Sports Report for Monday, 4-7-2025

Monday, April 7, 2025

Monday, 4-7-25

 Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Baseball: Clinton 19 – Columbia 0 (3)… The Red Devil baseball team hosted the Columbia Capitals last Friday and took a very one-sided 19-0 win over the Capitals… As you may or may not recall, the Red Devils defeated the Capitals in Columbia last Tuesday by a score of 18-0 scoring all their runs in the 1st inning… Very similar in the Friday game as the Red Devils scored 13 runs in the 1st inning and 6 in the 2nd to win the game in 3 innings…The Red Devils simply outhit the Capitals 12-0 with the Capitals having enough miscues so that only 17 of the Red Devils runs were earned… Luke Young and Camden Finley were the only 2 Red Devils with more than 1 hit as they both had 2 hits one of which was triple for both of them… Three different Red Devil pitches each worked 1 inning where they combined to strike out 8 Capitals while walking none and giving up no hits… They were Jayden Glenn, Tanner Finley and Isaac Cane…To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will travel to Fairfield Central for a region contest with the Griffins tomorrow.

 

  • Softball: Clinton 20 – Columbia 0… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Columbia HS Capitals last Friday in region action and about all I can tell you is that the Red Devils scored 11 run in the first inning and 9 in the second inning thus taking a 20-0 win in 3 innings… If I get any more details on this game today I will pass them along to you tomorrow.
  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule, the Red Devils will be traveling to Ninety Six today weather permitting to take on the Wildcats. .

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

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

 

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

Laurens

  • Baseball: Raiders 11 – Vikings 1(6)… The Raiders traveled to Emerald HS to take on the Vikings and came home with an 11-1 win to completer a sweep of the Vikings last week… The Raiders did it by simply outhitting the Vikings 10-3 with Zay Pulley, Logan Martin and Brayden Patterson each getting 2 hits in the game… All of the Viking hits were singles while Pulley and Bennett Edwards each had a double for the Raiders… The Raiders led 6-1 after 4 innings of play and broke the game open in the 6th inning scoring 5 runs and then holding the Vikings scoreless to end the game on the 10-run rule… The Raiders also had their track shoes on as they stole 7 bases in the game with Ben Willis getting 2 of them… Rylan Paxton pitched the first 4 innings and picked up the win with Ben Willis pitching the last 2 innings…To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team is scheduled to host the Fountain Inn Fury today at 6:30 pm weather permitting in an important region game… The Fury are 6-0 in the region while the Raiders are 7-2.

 

  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders will be traveling to Wren HS Tuesday (4-8-25) to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball: Crusaders 9 – WW King 4… The Crusaders hosted the Knights of WW King last Friday and took a 9-4 win… They outhit the Knights 8-4 and all of the Knights hits were singles while both Caleb and Hack Hardy each had a double among the Crusaders 8 hits… The Knights led 2-1 going into the bottom of the 3rd inning where the Crusaders put 4 runs on the scoreboard and never trailed after that… Hack Hardy and Evan Asalone were the only two Crusaders to have more than one hit as they each had two… There were errors by both teams that figured into the scoring by the other team… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Baseball… Weather permitting; the Crusader baseball team will be hosting the Brashier Middle College Bengals today at 6:00 pm.

 

  • Softball: WW King 14 – Crusaders 3… The Crusader softball team also hosted the Knights of WW King Friday and they fell by a score of 14-3 to the Knights… At this time that is all the information I have on the game and if I get more information on the game, I will pass it on to you later.  
  • Up Next in Softball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team will be on the road tomorrow heading down to Greenwood to take on the Greenwood Christian Hawks.

 

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Ware Shoals 14 – Saints 1… The Saints baseball team traveled over to Ware Shoals last Friday to take on the Hornets… Once again, the Saints must have left their wasp / Hornet spray at home as the Hornets took a 14-1 win in 5 innings… They simply outhit the Saints 13-2 and the Saints did have a few errors so that only 8 of the Hornets runs were earned…. The Hornets also had 5 doubles and a triple among their hits while the Saints managed just 2 singles against the Hornets… Parker Workman had a single in the 3rd inning that drove in the Saints only run… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to McCormick to take on the Chiefs tomorrow at 5:30
  • Softball: Ware shoals 6 – Saints 2… The Saints softball team traveled over to Ware Shoals also last Friday night and they lost a tough one by a score of 6-2… The Saints scored 2 runs in the 1st inning and made them standup until the bottom of the 6th inning… There the Hornets scored all 6 of their runs to take the win holding the Saints scoreless in the top of the 7th inning… What makes it so tough is that the Hornets only had 2 of their 4 hits in the 6th inning and the Saints shot themselves in the foot as errors, walks and hit batters helped the Hornets score their runs in the inning… Only 2 of the 6 runs were earned… Both teams had 4 hits and Skyla Bates had two doubles to lead the Crusaders at the plate… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Dixie for a region game with the Green Hornets at 5:00 pm today weather permitting.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Friday, 4-4-2025

Friday, April 4, 2025

Friday, 4-4-25 

Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Softball: Clinton 16 – Newberry 2… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Newberry Bulldogs yesterday and its good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 16-2 win over the Bulldogs in 5 innings… The Bulldogs only had 4 singles in the game while the Red Devils had 13 hits 5 of them for extra bases… Halleigh Luke and Me-Me Smith both had homers in the game while Kamryn Campbell, Cat Willkie and Sierra Templeton all had doubles… Templeton picked up the win giving up the 2 runs (only one was earned) on the 4 hits while striking out 5 and walking just 1… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils will be hosting the Columbia Capitals today at 5:30 in region action
  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Red Devils will be hosting the Columbia Capitals today at 6:00 pm in region action.
  • Tennis: Clinton 5 – Woodruff 1… The Red Devil boys’ tennis team made-up a rain postponed match with Woodruff yesterday… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 5-1 win over the Wolverines… All 5 of the singles matches were won by Red Devils and those players were Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Jacob King, Matthew King, and Cooper Stinson… For more details on this match click here….The Red Devils are now 4-0 overall and 2-0 in region action and will travel to Blue Ridge Monday (4-7) in non-region action.

Laurens

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS today to take on the Vikings in region action.
  • Softball: Fountain Inn 10 – Laurens 0… The Raider softball team traveled up to Fountain Inn HS yesterday to take on the Fury… For the second time this week the Fury took a win over the Raiders in region action this time by a score of 10-0 in 5 innings… The Fury simply outhit the Raiders 10-4 scoring 6 runs in the 1st inning… No Raider had over 1 hit and the Raiders had a runner at third base only twice in the game but could not get the Clutch hit to bring them home… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders will be traveling to Wren HS Tuesday (4-8) to take on the Golden Hurricanes in region action.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the King Academy today.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to Ware Shoals for a rematch with the Hornets this Friday at 7:00 pm
  • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals for a region game with the Hornets at 5:00 pm Friday.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 4-3-2025

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Tuesday Softball: Clinton 18 – Columbia 0… I now have some information about the Red Devils 18-0 win over the Columbia HS Capitals back on Tuesday (4-1-25)… The Red Devils scored 7 runs in the 1st inning, 2 in the 2nd and 9 in the 3rd to take the 18-0 win…They outhit the Capitals 8-0 and were the benefactors of 5 Capital errors and 11 walks plus a couple of wild pitches and hit batters so that only 12 of their 18 runs were earned…. Kamryn Campbell was the only Red Devil with more than 1 hit as she went 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI… Addie Watkins and Taylor Davis both had triples in the game driving in runs… Cat Wilkie took the win giving up no hits or runs while striking out 4 and walking none… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here
  • Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils will be hosting the Newberry Bulldogs today according to their schedule on Max Preps.

 

  • Baseball… According to their schedule, the 7-4 Red Devils were supposed be heading to Strom Thurmond HS to take on the Rebels in non-region action yesterday… If that game was played, I can’t find any score on it but if I find it later today, I will have it for you tomorrow…. Their schedule on MaxPreps shows that are supposed to host Columbia HS tomorrow at 6:00 pm but I cannot confirm that on the CHS athletics website.

 

  • Golf: Clinton 151 – Broome 156… The Red Devil golf team hosted the Broome Centurions at Lakeside CC Tuesday and its good news for Red Devil fans as they took a151-156 win over the Centurions… Like Murray led the Red Devils with a 1 under par 35… James Dearbury of Broom was the match medalist with a 34… For more information on this match including how the other Red Devils did, click here.

