By MONTE DUTTON Tori Patterson watches Coleman Coker uncork. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. One of my favorite characters, the late Jim Beauchamp, used to welcome in the writers and sometimes say, “Boys, sometimes you’ve just got to tip your cap to the opposition.” Then “Beech” would remove the Greenville Braves cap, with its logo …
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County Signs: Blue Hose go title-hunting in High Point
By MONTE DUTTON Shortstop Brody Fahr (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Presbyterian College is headed to High Point seeking another one. The top-seeded Blue Hose open the Big South Conference Baseball Championship on Thursday at 1 p.m. against fourth-seeded Charleston Southern (21-30). The tournament is being conducted at Truist Point in High Point, N.C., home …
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This time Raider comeback falls short, 5-4
Zay Pulley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. CHARLESTON – Laurens’ third straight trip to the well yielded only an empty bucket as James Island won the first game in the Class 4A state baseball finals, 5-4, on Monday night. Both victories in the Upstate finals against Easley occurred on Laurens’ final at-bat. This time the …
County Lines: PC baseball deserves more than it gets
By MONTE DUTTON Charlie McDaniel (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Not enough people realize what Presbyterian College baseball has just done. Going to work on the Blue Hose’ sweep of UNC Asheville on Friday, I anxiously awaited the local news. PC won the Big South regular season for the first time in history, that being …
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A few baseballs still bouncing
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I’ve seen a lot of celebrations. This spring the most uncontrolled was when the Clinton High baseball team won its region for the third straight year. The Red Devils attempted to build a skyscraper in the infield grass. It was a human pyramid without order and support. …
Blue Hose plant top seed with a broom
By MONTE DUTTON Charlie McDaniel (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. When Presbyterian College won the Big South women’s basketball tournament, the Blue Hose were seeded fifth and pulled three upsets in a row. When PC won the league’s baseball tournament in 2021, the circumstances were similar. Next Thursday, when the Big South Championship baseball tournament …
Eagen fuels PC bid for Big South’s top seed
Daniel Eagen just missed a no-hitter (PC photo). Click here. On Friday, beginning at 11 a.m. at Elton Pollock Field, Presbyterian takes on UNCA Asheville in a doubleheader that could give the Blue Hose the Big South regular-season baseball title. Entering the final two games, Presbyterian (27-25) and High Point (30-24) are tied at 16-6 …
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Madden completes Raider comeback and it’s on to state
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The Class 4A Upstate baseball championship, and the accompanying opportunity for statewide glory, belongs to the Laurens Raiders, who came from four runs behind to eliminate Easley (25-6) on Wednesday night by a score of 7-6. Right fielder Avery Madden drove in what proved to be the tying and winning …
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County Signs: Porter in charge on practice field
By MONTE DUTTON Greg Porter (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Particularly since the Laurens High baseball team was playing afterward, I chose an overcast Monday to pay a visit to the Raiders practicing football earlier and down below. I waited a while because I wanted to see new head coach Greg Porter lead the charges …
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Raiders pull it out, though not Easley
By MONTE DUTTON Owen Pridgen lays down a bunt. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Coleman Coker walked on a full count with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday night. As a result, Zee Williams walked off, and Laurens won the first of a possible three baseball games …
Nightrider's Lament 