Bryanna Belton (photo courtesy John Clayton) Click here. The third time was the charm for the Shamrocks on Tuesday evening at Florence Center.Eau Claire, which fell in its two Region 3-2A games against Clinton, prevailed in the one that determined the Upstate championship, 41-30.The Shamrocks frustrated any Red Devil hopes of a fourth-quarter comeback by …
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For Clinton girls, it’s a different kind of three
John Gardner's Red Devils look for a third victory over Eau Claire (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Inevitably, when one team – any team – sweeps another in a season and plays it again in playoffs, the same cliché is going to invoked.It’s hard to beat a team three times.When region rivals play the second …
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Smith finds nothing but net at Wofford
By MONTE DUTTON The Terriers couldn't contain PJay Smith (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A trip to Spartanburg is seldom easy for the Furman Paladins, whether it’s basketball, football or club rugby.As head men’s basketball coach Bob Richey said later, “We knew [Wofford wasn’t] going away.”The final 1.1 seconds of the Paladins’ 78-75 victory over …
Blue Hose to hit Big South tournament on a hot streak
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. At one time, Presbyterian lost seven of eight Big South men’s basketball games. How times have changed.Entering this week’s Hercules Tires Big South Championships in Johnson City, Tenn, and coming on the heels of Saturday’s 68-57 victory over Gardner-Webb (10-19, 5-11 Big South) at Templeton Center, PC (14-17, …
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Furman women pull overtime upset at Chattanooga
Tate Walters (Furman photo) Click here. If Furman is to make an unlikely run in the women’s basketball bracket at the Ingles SoCon Championship, the Paladins will need to put together more performances like Thursday evening’s 74-70 road upset at Chattanooga.Tate Walters converted two free throws to tie the game and followed it up with …
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Blue Hose rising as basketball winds down
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 …
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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Nightrider's Lament 