(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The women's basketball bracket at the Southern Conference tournament in Asheville, N.C., was a brief encounter for Furman. The Paladins won their women's tennis match over North Florida in Jacksonville. A Furman runner is competing at the NCAA Meet in Boston. The start was moved up a day for women's …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: It’s Big South tournament time
Tilda Sjokvist (left) and Bryanna Brady (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ For both Presbyterian College basketball teams, winning the Hercules Tires Big South Championship tournament is a long shot, but not as long as in the four years preceding it. For instance, the Blue Hose men avoided a play-in game for the first time in Quinton …
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Furmanology: Women to open tourney Thursday; Pegues, Foster earn men’s plaudits
Jada Session (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s been an uphill climb all season for first-year head coach Pierre Curtis, but the Furman women’s basketball team advanced modestly toward the summit in the regular season. The Paladins tip off the Ingles Southern Conference Tournament as the seventh seed, meaning that their 1:15 p.m. quarterfinal pits them …
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County Signs: Red Devil softball remains undefeated
Halleigh Luke (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton High’s softball team remained undefeated, while down the hill, Class 5A J.L. Mann overpowered the Red Devils’ baseball team. Laurens picked up victories in softball, tennis and boys’ soccer, defeating Clinton in the last sport and playing the Red Devils to a stalemate in girls’ soccer. Joseph …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Softball upends Wofford, WMU edges baseball
Brody Fahr (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College placed both men’s and basketball players on All-Big South teams. Softball won a nail-biter over Wofford, and baseball lost one to Western Michigan. Acrobatics and tumbling performed expertly versus King in Bristol, Tenn. Elton Pollock’s Blue Hose took a lead after trailing by three runs early, but …
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Furmanology: Four Furman women earn SoCon hoops recognition
(Furman graphic) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Tuesday was a busy day in the Furman athletics department. The Paladins earned All-Southern Conference decorations in women’s basketball, produced quality performances in men’s and women’s golf, North Carolina overpowered Furman in softball, and women’s tennis lost the first match in its spring-break trip to Florida. Four Furman women’s basketball players, three …
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County Signs: Tough loss for Raiders, Saints silence Bats
Zay Pulley Click here. Laurens took a second loss in a row, and Thornwell found out where the Clear Dot was in Monday-evening baseball. The Clear Dot Bats, of Columbia, didn't use them very well. Four Laurens batters stroked two hits each, but in spite of five hits to the Raiders’ 11, Fountain Inn managed …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Big South tourney straight ahead
Trevon Reddish-Rhone (left) and Kory Mincy sweep the weekly Big South honors. (PC photo) Click here. Both Presbyterian College basketball teams enter the Hercules Tires Big South Conference Basketball Championship as long shots. Pretty dangerous long shots. Presbyterian (17-14, 8-8 BSC) is the fifth seed in the women’s bracket and opens on Thursday at 2 …
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Furmanology: One-run losses stymie Paladins
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ While the Furman basketball teams prepare for the Southern Conference in Asheville, N.C., other sports take the spotlight. Furman concluded its Paladins Softball Classic with a pair of excruciating losses, 3-2 to South Dakota and 4-3 to Akron. A comeback fell short against the Coyotes, whom the Paladins trailed, 3-1, after Rylie …
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County Signs: Those darn Copperheads
Laurens versus Catawba Ridge last season (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Laurens happened upon Catawba Ridge, which eliminated the Raiders from the Class 4A Upstate finals and went on to capture the state title. The meeting was in Georgetown on Sunday at the International Paper Baseball Classic, where the Copperheads of Fort Mill managed to …
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