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, …
Two bid for baseball titles
Mason Hamby leads the Raiders in batting average and ERA. (Monte Dutton photos) It’s not every spring one local baseball team, let alone two from Laurens County, gets to play for a state championship, and both the Laurens Raiders and the Clinton Red Devils aren’t there yet. They’re so close they can taste it. They …
Hose have the blues
Brody Fahr (PC photo) By MONTE DUTTON I’m torn two ways on the issue of percentages. If a baseball batter faces a pitcher five times, and he doesn’t get a hit, does that mean he’s hopelessly overmatched, or does it mean that he’s due? If it gets beyond that – if it reaches enough at-bats …
Raiders take care of business with Greenwood
Head coach Tori Patterson devises a plan for Laurens success. (Monte Dutton photos) Josh Hughes handcuffed Greenwood on four hits in a complete game. Right fielder Jaedon Goodwin crashed a home run. First baseman Jackson Martin yanked a triple. Center fielder Zay Pulley made two spectacular catches. Heroes were prevalent in Laurens’ 5-1 victory on …
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Glenn, Stewart fuel Devils’ fire
Will Stewart drives in three. (Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON Clinton High School has yet to lose in the Class 3A baseball playoffs. Come to think of it, neither of the public schools in Laurens County has. The fourth playoff win in a row – 6-3 over Seneca on Saturday – puts the Red …
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 …
It’s me again …
(Elena Davidson photo) By Monte Dutton Greetings, nice people. I’m still here. Spring is winter on the Furman landscape. Anna Morgan was the first-round leader in district women’s golf. Riley Ludlam is the SoCon softball Player of the Year. The runners win far and wide. Men’s basketball signed a 6-10 recruit out of Woodbridge, Va., …
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, …
Nightrider's Lament 