By MONTE DUTTON Jaydon Glenn drives in the winning run (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The sun was still out, and the sky was still blue when Clinton won the Upstate Class 2A baseball title on Wednesday. The Red Devils had a loss to spare when Batesburg-Leesville arrived. The Panthers put up a fine effort, …
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Devils keep the line moving, 11-0
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. BATESBURG-LEESVILE – Following the destruction of the reigning Class 2A baseball champions on Saturday evening, Clinton (28-3) is one win away, on Wednesday back in the Red Devils’ home valley, with three days’ rest, against one of two teams it has defeated, by a combined score of …
A story that wasn’t told
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Sometimes the stars come together. Sometimes they line up. Sometimes they fall. There’s an old Randy Travis song that notes that the ocean’s salty and the stars sometimes fall. The name of the song is “Deeper Than the Holler.” I wouldn’t call Clinton High School’s baseball field …
Cook leads Red Devils in zoom meeting, 31-14
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) prepares to breach the wall (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. They call him Zoom, and Javen Cook is a thoroughly dangerous young man. He’s little, but he’s loud. Actually, it’s mainly the crowd that gets loud.The Clinton junior is a phenomenon. He’s so shifty they can’t tackle him and …
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Playoff clashes of 2A titans get tougher
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson hands off to Javen Cook (3) (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In the first three football games of the season, Clinton got off to slow starts.“We’ve got to get better,” said head coach Corey Fountain.In all but one game since, the Red Devils have literally hit the ground running. It’s …
Nightrider's Lament 