Bryanna Brady led the Blue Hose with 23 points. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ As Willie Nelson wrote and sang, “Miracles appear in the strangest of places. Fancy meeting you here.” The Presbyterian College women’s basketball team popped Big South rival Winthrop on Wednesday evening, while, a 90-minute bus ride away, the men’s team was similarly …
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Bulldogs pull it out on a bark and a prayer, 74-72
J.P. Pegues played a dazzling second half. (Elena Davidson photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ HOMEWOOD, Ala. – J.P. Pegues almost stole a game for Furman at Samford on Wednesday night. In fact, he did steal it. It’s just that the Bulldogs’ Jermaine Marshall stole it right back. After Pegues, who scored a career-best 33 points, gave the Paladins …
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Crawford ready to play some ball at the beach
By MONTE DUTTON Kadon Crawford and family, surrounded by Red Devils (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Technically, Kadon Crawford is signed to be a PWO at Coastal Carolina University. PWO stands for “preferred walk-on.” It’s a walk-on with fringe benefits. It’s how another Clinton High player, Peyton Pitts, signed with Clemson two years ago. In …
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Softball off to 7-2 start
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Men’s basketball is off to Alabama for an important Southern Conference game against Samford, and women’s basketball is off till Saturday. Spring sports are sallying forth. Freshmen Christina McCoy and Ansley Chiang combined to go 5/5 with three runs batted in to propel Furman to a 9-3 victory over Lipscomb in the …
Injury hampers LA in semifinal loss
Rylee Ballard (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Laurens Academy fell a game short in its bid to for a state championship in girls' basketball, and powerful Clemson escaped a mild upset bid by Presbyterian College on the baseball diamond on Tuesday. LA lost its best player, Olivia Huck, to ankle injury, and try as they might, …
Furman takes hot hand to Samford for rematch
Samford's Achor Achor (left) and Furman's Marcus Foster (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Bob Richey’s resurgent Furman Paladins are off to another stern men’s basketball test in the abode of the Southern Conference leader. The last time Furman (15-12, 9-5 SoCon) and Samford (23-4, 12-2) played, the Paladins ended the Bulldogs’ 17-game winning streak with a …
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A brand-new Timmons Arena is straight ahead
(Furman depiction) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Timmons Arena is leaving as a caterpillar and returning as a butterfly. While Furman’s basketball home of nearly three decades is metamorphosing in 2024-25, the Paladins’ men’s team is playing mostly at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville. The women are to play at nearby North Greenville University. Then, by the …
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The gallant young daredevils of Daytona Beach
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. I don’t often spend as much time in a day and night watching automobile races anymore. Once the Xfinity race in Daytona Beach, Fla., had been rained out on Saturday and rained out at 11 a.m. Monday and finally conducted sometime around 9 p.m., I had most of …
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No need for rash decisions
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Whitt whips a pass. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I sure missed being at Timmons Arena on Sunday. Undoubtedly some friends figured I stayed home so I could watch the Daytona 500 since I spent 20 of the seasons in my life at the Daytona 500, but that’s not true. If I’d …
Sometimes Blue Hose get lots of runs
(PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ High-school basketball in Laurens County is down to the girls’ team at Laurens Academy, but the Presbyterian College seasons are still going strong. The Crusaders (24-1) take on Curtis Baptist (21-5) at 5:30 in Columbia at Cardinal Newman in the SCISA Class A semifinals. Inevitably, thoughts turn to baseball, where the Blue …
Nightrider's Lament 