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
- Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
- Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm… I’ll try to determine who they will be playing soon… Go Raiders!
Laurens Academy
- Football Schedule… Recently the varsity football schedule for the Laurens Academy Crusaders was released… The Crusaders will again be under the direction of Coach Jolly Doolittle… They will have 5 home games and 6 road games… They will open on the road at Cambridge Academy on August 16th and host their first game on August 30th when the Wardlaw Patriots visit Todd Kirk Field…. Their schedule is as follows and games with an asterisk (*) are region games:
Date School Location Time Notes
8/16 Cambridge Academy Away 7:30
8/23 Newberry Academy Away 7:30
8/30 Wardlaw Academy Home 7:30
9/6 Oakbrook Prep Home 7:30
9/13 Richard Winn Academy Away 7:30
9/20 WW King Home 7:30 Grandparents Day
9/27 Newberry Academy* Home 7:30 Homecoming
10/4 Wardlaw Academy* Away 7:30
10/11 Oakbrook Prep* Away 7:30
10/18 Bye Week
10/25 Richard Winn Acad.* Home 7:30 Senior Night
11/1 WW King* Away 7:30
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Football
- ACC College Football Kickoff… Last week the SEC had their SEC Football Media Days out in Dallas… This week it is the ACC’s turn to take center stage as they start their ACC Kickoff event Monday up in Charlotte, NC… The event will started at 1:00 pm with Commissioner Jim Phillips speaking… After that Georgia Tech, Florida State and SMU will be featured… For you Clemson fans I’ll mention that Dabo Swinney and the Tigers do not get their chance until the last day which is Thursday at noon… To see the entire schedule click here… The entire event can be seen on the ACC Network and if you do not have access to the ACC Network you can also watch it on the above mentioned link.
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- Tuesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Pittsburg / Pat Narduzzi, Virginia Tech / Brent Pry, California / Justin Wilcox, Stanford and Virginia / Tony Elliott… The action will start at 10:00 am.
- SEC Preseason Media Polls Released… The SEC released its Preseason Media Polls and All-SEC Team Preseason List last Friday… Georgia was selected by the media to win the SEC Championship with Texas finishing second and Alabama third… South Carolina was predicted to finish ahead of only Arkansas, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt… Click here to go to the SEC website where there is a posting about this and also the list of plyers who made the All-SEC Teams as predicted by the media. …
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Reds 4 – Braves 1… The Braves started a 3-game series with the Cincinnati Reds last night in Atlanta on a sour note as the Reds took a 4-1 win… The Reds jumped to an early 4-0 lead and held the Braves scoreless until the 9th inning when they finally got on the scoreboard when with 2 outs Eddie Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to right field brining in Marcell Ozuna…They simply outhit the Braves 9-3 and Marcell Ozuna was the only Brave with more than 1 hit as he had a pair of singles.
- Former Gamecock Whit Merrifield Signed by Braves… With all the injuries starting to mount up, the Braves signed former Gamecock Whit Merrifield to a contract Monday morning… He had been released by the Phillies about 10 days ago… Gamecock fans may remember he was a key part of South Carolina’s 2010 Nation Champion Team getting the game winning hit in the championship game to lift the gamecocks to a 2-1 win over UCLA…. For more on this story click here… Oh by the way, he was not available to play in last night’s game as he injured a finger on his throwing hand during warmups…What’s the old saying, when it rains it pours?
- Brave Injuries Continue to Mount Up… The Braves had had their share of injuries already this year and this weekend Max Fried and Ozzie Albies were added to that list… To read more about why click here.
- 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 Scores… If you would like to see the scores of other MLB 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.
- Up Next… The Drive had the night off will return to action tonight as they travel to Hickory, NC to start a 6-game series with the Crawdads.
- Season Schedule… To see the Drives season schedule, click here… Once you are there you can go back to look at scores of past games and also see what lies ahead for the Drive.
NASCAR
- Larson Wins Brickyard 400… Sunday Kyle Larson won the Brickyard 400 up in Indianapolis leading only 7 laps in the entire race… The race went double-overtime where he led 6 laps and in the end he was leading at the end of the last lap which is what counts… He finished just 0.282 seconds ahead of Tyler Redick … Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
- Standings … Kyle Larson (749) now leads the standings for the Cup Series Drivers with Chase Elliott (739) second… The rest of the top 5 are Tyler Redick (734), Denny Hamlin (706) and Ryan Blaney moved up 2 spots to # 5… Click here if you would like to see the entire driver standings and once at the NASCAR site 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… NASCAR is taking a 2 week break I guess for the Olympics and the next racing is scheduled for the weekend of August 10-11 at Richmond.
- 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:
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.
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