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!
Thornwell Spring Sports Awards… Catching up with some post-season awards at Thornwell:
Baseball
- Region Sportsmanship Award
- All-Region Players: Sam Robertson & Zachary Crowe
- Team Awards:
- Most Valuable Player – Sam Robertson
- Saint Award – Parker Workman
- Silver Slugger Award – Zachary Crowe
- Softball
- Region Sportsmanship Award
- All-Region: Camden Nelson & Kayleigh Porter
- Team Awards:
- Defensive Player of the Year – Camden Nelson
- Most Improved – Brittney Rowe
- Offensive Player of the Year – Madi Landrith
- Most Valuable Player – Madi Porter
- Region Sportsmanship Award
JV Softball Awards
- Most Improved – Mya Nichols
- Defense – Taylin Brown
- Offense – KK Watts
- MVP – Karson Waters
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
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.
NBA
- NBA Draft Completed… No for you casual NBA fans out there, the NBA completed its draft yesterday finishing out round 2… If you would like to see the order of the draft and who was drafted by each of the teams, click here
- Bronny James Drafted… One interesting note from the draft in case you have not heard it already, Bronny James was taken as the #55 pick in the second round of the draft by the Lakers…Don’t know for sure but I think that his father who is LeBron James a member of the Lakers team may have had something to do with that pick… He let it be known that he would love to play basketball with one of his sons on the court with him… There is now the chance that could come to pass and if so, it would be the first time that a father and son would be in the game at the same time in NBA history… To read more about this click here.
- PJ Hall Signs with the Nuggets… Another note from the NBA draft concerns a player who was not drafted… Clemson’s PJ Hall had reasonable expectation that his name would be called in the second round of the draft, but it was not… However very soon after the draft was finished it was announced that he had signed a two-way contract with the Denver Nuggets… You can read much more about this on the Greenville News by clicking here.
Atlanta Braves …For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- White Sox 1 – Braves 1… Last night up in Chicago the Braves made-up a game postponed by weather back in April… The White Sox scored a single run in the first inning on a solo homer by Luis Robert Jr. (8) and made it standup as they went on to take a 1-0 win over the Braves… The Sox had 4 hits and the Braves had 3 and Roberts was the only player on either team that had more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 3… Chris Sale (10-3) took the loss giving up the 1 earned run on 4 hits while striking out 11 and walking just 1 in 7 innings of work… The Braves return home tonight to start a home stand with the Pittsburg Pirates being the first team in for a weekend series.
- 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 2 – Crawdads 1… There is better news for you Greenville Drive fans out there as they Drive took a 2-1 win over the Hickory Crawdads last night at Flour Field… The Crawdads scored 1 run in the first and then the Drive scored single runs in the 4th and 8th innings to take the win… Jhostynxon Garcia hit his 9th homer of the season in the 4th inning and the Drive scored the winning run in the 8th inning when he was driven in on a sacrifice fly by Ahbram Liendo.
- 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.