Local Notes
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- Wednesday, 3-26-25… Baseball host Wren at 6:30 pm
Clinton HS
- Softball: Mid-Carolina 12 – Red Devils 1… The Red Devil softball also traveled to Mid-Carolina to take on the Rebels last Friday night… The Rebels pounded out 13 hits to the Red Devils 3 and took a 13-1 win over Clinton… The Rebels led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 4th inning where they scored 6 runs and then held the Red Devils scoreless in the 5th inning as the game then ended on the 10-run rule… Halleigh Luke, Kamryn Campbell and Me-Me Smith all had singles for the Red Devils and Smith’s drove in Luke in the third inning with the Red Devils only run… 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 Red Devils re now 3-5 overall and 0-2 in region play and will host the Ninety Six Wildcats today at 6:00 pm.
- Baseball: Mid-Carolina 7 – Clinton 6… The Red Devil baseball also traveled to Mid-Carolina to take on the Rebels… I hate to have to report that they came up on the short side of a 7-6 score but they never stopped tying as a comeback attempt in the 7th inning fell just a little bit short… The Red Devils trailed 1-0 go9ng into the top of the 2nd inning where they scored 3 runs and added another one in the 3rd inning to make the score 4-1 Red Devils… That would be the last they scored until the 7th inning… The Rebels took the lead in the 5th inning and led 7-4 going into the top of the 7th inning… There Camden Finley led off with a double and Brett Young drew a walk and both scored by way of a passed ball and during strike out to make the score 7-6 Rebels but could get no closer as the tying run was left stranded at third base… The Rebels outhit the Red Devils 8-6 and all their hits were singles except for one homerun…No Red Devil had over 1 hit but Camden Finley, Luke Young and Jarred Willards hits were doubles… 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 Red Devils are now 4-4 overall and 0-2 in region play.
- Baseball up Next… The Red Devil will travel to Newberry to take on the Bulldogs today at 6:00 pm.
- JV Baseball: Mid-Carolina 7 – Clinton 3… The Red Devil JV team also played Friday and they lost to the Rebels 7-3… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… They are 5-2 on the season.
Laurens
- 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: Laurens 5 – Westside Rams 4… Last Friday night the Raider baseball team hosted the Westside Rams in region action at Ed Prescott Field… This was the 3rd time the two schools got together with each other last week and they both had a win against each other… Well this game went back as forth as the Raiders led 4-0 after 3 innings of play but the Rams came back to tie the game 4-4 going into the bottom of the 7th inning… There the Raiders used a single by Coleman Coker and 3 walks (one with the bases loaded) to take a 5-4 win over the Rams… The Raiders only outhit the Rams 6-4 and both teams had errors that aided the other team… Ben Willis went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles while Coleman Coker also 2- for 4 with his hits being singles… 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 will be traveling to Wren HS tonight to start a 3-game series with the Golden Hurricanes… Wren is tied with Laurens with a 2-1 region record for the region lead.
Laurens Academy
- Baseball: WW King 12 – Crusaders 8… The Crusader baseball team traveled to WW King last Friday and lost a heartbreaker to the Knights by a score of 12-8… The Crusaders led 8-5 going into the bottom of the 6th inning where they gave up 7 runs in the inning and then were Held scoreless by the Knights in the top of the 7th inning thus falling 12-8… The Knights only outhit the Crusaders 8-7 but 7 Crusader errors, 9 walks issued by 4 Crusader pitchers and the same number of wild pitches aided the Knight’s cause especially in the 6thg inning…All but 1 of the Crusader hits were singles and that was a double by Garrett Murphy and Caleb Hardy was the only Crusader with more than 1 hit as he has 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.
- Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are now 3-2 on the season and scheduled to travel Oakbrook Prep tomorrow with first pitch at 6:15.
- Softball: Knights 14 – Crusaders 4… The Crusader softball team also traveled to WW King last Friday and they also lost to the Knights by a score of 14-4… The Crusaders scored all of their runs in the first inning and led 4-2 going into the bottom of the 5th inning where the Knights scored 5 runs to go up 7-4… In the next inning the Knights struck for 7 runs making the score 14-4 thus ending the game on the 10-run lead rule… I have limited stats on the game and if you would like to see them click here… I do believe that Abby Howard, Braylee Burke and Mackenzie Runyans led the team with 2 hits each… Burke and Runyans each had a double for the Crusaders.
- Softball up Next… The Crusaders are now 1-4 on the season and I believe the Crusader softball team will be traveling to Northside Christian Academy to take on another set of Crusaders tomorrow at 5:30 pm down I Lexington.
Thornwell
- Baseball: Whitmire 12 – Saints 10… The Saints hosted the Whitmire Wolverines last Friday and they came so close to being able to ring the bell but saw there come-back in the 7th inning fall just short as the Wolverines took a 12-10 win… The Saints trailed 12-3 going into the bottom of the 7th inning where they put 7 runs on the scoreboard to make the score 12-10 Knights with the Saints leaving the tying runs on base… The Wolverines only outhit the Saints 9-8 but they has several extra base hits while all 8 of the Crusaders hits were singles with Parker Workman having 3 of them and driving in 3 runs… 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 Saints are 2-6 overall and 0-2 I region play.
- Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host the Ware Shoals Hornets on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:30 pm.
- Softball: Saints 19 – McCormick 3… The news is belter for Saints fans where the softball team is concerned as the traveled to McCormick HS to take on the Chiefs and when they dot back home they were able to ring the bell because they took a 19-3 win… Simply put, they outhit the Chiefs 11-3 and more often than not took advantage of 7 walks issued by 2 Chief pitchers and close to the same number of hit batters… Karleigh Porter led the Saints offense as she went 3 for 4 with a double and 5 RBIs… 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 Saints are now 3-1 on the season and will be hosting the Dixie Green Hornets today at 4:15 pm.
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
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
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.
