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...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  3-22-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Friday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics… The Presbyterian College women’s basketball team’s season came to an end with a loss to Lamar in the opening round of the Women’s Basketball Invitational at Lamar State College-Port Arthur on Wednesday evening, 70-48…PC finishes the season with a 19-12 overall record, the most wins in a season since 2005-06 in its first trip to the postseason since 2001-02… Congratulation to Coach Fisher and the team on a great season. 

Local sports:

CHS:

• Tennis: CHS 7 – Union County 0… The CHS boys’ tennis team traveled t Union County in region action yesterday and ran their region record to 2-0 as they defeated the yellow Jackets 7-0… Austin MacMillan, Alec Powell, Jay Peay, Isaac MacMillan & Robert Powell all had wins in singles action… Both doubles teams also picked up wins… The #1 doubles team was made up of A. MacMillan & Powell while the #2 team is Jacob Tiller & Joe Scarborough… Click on the following for more match details: 2013-3-21__CHS-7_Union-0

CHS – LDHS

• Golf: Yesterday CHS, LDHS & Westside got together for a 3 way match at Lakeside C.C… Clinton shot a 169 to finish 1^st while Laurens shot a 174 and Westside 186… Clinton was led by Hunter Nichols who shot a 36… He was edged out as the match medalist by Ryan Wright of Laurens who had a 35… Click on the following for more match details:2013-3-22_Golf
• Baseball: Laurens 15 – Clinton 1… In the first meeting between the 2 old rivals in baseball for this year, Laurens took a 15-1 win over Clinton at Clinton last night… Laurens scored 5 runs in the 1^st, 5 in the 3^rd, 1 in the 4^th and 4 in the 5th  in route to the win… Clinton got their lone run in the 5^th inning… Laurens collected 13 hits on the night with Di’Marcus Sanders, Trey Finley, Christian Burton, Hammer Walker and Shannon Smith each had 2 hits… One of Smith’s was a grand slam homerun… Clinton had 3 hits 1 each for Matt Craven, Hunter Stewart and Austin Wooten… Wooten’s was a double… You can get a more complete recap of the game at the respective schools athletic websites… Click on the following for more stats on the game: 2013-3-21_LDHS-BB 15_CHS-1

LDHS:

• Softball: Laurens 22 – TL Hanna 1… The Lady Raider softball team traveled to Anderson last night to take on the Yellow Jackets of TL Hanna… The game only went 5 innings as the Raiders took their most lopsided win of the year defeating Hanna 22-1… Laurens jumped out on top scoring 11 runs in the top of the 1^st inning and the game was never in question after that… Laurens added 5 in the 2^nd, 1 in the 4^th and 5 more [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  3-21-13 

Local sports:

CHS:

• JV Baseball: CHS 8 – Woodruff 3… On Tuesday night the Clinton JV baseball team traveled to Woodruff and came back up the road with an 8-3 win.. Clinton scored 2 runs in the 1^st & 2^nd innings while adding 4 more in the 7^th… Woodruff got 2 runs in the 5^th and a single run in the 7^th… Jeremy Simmons picked up the win for Clinton… Simmons also went 3-4 with a double… Clinton also played error-less ball.
• JV Baseball: CHS 3 – Chapin 2… The red Devil JV baseball team was right back in action on Wednesday night as they hosted Chapin… Chapin had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the 7^th inning but Clinton rallied and won the game on a 2 out single by Tyler Kelley… Tristan Smaltz picked up the complete game win pitching a 2 hitter… With the win, the JV record goes to 6-0.
• Soccer: Woodruff 3 – CHS 2… On Tuesday of this week the Red Devil soccer team hosted the wolverines from Woodruff… It was a tight match that went 2 overtimes and had to be decided on penalty kicks and when it was all over, Woodruff had escaped with a 3-2 win… Madison Simpson and Joseph Rodriquez had Clinton’s two goals… Clinton had 15 shots on goal to Woodruff’s 17… Jerry Reaves had 12 saves for Clinton… Clinton’s record now stands at 1-5.
• Boys Tennis: CHS 6 – Woodruff 0… Also last Tuesday the tennis team hosted Woodruff and the red Devils took a 6-0 win… Austin MacMillan, Alec Powell, Jay Peay, Isaac MacMillan and Robert Powell all had wins in singles action.. Jacob Tiller and Todd Underwood picked up a win in doubles action… Click on the following for more match details: 2013-3-19_Wood-0-5_CHS-6
• Boys Tennis: CHS 4 – Riverside 3… On Wednesday the tennis team was right back in action as they hosted Riverside.. It was a hard fought match but in the end, Clinton won 4-3… Alec Powell, Jay Peay and Isaac MacMillan picked up wins in singles action for the Red Devils… Jacob Tiller and Joe Scarborough picked up the deciding win in doubles action… The Red Devils are now 3-1 overall on the season and 1-0 in region play… Click on the following for more match details: 2013-3-20_River-3_CHS-4

