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CONWAY – It takes a crowded weekend to draw attention away from Bob Richey’s Furman basketball team. It takes a bit of shock and awe, the kind that spreads from a stunning football upset at Wofford and the release of seedings for the FCS playoffs. For the second year in a row, the Furman men …
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Kory Mincy (PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Presbyterian lost any sense of infallibility but kept rolling along by winning two of three games at the First Coast Classic. The Blue Hose cashed in Saturday’s final game, 78-75, over Northwestern (La.) State after falling, 80-66, to Maine on Friday. Presbyterian (5-1) began the North Florida-hosted tournament …
(PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ A year of painstaking but frustrating improvement ended warmly as Presbyterian closed out Morehead State, 31-27, on Saturday at Bailey Memorial Stadium, thanks to a timely defense with a taste for turnovers. The Blue Hose stopped the Eagles just a week after Morehead State put a stop to Davidson’s Pioneer Football League …
By MONTE DUTTON Cally Chizik's fifth interception of the season (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Wofford stunned Furman, 19-13, on Saturday. No one knows why. Clay Hendrix doesn’t know. What toll the Terriers took on the Paladin’s post-season prospects remains to be seen. Such upsets happen seldom. Usually they are between rivals. Give Wofford (2-9, 2-6 SoCon) …
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By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson drove BHP to distraction. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges HONEA PATH – Endings are hard. Endings are sad. When high-school playoffs come around, only one team in each classification wins its final game, and Belton-Honea Path ended Clinton’s season with a 27-24 victory on Friday night in the Class 3A third …
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Jamahri Harvey (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Let’s see. Commodores. Rams. Bulldogs. Ospreys. The Presbyterian College men’s basketball team has beaten them all. Not that 4-0 by itself is that impressive. The Blue Hose defeated North Florida, 81-69, in the first round of the First Coast Classic in Jacksonville, Fla. PC has won the first four games …
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Marcus Foster (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CONWAY – Furman’s debut at the Myrtle Beach Invitational turned into a bit of a conflagration. Liberty kept the Paladins comfortably at bay in the second half. Once Furman felt the Flames’ burn, it dutifully took its medicine, 88-74. The Paladins take on host Coastal Carolina on Friday evening at …
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson spots his target. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges For Corey Fountain and the Clinton High football program he leads, it’s just another roadblock to avoid. Last week the obstacle was in Broome’s road. The Red Devils repelled the Centurions’ advances. It was more akin to the old song “The Battle of …
(PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College basketball, in the span of a week, demonstrated its mastery of Columbia International University. This, undoubtedly, was the plan. The Blue Hose woman dominated the Rams, 95-43, six nights after the men won, 100-58. Led by Bryanna Brady’s 18 points, leading five double-figure scorers, Presbyterian put up season highs in …
Marcus Foster (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Meanwhile, near the Grand Strand, quite the men’s basketball tournament awaits Bob Richey’s Furman Paladins. Liberty figures to provide stiff opposition for Furman (2-0). The Flames members of Conference USA, opened the season with back-to-back wins, over Charlotte (71-59) tand Mid-Atlantic Christian (103-43), which is also located in Lynchburg, Va. …
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