Sports Report for Monday. 5-5-2025

Monday, May 5, 2025

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!

Monday, 5-5-25

 

Local Notes…

Local Season Results and playoff brackets… The first thing I am trying to do for you today since I will be out for a while (see above) is provide you with team results (according to MaxPreps) and link to playoff schedules for our local teams if applicable and available…. That way you can use them while I am gone to keep up

 

Clinton HS… Click on topic heading to see results (if available) and playoff schedule.

 

Baseball

 

Softball

 

Boys Tennis

 

Boys Soccer

 

Laurens HS … Click on topic heading to see results (if available) and playoff schedule.

Baseball

 

Softball

 

Boys Tennis

 

Boys Soccer

 

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball… The Crusaders finished their season last week when they were eliminated from the SCISA Class AA Playoffs

 

  • Softball… I do not know if the Crusaders made the playoffs but the SCISA playoff brackets will be posted up shortly… Click here to find them when they become available.

 

Thornwell

 Baseball

Softball

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Sports Report for Friday, 5-2-2025

Friday, May 2, 2025

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.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 5-1-2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Thursday, 5-1-25 

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

  • Tennis: Clinton 6 – Landrum 0… Boy did I make a mistake… Yesterday I had in my sports report the tennis team would start playoff action yesterday when in actuality they started on Tuesday with a 6-0 win over the Landrum Cardinals at home on the at CMS courts… Nathan Meade. Matthew King, Jacob King, Cooper Stinson and Jake Meyerholtz all took convincing wins in singles action… The #2 doubles team composed of Malakye Brewer and Ethan Wargo also handily defeated their opponents on the courts… For more details on this match click here… The Red Devils will be back in action today (5-1-25) hosting St Joseph’s which defeated Broome 6-0 on Tuesday… Start time is 5:00 pm.… To see that tournament bracket click here… Good luck or Go Big Red!

 

 

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to information I had, the Red Devil baseball team was scheduled to host the Eau Claire Shamrocks yesterday and if they did, I cannot find any result on those games… If I get them later I will pass them on to you….According to their schedule on MaxPreps the Red Devils will be closing out their regular season tonight hosting the Saluda Tigers at 6:00 pm

 

  • Up Next in Softball… According to information I had, the Red Devil softball team was scheduled to host the Eau Claire Shamrocks yesterday and if they did, I cannot find any result on those games… If I get them later I will pass them on to you….According to their schedule on MaxPreps the Red Devils will be closing out their regular season tonight hosting the Saluda Tigers at 5:30 pm

 

Laurens

  • Tennis Team Finishes First in Region…Last week the Raider bots tennis team made history by finishing first in the region for the first time in program history… The Raiders finished the season 10-0 overall and 9-0 in region play… The team is led by Coach Lynne Todd… Team members include John Parker, Price Turner, Bates Turner, Dylan Brink, Ryland Edwards who all play singles matches… The rest of the team includes Zaine Kellett, Carson Jenkins, Judah Norton, Weston Coggins, Landon Garett, Gibson Partee, Carson Hawkins and Will Brink… Coach Todd is assisted by former Raider and Limestone player Maya Ramirez who is a certified USTA instructor…. Congratulations to the team!
  • Tennis: Laurens 5 – Pickens 0… Once again I made a mistake and said that the Raider boys’ tennis team would start their participation in the Class 4A Tennis Tournament yesterday when they actually started it on Tuesday… Well that admission made, good news for Raider Fans as they took a 5-0 win over Pickens on Tuesday… The only matches that were played were singles matches and the Raiders won them by one-sided scores… John Parker, Price Turner, Bates Turner, Dylan Brink and Ryland Edwards all defeated their opponents.
  • UP Next… The team now takes on region foe Fountain in at home today (5-1) in second round action… The start time is shortly after 4:30… Go Raiders… To see the bracket for the Class 4A Tennis Tournament click here…Please come out and cheer on the Raiders!

  

  • Baseball: Laurens 8 – Greenwood 6… I had two different schedules for the Laurens-Greenwood baseball game yesterday one showing the Raiders playing at home and the other showing them at Greenwood…. On yesterday’s sports report I went with the home game when in fact they did travel to Greenwood last night… What really matters is that the Raiders took an 8-6 win at Greenwood over the Eagles last night… The Raiders jumped out to an early 4-0 lead scoring 4 runs in the 1st inning… The first of those runs was scored on a solo homer by Zay Pulley… The Eagles tied the game scoring 2 runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings… The Raiders scored 2 runs in the 5th and 6th innings and then held on as the Eagles scored their final 2 runs in the 6th inning… The Raiders outhit the Eagles 11-5 and both teams had a few miscues that aided the other team in scoring… Coleman Coker went 3 for 4 for the Raiders and scored 2 runs… Jireh Brown and Avery Madden both had 2 hits or the driving in runs and each of them had a double among their 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 Raiders were scheduled to close out their regular season at home tonight hosting the Hillcrest Rams… However, Hillcrest has decided bit to play that game…The JV team will still play tonight at 5:30.

 

  • Softball: Raiders 26 – JL Mann 2 (4)… The Raider softball team hosted the JL Mann Patriots last night in their last game of the regular season… The Raiders pretty much had their way with the Patriots as they cruised to a 26-2 win in 4 innings… The Raiders outhit the Patriots 14-3 but as you might expect looking at the score the Patriots had a few errors and a couple of wild pitches and hit batters that aided the Raider scoring… Carly Edwards led the Raider offense going 4 for 5 with a double, a triple and drove in 7 runs… Summer Nations went 3 for 4and also picked up the win pitching all but the last inning… Three other Raiders had 2 hits each and one of those three was Addison Trevino who had a homer and a double driving 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 Softball… The Raiders have now finished their regular season and will make the playoffs and I’ll have more about that tomorrow or Monday

 

  • Eight Sign at LDHS… Yesterday afternoon in the main gym at LDHS, 8 student-athletes signed letter of intent to continue their education and athletic careers at various institutions of higher learning… Please check back tomorrow for more details on this.

