Monday, 4-28-25
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
- Golf: Clinton 160 – Mid-Carolina 174… Doing some catching up with the Red Devil golf team, last Tuesday (4-22) they traveled down to Prosperity to take on the Rebels of Mid-Carolina HS in region action and I am glad to report that the Red Devils took a 160-174 win… Aiden Bragg was the match medalist shooting a 38… Mia Carles was close behind with a 39, Gabi Carles shot a 41 and Luke McMurray finished with a 42… According to the CHS athletic website, they will host Chesnee Thursday, 5-1-25 at Lakeside CC with tee time of 4:00 pm.
- Tennis: Clinton 4 – Batesburg-Leesville 0… Last Thursday the Red Devil boys’ tennis team traveled to Batesburg-Leesville for a non-region match… They were able to get in the 4 singles matches before lightning caused one of the singles matched a doubles match to be suspended… Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King and Jacob King all took wins in singles action so the Red Devils won 4-0 to remain undefeated… For more details on this match click here.
- Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Saluda to take on the Tigers tonight at 7:00 pm.
- Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils are scheduled to play Eau Claire Wednesday in a doubleheader at home starting at 5:30 pm.
Laurens
- Up Next in Baseball… Their schedule on MaxPreps shows them hosting the Union County Yellow Jackets next Tuesday (4-29) at 6:30 pm
- Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to travel to Emerald Monday to take on the Vikings at 6:00 pm.
- Softball Senior Night… Last Thursday night the Raiders honored their 2 seniors before the game with Emerald.
- #4 – Addyson Carlisle… Addy has been a member of the team for 3 years and has become a great leader due to her work ethic, team first attitude and a spirit of encouragement due in part to her Christian faith… she plans on attending Auburn University and majoring in biology.
- #9 – Ashlyn Messer… Ashlyn has been a member of the team for 6 years anchoring the team at first base… She also sets an example for the younger teammates by example and her positivity is evident to all to the younger teammates rooted mainly in her Christian beliefs.
Laurens Academy
- Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they have finished their regular season, but they do have a game to make-up with the Hawks… I’ll try to find out if they will be making up that game and if so when.
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- Up Next in Softball… Their schedule now shows they will be traveling to Brashier Middle College Tuesday (4-29) for a 5:30 contest with the Bengals.
Thornwell
- Up Next in Baseball… Their schedule on MaxPreps show the Saints will be traveling to American Leadership Academy in Lexington to take on the Patriots this Wednesday (4-30) with first pitch at 6:00 pm.
- Softball: Abbeville 13 – Saints 5… Last Friday the Saints hosted the Abbeville Panthers and after the game the bell remained silent as the Panthers took a 13-5 win… They led 7-0 going into the bottom of the bottom of the 3rd inning before the Saints were able to put 2 runs on the scoreboard but the Panthers went on to take a 13-5 win over the Saints scoring runs in every inning but the first and the fifth innings… The Panthers outhit the Saints 13-6 but the Saints at times were their own worst enemy as they had 6 errors in the game so that only 5 of the Panther runs were earned…. Madi Landrith was the only Saint to get more than one hit as she went 2 for 3 with both her hits being doubles as she drove in 4 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 Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they do not have any games left on their regular schedule… I do believe they have made the playoffs and I will update you on that later in the week.
- Softball Seniors… Recently the saints honored their 3 senior softball players…. Stats blow are from their MaxPreps site…. Coach Rowe commented they will be missed next year and wishes them nothing but good luck in the future.
- # 11 – Madi Landrith… She is hitting right at 0.500 on the season and has 9 RBIs and has an on base percentage of 0.676.
- #95 – Karleigh Porter… Porter is hitting 0.560 this season with 16 RBIs which leads the team in both categories.
- #5 Rose Yarborough… In limited action, Rose has 2 hits on the season and has driven in 2 runs… Her on base percentage is 0.462.
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 (4-20-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 spots had a good bit of change… Texas is still #1 (2) followed by Clemson (3), Oregon State (6), Florida State (7) and Arkansas (2)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Tennessee (4), LSU (9), North Carolina (12), Vanderbilt (19) and Georgia (5)… Coastal Carolina once again checked in at #21… To see the entire top 25 in this poll click here.
Softball
- ESPN/USA Softball Poll… In the latest (4-21-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 had a little change compared to last week as Tennessee (2) is now #1 followed by Texas A&M (1), Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Florida (7), Florida State (8), UCLA (5), Arkansas (10) and LSU (9) … South Carolina moved up a spot to #11 and Clemson checked in at #19 again this week… 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
- Austin Cindric Picks Up First Win of the Season… Austin Cindic was just barely able to get the nose of his car in front of Ryan Preece Sunday in the Cup Series race at Talladega winning by just 0.022 seconds… For more information on this race click here and it will carry you to the NASCAR site where they recap the race and have a link to the order of finish for each driver.
- Driver Standings… After this race, the top 5 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are now William Byron, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott 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… NASCAR action moves to the Texas Motor Speedway this week…To see the NASCAR schedule for this weekend, 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.
- Friday: Braves 8 – Arizona 2… Game played in Arizona
- Saturday: Braves 8 – Arizona 7
- Sunday: Arizona 6 – Braves 4… The Braves will start a 3-game series with the Colorado Rockies tonight at Colorado.
- 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).
- Friday: Hub City 6 – Drive 2
- Saturday: Hub City 16 – Drive 8
- Sunday: Drive 6 – Hub City1.
- Up Next… The Drive have the night off and will start a 6-game series with the Ashville Tourist at home tomorrow night.
- 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!
Mike Hughes
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