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Tilda Sjokvist (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian won its first-round tournament game for the first time in women's basketball since 2017. The Blue Hose eliminated Charleston Southern, a thorn in their side in the rgular season. A bevy of women's wrestlers are off to the national championship. Softball has a busy weekend in Florida. …
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Trevon Reddish-Rhone (left) and Kory Mincy sweep the weekly Big South honors. (PC photo) Click here. Both Presbyterian College basketball teams enter the Hercules Tires Big South Conference Basketball Championship as long shots. Pretty dangerous long shots. Presbyterian (17-14, 8-8 BSC) is the fifth seed in the women’s bracket and opens on Thursday at 2 …
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Samage Teel (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian men’s basketball considerably improved its seeding for the Big South Basketball Tournament by finishing off a season sweep – in its first and last conference games – of Charleston Southern. Baseball won in extra innings over Saint Bonaventure, but women’s basketball dropped its game in North Charleston against …
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Tilda Sjokvist led the Blue Hose . (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ On a crucial Wednesday evening, with the Big South Conference winding down, Presbyterian basketball experienced mixed results in games against USC Upstate. The women’s team slipped past the Spartans at Templeton Center, while, at Spartanburg’s G.B. Hodge Center, Upstate delivered a crushing blow to …
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Bryanna Brady led the Blue Hose with 23 points. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ As Willie Nelson wrote and sang, “Miracles appear in the strangest of places. Fancy meeting you here.” The Presbyterian College women’s basketball team popped Big South rival Winthrop on Wednesday evening, while, a 90-minute bus ride away, the men’s team was similarly …
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian College was colder inside than outside on Saturday. Elton Pollock’s baseball team polished off some strange snowbirds – Peacocks – with three straight victories to open the season. What’s more, Saint Peter’s is playing the Blue Hose again on Sunday at noon. A quarter mile or so away, the …
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Malayja Thompson (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It was the fairer sex that was better at playing basketball on Wednesday night. At Clinton High School, the girls’ team was winning its first-round playoff game over Southside. A couple miles away and across the railroad tracks, Presbyterian was polishing off UNC Asheville. However, in far Asheville, northward …
(PC photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The blend point is underway between winter and spring sports at Presbyterian College. Basketball and wrestling wind down as tennis, lacrosse, softball, etc., begin their seasons. St. Peter’s University of Jersey City, N.J., visits Elton Pollock Field for a three-game, season-opening baseball series on Friday. The Blue Hose and Peacocks play on …
Marquis Barnett (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It was Letter Winners Day on Saturday at Templeton Center. Presbyterian College ought to hand out more letters. The Blue Hose returned a few favors left in Radford, Va., on Jan. 27, when the Highlanders swept a women/men basketball doubleheader. The land in Clinton is lower. Quinton Ferrell’s men’s …
Kaleb Scott (PC photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Two men’s basketball teams that began the Big South season with high hopes played at Templeton Center on Wednesday night trying to pick up some pieces. Marquis Barnett picked up his share. The 6-4 junior guard from Saginaw, Mich., hit 8/10 (3/5 from three-point range) shots, scored 20 points, handed …
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