Sports Report for Monday, 8-19-2024

Monday, August 19, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Clinton 18 – Blythewood 7… The Red Devils were down in Chapin Friday night taking on Blythewood in a half of football… Clinton won by a score of 18-7…  The following is a quote from the State Newspaper about the contest…” Clinton is legit: One of the best performances of the night came from Clinton in the 18-7 win over Blythewood. The Red Devils, No. 2 in the Class 2A poll, were dominant with its spread version of the wing-T… DJ Clark made some big plays at running back, and their offensive line could compete on any level and is led by Division I prospect Tre Aiken.” …To see the posting which out with other midland jamboree scores and other information, click here.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!
  • Red Devils Featured on Channel 7… Last Friday night while the Red Devils were down at Chapin and participating in the jamboree Channel 7 WSPA featured the Red Devils during their 6:00 pm newscast as part of their Countdown to Kickoff… If you want to see the short video they ran after a short commercial click here.

Laurens HS

  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders 56 – Cambridge 20…  The Laurens Academy Crusaders opened their season with a bang last Friday as they traveled to Greenwood to take on the Cambridge Academy Cougars and defeated them 56-20 with a running clock in the second half… The Crusaders got the ball first and on the opening kickoff Spires McCameron retuned it for a little over 70 yards and Caleb Hardy carried it in for the 2-point conversion to make it 8-0 Crusaders with 11:48 showing on the clock and it was pretty much all Crusaders from there as they led 44-14 at the half
    • How it happened:
      • After the kickoff return for a score, the Crusaders held the Cougar and forced a short punt.
      • The Crusader took over on their own 40 yd. line… Eight plays later Garrett Murphy scored from 11 yds. out and Ethan Collins picked up the 2-oiint conversion to make it 16-0 Crusaders with 5:25 left in the 1st quarter.
      • The Cougars then fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Nathan Bell to give the Crusaders the ball at the Cambridge 26 yd. line… Three plays later, Spires McCameron carried it in from 10 yds. out but the conversion failed so the score stood 22-0 Crusaders with 4:26 left in the 1st quarter.
      • The Cougars finally got on the scoreboard with 3:24 left in the quarter as they scored on a 55 yd. pass but failed on the conversion to make it 2-6 Crusaders with 3:24 left in the 1st quarter.
      • The Crusaders then took over on the their on 30 yd. line after the kickoff and drove down the field in 11 plays with Caleb Hardy carrying the ball in from 8 yds. out… Ethan Collins then hit Elijah Hornberger in the endzone for the 2-point conversion to make it 30-6 with 9:35 left in the half.
      • The Cougars did pick up some yardage on their next drive but turned the ball over on downs at their own 49 yd. line… It took the Crusaders just 5 plays to cover that distance and score with Caleb Hardy soring again this time from the 8 yd. line… McCameron picked up the 2-point conversion to make it 38-6 with 5:34 in the half.
      • The Cougars then started having some success with their passing game and scored with 5.9 seconds left in the half and added the 2-point conversion to make it 38-14 Crusaders.
      • The Cougars then tried an onside kick which was covered by Anthony Candelas for the Crusaders at their own 48 yd. line with 4.5 seconds left in the half… A lot of coaches would have taken the knee and head into the break but Ethan Collins decided to carry it in from that spot and scored with no time on the clock to make it 44-14 as the 2-point conversion failed.
      • The second half had a running clock and the Crusaders scored only 2 TDs… The first one saw a Crusader rusher tackled just before crossing the goal line and fumbled into the endzone where Caleb Hardy fell on the ball for the score and the other was on short run by Mason Cooper just before the end of the game.
      • The Cougars did score again between those two Crusader scores on a long pass play and the final was 56-20 Crusaders as all 2-point conversion failed in the second half.
    • Game Stats…below are a few game stats thanks to Luke Tollison and the LA coaching staff.
      • Passing
        • Ethan Collins 5-8 for 39 yards
        • Elias Littleton 1-2 for 1 yard
      • Rushing
        • Garret Murphy 10 rushes 107 yards 3 td
        • Caleb Hardy 9 rushes 50 yards 2 td
        • Ethan Collins 4 rushes 85 yards 1 td
        • Spires McCameron 2 rushes 8 yards 1 td
        • Mason Cooper 8 rushes 71 yards 1 td
        • Elijah Hornberger 4 rushes 29 yards
      • Receiving
        • Caleb Hardy 2 catches 18 yards
        • Nathan Bell 2 catches 18 yards
        • Garret Murphy 1 catch 3 yards
        • Eli Garret 1catch 0 yards
      • Defense
        • Caleb Hardy 3.5 tackles
        • Garrison Vaughan 2 tackles 1 TFL 1 sack 1 fumble recovery
        • Nathan Bell 1.5 tackles
        • Hack Hardy 3 tackles
        • Spires McCameron 2 tackle 1 PBU
        • Elijah Hornberger 2 tackles
        • Garret Murphy 3 tackles
        • Mason Cooper 1 tackle
      • Total Yards
      • Cambridge Academy
        • Rush yards=24 yards
        • Pass yards=123 yards
      • Laurens Academy
        • Rush yards= 350 yards
        • Pass yards= 39 yards
  • Up Next for the Crusaders… The Crusaders will head down to Newberry Academy for a 7:30 pm game with the Eagles… This is the first of 2 games they will play against each other and this one will not count as a region game.

 Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:25 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  • FBS AP Top 25 Poll… In case you missed it on the news, the preseason top 25 FBS AP Poll was released the other day… The top 5 teams are Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas and Alabama… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan and Florida State… Clemson checked in at #14… To see the entire 25 teams that made the poll along with their records from last season, click here.
  • AFCA FCS Coaches Poll… About the same time the American Football Coaches Association Poll for the top 25 teams in the FCS Division came out… South Dakota State and North Dakota State hold down the #1 and 2 spots… Looking at teams you will be able to see in our area of the South, Chattanooga comes in at #8, Furman #9 and Western Carolina #19… To see the entirety of this poll and last season’s records for each team, click here.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.   [Read more…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Friday, 8-16-2024

Friday, August 16, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!
  • Red Devils Featured on Channel 7 Tonight… Now if you are not going to the jamboree tonight down at Chapin you might want to tune in to the 6:00 pm news on WSPA TV about 6:20… During their sports portion of the news, they will be featuring the Clinton Red Devils as part of their Countdown to Kickoff series… Now if you are going, I will do my best to include a link to that segment on my sports report Monday.

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders This Tonight… The 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders was supposed to take place last Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium… The rescheduling of the Union Jamboree caused it to be rescheduled until this Friday, August 16th. It will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place that will prove to be entertaining for the entire family.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders Travel to Cambridge Tonight…  The Laurens Academy varsity football team will get the jump on all the other high school teams in the county as they open their season tonight traveling down to Greenwood to take on the Cambridge Academy Cougars… The Crusaders are coming off a season where they went 4-8 and made the playoffs but fell to Holly Hill in the first round… Coach Jolly Doolittle will be at the helm for the second year… The Crusaders averaged about 19 points per game while giving up 30… Garrett Murphy who led the Crusaders in scoring with 14 TDs is back for his senior season…. Also back is sophomore quarterback Ethan Collins who threw 13 TD passes last season…This will be a return to varsity football for the Cigars as they have not had a varsity team for 20 years… Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 pm… Good Luck to the Crusaders!

