Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 5-7-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Tuesday and it’s brought to you Presbyterian College Athletics… The PC baseball team came up on the short end of the score in all 3 games at NC State last weekend and the opposition does not get any easier as they travel to Nashville tomorrow to take on the #1 or 2 (depending on whose poll you look at) Commodores of Vanderbilt… Game time is 7:30… You can follow it at GoBluehose.com… The #8 seeded PC softball team will open Big South tournament action on Thursday morning at 9:00am as they take on #9 seeded Charleston Southern.. Again follow the action at GoBlueHose.com… Good luck to both teams!

Local sports:

CHS:

• Tennis:  Clinton 6 – Emerald 1…. The Red Devil tennis team was finally able to get their first round playoff match in yesterday afternoon after all the rain delays and it the time off apparently did nor hurt them too much as they defeated Emerald 6-1… Alec & Robert Powell, Jay Peay and Isaach MacMillan all had wins in singles action… Austin MacMillan and Alec Powell teamed up to take a win as the #1 doubles team and the #2 doubles team composed of Jacob Tiller & Joe Scarborough did likewise…Click on the following for more complete match details: 2013-5-6__CHS-6_Emerald-1_POF-1   Because of the rain delays the team will have to right back in action today as they travel up to Clemson to take on Daniel at 5 pm…  For those wanting to follow the team up, the physical address is 102 Neetles Park Rd. Clemson, SC.
• Track: Last Saturday some members of the Red Devil track team participated in the state qualifying meet at Lower Richland High School… The only Red Devil who qualified to move on to the state meet this coming Saturday was Dee Jennings who qualified in the 110 meter hurdles… Congratulations to him and the other members of the team! 

LDHS:

•  Track: Last Saturday, some members of  the boys and girls track teams traveled to Spring Valley for the state qualifying meet…  The girls’ team did not have anyone who finished high enough to move on to the championship meet… However, not so with the boys… Eligha Case qualified in the 400 meter dash and the 4×400 meter relay team composed of Tevin Barksdale, A’Derius Freeman, Kalim Taylor & Eligha Case… The state finals meet will be at Lower Richland this coming Saturday… Congratulations to these athletes.
• Moore Signs: Yesterday afternoon, Laurens senior MaryAnna Moore signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Clinton Junior College in Rock [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 5-6-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Monday and it’s brought to you Laurens School District 55 where they want to remind you that PASS testing will begin tomorrow and runs through Friday of this week… Please encourage your child to do their best and be sure they get plenty of rest each night… Do all you can to make sure they arrive at school in a good frame of mind and minimize stress on them this week.

Local sports:

Clinton:

• Tennis: The Red Devil tennis team did not get to play their 1^st round playoff game last week due to all the rain… The match against the Emerald Vikings is now scheduled for 5:00 pm today at the Red Devil tennis courts …. Weather permitting.
• Golf:  The CHS golf team is scheduled to participate in the Upper State Golf Tournament at Brookstone weather permitting
• Dixie Youth Baseball… Weather and field conditions permitting, Sports Radio 1410 WPCC is scheduled to bring some Dixie Youth action this afternoon. 

LDHS:

•  Spring football practice continues today.

Laurens Academy:

• Softball: Lady Crusaders 18 – Anderson Christian 0…  Last Friday afternoon the Lady Crusader softball team clinched the region championship with an 18-0 win over Anderson Christian in 3 innings… The Lady Crusaders scored only 1 run in the first inning and 17 in the second inning in a game that was called after 2½ innings due to the 15 run rule after 3 innings that SCISA uses… The Crusaders manufactured those 18 runs on just 5 hits as they were aided by Anderson issuing 11 walks, 3 hit batters and committing 2 errors almost all of which came in the 2^nd inning when the Crusaders sent 23 batters to the plate… Carmen McGee picked up the win giving up only 2 hits while striking out 5 and walking none… Click on the following for more game statistics: 2013-5-3_SB_LA-18_Anderson-0   Click on the following for a game scorecard: 2013-5-3_SB_LA-18_Anderson-0_scorecard   The Lady Crusaders are scheduled to close out their regular season tomorrow at Ben Lipton … weather permitting
• Baseball: The Crusader baseball team was scheduled to begin the upper-state playoff series today at 6:00 with a home game against W.W. King… However all the rain has forced them to postpone the series opener until tomorrow at the earliest… For those of you Crusader fans who will not be able to attend tomorrow’s game I have some good news… We plan on bringing it to you here on Real Radio 860 WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com. 