Laurens Academy

  • Softball: Tuesday: Greenwood Christian 20 – Crusaders 19… The Crusader softball team hosted the Greenwood Christian Hawks Tuesday night and they fell 20-19 to the Hawks as the Hawks scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th inning and then held the Crusaders scoreless in the bottom of the inning to take a come-from-behind 20-19 win over the Crusaders…The Hawks had taken an early lead but the Crusader scored 6 runs in the 6th inning to take the lead only to have the Hawks get the winning runs in the 7th inning… Sophia Harvey went 5 for 6 and drove in 5 runs to lead the Crusader offense… Several other players had multiple hits for the Crusader and if you want to see more information on this game click here to go the games box score on GameChanger.
  • Up Next… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusaders will be hosting the Northside Christian Crusaders out of Lexington at 5:30 tonight and it will be Senior Night.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: American Leadership Academy 14 – Saints 0… The Saints baseball team traveled down to the Lexington area yesterday to take on the Patriots of American Leadership Academy… The Saints offense was almost nonexistent as they managed only one hit by Griffen Raines while the Patriots had nine hits and took advantage of 3 Saint errors to take a 14-0 win over the Saints… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Baseball up Next in Baseball… Their schedule on MaxPreps show the Saints will be traveling to Greenville tomorrow 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.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 4-30-2025

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Wednesday, 4-30-25 

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

  • Tennis team Starts Playoffs Today… The Red Devil boys’ tennis team starts their participation in the SCHSL Tennis Tournament today as they host the Landrum Cardinals at 5:00 pm… The SCHSL combines classes 3A, 2A and A into one tournament labeled class 3A… To see that tournament bracket click here… Good luck or Go Big Red to the team and please come out to cheer them on if you can!

 

  • Baseball: Clinton 7– Ninety Six 3… Last night the Red Devil softball team hosted the Ninety Six Wildcats in non-region action…. Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 7-3 win over the Wildcats…. The Wildcats scored 2 runs in the 1st inning to take an early lead but the Red Devils tied it with 2 runs in the 2nd and took the lead for good with 2 runs in the 3rd inning and then scored 1 run in each of the remaining innings to take the 7-3 win… The Red Devils outhit the Wildcats 10-5… All the Wildcat hits were singles while Clinton had had 5 extra-base hits including a solo homer by Luke Young to leadoff the 5th inning… He also had a triple in the game going 2 for 2 with a walk and 2 RBIs… Camden Finley also had 2 hits for the Red Devils (including a double and an RBI) as did Talon Campbell who went 2 for 3… 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 Eau Claire Shamrocks in a doubleheader of varsity action today starting at 5:30 in what I believe are their last region games of the season.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils are scheduled to play Eau Claire today in a doubleheader at home starting at 5:30 pm.

Laurens

  • Tennis Team Finishes First in Region…Last week the raider bots tennis team made history by finishing first in the region for the first time in program history… The raiders finished the season 10-0 overall and 9-0 in region play… The team is led by Coach Lynne Todd… Team members include John Parker, Price Turner, Bates Turner, Dylan Brink, Ryland Edwards who all play singles matches… The rest of the team includes Zaine Kellett, Carson Jenkins, Judah Norton, Weston Coggins, Landon Garett, Gibson Partee, Carson Hawkins and Will Brink… Coach Todd is assisted by former Raider and Limestone player Maya Ramirez who is a certified USTA instructor…. Congratulations to the team!
  • UP Next… The team will start their participation in the SCHSL Class 4A Tennis Tournament today hosting Pickens at 4:30 on the courts at LDHS… To see the bracket for the Class 4A Tennis Tournament click here…Please come out and cheer on the Raiders!

  • Baseball: Laurens 10 – Union 0 (5)… The Raider baseball team hosted the Union County Yellow Jackets last night at Ed Prescott Field and took a 10-0 win in 5 innings… The Raiders simply outhit the Yellow Jackets 10-3 with Bennett Edwards leading the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 3 with 4 RBIs and 2 of the RBIs came on a 2-run homer in the 4th inning… Brayden Patterson was the only other Raider to get more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 2 and walked once… Grayson Ledford picked up the win pitching all but the last out (Rylan Paxton finished the game) giving up the 3 hits while striking out 5 and walking just 1…. By the way, 3 Union pitchers hit 4 Raider batters which aided the Raider scoring… 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… Their schedule on MaxPreps shows them hosting the Greenwood Eagles today at 6:30 pm.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to travel to host the JL Mann Patriots today at 6:00 pm in what I think is their 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.
  • Monday: 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.
  • Tuesday: Lee Academy 7 – Crusaders 4… The Crusader baseball team was not held hitless last night and actually led 3-0 at the end of the 2nd inning but the Cavaliers eventually took a 7-4 win over the Crusaders thus eliminating them from the playoffs and ending their season… The Cavaliers only outhit the Crusaders 5-4 and all the hits were singles by both teams… No Crusader had over 1 hit but Hack Hardy’s one hit drove in 2 runs… To help understand the scoring you need to know that the Cavaliers had 5 errors in the game while the Crusaders had 6… The two Crusader pitchers hit 3 Cavalier batters and had 4 wild pitches which more often than not contributed to the Cavalier scoring… Great effort last night in front of a nice home crowd… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here

 

  • Softball: Monday: Brashier Middle College 6 – Crusaders 5… The Crusader softball team traveled up to Brashier Middle College Monday to take on the Bengals… Yesterday all I had was the final score of 6-5 with the Bengals taking the win… I now have more information on that game… The Crusaders jumped out to an early 2-0 lead but could not hold it as they trailed 6-3 going into the top of the 7th inning… There the Crusaders refused to quit as they scored 2 runs but just could not complete the comeback… The Crusaders outhit the Bengals 9-7 (according to the Crusader scoring of the game) with Morgan Bolding, Makayla Lindley and Braylee Burke all getting 2 hits each… One of Burke’s hits was a triple… Abby Howard had a double that drove in 3 runs… For more information on this game click here to go the games box score on GameChanger.
  • Softball Last Night… I do believe the Crusaders hosted the Greenwood Christian Hawks but at this time I do not have the results of that game.
  • Softball Up Next… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusaders will be hosting the Northside Christian Crusaders out of Lexington at 5:30 tomorrow and it will be Senior Night.

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 today (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.

 

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 4-29-2025

Tuesday, April 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 7th 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 1st inning and led 7-2 going into the bottom of the 5th inning where the Wolverines scored 4 runs to cut the Red Devils lead to 1 (7-6)… Both teams scored a run in the 6th inning and the Red Devils outscored the Wolverines 2-1 in the 7th 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.

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  • 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.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Monday, 4-28-2025

Monday, April 28, 2025

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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Friday, 4-25-2025

Friday, April 25, 2025

Friday, 4-25-25 

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

  • Tennis: Clinton 4 – Batesburg-Leesville 0… Yesterday 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 were NOT able to play the Eau Claire Shamrocks yesterday and are now scheduled to play them in a doubleheader on Wednesday (4-30) at home starting at 5:30 pm.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils were NOT able to play the Eau Claire Shamrocks yesterday and are now scheduled to play them in a doubleheader on Wednesday (4-30) at home starting at 5:30 pm.