Laurens

  • Baseball: Raiders 15 – Vikings 10… After defeating the Emerald Vikings 11-1 at home on Tuesday night, the Laurens Raiders traveled to Greenwood to take on the Vikings last night on their home field… The Raiders took another win by a score of 15-10 but it was not as easy as the night before as the score would indicate… The Vikings actually led 6-5 after 3 innings of play but the Raiders led 12-6 after 5 innings of play and then held on to take the win… The Raiders outhit the Vikings 15-6 and 5 of their hits were for extra bases while the Vikings only had 2 extra base hits… The Vikings did have enough errors (4) so that only 11 of the Raider runs were earned… Zay Pulley led the Raiders at the plate as he went 3 for 5 and he had 2 RBIs and 2 stolen bases… Logan Martin had 2 doubles driving in 3 runs while Ben Willis and Tristan Buzbee both had a double that drove in runs… Willis also had a triple… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS tomorrow to take on the Vikings at 6:30 pm.

 

  • Softball: Clinton 22 – Raiders 6… The news is not as good where the Raider softball team is concerned as they fell to the Clinton Red Devils 22-6 last night at LDHS thus the Red Devils can claim the “County Championship” this season in softball… The Red Devils led 7-0 going into the bottom of the 2nd inning where the Raiders scored 5 runs to make it 7-5 Red Devils but Clinton answered that with 7 runs in the top of the 3rd inning and then rolled on to the win in 5 innings… The Red Devils outhit the Raiders 22-4 with Kamryn Campbell going 5 for 5 with 4 RBIs… Cat Wilkie and Me-Me Smith both had 4 hits with Wilkie getting 2 triples and Smith getting a double among her 4 hits… Three other Red Devils had more than one hit and several of them had extra base hits…. Me-Me Smith picked up the complete game win giving up the 4 hits and 6 runs (none of them earned) while striking out 5 and walking 2… No Raider had more than 1 hit but Carly Edwards was a triple driving in 3 runs…To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders travel to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury in a 6:00 pm game tonight

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday.
  • Softball: Wardlaw 17 – Crusaders 5… The Crusader softball team hosted the Wardlaw Patriots yesterday and the only thing I have on that game at this time is the final score and it is not good news for Crusader fans a Wardlaw took a 17-5 win… I did not get any more information on that game yesterday.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to Ware Shoals for a rematch with the Hornets this Friday at 7:00 pm
  • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals for a region game with the Hornets at 5:00 pm Friday.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 4-2-2025

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Softball: Clinton 18 – Columbia 0… The Red Devil softball team traveled down to Columbia HS yesterday also to take on the Capitals and the only information I have on that game at this time is that the Red Devils took and 18-0 win in 4 innings… If I get more information on this game, I will bring it to you later.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils will be traveling to Laurens to take on the Raiders today.
  • Baseball: Red Devils 18 – Capitals 0 (3)… The Red Devil baseball team traveled to Columbia HS yesterday to take on the Capitals… In my 50 years of either umpiring or covering baseball this game was the most one-sided game in the shortest amount of time I have ever known about on the highs school varsity level as the Red Devils defeated the Capitals 18-0 in just 3 innings… The Red Devils scored all their runs in the first inning and had only 5 hits in the game with 4 of them in the 1st inning…. How is that possible you ask… Three Capital pitchers gave up 16 walks, a few wild pitches and hit batters to go along with 2 Capital errors and you can get that kind of result… No Red Devil had over 1 hit, but Owen Glenn’s was a 3-run homer… It also helps when the Zack Lawson and Collin Lollis pitched those 3 innings and not only gave up no hits or runs but also struck out all 9 batters they faced… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here
  • Up Next in Baseball… The 7-4 Red Devils will be heading to Strom Thurmond HS to take on the Rebels in non- region action today at 6:00 pm.

Laurens

  • Baseball: Raiders 11 – Vikings 1… The Laurens Raiders actually hosted the Emerald Vikings yesterday in region action at Ed Prescott Field and I am pleased to report the Raiders took an 11-1 win in 6 innings… The Vikings scored a single run in the 2nd inning to take the early lead but the Raiders scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning and rolled on to the 11-1 win…The raiders simply outhit the Vikings 11-1 and the Raider runs but one were earned… Five of the Raiders 11 hits were for extra-bases with Logan Martin leading the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs… Bennett Edwards went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple and had 3 RBIs… Grayson Ledford picked up the complete game win striking out 7 and walking just 2… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team was scheduled to travel to Emerald HS today to take on the Vikings at 6:00 pm
  • Softball: Fury 23 – Raiders 7… The news is not as good where the Raider softball team is concerned as they fell to the Fountain Inn Fury 23-7 last night at LDHS… The Fury led 12-3 going into the 7th inning where they scored 11 runs but the Raiders did not “roll over and play dead” as they scored 4 runs in the bottom of the inning to make the final score 23-7… The Fury outhit the Raiders 25-8 and only 20 of their runs were earned as the Raiders had 3 errors in the game… Eight of the Fury’s hits were for extra-bases as they had 6 doubles, a triple and a homer… Only one of the Raiders hits was for extra-bases and that was a 3-run homer by Ashlyn Messer who went 2 for 3 on the night… Carly Edwards and Zealy Martin also has 2 hits each for the Raiders… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders host the Clinton Red Devils today in a 5:00 pm game… As you may or may not recall, the Red Devils took a 7-2 win over the Raiders earlier in the season at Clinton.

 

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday.
  • Softball: Wardlaw 17 – Crusaders 5… The Crusader softball team hosted the Wardlaw Patriots yesterday and the only thing I have on that game at this time is the final score and it is not good news for Crusader fans a Wardlaw took a 17-5 win… If I get more information on this game, I will bring it to you later.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team will be hosting the King Academy Friday

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Ware Shoals 22 – Thornwell 2 (4)… The Saints baseball team hosted the Ware Shoals Hornets yesterday and they forgot their wasp and hornet spray as the Hornets rolled to a 22-2 win in 4 innings… Simply put, the Hornets outhit the Saints 13-3 and 6 Saint errors and 12 walks issued by 3 Saint pitchers aided the Hornets cause…. Zack Crowe was the only Saint to get more than 1 hit as he went 2for 2 with an RBI… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team will travel to Ware Shoals for a rematch with the Hornets this Friday at 7:00 pm
  • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals for a region game with the Hornets at 5:00 pm Friday.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 4-1-2025

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

 

Local Notes 

As far as I can tell, all contests yesterday that were to be held outside were either canceled or postponed.

Clinton HS

  • Up Next in Softball… The Red Devils were scheduled to travel to Abbeville yesterday to take on the Panthers in a non-region contest…. That contest will be made up as a varsity only game on Tuesday, 4-29-25… Today they are scheduled to travel to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals at 5:30 in a region contest
  • Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will be heading to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals in region action tomorrow at 6:00 pm.
  • Golf… Last Thursday (3-27-25) the Red Devil golf team traveled to Spartanburg to take part in the Spartanburg County Golf Tournament… There were 13 teams there and the Red Devils finished in 7th place shooting a 329 behind Dorman which won the tournament shooting a 299… Mil Carles shot a 75 to lead the Red Devils and was named to the All-Spartanburg County team… Luke McMurray shot a 79, Aiden Bragg 81 and John Carles 94… For a little more information on this match click here… The team is scheduled to host Broome at Lakeside CC today at 4:00 pm.
  • Soccer… Last Friday the Red Devil soccer teams hosted the Chester Cyclones… All I can tell you is the final scores, but they are good as Clinton won the boys match 3-1 and the girls match 2-0… No other details available.

Laurens

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team was scheduled to travel to Emerald HS to take on the Vikings yesterday… That game will now take place at 6:00 pm today at Emerald
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are off tonight and will play again today (4-1-25) when they host the Fountain Inn Fury in region action at 6:00 pm.
  • Golf… Wren 165 – Laurens 179… Last Tuesday the Raider golf team traveled to Southern Oaks GC just south of Easley to take on the defending state champions the Wren KS Golden Hurricanes… The Hurricanes are still a force to be reckoned with as they took a 165-179 win over the Raiders… The Raiders Ashton Wilson was the match medalist with a 38… To see how the other Raiders did and for a little more information on this match, click here… The team will host Fountain Inn Thursday (4-3) at Lakeside CC. .

