Sports Report for Monday, 6-27-2024

Monday, June 24, 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

  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can pay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • Baseball College World Series
  • Saturday: Texas A&M 9 – Tennessee 5…The Championship Series of the College Baseball World Series started Saturday night out in Omaha with the Texas A&M Aggies takin a 9-5… The Aggies scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning and then broke the game open in the 3rd inning where they put 5 runs on the scoreboard to make the score 7-1 and went on to the 9-5 win by outhitting the Volunteers 13-12… A&M also outhomered the Volunteers 2-1 and Tennessee also had 3 errors in the game which aided the A&M scoring in that only 7 of the runs scored by the Aggies was earned.
  • Sunday: Tennessee 4 –Texas A&M 1… Sunday the Tennessee Volunteers showed they were still a force to be reckoned with as they took a 4-1 over the Aggies of Texas A&M to force a deciding game 3 in the College world Series… The Aggies used a solo homer in the 1st inning to take a 1-0 led and the game stayed 1-0 until the top of the 7th inning when the Volunteers scored 2 runs on a 2-run homer and then added 2 more runs in the 8th inning on another 2-run homer and then kept the Aggies off the scoreboard the rest of the way taking the 4-1 win… The Tennessee win forces a game-3 in the best of 3 series tonight at 7:00 pm EDT with the winner taking home the BIG trophy.
  • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

College Football

  • 2024-25 College Football Dates Announced… On June 19th the NCAA announced the dates, times and TV viewing for the expanded college football playoffs this upcoming season… If you have forgotten how they plan to choose the 12 teams that will be in the expanded playoffs click here… The first round of the playoffs will start on Friday, December 20, 2024 and the National Champion will be crowned on January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To see the entire listing of dates and what bowl games will be involved, click here.

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Sports Report for Friday, 6-21-2024

Friday, June 21, 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

  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can pay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • Baseball College World Series … The Baseball College World Series is now down to just two teams Tennessee and Texas A&M… These two teams will start a best of three series tomorrow night at 7:30 pm EDT and it can be seen on ESPN… Game 2 will be Sunday at 2:00 pm EDT and it can be seen on ABC (Channel 13 out of Ashville)… If a third game is needed it will be Monday night at 7:00 pm EDT on ESPN… The only thing I can tell you for sure is that an SEC team will win the National Championship… What is that they say- “It Just Means More”?
  • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

College Football

  • 2024-25 College Football Dates Announced… On June 19th the NCAA announced the dates, times and TV viewing for the expanded college football playoffs this upcoming season… If you have forgotten how they plan to choose the 12 teams that will be in the expanded playoffs click here… The first round of the playoffs will start on Friday, December 20, 2024 and the National Champion will be crowned on January 20, 2025 in Atlanta… To see the entire listing of dates and what bowl games will be involved, click here.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 6-20-2024

Thursday, June 20, 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

  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can pay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 South Carolina Hires Two New Head Coaches…Catching up on some news from Columbia concerning 2 new head coaches for the Gamecocks.

  • Baseball – Paul Mainieri… Last week the Gamecocks AD Ray Tanner announced that Paul Mainieri was coming out of retirement to be the new head baseball coach for the Gamecocks… He retired in 2021 as the head coach at LSU where he started there in 2007… Prior to that he was head coach at Notre Dame, Air Force and St Thomas… He has a total of 1,501 win (775 losses and 8 ties) and is the winningest active coach in the NCAA… He won a National Championship at LSU in 2009 and 4 SEC Championships. He is the 31st coach of the Gamecocks… In a related note, he is keeping Monte Lee on as Associate Head Coach and hitting coach… To read the press release on his hiring, click here… To see the press conference where he was introduced, click here…. In a side note, the former Gamecock Coach Mark Kingston did not stay unemployed very long as he has been named the new baseball coach at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska… If you want to read more about that, click here.
  • Softball – Ashley Chastain… The Gamecocks were also in the market for a new softball coach and they up I-77 in Charlotte as they hired a former Gamecock student –athlete and graduate assistant Ashley Chastain… She has been the head coach for the Charlotte 49ers for the last 5 years where she has a 154-96 record… She was a pitcher for the Gamecocks from 2009-11 after starting her colligate career at Columbus State… To see the press release for more about her, click here…To see her introductory press conference click here.

College Baseball

  • Baseball College World Series … The 8 teams that will compete for the DI baseball Championship have started their quest for the NCAA D-I College Baseball Championship… The teams are divided up into 2 brackets with Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee making up Bracket 1 while NC State, Kentucky, Florida and Texas A&M make up Bracket 2… Interesting, looks like an ACC or SEC team will win the championship… Below are the most recent games and scores and to learn more about the game click on the score.
  • Tuesday Games
    • Florida State 9 – North Carolina 5… In the first game out in Omaha yesterday, ACC rivals Florida State and North Carolina went at it knowing that the loser would be headed home… In the end, the Seminoles took a 9-5 win over the Tar Heels… The Seminoles simply outhit the Tar Heels 14-10 and outhomered them 2 to 1…  For more information on this game click on the score at the beginning.
    • Kentucky vs. Florida… Bad weather moved through the Omaha area last night and the game between Kentucky and Florida had to be postponed until today.
  • Wednesday Games:
    • Florida 15 – Kentucky 4… In the makeup of the elimination game between Kentucky and Florida that was rained out Tuesday night, Florida scored 7 runs in the first inning and then rolled on to a 15-4 win over Kentucky to remain in the hunt for the national title and send the Wildcats home… The Gators simply outhit the Wildcats 14-5 and 3 of their hits were homers.
    • Tennessee 7 – Florida State 2… In the second game out in Omaha yesterday, the Tennessee Volunteers punched their ticket to the CWS Finals starting Saturday by taking a 7-2 win over the Florida State Seminoles… They scored 3 runs in the first inning and then never were really challenged as they outhit the Seminoles 10-7… The Volunteers scored all but 1 of their runs playing small ball while the Seminoles only 2 runs came in the 7th inning on a pair of solo homers.
    • Texas A&M 6 – Florida 0… In the final game last night, after scoring 15 runs in their game yesterday against Kentucky, the Florida Gators found themselves wishing they had saved some of those runs for the nightcap as the Texas A&M Aggies took a 6-0 win over the Gators to punch their ticket into the finals on Saturday… The Aggies scored 2 runs in the first inning and then went to take the win… Almost all of their runs were scored playing small ball except for a 2-run homer by Caden Sorrell in the sixth inning.
  • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 6-19-2024

Wednesday, June 19, 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

  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can pay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

South Carolina Hires Two New Head Coaches…Catching up on some news from Columbia concerning 2 new head coaches for the Gamecocks.

  • Baseball – Paul Mainieri… Last week the Gamecocks AD Ray Tanner announced that Paul Mainieri was coming out of retirement to be the new head baseball coach for the Gamecocks… He retired in 2021 as the head coach at LSU where he started there in 2007… Prior to that he was head coach at Notre Dame, Air Force and St Thomas… He has a total of 1,501 win (775 losses and 8 ties) and is the winningest active coach in the NCAA… He won a National Championship at LSU in 2009 and 4 SEC Championships. He is the 31st coach of the Gamecocks… In a related note, he is keeping Monte Lee on as Associate Head Coach and hitting coach… To read the press release on his hiring, click here… To see the press conference where he was introduced, click here…. In a side note, the former Gamecock Coach Mark Kingston did not stay unemployed very long as he has been named the new baseball coach at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska… If you want to read more about that, click here.
  • Softball – Ashley Chastain… The Gamecocks were also in the market for a new softball coach and they up I-77 in Charlotte as they hired a former Gamecock student –athlete and graduate assistant Ashley Chastain… She has been the head coach for the Charlotte 49ers for the last 5 years where she has a 154-96 record… She was a pitcher for the Gamecocks from 2009-11 after starting her colligate career at Columbus State… To see the press release for more about her, click here…To see her introductory press conference click here.

