"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. Step right up! Get your Furman season tickets! Or, more likely, make a call (864-294-3099) or get on the web (FurmanPaladins.com). Season tickets start at $155 and include all six regular season games. Bleacher seats, bench seats and purple chair back seats on the west (home) side of Paladin …
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By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Three Clinton pitchers – Isaac Cane, Jaydon Glenn and Camden Finley – combined for a three-hit shutout, and the Red Devils completed a sweep of Chester by a score of 10-0 on Friday night in the home valley. None of the three – Cane pitched …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Will wonders never cease? Not on Wednesday night for the Laurens Raiders, who have come from behind repeatedly in the early part of the Region 1-4A baseball schedule. After falling behind, 7-1, Tristan Buzbee singled in Jireh Brown with the winning run in the bottom of the …
(File photo) Click here. No surprises. Clinton High School’s football schedule is the same as last year, when the Red Devils won the Class 2A state championship with a 35-6 victory over Barnwell in Orangeburg, except that the sites are reversed. Clinton opens the season with road games against its historic rivals, Woodruff and Laurens, …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I wonder if I will live to see the elimination of humanity in everything. God, I hope not. When word broke that WLBG is apparently signing off for the last time at the end of the month, it took me by specific but not general surprise. It’s the way of …
(Furman photo) Click here. Athletics director Jason Donnelly released four Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponents on future (2026-29) Paladin schedules. Furman will play Tennessee on Sept. 5, 2026, South Carolina on Sept. 4, 2027, Florida on Sept. 2, 2028 and Clemson on Nov. 17, 2029. The clash with Tennessee, a 2024 College Football Playoff participant, …
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(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. What Presbyterian College used to play baseball games looked like bats, but they behaved like wands. Magic wands. Sunday’s 16-13 victory over Gardner-Webb was just another stark, raving mad, wondrous, wacky adventure. Elton Pollock Field was the Wild West. Sean Sean Hollister Click here. On Saturday, Gardner-Webb (11-14, 1-5 Big …
(File photo) Click here. You win some. You lose some. The baseball games were rife with drama on Friday. At the top of the list was Laurens’ 5-4 walk-off victory over Westside at Ed Prescott Field on Friday night, giving the Raiders the series and an early one-game lead on the Rams in Region 1-4A. …
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By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Now, I’m kidding, okay? The last two times I’ve watched Clemson play basketball, the Tigers have come from hopelessly behind to losing barely. Against Louisville, if not for an unbelievable “no call,” they may well have won. Against the McNeese State Cowboys on Thursday, Clemson was way back. Yet the …
On the bright side, Eddrin Bronson didn't miss a shot (Furman photo). Click here. DENTON, Texas -- Furman played hard, as it did all season. North Texas played great defense, as was its reputation. In the second half, the Paladins’ shots stopped falling with the same frequency, and the result was a 75-64 victory by …
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