Pro Baseball:

Atlanta Braves:

• On Friday the Braves losing streak went to 3 games as the N.Y. Mets defeated them 7-5 in 10 innings…
• The Saturday game suffered the same fate as many outdoor activities this weekend- it was rained out..
• Then yesterday the Braves ended their losing streak with a 9-4 win over the Mets… The Braves scored 5 runs in the 3^rd inning and coasted to the win… Freddie Freeman and Reed Johnson drove in 3 runs each in the win… Tim Hudson picked up his 4^th win of the season… The Braves now start a long road trip with their 1^st stop in Cincinnati to start a 3 game series with the Reds tonight.

FYI / Community Interest:

• Spring football practice is taking place at LDHS on May 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15. The Raiders will be working on installing their new triple-option offense under the direction of Coach Lawson and his new offensive coordinator Coach Jay Brannon. The annual Spring Game and Powder Puff game will be May 16. See the posting in the Between the Lines section at wlbg.com for more details.

• Donations Needed: If you have any good used exercise bikes or elliptical machines they have a need for them at LDHS.. They also can olympic weights and dumbbells for the weight room.  If anybody in the community has any of these items that are “collecting dust” and in your way and would be willing to donate them, they can use them. They will of course come out and pick them up. If you have any of these items contact call LDHS at 682-3151 and tell them what you have and they will pass the message on to Adam Howell, strength & conditioning coach.
• Coupon Book For Sale… As you may or may not know, the athletic budget at the local high schools provided by the district often does not cover all the items needed to run an athletic team and coaches often have to look for other sources of income to make ends meet. The LDHS football program is no exception to that dilemma… This coming year they must replace or refurbish all helmets due to the 10 year rule, new uniforms are needed and the coach’s sideline communication system used to confer with the assistant coaches in or around the press box must be replaced… All this takes money not in the normal budget… To help pay for these the football team is selling a coupon book for $20 that has over 50 coupons to various local businesses.. One coupon in the book offers a free oil change and tire rotation from a local dealership that is alone worth well over $20… Coach Lawson will have these at all the home athletic events this spring and you can also get one by calling his office # 683-3360 and leaving a message… They also have them in them available in the main office at LDHS… If you get the chance, purchase one, I did.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to reports scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  5-3-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Friday and it’s brought to you Presbyterian College Athletics… Exams have finished and the PC athletic teams get back in action this weekend… The baseball team will be at NC State and the softball team will travel to Charleston Southern for their final regular season series… You can keep track of these and other PC athletic events at www.GoBlueHose.com.

Local sports:

CHS:

• Tennis: The Red Devil boys 1^st round tennis playoff match with the Emerald Vikings that was scheduled for yesterday will be played on Monday at 4:30 at the Red Devil Courts. 
• Track: Good luck to the Red Devil track athletes who will be headed to the state qualifying meet this weekend… For a list of those athletes, see my Sports Report for Monday (3-29-13) this week. 

LDHS:

•  Region Golf Tournament… The Region I-AAAA golf tournament was held earlier this week over in Anderson… T.L. Hanna finished 1^st shooting a 592… Hanna’s Graham Farmer was tournament medalist with a 140… Easley finished 2^nd – 604, Hillcrest 3^rd – 622 and Greenwood 4^th – 634… These teams will move on to state qualifier next week… Laurens finished 6^th shooting a 666… Ryan Wright had the low score for the Raiders as he shot a 157…  Other Raider scores were: Justin Thomason 159, Jonathan Finley 169, Nick Brown 181 and Erick Dominic 193… Click on the following for complete match details: 2013_1_4A_GOLF_RESULTS
• Want to wish the Raider track team members who will be heading down to Spring Valley to participate in the state qualifying track meet tomorrow Good Luck.. See my sports report for yesterday to see which athletes will be making the trip down to Columbia tomorrow.