Touchdown Club announces Schedule and Speakers… One sure sign that high school football season is upon us is that the Laurens County Touchdown Club has announced its meeting schedule and the list of speakers for each meeting… The Laurens County Touchdown Club is one of the few clubs still in existence throughout the state and it purpose is simply to help unite the county through the celebration of high school football and its players…The club’s first meeting will be on Thursday, Sept.22nd at The Ridge at Laurens, located at 301 Exchange Road in Laurens… The club will meet every other Thursday at noon and the tickets are $15 at the door… For more information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club email Gene Simmons gsimmons@clintonymca.org….The schedule and speakers are as follows:

  • August 22        Laurens County High School Football Coaches
  • September 5       Coach Steve Englehart, Presbyterian C. Head Football Coach
  • September 19      Coach Clay Hendrix, Furman U. Head Football Coach
  • October 3        Coach Mike Ayers, Former Wofford College Head Football Coach
  • October 17       Rick Sanford, Former USC Football Great; SC Football HOF
  • October 31         Charlie Wentzky, SCHSL Deputy Commissioner for Football
  • November 21     Chet Tucker, USC Sideline Broadcaster & Don Munson, Voice of the Clemson Tigers
  • *December 19    Brian Mance, Former Clemson Great & 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame  ‘Humanitarian of the Year’…This Post Season Banquet will be on Thursday, December 19th – 6:00 pm

 

 Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game, we will start our broadcast about 6:25 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  • FBS AP Top 25 Poll… In case you missed it on the news, the preseason top 25 FBS AP Poll was released the other day… The top 5 teams are Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas and Alabama… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan and Florida State… Clemson checked in at #14… To see the entire 25 teams that made the poll along with their records from last season, click here.
  • AFCA FCS Coaches Poll… About the same time the American Football Coaches Association Poll for the top 25 teams in the FCS Division came out… South Dakota State and North Dakota State hold down the #1 and 2 spots… Looking at teams you will be able to see in our area of the South, Chattanooga comes in at #8, Furman #9 and Western Carolina #19… To see the entirety of this poll and last season’s records for each team, click here.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.   [Read more…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Thursday, 8-15-2024

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders This Friday… The 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders was supposed to take place last Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium… The rescheduling of the Union Jamboree caused it to be rescheduled until this Friday, August 16th. It will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Touchdown Club announces Schedule and Speakers… One sure sign that high school football season is upon us is that the Laurens County Touchdown Club has announced its meeting schedule and the list of speakers for each meeting… The Laurens County Touchdown Club is one of the few clubs still in existence throughout the state and it purpose is simply to help unite the county through the celebration of high school football and its players…The club’s first meeting will be on Thursday, Sept.22nd at  The Ridge at Laurens, located at 301 Exchange Road in Laurens… The club will meet every other Thursday at noon and the tickets are $15 at the door… For more information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club email Gene Simmons gsimmons@clintonymca.org….The schedule and speakers are as follows:

  • August 22        Laurens County High School Football Coaches
  • September 5       Coach Steve Englehart, Presbyterian C. Head Football Coach
  • September 19      Coach Clay Hendrix, Furman U. Head Football Coach
  • October 3        Coach Mike Ayers, Former Wofford College Head Football Coach
  • October 17       Rick Sanford, Former USC Football Great; SC Football HOF
  • October 31         Charlie Wentzky, SCHSL Deputy Commissioner for Football
  • November 21     Chet Tucker, USC Sideline Broadcaster & Don Munson, Voice of the Clemson Tigers
  • December 19    Brian Mance, Former Clemson Great & 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame   ‘Humanitarian of the Year’…This Post Season Banquet will be on Thursday, December 19th – 6:00 pm

 

S.C. Prep Football Media Preseason Poll… The preseason rankings by the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll were released this past Monday… The entirety of that poll by class is below… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (13) 2. Gaffney (3) 3. Summerville 4. Northwestern (1) 5. Irmo 6. White Knoll 7. TL Hanna 8. JL Mann 9. Sumter 10.Hillcrest… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg; Byrnes; Ridge View; Fort Dorchester; James Island; Clover; Carolina Forest; Greenwood
  • CLASS 4A:  1. Westside (17) 2. South Florence 3. Daniel 4. South Pointe 5. Camden 6. Gray Collegiate 7. Hartsville 8. Midland Valley 9. Brookland-Cayce 10. Gilbert… Others receiving votes: Beaufort; AC Flora; Greer; Crestwood; May River; North Augusta; York
  • CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (10) 2. Oceanside Collegiate (6) 3. Dillon (1) 4. Christ Church 5. Chapman 6. Pendleton 7. Silver Bluff 8. (tie) Broome 8. (tie) Powdersville 10. Marlboro County… Others receiving votes: Hanahan; Mountain View Prep; Loris; Keenan; St. Joseph’s; Newberry; Woodruff; Battery Creek; Southside Christian; Aynor
  • CLASS 2A:  1. Chester (9) 2. Clinton (7) 3. Hampton County (1) 4. Strom Thurmond 5. Barnwell 6. Fairfield Central 7. Philip Simmons 8. Saluda 9. Manning 10. Andrew Jackson… Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Ninety-Six, Timberland, Batesburg-Leesville, Marion, Whale Branch, Atlantic Charter, Chesnee, Andrews
  • CLASS A:  1. Abbeville (17) 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt 3. Lewisville 4. Johnsonville 5. Lamar 6. Blackville-Hilda 7. Calhoun County 8. Lake View 9. Latta 10. Cross Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler; Denmark-Olar; Branchville; McBee; Dixie; Green Sea-Floyds; Hannah-Pamplico; Whitmire; Great Falls; Green Sea Floyds, Ridge-Spring Monetta

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:25 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

 

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  • FBS AP Top 25 Poll… In case you missed it on the news, the preseason top 25 FBS AP Poll was released the other day… The top 5 teams are Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas and Alabama… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan and Florida State… Clemson checked in at #14… To see the entire 25 teams that made the poll along with their records from last season, click here.
  • AFCA FCS Coaches Poll… About the same time the American Football Coaches Association Poll for the top 25 teams in the FCS Division came out… South Dakota State and North Dakota State hold down the #1 and 2 spots… Looking at teams you will be able to see in our area of the South, Chattanooga comes in at #8, Furman #9 and Western Carolina #19… To see the entirety of this poll and last season’s records for each team, click here.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.    [Read more…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Wednesday, 8-14-2024

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above can also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)…. Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders This Friday… The 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders was supposed to take place last Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium… The rescheduling of the Union Jamboree caused it to be rescheduled until this Friday, August 16th. It will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Touchdown Club announces Schedule and Speakers… One sure sign that high school football season is upon us is that the Laurens County Touchdown Club has announced its meeting schedule and the list of speakers for each meeting… The Laurens County Touchdown Club is one of the few clubs still in existence throughout the state and it purpose is simply to help unite the county through the celebration of high school football and its players…The club’s first meeting will be on Thursday, Sept.22nd at The Ridge at Laurens, located at 301 Exchange Road in Laurens… The club will meet every other Thursday at noon and the tickets are $15 at the door… For more information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club email Gene Simmons gsimmons@clintonymca.org….The schedule and speakers are as follows:

  • August 22        Laurens County High School Football Coaches
  • September 5       Coach Steve Englehart, Presbyterian C. Head Football Coach
  • September 19      Coach Clay Hendrix, Furman U. Head Football Coach
  • October 3        Coach Mike Ayers, Former Wofford College Head Football Coach
  • October 17       Rick Sanford, Former USC Football Great; SC Football HOF
  • October 31         Charlie Wentzky, SCHSL Deputy Commissioner for Football
  • November 21     Chet Tucker, USC Sideline Broadcaster & Don Munson, Voice of the Clemson Tigers
  • *December 19    Brian Mance, Former Clemson Great & 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame   ‘Humanitarian of the Year’…This Post Season Banquet will be on Thursday, December 19th – 6:00 pm