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the Wardlaw Patriot today at 6:00 pm
  • Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team was off last night and will next see action today (4-1-25) when the host Wardlaw at 6:00.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team is off tonight and will next see action on Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Ware shoals Hornets at 7:30 pm.
  • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals  for a region game with the Hornets at 5:00 pm

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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Sports Report for Monday, 3-31-2025

Monday, March 31, 2025

Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

Local Notes

 

Clinton HS

  • Softball: Chester 10 – Clinton 6… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Chester Cyclones last Friday and I hate to have to report that the Cyclones took a 10-6 win… The Cyclones outhit the Red Devils 14-10 and they had had 5 extra-base hits including a3 doubles, a triple and a homerun while Clinton only had 2 a pair of doubles by Alyssa Young and Halleigh Luke… Both teams had some errors so that only 8 of Chester’s 10 runs were earned and only 4 of Clintons 6 runs were earned… Sierra Templeton went 3 for 4 to lead the Red Devils at the plate… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…
  • Up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Abbeville today to take on the Panthers in a non-region contest.
  • Baseball: Clinton 10 – Chester 0… The news is better for Red Devil fans where the baseball team is concerned as the Red Devils defeated the Chester Cyclones 10-0 at home Friday night… The Red Devils scoring in every inning but the first and outhit the Cyclones 9-3… All of the Cyclones hits were singles while the Red Devils had 3 extra-base hits including 2 doubles and 1 triple by Camden Finley who led the Red Devils at the plate going 2 for 2 and scoring 2 runs… Isaac Cane, Jayden Glenn and Finley combined to hold the Cyclones hitless while striking out 7 and walking none…To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next in Baseball… The Red Devils will be heading to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals in region action tomorrow at 6:00 pm.
  • Boys Tennis: Clinton 6 – Mid-Carolina 0… The Red Devil tennis team traveled to Mid-Carolina HS Thursday and came home with a 6-0 region win over the Rebels… Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Jacob King and Matthew King all took wins in singles action… The Red Devils are now 3-0 overall and 2-0 in region play and will travel to Woodruff HS to take on the Wolverines next Wednesday, 4-2-25.

Laurens

  • Baseball: Wren 4 – Laurens 1… After defeating Wren twice last week, the Raiders lost to Wren 4-1 last Friday at Wren… The reason is simple in that Wren outhit the Raiders 6-1with the Raiders only run coming off the bat of Bennett Edwards who hit a solo homer in the 7th inning… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS to take on the Vikings at 6:00 pm weather permitting
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are off tonight and will play again tomorrow (4-1-25) when they host the Fountain Inn Fury in region action at 6:00 pm

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball: Knights 24 – Crusaders 1… Friday the Crusaders hosted the Knights of Oakbrook Prep… At the end of the 1st inning the Knights led 2-1… After that it was all Knights as they went on to take a 24-1 win over the Crusaders in 5 innings… The Knights outhit the Crusaders 13-4 and the Crusaders had some errors(5) and 5 Crusader pitchers issued 14 walks so that only 14 of the Knights runs were earned…Masson Coper was the only Crusader with more than 1 hit has he had 2 and he scored in the first inning on an RBI single by Evan Asalone… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Crusaders are now 3-3 on the season.
    • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting the Wardlaw Patriot tomorrow at 6:00 pm
  • Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team is off tonight and will next see action tomorrow (4-1-25) when the host Wardlaw at 5:30.

 

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Upstate Owls 11 – Saints 8… The Saints baseball team hosted the Green Upstate Owls last Friday and fell by a score of 11-8… Both teams had 10 hits and the game was just about even in all categories except 1, errors… The Saints had 6 errors so that only 4 of the Owls 11 runs were earned while the Owls had 4 errors so that only 6 of the Saints 8 runs were earned… parker Workman led the Saints at the plate going 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI while scoring twice… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team is off tonight and will next see action on Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Ware shoals Hornets at 7:30 pm.
  • Softball: Abbeville 12 – Saints 2… Last Friday the Saints softball team traveled over to Abbeville to take on the Panthers in region action… The Saints scored the first 2 runs of the game in the top of the 1st inning then after that it was all Panthers as Abbeville rolled on to a12-2 win in 5 innings… The panthers only outhit the Saints 8-6 but the Saints had enough errors (6) so that only 3 of the Panthers 12 runs were earned… Karleigh Porter was the only Saint to collect more than 1 hit as she went 2 for 2 with an RBI…To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Emerald HS today in a non-region game weather permitting to take on the Vikings at 4:15 pm.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Friday, 3-28-2025

Friday, March 28, 2025

Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Softball: Clinton 17 – Newberry 4… The Red Devil softball team traveled down to Newberry yesterday to take on the Bulldogs and good news to report to Clinton fans as they came home with a 17-4 win over the Bulldogs in non-region action… The Red Devils wasted little time getting ahead as they scored 8 runs in the first inning and the Bulldogs countered with 3… By the time they got to the 4th inning Clinton led 10-4 and they broke the game open scoring 7 runs in the 4th inning and then held Newberry scoreless to take the 17-4 win in 5 innings… Mainly they did it by outhitting the Bulldogs 20-6 but the Bulldogs did have a few mistakes so that only 12 of the Red Devil runs were earned… Five of the Red Devils 20 hits were for extra bases including 2 doubles, 2 triples and a homerun by Me-Me Smith a 2-run shot in the 4th inning her third home run of the season…Kamryn Campbell, Taylor Davis Cat Wilkie and Micah Snelgrove each had 3 hits to lead the Red Devil at the plate and Sierra Templeton picked up the complete game win giving up the 4 unearned runs while striking out 6 and walking none…  To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next… The 4-7 Red Devils are scheduled to host the Chester Cyclones tonight at 7:30 a region team they lost to by a score of 4-7 on Tuesday at Chester… Chester is 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in region play.
  • Up Next in Baseball… The 6-4 Red Devil varsity baseball team will also be hosting the Chester Cyclones tonight at 7:30… Chester is 7-1 on the season and their only loss was to Clinton last Tuesday at home where the Red Devils took a 14-0 win so the Cyclones will be looking for revenge.
  • Boys Tennis: Clinton 6 – Mid-Carolina 0… The Red Devil tennis team traveled to Mid-Carolina HS yesterday and came home with a 6-0 region win over the Rebels… Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Jacob King and Matthew King all took wins in singles action… The Red Devils are now 3-0 overall and 2-0 in region play and will travel to Woodruff HS to take on the Wolverines next Wednesday, 4-2-25.

Laurens

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Raider baseball team will be traveling back over to Wren tonight for an important region game with the Golden Hurricanes that is scheduled for 6:30… The Raiders have already taken two close games from the Hurricanes this week and they will be looking to defend their home field tonight … The Raiders are 4-1 in the region while Wren is 2-3… Fountain in is 2-0 in the region and on percentage of region wins is considered ahead of Laurens.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Raiders are off tonight and will play again next Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Fountain Inn Fury in region action at 6:00 pm

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next in Baseball… The Crusader baseball team will be hosting Oakbrook Prep tonight a team they lost to 2-8 at Oakbrook Prep on Tuesday.
  • Up Next in Softball… The Crusader softball team is off tonight and will next see action Tuesday (4-1-25) when the host Wardlaw at 5:30.

 Thornwell

  • Up Next in Baseball… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints baseball team is off tonight and will next see action on Tuesday (4-1-25) when they host the Ware shoals Hornets at 7:30 pm.
  • Up Next in Softball … The Saints softball team is scheduled to travel to Abbeville today according to their schedule on MaxPreps…  This is a region game with a 5:00 pm first pitch.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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 Men’s March Madness Bracket… For those of you who want to keep up with all that is going on in the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, if you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where the official bracket is located… The bracket is interactive so you can click on games of interest for more information [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Thursday, 3-27-2025

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Please see an important note and question about the future of this report in the This and That Section at the bottom of this report.

 

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Boys Tennis: Red Devils 6 – Rebels 0… Catching up with the Red Devil boys’ tennis team, last week they defeated Mid-Carolina Rebels at home 6-0 in their first region match of the season… Edwin Orr, Nathan Meade, Matthew Ling, and Jacob King all took wins in singles action… For a little more information on this match click here…By the way, they travel to Mid-Carolina today for a re-match… Go Big Red!
  • Golf… I also need to do some catching up with the Red Devil golf team that played Monday at Heddles Hideaway Country Club in Spartanburg for a match that also involved Broome HS, Landrum HS and Union County HS… The Red Devils wound up tied for first with Broome HS as both teams shot a 157… For more details on this match click here.

Laurens

  • Baseball: Raiders 8 – Wren 7… The Raider baseball team hosted the Wren Golden Hurricanes last night at Ed Prescott Field in a very important region game… The game was tied 7-7 going into the bottom of the 7th inning when with one out, Jireh Brown singled and reached second on an error by the second baseman… With a 2-2 count Tristen Buzbee than singled driving in the speedy Brown to give the Raiders a walk-off win… The Raiders outhit the Hurricanes 12-7 but both teams also had problems with errors and wild pitches so that only 2 of the Raiders runs were earned and none of the Hurricanes… That was especially true in the 3rd inning when wren scored 6 runs and in the 4th when the Raiders scored 6 runs…  Zay Pulley and Buzbee both had 3 hits to lead the Raiders as they both had a double and Buzbee also had a triple and the game winning single… By the way, Buzbee picked up the win pitching… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Softball: Raiders 13 – JL Mann 7… There is also good news for Raider fans where the softball team is concerned as the Raiders traveled up to Greenville last night to take on the JL Mann Patriots and the ride home was a happy one as the Raiders won 13-7… Mann actually led 6-5 going into the top of the 7th inning where the Raiders scored 8 runs to make it 13-6 Raiders and then the Patriots scored 1 run in the bottom of the inning to make it 13-7… A double play by the Raiders ended the game and preserved the win… The Raiders outhit the Patriots 16-5 but to be honest both teams had problems with errors, wild pitches and hit batters so that only 3 of the Patriot runs were earned and 7 of the Raider runs were earned…All the hits by both teams were singles… For the Raiders Makayden Livingston and Addie Carlisle both had 3 hits and 4 other Raiders had 2 hits each… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here

 Laurens Academy

  • Softball: Crusaders 14 – Northside Christian Academy 2… Yesterday I mentioned to you that the Crusader Softball team defeated Northside Christian Academy 14-2 Tuesday at Northside… I also said I did not know any details on the game well I do now… I can tell you that Mackenzie Runyans had 4 of the Crusaders 11 hits in the game and one of them was a triple… I can also tell you that Maddie Loe picked up the complete game win giving up just 3 hits and only I of Northside’s runs was earned…. She struck out 12 and walked just 3… To see more Crusader stats on the game, click here.