LDHS

• Tennis: TL Hanna 7 – LDHS 0… On Tuesday the boys’ tennis team travelled to TL Hanna to take on what has traditionally been a tough TL Hanna Yellow Jacket tennis squad and it appears that they are keeping that tradition going as they took a 7-0 win over Laurens… Chris Mather had the best performance for the raiders but still came up short… Click on following for match details:2013-03-19_LDHS-0_Hanna-7
• Golf…  Also on Tuesday the boys’ golf team traveled to Mauldin and took part in a 3-way match with JL Mann & Woodmont at the Hejaz Golf Club… Mann won shooting a 165 while Woodmont finished second with a 181.. The Raiders finished 3^rd with a 187.. Ryan Wright had the low score for Laurens with a 37… The JV team was also in action Tuesday at Lakeside C.C. as they hosted the JL Mann JV team.. Mann took the win [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  3-20-13

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: CHS 8 – Woodruff 0…  The CHS baseball team hosted Woodruff last night and good news as the Red Devils snapped a 2 game losing streak as they took an 8-0 win over Woodruff in region action last night at home.. Clinton put 1 run on the board in the 1^st inning when Matt Craven led off with a single and later scored on a single by Dalton Foster… Clinton added 6 more in the bottom of the 2^nd inning… In the inning a couple of walks and singles by Austin Wooten, Josh Simmons, Matt Craven, Brandon Pitts and Dalton Foster were the catalyst for the runs… The Red devils last run came in the 3^rd  as Kendal Pitts led off with a single and his courtesy runner Blake Riddle later scored on a single by Matt Craven… Austin Wooten picked up the complete game victory giving up only 4 hits while striking out 2 and walking 2… Click on the following for more game statistics: 2013-3-19__CHS-8__Woodruff-0_BB
• Softball: Woodruff 16 – CHS 0… I don’t have any details other than the final score so I will go ahead and give you that…. In softball action, Woodruff took a 16-0 win over CHS up at Woodruff last night.. 

LDHS:

• Softball: JL Mann 10 – LDHS.. . The Lady Raider softball team hosted the Lady Patriots of JL Mann last night in region softball action… Mann has a traditionally strong team and it appears as that is the case again this year as Mann took a 10-0 win.. [Read more...]