S.C. Prep Football Media Preseason Poll… The preseason rankings by the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll were released this past Monday… The entirety of that poll by class is below… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

  • CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (13) 2. Gaffney (3) 3. Summerville 4. Northwestern (1) 5. Irmo 6. White Knoll 7. TL Hanna 8. JL Mann 9. Sumter 10.Hillcrest… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg; Byrnes; Ridge View; Fort Dorchester; James Island; Clover; Carolina Forest; Greenwood
  • CLASS 4A:  1. Westside (17) 2. South Florence 3. Daniel 4. South Pointe 5. Camden 6. Gray Collegiate 7. Hartsville 8. Midland Valley 9. Brookland-Cayce 10. Gilbert… Others receiving votes: Beaufort; AC Flora; Greer; Crestwood; May River; North Augusta; York
  • CLASS 3A:  1. Belton-Honea Path (10) 2. Oceanside Collegiate (6) 3. Dillon (1) 4. Christ Church 5. Chapman 6. Pendleton 7. Silver Bluff 8. (tie) Broome 8. (tie) Powdersville 10. Marlboro County… Others receiving votes: Hanahan; Mountain View Prep; Loris; Keenan; St. Joseph’s; Newberry; Woodruff; Battery Creek; Southside Christian; Aynor
  • CLASS 2A:  1. Chester (9) 2. Clinton (7) 3. Hampton County (1) 4. Strom Thurmond 5. Barnwell 6. Fairfield Central 7. Philip Simmons 8. Saluda 9. Manning 10. Andrew Jackson… Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Ninety-Six, Timberland, Batesburg-Leesville, Marion, Whale Branch, Atlantic Charter, Chesnee, Andrews
  • CLASS A:  1. Abbeville (17) 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt 3. Lewisville 4. Johnsonville 5. Lamar 6. Blackville-Hilda 7. Calhoun County 8. Lake View 9. Latta 10. Cross Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler; Denmark-Olar; Branchville; McBee; Dixie; Green Sea-Floyds; Hannah-Pamplico; Whitmire; Great Falls; Green Sea Floyds, Ridge-Spring Monetta

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game, we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.   [Read more…]

Filed Under: Mikes Sports Report

Sports Report for Tuesday, 8-13-2024

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above can also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)…. Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders 21 – Union 8… The Raider football team traveled over to Union Friday to participate in the McDonald’s Kickoff Jamboree… The Raiders scored early and often and made the Yellow Jackets pay for their mistakes while playing with a lot of enthusiasm and having fun in the first preview of this year’s Raiders under new head coach Gregg Porter… How it happened:
    • The Raiders took the opening kickoff and after a horse collar tackle on the return started on their own 46 yard line… Ten plays later quarterback Will Thompson carried it in from the 12 yard line and with Brock Franklins PAT they led 7-0 with 6:03 left in the first quarter.
    • Franklin then kicked the ball into the endzone giving the Yellow Jackets the ball at their own 20… Two plays later they fumbled and Demayjah Watts recovered the ball on the Union 18 yard line… Three plays later Nehemias Fernandez carried it in from the 2 yard line and with Franklin’s PAT the Raiders led 14-0 with 3:33 left in the first quarter.
    • The Yellow Jackets were not able to move the ball on their next possession and faked a punt on fourth down and came up short.
    • The Raiders took over at the Union 42 with 11:50 left in the second quarter and punted after a busted play…. Union muffed the punt return and the Raiders took over at the Union 18 once again and scored 2 plays later on an 18 yard pass from Thompson to Shawn Medlin… Again Franklin kicked the PAT and the Raiders led 21-0 with 9:25 left in the contest.
    • Neither team moved the ball much the next time they had it and Union did score with about 4 seconds left against the Raider subs and made the 2-point conversion to make the final 21-8 Raiders.
    • The Raiders start their regular season on August 23rd hosting the Hillcrest Rams at 7:30 in KC Hannah Stadium.
  • Meet The Raiders Postponed… The 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders was supposed to take place last Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium… The rescheduling of the Union Jamboree caused it to be rescheduled until this Friday, August 16th. It will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders Tie Cathedral Academy 6-6… The Crusader football team participated in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy last Friday taking on Cathedral Academy Generals out of Charleston… The two teams played to a 6-6 tie… I talked with Coach Doolittle yesterday (Monday) and he said the Crusaders played with a lot of enthusiasm and at the level he expected at this point in the preseason… The Crusaders lone score came on a short run by Garrett Murphy…. The Crusaders start their season this Friday (Aug.16th) as they travel to Greenwood to take on the Cambridge Cougars at 7:30…. Good Luck to the Crusaders.

Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG:

  • Friday, August 23rd… Varsity football Hillcrest at Laurens.
  • Thursday, August 29th… JV football Clinton at Laurens, 6:30
  • Friday, August 30th… Varsity football Laurens at Clinton

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The final total medal count for the top 3 countries is as follows
    • USA: 40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze for a total of 126
    • China: 40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze for a total of 91
    • Great Britain: 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze for a total of 65
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… USA Today is doing a pretty good job of covering the Olympics and if you click here it will carry you to their website where Olympic news is covered… Once you get there, you will find a number of stories about the games and results but also “back stories” from the Olympics about the athletes competing.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.   [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Monday, 8-12-2024

Monday, August 12, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above may also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)…. Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders 21 – Union 8… The raider football team traveled over to Union Friday to participate in the McDonald’s Kickoff Jamboree… The Raiders scored early and often and made the Yellow Jackets pay for their mistakes while playing with a lot of enthusiasm and having fun in the first preview of this year’s Raiders under new head coach Gregg Porter… How it happened:
    • The Raiders took the opening kickoff and after a horse collar tackle on the return started on their own 46 yard line… Ten plays later quarterback Will Thompson carried it in from the 12 yard line and with Brock Franklins PAT they led 7-0 with 6:03 left in the first quarter.
    • Franklin thin kicked the ball into the endzone giving the Yellow Jackets the ball at their own 20… Two plays later they fumbled and Demayjah Watts recovered the ball on the Union 18 yard line… Three plays later Nehemias Fernandez carried it in from the 2 yard line and with Franklin’s PAT the Raiders led 14-0 with 3:33 left in the first quarter.
    • The Yellow Jackets were not able to move the ball on their next possession and faked a punt on fourth down and came up short.
    • The Raiders took over at the Union 42 with 11:50 left in the second quarter and punted after a busted play…. Union muffed the punt return and the Raiders took over at the Union 18 once again and scored 2 plays later on an 18 yard pass from Thompson to Shawn Medlin… Again Franklin kicked the PAT and the Raiders led 21-0 with 9:25 left in the contest.
    • Neither team moved the ball much the next time they had it and Union did score with about 4 seconds left against the Raider subs and made the 2-point conversion to make the final 21-8 Raiders.
    • The Raiders start their regular season on August 23rd hosting the Hillcrest Rams at 7:30 in KC Hannah Stadium.
  • Meet The Raiders Postponed… The 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders was supposed to take place last Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium… The rescheduling of the Union Jamboree caused it to be rescheduled until this Friday, August 16th. It will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders Tie Cathedral Academy 6-6… The Crusader football team participated in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy last Friday taking on Cathedral Academy out of Charleston… The only information I have on the contest is that the two teams played to a 6-6 tie… If I get more information on this contest, I will update this. The Crusaders will travel to Cambridge Academy in Greenwood this Friday, Aug. 16yj to start their regular season.