 

  • Jabari Dillard Signs with Howard University… I almost let this slip through the cracks but back on Friday, 4-11-25, Jabari Dillard signed a letter of intent to continue his education and track career at Howard University in Washington DC jumping hurdles for the Bisons… Several other schools showed interest in him including but not limited to North Greenville, Coastal Carolina and SC State… When asked why Howard, he said it was not just the quality of the track program but also its academic reputation and the fact they made him feel like family… He plans on majoring in biology geared toward a pre-med track with plan to attend medical school and hoping to become a sports medicine physician… He mentioned he will have to adjust to the hurdles being 3 inches higher in college than in high school and that they will probably use him in the short distance hurdles rather than the long-distance ones… The 100-meter dash is within the realm of possibilities for him… Congratulations and good to him not only on the track but in his life goals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Bryanna Belton Signs with Columbia International… Wednesday, 4-23-25, Bryanna Belton signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career and academic career at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC playing for the Rams… Other intuitions were interested in her playing for them but the Rams impressed her the most because when she went and practiced with them they made he feel like family and the university centered its curriculum around God… That she said would have most likely caused her to want to go to school there even if she was not offered the chance to play basketball… She reflected back on her career at Clinton HS and said that the 28 points she scored against Laurens a couple of years ago was the highlight and the low point was when the Red Devils were defeated this season in the Upper State Finals… She also talked about her leadership role on this year’s team as one of three seniors helping to bring the young players along with encouragement and by example when some of them seemed to be frustrated when things were not going well for the team…She was originally recruited by the Rams as a shooting guard but further examination of film on her showed the ability to play both offensively and defensively in the paint so she may be used there also… She is planning on majoring in biology and maybe going on further to become a radiologist but has not completely given up on desire to become a nurse…. Congratulations to Bryanna and may both her basketball and academic career continue to get better with the Rams!

Laurens

  • Baseball: Laurens 7 – Southside 0 (2 games)… The Raider baseball team was scheduled to travel to Southside HS Wednesday night to take on the Tigers in a doubleheader of baseball… Southside did forfeit both games to the Raiders so the Raiders win both games by a score of 7-0 in each game.
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raiders and the Hillcrest Rams were not able to play last night… Their schedule on MaxPreps shows them hosting the Union County Yellow Jackets next Tuesday (4-29) at 6:30 pm

 

  • Softball: Laurens 24 – Emerald 2… The Raiders were able to host the Emerald Vikings yesterday and its good news for Raider fans as the Raiders sunk the Vikings ship by a score of 24-2… The Raiders outhit the Vikings 15-5 and the Vikings also had a few errors so that only 11 of the Raiders runs were earned… Eight of the 15 hits the Raiders had were for extra-bases… Addison Trevino went 3 for 3 with a triple and 3 homeruns driving in 5 runs to lead the Raiders at the plate… Carly Edwards also had a homer that drove in 3 runs for the Raiders… Addy Carlisle also had 3 hits one of which was a double driving 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 Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to travel to Emerald Monday to take on the Vikings at 6:00 pm.

 

  • Softball Senior Night… Last 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

  • Baseball: Greenwood Christian 15 – Laurens Academy 6… The Crusaders traveled down to Greenwood Christian yesterday to take on the Hawks… The Hawks held the Crusaders scoreless for the first 4 innings while they scored 9 runs and went on to take a 15-8 win over the Crusaders… The Crusaders actually outhit the Hawks 10-8 but Crusaders did have some errors and more walks than strikeouts plus they hit 7 Hawks with pitches so that only 10 of the Hawks 15 runs were earned…All 10 of the Crusader hits were singles and both Evan Asalone, Elijah Hornberger and Hack Hardy had 2 hits each to lead the Crusader offense… 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 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… I do not know if the Crusaders played at Greenwood Christian yesterday as scheduled…. I’ll try to find out today… Their schedule now shows they will be traveling to Brashier Middle College next Tuesday (4-29) for a 5:30 contest with the Bengals.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will not be back in action until Friday, 5-2-25 when they travel to Southside HS in Greenville… I need to check on that.

 

  • Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting Abbeville today (4-25) at 4:15.

 

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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Thursday, 4-24-2025

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Thursday, 4-24-25

 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… According to the MaxPreps, the Red Devils will be traveling to Eau Claire today for a region contest, but I am not sure about that… They did not play the scheduled game yesterday.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Red Devils will be in action today when they travel to Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

  • Jabari Dillard Signs with Howard University… I almost let this slip through the cracks but back on Friday, 4-11-25, Jabari Dillard signed a letter of intent to continue his education and track career at Howard University in Washington DC jumping hurdles for the Bisons… Several other schools showed interest in him including but not limited to North Greenville, Coastal Carolina and SC State… When asked why Howard, he said it was not just the quality of the track program but also its academic reputation and the fact they made him feel like family… He plans on majoring in biology geared toward a pre-med track with plan to attend medical school and hoping to become a sports medicine physician… He mentioned he will have to adjust to the hurdles being 3 inches higher in college than in high school and that they will probably use him in the short distance hurdles rather than the long-distance ones… The 100-meter dash is within the realm of possibilities for him… Congratulations and good to him not only on the track but in his life goals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Bryanna Belton Signs with Columbia International… Wednesday, 4-23-25, Bryanna Belton signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career and academic career at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC playing for the Rams… Other intuitions were interested in her playing for them, but the Rams impressed her the most because when she went and practiced with them, they made he feel like family and the university centered its curriculum around God… That she said would have most likely caused her to want to go to school there even if she was not offered the chance to play basketball… She reflected back on her career at Clinton HS and said that the 28 points she scored against Laurens a couple of years ago was the highlight and the low point was when the Red Devils were defeated this season in the Upper State Finals… She also talked about her leadership role on this year’s team as one of three seniors helping to bring the young players along with encouragement and by example when some of them seemed to be frustrated when things were not going well for the team…She was originally recruited by the Rams as a shooting guard but further examination of film on her showed the ability to play both offensively and defensively in the paint so she may be used there also… She is planning on majoring in biology and maybe going on further to become a radiologist but has not completely given up on desire to become a nurse…. Congratulations to Bryanna and may both her basketball and academic career continue to get better with the Rams!

 

 

Laurens

  • Baseball: Laurens 7 – Southside 0 (2 games)… The Raider baseball team was scheduled to travel to Southside HS last night to take on the Tigers in a doubleheader of baseball… The best I can tell (and will confirm today), the Tigers chose not to play so the Raiders win both games by a score of 7-0 in each game.
  • Up Next in Baseball… Weather permitting, the Raiders will host the Hillcrest Rams today at 6:30 with a JV game starting at 5:30.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders were scheduled to travel to Emerald yesterday to take on the Vikings… The best I can tell, they did not play but will confirm that today…. The Raiders are now scheduled to host the Vikings today at 7:00 weather permitting.