Laurens Academy:

• Softball: The Lady Crusaders will be having their last home regular season game today at 5:00 as the host Anderson.
• Softball 5-1-13: Yesterday I told you that the Lady Crusaders defeated King Academy on Wednesday 10-1 but that I did not have much information other than the score… Thanks to Coach Muir I now have some… Click on the following for the box score and other statistics: 2013-5-1_SB_LA-10_King-1  Click on the following for the game scorecard: 2013-5-1_SB_LA-10_King-1_scorecard  [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 5-2-13

Local sports:

CHS:

• Soccer: Chapman 3 – Clinton 1… Yesterday Chapman broke a 1-1 tie at the half by scoring 2 goals in the 2^nd period to take a 3-1 win over Clinton in the final regular season match for the Red Devils… Seth Anderson had the Red Devils only goal and the Red Devils managed only 7 shots on goal to Chapman’s 13… Jose Gayton did make 6 saves in goal for Clinton… Clinton finished 5^th in the region with a region record of 3-7 and overall record of 7-14.
• Spring Football Practice… Spring football practice has begun for the Red Devils. 

LDHS:

Region Track Results:  Catching up on the track teams, Tuesday & Wednesday last week the Raider Track team participated in the Region I-AAAA track meet in Anderson… What follows are the overall results and those athletes who qualified for the state qualifying meet this Saturday @ Spring Valley

Girls:  J.L. Mann finished 1^st with Laurens 7^th

• ·       Laquashia Brown -  4^th 100 meter dash [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  5-1-13

Local sports: 

LDHS:

•  Basketball Award: The spring sports season is so busy with all the different sports that sometimes it is easy for some things to get “squeezes out” or “fall through the cracks”… Such is the case with Raider basketball Awards for this past season… I want to catch up with that now and tell you that MaryAnna Moore made the Girl’s All Region team… For the boys, Chrishawn Guest and Dra Cunningham represented the Raiders on the All Region Team… I want to congratulate these three athletes on well deserved honors.. The basketball coaches also had other awards they handed out to various members of the boys and girls JV and varsity teams… For a complete listing of these award, click on the following: Basketball Awards

Laurens Academy:

• Baseball: Crusaders 2 – Costal Christian 0… The Laurens Crusader baseball team opened up SCISA Class A playoff action last night at home with a 2-0 win over the Coastal Christian Cougars out of Mount Pleasant…. Senior Tanner Goff pitched a no-hitter picking up the win while striking out 6 and walking 4… The Crusaders picked up their first run in the 2^nd inning when Caleb Sims reached on an error and then stole 2^nd base and moved to 3^rd when the catcher threw the ball into center field trying to get him at 2^nd… He then scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Trevor Esposito… The Crusaders last run came in the 5^th when with 2 outs Caleb Greene reached on a fielder’s choice and then stole 2^nd base… Matthew Urwick then singled to bring him in… After the game Coach Darryl Halbert said he was a little disappointed with the team’s performance at the plate but was of happy with [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  4-30-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Tuesday and it’s brought to you Presbyterian College Athletics… The PC baseball team managed to win 1 of 3 games against Coastal Carolina this past weekend and the two they lost were only by a single run each… Keep up with these at www.GoBlueHose.com

Local sports:

CHS:

• Soccer: Clinton 5 – Chester 0… Last Friday the Red Devil soccer team traveled to Chester and came back home with a 5-0 win over the Cyclones… Madison Simpson and Nolan Boozer each had 2 goals and Michael Richey had the remaining goal… Clinton had 23 shots on goal to Chester’s 3… Jose Gayton had 3 saves in goal… Clinton finishes the regular season 7-13 and 3-6 in region play.
• Region Golf Tournament: The Clinton Red Devil golf team qualified for the Upper-State Golf Tournament by finishing 4^th in the region tournament with a 256… Chapman finished 1^st with a 331… Clinton was led by Hunter Nichols who shot a 77 on the par 72 Chester C.C…. Nichols ran into a little bad luck as he put his 2^nd shot in the water on the 18^th hole and had to settle for a triple bogey… This truly was a team effort as there were only 4 strokes between 2^nd place Woodruff and Clinton…. Other Clinton scores were Zach Davis & Harrison Fisher 92 each, Michael Mann 95 and Riley Hawkins 101… The team will be in action next week at the Upper-State Golf Tournament at Southern Oaks in Powdersville…. Click on the following for complete region match details: Region Golf Scores  

