By MONTE DUTTON Clinton celebrates a state championship. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Everybody does the same thing this time of year, and I’m not referring to regifting a pair of socks. Everybody rates. The season’s best games. The year’s best stories. The best batches of chili. The worst slices of fruitcake. I’m not going to …
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Defense keys taming of Bulldogs
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman used balanced scoring and dominant rebounding to overpower South Carolina State, 67-43, at Timmons Arena on Thursday. Sydney James and Kate Johnson scored 12 points apiece, and Furman (8-6) used strong defense to smother the Bulldogs’ women’s basketball squad. James, a senior forward who entered the contest averaging 5.0 points per …
Deacons pass collection plate in 2nd half
PC's Samage Teel (1), Marquis Barnett defend Furman's Carter Whitt. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ In Winston-Salem, N.C., Presbyterian was thinking upset for a half, but Wake Forest clobbered the Blue Hose in the second half of a Thursday matinee at Lawrence Joel Veterans Coliseum, won by the Demon Deacons, 91-68. Presbyterian (7-7) trailed by only three …
Red Devils may be headed to Class 2A
The Red Devils and Cyclones may play each other in Class 2A next fall. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Clinton High School has played its sports in Class 3A for more than half a century. No more, apparently. Under the preliminary realignment released on Tuesday by the S.C. High School League, Clinton is to be the …
Hien, Pegues lead Paladins past PC, 76-61
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues (1), Garrett Hien take a needed break. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ In a way, Tuesday night’s men’s basketball game at Timmons Arena was true to expectations, and in another, both teams in Furman’s 76-61 victory over Presbyterian played against type. “Investment equals return,” Furman head coach Bob Richey said. “It’s …
Red Devil kid to Cincinnati man
By MONTE DUTTON Zay Johnson's next stop is the University of Cincinnati. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges School’s out for Zay Johnson. Until January, that is. Clinton High School’s Shrine Bowl defensive back graduated on Tuesday morning. He’ll enroll at the University of Cincinnati in January. He has been unwavering in his commitment to the Bearcats …
Resurgent Blue Hose to visit Timmons
By MONTE DUTTON PJay Smith drives against Tulane. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman needs a win, and this is not last year’s Blue Hose. This is known quite dramatically already. Presbyterian (7-5), which began the season carrying the nation’s longest losing streak (18), upset Vanderbilt, 68-62, right out of the box. The Blue Hose, under fifth-year …
It’s hard to beat an old-fashioned Hilltoppers-Monarchs fray
(Pixabay photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ I love football. That’s the only excuse for watching the Famous Toastery Bowl. In my defense, I’m mainly doing work with the game on the back road of my mind. Old Dominion – the powerful 6-6 Monarchs – needed a whole quarter to get three touchdowns ahead of Western Kentucky, which is …
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Turns out Owls fly fast
The game got away early. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Kennesaw State brought the nation’s fastest-paced men’s basketball team to Clinton and clicked through the traps to defeat Presbyterian, 94-84, on Saturday afternoon at Templeton Center. Who says the Owls are the fastest-paced? Not I. Something called KenPom says so. I don’t know why that’s what …
Little things change a lot
By MONTE DUTTON Furman defense captures a would be Moc(kingbird). (Furman photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The University of Saint Thomas is in Saint Paul. Charleston Southern University is in North Charleston. A student attends the University of North Carolina Charlotte, but an athlete plays for Charlotte alone, as is true of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. The …
Nightrider's Lament 