(Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON As its baseball team celebrated on Wednesday night, it appeared as if Clinton High School had only one team. Football won Region 4-3A in the fall. Boys basketball won it in the winter, and baseball won it in the spring. It’s unlikely the Red Devils have ever pulled that …
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Bats fail Raiders in Upstate opener
Bennett Edwards (Monte Dutton photo) FORT MILL – Laurens couldn’t handle Catawba Ridge pitchers Peyton Dhein and Caden Glauber, who combined on a two-hitter to throttle the Raiders, 4-0, in the first game of the Class 4A Upstate championship series Tuesday night. Mason Hamby, who took the loss on the mound, and catcher Bennett Edwards, …
Red Devils slide out of Union with streak intact
Union County's Tanner Hardin steals second ahead of Zach Fortman's tag. (Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON UNION – It was hard for Clinton to defeat Union County three times. Obviously. That’s what “they say.” “They” were right. The Red Devils, who won the Region 4-3A baseball championship at the Yellow Jackets' expense, opened the …
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Red Devils, Raiders to keep swinging bats
(Monte Dutton photo) Clinton and Laurens are both three victories into the baseball playoffs, but both are still playing familiar foes. The Red Devils are 2-0 against the Union County Yellow Jackets, and the Raiders are 1-2 against the Greenwood Eagles. In 3A, Clinton (21-3) is playing at Union in game one of the Upstate …
Blue Hose must regroup
Jack Gorman (PC photo) CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Presbyterian College baseball has its back to the wall, but Tuesday night’s 7-6 loss to Western Carolina had little to do with it. Nor did the weekend series at powerful Miami – the Hurricanes prevailed at a three-game clip of 37-7 and surely a generous stipend was involved …
Clinton engine purs, 11-1
Justin Copeland's right on it. (Monte Dutton photo) It all worked out rather nicely in hindsight. Four nights earlier, Clinton had opened awfully in its second playoff baseball game, coming from six runs behind to win, 7-6, over Wren. The Red Devils awakened dramatically to a wake-up call. Thus chastened, the Red Devils pounded Pendleton, …
Still a long way from over
Clinton's Wil Stewart (Monte Dutton photos) The baseball teams of Clinton and Laurens high schools have won their share of laughers, but now the playoffs have arrived and the going’s gotten tougher. Both the Red Devils and Raiders have proved themselves tough. On Thursday night, Clinton (20-3) spotted Wren six runs and roared back to …
Raiders storm back in late innings
Owen Pridgen (Monte Dutton file photo) NORTH AUGUSTA – Comebacks are in style. Owen Pridgen’s two-run single in the top of the seventh inning gave Laurens an 8-6 Class 4A baseball playoff victory Friday night over North Augusta after the Raiders trailed by five runs after an inning. A night earlier, Clinton came from six …
Here and there, in and out, up and down …
Laurens outfielder Jaedon Goodwin. (Monte Dutton photo) Things are looking up in Laurens County. The District 55 school board took an action. Elsewhere, it’s life. Some gotta win. Some gotta lose. What goes up must come down. Once playoffs and tournaments get started, one happy team is eventually going to remain. The dream is very …
Nabors goes yard in Raider triumph
Mason Hamby had three hits and two stolen bases. (Monte Dutton photo) As first home runs of a season go, Laurens’ Hunter Nabors demonstrated exquisite timing. With one out and one run in, one ball and one strike, the Raider second baseman hammered a blast to right field to give Laurens (15-9-1) a 4-0 lead …
Nightrider's Lament 