Local Notes
Clinton HS
- JV Football Host Newberry… The Red Devil JV football team will be at home today as they host the Newberry Bulldogs at 6:00 pm… The team is 1-0 after defeating the Raider 6-0 at Laurens last Thursday.
- Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Laurens 2… Catching up on some volleyball action back on Tuesday, the Red Devils defeated the raiders 3-2 at Laurens HS… The Raiders won the first set 22-22 but the Red Devils rebounded taking the next two sets by scores of 25-11 and 25-22… The Raiders dug down deep and managed to take a 25-22 win in set 4 to force a 5th and deciding set… There the red Devils took a 15-10… To see some individual stats on the Red Devils in this match, click here.… The team is now 2-1 on the season and will travel to Strom Thurmond today for a JV / Varsity match.
- JV Volleyball: Clinton 2 – Laurens 1… In JV volleyball action prior to the varsity action on Tuesday, the Red Devil JV team ran its record to 2-1 also as they took a 2-1 win over the Raiders at Laurens… The Raiders won the first set 25-23 but the Red Devils won the next two sets by scores of 25-13 and 15-13 to take the 2-1 win… To see some individual stats on this match click here.
Laurens HS
- JV Football… The raider JV football team will be hosting the BHP Bears tonight at 6:30.
Laurens Academy
- Volleyball at Home Today… The Crusader volleyball teams will be hosting Richard Winn this afternoon starting with middle school action at 4:00 pm and the varsity to follow about 5:00 pm.
Thornwell
- Volleyball: Wolverines 3 – Saints 2… Tuesday night the Thornwell Saints volleyball team traveled over to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines… The two teams battled back and forth but in the end the Wolverines prevailed by a score of 3-2… They won the first set 25-19but the Saints came back to win the next two sets by the same 25-19 margin… The fourth set went to the Wolverines by a score of 25-20… In the fifth and deciding set, the score was tied often but the Wolverines prevailed by a 15-12 score… Tough loss for the Saints… The team will be back in action today at 5:30 when they host the SC School for the Deaf and Blind
Laurens County Touchdown Club… The next meeting of the Laurens County Touchdown
Club will be today at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… Cal Pitts of Clinton HS and Ethan Collins of Laurens Academy will be honored as the last two TD Club’s Players of the week… The local high school coaches will report on their last two games and about the games tomorrow night… Coach Steve Englehart will be the featured speaker… The cost is only $15 and you can pay at the door… Hope to see you there!
Middle School Football
- Hickory Tavern Start Football Today… The Hickory Tavern football team starts it season today at 5:00 pm hosting the Greenwood Christian Hawks.
SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 3. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.
- CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (1-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (1-0), 3. Northwestern (2) (2-0), 4. Summerville (2-0), 5. Irmo (2-0), 6. TL Hanna (1-0), 7. Sumter (2-0), 8. JL Mann (1-1), 9. White Knoll (1-1) 10. Hillcrest (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, Boiling Springs, Lexington, River Bluff, Fort Dorchester, Blythewood, Chapin, James Island
- CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (1-0) (20,) 2. Daniel (2-0), 3. South Pointe (1-1), 4. South Florence (1-1), 5. Camden (1-1), 6. Gray Collegiate (1-1), 7. Hartsville (0-0-1), 8. Richland Northeast (2-0), 9. May River (2-0), 10. Wren (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Seneca, Bluffton, North Augusta, Emerald, Gilbert, Lancaster, Midland Valley, Darlington, Crestwood, Brookland-Cayce, AC Flora
- CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (19) 2-0, 2. Dillon (1) (2-0), 3. Pendleton (2-0), 4. Oceanside Collegiate (1-1), 5. Mountain View Prep (2-0), 6. Woodruff (2-0), 7. Marlboro County (2-0), 8. Loris (2-0), 9. Chapman (1-1), 10. Newberry (2-0) … Others receiving votes: Aynor, St. Joseph’s, Broome, Christ Church, Walhalla, Orangeburg-Wilkinson, Keenan, Swansea, Hanahan
- CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (12) (2-0), 2. Strom Thurmond (7) (2-0), 3. (tie) Clinton (1) 1-1 3. (tie) Chester (0-1), 5. Barnwell (2-0), 6. Saluda (2-0), 7. Fairfield Central (1-1), 8. Phillip Simmons (-1), 9. Chesterfield (2-0), 10. Batesburg-Leesville (1-0)… Others receiving votes: East Clarendon, Manning, Blacksburg, Cheraw, Andrew Jackson, Andrews, Woodland, Lake City, Columbia, Timberland, Mullins, Academic Magnet
- CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (20) (2-0), 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-0), 3. Lewisville (2-0), 4. Cross (2-0), 5. Lake View (1-1), 6. Lamar (1-1), 7. Blackville-Hilda (1-1), 8. Hannah-Pamplico (2-0), 9. Latta (1-1), 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (1-1)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Branchville, Johnsonville, Baptist Hill, Calhoun County, McBee, Wagener-Salley
Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the football season Sports Talk Media produce a recap show of high school football results from around the state… If you would like to hear that show for last Friday night, click here… It’s usually about 5 minutes long and keeps you updated on football outside our area… Enjoy!
High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings
- Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.
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, September 6th… Varsity football at BHP, 7:30
Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.
- School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
- School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
- Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results click here
- PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Football
- FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a change in the top 5… The top 2 are still Georgia and Ohio State… Texas moves up to #3 followed by Alabama and Notre Dame to round out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Missouri and Michigan… Clemson dropped from 14 to 25… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
- FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, UT Chattanooga comes in at #10, Furman #16 and Western Carolina ##17… To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
- FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
- FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.
- Braves 5 – Rockies 2… Last night the Braves jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 1 inning of play due in part to Jarred Kelenic hitting his 14th homer of the season a 3-run shot to right field and then went on to take a 5-2 win over the Rockies in Atlanta… The Braves outhit the Rockies 7-5 with Charlie Morton getting the start and the win (8-7).
- 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
- Dash 1 – Drive 0… For the second night in a row, the Greenville Drive were shutout by the Winston-Salem Dash at Flour Field as the Dash took a 1-0 win scoring in the first inning and then making it standup… The run was scored playing small ball with the Dash outhitting the Drive 6-3.
- 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
- Chase Briscoe Wins at Darlington… Sunday down at Darlington in the last “regular season” race Chase Briscoe took the win finishing well ahead of the second-place driver Kyle Busch… For more information as to who was leading at the suspension of the race click here.
- Playoffs… now that the regular season is finished, the 16 Cup Drivers that have made the playoffs and are in the Chase for the Cup Championship are now locked in… Spots 1-5 are occupied by Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick. William Byron and Ryan Blaney…. Spots 6-10 are occupied by Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Austin Cindric… Spots 11-16 are occupied by Daniel Suarez, Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, Harrison Burton, Ty Gibbs and Martin Truex Jr.… To see the final standings for all the drivers in the Cup Series click here.
- Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will be over at the Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend with the Xfinity Series racing Saturday at 3:00 pm and the Cup Series Sunday at 3:00 pm also…. Click here to see the full schedule 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.
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