By MONTE DUTTON PJay Smith (0) battles Chattanooga's Honor Huff in Asheville (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Chattanooga, one of three Southern Conference members invited to participated in the National Invitation Tournament, is playing in the finals on Thursday at 9 p.m., making it the first SoCon school to reach this level. Furman (25-10) and …
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Clinton takes care of Raiders in softball
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton claimed the Laurens County championship in softball by defeating Laurens, 22-6, on Wednesday evening. The Red Devils won the first game between the rivals, 7-2, on March 14. Third baseman Kamryn Campell went 5/5 with base hits in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth innings. …
WLBG leaves a lifetime of memories
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I wonder if I will live to see the elimination of humanity in everything. God, I hope not. When word broke that WLBG is apparently signing off for the last time at the end of the month, it took me by specific but not general surprise. It’s the way of …
Slow starts back home
By MONTE DUTTON Gardner-Webb coach Jeremy Luther took his medicine in Johnson City (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Being away on my great basketball road trip spared me an inglorious period back home.It was sorrowful in Johnson City, Tenn., too. (I can’t say those three words without thinking of “Wagon Wheel.”) I was moved by …
The Waffle House and oyster-dressing dreams
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. It’s Thanksgiving, so, naturally, I’m writing about Waffle House.Believe it or not, and defying all odds, I ate there on Tuesday for the first time in about a year. My breakfast hangout was always Steamers until it stopped being a breakfast hangout. Then it stopped being open at all for …
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Winding down the damage
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. It’s Oct. 7, and I don’t know where my sports are. Even on the Fourth of July, I don’t think I knew less about what was happening and where. The games are almost listed as “day to day,” which as Vin Scully used to say, is just like everything else. …
Blue Hose Blurbs: Heartbreak out west
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. On Saturday morning I shaved for the first time in a while and prepared for what has become the bane of my existence, the cold shower. Then, however, I noticed a truck parked in my overgrown front yard. It was from Front Royal, Va., meaning either that it …
County Signs: Left amidst the ruins
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In case you haven’t noticed, I like sports. I’m also partial to electricity, heating and air conditioning, home internet and hot showers. Wednesday has come and gone, and Laurens isn’t playing. Another Friday is on the way, and Clinton isn’t playing. If the S.C. High School League doesn’t extend the …
Furmanology: Hits and misses at Fourth funnies
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. I’m no expert at Fourth of July celebrations. I’ve been to a few ballgames. For many years, I wrote about a stock-car race thereabouts. Mainly I just hear the bombs bursting in air. I miss the rocket’s red glare. Small towns have more sense. One of my familiar …
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Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and money
By MONTE DUTTON (Caleb Gilbert photo) Click here. I’ve mentioned it before, but among baseball’s many virtues is the incidence of the unexpected. I’ve seen a zillion games and listened to a bajillion. That’s not even counting the softball. Technology multiplies. On Sunday night, I was surfing three college games, one major-league, the end of …
Nightrider's Lament 