College Baseball

  • Baseball College World Series … The 8 teams that will compete for the DI baseball Championship have started their quest for the NCAA D-I College Baseball Championship… The teams are divided up into 2 brackets with Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee making up Bracket 1 while NC State, Kentucky, Florida and Texas A&M make up Bracket 2… Interesting, looks like an ACC or SEC team will win the championship… Below are the most recent games and scores and to learn more about the game click on the score.
  • Monday Games… Bracket 2 games.
    • Elimination Game: Florida 5 – NC State 4…  The Florida Gators took a 5-4 win over the NC State Wolfpack yesterday afternoon to eliminate the Wolfpack from the CWS… The Gators scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning and then held on for the win… The Wolfpack outhit the Gators 8-4 but a 3-run homer by the Gators Jac Caglianone in the 2nd inning proved to be the difference in the game.
    • Winners’ Bracket: Texas A&M 5 – Kentucky 1… In the second game last night Texas A&M took a 5-1 win over Kentucky to remain undefeated in the CWS handing Kentucky its first loss in the CWS… A&M scored all of their runs in the top of the 6th inning playing small ball… Kentucky scored on a homer in the bottom of the 9th inning. .
  • Tuesday Games… Both games scheduled for Tuesday were elimination games.
    • Florida State 9 – North Carolina 5… In the first game out in Omaha yesterday, ACC rivals Florida State and North Carolina went at it knowing that the loser would be headed home… In the end, the Seminoles took a 9-5 win over the Tar Heels… The Seminoles simply outhit the Tar Heels 14-10 and out-homered them 2 to 1…  For more information on this game click on the score at the beginning.
    • Kentucky vs. Florida… Bad weather moved through the Omaha area last night and the game between Kentucky and Florida had to be postponed until today.
  • Today’s Games:
    • Kentucky vs. Florida… The makeup of the Kentucky vs. Florida elimination game is now scheduled to take place at 11:00 am EDT and can be seen on ESPN.
    • Florida State vs. Tennessee… This game is now scheduled for 3:00 pm EDT and can be seen on ESPN.
    • TBD vs. Texas A&M… At 7:00 pm EDT the Aggies of Texas A&M will take on the winner of the Kentucky vs. Florida game this morning… That game can be seen on ESPN also.
    • NOTE… If Tennessee and Texas A&M win their games, they will advance to the finals of the CWS which start on Saturday… If their opponents should win, it will force a “winner takes all” game tomorrow to see who advances to the finals.
  • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 6-18-2024

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can pay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 South Carolina Hires Two New Head Coaches…Catching up on some news from Columbia concerning 2 new head coaches for the Gamecocks.

  • Baseball – Paul Mainieri… Last week the Gamecocks AD Ray Tanner announced that Paul Mainieri was coming out of retirement to be the new head baseball coach for the Gamecocks… He retired in 2021 as the head coach at LSU where he started there in 2007… Prior to that he was head coach at Notre Dame, Air Force and St Thomas… He has a total of 1,501 win (775 losses and 8 ties) and is the winningest active coach in the NCAA… He won a National Championship at LSU in 2009 and 4 SEC Championships. He is the 31st coach of the Gamecocks… In a related note, he is keeping Monte Lee on as Associate Head Coach and hitting coach… To read the press release on his hiring, click here… To see the press conference where he was introduced, click here…. In a side note, the former Gamecock Coach Mark Kingston did not stay unemployed very long as he has been named the new baseball coach at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska… If you want to read more about that, click here.
  • Softball – Ashley Chastain… The Gamecocks were also in the market for a new softball coach and they up I-77 in Charlotte as they hired a former Gamecock student –athlete and graduate assistant Ashley Chastain… She has been the head coach for the Charlotte 49ers for the last 5 years where she has a 154-96 record… She was a pitcher for the Gamecocks from 2009-11 after starting her colligate career at Columbus State… To see the press release for more about her, click here…To see her introductory press conference click here.

College Baseball

  • Baseball College World Series … The 8 teams that will compete for the DI baseball Championship have started their quest for the NCAA D-I College Baseball Championship… The teams are divided up into 2 brackets with Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee making up Bracket 1 while NC State, Kentucky, Florida and Texas A&M make up Bracket 2… Interesting, looks like an ACC or SEC team will win the championship… Below are the most recent games and scores and to learn more about the game click on the score.
  • Sunday Games… Bracket 1 games.
    • Elimination Game: Florida St. 7 – Virginia 3… Sunday in an elimination game, the Florida State sent Virginia home when they took a 7-3 win over the Cavaliers… They led 7-0 before Virginia finally got on the scoreboard in the 7th inning.
    • Winners’ Bracket: Tennessee 6 – North Carolina 1…  In a winners’ bracket game, Tennessee led 4-0 before North Carolina scored their only run in the 6th inning as they rolled on to a 6-1 win over North Carolina to go to 2-0 in the tournament.
  • Monday Games… Bracket 2 games.
    • Elimination Game: Florida 5 – NC State 4…  The Florida Gators took a 5-4 win over the NC State Wolfpack yesterday afternoon to eliminate the Wolfpack from the CWS… The Gators scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning and then held on for the win… The Wolfpack outhit the Gators 8-4 but a 3-run homer by the Gators Jac Caglianone in the 2nd inning proved to be the difference in the game.
    • Winners’ Bracket: Texas A&M 5 – Kentucky 1… In the second game last night Texas A&M took a 5-1 win over Kentucky to remain undefeated in the CWS handing Kentucky its first loss in the CWS… A&M scored all of their runs in the top of the 6th inning playing small ball… Kentucky scored on a homer in the bottom of the 9th inning. .
  • Games Today… Both games today will be elimination games.
    • North Carolina vs, Florida State at 2:00 pm ay EDT and can be seen on ESPN.
    • Kentucky vs. Florida at 7:00 pm EDT and can be seen on ESPN.
  • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

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Sports Report for Monday, 6-17-2024

Monday, June 17, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can pay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • Baseball College World Series … The 8 teams that will compete for the DI baseball Championship have started their quest for the NCAA D-I College Baseball Championship… The teams are divided up into 2 brackets with Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee making up Bracket 1 while NC State, Kentucky, Florida and Texas A&M make up Bracket 2… Interesting, looks like an ACC or SEC team will win the championship… Below are the most recent games and scores and to learn more about the game click on the score.
  • Friday Games… The Bracket 1 games Friday included:
    • Game 1: North Carolina 3 – Virginia 2…  In the first game of the MCWS, it was an all-ACC game, North Carolina scored the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning with 2 out to take a 3-2 walk-off win over Virginia.
    • Game 2: Tennessee 12 – Florida State, 11… The second game on Friday saw Tennessee take a 12-11 win over Florida State… The Seminoles led 11-8 going into the bottom of the 9th inning where the Volunteers scored 4 runs with 2 out take a walk-off 12-11 win.
  • Saturday Games… The Bracket 2 games Saturday included
    • Game 3: Kentucky 5 – NC State 4… The first game on Saturday saw Tennessee take a 5-4 win over NC State in 10 innings… For the third game in a row, it was a walk-off win with Tennessee homering in the bottom of the 10th inning with 2 out to take the win.
    • Game 4: Texas A&M 3 –  Florida 2… The last game on Saturday saw Texas A&M take a 3-0 lead after 3 innings of play and then hold on to take a 3-2 win over the Florida Gators.
  • Sunday Games… Bracket 1 games.
    • Elimination Game: Florida St. 7 – Virginia 3… Sunday in an elimination game, the Florida State sent Virginia home when they took a 7-3 win over the Cavaliers… They led 7-0 before Virginia finally got on the scoreboard in the 7th inning.
    • Winners’ Bracket: Tennessee 6 – North Carolina 1…  In a winners’ bracket game, Tennessee led 4-0 before North Carolina scored their only run in the 6th inning as they rolled on to a 6-1 win over North Carolina to go to 2-0 in the tournament.
  • Monday Games… Bracket 2 games.
    • Florida vs. NC State at 2:00 pm EDT in an elimination game that can be seen on ESPN.
    • Texas A&M vs. Kentucky at 7:00 pm EDT in a winner’s bracket game that can be seen on ESPN.
  • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

