Caleb Taylor (8), Wil Stewart (12) and head coach Sean McCarthy celebrate. (Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON Oh, they ringed the baseball stadium on Tuesday night, and ever how many were there, all but a few got what they came for, which was a Class 3A state championship for the Clinton Red Devils, 5-4 …
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Here come Hawks with an attitude
Justin Copeland (Monte Dutton photos) Do not be deluded into thinking Tuesday night’s game at Clinton High School is going to anywhere near as easy as the first game at Hanahan. Clinton won, 17-3, in the first game on the Hawks’ home field and is a victory away from the Class 3A state championship. A …
Red Devils score 17 in 17th straight win
Zane McLendon (Monte Dutton photos) HANAHAN – With a few exceptions, Clinton and Hanahan played the first game of the Class 3A state championship series in a figurative jar of jam on Saturday night, but the Red Devils made the most of the toast in a 17-3 victory. Clinton head coach Sean McCarthy is fond …
Blue Hose break Radford’s fall
(PC photo) RADFORD, Va. – Breaking a nine-game baseball losing streak – eight in the Big South Conference – Radford upended Presbyterian, 6-4, on Friday. The Highlanders built a 4-0 edge in the first two innings and held on when the Blue Hose loaded the bases in the ninth inning. PC freshman Amman Dewberry belted …
Two for the title
(Monte Dutton photo) Justice is served in the Class 3A championship series in baseball. The best-of-three battle for the title begins on Saturday night at 7:30 in the southern corner of Berkeley County, where Clinton (24-3) visits Hanahan (26-7). The series is to be broadcast locally via WPCC (96.5 FM, 1410 AM). Game two is …
Raiders can’t cross (Catawba) Ridge
(Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON In baseball, and most sports, the last cut is the deepest. On Friday night, at Ed Prescott Field, it was administered by the Catawba Ridge Copperheads, so perhaps it was a strike, but it was 4-2 and advanced the Fort Mill school to the Class 4A state finals. Laurens’ …
Ridiculous 9th hustles Hose past Radford
(PC photo) RADFORD, Va. – Presbyterian won its 20th baseball game on Thursday night, playing Radford, which has a snazzy stadium, all synthetic-turfed, and wears snazzy, pin-striped uniforms that do not match the Highlanders’ 9-44 record. The Blue Hose (20-33, 11-14 Big South) and Highlanders (1-24 conference) were competitive until the late innings, when PC …
Red Devils lock down Upstate in undertime
Bryce Young in a hurry. (Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON A brief synopsis of Wednesday night’s baseball game at Clinton High School, won by the Red Devils, 11-1: Run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run rule. This is, of course, overly simplistic. Why, Seneca scored first and led until the bottom of the third inning, which catcher Luke Young led …
Bats fail Raiders in Upstate opener
Bennett Edwards (Monte Dutton photo) FORT MILL – Laurens couldn’t handle Catawba Ridge pitchers Peyton Dhein and Caden Glauber, who combined on a two-hitter to throttle the Raiders, 4-0, in the first game of the Class 4A Upstate championship series Tuesday night. Mason Hamby, who took the loss on the mound, and catcher Bennett Edwards, …
Two bid for baseball titles
Mason Hamby leads the Raiders in batting average and ERA. (Monte Dutton photos) It’s not every spring one local baseball team, let alone two from Laurens County, gets to play for a state championship, and both the Laurens Raiders and the Clinton Red Devils aren’t there yet. They’re so close they can taste it. They …
