Note About Future Sports Reports… Monday (5-5-25) I will be in the hospital having some bypass surgery on my heart… I will post a sports report for Monday done during the weekend… After that it will be a while before I can get back to doing sports repot and it is possible that I might not be able to do another one before the end of the high school seasons… We shall see… Monday’s sports report will have any information (or links to it) about playoffs for area teams and where you can find recaps of their season… I also hope to have some senior photos available if the coaches send them to me… I’ll do the best I can as quick as I can…. Good Luck to all the area teams!
Friday, May 2, 2025
Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Tennis: Clinton 4 – St. Joseph’s 2 … The Red Devil boys’ tennis team hosted the Knights of St Joseph’s yesterday… I am glad to report that the Red Devils took a 4-2 win over the Knights… All the Red Devil wins came in singles action as Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King and Jacob King all defeated their opponents… For more information on this match click here… The Red Devils will be back in action Monday (5-5-25) at 5:00 pm taking on the winner of the Chapman vs. Southside Christian match that was played yesterday… If Chapman won the match will be held at Chapman… If Southside Christian won, it will be played at Clinton… To see the tournament bracket click here… Later today it should update so you can see where the match will be played.
- Baseball: Clinton 3 – Saluda 1… The Red Devil baseball team hosted the Saluda Tigers last night and they scored 2 runs in the first inning and then went on to take a 3-1 win over the Tigers last night… Both teams also scored single runs in the third inning… Owen Glenn doubled to left field to drive in Camden Finley (who walked) and Luke Young (who singled) to drive in what would prove to be the winning runs in the first inning… Glenn also had an RBI single in the third inning again driving in Luke Young who singled earlier in the inning… The Red Devils outhit the Tigers 6-3 with Glenn and Young being the only two Red Devils to get more than one hit…Camden Finley pitched the first three innings and is credited with the win… Sorry I seem to have a technical problem so that I could not download the box score or score card foe the game.
- Up Next in Baseball… The Shamrocks of Eau Claire did forfeit the two games to the Red Devils they were supposed to play Wednesday… I do believe the Red Devils have finished their regular season and await playoff seeding… See my sports report next Monday (5-5) for more information about that.
- Softball: Whitmire 8 – Red Devils 7… The news is not as good where the Red Devil softball team is concerned as they fell to the Whitmire Wolverines by a score of 8-7 at home last night… The loss was a tough one as the Red Devils led 7-4 going into the top of the sixth inning… There the Wolverines used three walks, a single and a double to score 4 runs and go up 8-7… The Red Devils threatened in the bottom of the sixth inning and had a runner thrown out at the plate for the third out that if scored would have tied the game… They also had a runner on second in the seventh inning but just could not drive in the run… The Red Devils actually outhit the Wolverines 11-3 but three Clinton pitchers walked 8 Wolverines which made a difference in the game… Me-Me-Smith, Sierra Templeton, Alyssa Young and Addie Watkins all had 2 hits each for the Red Devils and both of Smith’s 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.
- Up Next in Softball… The Shamrocks of Eau Claire did forfeit the two games to the Red Devils they were supposed to play Wednesday… I do believe the Red Devils have finished their regular season and await playoff seeding… See my sports report next Monday (5-5) for more information about that.
Laurens
- Tennis: Laurens 5 – Fountain Inn 1… The Raider boys’ tennis team hosted region foe Fountain Inn yesterday in second round action of the SCHSL Playoffs… Good news for Raider fans as they took a 5-1 win over the Fury… JP Field, Price Turner and Bates Turner all too one-sided wins over their opponents in singles action… Dylan Brink also took a win in singles action but it was not as one-sided and Rylan Edwards lost a tough but close match in the final singles match… Carson Jenkins and Gibson Partee took the fifth win for the Raiders as the #2 doubles team.
- UP Next in Tennis… The Raiders advance to the third round to be played next Monday (5-5) at LDHS… Their opponent will be the winner of the Seneca vs. Daniel match also played yesterday… To see the bracket for the Class 4A Tennis Tournament click here and later on today it should update and tell you who their opponent will be.
- Up Next in Baseball… The Raiders have closed out their regular season and await playoff seeding… I’ll have more about that on my sports report for Monday (5-5).
- Up Next in Softball… The Raiders have closed out their regular season and await playoff seeding… I’ll have more about that on my sports report for Monday (5-5)
Laurens Academy.
- Softball… The Crusaders were scheduled to host the Northside Christian Crusaders last night and I do believe they did… However, no one sent me the results… If I get them I’ll have them on my sports report Monday
- Up Next… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusaders have finished their regular season and await SCISA seeding for the playoffs next week… If SCISA releases that information by late Sunday I’ll have it on my sports report at wlbg.com Monday.
Thornwell
- Up Next in Baseball… Their schedule on MaxPreps show the Saints will be traveling to Greenville today to take on the Southside HS Tigers 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 or Monday.
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 (4-28-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 had a little change compared to last week as Oklahoma (4) moved into the #1 spot followed by Tennessee (1), Oregon (5), Texas A&M (2) and Texas (3)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Arkansas (9), Florida (6), UCLA, Florida State (7) and LSU … South Carolina moved down a spot to #12 and Clemson checked in at #16 this week up from #19… 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, 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.
- The Braves were off last night and return to Atlanta to start a series with the Dodgers tonight.
- 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).
- Drive Results… To see how the Drive have done recently and to see what is in store for them 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.
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Please see note at the start of this report about future reports.
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