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The final total medal count for the top 3 countries is as follows
    • USA: 40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze for a total of 126
    • China: 40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze for a total of 91
    • Great Britain: 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze for a total of 65
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… USA Today is doing a pretty good job of covering the Olympics and if you click here it will carry you to their website where Olympic news is covered… Once you get there, you will find a number of stories about the games and results but also “back stories” from the Olympics about the athletes competing.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.   [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Friday, 8-9-2024

Friday, August 9, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above may also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)…. Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… The scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP was originally moved to BHP and then cancelled… I do not believe it will be made-up
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football was supposed travel to Union to play a half of football last night… Hurricane Debby caused that jamboree to tonight with everything on the same schedule…. They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter… We were able Wednesday to secure a spot in the press box so that we do plan on brining you this half of football starting about 9:00 pm…
  • Ticket Information for McDonald’s Kickoff Classic at Union… Tickets are available for $10 each and can be purchased at the gate and at Chris Callahan State Farm on west Main in Laurens … A clear bag policy in in force at the stadium and there are some other things you need to know about before you go… For more information about the McDonalds Kickoff Classic click here.
  • Meet The Raiders Postponed… The 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will supposed to take place tonight (Friday, August 9th ) at KC Hanna Stadium… The rescheduling of the Union Jamboree has now caused it to be rescheduled until next Friday, August 16th. It will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 16th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The Crusaders will be taking on Cathedral Academy out of Charleston and kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm… I’m sure the Crusaders would love to have a large number of fans follow them down… The address for Wardlaw is 1296 Columbia Rd, Johnston, SC 29832… Go Crusaders!

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The total medal count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 30 gold, 38 silver, 35 bronze for a total of 103
    • China: 29 gold, 25 silver, 19 bronze for a total of 73
    • France: 14 gold, 19 silver, 21 bronze for a total of 54
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… USA Today is doing a pretty good job of covering the Olympics and if you click here it will carry you to their website where Olympic news is covered… Once you get there, you will find a number of stories about the games and results but also “back stories” from the Olympics about the athletes competing.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.   [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Thursday, 8-8-2024

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above may also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)…. Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter… We were able yesterdays to secure a spot in the press box so that we do plan on brining you this half of football starting about 9:00 pm… Hurricane Debby may have an impact on plying and the decision to go or no-go will be made about noon today… If it is cancelled or postponed, I will have a posting in the news area at WLBG.com and also will put a posting on X (formerly Twitter) if that happens.
  • Ticket Information for McDonald’s Kickoff Classic at Union… Tickets are available for $10 each and can be purchased at the gate. … A clear bag policy in in force at the stadium and there are some other things you need to know about before you go… For more information about the McDonalds Kickoff Classic click here.
  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The Crusaders will be taking on Cathedral Academy out of Charleston and kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm… I’m sure the Crusaders would love to have a large number of fans follow them down… The address for Wardlaw is 1296 Columbia Rd, Johnston, SC 29832… Go Crusaders!

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The total medal count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 27 gold, 35 silver, 32 bronze for a total of 94
    • China: 25 gold, 23 silver, 17 bronze for a total of 65
    • France: 13 gold, 17 silver, 21 bronze for a total of 51
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… USA Today is doing a pretty good job of covering the Olympics and if you click here it will carry you to their website where Olympic news is covered… Once you get there, you will find a number of stories about the games and results but also “back stories” from the Olympics about the athletes competing.
    • Today’s Schedule… To see a list of events taking place today, their times and where they can be viewed, click here…. The USA men’s basketball team will be playing a semi-final game today and it is on that list.
    • Yesterday Highlights… For some highlights from yesterday’s action (8-7-24) click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  • Pre-season USA Today Coaches Poll… Let the rakings begin… Monday (Aug. 5th) the first (preseason) FBS USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll was released and top 5 (with the number points they received) are: Georgia (1364), Ohio State (1302), Oregon (1228), Texas (1223) and Alabama (1077)… Clemson checks in at #14… If you would like to see the entirety of the poll click here.
  • FCS Poll… Another poll that was released Monday (Aug 5th) was the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll… Now the top 2 teams in that poll are natural rivals as South Dakota State and North Dakota State were picked number 1 and 2 respectively… The only team in the state of South Carolina to crack the top 25 was Furman which checked in at #12… To see the entirety of this poll click here.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.  [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 8-7-2024

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above may also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)…. Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm… Look below for more information.
  • Chapin Jamboree Information… Advance tickets for Clinton’s participation are on sale at the Clinton HS ticket office in the main gym at Clinton HS and they are only $5.00 each with Clinton getting to keep all the ticket sales money… You can also buy them at the gate the night of the jamboree but they will be $7:00 each and Clinton will get only a small part of those proceeds… Obviously it will be better for Red Devil fan to get their tickets ahead of time… For more information on this, click here…. Go Big Red!
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Previewed Last Thursday… Every year WSPA TV channel 7 does a short preview of area football teams… The Laurens Raiders were featured Thursday (8-1) on their 6 pm newscast… If you missed seeing that, click here to go to the WSPA website where the text and video of that preview is located…The Clinton Red Devils will be featured on Friday, 8-16 in their 6:00 pm newscast.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter… We had hoped to be able to bring you this half of football here on Real Radio WLBG but the weather forecast for rain may not stop the jamboree (that is to be decided Thursday morning) but it is not good for electronic equipment and we have been informed that we would have to set up outside as there is no room for us in the press box due to McDonalds taking up several rooms as sponsors of the event… See below for more information on tickets…
  • Ticket Information for McDonald’s Kickoff Classic at Union… Tickets are available for $10 each today at Chris Callahan State Farm on Main Street in Laurens and students and staff can purchase tickets during lunch break today at LDHS… A clear bag policy in in force at the stadium and there are some other things you need to know about before you go… For more information about the McDonalds Kickoff Classic click here.
  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The Crusaders will be taking on Cathedral Academy out of Charleston and kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm… I’m sure the Crusaders would love to have a large number of fans follow them down… The address for Wardlaw is 1296 Columbia Rd, Johnston, SC 29832… Go Crusaders!

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The total medal count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 24 gold, 31 silver, 31 bronze for a total of 86
    • China: 22 gold, 21 silver, 16 bronze for a total of 59
    • France: 13 gold, 16 silver, 19 bronze for a total of 48
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… USA Today is doing a pretty good job of covering the Olympics and if you click here it will carry you to their website where Olympic news is covered… Once you get there, you will find a number of stories about the games and results but also “back stories” from the Olympics about the athletes competing.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  • Pre-season USA Today Coaches Poll… Let the rakings begin… Monday (Aug. 5th) the first (preseason) FBS USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll was released and top 5 (with the number points they received) are: Georgia (1364), Ohio State (1302), Oregon (1228), Texas (1223) and Alabama (1077)… Clemson checks in at #14… If you would like to see the entirety of the poll click here.
  • FCS Poll… Another poll that was released Monday (Aug 5th) was the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll… Now the top 2 teams in that poll are natural rivals as South Dakota State and North Dakota State were picked number 1 and 2 respectively… The only team in the state of South Carolina to crack the top 25 was Furman which checked in at #12… To see the entirety of this poll click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 8-6-2024

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Football Season Tickets… Season tickets for Red Devil football are now on sale through this Friday (August 9th) at the ticket office in the gym at Clinton HS… A season ticket will cost you $70 and will include a reserved parking pass… The ticket will let you get into any regular season football game and that includes varsity, JV and middle school games… Ticket sales will start at 8:30 am each day and conclude at 1:30 pm… Senior citizens age 62 and above may also pick up their senior passes at those times also… If you have any questions, call Mrs. Kathy Schumpert (864-938-1981) or Louie Alexander (864-938-1982)… Click here to go to the CHS website where there is more information about this.
  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Previewed Last Thursday… Every year WSPA TV channel 7 does a short preview of area football teams… The Laurens Raiders were featured Thursday (8-1) on their 6 pm newscast… If you missed seeing that, click here to go to the WSPA website where the text and video of that preview is located…The Clinton Red Devils will be featured on Friday, 8-16 in their 6:00 pm newscast.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter… If you can’t make it over, we do plan on brining you that contest here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The Crusaders will be taking on Cathedral Academy out of Charleston and kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm… I’m sure the Crusaders would love to have a large number of fans follow them down… The address for Wardlaw is 1296 Columbia Rd, Johnston, SC 29832… Go Crusaders!

