Local Notes
Laurens HS
- 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 pay 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.
South Carolina Hires Two New Head Coaches…Catching up on some news from Columbia concerning 2 new head coaches for the Gamecocks.
- Baseball – Paul Mainieri… Last week the Gamecocks AD Ray Tanner announced that Paul Mainieri was coming out of retirement to be the new head baseball coach for the Gamecocks… He retired in 2021 as the head coach at LSU where he started there in 2007… Prior to that he was head coach at Notre Dame, Air Force and St Thomas… He has a total of 1,501 win (775 losses and 8 ties) and is the winningest active coach in the NCAA… He won a National Championship at LSU in 2009 and 4 SEC Championships. He is the 31st coach of the Gamecocks… In a related note, he is keeping Monte Lee on as Associate Head Coach and hitting coach… To read the press release on his hiring, click here… To see the press conference where he was introduced, click here…. In a side note, the former Gamecock Coach Mark Kingston did not stay unemployed very long as he has been named the new baseball coach at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska… If you want to read more about that, click here.
- Softball – Ashley Chastain… The Gamecocks were also in the market for a new softball coach and they up I-77 in Charlotte as they hired a former Gamecock student –athlete and graduate assistant Ashley Chastain… She has been the head coach for the Charlotte 49ers for the last 5 years where she has a 154-96 record… She was a pitcher for the Gamecocks from 2009-11 after starting her colligate career at Columbus State… To see the press release for more about her, click here…To see her introductory press conference click here.
College Baseball
- Baseball College World Series … The 8 teams that will compete for the DI baseball Championship have started their quest for the NCAA D-I College Baseball Championship… 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… Below are the most recent games and scores and to learn more about the game click on the score.
- Sunday Games… Bracket 1 games.
- Elimination Game: Florida St. 7 – Virginia 3… Sunday in an elimination game, the Florida State sent Virginia home when they took a 7-3 win over the Cavaliers… They led 7-0 before Virginia finally got on the scoreboard in the 7th inning.
- Winners’ Bracket: Tennessee 6 – North Carolina 1… In a winners’ bracket game, Tennessee led 4-0 before North Carolina scored their only run in the 6th inning as they rolled on to a 6-1 win over North Carolina to go to 2-0 in the tournament.
- Monday Games… Bracket 2 games.
- Elimination Game: Florida 5 – NC State 4… The Florida Gators took a 5-4 win over the NC State Wolfpack yesterday afternoon to eliminate the Wolfpack from the CWS… The Gators scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning and then held on for the win… The Wolfpack outhit the Gators 8-4 but a 3-run homer by the Gators Jac Caglianone in the 2nd inning proved to be the difference in the game.
- Winners’ Bracket: Texas A&M 5 – Kentucky 1… In the second game last night Texas A&M took a 5-1 win over Kentucky to remain undefeated in the CWS handing Kentucky its first loss in the CWS… A&M scored all of their runs in the top of the 6th inning playing small ball… Kentucky scored on a homer in the bottom of the 9th inning. .
- Games Today… Both games today will be elimination games.
- North Carolina vs, Florida State at 2:00 pm ay EDT and can be seen on ESPN.
- Kentucky vs. Florida at 7:00 pm EDT and can be seen on 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.
- Braves 2 – Tigers 1… The Braves started a 3-game series with the Detroit Tigers in Atlanta last night on a positive note by taking a 2-1 win… The Braves outhit the Tigers 7-5 with Austin Riley being the only Brave with more than 1 hit as he had 2… Ozzie Albies hot his fifth homer of the season a solo shot in the 8th inning which proved to be the winning run…
- 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.
- All-Star Voting is Open… Voting for the All-Star Game which will be held in Arlington, Texas on July 16th is now open… There will be two phases to the voting and Phase 1 will end on June 27th… You can vote up to 5 times a day and if you wish to do so click here.
Greenville Drive… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Schedule… The Drive are off tonight and travel to Rome, GA to start a 6-game series with the Emperors tomorrow night… 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 – Dallas 88… Now for you casual NBA fans, the Boston Celtics took a 106-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Boston to win the NBA Championship 4 games to 1… The Celtics led 28-18 at the end of the first quarter and 67-46 as they cruised on to the win… Jayson Tatum led the Celtics in scoring with 31 points and the Mavericks were led by Luka Donic with 28 points… The Celtics Jaylen Brown won the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award… This was the Celtics’ 18th NBA Championship which is the most of any team.
- 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.
NASCAR
- Ryan Blaney Wins His First Cup Race of the Season… Sunday Ryan Blaney took his first win of the season at the inaugural Cup Series Race at the Iowa Speedway… This was also the 11th Cup series win of his career… He had to hold off William Byron and Chase Elliott who finished second and third respectively… Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
- Standings … Chase Elliot leads the Driver Cup Standings with 591points with Kyle Larson second with 583 points… The rest of the top 5 are Denny Hamlin (553), William Byron (537) and Martin Truex Jr. (530)…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 the New Hampshire where all but the Truck Series will be racing (the Truck Series is off this weekend)… The Cup Series race will take place Sunday at 2:30 pm our time…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 camps do have registration deadlines and you register at the Clinton YMCA… The last camp is:
- Tennis Camp… This camp will be July 8-10 at the tennis courts at Clinton Middle School… Coach Clovis Simmons will be conducting the camp… Boys and girls ages 6-8 will have their camp between the hours of 9:00 and 10:00 am while boys and girls ages 9 and up will have their camp between the hours of 10:00 and 11:00 am… The cost is $30 for YMCA members and $40 for non-members… The deadline to register is Friday, July 5th @ 4:00 pm
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