Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 4-5-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Friday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics…. Last Tuesday the PC baseball team hosted the USC Upstate Spartans and PC had a 7-5 lead going into the 8^th inning but the Spartans put 8 runs on the board in the 8^th to take a 13-7 win… PC will host Campbell in a 3 game weekend series starting today at 3:00… The Camels are one of the better teams in the Big South sporting a 25-5 / 6-3 record while the Blue Hose are 18-12 / 5-1… Should be an interesting series.

Local sports: Most all local sports were cancelled yesterday due to the weather

CHS:

• Winter Sports Awards: last week CHS had its Winter Sports Award Ceremony… In boys’ basketball, Kenyon Brown was named the MVP and for the girls basketball it was Gabby Bates…. There were other awards handed out and to see those click on the following: Winter Sports Ceremony
• Soccer: Weather permitting, the boys’ soccer team is scheduled to be in action today at Brookland-Cayce H.S. in the Nike Palmetto Cup… They are scheduled to take on Fort Mill this morning at 10:00 and Westwood at 5:00 this afternoon.

LDHS:

• Softball: The Lady Raider softball team is scheduled to be in action in the Aiken Triple Crown Tournament today & tomorrow in Aiken, SC… Their 1^st opponent is Spring Valley this afternoon at 5:00 and then Midland Valley tonight at 8:30… They then will return to action tomorrow morning at 10:45 against Daniel H.S… There will be more games after that tomorrow against opponents and at times to be announced.
• JV baseball: The Raider JV baseball team will be playing tomorrow at 10:00am and their opponent will be JL Mann… Then at 4:00 they will [Read more...]

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

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: Clinton 11 – Westside 3 … The Clinton Red Devils got back on the winning path last night as they took an 11-3 win over the Rams of Westside in the Carolina Classic Spring Break tournament over in Pendleton… Clinton got on the board first putting 4 runs on the board in the bottom of the 2^nd inning… Dalton Foster & Hunter steward started the inning off with singles followed by Bradley Templeton drawing a walk to load the bases… When Trey Childress also drew a walk it scored D. Foster… Josh Simmons then flied out but deep enough to score Stewart… Justin Foster then singled and Templeton came home… Austin Wooten then singled scoring Childress… Westside picked up their runs in the top of the 3^rd making it 4-3… Clinton added 2 runs in the 4^th … Singles by J. Foster, Landon Allison and a walk to M. Craven set the stage for D. Foster to drive in 2 runs on a double… The Red Devils added 4 more runs in the 5^th inning… Clinton received 4 walks in the inning and key hits by Colby Templeton, B. Pitts and L. Allison led to the runs… Clinton picked up its final run in the 6^th inning… B. Pitts walked, Charles McKinney doubled and then L. Allison singled driving in Pitts…  Click on following for game statistics: 2013-4-3__CHS-11__Westside-3
• Soccer: Brookland-Cayce 9 – Clinton 1… The Red Devil soccer team started play in the Nike Palmetto Cup hosted by Brookland-Cayce H.S.  Their opening round opponent was the host school Brookland –Cayce Bearcats… The Bearcats entered the match with a single loss and left the match the same way as they defeated Clinton 9-1… Madison Simpson had the lone goal for the Red Devils… The Red Devils are scheduled to be back in action today at 10:00am as they take on Fort Mill at B.C.H.S.  

LDHS:

• Baseball: First Academy (Florida) 4 – Laurens 0… The Laurens Raiders lost to First Academy (Florida) 4-0. Last night… Cody Smiley [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  4-3-2013

