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Kate Johnson jostles for position against ETSU's Meghan Downing. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ While the crowds gathered for two final regular-season basketball games, Friday rain made sports activity prevalent on campus Saturday. As it turned out, Timmons Arena, as now configured, did, in fact, go out with a victory. The final game, until the fall …
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Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The Southern Conference champion apparent, Chattanooga, had too much for a game Furman team in a 60-53 victory over the Paladins on Thursday night at Timmons Arena. Raven Thompson scored 11 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to power the Mocs. Chattanooga (24-4, 12-1 SoCon), the regular-season champion, used a strong …
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Jonah Pierce jockeys for position against UNC Asheville earlier this season. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The final games Saturday are crucial to Presbyterian College’s seedings in next week’s Big South Basketball Tournament in High Point, N.C. For Quinton Ferrell’s men’s team, a victory over Charleston Southern on Saturday at Templeton Center is particularly important. …
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By MONTE DUTTON Timmons Arena, as we now know it, will soon be no more. (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I was at Furman on Monday for Bob Richey’s biweekly media availability. I am one of journalism’s more absurdly punctual practitioners. When I drive from Clinton to Furman, I factor in the possibility of a flat …
(Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman’s two-game, women’s basketball win streak ended in Macon, Ga., with a thud but not without a fight. Mercer (12-16, 6-6 SoCon) escaped with a 55-50 win after building a 42-22 three minutes into the second half. The Paladins executed a persistent comeback in spite of a flawed performance. Five Furman players …
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A three-point play in the final minute led Furman to a 58-53 victory over Western Carolina and an end to a three-game losing skein. The game, originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, was played instead on Sunday at Timmons Arena. Session's fast break layup, assisted by Tate Walters off a steal by Sydney …
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges As apt a description of my life as I’ve heard are the words of the songwriter Steven Fromholz: Me and my friends are getting long in the tooth / From three or four decades of seeking the truth / Trying to recover from a misspent youth / And gradually giving in …
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Samage Teel (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The Super Bowl is Sunday. Nothing else matters much … on Sunday. I’ve seen every Super Bowl on TV. The first one was when I was eight. For most of two decades, I watched it while I was at Daytona Beach for the 500. The closest was when the …
Tyrese Hughey (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Inexplicably, the Paladins have lost their way. Jalyn McCreary scored 28 points and Mercer defeated Furman, 78-69, dropping the Paladins to their third loss in the last four games on Wednesday night, ending an 18-game mastery of the Bears and seven in a row at University Center in Macon, Ga. …
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Thank goodness I was a spelling champion as a kid. I’m still pretty sharp on normal words, but names confuse me regularly. Laurens has a TyJ and a Ty. The latter is a girl. Both are Joneses, famously hard to keep up with. Furman has J.P and PJay. Those are the …
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