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Sports Report for Wednesday, 8-14-2024

Wednesday, August 14, 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

  • Meet The Raiders This Friday… 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!

Touchdown Club announces Schedule and Speakers… One sure sign that high school football season is upon us is that the Laurens County Touchdown Club has announced its meeting schedule and the list of speakers for each meeting… The Laurens County Touchdown Club is one of the few clubs still in existence throughout the state and it purpose is simply to help unite the county through the celebration of high school football and its players…The club’s first meeting will be on Thursday, Sept.22nd at The Ridge at Laurens, located at 301 Exchange Road in Laurens… The club will meet every other Thursday at noon and the tickets are $15 at the door… For more information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club email Gene Simmons gsimmons@clintonymca.org….The schedule and speakers are as follows:

  • August 22        Laurens County High School Football Coaches
  • September 5       Coach Steve Englehart, Presbyterian C. Head Football Coach
  • September 19      Coach Clay Hendrix, Furman U. Head Football Coach
  • October 3        Coach Mike Ayers, Former Wofford College Head Football Coach
  • October 17       Rick Sanford, Former USC Football Great; SC Football HOF
  • October 31         Charlie Wentzky, SCHSL Deputy Commissioner for Football
  • November 21     Chet Tucker, USC Sideline Broadcaster & Don Munson, Voice of the Clemson Tigers
  • *December 19    Brian Mance, Former Clemson Great & 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame   ‘Humanitarian of the Year’…This Post Season Banquet will be on Thursday, December 19th – 6:00 pm

S.C. Prep Football Media Preseason Poll… The preseason rankings by the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll were released this past Monday… The entirety of that poll by class is below… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (13) 2. Gaffney (3) 3. Summerville 4. Northwestern (1) 5. Irmo 6. White Knoll 7. TL Hanna 8. JL Mann 9. Sumter 10.Hillcrest… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg; Byrnes; Ridge View; Fort Dorchester; James Island; Clover; Carolina Forest; Greenwood
  • CLASS 4A:  1. Westside (17) 2. South Florence 3. Daniel 4. South Pointe 5. Camden 6. Gray Collegiate 7. Hartsville 8. Midland Valley 9. Brookland-Cayce 10. Gilbert… Others receiving votes: Beaufort; AC Flora; Greer; Crestwood; May River; North Augusta; York
  • CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (10) 2. Oceanside Collegiate (6) 3. Dillon (1) 4. Christ Church 5. Chapman 6. Pendleton 7. Silver Bluff 8. (tie) Broome 8. (tie) Powdersville 10. Marlboro County… Others receiving votes: Hanahan; Mountain View Prep; Loris; Keenan; St. Joseph’s; Newberry; Woodruff; Battery Creek; Southside Christian; Aynor
  • CLASS 2A:  1. Chester (9) 2. Clinton (7) 3. Hampton County (1) 4. Strom Thurmond 5. Barnwell 6. Fairfield Central 7. Philip Simmons 8. Saluda 9. Manning 10. Andrew Jackson… Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Ninety-Six, Timberland, Batesburg-Leesville, Marion, Whale Branch, Atlantic Charter, Chesnee, Andrews
  • CLASS A:  1. Abbeville (17) 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt 3. Lewisville 4. Johnsonville 5. Lamar 6. Blackville-Hilda 7. Calhoun County 8. Lake View 9. Latta 10. Cross Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler; Denmark-Olar; Branchville; McBee; Dixie; Green Sea-Floyds; Hannah-Pamplico; Whitmire; Great Falls; Green Sea Floyds, Ridge-Spring Monetta

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game, we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • 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.

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

 Atlanta Braves

  • Braves 4 – Giants 3 (10)… The Braves did something last night they have not done in a little while and that is win their second game in a row as they defeated the Giants out on the left coast by a score of 4-3 in 10 innings… The game was tied 3-3 at the end of 9 innings and the Braves scored what would prove to be the winning run in the top of the 9th inning when Travis d’Arnaud singled with one out driving in Luke Williams… The Braves outhit the Giants 10-7 and both teams had an error that allowed the other to score an unearned run… The Braves also out-homered the Giants 2-1… Braves right fielder Ramon Laureano (5) had a solo shot in the 2nd inning and Travis d’Arnaud (13) also had a solo shot in the 3rd inning… By the way, the Braves starting pitcher Charlie Morton picked up his 2000th strikeout during the game last night… For more on that story, 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.
  • 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

  • Iron Birds 6 – Drive 2… The Greenville Drive started a 6-game series with the Iron Birds up in Aberdeen, Maryland last night and despite the Iron Birds making 2 errors in the game, the Iron Birds took a 6-2 win outhitting the Drive 7-5… All the runs in the game were scored playing small ball as there were no homers by either team.
  • Standings… 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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