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Sports Report for Friday, 6-14-2024

Friday, June 14, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Raider Boys Tennis Wrap-Up… Let’s start with a season wrap-up of the Lauren Raider boys’ tennis team… They had a winning record this past season (6-5) and made it to the playoffs for the first time in several years where they defeated Catawba Ridge 5-1 before losing to South Aiken 5-1… Dylan Bank was named to the All-Region Team and Coach Lynne Todd was named the Coach of the year… As for local awards, Ryland Edwards was Rookie of the Year, Westin Coggins won the Raider Spirit Award, Most Improved went to Gibson Partee, Most Competitive went to JP Field, Academic Award to Carson Jenkins, Coach’s Award to Bates Turner and MVP to Dylan Bank… Congratulations to one and all and Coach Todd!
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can pay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • Baseball College World Series Starts Today… The 8 teams that will compete for the DI baseball Championship have been set and the action will start today (Friday) with 2 games and the other 4 teams will start tomorrow (Saturday)… The teams are divided up into 2 brackets with Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee making up Bracket 1 while NC State, Kentucky, Florida and Texas A&M make up Bracket 2… Interesting, looks like an ACC or SEC team will win the championship.
  • Friday Games… The games for today include: Note: All times are eastern time
    • Game 1: No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Virginia, 2 p.m. ET | ESPN
    • Game 2: No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Florida State, 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
  • Saturday Games… The games tomorrow include:  Note: All times are eastern time
    • Game 3: No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 10 NC State, 2 p.m. | ESPN
    • Game 4: No. 3 Texas A&M vs. Florida, 7 p.m. | ESPN
  • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

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Sports Report for Thursday, 6-13-2024

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Raider Boys Tennis Wrap-Up… Let’s start with a season wrap-up of the Lauren Raider boys’ tennis team… They had a winning record this past season (6-5) and made it to the playoffs for the first time in several years where they defeated Catawba Ridge 5-1 before losing to South Aiken 5-1… Dylan Bank was named to the All-Region Team and Coach Lynne Todd was named the Coach of the year… As for local awards, Ryland Edwards was Rookie of the Year, Westin Coggins won the Raider Spirit Award, Most Improved went to Gibson Partee, Most Competitive went to JP Field, Academic Award to Carson Jenkins, Coach’s Award to Bates Turner and MVP to Dylan Bank… Congratulations to one and all and Coach Todd!

 

  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • College Baseball
    • Baseball College World Series Starts Tomorrow… The 8 teams that will compete for the  DI baseball Championship have been set and the action will start tomorrow (Friday) with 2 games and the other 4 teams will start on Saturday… The teams are divided up into 2 brackets with Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee making up Bracket 1 while NC State, Kentucky, Florida and Texas A&M make up Bracket 2… Interesting, looks like an ACC or SEC team will win the championship.
    • Friday Games… The games for Friday include: Note: All times are eastern time
      • Game 1: No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Virginia, 2 p.m. ET | ESPN
      • Game 2: No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Florida State, 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
    • Saturday Games… The Saturday games include:  Note: All times are eastern time
      • Game 3: No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 10 NC State, 2 p.m. | ESPN
      • Game 4: No. 3 Texas A&M vs. Florida, 7 p.m. | ESPN
    • Complete Bracket… If you would like to see the complete bracket for the CWS, click here… It will carry you to a posting on the NCAA website where the brackets are located and once there you can click on the games you are interested in and it will open up to give you dates, times, TV viewing opportunities and also scores of completed games… Enjoy

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Sports Report for Monday, 6-10-2024

Monday, June 10, 2024

Important Note… Something came u where I had to be out of town Sunday and night so this report will NOT have any Sunday results included in it…However, there are links to schedules to those things that occurred on Sunday so you can still find out by clicking on those schedules.

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Raider Tennis Camp… The Raider tennis teams will be hosting a tennis camp starting today and concluding on Tuesday on the courts at LDHS… The camp is for youth ages 4-13 that are looking to improve their tennis skills… The cost will be $50 per camper and the campers will be broken into one of two groups, beginner or intermediate… For more information about the camp, click here… To register for the camp, click here… If you have any questions, contact Coach Lynne Todd at lntodd@laurens55.org or calling her at 864-923-4038…
  • Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers…  You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • Super Regional Results… Time does not allow me to run through all the Super Regional results over the weekend… However, you can easily find out the results below… Simply click on the name of the Super Regional you are interested in, and it will open up the schedule and results for that Super Regional.
    • Florida 10 – Clemson 7… In spite of what I said above, I will go ahead and mention something I hate to report and that is that the Clemson Tigers fell to the Florida Gators by a score 10-7 in their opening game of the 3-game series on Saturday… The Tigers led 4-2 going into the top of the 5th inning where the wheels came off the bus for the Tigers as the Gators scored 7 runs in the inning to take a 9-4 lead over the Tigers and the Tigers did cut the Gators lead to 9-8 in the 6th inning but could get no closer as the Gators scored another run in the 9th… Click on the score at the beginning for more details on the game… The Tigers were scheduled to play the Gators again yesterday but I can’t report that score to you… Click here to go to the Super Regional schedule to see if they forced a game 3 today… I sure hope they did… Go Tigers!
  • 2024 NCAA CWS Brackets … The NCAA Division I Baseball regionals started Friday 5-31 and have now reached the field of 16 as Super Regional play begins this weekend…Half the Super Regionals will begin on Friday and the other half on Saturday… They all are the best of 3 series with the winners advancing to the CWS next weekend… If you want to see an interactive bracket for the playoffs by regional click here…. The 8 Super Regionals are:
    • Knoxville… Tennessee vs. Evansville… This Super Regional started Friday, 6-7-24
    • Tallahassee… Florida St. vs. UConn… This Super Regional started Friday, 6-7-24
    • Charlottesville… Virginia vs, Kansas State… This Super Regional started Friday, 6-7-24
    • Chapel Hill… North Carolina vs. West Virginia… This Super Regional started Friday, 6-7-24
    • Lexington… Kentucky vs. Oregon State… This Super Regional started Saturday, 6-8-24
    • Athens… Georgia vs. NC State… This Super Regional started Saturday, 6-8-24
    • Clemson… Clemson vs. Florida… This Super Regional started Saturday, 6-8-24
    • College Station…. Texas A & M vs. Oregon … This Super Regional started Saturday, 6-8-24
    • NOTE… If you want to see the schedule for each of the Super Regionals, simply click on its name… There you will see game times and TV viewing availability.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 6-6-2024

Thursday, June 6, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • LDHS Cheerleading Car Wash Fund Raiser… This Saturday (June 8th), the Raider cheerleaders will be holding a carwash at Gregory’s Car Wash located at 1220 N. Harper Street… They will be washing vehicles between noon and 2:00 pm… The cost is $20 for cars and $25 for Trucks and SUVs… All proceed go to help funding the Cheerleading Program at LDHS for things like travel expenses, competition entry fees, competitive uniform replacements and other expenses that come up in helping to make the cheerleading program one of the best.
  • Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers…  You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 Justin Bethel Inducted into Big South Hall of Fame… Late last week 2012 PC

 

graduate Justin Bethel made history becoming he first PC player inducted into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame… Bethel’s induction comes on top of other numerous awards he picked up during his time at PC including numerous FCS All-America nods, the 2011 Big South Defensive Player of the Year honor, and a spot on the conference’s 2010-19 All-Decade team… Bethel still holds the Big South record with nine blocked kicks during his time at PC, ranking number one in PC’s Division I history with seven interceptions and 129 interception-return yards…Bethel was taken in the 2012 NFL draft by the Cardinals where he made the Pro Bowl 3 consecutive years as a special teams player… He has also played for the Falcons, the Ravens, the Patriots and is currently under contract with the Miami Dolphins… For much more about his college and pro career, click here to go to the PC website where there is much more on this story and a nice photo slideshow.

