"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 …
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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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(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. As dreary and drizzly as the Friday weather was in Laurens County and hereabouts, the games were rather spectacular, even thereabouts. The Laurens baseballers took the over while the softballers took the under. Translation: The Raiders won in extra innings in baseball and by run rule in softball. The Presbyterian …
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Jordan Hudson was stout on the hill. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. All was well at Laurens 55 on Thursday as the Raiders swept to victories in baseball and boys’ tennis. Behind a strong performance from lefthanded starter Jordan Hudson, Laurens bettered nearby rival Greenwood, 4-2, at Ed Prescott Field. Third baseman Coleman Coker’s sacrifice …
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Halleigh Luke (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton High’s softball team remained undefeated, while down the hill, Class 5A J.L. Mann overpowered the Red Devils’ baseball team. Laurens picked up victories in softball, tennis and boys’ soccer, defeating Clinton in the last sport and playing the Red Devils to a stalemate in girls’ soccer. Joseph …
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Brody Fahr (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College placed both men’s and basketball players on All-Big South teams. Softball won a nail-biter over Wofford, and baseball lost one to Western Michigan. Acrobatics and tumbling performed expertly versus King in Bristol, Tenn. Elton Pollock’s Blue Hose took a lead after trailing by three runs early, but …
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Zay Pulley Click here. Laurens took a second loss in a row, and Thornwell found out where the Clear Dot was in Monday-evening baseball. The Clear Dot Bats, of Columbia, didn't use them very well. Four Laurens batters stroked two hits each, but in spite of five hits to the Raiders’ 11, Fountain Inn managed …
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