"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)
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. In advance of Friday night’s spring scrimmage, things are looking up for Presbyterian College football in Steve Englehart’s third season as head coach. It’s a big sky. The Blue Hose went 1-10 amid the wreckage left in the wake of Kevin Kelley’s only season as head coach. …
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By MONTE DUTTON Asher Goss fired a no-hitter. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The best thing about the baseball game at Ed Prescott Field on Wednesday night wasn’t the hot dogs. They’re good. Not as good as the ones at Whiteford’s Drive-In or Steamers. Slaw is an available condiment at those two spots, but hot …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Young men wouldn’t play football if it wasn’t fun. The most fun is winning. At the same time, a losing season, while unthinkable, can be beneficial. Dick Sheridan, who died last summer, coached the Paladins for eight seasons, accumulating a record of 69 victories, 23 defeats and …
Joel Dragoo (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Tuesday night, I was busily going through all the high-school results, monitoring Clinton High, Laurens and Thornwell Charter. Laurens Academy wasn’t playing, but I saw the baseball team at Dempsey’s Pizza. Friday figures to be busy. PC is playing baseball and the spring football scrimmage at the …
By MONTE DUTTON Carson Glenn was perfect in relief. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. This is how I’ve changed on social media. I let more go. For instance, just a minute ago, I read a post that expressed this view in the form of a question; “What grown man still eats peanut butter and jelly …
Continue reading County Signs: Red Devils quiet Cyclones, 3-1
By MONTE DUTTON Ryland Paxton (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. We had a partial eclipse. I knew something weird would happen, especially since it was my birthday. The approaching eclipse prevented my truck from starting in front of Sadler-Hughes Apothecary. Little Walt (Hughes) fetched his truck and jumped me off. I took it to Clinton …
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Had Iowa won the women’s basketball championship on Sunday, Caitlin Clark might have been named a finalist to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate. She’s too young. It violates the Constitution. That doesn’t seem to stop anyone else these days. Iowa didn’t win the game Sunday. South …
Continue reading Furmanology: Mercer finishes of Dins in extras
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I think my favorite UFL team is the Birmingham Stallions. This ranks on the personal totem pole at about the same level as my favorite team in the Premier League. I have nothing against either. I just don’t have room for an infinite variety of sports and …
Continue reading Blue Hose Blurbs: PC sets baseball record on Gamecocks’ big day
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. I conducted some web research and have confirmed that Connecticut’s Donovan Clingan is not a Klingon, though, in fairness, I did find some disreputable site that claimed he was, as well as Purdue’s Zach Edey and N.C. State’s D.J. Burns. The Wolfpack had quite a run. I can’t …
Continue reading Furmanology: No baseball … but lacrosse wins
By MONTE DUTTON Eli Lazio (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. While waiting for the men’s Final Four games, which didn’t commence till 6 p.m., and while monitoring electronically local games, I enjoyed a documentary on William F. Buckley and a Randolph Scott western. The day began with breakfast at Steamers, which now only serves it …
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