 

  • Baseball Senior Night… Monday (4-21-25) the Raider baseball team honored the senior members of the team… They include:
    • #1 – Ben Willis… Ben plans on attending Horry-Georgetown Tech and majoring in Forestry.
    • #2 – Bennett Edwards…. He plans on attending Georgia Southern to continue his academic and athletic career.
    • #4 Avery Madden… Plans on becoming a lineman for Laurens Electric.
    • #5 Jireh Brown… Plans on attending a technical college.
    • #9 Grayson Ledford… Grayson had planned on attending Limestone University but with recent funding problems there, he is looking to play baseball and continue his education somewhere else
    • #10 Zay Pulley… Zay plans on attending Flounce Darlington Tech and majoring in HVAC.
    • #17 Coleman Coker… Coleman plans on attending Brevard College where he will continue his baseball career and be a pre-med major.
    • Also Honored… The raiders also recognized and honored their team manager Anthony Zou who plans to attend Clemson… Kensley Crowe was also honored for being the team’s athletic trainer and helping to take care of the team not only at home but on the road.

 Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be playing at Greenwood Christian on Today, 4-24-25 at 6:00 pm

 

  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian today, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will not be back in action until Friday, 5-2-25 when they travel to Southside HS in Greenville… I need to check on that.

 

  • Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting Abbeville Friday (4-25) at 4:15.

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.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 4-23-2025

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Wednesday, 4-23-25

 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

 

NOTE…  As best I can tell, all games scheduled for yesterday were rained out and at this time I do not have any information on their rescheduling… Further, the games on tap for today look like there is a high likelihood of them being rained out also.

Clinton HS

  • Up Next in Baseball… Weather permitting, the Red Devils will be hosting the Strom Thurmond today at 7:30 according to their schedule on Max Preps.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Red Devils will be in action Thursday when they travel to Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

Laurens

  • Baseball Senior Night… Monday (4-21-25) the Raider baseball team honored the senior members of the team… They include:
    • #1 – Ben Willis… Ben plans on attending Horry-Georgetown Tech and majoring in Forestry.
    • #2 – Bennett Edwards…. He plans on attending Georgia Southern to continue his academic and athletic career.
    • #4 Avery Madden… Plans on becoming a lineman for Laurens Electric.
    • #5 Jireh Brown… Plans on attending a technical college.
    • #9 Grayson Ledford… Grayson had planned on attending Limestone University but with recent funding problems there, he is looking to play baseball and continue his education somewhere else
    • #10 Zay Pulley… Zay plans on attending Flounce Darlington Tech and majoring in HVAC.
    • #17 Coleman Coker… Coleman plans on attending Brevard College where he will continue his baseball career and be a pre-med major.
    • Also Honored… The raiders also recognized and honored their team manager Anthony Zou who plans to attend Clemson… Kensley Crowe was also honored for being the team’s athletic trainer and helping to take care of the team not only at home but on the road.
  •  Up Next in Baseball… Weather permitting, the Raiders will travel to Southside tonight (Wednesday, 4-23) and play a doubleheader with the Tigers with the first game starting at 5:00 pm.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to travel to Mauldin today for a 6:00 pm game with the Mavericks.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be playing at Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 at 6:00 pm

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  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will not be back in action until Friday, 5-2-25 when they travel to Southside HS in Greenville… I need to check on that.

 

  • Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting Abbeville Friday (4-25) at 4:15.

 

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 (4-13-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 spots had a good bit of change… Texas is now #1 (2) followed by Arkansas (2), Clemson (4), Tennessee (5) and Georgia (7)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Oregon State (8), Florida State (9), Auburn (11), LSU (3) and UCLA… 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 (4-14-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 had a little change compared to last week as Texas A&M moved up from #3 to #1 followed Tennessee (5), Texas (1), Oklahoma (2) and UCLA (7)…  Spots 6-10 are occupied by Oregon (4), Florida (8), Florida State (9), LSU (6) and Arkansas … South Carolina dropped for #11 to # 12 and Clemson checked in at #19 up from #21… 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

  • Cup Series has Easter Off… The Cup Series drivers had the week off this past Sunday… The Xfinity did race on Saturday with Sammy Smith taking the win at Rockingham… For more on this race including a link to the final finishing order for all drivers click here.
  • Driver Standings… After this race, the top 5 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are now William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliot … 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… The Cup Series is back in action this weekend as NASCAR moves most of the action this weekend to Talladega…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.

  • Monday: Braves 7 – Cardinals 6… Monday the Braves started their 3-game home series with the Cardinals by taking a 7- 6 win with Sean Murphy and Austin Riley homering for the Braves.
  • Tuesday: Cardinals 10 – Braves 4… Sean Murphy (6) and Matt Olson (4) both homered for the Braves but it was not enough as the Cardinals took a 10-4 win in game two of the 3-game series.
  • 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).

  • Hub City (Spartanburg) 1 – Drive 0… The Drive traveled over to Spartanburg (Hub City) to take on the new Spartanburgers team in the first game of a 6-game series… They were able to get the game in and the Spartanburgers took a 1-0 win.
  • 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 .

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 4-22-2025

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Tuesday, 4-22-25 

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

  • Baseball: Red Devils 12 – Griffins 0… The Red Devil baseball team hosted the Fairfield Central Griffins last night making up a game postponed by weather a couple of weeks ago… G news for Red Devil fans as they took a 12-0 win in 4 innings… The Red Devils scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and at least 2 runs in each of the next 4 innings as they outhit the Griffins 8-2 in route to the region win… To be honest, only 8 of the Red Devil runs were earned as 5 errors and a couple of wild pitches and hit batters aided the Clinton’s cause… Camden Finley and Talon Campbell each had 2 hits for the Red Devils with one of Campbell’s hits being a double and one of Finley’s a triple…. Isaac Cane took the complete game win striking out 6 and walking 1… 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… Weather permitting, the Red Devils will be hosting the Eau Claire Shamrocks today at 7:30.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will be in action today when they host the Eau Claire Shamrocks at 5:30 pm

Laurens

  • Baseball: Raiders 17 – Tigers 0 (3)… The Raider baseball team was back in action last night as they hosted the Southside HS Tigers at Ed Prescott Field in region action… The Raiders held the Tigers scoreless in the top of the 1st inning then put 12 runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning and added 5 more run in the 2nd as they cruised to a 17-0 win over the Tigers in 3 innings… The Raiders simply outhit the Tigers 16-0 and 9 of those hits were for extra bases… Connor Rice, and Coleman Coker each had a homer in the game and Bennett Edwards had 2 homers… A couple of the homers ( Rice and 1 of Edwards) were inside-the-park homers as the Raiders had some speed on the base paths last night Edwards led the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 3 with 5 RBIs with every Rider in the lineup getting at least 1 hit with most of them getting more than 1… Pitching last night for the Raiders was “by committee” as 5 different players took to the mound… 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… Weather permitting, the Raiders will travel to Southside tomorrow (Wednesday, 4-23) and play a doubleheader with the Tigers with the first game starting at 5:00 pm.

