By MONTE DUTTON Me-Me Smith Click here. Clinton (18-4) picked up a clutch, tense, 4-1, victory in its second Class 2A softball playoff game, basically making the most of about everything in Lancaster against Buford (14-9) on Friday. Me-Me Smith pitched a tenacious masterpiece after spotting the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead in the bottom …
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Scores are not always what they seem
By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley breezed against the Eagles (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. In Pageland on Thursday night, Clinton was two outs away from a 14-1 victory over Central in the Red Devils’ second game of the Class 2A baseball playoffs. Instead, because a lively storm hit the Eagles’ cozy home diamond, the game …
Red Devils advance to state finals
By MONTE DUTTON Matthew King won at No. 1, 6-4, 6-2 (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. It is admirable for a coach to eschew excuses with a stiff upper lip, and that’s what Clovis Simmons did after Clinton’s victory 4-2 over Saint Joseph’s Catholic in the Class 2A/3A Upstate boys’ tennis championship. The non-denominational Red …
Clinton wins playoff opener, 6-1
By MONTE DUTTON Isaac Cain answered the call (Monte Dutton photos). Click here Clinton needed someone to lean on in its 6-1 victory over Liberty in opening game of the Class 2A baseball playoffs on Tuesday. That someone was Isaac Cain, who held the line on the mound for six innings. The righthander – the …
On with the show, this is it!
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It’s … playoff time. It costs $8 to get in for baseball, softball and soccer. What does it cost to get in Madison Square Garden to see the Knicks play the Sixers? Oh, $450 to $5,000. Eight dollars might be what it costs to watch …
Young leads Devils, 15-1
By MONTE DUTTON Coach Peyton Spangler greets Camden Finley at third base (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Surprising no one, Clinton (21-2, 9-1 Region 3-2A) turned Eau Claire every which way but loose on Friday evening after the Red Devils honored their seniors at their valley baseball park. The region has been utterly dominated by …
Red Devils shut out Gaffney
By MONTE DUTTON Owen Glenn homered in Gaffney (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Angel Vargas rapped three hits, Owen Glenn homered and singled, and seven different Clinton players drove in runs as the Red Devils clobbered Gaffney, 9-0, on the road Wednesday for their 20th victory of the season. Clinton (20-2) is 9-1 against baseball …
Clinton dispatches Eau Claire with aplomb
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young strikes again (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Clinton High hit the capital city like it was changing planes on Tuesday. The Red Devils took batting practice against Eau Claire, winning for the 11th time in a row with a 15-0, happy-hour annihilation of the Shamrocks. Led by catcher Luke Young …
Clinton drives Southside Christian to distraction
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young takes one deep (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. This wasn’t just another 13-3 runaway. It was, however, a runaway, gradually building and intensifying, executed by the long ball and the crafty bunt, moving runners a base at a time and circling them as if it were a stock-car race. Southside …
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Laurens’ upset bid falls just short, 2-1
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton's Logan Johnson lays down a bunt (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The latter baseball meeting between Laurens County’s premier public high schools was an entirely different affair. Clinton (16-2) won, 2-1, on Wednesday night. The Red Devils won the earlier game, on March 13, by a score of 12-6. This time …
Nightrider's Lament 