LDHS:

• Golf: 4-25-13… Catching up on a little golf action from last Thursday, Laurens travelled to the Anderson C.C. to participate in a 4 team match with JL [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 3-29-13 

Local sports:

CHS:

Region Track Meet: Last Tuesday and Wednesday the Red Devil track teams were in action at the Region Track meet held at Broome High School…

Girls: The Girls team finished 5^th with 5 athletes finishing high enough to make it to the state qualifier next weekend… They were:

• Girls 400 Meter Hurdles: Chrishanti Johnson – 3rd
• Girls High Jump: Gabby Bates – 2nd
• Girls Long Jump: Cynthia McHam – 4th
• Girls Shot Put: Aaliyah Boyd – 3rd & Tamia Sanders – 4th
• Girls Discus Throw: Aaliyah Boyd – 1st

Boys: The boys track team finished 2nd in the region meet and they too had several members who will advance to the state qualifier this next weekend… They are:

• Boys 100 Meter Dash: Kenyon Brown – 2nd
• Boys 200 Meter Dash: Kenyon Brown – 1st
• Boys 1600 Meter Run: Chandler Sprouse – 2nd
• Boys 3200 Meter Run: Chandler Sprouse – 1st
• Boys 110 Meter Hurdles: Dee Jennings – 1st
• Boys 400 Meter Hurdles: Dee Jennings – 3rd
• Boys 4×100 Meter Relay: 2nd: Lavadrick Glenn, Drek Anderson, Hezekiah Simpson & Matthias Williams
• Boys High Jump: Kenyon Brown – 2nd
• Boys Long Jump: Kenyon Brown – 1st, Tyree Rumph – 4th
• Boys Shot Put: Keiron Murphy – 2nd

Complete Results: To see complete region meet results click on the following: Region_3-AAA_Track-results 

LDHS:

• Softball: Nation Ford 12 – Laurens 7….  Last Friday night the Lady Raider softball team was eliminated from playoff action as the Lady Falcons of Nation Ford took a 12-7 win at the LDHS softball field… Nation Ford jumped on top scoring 2 runs in the top of the 1^st but Laurens answered scoring 1 [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  4-26-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Friday and it’s brought to you PC Athletics… The PC baseball team took an 8-3 win over Charlotte on Tuesday to make their record 22-20… They will play a doubleheader at Coastal Carolina today and a single game tomorrow… The Lady Blue Hose softball team is also on the road this week taking on Longwood in Farmville, Va. 

Local sports:

CHS:

•  Golf- 4-23-13… Catching up on a little Red Devil golf action, back on Tuesday the Red Devils traveled to Chapman for their last regular season match… Unfortunately Chapman took a 156 – 169 win over the Red Devils.. Hunter Stewart had the lowest score for Clinton shooting a par 36.. Seth Robertson of Chapman bested him for medalist by only 1 stroke shooting a 35… Other Clinton scores were; Harrison Fisher 42, Michael Mann 45, Nate Moody 46, Zach Davis 50 and Riley Harkins 57…. Clinton finishes the regular season 12-8-1 and will play next Monday in region tournament at the Chester C.C.
•  Soccer: Mid-Carolina 5 – Clinton 4… The Red Devil soccer team hosted Mid-Carolina yesterday and Rebels took a hard fought 5-4 win… Madison Simpson continues to be the Red Devils most potent offensive weapon as he had 3 of Clinton’s goals and Nolan Boozer had the other… Clinton had 13 shots on goal and Mid-Carolina 14… Jose Gayton had 4 saves in goal… The team is now 6-13 on the season while Mid-Carolina is 11-4

LDHS:

• Softball: Byrnes 3 – Laurens 2…  The Lady Raider softball team traveled to Byrnes to take on the Lady Rebel softball team in 1^st round playoff action… Byrnes had to come from behind to do it but they did take a 3-2 win over Laurens… Laurens scored 2 runs in the 1^st inning with a little help from the Rebels… With 1 out, Jordan Henderson and Elizabeth Carman had back-to-back singles… Allison Foreback then drew a walk to load the bases… After the next batter popped up for the 2^nd out, the Byrnes centerfielder committed an error that allowed Henderson and Carman to [Read more...]