Thornwell

  • Softball: Saints 20 – Southside 5… The Saints softball team traveled up to Greenville to take on the Southside HS Tigers (a Class 4A team) and they outhit the Tigers 9-1 to take a 20-5 win in 5 innings… Six of the Saints nine hits were for extra-bases with Adrienne Anderson hitting a 2-run homer in the 5th inning, a double and driving in 3 runs… Skyla Bates and Lexi Hazel also had 2 hits each for the Saints… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 3-26-2025

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Local Notes

Note… A family emergency kept me gone until 2:30 am this morning and will require me to be out again for a while early this morning… For that reason, you will find the score and links to the box score and scorecard for some of the games I have results on from last night… Sorry but I really do not have time and am too tired to offer comments on the games.

 

Broadcast Note… The same family emergency will keep me from being able to broadcast the Wren at Laurens baseball game tonight but please do go out and support the Raiders in this big region contest.

Clinton HS

  • Softball: Chester 7 – Clinton 4… This game was at Chester and box score and scorecard are not available at this time.
  • Baseball: Clinton 14 – Chester 0… This game was at Chester… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball: Oakbrook Prep 8 – Laurens Academy 2… This game was at Oakbrook Prep… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Softball: Crusaders 14 – Northside Christian Academy 2… This game was at Northside Christian Academy and details not available at this time.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Green Upstate 17 – Saints 8… This game was at Green Upstate Academy in Simpsonville… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 3-25-2025

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Local Notes

Local Notes 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Wednesday, 3-26-25… Baseball host Wren at 6:30 pm

Clinton HS

  • Softball: According to all the schedules I could find, the Clinton softball team was scheduled to play yesterday and if they did, I could not find any results.
    • Softball up Next… The Red Devils re now 3-5 overall and 0-2 in region play and head to Chester s today at 7:30 pm.

 

  • Baseball: Clinton 12 – Newberry 5… The Red Devil baseball team traveled down to Newberry yesterday to take on the Bulldogs… The Bulldogs took an early 3-1 lead but the Red Devils scored 2 runs in the 4th inning to tie the game…They then broke the game open scoring 6 runs in the 5th inning and 3 runs in the 6th as they went on to take a 12-5 win… The Red Devils outhit the Bulldogs 11-6 with Brett Young going 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Red Devil attack… Luke Young and Talon Campbell also had 2 hits each in the game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil will travel to Chester to take on the Cyclones today at 6:30 pm.

 Laurens

  • Softball up Next… The Raiders will travel to JL Mann Wednesday (3-26).
  • Baseball: Laurens 8 – Wren 6… The Raider baseball team traveled to Wren yesterday to take on the Golden Hurricanes a team they were tied with for the Region lead with a 2-1 record… The Raiders trailed 6-2 after 2 innings of play but settled down and got to work and tied the game 6-6 with a pair of runs in the in the 6th inning… They then scored 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning to take the 8-6 win… In the 7th inning with one out, Tristan Buzbee and Brayden Patterson had back-to-back singles and then Zay Pulley doubled driving them in with what would prove to be the winning runs… The Raiders outhit the Hurricanes 9-6 and had a couple of errors that helped the Hurricanes score their runs…Pulley was the only Raider with more than 1 hit as he had 2 (single and the game winning double)… Ben Willis and Bennett Edwards hits were doubles also… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Baseball up Next… The Raiders will be at home Wednesday taking on Wren in the second game of the 3-game series with the Golden Hurricanes… We do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are now 3-2 on the season and scheduled to travel Oakbrook Prep today with first pitch at 6:15.
  • Softball up Next… The Crusaders are now 1-4 on the season and I believe the Crusader softball team will be traveling to Northside Christian Academy to take on another set of Crusaders today at 5:30 pm down in Lexington.

Thornwell

  • Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host the Ware Shoals Hornets on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:30 pm.
  • Softball: Dixie 21 – Thornwell 0… The Saints hosted the Dixie Green Hornets and must have forgotten and left their cans of wasp and Hornet spray in the locker room as the Dixie took a 21-0 win over the Saints…. There were two main reasons for the one-sided win….First the Hornets outhit the Saints 11-3 with 3 doubles, 2 triples and 2 homes while all the Saints hits were singles… Secondly the Saints made 7 errors in the game… Madi Porter, Karleigh Porter and Madi Landrith had the 3 singles for the Saints… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Softball up Next… The Saints are now 3-2 on the season and will be traveling to Southside HS tomorrow for a 6 pm game with the Tigers

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Monday, 3-24-2025

Monday, March 24, 2025

Local Notes

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Wednesday, 3-26-25… Baseball host Wren at 6:30 pm

Clinton HS

  • Softball: Mid-Carolina 12 – Red Devils 1… The Red Devil softball also traveled to Mid-Carolina to take on the Rebels last Friday night… The Rebels pounded out 13 hits to the Red Devils 3 and took a 13-1 win over Clinton… The Rebels led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 4th inning where they scored 6 runs and then held the Red Devils scoreless in the 5th inning as the game then ended on the 10-run rule… Halleigh Luke, Kamryn Campbell and Me-Me Smith all had singles for the Red Devils and Smith’s drove in Luke in the third inning with the Red Devils only run… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Softball up Next… The Red Devils re now 3-5 overall and 0-2 in region play and will host the Ninety Six Wildcats today at 6:00 pm.

 

  • Baseball: Mid-Carolina 7 – Clinton 6… The Red Devil baseball also traveled to Mid-Carolina to take on the Rebels… I hate to have to report that they came up on the short side of a 7-6 score but they never stopped tying as a comeback attempt in the 7th inning fell just a little bit short… The Red Devils trailed 1-0 go9ng into the top of the 2nd inning where they scored 3 runs and added another one in the 3rd inning to make the score 4-1 Red Devils… That would be the last they scored until the 7th inning… The Rebels took the lead in the 5th inning and led 7-4 going into the top of the 7th inning… There Camden Finley led off with a double and Brett Young drew a walk and both scored by way of a passed ball and during strike out to make the score 7-6 Rebels but could get no closer as the tying run was left stranded at third base… The Rebels outhit the Red Devils 8-6 and all their hits were singles except for one homerun…No Red Devil had over 1 hit but Camden Finley, Luke Young and Jarred Willards hits were doubles… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…. The Red Devils are now 4-4 overall and 0-2 in region play.
    • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil will travel to Newberry to take on the Bulldogs today at 6:00 pm.
  • JV Baseball: Mid-Carolina 7 – Clinton 3… The Red Devil JV team also played Friday and they lost to the Rebels 7-3… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… They are 5-2 on the season.

Laurens

  • Softball up Next… The Raiders are 5-4overall and 3-1 in the region and will travel to JL Mann next Wednesday (3-26).
  • Baseball: Laurens 5 – Westside Rams 4… Last Friday night the Raider baseball team hosted the Westside Rams in region action at Ed Prescott Field… This was the 3rd time the two schools got together with each other last week and they both had a win against each other…  Well this game went back as forth as the Raiders led 4-0 after 3 innings of play but the Rams came back to tie the game 4-4 going into the bottom of the 7th inning…  There the Raiders used a single by Coleman Coker and 3 walks (one with the bases loaded) to take a 5-4 win over the Rams… The Raiders only outhit the Rams 6-4 and both teams had errors that aided the other team… Ben Willis went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles while Coleman Coker also 2- for 4 with his hits being singles… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Baseball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Wren HS tonight to start a 3-game series with the Golden Hurricanes… Wren is tied with Laurens with a 2-1 region record for the region lead.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball: WW King 12 – Crusaders 8… The Crusader baseball team traveled to WW King last Friday and lost a heartbreaker to the Knights by a score of 12-8… The Crusaders led 8-5 going into the bottom of the 6th inning where they gave up 7 runs in the inning and then were Held scoreless by the Knights in the top of the 7th inning thus falling 12-8… The Knights only outhit the Crusaders 8-7 but 7 Crusader errors, 9 walks issued by 4 Crusader pitchers and the same number of wild pitches aided the Knight’s cause especially in the 6thg inning…All but 1 of the Crusader hits were singles and that was a double by Garrett Murphy and Caleb Hardy was the only Crusader with more than 1 hit as he has 2…   To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are now 3-2 on the season and scheduled to travel Oakbrook Prep tomorrow with first pitch at 6:15.

