"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
By MONTE DUTTON Mike Bothwell, the man of a thousand expressions (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. It’s Saturday morning, and somehow it’s nearly 11, and I’ve been up since 8:30 after getting as much as I could on last night’s one-point loss to Gardner-Webb by Presbyterian and inserting more details. I updated it this morning. …
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Carson Glenn (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Carson Glenn has pitched in both of Clinton High’s baseball games and is yet to give up an earned run. He is 0-2, as are the Red Devils, who fell to Mid-Carolina, 5-0, in their second outing in Emerald’s Greenwood tournament, the CFP Invitational, on Monday night. Three …
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Brett Young Click here. Saturday seemed awfully strange at Templeton Center because the Blue Hose weren’t playing basketball there. On most Saturdays in Big South play, either the men or women are at home, with the other playing the same school on the road. The previous Saturday, both were at home. With the conference schedule …
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By MONTE DUTTON Kadon Crawford and family, surrounded by Red Devils (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Technically, Kadon Crawford is signed to be a PWO at Coastal Carolina University. PWO stands for “preferred walk-on.” It’s a walk-on with fringe benefits. It’s how another Clinton High player, Peyton Pitts, signed with Clemson two years ago. In …
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(PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ High-school basketball in Laurens County is down to the girls’ team at Laurens Academy, but the Presbyterian College seasons are still going strong. The Crusaders (24-1) take on Curtis Baptist (21-5) at 5:30 in Columbia at Cardinal Newman in the SCISA Class A semifinals. Inevitably, thoughts turn to baseball, where the Blue …
By MONTE DUTTON Mylayja Thompson (5) and Nah'shia Wright gave it their all. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. One successful season ended at Clinton High School on Saturday, and another stayed alive in Columbia. West-Oak (19-6) found its shooting touch in the latter half and knocked Region 4 champion Clinton out of the Class 3A …
Tushawan Richardson draws lots of attention. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges An odd boys’ basketball game broke out at Clinton High School on Tuesday evening, where Southside knocked the Region 4-3A champion Red Devils out of the playoffs. The game was frantically and inefficiently played. Both teams played hard but sometimes to cross purposes. At the …
By MONTE DUTTON Two years ago at the Southern Conference Tournament (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ One of NASCAR’s more familiar truisms is that the best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start out with a large one. That’s the modern path of journalism. In my case, it’s small fortune to none. …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Steamers photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Well, I woke up [Wednesday] morning with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt. I didn’t have a beer for breakfast that wasn’t bad so I had one more for dessert. At my age, it would’ve likely made things much worse. Apologies to Kris Kristofferson, who wrote …
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants I thought of an old Lefty Frizzell song while watching basketball Tuesday night: “I’m an Old, Old Man (Trying to Live While I Can).” I staked out a place on the front row. I need a seat because I take stats on a legal pad while I’m shooting photos. As the …