College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA CWS Brackets … The NCAA Division I Baseball regionals started Friday 5-31 and have now reached the field of 16 as Super Regional play begins this weekend…Half the Super Regionals will begin on Friday and the other half on Saturday… They all are the best of 3 series with the winners advancing to the CWS next weekend… If you want to see an interactive bracket for the playoffs by regional click here…. The 8 Super Regionals are:
    • Knoxville… Tennessee vs. Evansville
    • Tallahassee… Florida St. vs. UConn
    • Charlottesville… Virginia vs, Kansas State.
    • Chapel Hill… North Carolina vs. West Virginia
    • Lexington… Kentucky vs. Oregon state
    • Athens… Georgia vs. NC State
    • Clemson… Clemson vs. Florida
    • College Station…. Texas A & M vs. Oregon

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

  • Oklahoma 8 – Texas 1….   In case you missed it last night, Oklahoma took an 8-3 win over Texas in the first game of the Softball CWS Finals… The Sooners only led 2-1 after 1 inning of play and started to break the game open in the 3rd inning when they put 3 runs on the scoreboard to go up 5-1… They went on to outhit the Longhorns 9-4 and out homered the Longhorns 3-1… The Sooners can claim the championship with another win tonight… To see the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 6-5-2024

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • New Coaches at Clinton HS… Recently Clinton HS athletic director Louie Alexander announced some changes in coaching position at Clinton HS for next school year.
    • Baseball – Peyton Spangler…  Peyton Spangler a 2015 Clinton HS graduate and current assistant on the baseball team has been named the new head baseball coach… He is a 2019 graduate of Newbery College where he received a BS degree in Physical Education… He has been at Clinton HS since 2019 where he teaches health and PE… As a baseball player ay Clinton he was a North-South All-Star game participant and Laurens County Baseball Player of the Year in 2015… He also has served as a coach in the American Legion baseball program… While an assistant at Clinton HS he has helped guide the Red Devils to 3 region championships (21-23) and the State Championship in 2023… Good Luck to Coach Spangler!
    • Volleyball- Danielle Delio… Danielle Delio will be taking over as the head volleyball coach for the Red Devils next season… She is currently a biology teacher at Clinton HS and has been an assistant on the varsity team and head JV volleyball coach… She has a BS degree in Physical Education from Lander where she helped to found a competitive club volleyball team in 2017… She also has a master’s in Coaching and Athletic Management for Columbia College… She taught PE at Gray Court-Owings where she also served as the school’s athletic director until she received her teaching certification in Biology and came to Clinton HS.
    • JV Volleyball – Brooke O’Shields… Brooke O’Shields has also been named to replace Mrs. Delio as JV volleyball coach and also be an assistant on the varsity volleyball team… She is a 2013 graduate of Clinton HS and has previously taught at Newberry HS before returning home to Clinton HS this past season… Congratulations and good luck to both these ladies as they take over the Red Devil Volleyball teams next season!   Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

  • LDHS Cheerleading Car Wash Fund Raiser… This Saturday (June 8th), the Raider cheerleaders will be holding a carwash at Gregory’s Car Wash located at 1220 N. Harper Street… They will be washing vehicles between noon and 2:00 pm… The cost is $20 for cars and $25 for Trucks and SUVs… All proceed go to help funding the Cheerleading Program at LDHS for things like travel expenses, competition entry fees, competitive uniform replacements and other expenses that come up in helping to make the cheerleading program one of the best.
  • Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers…  You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

South Carolina Says Goodbye to Mark Kingston… In case you missed it on the news last night, yesterday just before noon it was announced that Mark Kingston will not be coming back as head baseball coach for the Gamecocks next season… He was hired back in 2018 and his teams had a 217-155 record…  His teams reached a super regional twice and into the NCAA playoffs a total of 4 times… Former Clemson coach Monte Lee has been named the interim head coach as Ray Tanner starts hos search for a new baseball coach… The State Newspaper has a very good story about this with much more information than I have posted here… Click here to go to that story on the State website.

 

College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA CWS Brackets … The NCAA Division I Baseball regionals started Friday 5-31 and have now reached the field of 16 as super Regional play begins this weekend…Half the Super Regionals will begin on Friday and the other half on Saturday… They all are the best of 3 series with the winners advancing to the CWS next weekend… If you want to see an interactive bracket for the playoffs by regional click here…. The 8 Super Regionals are:
    • Knoxville… Tennessee vs. Evansville
    • Tallahassee… Florida St. vs. UConn
    • Charlottesville… Virginia vs, Kansas State.
    • Chapel Hill… North Carolina vs. West Virginia
    • Lexington… Kentucky vs. Oregon state
    • Athens… Georgia vs. NC State
    • Clemson… Clemson vs. Florida
    • College Station…. Texas A & M vs. Oregon

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

  • Final 2 Set… The women’s College World Series in softball is down to the final two teams… They are Texas and Oklahoma… These two teams will start a best of 3 series tonight to see who gets to claim the top spot… The game tonight will start at 8:00 pm and can be seen on ESPN… Oklahoma has won the championship the last 3 consecutive years and is the favorite… Oklahoma had a 20 game winning streak in the playoffs snapped by Florida on Monday when the Gators took a 9-3 win… Oklahoma came back yesterday and defeated Florida 6-5 to make the finals.   For a look at the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the matchups you are interested in and it will open up to show the schedule for that part of the bracket, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 6-4-2024

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Clinton HS

    • New Coaches at Clinton HS… Recently Clinton HS athletic director Louie Alexander announced some changes in coaching position at Clinton HS for next school year.
      • Baseball – Peyton Spangler…  Peyton Spangler a 2015 Clinton HS graduate and current assistant on the baseball team has been named the new head baseball coach… He is a 2019 graduate of Newbery College where he received a BS degree in Physical Education… He has been at Clinton HS since 2019 where he teaches health and PE… As a baseball player ay Clinton he was a North-South All-Star game participant and Laurens County Baseball Player of the Year in 2015… He also has served as a coach in the American Legion baseball program… While an assistant at Clinton HS he has helped guide the Red Devils to 3 region championships (21-23) and the State Championship in 2023… Good Luck to Coach Spangler!
      • Volleyball- Danielle Delio… Danielle Delio will be taking over as the head volleyball coach for the Red Devils next season… She is currently a biology teacher at Clinton HS and has been an assistant on the varsity team and head JV volleyball coach… She has a BS degree in Physical Education from Lander where she helped to found a competitive club volleyball team in 2017… She also has a master’s in Coaching and Athletic Management for Columbia College… She taught PE at Gray Court-Owings where she also served as the school’s athletic director until she received her teaching certification in Biology and came to Clinton HS.
      • JV Volleyball – Brooke O’Shields… Brooke O’Shields has also been named to replace Mrs. Delio as JV volleyball coach and also be an assistant on the varsity volleyball team… She is a 2013 graduate of Clinton HS and has previously taught at Newberry HS before returning home to Clinton HS this past season… Congratulations and good luck to both these ladies as they take over the Red Devil Volleyball teams next season!   Go Big Red!

 

Laurens HS

  • Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers…  You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 South Carolina Says Goodbye to Mark Kingston… In case you missed it on the news last night, yesterday just before noon it was announced that Mark Kingston will not be coming back as head baseball coach for the Gamecocks next season… He was hired back in 2018 and his teams had a 217-155 record…  His teams reached a super regional twice and into the NCAA playoffs a total of 4 times… Former Clemson coach Monte Lee has been named the interim head coach as Ray Tanner starts hos search for a new baseball coach… The State Newspaper has a very good story about this with much more information than I have posted here… Click here to go to that story on the States’ website.