 

  • Softball: Knights 14 – Crusaders 4… The Crusader softball team also traveled to WW King last Friday and they also lost to the Knights by a score of 14-4… The Crusaders scored all of their runs in the first inning and led 4-2 going into the bottom of the 5th inning where the Knights scored 5 runs to go up 7-4… In the next inning the Knights struck for 7 runs making the score 14-4 thus ending the game on the 10-run lead rule… I have limited stats on the game and if you would like to see them click here… I do believe that Abby Howard, Braylee Burke and Mackenzie Runyans led the team with 2 hits each… Burke and Runyans each had a double for the Crusaders.
  • Softball up Next… The Crusaders are now 1-4 on the season and I believe the Crusader softball team will be traveling to Northside Christian Academy to take on another set of Crusaders tomorrow at 5:30 pm down I Lexington.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Whitmire 12 – Saints 10… The Saints hosted the Whitmire Wolverines last Friday and they came so close to being able to ring the bell but saw there come-back in the 7th inning fall just short as the Wolverines took a 12-10 win… The Saints trailed 12-3 going into the bottom of the 7th inning where they put 7 runs on the scoreboard to make the score 12-10 Knights with the Saints leaving the tying runs on base… The Wolverines only outhit the Saints 9-8 but they has several extra base hits while all 8 of the Crusaders hits were singles with Parker Workman having 3 of them and driving in 3 runs…  To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…. The Saints are 2-6 overall and 0-2 I region play.
    • Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host the Ware Shoals Hornets on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:30 pm.
  • Softball: Saints 19 – McCormick 3… The news is belter for Saints fans where the softball team is concerned as the traveled to McCormick HS to take on the Chiefs and when they dot back home they were able to ring the bell because they took a 19-3 win… Simply put, they outhit the Chiefs 11-3 and more often than not took advantage of 7 walks issued by 2 Chief pitchers and close to the same number of hit batters… Karleigh Porter led the Saints offense as she went 3 for 4 with a double and 5 RBIs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Softball up Next… The Saints are now 3-1 on the season and will be hosting the Dixie Green Hornets today at 4:15 pm.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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Sports Report for Friday, 3-21-2025

Friday, March 21, 2025

Local Notes

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Friday, 3-21-25… Baseball host Westside at 6:30 pm

Clinton HS

  • Softball up Next… The Red Devils are now 3-4 overall and 0-1 in region play and will travel to Mid-Carolina today.

 

  • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil varsity baseball team is now 4-3 overall and 0-1 in region play on the season and will travel to Mid-Carolina tonight (3-21) for a 7:30 pm rematch with the Rebels.

 

  • Golf: Clinton 161 – Union 191… Back on Tuesday the Red Devil golf team hosted the Union County Yellow Jackets out at Lakeside CC… The Red Devils won their third match of the season as they defeated the Yellow Jackets 161-191… Luke Murray led the Red Devils with a 36 and was the match medalist… To see what the other Red Devils and Yellow Jackets shot, click here.

Laurens

  • Softball: Westside 18 – Raiders 8 (5)… The Raider softball team traveled to Anderson last night to take on the Westside Rams who they defeated 10-9 back on Tuesday… Last night was a different story as the Rams took an 18-8 win in 5 innings… The Raiders actually scored a run in the top of the 1st inning but going into the bottom of the 3rd inning the Rams led 5-4… In the 3rd inning the Rams broke the game open scoring 9 runs and adding another in the 4th inning… The Raiders scored 4 runs in the top of the 5th inning to make the score 15-8 Rams only to have the Rams score 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to give themselves a 10 run lead that ended the game…The Rams only out hit the Raiders 15-12 but the Raiders did have 3 errors in the game and 3 Raider pitchers walked 7 Rams while the Rams had no errors and their pitcher did not have any walks… Carly Edwards led the Raider offense going 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI from the leadoff spot… Addison Trevino, Summer Nations, Myleigh Robertson and Emily Dutton each had 2 hits for the Raiders… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Softball up Next… The Raiders are 5-4overall and 3-1 in the region and will travel to JL Mann next Wednesday (3-26).
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders will host Westside tonight at 6:30 pm for the rubber game of the three-game series and we do plan on brining you the game here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Golf: Laurens 177 – Emerald 205… Back on Wednesday the Raider boys’ golf team traveled to Greenwood to take on the Emerald Vikings… Good news for Raider fans as the team improved its record to 3-2 by taking a 177-205 win over the Vikings… Michael Hamby and Landon James both shot a 43 to lead the Raiders… For more information on this match, click here… Their next match will be against Wren at Southern Oaks next Tuesday, 3-25-25

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to WW King today.
  • Softball up Next… I believe the Crusader softball team will travel to WW King today

Thornwell

  • Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host Whitmire today at 6:00 pm
  • Softball up Next… The Saints are now 2-1 on the season and will be traveling to McCormick on Friday.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Thursday, 3-20-2025

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Local Notes

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Friday, 3-21-25… Baseball host Westside at 6:30 pm

Clinton HS

  • Tuesday Softball: Mid-Carolina 13 – Clinton 3… Back on Tuesday the Red Devil softball team hosted the Mid-Carolina Rebels in region action… I just received information on that game yesterday and I hate to have to report that the Rebels took a 13-3 win over the Red Devils… They outhit the Red Devils 13-4 and two of their hits were homers… To be honest, the Red Devils had a couple of errors that aided the Rebels… Halleigh Luke and Me-Me Smith each had 2 hits with Luke having a triple and Smith a double… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Softball up Next… The Red Devils are now 3-4 overall and 0-1 in region play and will travel to Mid-Carolina tomorrow.

 

  • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil varsity baseball team is now 4-3 overall and 0-1 in region play on the season and will travel to Mid-Carolina Friday night (3-21) for a 7:30 pm rematch with the Rebels

Laurens

  • Softball up Next… The Raiders are 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the region and will travel to Westside today for a rematch between the two teams.
  • Baseball: Laurens 8 – Westside 2… After falling to the Westside Rams Monday night at home 8-4 mainly due to errors and walks, the Raider varsity baseball team traveled to Westside last night and it was the Rams turn to have trouble with errors as they committed 4 of them to help the Raiders take an 8-2 win over the Rams… The Raiders did their part in the win as they outhit the Rams 8-3 with Noah Hughes getting the complete game win striking out 4 and walking 4… Coleman Coker and Zay Pulley also played long ball as they both had solo homers in the game…. Ben Willis, Avery Madder and Coker each had 2 of the Raiders 8 hits… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Baseball up Next… The Raiders will host Westside tomorrow at 6:30 pm for the rubber game of the three-game series and we do plan on brining you the game here on Real Radio WLBG.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball up Next … The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to WW King Friday.
  • Softball: Spartanburg Christian Academy 8 – Crusaders 0… The Crusader softball team hosted the Spartanburg Christian Academy Warriors Tuesday and yesterday I told you that the Crusaders lost 8-0 but I did not have any details on the Game… Well, I do now… The Warriors outhit the Crusades 6-2 and the Crusaders had a couple of errors and hit batters that figured into the Warriors scoring… Mackenzie Runyans and Braylee Burke each had a hit for the Crusaders and Burke’s was a triple… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…. The team is now 1-3 on the season.
    • Softball up Next… I believe the Crusader softball team will travel to WW King tomorrow.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Whitmire 14 – Saints 3 (5)… Yesterday the Thornwell baseball team traveled over to Whitmire to take on the Wolverines in region action… I hate to have to report that the Wolverines took a 14-3 win over the Saints… The Wolverines only outhit the saints 7-5 but 2 Saints errors and 12 walks issued by 3 Saint pitchers plus a hit batter or two helped the Wolverines cause… Sam Robertson and Jaden Wilson both had 2 hits for the Saints and they each had a double… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Baseball up Next: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will host Whitmire tomorrow at 6:00 pm
  • Softball up Next… The Saints are now 2-1 on the season and will be traveling to McCormick on Friday.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

 Men’s March Madness Bracket… For those of you who missed the March Madness Announcement show last night if you click here it will carry you to the NCAA website where the official bracket is located… The bracket is interactive so you can click on games of interest for more information…Of interest to local fans: [Read more…]

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 3-18-2025

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Local Notes

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Tuesday, 3-18-25… Softball host Westside at 7:0 pm
  • Friday, 3-21-25… Baseball host Westside at 6:30 pm

 

Clinton HS

  • Softball: Clinton 18 – Abbeville 3… The Red Devil softball team hosted the Abbeville Panthers last night and its good news for Red Devil fans as they took an 18-3 win… At the end of the 1st inning the Panthers led 3-2 but the Red Devils to9ok the lead scoring 2 runs in the 2nd inning… They then broke the game open scoring 14 runs in the 3rd inning thus ending the game with an 18-3 final score… The Red Devils only outhit the Panthers 5-2 butt took full advantage of 5 Panther errors, 12 walks and a hit batter or two… In the 3rd inning where the Red Devils scored 14 runs, they only had 2 hits… No Red Devil had over 1 hit and they were all singles except for a double by Me-Me Smith… Cat Wilkie took the win as the only pitcher for the Red Devils… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Softball up Next… The 3-3 Red Devils will host the Mid-Carolina Rebels tonight at 7:00 pm in their region opener.

