Local Notes
Laurens HS
- Raider Boys Tennis Wrap-Up… Let’s start with a season wrap-up of the Lauren Raider boys’ tennis team… They had a winning record this past season (6-5) and made it to the playoffs for the first time in several years where they defeated Catawba Ridge 5-1 before losing to South Aiken 5-1… Dylan Bank was named to the All-Region Team and Coach Lynne Todd was named the Coach of the year… As for local awards, Ryland Edwards was Rookie of the Year, Westin Coggins won the Raider Spirit Award, Most Improved went to Gibson Partee, Most Competitive went to JP Field, Academic Award to Carson Jenkins, Coach’s Award to Bates Turner and MVP to Dylan Bank… Congratulations to one and all and Coach Todd!
- 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.
College Baseball
- College Baseball
- Baseball College World Series Starts Tomorrow… The 8 teams that will compete for the DI baseball Championship have been set and the action will start tomorrow (Friday) with 2 games and the other 4 teams will start on Saturday… The teams are divided up into 2 brackets with Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee making up Bracket 1 while NC State, Kentucky, Florida and Texas A&M make up Bracket 2… Interesting, looks like an ACC or SEC team will win the championship.
- Friday Games… The games for Friday include: Note: All times are eastern time
- Game 1: No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Virginia, 2 p.m. ET | ESPN
- Game 2: No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Florida State, 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
- Saturday Games… The Saturday games include: Note: All times are eastern time
- Game 3: No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 10 NC State, 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 4: No. 3 Texas A&M vs. Florida, 7 p.m. | ESPN
- Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… 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.
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- Orioles 4 – Braves 2… The Braves have now lost 5 games in a row because last night the Orioles took a 4-2 win over the Braves up in Baltimore… They scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning and 2 in the 8th inning while holding the Braves to just 2 runs in the 8th inning which came off the bat of Matt Olson as he hit his 10th homer of the season a 2-run shot to right center field…. The two teams are scheduled to finish the 3-game series tonight and the Braves are in danger of being swept.
- 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.
- Tourist 3 – Drive 2… The Greenville Drive lost a tough one last night to the Ashville Tourist at Flour Field by a score of 3-2… The Drive jumped out to an early lead thanks to Cutter Coffey’s 7 homer of the season a solo shot in the bottom of the 1st inning… The Tourist a little later scored their 3 runs in the top of the 4th inning… The Drive did not go away as they continued to fight scoring 1 run in the 9th inning but just could not get the ant closer.
- 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).
- Boston 106 – Mavericks 99… The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-99 last night out in Dallas to put themselves just one win away from capturing another NBA Championship… The Mavericks did not give up as they had a couple of streaks in the fourth quarter but never actually led in the game… Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 31 points (Jaylen Brown has 30)… Kyrie Irving led the Mavericks with 35 points… The Celtics can close out the best of 3 series tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:30 ET.
- Jerry West Passes at Age 86… In case you missed it, Jerry west often called Mr. Clutch during his playing days has passed away at age 86… He was a 12-time All-NBA guard was a member of the NBA’s 50th and 75th anniversary teams and one of the league’s most iconic players…. It is rumored that the player on the NBA logo is west… After his playing days were over, he served in the front office of several NBA teas where he helped to improve each and every one he was associated with… For more on West and his career, click here.
- NBA Finals Schedule… The NBA finals have started with the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics being the two teams fighting for the championship… 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
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:
- 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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