J.P. Pegues and his teammates were at their best. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman may have exposed its destiny on Sunday afternoon. The Paladins may have previewed a glorious future. Or, maybe not. Oh, Doctor, as Dan Scott likes to say and Red Barber used to. J.P. Pegues was brilliant, and no one was bad, and …
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Dragoo on homer-a-game pace as Blue Hose roar
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian College was colder inside than outside on Saturday. Elton Pollock’s baseball team polished off some strange snowbirds – Peacocks – with three straight victories to open the season. What’s more, Saint Peter’s is playing the Blue Hose again on Sunday at noon. A quarter mile or so away, the …
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Devils’ season sets in the West (Oak)
By MONTE DUTTON Mylayja Thompson (5) and Nah'shia Wright gave it their all. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. One successful season ended at Clinton High School on Saturday, and another stayed alive in Columbia. West-Oak (19-6) found its shooting touch in the latter half and knocked Region 4 champion Clinton out of the Class 3A …
Season’s crucial stretch straight ahead for Paladins
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman, tied for fourth in the Southern Conference men’s basketball standings, has five more games before the tournament begins in Asheville, N.C., on March 8. None is likely to be easy. Against their remaining opponents – Chattanooga at home on Sunday, at Samford on Feb. …
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Paladins scatter Terriers in disarray
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman beat Wofford in something. That is an inaccurate and overwrought observation, particularly from the possessor of a Furman degree, but the Paladins’ 64-51 women’s basketball upset of the Terriers at Timmons Arena sure came in handy, given recent Wofford victories in football and women’s basketball. In point of fact, Furman leads …
The old, gray track just ain’t what she used to be
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ On Wednesday, I pronounced myself unfit to go to ballgames. I went to one Tuesday night, but whether by the last throes of shingles, my horror at the shooting in Kansas City or watching the unexpected loss of the Clinton High boys, I didn’t feel well. By no means …
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Girls become women … and win
Malayja Thompson (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It was the fairer sex that was better at playing basketball on Wednesday night. At Clinton High School, the girls’ team was winning its first-round playoff game over Southside. A couple miles away and across the railroad tracks, Presbyterian was polishing off UNC Asheville. However, in far Asheville, northward …
Vander Wal steps up for Paladins
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal had his first double-double. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ When I was a kid, I thought Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium had the best marketing link in history going. The tarpaulin rolled out over the field by the grounds crew was sponsored by Morton Salt. When it rains, it pours. That was …
Blue Hose seek to keep late rallies alive
(PC photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The blend point is underway between winter and spring sports at Presbyterian College. Basketball and wrestling wind down as tennis, lacrosse, softball, etc., begin their seasons. St. Peter’s University of Jersey City, N.J., visits Elton Pollock Field for a three-game, season-opening baseball series on Friday. The Blue Hose and Peacocks play on …
Clinton boys ousted by Southside, 49-46
Tushawan Richardson draws lots of attention. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges An odd boys’ basketball game broke out at Clinton High School on Tuesday evening, where Southside knocked the Region 4-3A champion Red Devils out of the playoffs. The game was frantically and inefficiently played. Both teams played hard but sometimes to cross purposes. At the …
Nightrider's Lament 