 

  • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil varsity baseball team will host Mid-Carolina Tuesday (3-18) at 7:30 in a VERY IMPORTANT region matchup at 7:30… The Rebels were ranked #1 in the preseason poll for Class AA.

Laurens

  • Softball up Next… The Raiders are 4-3 and will host the Westside Rams tonight at 7:00 pm in a game we will broadcast here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Baseball: Westside 8 – Laurens 4… The Raider baseball team opened their region schedule last night hosting the Westside Rams at Ed Prescott Field… I have to have to report the Rams took an 8-4 win over the Raiders… The Raiders led 1-0 after the first inning of play but the Rams took the lead scoring 2 runs in the third and would never trail again… The Rams only outhit the Raiders 7-6 but the Raiders were their own worst enemy as they 5 errors and walked 10 Rams… Those more often than not came at a bad time as they either helped the Rams to score, extend an inning or both… Zay Pulley and Bennett Edwards led the Raiders at the plate as they were the only two player to get more than 1 hit (each had2) and one of Pulley’s was a double… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled travel to Westside Wednesday at 6:30 pm

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball up Next… The team is 3-1 on the season and according to their master schedule on the LA website, they will be traveling to Spartanburg Christian Academy today.
  • Softball up Next… I believe the Crusader softball team will be taking on the Spartanburg Christian Academy Warriors today and I think it will be at home at 5:00 pm but I saw a contradiction to that on another Crusader schedule.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to Whitmire Wednesday.
  • Softball: The team is 2-0 on the season and will be hosting Whitmire today at 4:15 in a big region game.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Monday, 3-17-2025

Monday, March 17, 2025

Local Notes

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Monday, 3-17-25… Baseball host Westside at 6:30 pm
  • Tuesday, 3-18-25… Softball host Westside at 7:0 pm
  • Friday, 3-21-25… Baseball host Westside at 6:30 pm

Clinton HS

  • Softball: Clinton 7 – Laurens 2… The Red Devil and Raider so9ftball teams got together for the first time this season last Friday night at Clinton HS… The Game was tied 1-1 after 1 inning of play and it stayed that way until the Red Devils put 6 runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the 4th inning and then went on to take a 7-2 win over the Raiders… They simply outhit the Raiders 15-5 and 6 of their 15 hits were for extra bases while only 1 of the Raiders hits was for extra bases… Me Me Smith led the Red Devils at the plate going 3 for 3 and driving in 1 run… She also picked up the complete game win striking out 7 and walking just one… Halleigh Luke had 2 hits one of which was a triple and she drove in 2 runs, Sierra Templeton had 2 hits including a double, Alissa Young had 2 hits including a double and an RBI, and Micha Snelgrove had 2 hits including a double and 1 RBI… The only Raider to have more than 1 hit was Addison Trevino who went 2 for 4 with a double and scored both of the Raiders runs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Softball up Next… The 2-3 Red Devils will host the Abbeville Panthers tonight at 7:00 pm

 

  • Baseball up Next… The Red Devil varsity baseball team will host Mid-Carolina Tuesday (3-18) at 7:30 in a VERY IMPORTANT region matchup at 7:30… The Rebels were ranked #1 in the preseason poll for Class AA.

Laurens

  • Softball up Next… After the loss to Clinton, the Raiders are 4-3 and will host the Westside Rams Tuesday at 7:00 pm in a game we hope to broadcast here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host Westside tonight (3-17-25) at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.

Laurens Academy

  • Baseball… The Crusader varsity baseball team hosted the Newberry Eagles in a doubleheader of baseball on Friday.
    • Crusaders 13 – Eagles 0 (4)… In the first game, Wyatt Little and the Crusader defense held the Eagles hitless as Little struck out 5 and walked just 1… The Crusaders meanwhile were able to get 8 hits of 4 Eagle pitchers who also walked 8 Crusaders and had some wild pitches that helped the Crusaders get there 13 runs in 4 innings… Three different Crusaders had 2 hits each had 2 hits each and all the Crusader hits were singles… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Crusaders 11 – Eagles 2… In the second game the Crusaders also won this time by a score of 11-2 in 5 innings… The Eagles scored all their run in the 1st inning and had only 2 hits in the game of 4 Crusader pitchers… The Crusaders had only 8 hits (all singles) but were aided by 4 Eagle errors, 7 walks and a few wild pitches… Caleb Hardy led the Crusader at the plate as he went 3 for 3 and drove in 3 runs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…
    • Up Next… The team is 3-1 on the season and according to their master schedule on the LA website, they will be traveling to Spartanburg Christian Academy tomorrow.
  • Softball up Next… I believe the Crusader softball team will be taking on the Spartanburg Christian Academy Warriors tomorrow and I think it will be at home at 5:00 pm but I saw a contradiction to that on another Crusader schedule.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Abbeville 17 – Saints 0 (3)… The Saints baseball team traveled to Abbeville last Friday and the Panthers scored 12 runs in the first inning and went on to take a 17-0 win over the Saints in 3 innings…  The Abbeville pitcher Trey Deason held the Saints to just 1 hit while striking out 6 and walking none while the Panthers offense pounded out 10 hits and took advantage of 5 walks issued by 3 Saint pitchers and 3 Saint errors… T.M. Kinard-Shelton had the only hit for the Saints… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… According to their schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to Whitmire Wednesday.
  • Softball: Saints 20 – Calhoun Falls 0 (3)… The Saints baseball team was also in the road last Friday as they traveled a few miles beyond Abbeville over to Calhoun Falls to take on the Blue Flashes… This game was just the opposite of the baseball game as the Saints dominated the Flashes taking a 20-0 win… They scored 7 in the1st  inning, 3 in the 2nd and broke the game open in the 3rd scoring 10 runs… They outhit the Flashes 12-1 but took full benefit of 10 walks issued by the Flashes… also some of the Saints may be bruised today as there were 7 hit batters… Lexi Hazel went 3 for 3 and had 2 RBIs to lead the Saints at the plate and 3 other Saints had 2 hits each… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The team is 2-0 on the season and will be hosting Whitmire Tuesday (3-18) at 4:15 in a big region game.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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Sports Report for Friday, 3-14-2025

Friday, March 14, 2025

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Friday, 3-14-25… Varsity softball Laurens at Clinton at 7:00 pm

Clinton HS

  • Baseball: Clinton 4– Union 1… Last night the Red Devil varsity baseball team traveled over to Union to take on the Yellow Jackets… I’m pleased to report that the Red Devils took a 4-1 win over Union but it was not easy… Union actually outhit the Red Devils 7-4 but the red devils used their 4 hits in combination with 5 Union errors, 3 walks and a hit batter to produce their 4 runs… No Red Devil had over one hit… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The team is now 5-2 on the season and will host Mid-Carolina in region action next Tuesday at 7:30 pm
  • JV Baseball: Clinton 7 – Union 2… The Red Devil JV baseball team also played last night at Union and they won 7-2… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

 

  • Kuykendall Signs with Brevard… Yesterday afternoon at Clinton HS senior Lukas Kuykendall signed a letter to continue his football career and education play for the Brevard College Tornados… Lukas handled most all the kickoffs, place kicking and punting for the Red Devils the last couple of seasons… Coach Fountain was sure to point out the work he put out not only on the football field but also in the classroom to get to this point… He also noted he became aware of Lukas when he attended a Clinton MS game when he first came to Clinton and was amazed to see the Wildcats attempting PATs and Field goals… That is something rare in middle school football… He will be joining his teammate and long snapper Rion Gordon who signed with the Tornados last month… To see a short video interview done with him after the signing and a few photos at its end, click here… Congratulations and Good Luck to Lukas!

