"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)
Jordan Hudson (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I just heard a broadcaster say at the end of a tournament game, “They’d like to keep this run going!” Who doesn’t? The theme of Wednesday night’s games was Run, run, run, run, runaway! In Taylors, a red-hot gang of Laurens Raiders left Eastside green with envy, grounding …
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Carson Glenn (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. My truck has a message on its video screen that occasionally reminds me not to be distracted, and I have to be distracted in order to affirm that I do not intend to be distracted. I love my truck, now, but goshamighty. Clinton evened its record and won …
Alyssa Young (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Words I don’t like. Bear with me. I’ll get to the good stuff shortly. In most cases, “utilize” is a snobbish replacement for “use.” In NASCAR, “forward bite” is redundant because none of the cars is burdened by “backward bite.” It’s just “bite.” “There’s a timeout on the …
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Owen Pridgen homered twice for the Raiders. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The high-school action was hot and heavy Monday in Laurens County again where, miraculously, it didn’t rain. Me? I wanted to be out at the diamond, but, until a payment got auto-deposited, it was too late for hitting the road, I couldn’t afford …
Continue reading County Signs: Raiders, Red Devils come back in tandem
Lauralee Scott (Furman photo) Click here. Away from the bright lights of Harrah’s Cherokee Center, the ecstasy and the agony, a lot more was going on in Furman athletics. Nowhere, as best I know, did anyone have a fight, injure an official or taunt the opposition afterward. Miami (Ohio) and Georgia used big first innings …
Charlie McDaniel (Monte Dutton file photo) Click here. Lost amid the frivolity and glory of women’s basketball, the weekend was crowded elsewhere with Blue Hose activity. Elton Pollock’s baseball team defeated the host Memphis Tigers, its second straight victory at the Grind City Classic, but fell in its final game to Butler. Charlie McDaniel’s seven …
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Bryanna Brady had the game of her career. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. – Presbyterian College are going to women’s basketball’s Big Dance. They may not dance for long, but the Blue Hose are going to sally forth to the hardwood floor. PC has never won a Big South tournament … until …
Carter Whitt hit 4/5 three pointers and scored 20 points. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Advancing to the SoCon finals proved too much of an Achor. Achor Achor, 6-9, from Australia, led Samford to an 84-77 victory on Sunday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center. The Melbourne product scored 28 points and grabbed 14 …
(Furman photo) Click here. Away from the bright lights of Harrah’s Cherokee Arena, a great runner made second-team All-America status, and Furman lost a one-run softball game and a tennis match at home to Wake Forest. Furman rallied for two runs in the seventh inning but came up short in a 3-2 defeat versus Jacksonville …
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(Furman photo) Click here. ASHEVILLE, N.C. – They’re at wit’s end in nearby Cullowhee. Furman eliminated Western Carolina in overtime at the Ingles Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championships for the second season in a row, 79-76, on Saturday night. Once again, J.P. Pegues was the culprit for the Catamounts and Braveheart for the Paladins. The …
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