Local Notes
Some High School Coaches Hoping for Extension of Season… Some high school coaches around the state are hoping that the SCHSL will consider extending the season a week or two to help make up already postponed game caused by Hurricane Helene and other that might have to be postponed this week due to conditions that still exist after the hurricane… This would not be unprecedented as just such a thing happened back in 2015… There is a nice article about this in the State Newspaper that includes comments from Jerome Singleton Commissioner of the SCHSL and others… To read that article click here…. I have ever since 2015 advocated a remedy for this problem that so far no coach I have mentioned it to have disliked… If you are curious about my proposal, click here… I would be curious on your thoughts about it.
Clinton HS
- Schedule Changes at CHS… Hurricane Helene continues to play havoc on athletic schedules in the area… Yesterday CHS Athletic Director Louis Alexander passed on the following information about athletic contest for the CHS teams.
- Girls Tennis… Yesterday’s match at Greer Middle College was cancelled
- Today (10-1)… Girls Tennis, JV/Varsity volleyball and cross country all at Mid-Carolina postponed, makeup date to be determined
- Wednesday (10-2) Girls tennis at BHP cancelled
- Thursday (10-3)
- JV football vs Liberty cancelled
- Varsity volleyball vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
- Girls Tennis vs. Fairfield Central yet to be determined
- Friday (10-4)… Varsity football at Liberty yet to be determined
- Saturday (10-5)… cross country at Riverside yet to be determined
- Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Red Devils are scheduled to open up their region schedule on the road at Liberty HS this Friday taking on another set of Red Devils at 7:30 pm.
Laurens HS
- Up Next in Football… As the football schedule now stands and if damage from Helene allows, the Raiders are scheduled to open up their region schedule at home taking on the Fountain Fury at 7:30 pm…. Also, Homecoming which was scheduled for last Friday is n ow set for this Friday.
- Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.
Laurens Academy
- Up Next in Football… The Crusader’s schedule shows that they are supposed to be the road traveling to Wardlaw for a region game at 7:30 pm…Again this is all dependent on whether or not it is safe to do so and the power situation.
Laurens County Touchdown Club
- Touchdown Club Cancels Meeting This Week… In light of the devastating storm and the wellbeing of our patrons and players/coaches the TD Club is going to cancel the scheduled TD Club meeting scheduled for this Thursday, October 3… We hopefully will resume at our next regularly scheduled meeting on October 17.
- If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.
Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it.
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, October 4th… Varsity football host Fountain Inn at 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 (9-29-24) had some major changes in the top 10 after Alabama’s 41-34 win over Georgia Saturday night… Texas dropped from #1 to #2 despite not losing… Ohio state remains at #3, Tennessee moved up a spot to #4 and Georgia drops to #5… Oregon jumped 2 spots to #6, Penn State also jumped 2 spots to #7, Miami (FL) dropped a spot to #8, Missouri went from #11 to #9 and Michigan jumped up 2 spots to #10… Clemson moved up to #15 from #17… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
- FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (9-30-24) continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer moved up to #11and they are the only team you often see on the schedule of some our local teams in the top 25… 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.
Pete Rose Passes Away… Last night it was announced that Pete Rose had passed away at his home in Nevada… He was found dead by a family member and there were no signs of foul play but the coroner in Clark County, Nevada, will investigate to determine cause and manner of death… To those of my generation he earned the nickname Charlie Hustle for 100 % effort at all times and a long list of awards he earned during his career mostly with the Reds an at the end of his career with the Phillies… He had one weakness that ultimately caused him to receive a lifetime ban from pro baseball and has kept him out of the MLB Hall Of Fame and that was he liked to gamble on baseball games he played in and managed… For much more on him and his career click here to go to the MLB website where they have posted a tribute to him… RIP Pete!
Atlanta Braves… The Braves hosted the Mets in Atlanta last night making up 2 games that were postponed last week due to Hurricane Helene and in order to make the playoffs the Braves had to win at least one of those games and two would be better to improve playoff seeding
- Game 1: Mets 8 – Braves 7… The first game last night was a wild and wooly affair as the Braves led early but could not hold it as the Mets scored 2 runs in top of the 9th inning to take an 8-7 win… The Braves scored first on a 2-run homer by Ozzie Albies (10)… They scored again on a solo homer by Ramón Laureano to go up 3-0… The Mets put 6 runs on the scoreboard in the 8th inning to go up 6-3… The Braves responded playing small, ball in the bottom of the 8th to make it 7-6 Atlanta…The Mets responded with a 2-run homer by Francisco Lindor (33) and the Braves could not answer that… With the win the Mets the Mets claimed a wildcard spot in the playoffs and the Braves had to win the second game yesterday or the D-backs would get the last wildcard spot.
- Game 2: Braves 3 – Mets 0…Good news for Braves fans as the Braves took a 3-0 win over the Mets in the second game yesterday to claim the last wildcard spot in the National League… Gio Urshela had an RBI single in the second inning driving in Jorge Soler who reached on a double…The Braves added 2 insurance runs in the 7th inning when Sea Murphy walked to lead off the inning and then with 2 outs Ozzie Albies singled and a throwing error by the Mets pitcher put runners on third and second with 2 outs…Marcell Ozuna then singled to bring in the two runners ahead of him to make the core 3-0 Braves… The Braves bullpen then held the Mets scoreless the rest of the way… Remember for more info on each of these 2 games click on the score at the beginning of each posting… In addition to that, if you click here, it will carry you to short but nice article on the Braves website about them making the playoffs despite the injury riddled season they had this year.
- Postseason Schedule… The Braves had little time to celebrate as they had to get on a plane and travel out to San Diego to take on the Padres tonight at 8:38 pm EDT and the game can be seen on ESPN… If you would like to see the entre playoff schedule by date all the way to the World Series click here… If you would rather see the post season schedule by matchups click here… If you look at both of those and you are still confused or have questions about the playoff format, click here where they try to explain it and thus answer your questions.
- Other Scores… If you would like to see the scores of other MLB games click here.
- Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here.
NASCAR
- Ross Chastain Wins Cup Race in Kansas… Ross Chastain had not won a race all season until Sunday when he too the win in the Cup Series Race out in Kanas… He only led 52 of the 267 laps but all he really needed to lead was the last one which he did… He finished just 0.388 seconds ahead of William Byron… For more information about this click here.
- Playoffs… At the end of the race the field of 12 eligible for the title now have William Byron, Ryan Blaney and Christopher Bell as the top 3 drivers… To see the current standings in the playoff portion of the Cup Series click here… To see the final standings for all the drivers in the Cup Series Playoffs click here.
- Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Trick series will be out at the Talladega Superspeedway this weekend… The Truck Series will Race Friday night at 4:30 pm, the Xfinity Series Saturday at 4:00 pm and the Cup series will be Sunday at 2:00 pm… To see the complete schedule for Talladega including practices and TV availability, 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:
T-Ball at the Laurens YMCA…The Laurens Family YMCA will be offering T-Ball this fall for ages 3-5 years old… The cost will be $75 for Y members and $90… Registration is now open but will close on October 15th… You can register at the Y during normal business hours… If you have any questions, contact Haley Queen at 864-984-2626 of email her at hqueen@lakelandsymcs.org… Batter Up!
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