Carly Edwards (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The soft rivalry between Clinton and Laurens -- I always do it alphabetically except when it refers to the site, at which time it is Clinton-Laurens in Laurens and Laurens-Clinton in Clinton, and never the twain shall meet – in softball was a rootin,’ tootin’ dandy on Thursday …
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Furmanology: Softball splits with Gardner-Webb
Chloe Fabio (Furman photo) Click here. Basketball is over, and baseball, for now, is extinct, but Furman’s athletics program remains busy. It took a couple games, but Furman ended Gardner-Webb’s 11-game softball winning streak at Pepsi Stadium. The Bulldogs won the opener, 8-5, in 11 innings, and the Paladins bounced back to capture the nightcap, …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Impossible Dream gets more so
(PC photo) Click here. The Big South women’s basketball champion is preparing for greener pastures but thick, long grass that is going to be difficult and likely impossible impossible to penetrate. Still, the opportunity is unprecedented. PC has never won a championship before. Click here. Presbyterian College is holding a watch party on Sunday at …
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County Signs: All is looking … mostly way up
Jordan Hudson (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I just heard a broadcaster say at the end of a tournament game, “They’d like to keep this run going!” Who doesn’t? The theme of Wednesday night’s games was Run, run, run, run, runaway! In Taylors, a red-hot gang of Laurens Raiders left Eastside green with envy, grounding …
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County Signs: Red Devils turn it around
Carson Glenn (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. My truck has a message on its video screen that occasionally reminds me not to be distracted, and I have to be distracted in order to affirm that I do not intend to be distracted. I love my truck, now, but goshamighty. Clinton evened its record and won …
County Signs: Words, names, Devils, Raiders, Crusaders & Hose …
Alyssa Young (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Words I don’t like. Bear with me. I’ll get to the good stuff shortly. In most cases, “utilize” is a snobbish replacement for “use.” In NASCAR, “forward bite” is redundant because none of the cars is burdened by “backward bite.” It’s just “bite.” “There’s a timeout on the …
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County Signs: Raiders, Red Devils come back in tandem
Owen Pridgen homered twice for the Raiders. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The high-school action was hot and heavy Monday in Laurens County again where, miraculously, it didn’t rain. Me? I wanted to be out at the diamond, but, until a payment got auto-deposited, it was too late for hitting the road, I couldn’t afford …
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Furmanology: Paladins take a few tumbles
Lauralee Scott (Furman photo) Click here. Away from the bright lights of Harrah’s Cherokee Center, the ecstasy and the agony, a lot more was going on in Furman athletics. Nowhere, as best I know, did anyone have a fight, injure an official or taunt the opposition afterward. Miami (Ohio) and Georgia used big first innings …
Blue Hose Blurbs: Baseball splits in Memphis, plus much more
Charlie McDaniel (Monte Dutton file photo) Click here. Lost amid the frivolity and glory of women’s basketball, the weekend was crowded elsewhere with Blue Hose activity. Elton Pollock’s baseball team defeated the host Memphis Tigers, its second straight victory at the Grind City Classic, but fell in its final game to Butler. Charlie McDaniel’s seven …
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Blue Hose dream the Impossible Dream
Bryanna Brady had the game of her career. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. – Presbyterian College are going to women’s basketball’s Big Dance. They may not dance for long, but the Blue Hose are going to sally forth to the hardwood floor. PC has never won a Big South tournament … until …
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