Friday, 4-11-25
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
- Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils are scheduled host Fairfield Central at 7:30 tonight.
- Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will not be in action until Tuesday, 4-22 when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm
Laurens HS
- Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team will now host Fountain Inn tonight at 6:30 in a game they really need to win to try to keep pace with the Fury who are undefeated in the region.
- Softball: Wren 6 – Laurens 5…. The Raiders hosted the Golden Hurricanes of Wren last night and the score is not what I like to report as the Hurricanes led 6-5 at the end of 5 innings and then the game was stopped in the middle of the sixth inning with the score still 6-5 Wren due to lightning… The Raiders trailed 6-2 going into the bottom of the fifth inning where they scored 3 runs to make it 6-5 but just could not get another run or two before lightning caused the game to be ended…. Wren outhit the Raiders 11-6 but the Hurricanes also had a couple of errors so that only 4 of the Raiders 5 runs were earned… Summer Nations led the Raiders at the plate going 2 for 3 scoring 2 runs and driving in a run… Addison Trevino had only 1 hit but it was a double that drove in a 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.
- Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to host Wade Hampton today (4-11) in a JV-Varsity doubleheader starting at 5:30.
Laurens Academy
- Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Richard Winn today at 4:00 with a middle school game but their MaxPreps schedule shown no game until Tuesday, 4-22-25 so I am just not sure.
- Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the Crusaders will be hosting the Eagles of Richard inn at 5:30 today if the schedule on MaxPreps is correct.
Thornwell
- Baseball… According to their GameChanger account, the Thornwell Saints baseball team hosted the McCormick Chiefs in a doubleheader of baseball yesterday in Clinton…. If GameChanger is correct there was some bell ringing going on as the Saints took 2 one-sided wins against the Chiefs.
- Game 1: Saints 16 – Chiefs 0 (3)… In the first game, the Saints scored 16 runs in the first inning and the Saint defense and Parker Workman held the Chiefs hitless as they took a 16-0 win in 3 innings… Workman struck out 8 of the 9 batters he faced and did not issue a walk… The Saints pounded out 9 hits with 3 of them being for extra bases (2 doubles and a triple)… The Chiefs pitches issued 9 walks while only striking out 2 and the Chiefs did have a couple of errors that aided the Saints… Parker Workman, Tru’Mari Kinard-Shelton and Arnell Deese each had 2 hits in 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.
- Game 2: Saints 17 – Chiefs 0… The second game was pretty much a repeat of the first game as this time the Saints took a 17-0 win over the Chiefs… The Saints only outhit the Chiefs 6-0 but took full advantage of 5 Chief errors and 10 walks so that only 10 of their 17 runs were earned… Again the Saints scored all of their runs in the first inning and coasted the rest of the way as Sam Robertson did not allow a hit while striking out 7 of the batters he faced and issued no walks… Griffin Raines and Sam Robertson both had 2 hits for the Saints with one of Raines’ being a double… Parker Workman only had 1 hit but it was a triple that drove 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.
- Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be in action next Monday (4-14) when host Dixie HS taking on the Green Hornets in region action at 7:00 pm.
- Softball: Whitmire 11 – Saints 1 (5)… Yesterday the Saints softball team traveled over to Whitmire HS to take on the Wolverines… I hate to have to report that Whitmire took a 10-1 win over the Saints in 5 innings… The Saints actually outhit the Wolverines 7-4 and all the hits by both teams were singles… The Saints led 1-0 going into the bottom of the 3rd inning where the Wolverines scored 9 runs and added 2 more in the 5th to win the game 11-1 on the 10-run rule… One statistic for the Saints sticks out like a sore thumb and that is that two Saint pitchers issued 10 walks in the game and thy figured heavily into the Wolverines scoring especially in the 9 run third inning… Adrienne Anderson and Skyla Bates were the only two Saints to get more than 1 hit as they both had 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.
- Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting McCormick next Tuesday (4-15) at 5:00 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.
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 (3-30-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 spots are occupied by Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida State and Texas (7)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Clemson, LSU, Alabama (12) and Oklahoma (9)… To see the entire top 25 in this poll click here.
Softball
- ESPN/USA Softball Poll… In the latest (3-30-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 had a little change compared to last week as Texas is still #1 followed by Florida (4), Oklahoma (2), Texas A&M (5) and Oregon (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Tennessee (10), LSU (3), UCLA (7), South Carolina (11) and Florida State (8)… Clemson checked in at #25… 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, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliot and Tyler Redick… 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 in Bristol, 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…. Click on the score to go to the Braves website for a recap of the game.
- Braves 4 – Phillies 2… Last night in Atlanta, the Braves outscored the Phillies 3-1 in the 11th inning to take a 4-2 win over the Phillies … Marcell Ozuna had a walk-off 2-run homer to lift the Braves to the win.
- Regular Season Schedule… To see the Braves regular season schedule click here… Once you get there you can go backwards to see completed games in previous month(s) or ahead for future dates.
- 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… Click on the scores below at the start of the section for more details on the game(s).
- Game Suspended… Up in Ashville last night, the Drive were leading the Tourist 3-0 in the bottom of the 4th inning when the game was suspended due to weather… They will finish that game today before playing the regularly scheduled game.
- Schedule… To see the Drive schedule click here.
- Standings… If you would like to see the standings in the South Atlantic League, click here to go to the website where that is available… Once you get there, there are drop-down menus and filters so that you can see the standing in other leagues and levels of minor league baseball.
This & That:
As most of you know by now, WLBG will be signed off the air about 3:15 pm on Monday, 3-31-2025.
That was 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 but don’t look for the sports report until 8:00 am weekdays or perhaps a little later (I’ll be sleeping later and not getting up at 3:00 am like I have been doing).
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 you have not already done so, please continue to let me know you read the sports reports.
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 .
