Sports Report for Tuesday, 4-29-2025

Tuesday, 4-29-25

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

Clinton 14 – Saluda 3… The Red Devil baseball team traveled to Saluda yesterday to take on the Tigers…. The score Clinton led 5-3 going into the top of the 7^th inning where they put 9 runs on the scoreboard and then held the Tigers scoreless in the bottom of the inning to take a 14-3 win over the Tigers…. The Red Devils simply outhit the Tigers 13-4 and 6 of the Red Devil hits were doubles while all the Tiger hits were singles… Brett Young led the Red Devil offense as he went 3 for 4 with all his hits being doubles … Talon Campbell and Tanner Finley were the only other Red Devils with more than 1 hit as they both had 2 hits…. 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… The Red Devils are scheduled to host the Ninety Six Wildcats as part of a JV – Varsity doubleheader starting at 5:00 pm today.

Softball: Clinton 10 – Whitmire 8… The news is also good where the Red Devil softball team is concerned as they took the short ride over to Whitmire to take on the Wolverines and came home with a hard-fought 10-8 win… The Red Devils jumped out in front early scoring 4 runs in the 1^st inning and led 7-2 going into the bottom of the 5^th inning where the Wolverines scored 4 runs to cut the Red Devils lead to 1 (7-6)… Both teams scored a run in the 6^th inning and the Red Devils outscored the Wolverines 2-1 in the 7^th inning to make the final 10-8 Clinton… The Red Devils did outhit the Wolverines 13-6 but both teams had some errors so that only 2 of the Wolverine runs were earned and only 4 of the Red Devil Runs were earned… Halleigh Luke led the Red Devils at the plate going 4 for 5 with a two doubles and a triple from her leadoff spot in the lineup… Me-Me Smith went 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI… Kamryn Campbell and Taylor Davis also had 2 hits and Addie Watkins only had 1 hit but it was a solo homer… Me-Me Smith took the complete game win striking out 8 and walking only 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… 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 today (4-29) at 6:30 pm

Softball: Laurens 18 – Emerald 3 (3)… The Raider softball team traveled down to Emerald HS yesterday to take on the Vikings in region action… The Raiders offense had 14 hits which punched a bunch of holes in the Viking ship as they rolled to an 18-3 win over the Vikings allowing the Vikings only 2 hits… The Raiders had a total of 4 doubles and one triple among their 14 hits… Zealy Martin led the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and drove in 4 runs… Carly Edwards and Ashlyn Messer both had 2 hits for the Raiders and each had a double … 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 travel to host the JL Mann Patriots tomorrow at 6:00 pm in the final game of the regular season.

Laurens Academy

Crusader Baseball Makes SCISA 2-A Tournament… The Laurens Academy Crusaders made the SCISA Class 2A Tournament this season and actually started their participation yesterday… If you would like to see the SCIS Baseball Tournament Brackets for all classifications, click here.
Lee Academy 15 – Crusaders 0… The Crusaders started their participation in the SCISA Tournament yesterday in a less than stellar not as the Lee Academy Cavaliers took a 15-0 win over the Crusaders down at Lee Academy in 4 innings… The reason for the one-sided win is simple as the Cavaliers outhit the Crusaders 9-0 and the Crusaders did have some errs in the game so that only 9 of the Cavilers 15 runs were earned… 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...The Crusader baseball team will try to avoid elimination today as they host Lee Academy.

Brashier Middle College 6 – Crusaders 5… The Crusader softball team traveled up to Brashier Middle College yesterday to take on the Bengals… All I have is the final score and I hate to have to report that the Crusaders fell 6-5… If I get more information I will pass it on to you later.
Up Next in Softball… Their schedule now shows they will host the Greenwood Academy Hawks today at 5:00 pm according to their schedule on MaxPreps.

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.

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 (4-27-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 spots changes… Texas is still #1 (2) followed by LSU (7), Clemson (2), North Carolina (8) and Florida State (4)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Oregon (13), Oregon State (3), UC Irvine (12) Georgia (10) and Auburn (11)… Coastal Carolina moved up from #21 to #19… 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 Cindric 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.

Braves 6 – Rockies 3… First game of a 3-game series in 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).

Up Next… The Drive had the night off and will start a 6-game series with the Ashville Tourist at home tonight.
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 .