Local Notes
Clinton HS
- CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!
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.
College Baseball
- Baseball College World Series … The Baseball College World Series is now down to just two teams Tennessee and Texas A&M… These two teams will start a best of three series tomorrow night at 7:30 pm EDT and it can be seen on ESPN… Game 2 will be Sunday at 2:00 pm EDT and it can be seen on ABC (Channel 13 out of Ashville)… If a third game is needed it will be Monday night at 7:00 pm EDT on ESPN… The only thing I can tell you for sure is that an SEC team will win the National Championship… What is that they say- “It Just Means More”?
- 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
College Football
- 2024-25 College Football Dates Announced… On June 19th the NCAA announced the dates, times and TV viewing for the expanded college football playoffs this upcoming season… If you have forgotten how they plan to choose the 12 teams that will be in the expanded playoffs click here… The first round of the playoffs will start on Friday, December 20, 2024 and the National Champion will be crowned on January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To see the entire listing of dates and what bowl games will be involved, click here.
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 Off Last Night… The Braves were off last night but return to action tonight as they start a 7-game road trip… They will return to action tonight as they start a weekend series with the Yankees… The Braves are 41-31 on the season and are in second place in the NL East 7 games behind the Phillies… Interestingly, the Yankees are in first place in the AL East with a record of 51-26 the best in MLB.
- 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.
- Drive 10 – Emperors 3… Some good news for Greenville Drive fans as they defeated the Rome Emperors 10-3 down in Georgia last night… They jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before the Emperors finally got on the board in the third inning and then broke the game open scoring 5 runs in the sixth inning… The Drive outhit the Emperors 12-6 with Cutter Coffey (12) hitting a 2-run homer in the first inning and Allan Castro (3) hitting an inside-the-park homer in the third 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.
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:
Randy Stevens Memorial Bike Ride… The Laurens Police Department (LPD) recently announced the 2nd Annual Caesars Head Bike Run, dedicated this year to the memory of Randy “Steam” Stevens. Scheduled for Sunday, June 30, 2024, this motorcycle and hot rod benefit ride will raise funds for the LPD’s Youth Summer Camp… Of course Randy was a long-time member of the staff here at WLBG and a big supporter of the various activities of the City of Laurens Police Department… Laurens County Buzz has more about this on their website and I encourage you to read this by clicking here… If you can, please help out the Laurens Police Department and also to help honor Randy.
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
Basketball Camp…. The LDHS varsity basketball staff and players in association with the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting a basketball for youth age 9 through 8th grade July 22-25… The camp hours will be from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm each day… This will be an excellent opportunity for the young player to improve their skills and basketball knowledge form experienced coaches… The first 3 days (Monday-Wednesday) the camp will take place at The Ridge and the last day (Thursday) the action will move to LDHS… You may register for the camp at The Ridge and if you have any questions contact them at 681-7275.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.