Laurens

  • Softball… The Raider softball team hosted the Southside Tigers in region action last night and to put it mildly they were Tiger tamers.
    • Raiders 21 – Tigers 2 (3)… In the first game the Raiders scored 16 runs in the first inning and went on to take a 21-2 win in 3 innings… They only outhit the Tigers 7-0 but 4 of their hits were for extra bases as Carly Edwards had a 2-run home, Addy Carlisle and Makayden Livingston both had triples while Myleigh Robertson had a double… The 12 walks issued by Tiger pitchers and 2 Tiger errors helped the Raiders… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Raiders 24 – Tigers 1… The second game was as one-sided as the first as the Raiders took a 24-1 win in 3 innings… In the second game, the Raiders 13 runs in the 1st inning and were never threatened after that… They outhit the Tigers 14-3 and 7 Tiger errors aided the Raiders cause… Addison Trevino and Zealy Martin both had 3 hits to lead the Raiders at the plate…  To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Raiders travel to Clinton tonight and we plan on broadcasting the varsity game here on Real Radio WLBG at about 7:00 pm.

 

  • Baseball: Laurens 11 – Greenwood 1 (6)… The Raider baseball team had its home opener last night as they hosted the Greenwood Eagles… The Raiders were able to clip the Eagles wings as they took an 11-1 win… They used 10 well placed singles, 8 walks and 4 Eagle errors to take the win at Ed Prescott Field… The Eagles scored a single run in the top of the 1st inning, but the Raiders scored 4 in the bottom of the inning and led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning… There the Raiders scored 5 runs to end the game on 10-run rule…. Logan Martin and Bennett Edwards both had 2 hits to lead the Raiders at the plate and Noah Hughes picked up the win going 5 innings with Grayson Ledford finished the game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host Westside Monday (3-17-25) at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.

 

Laurens Academy

  • Softball: Crusaders 16 – Eagles 4… Now catching up with the Laurens Academy softball team, I found out yesterday that back on Monday they traveled down to Richard Winn to take on the Eagles and the ride back was a happy one as they defeated the Eagles 16-4… They led 5-4 going into the top of the 4th inning where they put 11 runs on the scoreboard and held the eagles scoreless the rest of the way… Braylee Burke and Mackenzie Runyan led the Crusaders attack each going 4 for 4… For more stats on this game click here to go to the Crusaders MaxPreps posting about this game.

 

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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Sports Report for Thursday, 3-13-2025

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Thursday, 3-13-25… Baseball hosting Greenwood at 6:30 pm
  • Friday, 3-14-25… Varsity softball Laurens at Clinton at 7:00 pm

Clinton HS

  • Kuykendall Signs with Brevard… Yesterday afternoon at Clinton HS senior Lukas Kuykendall signed a letter to continue his football career and education play for the Brevard College Tornados… Lukas handled most all the kickoffs, place kicking and punting for the Red Devils the last couple of seasons… Coach Fountain was sure to point out the work he put out not only on the football field but also in the classroom to get to this point… He also noted he became aware of Lukas when he attended a Clinton MS game when he first came to Clinton and was amazed to see the Wildcats attempting PATs and Field goals… That is something rare in middle school football… He will be joining his teammate and long snapper Rion Gordon who signed with the Tornados last month… To see a short video interview done with him after the signing and a few photos at its end, click here… Congratulations and Good Luck to Lukas!
  • Baseball: Clinton 11 – Ninety Six 4… Last night the Red Devil varsity baseball team traveled down to Ninety Six to take on the Wildcats as part of a JV-Varsity doubleheader… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took an 11-4 win over the Wildcats outhitting them 17-9… The Red Devils led 4-1 going into the top of the 4th inning where they struck for 4 more runs to go up 8-1 and then both teams scored 3 runs in the 6th inning to make the final 11-4… The Red Devil bats pounded out 5 extra-base hits last night as Camden Finley and Luke Young both had 3 hits in the game and each had a homer and drove in 2 runs each… Owen Glenn also had 3 hits 2of which were doubles driving in 2 runs and Camden Finley also had a double in addition to his homer…Zack Lawson got the start and the win going 5 innings with Talon Campbell finishing the game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • JV Baseball: Ninety Six 6 – Clinton 5… The Red Devil JV baseball team lost for the first time this season as the Ninety six Wildcats defeated them 6-5 yesterday afternoon before the varsity game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Softball: River Bluff 13 – Clinton 8… The Red Devil softball team was at home last night hosting the Class 5A River Bluff Gators… The Gators scored 6 runs in the 1st inning and led 13-1 going into the bottom of the 5thinning… There the “never say die” Red Devils scored 6 runs in a comeback attempt but fell short as the Gators went on to take a 13-8 win… They Gators only outhit the Red Devils 13-11but were aided by 5 untimely Red Devil walks issued by 3 Red Devil pitchers…Halleigh Luke went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and Alyssa Young went 2 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Tennis: Clinton 4 – Chapin 2…The Red Devil boys tennis team opened up it season Tuesday traveling down to Chapin HS to take on the always powerful Eagles… Good news for Red Devil fans as the team took a 4-2 win over the Eagles… In singles action Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr, Matthew King and Jacob King all took wins… For much more information on this match and to see what is next for the team click here.
  • Golf: Clinton 162 – Laurens 185… The Red Devil and the Raider golf teams opened their season Tuesday at Lakeside CC taking on each other… When the final putt went into the cup, the Red Devils had taken a 162 – 185 win over the Raiders. Clinton was led by Luke McMurray the match medalist shooting a 39… Ashton Wilson led the Raiders with a 42… For more information as to how the other participants did for each team click here.

Laurens

  • Tennis: Raiders 6 – Fury 1… The Raider boys’ tennis team hosted the fountain Inn Fury to open their season Tuesday and its good news for Raider fans as the team took a 6-1 win over the Fury… Now I do not have any other details on this match.
  • Softball up Next: The Raiders are scheduled to host the Southside Tigers in a doubleheader of region action today starting at 5:30
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host Greenwood today at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Saints 11 –Southside 1 (4)... The Thornwell Saints baseball team hosted the hosted the Class4A Southside Tigers yesterday and after 1 inning of play the Saints led 9-1 and then went on to take an 11-1 win over the Tigers in 4 innings… The Saints only outhit the Tigers 8-2 but were the recipient of 6 walks issued by the Tigers that came at opportune times especially in the first inning… All the Saint hits were singles except for a double by Cameron Bryant who had 2 hits total and drove in 3 runs… Jaden Wilson and Josef Holford each had 2 hits for the Saints and each drove in a run…. Sam Roberts picked up the complete game win striking out 8 and walking none in the 4 innings of work… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…
  • Softball: Saints 22 – Emerald 3 (5)… The Saints softball team traveled down to Greenwood last night to take on the Class 4A emerald Vikings… When the Saints got back home, they were able to ring the bell as they took a 22-3 win over the Vikings… The Saints only outhit the Vikings 12-8 but the two Viking pitchers issued 15 walks, and the Vikings had a couple of errors all of which aided the Saints in their win… Now I do NOT have the usual stats available to me but there are some stats on the Saints MaxPreps account for this game… If you would like to see them, click here.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 3-12-2025

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Thursday, 3-13-25… Baseball hosting Greenwood at 6:30 pm
  • Friday, 3-14-25… Varsity softball Laurens at Clinton at 7:00 pm

Clinton HS

  • Baseball: Clinton 20 – Union 4… Last night the Red Devils hosted the Union County Yellow Jackets and they must have had a great supply of bug spray as the Red Devils rolled to a 20-4 win in 4 innings… Clinton led 6-0 after one inning of play and Union scored 3 runs in the top of the 2 inning but the Red Devils scored 9 in the bottom of the inning to go up 15-3 and never looked back… The Red Devils simply outhit Union 13-4with Camden Finley picking up the complete game win striking out 9 and walking 5…Several Red Devils had more than one hit with Luke young going 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs and Talon Campbell also went 3 for 4 and drove in 4 runs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… I do believe that the Red Devils will be back in action today as part of a varsity-JV doubleheader at Ninety Six starting at 5:00 pm.
  • JV Baseball: Clinton 4 – Union 1… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.

 

  • Softball up Next… The Red Devils were scheduled to play a doubleheader with River Bluff Monday but the weather caused those games to be postponed until today… First pitches are scheduled for 5:30 and 7:15

Laurens

  • Softball: Woodruff 19 – Raiders 6 … Last night the Raider softball team hosted the Woodruff Wolverines and they were just too nice a host as the Wolverines took a 19-6 win over the Raiders in 5 innings…The Wolverines led 9-6 at the end of two innings of play and then struck for 7 runs in the top of the third inning to start pulling away while the Raiders just could not get any more runs across the plate the rest of the way… The Wolverines outhit the Raiders 20-10 and had 5 extra-base hits including 3 doubles, a triple and a homer… The Raiders had three players with 2 base hits each as Makayden Livingston had a pair of singles and an RBI, Carly Edwards had a pair of doubles and Addison Trevino had a pair of homers driving in 4 runs… The Raiders did have 5 errors which more often than not helped the Wolverines in scoring… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here…The Raiders are now 2-2 on the season and are scheduled to the Southside Tigers in a doubleheader of region action tomorrow starting at 5:30
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host Greenwood Thursday at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.