College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA CWS Brackets … The NCAA Division I Baseball College World Series (CWS) started Friday 5-31 with the 16 different regionals… Four teams from the state of South Carolina were among the field of 64… If you want to see an interactive bracket for the playoffs by regional click here… Catching up with the 4 teams from South Carolina and how they did this past weekend in the regionals:
  • Wofford… The Terroirs were playing in the regional in Chapel Hill where North Carolina was the #1 seed.
    • Friday: LSU 4 – Wofford 3… The Terriers lost a heartbreaker Friday to the LSU Tigers as they led 3-1 going into the bottom of the 8th inning where the Tigers scored 2 runs to tie the game and then another run on a solo homer in the 9th inning to take a 4-3 walk-off win.
    • Saturday: Wofford 5 – Long Island 2… The Terriers avoided elimination on Saturday taking a 5-2 win over the Long Island University Sharks which was their first ever win in NCAA playoff win… The Sharks out-hit the Terriers 11-5 in the contest but Wofford proved to have more clutch hits in crunch-time moments.
    • Sunday: LSU 13 – Wofford 6… The win on Saturday allowed the Terriers to take on the LSU Tigers again on Sunday and the Terriers started out like this was going to be their game as they scored 5 runs in the 1st inning… However, LSU came back to take a 13-6 win over Wofford… The Terriers finished the season with a 42-20 record and were the SoCon Champions.
    • By The Way… The winner of the regional is yet to be determined as LSU defeated NC yesterday 8-4 to force a winner take all game tonight at 8:00 pm and it can be seen on ESPN+.

  • South Carolina… The Gamecocks played in the Raleigh Regional where NC State was the #1 seed.

    • Friday: South Carolina 8 – James Maddison 7 (10)… The Gamecocks survived a wild game on Friday taking a walk-off 8-7 win over the James Maddison Dukes… The Gamecocks scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the game 7-7 and send it into extra innings… In the 10th inning, a walk and a throwing error by the Dukes put the Gamecocks Kennedy Jones put Jones on third where Will Tippett’s sacrifice fly allowed him to come home with the winning run.
    • Saturday: NC State 6 – Carolina 4… On Saturday the Gamecocks took on the host NC State and fell by a score of 6-4… NC State had 3 homeruns in the gams while the Gamecocks Will Tippett had the only round-tripper for the Gamecocks.
    • Sunday: James Madison 2 – Gamecocks 0…  The Gamecocks saw their season come to an end Sunday as the James Maddison Dukes got a measure of revenge for their loss on Friday to the Gamecocks by taking a 2-0 win over the Gamecocks… A pair of homeruns by the Duke’ Mike Mancini did the Gamecocks in… South Carolina finishes the season with a 37-25 record.
    • By The Way… NC State won the regional taking a 5-3 win over the Dukes on Sunday.

Clemson and Coastal Carolina… The Tigers and the Chanticleers were both playing in the regional hosted by the Tiger up in Clemson over the weekend.

    •  Friday: Coastal 13 – Vanderbilt 3… Friday the Chanticleers started the regional off sinking the Commodores of Vanderbilt by a score of 13-3… They scored 5 runs in the 2nd and 8th inning to go along with 3 in the 4th inning and were never really threatened.
    • Friday: Clemson 4 – High Point… The Clemson Tigers opened their region play taking a 4-3 win over the High Point Panthers… Tristan Bissetta’s single with one out in the ninth inning propelled No. 3 Clemson to a 4-3 walk off victory.
    • Saturday: Clemson 4 – Coastal Carolina 3… On Saturday the Tigers escaped with a 4-3 win over Coastal Carolina… The game went back and forth with the Tigers scoring the winning run in the top of the 9th inning.
    • Sunday: Coastal Carolina 6 – High Point 5… In their first game on Sunday, Chanticleers to a 6-5 win over the High Point Panthers to keep their hopes alive of making it to the CWS… High Point led 5-4 after 7.5 innings but Coastal kept fighting and scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning that proved to be the winning runs.
    • Sunday: Clemson 12 – Coastal Carolina 5… The Tigers won their regional Sunday taking a 12-5 win over the Chanticleers… The Tigers scored at least one run in each of the first five innings and pulled away with six runs in the eighth inning.
    • By The Way… The Tigers will be hosting a super regional coming up this weekend hosting either Florida or Oklahoma State depending on who wins a tie-breaking game between the two team teams out in the Stillwater Regional scheduled to be seen on ESPN +.

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

  • Final 8 Set… The final 8 teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA DI Women’s College World Series is now set… The 8 teams are: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Stanford, Duke and Alabama… The CWS which is held in Oklahoma City started Thursday (5-30-14)…. To read more about this click here… For a look at the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the matchups you are interested in and it will open up to show the schedule for that part of the bracket, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed

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Sports Report for Monday, 6-3-2024

Monday, June 3, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers…  You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA CWS Brackets … The NCAA Division I Baseball College World Series (CWS) started Friday 5-31 with the 16 different regionals… Four teams from the state of South Carolina were among the field of 64… If you want to see an interactive bracket for the playoffs by regional click here… Catching up with the 4 teams from South Carolina and how they did this past weekend in the regionals:
  • Wofford… The Terroirs were playing in the regional in Chapel Hill where North Carolina was the #1 seed.
    • Friday: LSU 4 – Wofford 3… The Terriers lost a heartbreaker Friday to the LSU Tigers as they led 3-1 going into the bottom of the 8th inning where the Tigers scored 2 runs to tie the game and then another run on a solo homer in the 9th inning to take a 4-3 walk-off win.
    • Saturday: Wofford 5 – Long Island 2… The Terriers avoided elimination on Saturday taking a 5-2 win over the Long Island University Sharks which was their first ever win in NCAA playoff win… The Sharks out-hit the Terriers 11-5 in the contest but Wofford proved to have more clutch hits in crunch-time moments.
    • Sunday: LSU 13 – Wofford 6… The win on Saturday allowed the Terriers to take on the LSU Tigers again on Sunday and the Terriers started out like this was going to be their game as they scored 5 runs in the 1st inning… However, LSU came back to take a 13-6 win over Wofford… The Terriers finished the season with a 42-20 record and were the SoCon Champions.
    • By The Way… The winner of the regional is yet to be determined as LSU defeated NC yesterday 8-4 to force a winner take all game tonight at 8:00 pm and it can be seen on ESPN+.

 

  • South Carolina… The Gamecocks played in the Raleigh Regional where NC State was the #1 seed.
    • Friday: South Carolina 8 – James Maddison 7 (10)… The Gamecocks survived a wild game on Friday taking a walk-off 8-7 win over the James Maddison Dukes… The Gamecocks scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the game 7-7 and send it into extra innings… In the 10th inning, a walk and a throwing error by the Dukes put the Gamecocks Kennedy Jones put Jones on third where Will Tippett’s sacrifice fly allowed him to come home with the winning run.
    • Saturday: NC State 6 – Carolina 4… On Saturday the Gamecocks took on the host NC State and fell by a score of 6-4… NC State had 3 homeruns in the gams while the Gamecocks Will Tippett had the only round-tripper for the Gamecocks.
    • Sunday: James Madison 2 – Gamecocks 0…  The Gamecocks saw their season come to an end Sunday as the James Maddison Dukes got a measure of revenge for their loss on Friday to the Gamecocks by taking a 2-0 win over the Gamecocks… A pair of homeruns by the Duke’ Mike Mancini did the Gamecocks in… South Carolina finishes the season with a 37-25 record.
    • By The Way… NC State won the regional taking a 5-3 win over the Dukes on Sunday.

