By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) The sun was behind the visiting side of Wilder Stadium, hanging over the 20-yard line, and all the football players loose from baseball had golden coronas encircling their heads. The springtime celebration of the Class 2A state championship took just about as long as the game a little over …
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Here ‘n’ there, this ‘n’ that
By MONTE DUTTON Many things in life are predictable. When a major golf tournament is on TV, and coverage shifts to a player who is out of contention, the shot is going in. They don’t have to mention all the “possible side effects” of prescription drugs. It’s obvious from the commercials that almost all of …
The best account of the best
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The hereafter is where old race fans debate the merits of Curtis Turner, Junior Johnson and Fireball Roberts. Some young NASCAR fans weren’t born when Dale Earnhardt met his maker. Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace have their adherents, not to mention those of my age who also recognize …
Mid-Carolina stops Red Devils, 2-0
By MONTE DUTTON Isaac Cane makes a play at third (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Sometimes peace in the valley is not a great thing. Another strong Clinton High School baseball season ended there on Saturday as Mid-Carolina eliminated the Red Devils, 2-0, in the Class 2A Upstate round. It was a great season by …
A story that wasn’t told
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Sometimes the stars come together. Sometimes they line up. Sometimes they fall. There’s an old Randy Travis song that notes that the ocean’s salty and the stars sometimes fall. The name of the song is “Deeper Than the Holler.” I wouldn’t call Clinton High School’s baseball field …
Devils advance past Chesnee, rain, protest, triple play …
By MONTE DUTTON Brett Young went deep (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. And then, in the Upstate, there were were four. Four schools, in Class 2A, to decide the representative to play for a state championship: Clinton in District 1, Batesburg-Leesville in District 2, Mid- Carolina in District 3 and Strom Thurmond in District 4. …
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Scenes from Clinton’s 7-4 district title victory over Chesnee
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Raiders headed back to Daniel after Saturday win
Coleman Coker (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Laurens remains alive in the Class 4A baseball as a result of Saturday’s 7-4 victory versus Daniel (20-8) in Central, thus atoning fo a 3-2 loss to the Lions on May 6. In between, the Raiders defeated Blue Ridge on May 8. Monday finds Laurens visiting Daniel for …
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Laurens, Clinton both win playoff games
(Photo courtesy John Clayton) Click here. Laurens kept its hopes alive in Class 4A baseball and softball. Clinton flexed its Class 2A muscles in baseball, while its softball team’s fate depends on a Friday home game against Landrum. The Red Devils lost their playoff opener, 10-1, to Ninety Six. Thornwell is no more in the …
Tall order for Devils in tennis finals
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Clinton High School, undefeated at 11-0, is playing for the state boys’ tennis championship on Saturday in Cayce at 10 a.m. Red Devil teams have already won the Class 2A state title in football and reached the Upstate final in girls’ basketball. This is always a tall order, never more …
Nightrider's Lament 