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: Chester 8 – CHS 7… Last Friday night the Red Devil baseball team traveled to Chester and for the 2^nd night in a row the Red Devils lost by a single run as Chester took an 8-7 win in region play… Chester scored a single run in their half of the 1^st inning but the s picked up 2 run in the top of the 2^nd inning.. Dalton Foster led off with a double to left field and moved to 3^rd when Hunter Stewart grounded out… He then scored on a wild pitch.. Kendal Pitts then walked and his courtesy runner Charles McKinney then scored on back-to-back singles by Bradley Templeton & Josh Simmons to make it 2-1 Red Devils… Clinton added another run in the 3^rd Matt Craven singled then stole 2^nd and moved to 3^rd on a passed ball. He then scored n a ground out by Colby Templeton making it 3-1… Chester tied the game with 2 runs in their half of the 3^rd aided by walks, a hit batter, a wild pitch and an error… Chester then broke on top with a 4 run 4^th inning… Clinton came right back in the 5^th inning and put 3 on the board to make the score 7-6 Chester.. The key hit in the inning was a triple by Colby Templeton to unload the bases after a Cyclone error and 2 walks had loaded them..  Chester picked up another run in the 6^th inning to make it 8-6… Clinton attempted to rally in the 7^th and did pick up 1 run but could get no closer and the final score was 8-7 Chester..  Clinton only had 5 hits on the evening and they were all by different players.. Click on the following link for game stats: 2013-3-15__CHS-7__Chester-8_BB

LDHS:

• Baseball: LDHS 9 – TL Hannah 3… In region action last Friday night at LDHS the Raider baseball team took a 9-3 decision over the TL Hannah Yellow Jacket with Tanner Adair picking up the complete game victory..  The Raiders picked up a single run in the 1^st when Christian Burton who walked was brought in after a fielder’s choice and 2 hit batters.. The Raiders then erupted for 5 runs in the 3^rd inning… Burton lead the inning off with a double and scored on a single by Cody Smiley.. A single by Trey Finley and Grayson Bailes being hit by a pitch loaded the bases… Hammer Walker then tripled over the center fielder to clear the bases of runners in front of him… Tanner Adair then singled Walker home to make it 6-0… Laurens added its last 3 runs in the 4^th inning as Smiley and Finley both singled with 1 out.. Bailes then drew a walk to load the bases and Walker also walked brining in a run… Adair was then hit by a pitch scoring the 2^nd run of the inning and the last run was scored on a throwing error by the right fielder… Hannah picked up their 3 runs in the top of the 7^th as Adair began to tire a little… Adair gave up 6 hits, 3 runs, while striking out 2 and walking 3… The Raiders had 11 hits with 5 players getting 2 hits each… They were Di’Markus Sanders, Christian Burton, Cody Smiley, Trey Finley and hammer Walker.. Click on the following to see more complete statistics: 2013-3-15__Hannah-3_LDHS-9-BB  Score Card: 2013-3-15_Hannah-3_LDHS-9_BB_Scorecard

Lady Raider Softball: The Lady Raider softball team traveled to Lexington to participate in The Lady Wildcat Tournament on Friday and Saturday… The Lady Raiders won 3 of the 5 games they played..

• Lexington 5 – Laurens 3… In a time limit shortened game on Friday, Lexington took a 5-3 win… Lexington scored 2 runs to [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report:  3-15-13

Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Friday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics… Now that basketball season is over for PC we will be turning our attention to other sports like baseball & softball… The PC baseball team took a 3-1 victory over Wofford on Wednesday up in Spartanburg improving their record to 11-7 on the season.. The Blue Hose will host UConn in a weekend series with the 1^st game today at 3 PM.. They will play at Fluor Field in Greenville tomorrow at 6 PM and finish the series back in Clinton on Sunday at 1 PM… UConn normally has a tough team, should be a good test for PC… Go Blue Hose! 

Local sports:

CHS:

