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, …

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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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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 …

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Paladins get their groove back

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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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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