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: Emerald 9 – Clinton 6… The Clinton baseball team continued play in the Carolina Classic Spring Break Tournament over in Pendleton yesterday afternoon taking on the Emerald Vikings… The Red Devil bats were more alive than the night before putting 6 runs on the board the only problem is that the Vikings put up 9 to take a 9-6 win… Emerald jumped on top in the 1^st inning as they put 2 on the board… Clinton responded with a single run in the bottom of the 1^st … Matt Craven and Brandon Pitts both walked and Landon Allison was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs.. Dalton Foster then had a sacrifice fly to score Craven… Unfortunately the other 2 runners were left stranded… Clinton got 2 runs in the bottom of the 4^th to go ahead 3-2 when Colby Templeton led off with a double and 2 batters later scored when Hunter Stewart also doubled… Josh Simmons then singled but was caught trying to steal 2^nd… However, during the play Stewart scored…  Emerald retook the lead scoring 4 runs in the top of the 5^th to make it 6-3… Clinton got 2 of the runs back in their half of the 5^th as Craven led off drawing a walk and later scored when D. Foster doubled… His courtesy runner Charles McKinney later scored on a Viking error… In the top of the 6^th inning, Emerald got those 2 runs back plus 1 more to make it 9-5… The Red Devils picked up their final run in the bottom of the 6^th inning when H. Stewart led off with a homer…  For more statistics on the game click on the following link: 2013-4-2__CHS-6__Emerald-9     The Red Devils will take on Westside @ Pendleton tonight at 6:30. 

LDHS:

• Baseball: Laurens 9 – Eastside 4… The Laurens Raiders continued play yesterday afternoon in the Carolina Classic at Eastside and they defeated the host team 9-4… Laurens struck first in the top of the 1^st when Di’Markus Sanders singled and Christian Burton reached on an error… Cody Smiley then doubled driving them in… Laurens added another run in the 3^rd when Thomas Jones singled and Trey Finley drove him in with a triple… Laurens added 4 more in the 4^th inning all after 2 were out.. D. Sanders singled, C. Burton walked and C. Smiley brought in Sanders with a single…Shannon Smith then tripled to bring in Burton & Smiley… Smith scored when T. Jones singled… Eastside got a single run in the [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  4-2-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Tuesday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics… The Blue Hose baseball team had a good weekend as they took 2 of 3 from Furman… They won Thursday’s game 10-8 but lost Fridays at home 3-8… PC took the rubber game of the series on Saturday in Greenville 6-2… PC’s record now stands at 18-11 overall… The Blue Hose host USC-Upstate today at 3:00 pm.

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: Pendleton 2 – Clinton 0… The Clinton baseball team opened play in the Carolina Classic Spring Break Tournament over at Pendleton H.S. last night as they took on the host Pendleton Bulldogs… Clinton just could not get the offense in gear as Pendleton took a 2-0 win… Pendleton got 1 run in the 1^st inning and a Clinton error had a large part to do with that… Pendleton’s other run came in the 3^rd inning and 2 singles and a wild pitch were the main contributors to the run scoring… Clinton did threaten in the 4^th inning having runners on the corners with 2 outs but just could not get the key hit… Both teams had 4 hits each on the night… Bradley Templeton had 2 of the Red Devils 4 hits… Templeton took the loss giving up the 2 runs (only 1 of which was earned) on 4 hits while striking out 3 and walking 2… Click on the following for more game statistics: 2013-4-1__CHS-0__Pendleton-2   Clinton will take on Emerald at 4:00pm today in their 2^nd game of the tournament.
• Soccer: Broome 10 – CHS 1… Last Friday the CHS soccer team traveled to Broome and the Centurions took a 10-1 over the Red Devils… Madison Simpson had Clinton’s only goal… The Red Devil offense managed 4 shots on goal to Broome’s 19… Seth Anderson and Jose Gayton combined for 5 saves in goal for Clinton… Clinton is now 1-8 overall and 0-4 in region play. 

