Kory Mincy leads the PC resurgence (PC photo). Click here. Presbyterian College’s sports teams take a lot of lumps, but the Blue Hose have a flair for the dramatic and a penchant for miracles.Last year’s long-odds advance of the women’s basketball team into the NCAA Tournament was a vivid example. Alaura Sharp’s final team entered …
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Paladins dig a little deeper in The Well, 85-42
By MONTE DUTTON Tom House perfectly splashed The Well (Furman photo). Click here. Many years ago, a broadcaster who wasn’t occupied with play by play at the time was holding court on a baseball press row when he proclaimed, regarding a certain football team, that it was “the best 0-9-2 team in the country.”’A nearby …
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It’s on to Florence for Red Devils
By MONTE DUTTON Bryanna Belton led the way (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Clinton High knows what it’s up against as it attempts to nail down a state girls’ basketball championship.At home for the third straight time in the Class 2A playoffs, John Gardner’s Red Devils defeated Region 3 rival Fairfield Central (11-12) for the …
Paladins round into tournament shape
Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. As the stretch drive unwinds toward the Southern Conference tournament, Furman may be its most dangerous underdog, and Virginia Military could be its greatest overachiever. The most significant item on the agenda at The Well on Saturday was a first-round bye for one of the two.Furman can wrap that …
Blue Hose prosper in Virginia; Devils doomed in Spartanburg
Kobe Stewart (PC photo) Click here. The ballgames played against type this weekend.The college reaped the dividends. The high schools took the lumps.While Presbyterian College was laying waste to Radford’s homecoming in Virginia, Laurens Academy was falling in Sumter at the SCISA girls’ basketball state title game, and Clinton was ending its boys’ basketball playoff …
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Red Devils, Crusaders roll on
Bryanna Belton (courtesy John Clayton) Click here. So far, the flying colors in the Class 2A girls’ basketball playoffs are red and white.Then again, those were the colors of the teams the Red Devils have blasted. After defeating Liberty, 67-29, in the first round, Clinton (22-5), sprinted past Landrum, 45-19, on Thursday night at CHS.The …
Smith, Paladins shoot Samford rapids
PJay Smith Jr. (Furman photo) Click here. What happened on Wednesday night at Pete Hanna Center and (technically) Homewood, Ala., gave Furman an injection of optimism as the Southern Conference tournament nears.Senior PJay Smith Jr. matched a career-high with 32 points, and Furman completed a regular-season sweep over the reigning SoCon champ, winning, 80-72, in …
Both Clinton basketball teams remain alive
Tushawan Richardson (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Clinton’s first Class 2A boys’ basketball playoff game was a bit less tense than the final score indicated.Saluda (15-8) fell by a fast-closing 54-49 score. The Red Devils, also 15-8, led 44-25 entering the fourth quarter. Clinton also started slowly, trailing 8-5 after the first eight minutes.Led by …
Red Devils run wide open in playoff debut
By MONTE DUTTON Bryanna Belton led four Clinton double-figures scorers (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. It’s not easy to win a state championship. Clinton, which opened the Class 2A girls’ basketball playoffs with a 67-29 victory over Liberty Monday night, could run up against an opponent that’s much taller, or one that just shoots the …
Hard times around the rims
Garrett Hien (Furman photo) Click here. Yes, Furman could win the Southern Conference tournament next month in Asheville, N.C.On occasion, the Paladins are the best team in the league.Not many occasions, though. The championship may not go to the SoCon’s most consistent teams – UNC Greensboro, Chattanooga and Samford – but that’s the way to …
Nightrider's Lament 