 

  • Softball: Woodruff 15 – Raiders 3… The news is not as good for Raider fans where the softball team is concerned as they traveled up to Woodruff HS yesterday and fell to the Wolverines 15-3 in 5 innings… The Wolverines scored 14 run in the first two innings putting the Raiders in a hole they just could not climb out of though they tried scoring 2 runs in the 3rd inning and 1 in the 5th… The Wolverines outhit the Raiders 12-6 and the Raiders did have a few errors that aided the Wolverines… Zealy Martin was the only Raider with more than1 hit as she went 2 for 3… 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 Emerald today for a JV-Varsity doubleheader starting at 5:00 pm weather permitting.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

 

  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • Baseball… There was a lot of bell ringing over at Thornwell last night as the Saints hosted the Blue Flashes in a doubleheader of baseball action and won both games.
    • Thornwell 12 – Calhoun Falls 0 (5)… In the first game the Saints took a 12-0 win in 5 innings outhitting the Flashes 9-2 and taking advantage of 6 Calhoun Falls errors and some wild pitched to take the win… Parker Workman and Tru’Mari Kinard-Shelton both went 3 for 3 for the Saints with Kinard-Shelton hitting a double and a triple to drive in 5 runs… Sam Robertson picked up the complete game win giving up just 2 hits while striking out 13 and walking just 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.
    • Thornwell 16 – Calhoun Falls 0 (3)… In the second game, the Saints took a 16-0 win over the Flashes in just 3 innings… The Saints only had 4 hits in the game (nobody had over 1) while the Flashes had none…. The story of this game is that the Flashes had 5 errors in the game (Saints had none) and the Flashes’ pitchers issued 11 walks, 5 wild pitches and hit a batter or two… Griffen Raines and Bryce English both had a triple for the Saints… Parker Workman picked up the striking out 9 and walking just one… 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 not be back in action until Friday, 5-2-25 when they travel to Southside HS in Greenville… I need to check on that.

 

  • Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting Abbeville Friday (4-25) at 4:15.

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.
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Sports Report for Monday, 4-21-2025

Monday, April 21, 2025

Monday 4-21-25

 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… I believe that the Red Devils will be making up a game with Fairfield Central today at 6:00 pm at home and then they will be hosting the Eau Claire Shamrocks on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 7:30.

 

  • 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

  • Up Next in Baseball… On MaxPreps it says that the Raiders will travel be hosting the Southside Tigers Monday 4-21-25 at 6:30 pm in region action.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to travel to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

 

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

 

  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be back in action today when they when they take on the Calhoun Falls Charter School Blue Flashes at 5:00 pm at home

 

  • Softball: Ware Shoals 12 – Saints 6… Last Thursday the Thornwell Saints softball team hosted the Ware shoals Hornets in region play… The Saints led 4-2 going into the top of the 6th inning where the Hornets had 6 of their 8 hits in the game and the Saints an error of two as the Hornets scored 10 runs and then went on to a 12-6 win over the Saints… The Saints actually outhit the Hornets 9-8 but because of 6 errors in the game only 3 of the hornets 12 runs were earned…Camden Nelson and Madi Porter each had 2 hits  for the Saints with each having a double among their 2 hits… Both scored 2 runs and both had at RBUS with Porter having 3 and Nelson 1… 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 Calhoun Falls today (4-17) at 5:00 pm in region action.

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.

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Sports Report for Friday, 4-18-2025

Friday, April 18, 2025

I’m a little under the weather today so I’m not really doing a sports report today.

I will tell you that the Thornwell Saints softball team lost to Ware Shoals yesterday by a score of 12-6 and I’ll have details on that Monday.

Have a great Easter weekend and see you in church on Sunday at Chestnut Ridge. Please feel free to come to one of their 3 services at 8:00. 9:15 or 10:30 am.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 4-17-2025

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Thursday, 4-17-25 

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 will be hosting the Eau Claire Shamrocks on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 7:30.

 

  • 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

 

  • Golf: Clinton 163 – Laurens 174… Doing some catching up with both the Red Devil and Raider golf teams, they faced off against each other late last week out at Lakeside CC… When the last put went into the cup, the Red Devils had taken a 163 – 174 win over the Raiders… The Red Devils were led my Luke McMurray who shot a 36 and was the match medalist… Michael Hamby led the Raiders with a 40… To see how the other Red Devils and Raiders did in the match, click here.

 

  • Tennis: Clinton 6 – Columbia 0… Also doing some catching up with the Red Devil boys’ tennis team, last Thursday they traveled down to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals… They defeated the Capitals 6-0 with Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King, Jacob King and Jacob Meyerholtz all taking 6-0 wins in singles action… The #2 doubles team composed of Cooper Stinson and Malakye Brewer also defeated their opponents… The Red Devils are now 6-0 overall and 4-0 in region play and will be back in action Tuesday, 4-22-25 when they travel to Blue Ridge to take on the Tigers in non-region action.

 

Laurens

  • Hillcrest 11 – Laurens 2… NOTE: all the following information comes from the Hillcrest scoring of the game…. If the Raider scoring of the game becomes available I will then be able to bring you the box score and the scorebook… The Raiders had a tough night last night as the Rams outhit them 7-4 and took an 11-2 win over the Raiders… The Rams led 5-1 going into the 4th inning where they broke the game open scoring 5 runs  and then both teams added a run in the 5th inning to make the final 11-2 Rams… The Raiders did have 4 errors (the Rams had 2) so that only 8 of the Rams 11 runs were earned…. Both team issued 9 walks which also helped runs to score… For the Raiders, Logan Martin was the only Raider with more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 4 (all singles) and drove in a run.
  • Up Next in Baseball… On MaxPreps it says that the Raiders will travel be hosting the Southside Tigers Monday 4-21-25 at 6:30 pm in region action.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

 

  • Golf: Raiders 174 – Rams 216… The Raider golf team also played the Westside Rams in region action last week out at Lakeside CC and the news is good for Raider fans as they won 174-216… Ashton Wilson and Landon James both shot a 42 in the match to lead the Raiders… For more information on this match, click here.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

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  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will be back in action when they when they take on the Calhoun Falls Charter School Blue Flashes at 5:00 pm

 

  • Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting Ware Shoals today (4-17) at 4:00 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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 4-16-2025