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The total medal count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 21 gold, 30 silver, 28 bronze for a total of 79
    • China: 21 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze for a total of 53
    • France: 13 gold, 16 silver, 19 bronze for a total of 44
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… USA Today is doing a pretty good job of covering the Olympics and if you click here it will carry you to their website where Olympic news is covered… Once you get there, you will find a number of stories about the games and results but also “back stories” from the Olympics about the athletes competing.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  • Pre-season USA Today Coaches Poll… Let the rakings begin… Yesterday (Aug. 5th)  the first (preseason) FBS USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll was released and top 5 (with the number points they received) are: Georgia (1364), Ohio State (1302), Oregon (1228), Texas (1223) and Alabama (1077)… Clemson checks in at #14… If you would like to see the entirety of the poll click here.
  • FCS Poll… Another poll that was released yesterday (Aug 5th) was the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll… Now the top 2 teams in that poll are natural rivals as South Dakota State and North Dakota State were picked number 1 and 2 respectively… The only team in the state of South Carolina to crack the top 25 was Furman which checked in at #12… To see the entirety of this poll click here.

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Sports Report for Monday, 8-5-2024

Monday, August 5, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Previewed Last Thursday… Every year WSPA TV channel 7 does a short preview of area football teams… The Laurens Raiders were featured Thursday (8-1) on their 6 pm newscast… If you missed seeing that, click here to go to the WSPA website where the text and video of that preview is located…The Clinton Red Devils will be featured on Friday, 8-16 in their 6:00 pm newscast.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter… If you can’t make it over, we do plan on brining you that contest here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The exact time and opponent have not been announced and when they do I’ll update this.

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The total medal count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 19 gold, 27 silver, 26 bronze for a total of 72
    • China: 20 gold, 15 silver, 12 bronze for a total of 47
    • France: 12 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze for a total of 44
  • Some Other Olympic Notes… Click on title at first of each to open article which will give you more information from USA Today.
    • Noah Lyles Wins 100m in Photo Finish… Noah Lyles can now claim to be the fastest man on earth by five-thousandths of a second in a photo finish yesterday in the 100m race in the Olympics.
    • Scottie Scheffler Wins Gold in Olympic Golf… Scottie Scheffler won the gold medal in golf at the Olympics over the weekend… He shot a 19 under par for the tournament to take the win and was unusually emotional about it at the end.
    • Suni Le Wins Bronze in Uneven Bars… Suni Lee picked up a bronze medal for her performance on the uneven bars this weekend… She was glad to win the bronze but admitted she made some mistakes that cost her in what is supposed to be her best event.
    • Faulkner Wins Gold in Women’s Cycling Road Race… American cyclist Kristen Faulkner pulled away from a pack of 3 with a little less than 3 kilometers left in the cycling road race to take gold for Team USA…  She became the first American to win that race in 30 years and she is really a cycling track specialist not a road racer.
    • What’s Happening Today… Click on the title so see some of the events taking place today (8-5-24).

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Sports Report for Friday, 8-2-2024

Friday, August 2, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Previewed Yesterday… Every year WSPA TV channel 7 does a short preview of area football teams… The Laurens Raiders were featured Thursday (8-1) on their 6 pm newscast… If you missed seeing that, click here to go to the WSPA website where the text and video of that preview is located…The Clinton Red Devils will be featured on Friday, 8-16 in their 6:00 pm newscast.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter… If you can’t make it over, we do plan on brining you that contest here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The exact time and opponent have not been announced and when they do I’ll update this.

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there, you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The total medal count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 9 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze for a total of 37
    • France: 8 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze for a total of 27
    • China: 11 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze for a total of 24
  • Other Olympic Notes…
    • Recap of USA Action on Thursday, August 1st… If you are looking for a good article recapping what happened yesterday (Thursday, Aug. 1st) may I suggest that you click here to go to an article on USA Today… In it you will find information about:
      • Simone Biles and Suni Lee winning gold and bronze respectively in in the women’s gymnastics all-around finals.
      • Women’s swimming results where the USA took a gold in one event and silver in another.
      • USA winning gold in the women’s foil and first ever gold in rowing
      • Women’s beach volleyball team of Nuss and Kloth remaining undefeated.
      • Women’s basketball team taking an 87-74 win over Belgium with Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson leading the team with 26 and 23 points respectively.
      • Several other notes from yesterday.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  • ACC Media Poll has Florida State #1… In case you missed it on the news last night, the ACC Media Poll was released yesterday and the 170 media voters picked Florida State to finish first again this year with Clemson coming in second… Florida State was picked to finish first by 81 media voters and Clemson only had 55 voters pick them as finishing first… If you would like more information on this including the predicted order of finish for all the 17 ACC schools, click here.… I have a feeling the Tigers will prove them wrong or at least I hope so.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 8-1-2024

Thursday, August 1, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Previewed Today…  Every year WSPA TV channel 7 does a short preview of area football teams… The Laurens Raiders will be featured today (8-1) on their 6 pm newscast… The Clinton Red Devils will be featured on Friday, 8-16 in their 6:00 pm newscast.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter… If you can’t make it over, we do plan on brining you that contest here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The exact time and opponent have not been announced and when they do, I’ll update this.

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The total medal count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 5 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze for a total of 30
    • France: 8 gold, 10 silver, 8 bronze for a total of 26
    • China: 10 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze for a total of 20
  • Other Olympic Notes…
    • Women’s’ Basketball in Action Today… If I am reading the schedule correctly, in women’s basketball Team USA is scheduled to be taking on Belgium… If you click here it will take you to the NBC broadcast schedule and think you will be able to see that game today at 2:45 pm EDT on the USA Network or streaming live at a link on the website.
    • Women’s Gymnastics Strike Gold… Above I mentioned that the latest gold medal for the USA game when the women’s gymnastics team won… They finished almost 6 points ahead of second place Italy and almost 7 points ahead of third place Brazil… The Greenville news has a series of stories that give more information about this and each of the individual gymnast… Click here to go to that article.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

PC Notes

  • Single Game Football Tickets Now on Sale… Very recently PC opened up football ticket sales to include purchasing tickets for single games without having to purchase a season ticket… The Blue Hose will have 6 home games this season starting on September 14th when they host Virginia-Lynchburg at 1:00 pm… They are also scheduled to have 2 night games…. If you want to read more on this and see what the home schedule looks like, click here… If you would like to go directly to the PC website where you can purchase tickets click here.