 

  • Clemson and Coastal Carolina… The Tigers and the Chanticleers were both playing in the regional hosted by the Tiger up in Clemson over the weekend.
    •  Friday: Coastal 13 – Vanderbilt 3… Friday the Chanticleers started the regional off sinking the Commodores of Vanderbilt by a score of 13-3… They scored 5 runs in the 2nd and 8th inning to go along with 3 in the 4th inning and were never really threatened.
    • Friday: Clemson 4 – High Point… The Clemson Tigers opened their region play taking a 4-3 win over the High Point Panthers… Tristan Bissetta’s single with one out in the ninth inning propelled No. 3 Clemson to a 4-3 walk off victory.
    • Saturday: Clemson 4 – Coastal Carolina 3… On Saturday the Tigers escaped with a 4-3 win over Coastal Carolina… The game went back and forth with the Tigers scoring the winning run in the top of the 9th inning.
    • Sunday: Coastal Carolina 6 – High Point 5… In their first game on Sunday, Chanticleers to a 6-5 win over the High Point Panthers to keep their hopes alive of making it to the CWS… High Point led 5-4 after 7.5 innings but Coastal kept fighting and scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning that proved to be the winning runs.
    • Sunday: Clemson 12 – Coastal Carolina 5… The Tigers won their regional Sunday taking a 12-5 win over the Chanticleers… The Tigers scored at least one run in each of the first five innings and pulled away with six runs in the eighth inning.
    • By The Way… The Tigers will be hosting a super regional coming up this weekend hosting either Florida or Oklahoma State depending on who wins a tie-breaking game between the two team teams out in the Stillwater Regional scheduled to be seen on ESPN +.

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

  • Final 8 Set… The final 8 teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA DI Women’s College World Series is now set… The 8 teams are: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Stanford, Duke and Alabama… The CWS which is held in Oklahoma City started Thursday (5-30-14)…. To read more about this click here… For a look at the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the matchups you are interested in and it will open up to show the schedule for that part of the bracket, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed

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Sports Report for Friday, 5-31-2024

Friday, May 31, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Guzman Signs to Wrestle at PC… Early Wednesday afternoon Red Devil senior wrestler Sandro Guzman signed a letter of intent to continue his education while wrestling at Presbyterian College… He has only wrestled for 2 years and has made so much improvement over those 2 years that he was named the team’s Most Improved Player for this past season for the Red Devils who finished second in the region behind Chester… If you click here, it will take you to a short video interview done with him after the signing where he talks about several things including career goals… Congratulations to Sandro!

Laurens HS

  • Spring Football Game Updated… It was brought to my attention that the original video had a sound problem… Hopefully it is now corrected….The Laurens Raiders held their spring game at KC Hanna last Thursday night… It was a spirited workout with a lot of enthusiasm on display… The Raiders will host the Hillcrest Rams August 23 in the opening game of the season… Click here to see a video interview with Coach Porter and some photos.
  • Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers…  You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA Division Brackets Announced… Recently the NCAA Division I baseball Committee announced the complete field of 64 trying to make it to the College World Series (CWS) and place them in one of the 16 regionals… The Southeastern Conference (SEC) leads the way with a record 11 teams selected from the conference making the playoffs while the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has eight teams in the field… To read more about this in a posting on the NCA website click here… Regionals will start this Friday and if you would like to see the teams and schedule for each regional click here… When you do you will find 16 different pages (one for each regional) so scroll down to find the regional you are interested in… TV viewing opportunity is also on each regional schedule…  As for local teams:
    • Wofford… The Terroirs will be playing in the regional in Chapel Hill where North Carolina is the #1 seed… They will play #2 seeded LSU at noon today.
    • Clemson… The Tigers are hosting a regional and are the #1 seed in it… They will take on High Point at 7:00 pm Friday… Coastal Carolina is a #3 seed in the regional and will take on #2 seeded Vanderbilt at noon today.
    • South Carolina… The Gamecocks will be in Raleigh where NC State is the #1 seed and will take on Bryant at 7:00 pm today… The Gamecocks are the #2 seed and will take on James Madison at 2:00 pm today.

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

  • Final 8 Set… The final 8 teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA DI Women’s College World Series is now set… The 8 teams are: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Stanford, Duke and Alabama… The CWS which is held in Oklahoma City started Thursday (5-30-14)…. To read more about this click here… For a look at the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the matchups you are interested in and it will open up to show the schedule for that part of the bracket, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed

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Sports Report for Thursday, 5-29-2024

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Guzman Signs to Wrestle at PC… Early Wednesday afternoon Red Devil senior wrestler Sandro Guzman signed a letter of intent to continue his education while wrestling at Presbyterian College… He has only wrestled for 2 years and has made so much improvement over those 2 years that he was named the team’s Most Improved Player for this past season for the Red Devils who finished second in the region behind Chester… If you click here, it will take you to a short video interview done with him after the signing where he talks about several things including career goals… Congratulations to Sandro!

Laurens HS

  • Zay Pulley Earns Golden Glove Award… For the last 9 year Diamond Prospects has announced its Golden Glove Team and Mr. Golden Glove… This year that top honor goes to Laurens center fielder Zay Pulley as he was names Mr. Golden Glove yesterday… Pulley had 67 total chances in the outfield 57 of which resulted in an out… He also had 7 assist and one double play and only 3 errors… A catch he made at home against James Island going to his right and stretching out and catching the ball to make an out was one that should be on his highlight reel… To see who else make DP’s Golden Glove Team and more about Zay, click here… Congratulations to Zay on this award!
  • Spring Football Game Updated… It was brought to my attention that the original video had a sound problem… Hopefully it is now corrected….The Laurens Raiders held their spring game at KC Hanna last Thursday night… It was a spirited workout with a lot of enthusiasm on display… The Raiders will host the Hillcrest Rams August 23 in the opening game of the season… Click here to see a video interview with Coach Porter and some photos.
  • Kiddie Cheer Camp… Once again this summer the Raider cheerleaders and coaches will be having a Kiddie Cheer Camp… The camp is for youth 4-12 and it will be held starting on Monday June 17th and ending on Wednesday, June 19th… The camp will start at 9:00 am on those days and end at noon in the LDHS main gym… The cost is $60 per camper and if a camper has a sibling that wants to attend the cost is only $100 for both campers…  You can register and pay for the camp by clicking here… If you have any questions about this camp, contact Coach Erin Patterson at the following email address: eopatterson@laurens55.org… This camp has always been a camp where the campers have a lot of fun while picking up some valuable pointers about cheering.
  • Raider Football Camp… The Laurens Raider football team and coaches will also be conducting a camp this summer starting on Monday, June 24th and ending on Thursday, Thursday, June 27th… This camp is for youth who will be in grades 2 – 9 this next school year… The camp will be held at KC Hanna Stadium between the hour of 8:00 am and 11:30 am…  The cost is $50 per camper and you can bay for the camp online by clicking here… For a little more information about this camp click here… If you still have questions about the camp email Coach Greg Porter at: gsporter@laurens55.org

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

 College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA Division Brackets Announced… Yesterday the NCAA Division I baseball Committee announced the complete field of 64 trying to make it to the College World Series (CWS) and place them in one of the 16 regionals… The Southeastern Conference (SEC) leads the way with a record 11 teams selected from the conference making the playoffs while the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has eight teams in the field… To read more about this in a posting on the NCA website click here… Regionals will start this Friday and if you would like to see the teams and schedule for each regional click here… When you do you will find 16 different pages (one for each regional) so scroll down to find the regional you are interested in… YV viewing opportunity is also on each regional schedule…  As for local teams:
    • Wofford… The Terroirs will be playing in the regional in Chapel Hill where North Carolina is the #1 seed… They will play #2 seeded LSU at noon on Friday
    • Clemson… The Tigers are hosting a regional and are the #1 seed in it… They will take on High Point at 7:00 pm Friday… Coastal Carolina is a #3 seed in the regional and will take on #2 seeded Vanderbilt at noon Friday.
    • South Carolina… The Gamecocks will be in Raleigh where NC State is the #1 seed and will take on Bryant at 7:00 pm on Friday… The Gamecocks are the #2 seed and will take on James Madison at 2:00 pm Friday.