• Soccer: CHS 5 – Dixie 2… Yesterday at the CHS soccer field the Red Devils defeated Dixie 5-2 for their 1^st win of the season.. Madison Simpson had 3 goals to lead the Red Devil attack.. Rodolfo Orozco and Jay Roland each had a goal.. Clinton had 13 shots on goal to Dixie’s 14 and Jerry Reaves saved 6 of those shots in goal..
• Golf: CHS defeats Abbeville & Crescent… Also yesterday the golf team traveled to Abbeville and they too had a nice ride home as they shot a 179 to defeat both Abbeville (198) and Crescent (224)… Hunter Nichols was match medalist with a 38.. Scores for other CHS players were; Nate Moody 43, Zach Davis 47 and Harrison Fisher 51..  The Red Devils are now 4-3 on the season.
• Baseball: Newberry 7 – CHS 6… The Red Devil baseball team traveled to Newberry last night and lost a heart-breaker as Clinton scored 2 runs in the top of the 7^th inning to tie the game 6-6 only to have the Bulldogs score a run with 2 outs in their half of the 7^th to take a 7-6 win.. Newberry struck 1^st getting a run in the bottom of the 1^st but Clinton got 3 in the top of the 2^nd to make it 3-1.. Dalton Foster, Hunter Stewart, Kendal Pitts & Josh Simmons all had key hits in the inning..  Clinton added another run in the 3^rd with 2 outs when K. Pitts singled and was later driven in by J. Simmons.. Newberry got 1 run in their half of the 3^rd to make it 4-2 still Clinton on top… In the bottom of the 5^th Newberry erupted for 4 runs to take a 6-4 lead… Clinton scored 2 runs in the top of the 7^th to tie the game.. A walk to D. Foster, a double by H. Stewart and a walk to K. Pitts loaded the bases.. Back-to-back walks to Austin Wooten & Justin Foster then tied the game… K. Pitts then tried to score the go-ahead run on a fly ball out and was thrown out at home..  In the bottom of the 7^th, Newberry got a runner on via the walk after 1 out and then scored later on a 2-out single to win the game.. Three Red Devils had 2 hits on the night.. They were Kendal Pitts, Hunter Stewart & Josh Simmons..  For more stats on the game, click on the following: 2013-3-14__CHS-6__New-7_BB

LDHS:

• Girls Soccer: Easley 7 – LDHS 2.. Back on Tuesday the girls’ soccer team traveled to Easley and unfortunately the Lady Green Wave took a 7-2 win… Macy Greer and Jessica Ackerman had the Raider Goals..
• Boys Soccer: Easley 7 – LDHS 1…. Also on Tuesday night the boys’ soccer team also faced off with the Green Wave up at [Read more...]

Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 3-14-13

Local sports:

CHS:

• Baseball: CHS 3 – Broome 1…. The Red Devils opened region play last night at home against Broome and Justin Foster gave up only 1 hit in a complete game win as Clinton defeated Broome 3-1… Clinton got on the board first in the 5^th inning when Josh Simmons was hit by a pitch and later stole second… He then scored on a Broome error… Broome tied the game in the top of the 6^th with their only run of the evening… Clinton regained the lead scoring their last 2 runs in the bottom of the 6^th..  Dalton Foster reached on an error and moved to 2^nd on a single by Hunter Stewart… A sacrifice by Kendal Pitts advanced the runners to 3^rd & 2^nd.. Foster then scored from 3^rd on a passed ball.. One batter later, Stewart scored on a wild pitch… In route to the win, Justin Foster struck out 3 and walked 4…. Clinton managed only 4 hits on the night.. Matt Craven, Dalton Foster, Hunter Stewart and Kendal Pitts all had 1 hit each with Pitts’ being a double…. Click on following for more game stats: 2013-3-13_Broome-1_CHS-3_BB
• JV baseball: CHS 5 – Chapin 4 in 8 innings…  The Red Devil JV baseball team traveled to Chapin and took a 5-4 win but it took 8 innings to do so..  Tristan Smaltz picked up the win for Clinton with Davis Cunningham picking up a save.. Leading the Red Devil attack was Braden Webb who went 3-4 with a triple and Cunningham who went 3-3… The JVs are off to a great start with a 4-0 record. 

