Sports Report for Tuesday, 5-28-2024 (2024)

Local Notes

Laurens HS

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

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

College Baseball

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

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

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

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

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

• Nationals 8 – Braves 4… The Braves started a series with the Washington Nationals last night in Atlanta on a less than stellar note as the Nationals scored 4 runs in the top of the 1^st inning and then went on to take an8-4 win over the Braves… The nationals outhit the Braves 15-8 and the only homer for the Braves was a 2-run homer by Adam Duvall in the 7^th inning his fifth of the year.
• Braves Lose Acuna for the Season… Before the game yesterday the Braves found out that they had suffered a loss before the game even started… It was announced that Ronald Acuna Jr. will be out the rest of the season as he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Sunday in Pittsburg… For much more on this story click here.
• Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised.
• Other MLB Scores & Schedules… If you would like to see other scores around MLB last night or in the recent past plus the schedule of upcoming games, click here.
• Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here… Once you get there you will see the standing by league (American or National) and also by division.

Greenville Drive… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.

• Drive Off Last Night… The Greenville Drive were off last night and return home tonight to start a 6-game series with what used to be called the Rome Braves but are now called the Rome Emperors (as in emperor penguin)… The Drive are 20-25 on the season and in 5^th place in the SAL South 4 games behind the Emperors who are in first place with a 23-20 record.
• Schedule… If you wish to see the Greenville Drive schedule and results of completed games, click here.
• Standings… To see the standings for the South Atlantic League (SAL) click here.

NBA

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

NASCAR

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

This & That:

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

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

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