Local Notes
Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com
- Tuesday, 3-18-25… Softball host Westside at 7:0 pm
- Friday, 3-21-25… Baseball host Westside at 6:30 pm
Clinton HS
- Softball: Clinton 18 – Abbeville 3… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Abbeville Panthers last night and its good news for Red Devil fans as they took an 18-3 win… At the end of the 1st inning the Panthers led 3-2 but the Red Devils to9ok the lead scoring 2 runs in the 2nd inning… They then broke the game open scoring 14 runs in the 3rd inning thus ending the game with an 18-3 final score… The Red Devils only outhit the Panthers 5-2 butt took full advantage of 5 Panther errors, 12 walks and a hit batter or two… In the 3rd inning where the Red Devils scored 14 runs, they only had 2 hits… No Red Devil had over 1 hit and they were all singles except for a double by Me-Me Smith… Cat Wilkie took the win as the only pitcher for the Red Devils… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Softball up Next… The 3-3 Red Devils will host the Mid-Carolina Rebels tonight at 7:00 pm in their region opener.
- Baseball up Next… The Red Devil varsity baseball team will host Mid-Carolina Tuesday (3-18) at 7:30 in a VERY IMPORTANT region matchup at 7:30… The Rebels were ranked #1 in the preseason poll for Class AA.
Laurens
- Softball up Next… The Raiders are 4-3 and will host the Westside Rams tonight at 7:00 pm in a game we will broadcast here on Real Radio WLBG.
- Baseball: Westside 8 – Laurens 4… The Raider baseball team opened their region schedule last night hosting the Westside Rams at Ed Prescott Field… I have to have to report the Rams took an 8-4 win over the Raiders… The Raiders led 1-0 after the first inning of play but the Rams took the lead scoring 2 runs in the third and would never trail again… The Rams only outhit the Raiders 7-6 but the Raiders were their own worst enemy as they 5 errors and walked 10 Rams… Those more often than not came at a bad time as they either helped the Rams to score, extend an inning or both… Zay Pulley and Bennett Edwards led the Raiders at the plate as they were the only two player to get more than 1 hit (each had2) and one of Pulley’s was a double… 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 travel to Westside Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Laurens Academy
- Baseball up Next… The team is 3-1 on the season and according to their master schedule on the LA website, they will be traveling to Spartanburg Christian Academy today.
- Softball up Next… I believe the Crusader softball team will be taking on the Spartanburg Christian Academy Warriors today and I think it will be at home at 5:00 pm but I saw a contradiction to that on another Crusader schedule.
Thornwell
- Baseball: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to Whitmire Wednesday.
- Softball: The team is 2-0 on the season and will be hosting Whitmire today at 4:15 in a big region 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.
Men’s March Madness Bracket… For those of you who missed the March Madness Announcement show last night if you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where the official bracket is located… The bracket is interactive so you can click on games of interest for more information…Of interest to local fans:
- Clemson is a # 5 seed in the Midwest Regional and will take #12 seed McNeese in Providence, RI… They will play Thursday (3-20) at 3:15 pm.
- Wofford is a #15 seed and will take on #2 seed Tennessee in the Mideast Regional in Lexington, KY… They will play Thursday (3-20) at 6:50 pm.
Women’s March Madness Bracket… Again for those of you who missed the March Madness Announcement show last night if you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where the official bracket is located… The bracket is interactive so you can click on games of interest for more information…Of interest to local fans:
- South Carolina is seeded #1 in Regional #2 in the Birmingham area… They will take on Tennessee Tech on Friday at 4:00 pm
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 (3-16-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 are Tennessee (2), LSU (1), Arkansas, Georgia (5) and Florida State (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Oregon State (8), Clemson (10), Texas (11), Oregon and Oklahoma (12)… 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
- Josh Berry Wins at Las Vegas… In case you missed it Sunday; Christopher Bell did NOT win the Cup series race in Las Vegas Sunday breaking his 3-race winning streak… Instead, the race was won by Josh Berry who picked up his first career win in the Cup Series… He has won twice at Las Vegas, but those wins were in the Xfinity Series… For more on this race including the order of finish for the entire field, click here.
- Driver Standings… After this race, the top 5 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are now William Byron, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman… 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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