By MONTE DUTTON When I awakened this morning, nature called. Nothing unusual about that. It’s my interior alarm clock. I keep forgetting to buy a new one. Last night I spent an hour talking with an old NASCAR chum. The first Darlington race of the season was Sunday. My friend and I laughed at stories …
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Baseball is just what we need
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The country has gone crazy. On that we can all agree. Most folks are mad. What we cannot agree on is what has made us mad. An old folk song comes to mind. It’s about the collapse of a musical group. Well, the one on the right …
Finally basketballed out
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In a week of moping around, dealing with things that would not work and dreaming impossible dreams, life gets back to normal, or didn’t I write that last week? Notes from watching too many basketball games: Gunfighters shoot from the hip. Politicians shoot from the lip. Basketball players shoot from …
Rahl releases PC football schedule
New Presbyterian College head football coach Matt Rahl faces a schedule similar to the one the Blue Hose played last year. The good news is that PC enjoyed a 10-2 season in Steve Englehart’s final season at the helm. The bad news is that, for the first time since 2022, the Blue Hose have a …
Red Devils prosper in cool night air
By MONTE DUTTON Noah Hughes (12) and Clinton's Camden Finley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. To borrow from an old country song, it was back to the basics of love On a Friday night in March, Clinton (4-1) handled Laurens (0-5), 12-6, at Ed Prescott Field. All there were appropriately bundled. The Red Devils wore …
To dream impossible dreams
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Please release me. Let me go. I’ll catch up with the county when I get back from the mountains. Maybe nighttime baseball won’t be cold by then. I spent Tuesday packing, leaving some stuff at the storage unit and bringing some back to the camper-trailer, which, no, I’m not towing …
In my element
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. On Sunday night, I watched a healthy portion of Believers: Boston Red Sox, a documentary that centers on the 2004 World Series. At the same time, I was switching to a basketball game between Charleston and UNC Wilmington. The Cougars came from 15 points behind and won. I watched Miami …
PC’s comeback falls short, 79-73
By MONTE DUTTON PC's Carl Parrish sets up the offense against Cam'Ron Fletcher (11) (Monte Dutton photos). All was in place for memorable upset on Thursday night. National TV on ESPNU. By far the biggest crowd of the season. Huge comeback by the Blue Hose. PC even brought in a pep band from Clinton High …
Clinton boys ousted by ALA
Nyterian Smith (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. American Leadership Academy showed Clinton the door to the Class 2A boys’ basketball playoffs on Monday night. The door was at Lakeside Middle School in Lexington, where the Patriots won, 80-56, in the Upstate semifinals. There are worse things. Had the Red Devils lost on a tip-in at …
Blue Hose take down UNCA on Peterson free throws
By MONTE DUTTON Jaylen Peterson (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Jaylen Peterson gave Presbyterian College just what it needed on Saturday afternoon in Asheville. Two free throws with four seconds to play. PC (13-14, 6-6 Big South) bounced back with a 58-57 road victory over UNC Asheville. The freebies gave Peterson 20 points and eight …
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Nightrider's Lament 