot on the conference’s 2010-19 All-Decade team… Bethel still holds the Big South record with nine blocked kicks during his time at PC, ranking number one in PC’s Division I history with seven interceptions and 129 interception-return yards…Bethel was taken in the 2012 NFL draft by the Cardinals where he made the Pro Bowl 3 consecutive years as a special teams player… He has also played for the Falcons, the Ravens, the Patriots and is currently under contract with the Miami Dolphins… For much more about his college and pro career, click here to go to the PC website where there is much more on this story and a nice photo slideshow.
College Baseball
- 2024 NCAA CWS Brackets … The NCAA Division I Baseball regionals started Friday 5-31 and have now reached the field of 16 as Super Regional play begins this weekend…Half the Super Regionals will begin on Friday and the other half on Saturday… They all are the best of 3 series with the winners advancing to the CWS next weekend… If you want to see an interactive bracket for the playoffs by regional click here…. The 8 Super Regionals are:
- Knoxville… Tennessee vs. Evansville
- Tallahassee… Florida St. vs. UConn
- Charlottesville… Virginia vs, Kansas State.
- Chapel Hill… North Carolina vs. West Virginia
- Lexington… Kentucky vs. Oregon state
- Athens… Georgia vs. NC State
- Clemson… Clemson vs. Florida
- College Station…. Texas A & M vs. Oregon
College Softball… For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
- Oklahoma 8 – Texas 1…. In case you missed it last night, Oklahoma took an 8-3 win over Texas in the first game of the Softball CWS Finals… The Sooners only led 2-1 after 1 inning of play and started to break the game open in the 3rd inning when they put 3 runs on the scoreboard to go up 5-1… They went on to outhit the Longhorns 9-4 and out homered the Longhorns 3-1… The Sooners can claim the championship with another win tonight… To see the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted
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.
- Red Sox 9 – Braves 0… I have often heard that some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you… Well yesterday afternoon up in Boston the bear in the form of the Boston Red Sox got the Braves as they took a 9-0 win over the Braves… This is the first time this season that the Braves have failed to score in a game… The reason for the one-sided win is simple as the Red Sox outhit the Braves outhit the Braves 13-1 with Austin Riley getting the only hit for the Braves a single… The Red Dox had 3 homers among their 13 hits…. Nicholas Pivetta (3-4) picked up the win for the Red Sox giving up the one hit in 7 innings of work while striking out 9 and walking just 2… That means that the Braves and the Red Sox split the short 2 game… The Braves start a 4-game series with the Washington Nationals tonight in DC.
- Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves season schedule, 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.
- Crawdads 4 – Drive 0… For you Greenville Drive fans, the news is no better as they lost to the Hickory Crawdads 4-0 up in Hickory last night… They had more hits than the Braves (4) hits but the Crawdads had 7 and they were just more timely for the Crawdads and one of them was a 2-run homer.
- 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… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the score(s).
- NBA Finals Set… The NBA finals will start his Thursday when the Dallas Mavericks will travel to Boston start the best of seven series with the Celtics at 8:30 pm. … To see the schedule for the NBA Finals click here.
- 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
- Austin Cindric Wins at Cup Race… Sunday at the World Wide Technology Raceway in Illinois, it looked like the race was Ryan Blaney’s to lose as he had a good lead with 2 laps to do… Well that is just what he did (lose) as he ran out of gas on the Next-to-last lap and coasted on to the finish line finishing 24th with Austin Cindric blowing past him to take the win… Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
- Standings… Denny Hamlin still leads the Driver Cup Standings with 530 points with Kyle Larson moving up to second with 513 points… The rest of the top 5 are Chase Elliott (507), Martin Truex, Jr (490) and William Byron fifth with 488 points…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 moves to Sonoma for the upcoming weekend with the Cup Series Race taking place Sunday at 3:30 pm…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:
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:
- Basketball Camp… This camp will be June 10-12 in the YMCA gym from 9:30 am to 11:30 am… It is open to boys and girls ages 6-12 and will be conducted by Coach Eddie Romines… The cost is $40 for YMCA members and $50 for non-members… The deadline to register is Friday, June 7 @ 4:00 pm
- Softball Camp… This camp will be June 17-19 in the YMCA field from 9:00 am to 11:30 am… It is open to girls ages 7-12 and will be conducted by Coach Matt Davis and Jennifer Lawson… The cost is $40 for YMCA members and $50 for non-members… The deadline to register is Friday, June 14 @ 4:00 pm
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