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

  • Final 8 Set… The final 8 teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA DI Women’s College World Series is now set… The 8 teams are: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Stanford, Duke and Alabama… The CWS which is held in Oklahoma City starting this Thursday (5-30-14)…. To read more about this click here… For a look at the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the matchups you are interested in and it will open up to show the schedule for that part of the bracket, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed

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Sports Report for 5-29-2024

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Zay Pulley Earns Golden Glove Award… For the last 9 years Diamond Prospects has announced its Golden Glove Team and Mr. Golden Glove… This year that top honor goes to Laurens center fielder Zay Pulley as he was names Mr. Golden Glove yesterday… Pulley had 67 total chances in the outfield 57 of which resulted in an out… He also had 7 assist and one double play and only 3 errors… A catch he made at home against James Island going to his right and stretching out and catching the ball to make an out was one that should be on his highlight reel… To see who else make DP’s Golden Glove Team and more about Zay, click here… Congratulations to Zay on this award!
  • Spring Football Game Updated… It was brought to my attention that the original video had a sound problem… Hopefully it is now corrected… The Laurens Raiders held their spring game at KC Hanna last Thursday night… It was a spirited workout with a lot of enthusiasm on display… The Raiders will host the Hillcrest Rams August 23 in the opening game of the season… Click here to see a video interview with Coach Porter and some photos.

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

 College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA Division Brackets Announced… Yesterday the NCAA Division I baseball Committee announced the complete field of 64 trying to make it to the College World Series (CWS) and place them in one of the 16 regionals… The Southeastern Conference (SEC) leads the way with a record 11 teams selected from the conference making the playoffs while the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has eight teams in the field… To read more about this in a posting on the NCA website click here… Regionals will start this Friday and if you would like to see the teams and schedule for each regional click here… When you do you will find 16 different pages (one for each regional) so scroll down to find the regional you are interested in… YV viewing opportunity is also on each regional schedule…  As for local teams:
    • Wofford… The Terroirs will be playing in the regional in Chapel Hill where North Carolina is the #1 seed… They will play #2 seeded LSU at noon on Friday
    • Clemson… The Tigers are hosting a regional and are the #1 seed in it… They will take on High Point at 7:00 pm Friday… Coastal Carolina is a #3 seed in the regional and will take on #2 seeded Vanderbilt at noon Friday.
    • South Carolina… The Gamecocks will be in Raleigh where NC State is the #1 seed and will take on Bryant at 7:00 pm on Friday… The Gamecocks are the #2 seed and will take on James Madison at 2:00 pm Friday.

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

  • Final 8 Set… The final 8 teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA DI Women’s College World Series is now set… The 8 teams are: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Stanford, Duke and Alabama… The CWS which is held in Oklahoma City starting this Thursday (5-30-14)…. To read more about this click here… For a look at the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the matchups you are interested in and it will open up to show the schedule for that part of the bracket, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed

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

 Atlanta Braves… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.

  • Braves 2 – Nationals 0… After dropping the first game of a 4-game series in Atlanta to the Nationals Monday night 8-4, the Braves rebounded last night taking a 2-0 win… The game was scoreless until the 7th inning where the Braves scored the only 2 runs of the game… Marcell Ozuna (16) had a solo homer in the inning and Braves left fielder Jarred Kelenic hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Matt Olson with the Braves second run… Max Fried (5-2) picked up the win for Atlanta scattering 7 hits while striking out 6 and walking just 1 in 8 innings of work.
  • Braves AA Pitcher Called Up… With the loss of Ronald Acuna Jr and the 6-8 week loss of pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver the Braves are calling up their #3 prospect right-handed pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach from Mississippi… For more on him and other Atlanta moves, click here and click here.
  • Braves Lose Acuna for the Season… Before the game yesterday the Braves found out that they had suffered a loss before the game even started… It was announced that Ronald Acuna Jr. will be out the rest of the season as he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Sunday in Pittsburg… For much more on this story click here.
  • Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised.
  • Other MLB Scores & Schedules… If you would like to see other scores around MLB last night or in the recent past plus the schedule of upcoming 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… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.

  • Emperors 9 – Drive 0… The Greenville Drive started a six-game series with the Rome Emperors last night at Flour Field and its not good news for casual Drive fans as they fell by a score of 9-0… simply put, the Emperors out hit the Drive 11-0 and 3 of those hits homers…Two Drive errors aided the Emperors.
  • Schedule… If you wish to see the Greenville Drive schedule and results of completed games, click here.
  • Standings… To see the standings for the South Atlantic League (SAL) click here.

NBA

  • Scores… To see the latest scores in the NBA and games up next, click here
  • Standings… To see the current standing and records in each of the NBA Conferences click here.
  • Bill Walton Passes… Monday NBA Hall of Famer and star of some great UCLA teams under legendary Coach John Wooden passed away at the age of 71… For more on this, click here to go to the NBA website where there is a posting about this… His former teammate at Boston Larry Bird had some comments on his passing after losing his battle with cancer… To see those, click here.

NASCAR

  • Christopher Bell Wins at Charlotte… In what was supposed to be a 400 lap race up at Charlotte last Sunday, Christopher Bell took the win after only 249 laps were completed… Seems that Mother Nature wanted to show off and the cars did not have water-wings our motors suitable for racing in the water so NASCAR called it quits… He was the dominant racer during the race and held off Brad Keselowski at the end… Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
  • Standings… Denny Hamlin now leads the Drive Cup Standings with 492 points with Martin Truex Jr is right behind with 487… Kyle Larson dropped to third with 486 points…To see the driver standings for the Cup Series click here… Once you get there 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… This week NASCAR holds it’s racing in a couple of different locations with the Cup Series Race Sunday at Gateway… To see the schedule for practices and races click here.
  • NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.

This & That:

 Summer Camps at Clinton YMCA… The Clinton YMCA has released their schedule of Summer Youth Sports Camps for this year… To see a list of those camps including dates, location, times and cost click here… These cams do have registration deadlines and you register at the Clinton YMCA… The next camps are:

  • Baseball at CHS… This camp will be June 3-5 and will be held at the CHS baseball field from 9:00 to 11:30 am each day… This camp is for boys ages 6-12 and will be conducted by Coach Peyton Spangler… The cost is $40 for YMCA members and $50 for non-members… The deadline to register is Friday, May 31 @ 4:00 pm.
  • Soccer Camp at PC… This camp will be June 5-7 at the PC intramural Field from 9:00 am to 11:00 am… It is open to boys and girls ages 6-12 and will be conducted by Coach Tania Harris… The cost is $50 for YMCA members and $60 for non-members… The deadline to register is Monday, June 3 @ 4:00 pm

 

 

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 5-28-2024

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Local Notes

Laurens HS

  • Spring Football Game… The Laurens Raiders held their spring game at KC Hanna last Thursday night… It was a spirited workout with a lot of enthusiasm on display… The Raiders will host the Hillcrest Rams August 23 in the opening game of the season… Click here to see a video interview with Coach Porter and some photos.

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

 College Baseball

  • 2024 NCAA Division Brackets Announced… Yesterday the NCAA Division I baseball Committee announced the complete field of 64 trying to make it to the College World Series (CWS) and place them in one of the 16 regionals… The Southeastern Conference (SEC) leads the way with a record 11 teams selected from the conference making the playoffs while the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has eight teams in the field… To read more about this in a posting on the NCA website click here… Regionals will start this Friday and if you would like to see the teams and schedule for each regional click here… When you do you will find 16 different pages (one for each regional) so scroll down to find the regional you are interested in… YV viewing opportunity is also on each regional schedule…  As for local teams:
    • Wofford… The Terroirs will be playing in the regional in Chapel Hill where North Carolina is the #1 seed… They will play #2 seeded LSU at noon on Friday
    • Clemson… The Tigers are hosting a regional and are the #1 seed in it… They will take on High Point at 7:00 pm Friday… Coastal Carolina is a #3 seed in the regional and will take on #2 seeded Vanderbilt at noon Friday.
    • South Carolina… The Gamecocks will be in Raleigh where NC State is the #1 seed and will take on Bryant at 7:00 pm on Friday… The Gamecocks are the #2 seed and will take on James Madison at 2:00 pm Friday.