LDHS:

• Baseball: Laurens 12 – Wade Hampton 2…. Yesterday the Laurens Raider baseball team got off to a good start in the Carolina Classic at [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  4-1-13

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: Clinton 15 – Broome 1… The Clinton Red Devils traveled to Broome to take on the Centurions last Friday night and the bus ride back was a happy one as they smashed the Centurions 15 -1 … Clinton scored 7 runs in the 1^st inning and were never threatened starting pitcher Justin Foster scattered 2 hits while striking out 3 and walking 3 to get the complete 5 inning win…  The only run Broome managed was a solo shot in the 4^th inning… Clinton more than batted around in the big 1^st inning… In addition to a couple of walks and a hit batter, Colby Templeton, Dalton Foster, Landon Allison, Hunter Stewart , Josh Simmons and Matt Craven all had hits… The Red Devils added 4 more in the 4^th and 5^th innings… In the 4^th inning, Kendall Pitts had a 2 run homer… By the time the last out was recorded, Clinton had pounded out 17 hits with Landon Allison going 4 -4 with 2 doubles and 4 RBIs while scoring 2 runs… Click on the following to see more statistics on the game: 2013-3-29__CHS-15__Broome-1     The Red Devils will be in action the first part of this week as they participate in the Carolina Classic Spring Break Tournament over at Pendleton H.S….. They will face the home team Pendleton today at 6:30pm
• C-Team Baseball: CHS takes 2 from Dutch Fork… On Saturday Clinton fielded a C-Team for the first time and good news as Clinton won 2 games down at Dutch Fork… They defeated the Silver Foxes twice, once by a score of 7-3 and the second time by a score of 2-1… For details on how the 2 contest went, click on the following:  2013-3-30__CHS-C-Team

LDHS:

• Baseball: Greenwood 1 – Laurens 0… Easley, TL Hannah, Greenwood and Laurens all went into last Friday night’s contest tied for the region lead with 5-2 records and looking to get a “leg up” as they started 2^nd half of region play… Laurens hosted Greenwood hoping to be one of [Read more...]

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

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Friday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics… The Blue Hose baseball team took the 1^st game in a 3 games series with Furman yesterday by a score of 10-8… The series shifts back to Clinton today for a 3:00pm start… Saturday the 3^rd game of the series will take place in Greenville with a 4:00 pm 1^st pitch… By the way, go to www.GoBluhose.com and look for the recap on yesterday’s game and you will see former Laurens Academy Crusader Brandon Martin in a key photo.

Local sports:

CHS:

• Softball: Clinton 6 – Broome 5… The Lady Red Devils hosted the Lady Centurions of Broome last night and good news as the Red Devils picked up their 2^nd win of the season defeating Broome 6-5… Clinton lead 5-0 going into the 3^rd inning and Broome score enough runs to tie the game in the 5^th inning… Brittany Templeton had a walk-off single in the bottom of the 7^th inning scoring Kayleigh Pitts from 3^rd for the win… Coach Nickie Templeton was glad to pick up the win noting that Jessica Wood had a great performance on the mound… She also noted the fact that Clinton left bases loaded 4 different times without scoring a run… The team record is now 2-11 / 1-4 and will be off next week returning to play Tuesday, April 9^th when they travel to Chester. 

LDHS – CHS

• Baseball: Laurens 16 – Clinton 6… Round 2 of the Clinton – Laurens baseball series took place last night at Laurens and the Raiders made a sweep of this series as they defeated Clinton 16-6 in 5 innings… Laurens got 3 runs in the 2^nd inning the first a solo homer by Shannon Smith… After an out, a walk to Hammer Walker and a single by Trae Coleman coupled with a Clinton error allowed Walker to score and Coleman to move on to 3^rd… The next Raider reached on an error and then a fielder’s choice by Di’markus Sanders scored Coleman… The Raiders threatened to blow the game open in the 3^rd inning as they scored 5 runs on 2 hits, aided by 2 hit batters 3 walks and a Clinton error… Clinton did not go quietly as they came back and scored 5 runs in the top of the 4^th inning… a single, double and walk loaded the bases for Landon Allison who unloaded them as he put a 2-1 pitch over the right field fence for a grand slam… Clinton added 1 more run before the inning was over to make the score 8-5 Laurens… Laurens answered with 4 runs of their own in the 4^th inning off of a hit, 2 walks and 3 wild pitches… Clinton put a single run [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  3-28-13

Local sports:

CHS:

