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
- Friday, 3-21-25… Baseball host Westside at 6:30 pm
Clinton HS
- Softball up Next… The Red Devils are now 3-4 overall and 0-1 in region play and will travel to Mid-Carolina today.
- Baseball up Next… The Red Devil varsity baseball team is now 4-3 overall and 0-1 in region play on the season and will travel to Mid-Carolina tonight (3-21) for a 7:30 pm rematch with the Rebels.
- Golf: Clinton 161 – Union 191… Back on Tuesday the Red Devil golf team hosted the Union County Yellow Jackets out at Lakeside CC… The Red Devils won their third match of the season as they defeated the Yellow Jackets 161-191… Luke Murray led the Red Devils with a 36 and was the match medalist… To see what the other Red Devils and Yellow Jackets shot, click here.
Laurens
- Softball: Westside 18 – Raiders 8 (5)… The Raider softball team traveled to Anderson last night to take on the Westside Rams who they defeated 10-9 back on Tuesday… Last night was a different story as the Rams took an 18-8 win in 5 innings… The Raiders actually scored a run in the top of the 1st inning but going into the bottom of the 3rd inning the Rams led 5-4… In the 3rd inning the Rams broke the game open scoring 9 runs and adding another in the 4th inning… The Raiders scored 4 runs in the top of the 5th inning to make the score 15-8 Rams only to have the Rams score 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to give themselves a 10 run lead that ended the game…The Rams only out hit the Raiders 15-12 but the Raiders did have 3 errors in the game and 3 Raider pitchers walked 7 Rams while the Rams had no errors and their pitcher did not have any walks… Carly Edwards led the Raider offense going 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI from the leadoff spot… Addison Trevino, Summer Nations, Myleigh Robertson and Emily Dutton each had 2 hits for 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.
- Softball up Next… The Raiders are 5-4overall and 3-1 in the region and will travel to JL Mann next Wednesday (3-26).
- Baseball up Next… The Raiders will host Westside tonight at 6:30 pm for the rubber game of the three-game series and we do plan on brining you the game here on Real Radio WLBG.
- Golf: Laurens 177 – Emerald 205… Back on Wednesday the Raider boys’ golf team traveled to Greenwood to take on the Emerald Vikings… Good news for Raider fans as the team improved its record to 3-2 by taking a 177-205 win over the Vikings… Michael Hamby and Landon James both shot a 43 to lead the Raiders… For more information on this match, click here… Their next match will be against Wren at Southern Oaks next Tuesday, 3-25-25
Laurens Academy
- Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to WW King today.
- Softball up Next… I believe the Crusader softball team will travel to WW King today
Thornwell
- Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host Whitmire today at 6:00 pm
- Softball up Next… The Saints are now 2-1 on the season and will be traveling to McCormick on Friday.
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:
- McNeese 69 – Clemson 67… The # 5 seeded Clemson Tigers fell to the #12 seeded McNeese 69-67 in and upset yesterday in Providence, RI… The Cowboys led 31-13 at the half and Clemson tried to comeback in the last 8 minutes of the game outscoring the Cowboys 38-18 but fell just short… For more information on this game click here… The Tigers end their season with a27-7 record the most wins for a Tiger team in the school’s history.
- Tennessee 77 – Wofford 62… The Wofford Terriers also saw their season come to an end last night as they fell #2 seeded Tennessee up in Lexington, KY… The Terriers trailed 36-27 at the half and the Volunteers were just topo strong for them to come back on… For more information on this game, click here…. The Terriers end their season with a 19-16 record and won the SoCon Championship despite being a #6 seed coming into the SoCon Tournament.
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 (3-169-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Duke is still #1 followed by Houston (2), Florida (4), Auburn (3) and St Johns (6))… There were also some changes in spots 6-10 as Tennessee is now #6 followed by Alabama (5), Michigan State (7), Texas Tech and Louisville (13)… Clemson dropped from #1o to #13…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 (3-17-25) had no changes in the top 5… UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, UConn, Southern Cal and Texas… Spots 6-10 are also the same as last week as #6 is TCU, Duke, Notre Dame, NC State and LSU … 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 (3-16-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 a little change compared to last week as Oklahoma is still #1 followed by Texas, LSU (4) Florida (3) and UCLA… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Texas A&M, Tennessee, Oregon, Florida State (10) and Arizona (11) and South Carolina (9) are tied for 10th place… 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
- 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.
- Weekend Schedule… To see the NASCAR schedule for this weekend at Miami-Homestead, click here.
- 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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