By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It is glittering and bright, this brand-new Timmons Arena. On a campus of stately brick buildings and picturesque fountains, Furman University’s reimagined basketball arena more closely resembles the fountains. A little of the Williamsburg architecture remains on the sides, but from the outside, the edifice is overwhelmingly …
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Does an education even matter anymore?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Every single kid who announces he is going to college to play a sport cites academics. They mention what they want to be (assuming it’s not a pro ballplayer). Many disclose a planned academic major and cite it as an important reason for their decision. Then some of them go …
The players get longer; the names get shorter
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I have concluded that actual names are going out of fashion, particularly among the showboats who tell us all about them on television. The Most Valuable Player in the NBA is SGA. Do fans even know his full name? I didn’t. I never hear it. SGA slams! A steal by …
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The question at PC is will it get any better?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Lord, have mercy on the Presbyterian Blue Hose. If not for bad luck, the baseball team would have no luck at all. High Point just wrapped up the Big South regular-season championship by sweeping the Blue Hose 10-4, 8-5 and 15-5 on PC’s home field. Presbyterian has lost 11 of …
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Raiders, Red Devils run wild
Zay Pulley (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Laurens crossed the lake as if it was Washington crossing the Delaware on Wednesday night, defeating Greenwood, 8-6, behind three hits from third baseman Coleman Coker and a leadoff homer from second sacker Zay Pulley. Pulley’s blast and Avery Madden’s double staked the Raiders to a 4-0 lead, …
Rams are Belton’s choice
Bryanna Belton (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. From the time she first stepped on a District 56 gym floor, it has been obvious that Bryanna Belton was going to find herself a place to play college basketball. That place is Columbia International University, which while international, is still in the capital city of South Carolina. …
Different diamonds, same story
Jireh Brown bunts his way on (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Tuesday’s Laurens-Clinton baseball game was about the same speed as Monday’s. The Raiders’ center fielder, Jireh Brown, was the speediest in a 7-1 victory, one day after a 5-0 triumph in Laurens. Brown singled four times, one on a bunt, in as many at-bats. …
Clinton’s Richardson to howl with the Wolves
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I am of the belief that Tushawan Richardson is going to be something special at Newberry College. I am not objective, but neither am I ignorant nor naive. Richardson, the mixologist of Red Devil offense and quarterback of the Class 2A state champions, signed up …
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In hindsight, Mocs are looking pretty good
By MONTE DUTTON PJay Smith (0) battles Chattanooga's Honor Huff in Asheville (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Chattanooga, one of three Southern Conference members invited to participated in the National Invitation Tournament, is playing in the finals on Thursday at 9 p.m., making it the first SoCon school to reach this level. Furman (25-10) and …
Paladins put football season tickets on sale
Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. Step right up! Get your Furman season tickets! Or, more likely, make a call (864-294-3099) or get on the web (FurmanPaladins.com). Season tickets start at $155 and include all six regular season games. Bleacher seats, bench seats and purple chair back seats on the west (home) side of Paladin …
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Nightrider's Lament 