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Sports Report for Tuesday, 8-13-2024

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above can also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)…. Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • 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

  • Raiders 21 – Union 8… The Raider football team traveled over to Union Friday to participate in the McDonald’s Kickoff Jamboree… The Raiders scored early and often and made the Yellow Jackets pay for their mistakes while playing with a lot of enthusiasm and having fun in the first preview of this year’s Raiders under new head coach Gregg Porter… How it happened:
    • The Raiders took the opening kickoff and after a horse collar tackle on the return started on their own 46 yard line… Ten plays later quarterback Will Thompson carried it in from the 12 yard line and with Brock Franklins PAT they led 7-0 with 6:03 left in the first quarter.
    • Franklin then kicked the ball into the endzone giving the Yellow Jackets the ball at their own 20… Two plays later they fumbled and Demayjah Watts recovered the ball on the Union 18 yard line… Three plays later Nehemias Fernandez carried it in from the 2 yard line and with Franklin’s PAT the Raiders led 14-0 with 3:33 left in the first quarter.
    • The Yellow Jackets were not able to move the ball on their next possession and faked a punt on fourth down and came up short.
    • The Raiders took over at the Union 42 with 11:50 left in the second quarter and punted after a busted play…. Union muffed the punt return and the Raiders took over at the Union 18 once again and scored 2 plays later on an 18 yard pass from Thompson to Shawn Medlin… Again Franklin kicked the PAT and the Raiders led 21-0 with 9:25 left in the contest.
    • Neither team moved the ball much the next time they had it and Union did score with about 4 seconds left against the Raider subs and made the 2-point conversion to make the final 21-8 Raiders.
    • The Raiders start their regular season on August 23rd hosting the Hillcrest Rams at 7:30 in KC Hannah Stadium.
  • Meet The Raiders Postponed… The 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders was supposed to take place last Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium… The rescheduling of the Union Jamboree caused it to be rescheduled until this Friday, August 16th. It 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.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders Tie Cathedral Academy 6-6… The Crusader football team participated in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy last Friday taking on Cathedral Academy Generals out of Charleston… The two teams played to a 6-6 tie… I talked with Coach Doolittle yesterday (Monday) and he said the Crusaders played with a lot of enthusiasm and at the level he expected at this point in the preseason… The Crusaders lone score came on a short run by Garrett Murphy…. The Crusaders start their season this Friday (Aug.16th) as they travel to Greenwood to take on the Cambridge Cougars at 7:30…. Good Luck to the Crusaders.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG:

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The final total medal count for the top 3 countries is as follows
    • USA: 40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze for a total of 126
    • China: 40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze for a total of 91
    • Great Britain: 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze for a total of 65
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… USA Today is doing a pretty good job of covering the Olympics and if you click here it will carry you to their website where Olympic news is covered… Once you get there, you will find a number of stories about the games and results but also “back stories” from the Olympics about the athletes competing.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.  

 Atlanta Braves

  • Braves 1 – Giants 0 (10)… Last night for those of you who did not stay up late enough to see it, the Braves took a 1-0 win over the Giants in 10 innings to start a 4-game series with the Giants in San Francisco… The Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale went 7 strong innings giving up just 3 hits while striking out 12 and walking none and then 2 relief pitchers for the Braves gave up no hits and no walks while striking out 5 more Giants to secure the win… The winning run in the 10th inning came on a sacrifice fly by Travis d’Arnaud driving in Orlando Arcia who started the inning on second as per MLB extra inning rules.
  • 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.
  • Braves Injuries… The casual Brave fan (or non-Brave fan) might ask themselves what has happened to the Braves the last couple of month… Injuries are the short and accurate answer… Click here to go to a posting about all the Brave injuries.
  • 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.

Greenville Drive

  • Up Next for the Drive… The Drive were off last night and will start a 6-game series with the Iron Birds up in Aberdeen, Maryland tonight.
  • Standings… The Drive are 24-18 in the second half of the season in the Southern Division of the SAL … This puts them just 3 games behind the division leading Bowling Green Hot Rods… The Iron Birds are 22-20 in the Northern Division of the SAL 1 game behind Greensboro who leads the Northern Division of the SAL… To see the full standings for the SAL click here.
  • 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

  • Austin Dillon Wins at Richmond Playing Bumper Cars… Austin Dillon picked up his first Cup Series win in two seasons last Sunday (Aug. 11th) up in Richmond in an overtime race where he played bumper cars as he neared the finish line… As he neared the finish line, he hit the rear bumper (intentionally ???) of race leader Joey Logano spinning him out and then swung low (trying to avoid the spinning Logano ???) bumping Denny Hamlin to be sure he did not finish first… Click here to see more details on the this race as well as the order of finish for all drivers in the race…
  • Standings … Kyle Larson (779) still leads the standings for the Cup Series Drivers with Tyler Redick (774) moving up to second spot while Chase Elliott (773) drops a spot to third…. 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 headed north this weekend as racing takes place at the Michigan International Speedway… The Menards Series will race Friday at 6:00 pm, the Xfinity Series Saturday at 3:30 pm and the Cup series Sunday at 2:30…. Click here to see the full schedule for Michigan including practices and qualifying.
  • 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:

 Laurens YMCA Soccer League… Registration is now open through August 21st for a Youth Soccer League at the Laurens Family YMCA which is being sponsored by Angela Marlett State Farm… The League will be for youth ages 3 – 12 in appropriate age groupings… The cost is $75 for Y members and $90 for non-members… For more information or answers to any questions you may have, contact Haley Queen at 864-984-2626 or email her at: hqueen@lakelandsymca.org.

 

Fall Baseball at City of Laurens Parks and Recreation… Registration is now open through August 23rd at the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation for Fall Baseball… There will be three age groupings: 5-7 coaches’ pitch, 7-9 kids’ pitch and 9-11 kids pitch… The cost for each registrant is $50… You can register can the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation offices at The Ridge on Exchange Drive in Laurens during their normal business hours… If you have any questions call them at 864-681-7275… Batter Up!

 

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.

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