Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.
Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Softball: Clinton 17 – Newberry 4… The Red Devil softball team traveled down to Newberry yesterday to take on the Bulldogs and good news to report to Clinton fans as they came home with a 17-4 win over the Bulldogs in non-region action… The Red Devils wasted little time getting ahead as they scored 8 runs in the first inning and the Bulldogs countered with 3… By the time they got to the 4th inning Clinton led 10-4 and they broke the game open scoring 7 runs in the 4th inning and then held Newberry scoreless to take the 17-4 win in 5 innings… Mainly they did it by outhitting the Bulldogs 20-6 but the Bulldogs did have a few mistakes so that only 12 of the Red Devil runs were earned… Five of the Red Devils 20 hits were for extra bases including 2 doubles, 2 triples and a homerun by Me-Me Smith a 2-run shot in the 4th inning her third home run of the season…Kamryn Campbell, Taylor Davis Cat Wilkie and Micah Snelgrove each had 3 hits to lead the Red Devil at the plate and Sierra Templeton picked up the complete game win giving up the 4 unearned runs while striking out 6 and walking none… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Up Next… The 4-7 Red Devils are scheduled to host the Chester Cyclones tonight at 7:30 a region team they lost to by a score of 4-7 on Tuesday at Chester… Chester is 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in region play.
- Up Next in Baseball… The 6-4 Red Devil varsity baseball team will also be hosting the Chester Cyclones tonight at 7:30… Chester is 7-1 on the season and their only loss was to Clinton last Tuesday at home where the Red Devils took a 14-0 win so the Cyclones will be looking for revenge.
- Boys Tennis: Clinton 6 – Mid-Carolina 0… The Red Devil tennis team traveled to Mid-Carolina HS yesterday and came home with a 6-0 region win over the Rebels… Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Jacob King and Matthew King all took wins in singles action… The Red Devils are now 3-0 overall and 2-0 in region play and will travel to Woodruff HS to take on the Wolverines next Wednesday, 4-2-25.
Laurens
- Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team will be traveling back over to Wren tonight for an important region game with the Golden Hurricanes that is scheduled for 6:30… The Raiders have already taken two close games from the Hurricanes this week and they will be looking to defend their home field tonight … The Raiders are 4-1 in the region while Wren is 2-3… Fountain in is 2-0 in the region and on percentage of region wins is considered ahead of Laurens.
- Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are off tonight and will play again next Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Fountain Inn Fury in region action at 6:00 pm
Laurens Academy
- Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting Oakbrook Prep tonight a team they lost to 2-8 at Oakbrook Prep on Tuesday.
- Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team is off tonight and will next see action Tuesday (4-1-25) when the host Wardlaw at 5:30.
Thornwell
- Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team is off tonight and will next see action on Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Ware shoals Hornets at 7:30 pm.
- Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Abbeville today according to their schedule on MaxPreps… This is a region game with a 5:00 pm first pitch.
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 want to keep up with all that is going on in the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, 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… For those of you who want to keep up with all that is going on in the Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, 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.
- USC Women Play Today… A quick reminder that the Lady Gamecock will be playing the Maryland today at 5:00 pm out in Birmingham in the Sweet 16 of the Women’s Basketball Tournament… For more information and background on this game click here.
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).
Baseball
- DIBaseball.com Top 25… In the latest (3-23-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 spots are occupied by Tennessee, Arkansas (3), Georgia (4) and Florida State (5) and Oregon State (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Clemson (7), Texas (8), LSU (2) Oklahoma (10) and Oregon (9)… 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, Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman, Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell… 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 up at Martinsville, 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.
Braves… The Atlanta Braves started their regular season on the road last night out on the west coast with a 4-game series with the Padres.
- Padres7 – Braves 4… The Braves lost the season opener to the Padres 7-4… For details on this game click on the score at the beginning of this section.
- Regular Season Schedule… To see the Braves regular season schedule click here.
- Scores… To see the MLB scores by date and see the schedule for future days, click here.
- Standings… To see the standings for all the MLB teams by divisions, click here.
Greenville Drive… The Greenville Drive will start their season on Friday, 4-1-25 hosting the Bowling Green Hot Rods.
- Schedule… To see the Drive schedule click here.
This & That:
As most of you have heard by now, WLBG will be signing off the air sometime on Monday, 3-31-2025.
This will be a bittersweet moment for me as I have strived to bring you local sports to the best of my ability and throw in some college and pro sports also.
As I understand it, the WLBG website will NOT be taken down immediately.
If that is the case, I may still be able to continue to post these sports reports on the website for some time to come if there if you the Laurens County sports fans want me to.
Obviously, I will not be getting paid to do it, but I will try to continue to the end of the high school sports this season if the demand is there. This will also help me to decide if in the future I might try to develop my own website if I can obtain the sponsorship to bring you what you want.
If you don’t mind, please email me at sports@wlbg.com and let me know you would like to see it continue.
That is the only way I have to judge this.
If I don’t seem to generate much interest in this that is fine, I just won’t do it.
In any event I have enjoyed (for the most part) my almost 15 years doing this and meeting some great coaches, players, administrators and you the fans.
Take care and you will still be able to catch me at some athletic contest.
Go Red Devils, Raiders, Crusaders and Saints!
If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com .