• Boys Tennis: CHS 7 – Chapman 0… On Tuesday the Clinton tennis team hosted the Chapman Panthers and the Red Devils took a 7-0 win in region play… Austin MacMillan, Alec Powell, Jay Peay, Isaac MacMillan & Robert Powell all had wins in singles action… A. MacMillan & Powell teamed up to take a win in doubles action while Jacob Tiller and Joe Scarborough teamed up to take the other doubles win… Click on the following for more match details:2013-3-26__CHS-7_Chapman-0
• Boys Tennis: CCES 7 – Clinton 0… Then yesterday Red Devil tennis team traveled to Christ Church yesterday to take on a perennially strong Cavalier team and unfortunately the tables were turned as the score was just the opposite from Tuesday as Christ Church took a 7-0 win handing the Clinton only its 2^nd loss of the season both out of region play… Click on following for match details: 2013-3-27__CHS-0_CCES-7
• Soccer: Chapman 6 – CHS 0… Back on Tuesday the Red Devil soccer team traveled to Inman to take on Chapman and the ride home most likely felt a little longer than the ride up because Chapman took a 6-0 win over Clinton… Chapman’s offense 22 shots on goal while their defense held Clinton to just 1… Jerry Reaves and Jose Gayton combined for 11 saves in goal… Clinton’s record is now 1-7 overall and 0-3 in region play.
• Golf 3-26-13… Also back on Tuesday the Red Devil golf team travelled to Greer for a 3-way match with Greer & Berea… When the last putt rolled in the cup, Clinton had defeated both other teams shooting a 182.. Greer finished 2^nd just 3 shots behind with a 185 and Berea 3^rd with a 199… Eddie Bagwell of Berea was match medalist shooting a 39… Nate Moody led Clinton with a 41… Zach Davis shot a 45 and both Michael Mann & Harrison Fisher both shot 48. 

LDHS:

• Golf: Laurens Raider Invitational… Despite the high winds back on Monday, the Laurens Raider Golf Invitational went on at Lakeside C.C….  Nine varsity and nine JV teams participated.. TL Hannah won the varsity portion with a low score of 323… Easley won the JV portion with a 342… Justin Thomason of Laurens and Hunter Nichols of Clinton both made the all-tournament team… For complete match details, click on the following: 2013-3-25_Laurens-Raider-Invitational
• Golf 3-26-13… On Tuesday the Raider golf team traveled to Smithfield C.C. to participate in a 4 team match… Easley took the win shooting a 163 with the Raiders finishing 2^nd with a 177… Woodmont was 3^rd with a 179 and Westside 4^th shooting 197… Laurens’ Ryan Wright was match medalist shooting a 40… Laurens & Easley JV teams also played each other and Easley took the win 162-209… Click on the following to find out [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  3-26-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Tuesday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics… The PC baseball team took 2 of 3 from Winthrop last weekend up in Rock Hill to run their season record to 15-10 and 5-1 in Big South Action… They lost 1-3 on Friday and took both games in a doubleheader on Saturday by scores of 4-3 in 10 innings and 9-3 in the 2^nd game… The Blue Hose start a 3 game series with Furman in Greenville on Thursday at 6:00 pm… The 2^nd game will be on Friday at PC with 1^st pitch at 3:00.. The series finale will be Saturday in Greenville. 

Local sports:

CHS:

• JV Baseball: Union County 10 – CHS 4… Back on Friday the Union County JV baseball team defeated Clinton 10-4 handing the Red Devils their 1^st loss of the season… Union had a 6 run 3^rd inning that was the difference in the game.. The leading hitters for Clinton were Chandler Todd who went 3-4 and Delshun Young who went 2-3
• Soccer: Union County 4 – CHS 2… Also in action last Friday the Union County soccer team took a 4-2 win over Clinton… Madison Simpson and Rodolfo Orozco each had a goal for the Red Devils.. Union had 19 shots on goal to Clinton’s 9… Jose Gayton made 12 saves in goal… Clinton is now 1-6 overall and 0-2 in region play. 

