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!
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Baseball
- Baseball College World Series
- Saturday: Texas A&M 9 – Tennessee 5…The Championship Series of the College Baseball World Series started Saturday night out in Omaha with the Texas A&M Aggies takin a 9-5… The Aggies scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning and then broke the game open in the 3rd inning where they put 5 runs on the scoreboard to make the score 7-1 and went on to the 9-5 win by outhitting the Volunteers 13-12… A&M also out-homered the Volunteers 2-1 and Tennessee also had 3 errors in the game which aided the A&M scoring in that only 7 of the runs scored by the Aggies was earned.
- Sunday: Tennessee 4 –Texas A&M 1… Sunday the Tennessee Volunteers showed they were still a force to be reckoned with as they took a 4-1 over the Aggies of Texas A&M to force a deciding game 3 in the College world Series… The Aggies used a solo homer in the 1st inning to take a 1-0 led and the game stayed 1-0 until the top of the 7th inning when the Volunteers scored 2 runs on a 2-run homer and then added 2 more runs in the 8th inning on another 2-run homer and then kept the Aggies off the scoreboard the rest of the way taking the 4-1 win… The Tennessee win forces a game-3 in the best of 3 series tonight at 7:00 pm EDT with the winner taking home the BIG trophy.
- Monday: Tennessee 6 – Texas A&M 5… Last night out in Omaha he Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Texas A&M Aggies 6-5 to win the College Baseball World Series… This was the first ever national title in the program’s history… The Volunteers led 6-1 after 7 innings of play and to their credit the Aggies did not give up as they scored 2 runs in the 8th inning and 2 in the 9th to make the final 6-5… Both teams had 13hits and one of the big differences in the game is that the Volunteers had 2 homers in the game and the Aggies had none… Tennessee finishes with a 60-13 record and becomes the first SEC to win the SEC regular season title, SEC Tournament title and the MCWS in the same season… In addition to clicking on the score at the start of this section, you can also click here to go to the Tennessee website and their take on the game.
- 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.
NHL
- Panthers 2 – Oilers 1… In case we have a few casual hockey fans out there, I’ll briefly mention that the Florida Panthers took a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers last night down in Florida to win the Stanly Cup this season taking the championship series 4 games to 3… Florida at one point led the best of 7 series 3 games to none and to their credit the Oilers came back to even the series at 3 games apiece to force game 7… The Panthers were able to pull out game 7 in front of their home fans to win their first NHL Championship in program history.
Atlanta Braves …For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Cardinals 4 – Braves 3… The Braves started a 3-game series with the St. Loui Cardinals in St. Louis last night on a sour note as the Cardinals took a 4-3 win… The Cardinals scored all 4 of their runs in the 3rd inning off Spencer Schwellenbach (1-3) who took the loss giving up the 4 earned runs on 8 hits while striking out 6 and walking none in 5 innings of work… The Cardinals scored all 4 of their runs playing small ball in the crucial 3rd inning… The Braves finally got on the scoreboard in the 5th inning when Austin Riley (5) had a solo homer and then scored their last 2 runs in the 9th inning playing small ball.
- 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.
- 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 Take the Night Off… The Greenville e Drive were off last night but return to action tonight as they start a 6-game series with the Hickory Crawdads at Flour Field tonight… The Drive are 27-42 overall on the season and 1-2 in the second half of the season in the South Atlantic League Southern Division… The Rome Emperors won the first half of the season with a 36-28 record while the Drive were last in the first half of the season.
- 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
- Christopher Bell wins at a Rainy New Hampshire Motor Speedway… Sunday Christopher Bell took the Cup Series win up in New Hampshire in a race that went six hours mainly due to a 2 hour red flag rain delay about 2/3 through the race… He finished just a little over a second ahead of Chase Briscoe… Not only did Bell win the Cup Series Race on Sunday he also won the Xfinity Race on Saturday meaning he swept the damp track … Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
- Standings … Kyle Larson jumped from second to first in the Cup Series Driver Standings with 620 points while Chase Elliott is in second with 620 points also but he has a few less stage points than Larson giving Larson the lead … The rest of the top 5 are Denny Hamlin (580), Martin Truex Jr. (572) and Tyler Redick (555)…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 Nashville for action in all three of the major divisions…The Cup Series race will take place Sunday at 3:30 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.