The Poconos Click here. I awakened on Sunday with a ferocious appetite and immediately jumped into my pants and headed to a drive-through. My dream was tiring. Let’s see. I drove the best car I ever owned – a 2000 Honda I eventually gave to charity -- to Pennsylvania, undoubtedly to cover a stock car …
Things are tough all over
By MONTE DUTTON Asa Thomas (Furman photo) Click here. This Furman men’s basketball team is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum. To borrow from a nursery rhyme, when it is good, it is very, very good, and when it is bad, it is horrid. The Paladins have mostly weathered their injuries, but the reassembly is …
Two Devils and a Crusader line up for college
By MONTE DUTTON Garrison Vaughan (second from left) and family are all smiles (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Newberry, North Greenville and Carson-Newman are the latest beneficiaries of Laurens County football talent. Garrison Vaughan, Laurens Academy’s burly lineman, is joining the Wolves, whose 12-2 record last fall included three Division II playoff wins. Bryson Perrin …
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Paladins can’t shake a 2nd-half lead
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Furman photo) Click here. Unfortunately, the week-in and week-out progress of the Furman men’s basketball program has carried with it a disquieting pattern. The Paladins have been unable to hold leads in the latter halves of Southern Conference games. They win some. They lose some. East Tennessee State rallied from …
High noon is 7 p.m. in Johnson City
By MONTE DUTTON Charles Johnston (Furman photo) Click here. Furman entered the weekend tied for third in the Southern Conference and exited it tied for second. A win in Johnson City Wednesday night and the Paladins are tied for tops. Currently in a three-way tie for second place, Furman (16-7, 7-3) visits league-leading East Tennessee …
Furman weathers second-half storm
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser is back (Furman photo). Click here. What if they played a basketball game and no one came? What if it wasn’t allowed? The Furman men’s basketball game against Chattanooga was on Sunday at 1 p.m. The game was on national TV on ESPN2. Furman University is currently closed to the …
Red Devils keep rolling along
By MONTE DUTTON Nyterian Smith (3) (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s the end of January, and Clinton High’s basketball teams both have a two-game edge over the rest of Region 3-2A. According to the state coaches association, the girls have an edge over the rest of Class 2A. They both ran out on Friday …
Paladins finish off sweep of Samford
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. One thing about Alex Wilkins. You’ve got to use him as much as you can. Furman’s fantastic freshman was in foul trouble all night long. He fouled out with 3:59 to play. Ben Vander Wall followed with 33.5 seconds left. Tom House scored 21 points …
High Point survives PC visit, 84-81
By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce (Monte Dutton photo) Presbyterian has proved its men’s basketball team can play with the best the Big South Conference offers. What the Blue Hose have to learn to do is beat them. In spite of 25 points from both Jonah Pierce and Triston Wilson – and Pierce’s 12th double-double (with …
Furman women withstand Samford, 70-62
By MONTE DUTTON Fourth straight SoCon win (Furman photo) Click here. Under Pierre Curtis's direction, Furman women's basketball is flexing its Southern Conference muscles. Lauren Bailey scored 15 points to lead a balanced Furman attack, and the Paladins rode a strong second-half defensive effort to beat Samford, 70-62, in women’s basketball Saturday afternoon at Pete …
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