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- Friday, 3-14-25… Varsity softball Laurens at Clinton at 7:00 pm
Clinton HS
- Baseball: Clinton 4– Union 1… Last night the Red Devil varsity baseball team traveled over to Union to take on the Yellow Jackets… I’m pleased to report that the Red Devils took a 4-1 win over Union but it was not easy… Union actually outhit the Red Devils 7-4 but the red devils used their 4 hits in combination with 5 Union errors, 3 walks and a hit batter to produce their 4 runs… No Red Devil had over one hit… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The team is now 5-2 on the season and will host Mid-Carolina in region action next Tuesday at 7:30 pm
- JV Baseball: Clinton 7 – Union 2… The Red Devil JV baseball team also played last night at Union and they won 7-2… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Kuykendall Signs with Brevard… Yesterday afternoon at Clinton HS senior Lukas
Kuykendall signed a letter to continue his football career and education play for the Brevard College Tornados… Lukas handled most all the kickoffs, place kicking and punting for the Red Devils the last couple of seasons… Coach Fountain was sure to point out the work he put out not only on the football field but also in the classroom to get to this point… He also noted he became aware of Lukas when he attended a Clinton MS game when he first came to Clinton and was amazed to see the Wildcats attempting PATs and Field goals… That is something rare in middle school football… He will be joining his teammate and long snapper Rion Gordon who signed with the Tornados last month… To see a short video interview done with him after the signing and a few photos at its end, click here… Congratulations and Good Luck to Lukas!
Laurens
- Softball… The Raider softball team hosted the Southside Tigers in region action last night and to put it mildly they were Tiger tamers.
- Raiders 21 – Tigers 2 (3)… In the first game the Raiders scored 16 runs in the first inning and went on to take a 21-2 win in 3 innings… They only outhit the Tigers 7-0 but 4 of their hits were for extra bases as Carly Edwards had a 2-run home, Addy Carlisle and Makayden Livingston both had triples while Myleigh Robertson had a double… The 12 walks issued by Tiger pitchers and 2 Tiger errors helped the Raiders… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Raiders 24 – Tigers 1… The second game was as one-sided as the first as the Raiders took a 24-1 win in 3 innings… In the second game, the Raiders 13 runs in the 1st inning and were never threatened after that… They outhit the Tigers 14-3 and 7 Tiger errors aided the Raiders cause… Addison Trevino and Zealy Martin both had 3 hits to lead the Raiders at the plate… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Raiders travel to Clinton tonight and we plan on broadcasting the varsity game here on Real Radio WLBG at about 7:00 pm.
- Baseball: Laurens 11 – Greenwood 1 (6)… The Raider baseball team had its home opener last night as they hosted the Greenwood Eagles… The Raiders were able to clip the Eagles wings as they took an 11-1 win… They used 10 well placed singles, 8 walks and 4 Eagle errors to take the win at Ed Prescott Field… The Eagles scored a single run in the top of the 1st inning, but the Raiders scored 4 in the bottom of the inning and led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning… There the Raiders scored 5 runs to end the game on 10-run rule…. Logan Martin and Bennett Edwards both had 2 hits to lead the Raiders at the plate and Noah Hughes picked up the win going 5 innings with Grayson Ledford finished the game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host Westside Monday (3-17-25) at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.
Laurens Academy
- Softball: Crusaders 16 – Eagles 4… Now catching up with the Laurens Academy softball team, I found out yesterday that back on Monday they traveled down to Richard Winn to take on the Eagles and the ride back was a happy one as they defeated the Eagles 16-4… They led 5-4 going into the top of the 4th inning where they put 11 runs on the scoreboard and held the eagles scoreless the rest of the way… Braylee Burke and Mackenzie Runyan led the Crusaders attack each going 4 for 4… For more stats on this game click here to go to the Crusaders MaxPreps posting about this game.
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 on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
- 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 Conference Basketball Tournaments
- ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament… The ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament starts today (Tuesday, 3-11-25) up in Charlotte… For more information about the tournament including the bracket, schedule and scores after the games are finished, click here.
- Clemson 57 – SMU 54… The Clemson Tigers survived a scare from SMU Thursday night as they took a 57-54 win over SMU in a quarterfinals game in the ACC Tournament… For more information on this game, click here… The Tigers will now play Louisville at 9:30 tonight in a semifinal game and it can be seen on ESPN.
- SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament… The SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will start tomorrow (Wednesday, 3-12-25) up in Nashville… If you click here it will carry you to the SEC website where they have a posting that has most anything you would want to know about the tournament including but not limited to bracket, schedule and scores… South Carolina drew a #16 seed and played #9 seeded Arkansas on Wednesday and fell by a score 72-68…. To see more information on this game click here.… They finished their season with a 12-20 overall record.
College Polls… In the polls below the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one… If there is a score given for game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).
Men’s Basketball
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (3-9-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Duke has moved up to #1from #2 followed by Houston (3), Auburn (1), Florida (5) and Alabama (7)… There were also some changes in spots 6-10 as St John’s checks in at #6 followed by Michigan St. (8), Tennessee (4), Texas Tech and Clemson moves up a spot to #10… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
- DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
- Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.
Women’s Basketball
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (3-9-25) had a lot of changes in the top 5… UCLA moves from #4 to be the new #1 followed by South Carolina (5), UConn, Southern Cal (2) and Texas (1)… Spots 6-10 are now occupied by TCU (8), Duke (11), Notre Dame (6), NC State (7) and LSU (9)… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
- DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
- Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.
Baseball
- DIBaseball.com Top 25… In the latest (3-9-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 are LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia (5) and Florida State (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by North Carolina (4), Florida, Oregon State, Oregon (10) and Clemson (10)… To see the entire top 25 in this poll click here.
Softball
- ESPN/USA Softball Poll… In the latest (3-10-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 are Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, LSU (5) and UCLA (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Texas A&M (4), Tennessee (8), Oregon (12), South Carolina (11) and Florida State… To see the entirety of this poll click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.
NASCAR
- Weekend Schedule… To see the NASCAR schedule for this weekend out in Las Vegas, click here.
- Driver Standings… After this race, the top 5 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are now William Byron, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott… If you click here you will go the NASCAR posting that has the Cups Series standings from top to bottom… Once you get there you can click on tabs at the top of the page to see the driver standings in the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series.
- Master Schedule… If you click here it will carry you to the NASCAR website where the season schedule is posted, and you can look at the Cup Series. Xfinity Series or the Craftsman Truck Series by clicking on their icon at the top of the list… In addition to the date and location, it will also give you race times and TV viewing options.
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