LDHS:

• Tennis: JL Mann 7 – Laurens 0… Last Thursday the Raider tennis team faced off against JL Mann and the Patriots took a 7-0 win over the Raiders.
• Boys Soccer: LDHS 4 – Westside 2… The Laurens Raiders boys’ soccer team was on the road last Friday traveling to Anderson to take on the Westside Rams… Good news in that the Raiders took a 4-2 win over the Rams… Four different Raiders had the goals… They were Hernan Salinas, Chris Molina, Henry Garcia and Esgar Diaz… The Raiders are now 3-4 overall and 2-3 in region action.
• Track 3-14-13… The girls and boys track teams hosted Hillcrest & Woodmont back on Thursday 3-14-13.. Good news for the boys team as they [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  3-26-13

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: Union County 6 – CHS 5… The Clinton baseball team traveled to Union County last Friday night and Union picked up a run in the bottom of the 7^th to take a 6-5 win in region action… Union got a run in the 1^st inning and 3 in the 3^rd to take a 4-0 lead… Clinton got on the board with 2 runs in the top of the 4^th inning… Brandon Pitts led the inning off with a single and moved to 2^nd when the next batter grounded out… Dalton Foster the singled scoring Pitts and he took 2^nd on the throw… Kendall Pitts then singled scoring Foster… Clinton picked up their final 3 runs in the top of the 5^th … Josh Simmons walked and Justin Foster sacrificed him to 2^nd.. An error allowed Matt Craven to reach 2^nd and Simmons to score… Colby Templeton later singled scoring Craven and he took 2^nd on the throw…. An error by Union later allowed C. Templeton to score making it 5-4 Red Devils… Union came right back and tied the game in their half of the 5^th inning with a single run to make it 5-5… Union County got the wining run with 2 out in the bottom of the 7^th of a walk and a double… Justin Foster took the loss giving up the 6 runs (all earned) on 8 hits while striking out 3 and walking 5… The Red Devils only had 5 hits on the night by 5 different players… Clinton is now 4-7 overall and 2-2 in region play… They will be back in action Tuesday as they host Chapman… Click on the following for more statistics on the game: 2013-3-22__CHS-5__Union-6
• Softball:  Union County 15 – CHS 1… Also last Friday the Lady Red Devil softball team hosted Union County and some defensive errors helped Union take a 15-1 win in 5 innings…. Clinton got its lone run in the 3^rd inning when Jessica Wood drove in Allison Oxner… Clinton had 7 hits with Brittany Templeton, Cassie Nichols and Wood getting 2 each… Wood pitched the entire game and Coach Nickie Templeton said she pitched well but the errors were just too much to overcome.

LDHS:

• Baseball: LDHS 9 – Westside 0… The Laurens Raider baseball team hosted the Rams of Westside in region baseball action Friday night… The Raiders upped their record to 8-2 overall and 4-2 in region play with a 9-0 win over the Rams at Ed Prescott Field… The Raiders got 3 runs in the 1^st inning when with 2 out Trey Finley singled and then reached 2^nd on a wild pitch… Grayson Bailes walked and Christian Burton then picked up his 1^st of 4 singles on the night driving in Finley and moving Bailes to third as he took 2^nd on the throw…. A Ram error then allowed Bailes & Burton to score…. Laurens scored their final 6 runs in the bottom of the 6^th inning… In the inning a walk, hit batter, Westside error and singles by Shannon Smith, Thomas Jones, Cody Smiley, T. Finley and 2 by C. Burton were the reasons behind the 6 runs… Tanner Adair got the complete game win as he scattered 4 hits while striking out 4 and walking 2…. Laurens will be back inaction Tuesday as they travel to Woodmont… Click on the following for more game statistics: 2013-3-22_LDHS-BB-9_West-0       Click on following for game scorecard:2013-3-22_LDHS-BB-9_West-0-scorecard
• Softball: LDHS 16 – Westside 3… The Lady Raider softball team completed a home sweep of the Westside Rams as they took a 16-3 win [Read more...]