College Football

  • ACC Media Poll has Florida State #1… In case you missed it on the news last night, the ACC Media Poll was released yesterday and the 170 media voters picked Florida State to finish first again this year with Clemson coming in second.. Florida State was picked to finish first by 81 media voters and Clemson only had 55 voters pick them as finishing first… If you would like more information on this including the predicted order of finish for all the 17 ACC schools, click here.… I have a feeling the Tigers will prove them wrong or at least I hope so.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 7-31-2024

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Raiders Previewed Thursday…  Every year WSPA TV channel 7 does a short preview of area football teams… The Laurens Raiders will be featured tomorrow (8-1) on their 6 pm newscast… The Clinton Red Devils will be featured on Friday, 8-16 in their 6:00 pm newscast.
  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter. … Go Raiders!
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders in Jamboree August 9th… The Crusader football team will be participating in a jamboree at Wardlaw Academy on Friday, August 9th… The exact time and opponent have not been announced and when they do I’ll update this.

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… The Total Medal Count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 4 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze for a total of 26… The latest gold medal for the U.S. was won by the women’s gymnastics team.
    • France: 6 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze for a total of 19
    • China: 6 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze for a total of 14
  • Other Olympic Notes…
    • Women’s Gymnastics Strike Gold… Above I mentioned that the latest gold medal for the USA game when the women’s gymnastics team won… They finished almost 6 points ahead of second place Italy and almost 7 points ahead of third place Brazil… The Greenville news has a series of stories that give more information about this and each of the individual gymnast… Click here to go to that article.
    • Men’s Gymnastics team Finishes Third… The U.S. men’s gymnastics team for the first time in 16 years won a medal in the Olympics… The team finished third (Bronze Medal) close behind Japan and China… For more on this click here.
    • USA Women Defeat Japan 102-76… The U.S. women’s basketball team had their first game in the Olympics Monday and they defeated Japan 102-76 in Pool C group play… The team was led by A’ja Wilson who scored 24 points… For more on this game and A’ja click here. .. You can get stats on the game by clicking here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

PC Notes

  • Single Game Football Tickets Now on Sale… Very recently PC opened up football ticket sales to include purchasing tickets for single games without having to purchase a season ticket… The Blue Hose will have 6 home games this season starting on September 14th when they host Virginia-Lynchburg at 1:00 pm… They are also scheduled to have 2 night games…. If you want to read more on this and see what the home schedule looks like, click here… If you would like to go directly to the PC website where you can purchase tickets, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 7-30-2024

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter. … Go Raiders!
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… They are showing the medal count for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo… The Total Medal Count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 3 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze for a total of 20… Those winning gold were Lee Kiefer in women’s fencing, Torri Huske in women’s 100m butterfly and men’s 4×100 m freestyle relay.
    • France: 5 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze for a total of 16
    • Japan: 6 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze for a total of 12
    • China: 5 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze for a total of 12
  • Other Olympic Notes…
    • Men’s Gymnastics team Finishes Third… The U.S. men’s gymnastics team for the first time in 16 years won a medal in the Olympics… The team finished third (Bronze Medal) close behind Japan and China… For more on this click here.
    • USA Women Defeat Japan 102-76… The U.S. women’s basketball team had their first game in the Olympics Monday and they defeated Japan 102-76 in Pool C group play… The team was led by A’ja Wilson who scored 24 points… For more on this game and A’ja click here. .. You can get stats on the game by clicking here.
    • Dawn Staley in Presidential Delegation… Gamecocks women’s basketball dawn Staley was chosen to be in the Presidential Delegation led by First Lady Jill Biden this past Friday for the Opening Ceremonies… If you would like to read more about this and find out whom else was in the official delegation top the Opening Ceremonies click here.
    • Dawn Staley Carried US Flag in 2004 Olympics and What it Led To… Twenty years ago Dawn Staley was selected by the US Olympic Team to carry the US flag during the opening ceremonies in Greece… This was an honor she did not expect in the last Olympics she played in… The State Newspaper has a nice article about the impact of that honor influenced her life since then… To read in click here.

 

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

PC Notes

  • Single Game Football Tickets Now on Sale… Very recently PC opened up football ticket sales to include purchasing tickets for single games without having to purchase a season ticket… The Blue Hose will have 6 home games this season starting on September 14th when they host Virginia-Lynchburg at 1:00 pm… They are also scheduled to have 2 night games…. If you want to read more on this and see what the home schedule looks like, click here… If you would like to go directly to the PC website where you can purchase tickets click here.

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Sports Report for Monday, 7-29-2024

Monday, July 29, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter. … Go Raiders!
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… They are showing the medal count for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo… The Medal Count for the top 3 countries as of 5:00 am this morning… Click on the link above to get more details.
    • USA: 3 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze for a total of 12… Those winning gold were Lee Kiefer in women’s fencing, Torri Huske in women’s 100m butterfly and men’s 4×100 m freestyle relay.
    • France: 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze for a total of 8
    • Japan: 4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze for a total of 7
    • South Korea: 4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze for a total of 7
  • Other Olympic Notes…
    • Dawn Staley in Presidential Delegation… Gamecocks women’s basketball dawn Staley was chosen to be in the Presidential Delegation led by First Lady Jill Biden this past Friday for the Opening Ceremonies… If you would like to read more about this and find out whom else was in the official delegation top the Opening Ceremonies click here.
    • Dawn Staley Carried US Flag in 2004 Olympics and What it Led To… Twenty years ago Dawn Staley was selected by the US Olympic Team to carry the US flag during the opening ceremonies in Greece… This was an honor she did not expect in the last Olympics she played in… The State Newspaper has a nice article about the impact of that honor influenced her life since then… To read in click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

PC Notes

  • Single Game Football Tickets Now on Sale… Very recently PC opened up football ticket sales to include purchasing tickets for single games without having to purchase a season ticket… The Blue Hose will have 6 home games this season starting on September 14th when they host Virginia-Lynchburg at 1:00 pm… They are also scheduled to have 2 night games…. If you want to read more on this and see what the home schedule looks like, click here… If you would like to go directly to the PC website where you can purchase tickets click here.

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Sports Report for Friday, 7-26-2024

Friday, July 26, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Red Devil Football Scrimmages and Jamborees… The following is a list of dates that the Red Devil football team will be involved in a scrimmage or jamboree:
    • August 8th… Scrimmage at home vs. Byrnes and BHP starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 12th… Scrimmage at Chapin starting at 6:00 pm.
    • August 16th…  Clinton will travel to Chapin to participate in a jamboree taking on Blythewood at about 7:30 pm.
  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the direction of Coach Greg Porter. … Go Raiders!
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

2024 Summer Olympics… The Paris Summer Olympics actually started with some preliminary events on Wednesday, 7-24-24 and will continue through Sunday, 8-11-24…. They official opened with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 7-26-24… If you would like to go to the official website for the Paris Summer Olympics where there is a wealth of information about the Olympic Games in Paris click here.