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

  • Final 8 Set… The final 8 teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA Di Women’s College World Series is now set… The 8 teams are: Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Stanford, Duke and Alabama… The CWS which is held in Oklahoma City starting this Thursday (5-30-14)…. To read more about this click here… For a look at the interactive bracket for the tournament, click here and it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the matchups you are interested in and it will open up to show the schedule for that part of the bracket, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed

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

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Sports Report for Monday, 5-27-2024

Monday, May 27, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Spring Game Cancelled… The Red Devils were scheduled to hold a Spring Game last Friday night at Wilder Stadium but due to a couple of injuries and a bunch of dinged up players, the decision was made not to play tonight… The Red Devils will now start the summer process of getting ready for the season opener on August 23 when they host former region foe Woodruff at Wilder Stadium.

 

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

 College Baseball

  • 16 Regional Sites Announced… Sunday the NCAA Division I baseball Committee announced the 16 regional sites for the start of this year’s playoffs… Clemson was the 4th site on that list… A total of 5 ACC and 5 SEC teams will be hosting a regional… To see more details on this, click here… The rest of the field of 64 trying to make it to the CWS will be announced today at noon.
  • Conference Tournaments…Most of the D-I conferences that have schools in our area are finished their Conference Tournaments this weekend.
    • Big South… The Big South Tournament is being held up in High Point, NC at Truist Park… For complete information about the tournament click here
      • USC Upstate 9 – PC 8… As you may or may not recall, the Blue Hose baseball team opened play in the Big South Tournament last Thursday with a 5-4 loss to the College of Charleston… On Friday they took on the USC Upstate Spartans in an elimination game and unfortunately fell to the Spartans by a score of 9-8… The game was back and forth the whole 9 innings and the Spartans scored the 2 winning runs in the top of the 9th inning… The Blue Hose finish with a 29-27 record and finished in first place in the Big South regular season.
      • High Point Wins Big South Tournament… The High Point Panthers won its first Big South title in program history by taking a 6-0 win over USC Upstate on Saturday…  For details on this game click here.
    • ACC… The ACC Tournament started May 21st up in Charlotte, NC… For complete information about this tournament including scores as the games finish, click here.
      • Clemson 8 – Louisville 7… After losing to Miami 8-7 on Thursday, the Clemson Tigers rebounded on Friday to take an 8-7 win over the Louisville Cardinals… The Tigers took the walk-off win literally when Clemson’s Jimmy Obertop drew a bases loaded win in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Tigers the win… The Tigers finish the regular season with a 41-14 record and will host a regional (see story above).
      • .Duke Wins ACC Tournament… Sunday the Duke Blue Devils defeated Florida State 9-4 to win the ACC Tournament Championship… For more information on this game click here… Duke gets the automatic bid into the field of 64 but will NOT be hosting a regions;… Florida State will be hosting a regional.
    • SEC… The SEC Tournament starts Wednesday out in Hoover, AL… Now for complete information about this Tournament including scores of games completed,  click here…
      • Gamecocks Finishes Run in SEC Tournament… As a reminder, the Gamecocks took a 10-5 Wednesday 6-5 and then lost to LSU 11-10 on Thursday to fall into the losers’ bracket of the tournament… On Friday the Gamecocks rebounded to take a 6-5 win over Kentucky to propel them into a semifinal game… They then faced LSU again and again lost to the Tigers by a score of 12-11 in 10 innings… This was a wild game that had a very unusual finish… Click here to read more about it… The Gamecocks finish the season with a 36-23 record and are expected to make the field of 64 announced today.
      • Tennessee Wins SEC Tournament… The Tennessee Volunteers defeated LSU 4-3 to win the SEC Tournament… For more on this game click here… Tennessee will be hosting a regional and LSY is expected to make the fields of 64 announced today.
    • SoCon… The Southern Conference Tournament started Wednesday up at Flour Field in Greenville… For complete information about this tournament click here.
      • Wofford Wins SoCon Tournament…   Another team for our neck of the woods will be in the field of 64 and that is the Wofford Terriers as they won the SoCon Tournament Championship… They worked their way through the winner’s bracket and took on the Samford Bulldogs yesterday only needing to win one game to punch their ticket to a regional… Samford took a 10-9 win in a noon game Sunday but the Terriers came back and sent the Bulldogs back to the pound taking a 15-9 win in the second game… Wofford finishes the regular season with a 41-18 record and will find out today what regional they will be in.

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

  • 2024 D-I Softball Bracket… If you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where they have the bracket posted… It is an interactive bracket posting in that you can click on the regional you are interested in and it will open up that regional to show the schedule for that regional, game times, TV availability and scores once the games are completed.
  • Scores… Similar to baseball above, if you click here, it will carry you to a posting linked to the NCAA website where you can find the latest scores, past scores and future contest in D1 baseball… When you get there, it will list scores and contest by top 25 and if you scroll down, it will also list them by conferences… Enjoy!

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Sports Report for Friday, 5-24-2024

Friday, May 24, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Spring Game Cancelled… The Red Devils were scheduled to hold a Spring Game tonight at Wilder Stadium but due to a couple of injuries and a bunch of dinged up players, the decision was made not to play tonight… The Red Devils will now start the summer process of getting ready for the season opener on August 23 when they host former region foe Woodruff at Wilder Stadium.

Laurens HS

  • Spring Football Game… The Laurens Raiders held their spring game at KC Hanna last Thursday night… It was a spirited workout with a lot of enthusiasm on display… The Raiders will host the Hillcrest Rams August 23 in the opening game of the season… Click here to see a video interview with Coach Porter and some photos.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 5-23-2024

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Athletic Awards Tonight … The Red Devils will host their 2023-24 athletic awards tonight beginning at 6:00, in the main gym…  All sports will be recognized: Fall, Winter, and Spring… After some awards are handed out in the main gym, there will split out to other areas to hand out awards in the various sports…  There is no cost to attend.  #GO BIG RED

Laurens HS

  • James Island 10 – Raiders 7
    • Last night in front of a very large crowd at Ed Prescott Field, the Raider baseball team saw their season come to an end last night when the James Island Trojans took a 10-7 win coming back late in the game to tie it and then scoring 3 runs in the 8th inning to win it… The Raiders led 7-5 going into the top of the 7th inning and retired the first two Trojan batters in the 7th inning… The Trojans then strung together 4 singles and a double to tie the game… The Raiders then went down in order in the bottom of the inning to send the game into extra innings… The Trojans Stow Rogers lead off for the Trojans in the top of the 8th inning with a solo homer… The next Trojan batter reached base on a walk and the third batter of the inning Taj Marchand homered to make it 10-7 Trojans… When the Raiders came to bat in the bottom of the inning, The Trojan pitcher struck out the first 2 batters and when the third batter grounded out to the third baseman, the celebration was on for James Island…
    • The Raiders jumped out to an early 2-0 lead when Owen Pridgen homered (6) in the second inning driving in Ben Willis… The Raiders tacked on another run to make it 3-1 in the 3rd when Pridgen singled driving in Coleman Coker… James Island took a 4-2 lead scoring 3 runs in the 4th inning but the Raiders came back and tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Asher Goss doubled driving in a run… The Raiders scored their last 3 runs to go up 7-4 in the 5th inning when Bennett Edwards doubled driving in 2 runs and Coleman Coker doubled driving in another… The Trojans picked up another run in the 6th inning to make it 7-5 Raiders setting the stage for the dramatic win for Trojans.
    •  Bennett Edwards went 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs while Owen Pridgen went 2 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBIs… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored…. Congratulations to the Raiders on a great season!
    • Interview with Coach Patterson… Click here to listen to a short interview don with Coach Patterson after the game where he talks about the game and the future prospects for the Raiders.

 

  • Spring Football Game… The Laurens Raiders have been getting ready for the upcoming season as they have been having spring practice since May 1st under new head coach Greg Porter… Spring practice ends tonight night as the Raiders will have their Spring Game at KC Hanna Stadium starting at 6:00 pm… Come on out and get your first look at next season’s team.

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