"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
Kate Johnson (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ In Norse mythology, a Valkyrie is one of a host of women who accompany deceased souls to Valhalla, which is almost near Seneca. Its original meaning is “chooser of the slain.” Converse (5-7) got it backwards on Sunday women’s basketball at Timmons Arena. Furman (10-6) routed the Valkyries, 93-40, in …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I would have liked to be in Frisco. I’ve got a lot of friends in the area, and at least one who would have let me sleep on his couch. All I would have needed was some gas and spending money. I could’ve not paid my taxes for …
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J.P. Pegues (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Furman got run out of the Roundhouse on Saturday night, and the Roundhouse is a fairly large place. J.D. Pegues and Alex Williams returned, both looked rusty, and Chattanooga led from start to finish to win, 73-58, at the facility now known as McKinley Arena, with …
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By MONTE DUTTON PC's Kaleb Scott, UNCA's Drew Pember collide. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants For the second time in three days – and for almost all of the full Big South Conference schedule -- Presbyterian College’s basketball teams played the same opponents, one at Templeton Center and the other on the road. Once again, the …
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson fueled a Clinton comeback with 37 points against Union County. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The basketball played by boys and girls is not the same. There are small differences. No games, played back to back, ever differed more than the ones played at the varsity level on Friday night at …
Pjay Smith (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The men are off to a railroad center on the Tennessee River while the women come off a week’s rest to play at home on Sunday afternoon. The basketball wars are fully operational. Furman (6-8, 0-1) seeks its first Southern Conference win of the season on Saturday at McKenzie …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ On Thursday night, I watched the replay of the Furman-UNCG game. I only saw the last few minutes live because I was at another game. When I got home, my reaction was: What? Now three starters are out? Foster, Pegues and Williams? Jumpin’ Jehosaphat! (Not the real words, but …
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Drew Pember guards PC's Owen McCormack last season (PC photo). https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Drew Pember will look familiar to Presbyterian College’s returning players when he trots onto the Templeton Center court on Saturday for the 2 p.m. game between the Blue Hose and Pember’s UNC Asheville Bulldogs. The last time they saw him, Pember dropped 48 points …
Martineze Shaw (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Laurens County’s high schools resumed play after the holidays on Wednesday night to a mixed bag of results. Clinton and Laurens Academy split their boys’ and girls’ games with the local girls coming out on top both times. Laurens District dropped both games at Greenwood. Oddly, but significantly, Clinton …
Carter Whitt (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ GREENSBORO, N.C. – Not to be outdone after falling to Anderson with its two leading scorers sidelined, Furman played its Southern Conference debut with the top three unavailable for duty on Wednesday night. Not surprisingly, UNC Greensboro, the team picked to finish second to the Paladins in preseason coaches’ rankings, …
Nightrider's Lament 