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Wednesday, 4-16-25

 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 vs Laurens… Last night the Raider varsity baseball team traveled to Clinton HS to take on the Red Devils in the second game of their two-game series with the Red Devils for the “County Championship” …. As a reminder the Raiders won the first game 5-0 on Monday night (4-14)

  • Raiders 7 – Red Devils 1… The Raiders laid claim to the “County Championship” last night by taking a 7-1 win over the Red Devils… They scored 4 runs in the in the2nd inning , 2 in the 4th and 1 in the 5th while Ben Willis and the Raiders held the Red Devils to a single run in the 4th inning… Willis gave up the 1 earned run on 8 hits while striking out 9 and walking 3… The Raiders only outhit the Red Devils 10-8 with all the Raider hits being singles… At times the Red Devils proved to be their own worst enemy as only 4 of the Raider runs were earned due to 4 Red Devils errors… Jireh Brown led the Raiders at the plate going 4 for 4 and scoring 3 runs while Zay Pulley and Brayden Patterson both had 2 hits and RBIs for the Raiders… For the Red Devils, Luke Young was the only one with more than one hit as he went 2 for 3 with a walk… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

 Clinton HS

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will be hosting the Eau Claire Shamrocks on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 7:30.

 

  • 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

  • Up Next in Baseball… On MaxPreps it says that the Raiders will travel up to Hillcrest tonight for a 7:30 contest with the Rams but the Raider athletic website does not list the game, but it does list a JV game at Hillcrest at 5:30 so I am just not sure.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

 

  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Dixie 16 – Saints 1 (3)… The Saints baseball team traveled to Dixie HS to take on the Green Hornets in region action last night and for the second time in as many days, it just was not a good night for the Saints as Dixie took a 16-1 win in 3 innings… Again, the reason for the one-sided win is simple… First the Hornets outhit the Saints 10-1and secondly the Saints had 5 errors so that only 6 of the Hornets 16 runs were earned… As it was on Monday, Tru’Mari Kinard-Shelton had a single for the Saints and the Saints only run in the 2nd inning came as the result of 2 walks, a hit batter and a balk…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 back in action when they when they take on the Calhoun Falls Charter School Blue Flashes at 5:00 pm

 

  • Softball: Saints 22 – McCormick 2 (3)… The news is better where the Saints softball team is concerned as they took a 22-2 win over the McCormick Chiefs yesterday at home in 3 innings…The Chiefs scored their only 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning but the Saints answered that with 12 runs in the bottom of the inning and added 10 more in the 2nd inning as they cruised to the win… The Saints only outhit the Chiefs 9-2 but the Chiefs aided the Saints in a couple of different ways… First they had 4 errors and two Chief pitchers walked 21 batters while striking out nine… Adrienne Anderson went 3 for 3 for the Saints and drove in 6 runs… One of her hits was an inside the park 3 run homer in the bottom of the 2nd inning…Karleigh Porter also had 2 hits for the Saints and 2 walks that brought 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 will be hosting Ware Shoals tomorrow (4-17) at 4:00 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.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 4-15-2025

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Tuesday, 4-15-25

 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 vs Laurens… Last night the Clinton varsity baseball team traveled to Laurens HS to take on the Raiders in the first game of a two-game series with the Raiders for the “County Championship”.

  • Raiders 5 – Red Devils 0… The first 4 innings saw both teams threaten to score but did not before the Raiders scored 1 run in the 5th inning when Coleman Coker led eh inning off with a solo homer… The 6th inning saw the Raiders break the game open as they scored 4 runs in the inning on an error, 3 singles, a sacrifice fly and a double… The Red Devils never quit as they loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the 7th inning only to have relief pitcher Connor Rice strike out the next batter and then the next 2 Red Devils popped up to the infield and the Raiders started their celebration… The Raiders only outhit the Red Devils 6-4 with Zay Pulley being the only Raiders with more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 3 scoring 1 run… Jireh Brown had only 1 hit and it was a double that drove in 2 runs… For the Red Devils, Owen Glen went 2 for 3 with a double… Grayson Ledford picked up the win going 6 innings giving up 4 hits while striking out 8 and walking just 2… Connor Rice finished the game for the Raiders… The Red Devils Jayden Glen took the loss going the distance striking out 4 and walking 2… Only 2 of the 5 runs he gave u were earned as the Red Devils had 3 errors 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
  • Up Next… The Raiders will travel to Clinton tonight for game 2 of the 2-game series with first pitch scheduled fo5 7:30

 Clinton HS

  • Baseball… See above
  • 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

  • Baseball… See above.
  •  Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

 

  • Softball… The Crusaders home game with Richard Winn that was supposed to be played last Friday was postponed and no makeup date has been announced.
  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Dixie 20 – Saints 1 (3)… The Saints baseball team hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in region action last night and it just was not a good night for the Saints as Dixie took a 20-2 win in 3 innings… The reason for the one-sided win is simple… First the Hornets outhit the Saints 11-1and secondly the Saints had 8 errors so that only 6 of the Hornets 20 runs were earned… Tru’Mari Kinard-Shelton had a single for the Saints…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 today (4-15) when they travel to Dixie for a rematch with the Green Hornets in region action at 7:00 pm.
  • Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will be hosting McCormick today (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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Monday, 4-14-2025

Monday, April 14, 2025

Monday, 4-14-25

 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

  • Baseball… The Red Devils were scheduled to host Fairfield Central in a region game last Friday, but that game has been postponed until Monday, 4-21-25
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Laurens tonight for a 7:30 game with the Raiders in the first of two games for the “County Championship” with the second game scheduled for Tuesday at Clinton at the same time.

 

  • 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

  • Baseball: Fury 5 – Raiders 3… The Raiders took on the Fountain Inn Fury at Ed Prescott Field last Friday in the third game of their 3-game series… As you may recall, the Raiders lost the first two games by 1 run in each game… The Raiders broke on top scoring a run in the bottom of the 1st inning, but the Fury took the lead scoring 2 runs in the 3rd and 5th inning to go up 4-1… The Raiders cut that lead to 1 run (4-3) scoring 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the 5th inning… However, the Raiders would get no closer as the Fury scored another run in the top of the 7th inning and then after giving a leadoff walk in the bottom of the 7th, retired the next 3 batters to take the 5-3 win and strengthen their hold on first place in the region… The Fury outhit the Raider 6-5 and they had 2 extra base hits to the Raiders 1… Ben Willis and Zay Pulley led the Raiders at the plate both getting 2 hits each and Willis did have 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 Baseball… The Raider baseball team will now host the Clinton Red Devils tonight at 7:30 in the first game of the “County Championship” with the second game at Clinton tomorrow night.

