By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. PROLOGUE Sometimes it rains. Sometimes it doesn’t. I like it better when Mother Nature makes up her mind. I’ve watched the weather. Laurens and Clinton have crucial high-school baseball games Friday night. The Raiders are (or by the time you read this, maybe were) undefeated in the …
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County Signs: Red Devils stay alive
By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley connects. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The latest of life’s ironies occurred to me Thursday morning as I augmented, updated, corrected and reposted Wednesday’s crop. NIL (name, image and likeness) provides college athletes monetary compensation, yet the world “nil” means nothing. Thus could the athlete at an unmonied institution say, …
County Signs: Raiders enjoy Coker cola in ninth
By MONTE DUTTON Coleman Coker drove in the winning run. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I was up until the wee hours, which are not that wee for me, failing to get Tuesday night’s results posted. Folks have more wi-fi than wife problems nowadays. Oh, wait. I don’t have a wife. It could be that …
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County Signs: A mostly bleak night on the diamonds
By MONTE DUTTON Zane McLendon has that sinking feeling. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. A Furman release revealed that the Paladins have signed two “rising juniors.” I thought, Thank God, they aren’t falling juniors. Yes, I know, “rising” refers to someone in the next class. It’s spring, and those two promising athletes are sophomores now, …
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County Signs: Raiders conquer Northwestern territory
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Without question, a fine Laurens baseball team is the prime mover here, but as I drove to LDHS on Monday, it occurred to me that the Raiders have won every game I’ve attended to date. The biggest factor is that Laurens (21-6) has won most of its …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: PC still in thick of baseball hunt
By MONTE DUTTON Jack Gorman (1) congratulates Eli Lazio after a Saturday home run. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Sunday night, I watched my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, play for the first time this season. Anyone who picked the Red Sox, who have won more World Series than anyone else in …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Spartans even series with 5-3 win
By MONTE DUTTON Eli Lazio just speared a pop off his shoestrings. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I don’t know anything about new Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales – I only recently learned what he looks like – but I’ve noticed from his remarks on the NFL draft that he is a major-league “you-knower.” …
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County Signs: Old home night in the valley
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s hard to beat fun at the old ballpark. Somehow, in addition to snapping over 300 photos – deleted about 200, used 15 or so, saved the rest for future use – I managed to engage in friendly conversations with friends and foes alike. Furman assistant football …
Blue Hose Blurbs: PC wins barrage of batters
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. It’s been almost 40 years since lights were installed at Wrigley Field. I can still immediately identify a night game there. Shadows cover the backs of all the players. The Friendly Confines have no light stands over the outfields. One reason I’m a good speller is that I …
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Red Devils nail down another region title
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The games that begin next week mean everything, but the one played Friday night at Clinton High School was pretty darn close. The Red Devils’ 2-0 baseball victory over Union County was pretty darn close in general. By winning, Clinton (13-10, 6-2) won Region 4-3A for the …
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