CHS-LDHS

• Boys soccer: LDHS 6 – CHS 1… Yesterday we had the 2 cross county rivals Laurens and Clinton get together in boys soccer at LDHS… When the match ended the Raiders had taken a 6-1 win over the Red Devils… Clinton’s lone goal was registered by Madison Simpson on a penalty kick..  Tim Moore, Esgar Diaz, Hernan Salinas, Matt Henderson and Kevin Gonzales had goals for the Raiders… Clinton had 12 shots on goal to Laurens 15..  For Clinton, Jerry Reaves had 3 save in goal & Jose Gayton 2…  For Laurens, Casey Downs had 6 saves and Alberto Martinez 0… Clinton is now 0-4 on the season and Laurens 2-1. 

LDHS

• Tennis: LDHS 5 – Woodmont 2… Catching up with some Laurens tennis results from Monday afternoon, the raiders traveled to Woodmont and picked up their 2^nd win in a row as they defeated the Wildcats 5-2… Picking up wins in singles action were Chris Mather, Jacob Freeze, Thomas Hughes and Collin John…  The #1 doubles team of Freeze and Mather also picked up win… Click here for match details: 2013-03-11_LDHS-5_Wood-2
•       Boys Golf: Greenwood 154 – LDHS 168… Back on Tuesday afternoon the Raider boys’ golf teams hosted the Greenwood Eagles at Lakeside C.C…. Unfortunately the Eagles took the match 154 to 168… Laurens’ Ryan Wright was match medalist with a 35… Justin Thomason gave him a run for it with a 36..  In JV action, Laurens turned the tables shooting a 194 while Greenwood shot 202.. Nick Brown shot a 42 to be the low man for both teams… Click on the following for more complete match information: 2013-3-12_Gwd-154_LDHS-168 

Local Sports Schedule:

CHS:

• Golf at Abbeville           4:00
• Soccer host Dixie                        5:30
• Lacrosse at Woodmont            6:00
• Track at Union               5:00
• V. Baseball at Newberry           6:00
• Tennis at Blue Ridge     4:30 

LDHS:

• Boys Golf host TL Hannah @ Lakeside        4:00
• Boys Tennis host Easley @ Laurens City Park       4:30
• NOTE: Softball games scheduled for today will be march 21^st. 

Laurens Academy:

• Softball host Shannon Forest 4:30
• Baseball host Christ Church  4:30 

Broadcast Reminders:

• Our next game broadcast from Laurens High School will be a baseball tomorrow Friday, March 15th when the Raiders take on the TL Hannah Yellow Jackets in region action… Join me a few minutes before 6:00 PM live from the field for varsity action.… Remember that we do stream all local sporting events live on the internet at WLBG.com. 

FYI / Community Interest:

• The Laurens YMCA will hold its 9^th Annual Golf Tournament March 28, 2013 at lakeside Country Club.. This is one of the major fund raising events for the Y Scholarship Program. Last year alone the Y awarded just under $132,00 in scholarship.. This event is what helps to make this happen… For complete details see the posting in the Between the Lines section of Sports at wlbg.com or call the Y at 864-984-2626.
• Laurens YMCA Carolinas Metro Youth Baseball Clinic: The Laurens Y will be conducting the Carolinas Metro Youth Baseball Clinic Saturday March 30^th, 2013 at Collyar Park. It will be a fun clinic that stresses the skills needed to make you the best player you can be.. One of the instructors will be Morris Madden of Laurens. For more information about the time, cost or other information, call the Laurens Y at 984-2626 or see the posting in the Between the Lines section at wlbg.com.

• Laurens Little League announces the registration period for the Intermediate Baseball League.  The league is for ages 11-13.  Players may not turn 14 before May 1st.  Cost is $50 and includes a hat and Jersey.  The league is structured more like High School ball, being played on a 50′/70′ dimension.  Players can use big barrel bats and get lead offs on base.  Registrations will end on March 30th with teams organizing after Spring Break.  For more information on the league or to register please visit the Little River Park daily from 1-6 or Saturdays from 10-6.  You can also call 681-7275 for information. 

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.