 

  • Softball: Wade Hampton 14 – Laurens 0 (5)... The Raiders hosted the Generals of Wade Hampton last Friday in a non-region game and the Generals took a 14-0 win in 5 innings…The reason for the Generals win is simple in the fact that the Generals outhit the Raiders 12-2and the Raiders did have a few problems that gave the Generals 3 unearned runs… Summer Nations and Makayden Livingston both had a single to account for the Raiders only 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 Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to Woodruff Monday, 4-21-25 for a 6:00 pm game with the Wolverines.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball… I don’t think the Crusader baseball team played last Friday and if they did I cannot find any results.
  • Up Next in Baseball...The Crusader baseball master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Greenwood Christian on Tuesday, 4-22-25 at 6:00 pm

 

  • Softball… The Crusaders home game with Richard Winn that was supposed to be played last Friday was postponed and no makeup date has been announced.
  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the traveling to Greenwood Christian on Thursday, 4-24-25 for a 5:00 pm game with the Hawks.

Thornwell

  • 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 7:30 pm.
  • 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. [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Friday, 4-11-2025

Friday, April 11, 2025

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.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 4-10-2025

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Thursday, 4-10-25

 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

  • Baseball: Clinton 10 – Fairfield Central 0… Yesterday the Red Devil baseball team traveled to Fairfield Central HS to take on the Griffins in region action… The Ride home was a happy one as the Red Devils took a 10-0 win in 6 innings… The Red Devils outhit the Griffins 9-0 and the Griffins did have 5 errors in the game so that only 4 of 10 runs were earned….Tanner Finley picked up the complete game win striking out 14 and walking just 1 as he and the Red Devil defense held the Griffins scoreless…Finley also let the Red Devils offense as he went 3 for 3with 2 doubles scoring 1 run and driving in 2… Luke Young went 2 for 4 with a triple, a double and an RBI from his leadoff spot in the lineup… 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 host Fairfield Central at 7:30 tomorrow night weather permitting.

 

  • Softball: The Red Devil softball team also traveled to Fairfield Central yesterday but the decision was made to play a doubleheader so that they could finish the series with the Griffins before some expected rain comes in to end the week.
    • Game1: Red Devils 5 – Griffins 0… In the first game, the Red Devils simply outhit the Griffins as they took a 5-0 win over the Griffins… Me-Me Smith picked up the complete game as she pitched all 5 innings giving up just 1 hit while striking out 5 and walking none… All the Red Devil hits were singles and the Griffins did have a couple of errors that figured into the Red Devil scoring… Taylor Davis was the only Red Devils with more than 1 hit as she had 2 from her leadoff spot in the lineup… 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: Red Devils 15 – Griffins 0… In the second game where the Red Devils were the home team, they did not need to play all 5 innings as the Red Devils won 15-0 in just 3 innings… The Red Devils jumped out to an 8-0 lead after one inning of play and were never really stopped or threatened after that… Both hits by the Griffins were singles as Me-Me Smith again got the complete game win striking out 6 and walking none… Alysa Yung went 2 for 2 at the plate with a double and rove in 2 runs… Cat Willkie’s only hit was a double and she had 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 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

  • Baseball: Fountain Inn 6 – Laurens 5… The Laurens Raider baseball team traveled to Fountain Inn HS last night to take on the Fury in region action… As you may recall, the Fury took a 1-0 win at Ed Prescott Field on Tuesday…  Well last night was another 1 run win by the Fury as they scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 8th inning to win the game 6-5… The Fury took an early 4-1 lead after one inning of play, but the Raiders had a 5-4 lead after 3 innings to play… The Fury tied the game with a single run in the fourth inning and it remained 5-5 until the bottom of the 8th inning… The Fury outhit the Raiders 9-8 with two of their hits being doubles…. The only extra base hit for the Raiders was a solo homer by Coleman Coker in the third inning…. No Raider had over 1 hit… 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 Raider baseball team will now host Fountain Inn tomorrow night 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.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are now scheduled to host Wren today (4-10) about 7:00 pm weather permitting.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball: The Crusader baseball team took on the Bengals of Brashier Middle College yesterday in a doubleheader.
    • Game 1: Crusaders 8 – Bengals 2 (4)…  In the first game the Crusaders outhit the Bengals 5-3 and took advantage of a few Bengal mistakes to take an 8-2 win over the Bengals…The Crusaders led 7-0 after 2 innings of play and were really never threatened after that… Mason Cooper and Riley Whitaker both had 2 hits in the game to lead the Crusader offense…  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: Bengals 12 – Crusaders 3 (4)… Now I hate to have to report that in the second game, the Bengals turned the tables taking a 12-3 win in 4 innings… The Bengals only outhit the Crusaders 8-7 but too many walks (8), hit batters (4) and wild pitches (3) by 5 Crusader pitchers to go along with a couple of Crusader errors tells the “backstory” on this game… Two Crusaders had over 1 hit as Mason Cooper went 2 for 2 with a double and 2 RBIs while Elias Littleton had 2 singles… 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 master schedule on their website says they will be hosting Richard Winn tomorrow (weather permitting) 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.

 

  • Tuesday Softball: Crusaders 18 – Hawks 8 (5)… Catching up with the Crusader softball team, they were in action down in Greenwood Tuesday taking on the Greenwood Christian Hawks and I finally have details on that game… Good news for Crusader fans as they took an 18-8 win over the Hawks in 5 innings… They did outhit the Hawks 10-8 but took full advantage of some Hawk errors and 8 walks… Morgan Boding and Abby Howard led the Crusaders at the plate as they both had 2 hits driving in at least 1 run… Maddie Loe picked up the win going 4 innings giving up 5 runs (only 2 of which were earned) while striking out 6 and walking 3… Mackenzie Runyans finished the game… To more information on the Crusaders in this game, click here.
  • Up Next in Softball… As best I can tell, the Crusaders will be hosting the Eagles of Richard inn at 5:30 if the schedule on MaxPreps is correct.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team was supposed to travel to McCormick to take on the Chiefs Tuesday… If they did, I could not find any results for the game… Their schedule on MaxPreps shows they will not be in action until next Tuesday (4-15) when they travel to Dixie HS to take on the Green Hornets in region action at 7:00 pm/
  • Softball: Dixie 16 – Saints 6 (6)… Yesterday the Saints softball team traveled over to Dixie HS to take on the Green Hornets… I hate to have to report that Dixie took a 16-6 win over the Saints in 6 innings… They only outhit the Saints 18-11 but the Saints had defensive miscues so that only 14 of the Hornets 16 runs were earned while the Saints had to earn all 6 of their runs… The “big” inning for the Hornets was the 2nd inning where they scored 10 runs to go up 11-1… The Hornets also tallied 4 doubles in the game and 1 triple while the Saints could only answer that with 4 doubles… Camden Nelson led the Saints offense with 3 hits two of which were doubles… Madi Porter and Skylar Bates both had 2 hits for the Saints with each having 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 … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will head to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines in region action today 7:00 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.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 4-9-2025

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Wednesday, 4-9-25 

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

  • Tennis: Clinton 6 – Columbia 0… Yesterday the Red Devil boys’ tennis team hosted the Capitals of Columbia HS on the courts at Clinton Middle School… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 6-0 win over the Capitals… In singles action, Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King, Jacob King and Jacob Meyerholtz all took one-sided wins against their opponents… The #2 doubles team made up of Cooper Stinson and Malakye Brewer also took a one-sided win against their opponents… For more details on this match click here… The Red Devils are now 5-0 overall and 3-0 in region play and will take on the Capitals again tomorrow this time down in Columbia.

