By MONTE DUTTON "A man! A plan! A canal! Panama!" (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Friday was such a great day. I didn’t want to drive to Lugoff, or Elgin, or wherever Lugoff-Elgin is. I wanted Clinton High School to win the Class 2A state championship at home, where their hearts are, with a crowd …
The stars line up
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young launches the game-winner (Monte Dutton photos). Some things are just meant to be. Clinton’s fourth baseball state championship – and second in the past four seasons – occurred at the right time, in the right place, by the right young man. I was in the dugout, camera hanging from my …
The pop heard ’round the state
By MONTE DUTTON Owen Glenn (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Perhaps the most famous baserunning play in baseball history occurred in the seventh game of the 1946 World Series. In the eighth inning, with two out, the Saint Louis Cardinals’ Enos Slaughter scored the winning run by dashing all the way from first base on …
Clinton goes a game up with 5-1 road win
By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Game one of the Class 2A state-championship series was memorable for Owen Glenn’s inside-the-park homer and Camden Finley’s virtuosity on the mound. Clinton’s 5-1 victory over Atlantic Collegiate puts the Red Devils a win away from their second state title in four years. Of Camden …
Where AI comes in handy
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I use Artificial Intelligence. Often I illustrate these blogs with images created by WordPress as part of the deal for providing this site. Also, it’s easier to ask AI the derivation of “lead-pipe cinch.” The standard Internet search now offers lead pipes I can purchase in the first 20 items. …
Don’t tell me I’ve nothin’ to do
By MONTE DUTTON People gather in a busy laundromat folding clothes and waiting for laundry cycles. Click here. What is the scribe to do when it’s Saturday and the Red Devils are rained out? Oh, it’s not so bad. I enjoyed a total of four quality conversations at the Waffle House and the laundromat. Let’s …
One never knows
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. News like this is unsettling. I was well out of college when Kyle Busch was born. I’m at the age where life seems a bit more frail. And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. The older I get, the more scary that …
Big Red advances to state finals, 4-3
By MONTE DUTTON Jaydon Glenn drives in the winning run (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The sun was still out, and the sky was still blue when Clinton won the Upstate Class 2A baseball title on Wednesday. The Red Devils had a loss to spare when Batesburg-Leesville arrived. The Panthers put up a fine effort, …
Clinton eliminated from softball playoffs, 8-2
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. NINETY SIX – Softball ran its course for Clinton High on a hot Monday evening as Ninety Six eliminated the Red Devils from the Class 2A Upstate bracket, 8-2. Clinton (19-7) banged out seven hits, among them doubles by Alyssa Young and Sierra Templeton, but couldn’t group …
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Something old, something new
By MONTE DUTTON A vintage car drives past a rustic BBQ joint on Route 66 at sunset. Click here. It’s Sunday, and I’ve wrapped up the photos and story on Clinton High School’s latest baseball triumph and am presently surfing back and forth between the NASCAR all-star race and the PGA golf tournament. I’m going …
Nightrider's Lament 