  • Schedule of Events… On the Olympic website there are several ways to look at the schedule of events… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can select the day you are interested in or you can select a sport and see when competition will be taking place in that sport… Either way if you check for earlier dates it will give you the results of the completed contest… One thing to remember, Paris is 6 hours ahead of our time…Example: if it is noon here it is 6:00 pm Paris time.
  • Viewing Schedule… NBC is primarily responsible for the viewing of the Olympics on TV… They have a posting on their website that list the viewing schedule not only for “over the air” viewing but also internet or other network viewing of various contest or ceremonies… Click here to go to that posting.
  • Medal Count… Also on the NBC Olympic website is a posting that gives the medal count for each country… To go there click here… When you get there you can expand it to see what sport the country won the medals in… At the start they are showing the medal count for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
  • Other Olympic Notes

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

PC Notes

  • Elton Pollock Gets Contract Extension… Yesterday it was announced that PC baseball coach Elton Pollock has signed a 10-year extension to his contract to… Pollock has completed 20 years at the helm of the PC baseball program and is coming off a season where his team won the Big South regular season title for the first time in school history and was named Big South Coach of the Year… He is a 1995 graduate of PC… For more on this story including comments from Coach Pollock and PC AD Dee Nichols click here.
  • Single Game Football Tickets Now on Sale… Very recently PC opened up football ticket sales to include purchasing tickets for single games without having to purchase a season ticket… The Blue Hose will have 6 home games this season starting on September 14th when they host Virginia-Lynchburg at 1:00 pm… They are also scheduled to have 2 night games…. If you want to read more on this and see what the home schedule looks like, click here… If you would like to go directly to the PC website where you can purchase tickets click here.

College Football

 ACC College Football Kickoff… Last week the SEC had their SEC Football Media Days out in Dallas… This week it is the ACC’s turn to take center stage as they start their ACC Kickoff event Monday up in Charlotte, NC… The event will started at 1:00 pm with Commissioner Jim Phillips speaking… After that Georgia Tech, Florida State and SMU will be featured… For you Clemson fans I’ll mention that Dabo Swinney and the Tigers do not get their chance until the last day which is Thursday at noon… To see the entire schedule click here… The entire event can be seen on the ACC Network and if you do not have access to the ACC Network you can also watch it on the above mentioned link.

    • Tuesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Pittsburg / Pat Narduzzi, Virginia Tech / Brent Pry, California / Justin Wilcox, Stanford and Virginia / Tony Elliott… The action will start at 10:00 am.
    • Wednesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Miami / Mario Cristobal, Louisville / Jeff Brohm, Boston College / Bill O’Brien, Duke / Manny Diaz and Wake Forest / Dave Clawson… Miami will start things off at 10:00 am this morning
    • Thursday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are NC State / Dave Doeren, Syracuse / Fran Brown, Clemson / Dabo Swinney and North Carolina / Mack Brown… Clemson and Dabo Swinney are scheduled to start at noon and the players who are supposed to be there are Barrett Carter (LB), Cade Klubnik (B), Phil Mafah (RB) and R.J. Mickens (S)… Remember if you don’t have the ACC Network available on your TV you can look at it live by clicking here.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 7-25-2024

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Wilder Stadium Improvement Continue… When Red Devil football fans come to Wilder Stadium for the first time this season they will note some continuing improvement being funded by School District 56 as part of their efforts to update Wilder Stadium… One of the first things they will notice is that the old scoreboard has been replaced with a new one which has a video screen in it… The second most notable thing is that the visitor stands have been remover and are being replaced by new and safer bleachers… Also new restrooms have been constructed on the visitor’s side… Something not as noticeable to the fans but very noteworthy to the press is the upgrades to the press box… It has been refinished and remodeled to accommodate controls for the video on the scoreboard but also it is also getting a new HVAC system… If you ever have been up there at the start of football season you know it was almost impossible to leave with dry clothing due to the heat… Hats off to the district administration and board of trustees for the continuing efforts to upgrade Wilder Stadium!

 

 

 

 

  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the di9rection of Coach Greg Porter. … Go Raiders!
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

PC Notes

  • Elton Pollock Gets Contract Extension… Yesterday it was announced that PC baseball coach Elton Pollock has signed a 10-year extension to his contract to… Pollock has completed 20 years at the helm of the PC baseball program and is coming off a season where his team won the Big South regular season title for the first time in school history and was named Big South Coach of the Year… He is a 1995 graduate of PC… For more on this story including comments from Coach Pollock and PC AD Dee Nichols click here.
  • Single Game Football Tickets Now on Sale… Very recently PC opened up football ticket sales to include purchasing tickets for single games without having to purchase a season ticket… The Blue Hose will have 6 home games this season starting on September 14th when they host Virginia-Lynchburg at 1:00 pm… They are also scheduled to have 2 night games…. If you want to read more on this and see what the home schedule looks like, click here… If you would like to go directly to the PC website where you can purchase tickets click here.

College Football

  •  ACC College Football Kickoff… Last week the SEC had their SEC Football Media Days out in Dallas… This week it is the ACC’s turn to take center stage as they start their ACC Kickoff event Monday up in Charlotte, NC… The event will started at 1:00 pm with Commissioner Jim Phillips speaking… After that Georgia Tech, Florida State and SMU will be featured… For you Clemson fans I’ll mention that Dabo Swinney and the Tigers do not get their chance until the last day which is Thursday at noon… To see the entire schedule click here… The entire event can be seen on the ACC Network and if you do not have access to the ACC Network you can also watch it on the above mentioned link.
    • Tuesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Pittsburg / Pat Narduzzi, Virginia Tech / Brent Pry, California / Justin Wilcox, Stanford and Virginia / Tony Elliott… The action will start at 10:00 am.
    • Wednesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Miami / Mario Cristobal, Louisville / Jeff Brohm, Boston College / Bill O’Brien, Duke / Manny Diaz and Wake Forest / Dave Clawson… Miami will start things off at 10:00 am this morning
    • Thursday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are NC State / Dave Doeren, Syracuse / Fran Brown, Clemson / Dabo Swinney and North Carolina / Mack Brown… Clemson and Dabo Swinney are scheduled to start at noon and the players who are supposed to be there are Barrett Carter (LB), Cade Klubnik (B), Phil Mafah (RB) and R.J. Mickens (S)… Remember if you don’t have the ACC Network available on your TV you can look at it live by clicking here.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 7-24-2024

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Wilder Stadium Improvement Continue… When Red Devil football fans come to Wilder Stadium for the first time this season they will note some continuing improvement being funded by School District 56 as part of their efforts to update Wilder Stadium… One of the first things they will notice is that the old scoreboard has been replaced with a new one which has a video screen in it… The second most notable thing is that the visitor stands have been remover and are being replaced by new and safer bleachers… Also new restrooms have been constructed on the visitor’s side… Something not as noticeable to the fans but very noteworthy to the press is the upgrades to the press box… It has been refinished and remodeled to accommodate controls for the video on the scoreboard but also it is also getting a new HVAC system… If you ever have been up there at the start of football season you know it was almost impossible to leave with dry clothing due to the heat… Hats off to the district administration and board of trustees for the continuing efforts to upgrade Wilder Stadium!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

 

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm against the hometown Union County Yellow Jackets… This will be your first opportunity to see this year’s team under the di9rection of Coach Greg Porter. … Go Raiders!
  • Century Club Membership… The Laurens District 55 High school Athletics Booster Club is now taking applications for new Century Club membership of renewal of old memberships for the 2024-2025 school year… Asa quick reminder, joining the Century Club gets you two reserved-seat season tickets to Raider regular season home football games (during playoffs your seat is reserved but you must to get in because of SCHSL rules), a reserved parking pass and an “All-Sport” athletic pass that admits two to any Raider regular season home contest in any sport (again SCHSL rules require payment for playoffs). There are other things available to Century Club members… For much more information about the Century Club and who to contact if you have questions, click here… If join quickly you can pick up your membership packet at Meet the Raiders on August 9th… If you would like to join electronically, click here… This is the best way to show your support for the Raiders!