Laurens Academy

  • Softball… Last week I told you that the Crusader softball team had played a couple of games and all I had was the score for those games and no other details… Some details are now available on those two games… Click on the score at the start of the games below and it will carry you to the Crusaders MaxPreps softball site where the details are located.
    • Wardlaw 19 – Crusaders 8… The Crusaders opened their season with a 19-8 loss at Wardlaw on Tuesday, 3-14… The patriots only outhit the Crusaders 13-8 but 7 Crusader errors aided the Patriots cause…  Braylee Burke had 2 hits for the Crusaders including a triple and drove in 3 runs… Click here for more details.
    • Spartanburg Christian 13 – Crusaders 0… On Thursday, 3-6-25 the Crusaders traveled up to Spartanburg to take on the Spartanburg Christian Academy Warriors… I hate to have to remind you that the Warriors took a 13-0 win in 5 innings as the three Warrior pitchers struck out 12 Crusaders so hits were hard to come by for the Crusaders… For more information on the game, click here.

Thornwell

  • Baseball: Abbeville 16 – Saints 1... The Thornwell Saints baseball team hosted the Abbeville Panthers yesterday and I hate to have to report that the Saints fell to the Panthers 16-1 in 4 innings… Abbeville struck for 5 runs in the top of the first inning and the Saints got their only run in the bottom of the inning and after that it was all Panthers as they rolled on to the win outhitting the Saints 7-3 and taking advantage of 12 walks issued by 4 Saint pitchers… In the first inning, Zach Crowe doubled driving in TM Kinard-Shelton who had singled for the Saints only run… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The saints are scheduled to host the Southside Tigers today at 6:00 pm… I hope they get to ring the bell later on today!

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Tuesday, 3-11-2024

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Local Notes 

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Tuesday, 3-11-25… Softball hosting Woodruff at 6:00 pm
  • Thursday, 3-13-25… Baseball hosting Greenwood at 6:30 pm
  • Friday, 3-14-25… Varsity softball Laurens at Clinton at 7:00 pm

Clinton HS

  • Softball up Next… The Red Devils were scheduled to play a doubleheader with River Bluff yesterday, but the weather caused those games to be postponed until tomorrow… First pitches are scheduled for 5:30 and 7:15
  • Baseball up Next… The Red Devils ae scheduled to host Union County today as part of a JV-Varsity doubleheader starting at 5:00 pm.

Laurens

  • Softball at Home Today… The Raiders will be hosting the Woodruff Wolverines at 6:00 pm tonight and we plan on bringing you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Tennis Team at Home Today… The Raider boys’ tennis team will be hosting the Fountain Inn Fury today at 4:30 pm.
  • Baseball up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to host Greenwood Thursday at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.
  • Girls’ Soccer: Clinton 4 – Laurens 2… Catching up on some girls’ soccer action, back on March 3rd the Raiders traveled to Clinton and fell to the Red Devils by a score of 4-2… For a little more information about this match, click here.
  • Boys’ Soccer: Laurens 1 – Clinton 0… Also on March 3rd, the Raider boys’ soccer team defeated the Red Devils by a score of 1-0… Sorry I don’t have any other details on that match.

Laurens Academy

  • Softball… Last week I told you that the Crusader softball team had played a couple of games and all I had was the score for those games and no other details… Some details are now available on those two games… Click on the score at the start of the games below and it will carry you to the Crusaders MaxPreps softball site where the details are located.
    • Wardlaw 19 – Crusaders 8… The Crusaders opened their season with a 19-8 loss at Wardlaw on Tuesday, 3-14… The patriots only outhit the Crusaders 13-8 but 7 Crusader errors aided the Patriots cause…  Braylee Burke had 2 hits for the Crusaders including a triple and drove in 3 runs… Click here for more details.
    • Spartanburg Christian 13 – Crusaders 0… On Thursday, 3-6-25 the Crusaders traveled up to Spartanburg to take on the Spartanburg Christian Academy Warriors… I hate to have to remind you that the Warriors took a 13-0 win in 5 innings as the three Warrior pitchers struck out 12 Crusaders so hits were hard to come by for the Crusaders… For more information on the game, click here.

Thornwell

  • Baseball Host Abbeville… The Saints baseball team is scheduled to host Abbeville today at 7:00 pm.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Monday, 5-10-2025

Monday, March 10, 2025

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here….

Broadcast Notes… We plan on broadcasting the following game on Real Radio WLBG and stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

  • Tuesday, 3-11-25… Softball hosting Woodruff at 6:00 pm
  • Thursday, 3-13-25… Baseball hosting Greenwood at 6:30 pm
  • Friday, 3-14-25… Varsity softball Laurens at Clinton at 7:00 pm

Clinton HS

  • Softball… The Red Devil softball team closed out its participation in is preseason tournament last Friday with two games… By the way, Whitmire went undefeated in the tournament defeating Blacksburg 4-1 on Saturday.
    • Blacksburg 11 – Clinton 2… In their first game on Friday, the Red Devils fell for the first time this season as the Blacksburg Wildcats defeated them 11-2… The Wildcats outhit the Red Devils 10-6 but the Red Devils walked 8 Wildcats and had 4 errors that helped the Wildcats in some of their scoring… The Wildcats led 4-0 going into the bottom of the fifth inning where Halleigh Luke doubled driving in the Red Devils only 2 runs of the game… No Red Devil had more than 1 hit and Luke and Cat Wilkie each had a double for the Red Devils… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Greenwood 12 – Clinton 7… Later on Friday the Red Devils took on the Greenwood Eagles and the Red Devils jumped out to a 5-0 lead after one-half inning of play but after that runs became hard to come by as the Eagles came back to take a 12-7 win over Clinton… The Red Devils led 6-3 going into the bottom of the fourth inning where the Eagles put 5 runs on the scoreboard and added 4 more in the fifth while holding the Red Devils to a single run in the top of the seventh inning…  Sierra Templeton had 2 of the Red Devils 8 hits … To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next… The 1-2 Red Devils are scheduled to host River Bluff today starting at 5:30 and I do believe it will be a double-header.

 

  • Baseball: Clinton 10 – South Aiken 6… The Red Devil baseball team finished its participation in the Emerald City Preseason Baseball Tournament Saturday taking on the South Aiken Thoroughbreds, a team that defeated them 5-2 earlier in the tournament… I’m pleased to report that the Red Devils got a measure of revenge for the earlier loss as they defeated the Thoroughbreds 10-6… The Red Devils scored 6 runs in the top of the first inning and made them standup the rest of the way though the Thoroughbreds did get to within 1 run as the score stood 6-5 Clinton after three innings… The Red Devils put the nails in the Thoroughbreds coffin putting 3 runs on the scoreboard in the sixth inning… The Red Devils outhit the Thoroughbreds 10-6 with all the Red Devil hits being singles and they took advantage of 8 walks issued by Thoroughbreds pitchers…. Jayden Glenn went 3 for 3 and scored 2 runs to lead the Red Devils at the plate and both Camden Finley and Rhett Gilliam each had 2 hits… Tanner Finley started the game and picked up the win with Isaac Cane pitching the last 2 innings… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
  • Up Next… The 2-2 Red Devils ae scheduled to host Union County tomorrow as part of a JV-Varsity doubleheader starting at 5:15 pm.

Laurens

  • Baseball… The Raider baseball team finished its participation in The Classic down in Georgetown over the weekend and they did struggle a little… As you may recall they lost the first game on Thursday to the #1 ranked in Class 5A-D-2 TL Hanna Yellow Jackets.
    • Chapin 10 – Laurens 0… Friday the Raiders took on the Chapin Eagles who are ranked #4 in Class 5A-D2 and the news is not good for Raider fans as the Eagles took a 10-0 win… They outhit the Raiders 10-2 and 3 of their hits were for extra-bases including one homer… The Raider hits were all singles one by Avery Madden and the other by Logan Martin… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • James Island 11 – Raiders 1… On Saturday the Raider took on the James Island Trojans who defeated them for the state championship last season… Once again the Trojans came out on top as they took an 11-1 win…They only outhit the Raiders 11-6 but their hits were timelier and 11 walks issued by four Raider pitchers helped their cause… Tristan Buzbee was the only Raider with more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 3 with a double but Bennett Edwards only hit was a solo homer… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Laurens 11 – Georgetown 1 (3)… The Raiders finally got their bats going Sunday as they outhit the Georgetown Bulldogs 11-2 in route to an 11-1 win over the Bulldogs in 3 innings… The Raiders scored 5 runs in the first inning and were never really challenged after that as Ben Willis struck out 3 and walked just 1 picking up the win… Aver Madden led the Raiders on offense going 3 for 3 with a solo homer in the third inning and finished with 3 RBIs… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
    • Up Next… The 1-3 Raiders are scheduled to host Greenwood Thursday at 6:30 pm and we do plan on brining you that game here on Real Radio WLBG.

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

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
  • Thornwell:   To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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

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