 

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will travel to Fairfield Central for a region contest with the Griffins today at 7:30.

 

  • Softball: Clinton 20 – Columbia 0… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Columbia HS Capitals last Friday in region action and about all I can tell you is that the Red Devils scored 11 run in the first inning and 9 in the second inning thus taking a 20-0 win in 3 innings… I did NOT get any more details on this game.
  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will be traveling to Fairfield Central today to take on the Griffins in region action at 5:30. .

Laurens

  • Baseball: Fountain Inn 1 – Laurens 0… The Laurens Raiders hosted the fountain Inn Fury last night at Ed Prescott Field in region action… The Fury took advantage of 3 walks and a Raider error in the top of the 1st inning and then made that standup as they took a 1-0 win over the Raiders… It was a pitcher’s duel the rest of the way as the two teams combined for only 5 hits with the Fury having 3 of them… All the hits by both teams were singles… Ben Willis and Logan Martin each had a single for the Raiders… 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 Raider baseball team will now travel to Fountain Inn tonight for a rematch with the Fury starting at 6:30.

 

  • Softball: Wren 5 – Raiders 1… The Raider softball team traveled to wren yesterday to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action… Wren scored 2 runs in the first inning and that would be all they needed as they went on to take a 5-1 win over the Raiders… They only outhit the Raiders 9-4 all the hits by both teams were singles… The Raiders only run came in the 3rd inning when Addy Carlisle singled, moved to second on a single by Summer Nations and then scored when Carly Edwards singled… Summer Nations took the complete game loss but only 2 of the Hurricanes 5 runs were earned as the Raiders shot themselves in the foot with errors… 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 Wren tomorrow (4-10).

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team was supposed to be hosting the Brashier Middle College Bengals Monday but weather did not allow that to happen…  According to their schedule on MaxPreps they will take on the Bengals at home in a doubleheader starting at 5:00 pm.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team was on the road yesterday heading down to Greenwood to take on the Greenwood Christian Hawks … If that game took place, I did not get any information about it…. The next contest on the Crusaders schedule is on Friday (4-11) when they host the Richard Winn Eagles at 5:30.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team was supposed to travel to McCormick to take on the Chiefs yesterday… If they did, I could not find any results for the game… Their schedule on MaxPreps shows they will not be in action until next Tuesday (4-15) when they travel to Dixie HS to take on the Green Hornets in region action at 7:00 pm/
  • Up Next in Softball … Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will head to Dixie today to play the Green Hornets 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.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 4-8-2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Tuesday, 4-8-25 

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

 NOTE… As far as I can tell, all games scheduled for yesterday were either postponed or canceled.

 Clinton HS

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will travel to Fairfield Central for a region contest with the Griffins today but not sure about the time.

 

  • Softball: Clinton 20 – Columbia 0… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Columbia HS Capitals last Friday in region action and about all I can tell you is that the Red Devils scored 11 run in the first inning and 9 in the second inning thus taking a 20-0 win in 3 innings… I did NOT get any more details on this game.
  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will be traveling to Fairfield Central today to take on the Griffins in region action at 5:30. .

 

Two Sign at Clinton HS Friday (4-4-25)… A pair of student-athletes signed to continue their education and athletic careers at two area schools.

  • Jamirah Rivers signed a letter of intent with Erskine College to continue her education and cheerleading career… She mentioned that she had several academic scholarship offers from other schools, but Erskine was the only one that also offered the chance to continue cheerleading… She plans on majoring in a pre-medical field with the goal of becoming a dental hygienist and then possibly move on to dental school to become a dentist… Good luck and congratulations to her!

 

 

  • Tushawan Richardson signed a letter of intent to continue his education at Newberry College playing football with the Wolves… He said that he had had conversation with other smaller schools around the area including PS but he just felt like Newberry would be the best fit for him after visiting and talking with the coaches there… Richardson was a two sports star at Clinton not only quarterbacking the football team but also having outstanding seasons on the basketball team… When asked if anyone recruited him for basketball, he replied a few junior colleges and DII schools expressed and interest, but he wanted to play football more than basketball… He said there was a remote possibility he might try to walk-on the basketball team at Newberry, but he wanted to concentrate on football first and then see how it went… When asked about his most memorable moment at Clinton HS without a pause he replied winning the State Class AAA Football Championship this past season was it… He is planning on majoring in sports management to try to stay involved with athletics after he graduates… Congratulations to Tushawan and Good Luck both on the field and in the classroom!

Laurens

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team was scheduled to host the Fountain Inn Fury yesterday at 6:30 pm but weather postponed the game…. As far as I can tell, the game will be played today at Ed Prescott Field at the same time… The Fury are 6-0 in the region while the Raiders are 7-2.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders will be traveling to Wren HS today (4-8-25) to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team was supposed to be hosting the Brashier Middle College Bengals yesterday but as far I can tell weather did not allow that to happen and I have no idea when or if they will makeup that game… They are now scheduled to play the Bengals at Brashier Middle College tomorrow at 6:00 pm

 

  • Softball: WW King 14 – Crusaders 3… The Crusader softball team hosted the Knights of WW King last Friday and they fell by a score of 14-3 to the Knights… I do now know a few facts about this game… The Crusaders had only 3 hits in the game and they were by 3 different players… Morgan Bolding, Madisyn Graham and Braylee Burke each had a hit with Burke’s being a double that drove in a run…Maddie Loe took the loss for the Crusaders and Knight pitching struck out 12 Crusaders and walked just 4…. For a few more Crusader stats on this game, click here.
  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team will be on the road today heading down to Greenwood to take on the Greenwood Christian Hawks but the game is NOT on the Crusaders master schedule on their website so I am not sure.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to McCormick to take on the Chiefs today at 5:30
  • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team was scheduled to travel to Dixie for a region game with the Green Hornets yesterday at 5:00 pm but Mother Nature got in the way… Looking at the Saints schedule on MaxPreps it looks like they will head to Dixie tomorrow to play that game at the same time.

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. [Read more…]

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