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  •  ACC College Football Kickoff… Last week the SEC had their SEC Football Media Days out in Dallas… This week it is the ACC’s turn to take center stage as they start their ACC Kickoff event Monday up in Charlotte, NC… The event will started at 1:00 pm with Commissioner Jim Phillips speaking… After that Georgia Tech, Florida State and SMU will be featured… For you Clemson fans I’ll mention that Dabo Swinney and the Tigers do not get their chance until the last day which is Thursday at noon… To see the entire schedule click here… The entire event can be seen on the ACC Network and if you do not have access to the ACC Network you can also watch it on the above mentioned link.
    • Tuesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Pittsburg / Pat Narduzzi, Virginia Tech / Brent Pry, California / Justin Wilcox, Stanford and Virginia / Tony Elliott… The action will start at 10:00 am.
    • Wednesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Miami / Mario Cristobal, Louisville / Jeff Brohm, Boston College / Bill O’Brien, Duke / Manny Diaz and Wake Forest / Dave Clawson… Miami will start things off at 10:00 am this morning
  • SEC Preseason Media Polls Released… The SEC released its Preseason Media Polls and All-SEC Team Preseason List last Friday… Georgia was selected by the media to win the SEC Championship with Texas finishing second and Alabama third… South Carolina was predicted to finish ahead of only Arkansas, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt… Click here to go to the SEC website where there is a posting about this and also the list of plyers who made the All-SEC Teams as predicted by the media.  …

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores. 

 Atlanta Braves

  • Mother Nature 1 – Braves/Reds 0… Last night Mother Nature took the win at Truist Park as bad weather forced the postponement of the games between the Reds and the Braves… It will be made up today as part of a doubleheader with game one at 12:20 pm and game two at 6:05 pm.
  • Former Gamecock Whit Merrifield Signed by Braves… With all the injuries starting to mount up, the Braves signed former Gamecock Whit Merrifield to a contract Monday morning… He had been released by the Phillies about 10 days ago… Gamecock fans may remember he was a key part of South Carolina’s 2010 Nation Champion Team getting the game winning hit in the championship game to lift the gamecocks to a 2-1 win over UCLA…. For more on this story click here… Oh by the way, he was not available to play in last night’s game as he injured a finger on his throwing hand during warmups…What’s the old saying, when it rains it pours?
  • Brave Injuries Continue to Mount Up… The Braves had had their share of injuries already this year and this weekend Max Fried and Ozzie Albies were added to that list… To read more about why click here.
  • Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves season schedule, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised.
  • Other Scores… If you would like to see the scores of other MLB games click here.
  • Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here… Once you get there you will see the standing by league (American or National) and also by division.

Greenville Drive.

  • Crawdads 7 – Drive 5… The Drive started a six-game series with the Hickory Crawdads up in Hickory last night… The Drive led 3-2 going into the bottom of the 7th inning where the Crawdads struck for 7 run and then went on to take a 7-5 win over the Drive… The Drive did score 2 runs in the 8th inning but just could not get any closer… The Crawdads only outhit the Drive 5-4 and both teams had homers in the game… The Drive had a pair of solo homers one by Juan Chacon (2), one by Cutter Coffey (14) and the other by Eduardo Lopez (5)… The Crawdads had 2 homers and one of them was a three-run home in that big 5 run 7th inning for the Crawdads.
  • Season Schedule… To see the Drives season schedule, click here… Once you are there you can go back to look at scores of past games and also see what lies ahead for the Drive.

NASCAR

  • Larson Wins Brickyard 400… Sunday Kyle Larson won the Brickyard 400 up in Indianapolis leading only 7 laps in the entire race… The race went double-overtime where he led 6 laps and in the end he was leading at the end of the last lap which is what counts… He finished just 0.282 seconds ahead of Tyler Redick …  Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
  • Standings … Kyle Larson (749) now leads the standings for the Cup Series Drivers with Chase Elliott (739) second… The rest of the top 5 are Tyler Redick (734), Denny Hamlin (706) and Ryan Blaney moved up 2 spots to # 5… Click here if you would like to see the entire driver standings and once at the NASCAR site you can also click on links to see the standings in Xfinity and Truck Series using tabs in the upper right corner of the posting.
  • Schedule This Week… NASCAR is taking a 2 week break I guess for the Olympics and the next racing is scheduled for the weekend of August 10-11 at Richmond.

This & That:

 Laurens YMCA Soccer League… Registration is now open through August 21st for a Youth Soccer League at the Laurens Family YMCA… The League will be for youth ages 3 – 12 in appropriate age groupings… The cost is $75 for Y members and $90 for non-members… For more information or answers to any questions you may have, contact Haley Queen at 864-984-2626 or email her at: hqueen@lakelandsymca.org.

 

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 8-23-2024

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS 

  • CHS Athletic Booster Club… It’s not too early to think about joining the CHS Athletic Booster Club for next season… To learn more about the booster club and its benefits, click here… That will carry you to a form where more information is available and you can also print out and use that form to join the booster club… They really do help all the sports put the “Go” in Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • Meet The Raiders August 9th… Another sure sign that we are getting closer to the start of school and football season is close is that the 3rd Annual Meet the Raiders will take place on Friday, August 9th at KC Hanna Stadium and will run from 6-8 pm… The cost is free and in addition to the to the parade of athletes there will be music by the Raider band, Raider gear for sale, food trucks and other activities taking place.
  • Raiders at Union… The Raider football team will be in action on Thursday, August 8th as they travel to Union to play a half of football… They will take to the field about 9:00 pm… I’ll try to determine who they will be playing soon… Go Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Football Schedule… Recently the varsity football schedule for the Laurens Academy Crusaders was released… The Crusaders will again be under the direction of Coach Jolly Doolittle… They will have 5 home games and 6 road games… They will open on the road at Cambridge Academy on August 16th and host their first game on August 30th when the Wardlaw Patriots visit Todd Kirk Field…. Their schedule is as follows and games with an asterisk (*) are region games:

 

Date    School Location          Time    Notes

8/16     Cambridge Academy   Away   7:30

8/23     Newberry Academy     Away   7:30

8/30     Wardlaw Academy      Home   7:30

9/6       Oakbrook Prep            Home   7:30

9/13     Richard Winn Academy          Away   7:30

9/20     WW King                     Home   7:30     Grandparents Day

9/27     Newberry Academy*   Home   7:30     Homecoming

10/4     Wardlaw Academy*    Away   7:30

10/11   Oakbrook Prep*          Away   7:30

10/18   Bye Week

10/25   Richard Winn Acad.*  Home   7:30     Senior Night

11/1     WW King*                   Away   7:30

 

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Football

  •  ACC College Football Kickoff… Last week the SEC had their SEC Football Media Days out in Dallas… This week it is the ACC’s turn to take center stage as they start their ACC Kickoff event Monday up in Charlotte, NC… The event will started at 1:00 pm with Commissioner Jim Phillips speaking… After that Georgia Tech, Florida State and SMU will be featured… For you Clemson fans I’ll mention that Dabo Swinney and the Tigers do not get their chance until the last day which is Thursday at noon… To see the entire schedule click here… The entire event can be seen on the ACC Network and if you do not have access to the ACC Network you can also watch it on the above mentioned link.
    • Tuesday… The teams and coaches that will take to the podium today are Pittsburg / Pat Narduzzi, Virginia Tech / Brent Pry, California / Justin Wilcox, Stanford and Virginia / Tony Elliott… The action will start at 10:00 am.
  • SEC Preseason Media Polls Released… The SEC released its Preseason Media Polls and All-SEC Team Preseason List last Friday… Georgia was selected by the media to win the SEC Championship with Texas finishing second and Alabama third… South Carolina was predicted to finish ahead of only Arkansas, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt… Click here to go to the SEC website where there is a posting about this and also the list of plyers who made the All-SEC Teams as predicted by the media.  …

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.  [Read more…]

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