Zane McLendon (Monte Dutton photos) HANAHAN – With a few exceptions, Clinton and Hanahan played the first game of the Class 3A state championship series in a figurative jar of jam on Saturday night, but the Red Devils made the most of the toast in a 17-3 victory. Clinton head coach Sean McCarthy is fond …
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Two for the title
(Monte Dutton photo) Justice is served in the Class 3A championship series in baseball. The best-of-three battle for the title begins on Saturday night at 7:30 in the southern corner of Berkeley County, where Clinton (24-3) visits Hanahan (26-7). The series is to be broadcast locally via WPCC (96.5 FM, 1410 AM). Game two is …
Outside the foul lines
(Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON As its baseball team celebrated on Wednesday night, it appeared as if Clinton High School had only one team. Football won Region 4-3A in the fall. Boys basketball won it in the winter, and baseball won it in the spring. It’s unlikely the Red Devils have ever pulled that …
Red Devils lock down Upstate in undertime
Bryce Young in a hurry. (Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON A brief synopsis of Wednesday night’s baseball game at Clinton High School, won by the Red Devils, 11-1: Run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run-run rule. This is, of course, overly simplistic. Why, Seneca scored first and led until the bottom of the third inning, which catcher Luke Young led …
Two bid for baseball titles
Mason Hamby leads the Raiders in batting average and ERA. (Monte Dutton photos) It’s not every spring one local baseball team, let alone two from Laurens County, gets to play for a state championship, and both the Laurens Raiders and the Clinton Red Devils aren’t there yet. They’re so close they can taste it. They …
Glenn, Stewart fuel Devils’ fire
Will Stewart drives in three. (Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON Clinton High School has yet to lose in the Class 3A baseball playoffs. Come to think of it, neither of the public schools in Laurens County has. The fourth playoff win in a row – 6-3 over Seneca on Saturday – puts the Red …
Red Devils slide out of Union with streak intact
Union County's Tanner Hardin steals second ahead of Zach Fortman's tag. (Monte Dutton photos) By MONTE DUTTON UNION – It was hard for Clinton to defeat Union County three times. Obviously. That’s what “they say.” “They” were right. The Red Devils, who won the Region 4-3A baseball championship at the Yellow Jackets' expense, opened the …
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Red Devils, Raiders to keep swinging bats
(Monte Dutton photo) Clinton and Laurens are both three victories into the baseball playoffs, but both are still playing familiar foes. The Red Devils are 2-0 against the Union County Yellow Jackets, and the Raiders are 1-2 against the Greenwood Eagles. In 3A, Clinton (21-3) is playing at Union in game one of the Upstate …
It’s me again …
(Elena Davidson photo) By Monte Dutton Greetings, nice people. I’m still here. Spring is winter on the Furman landscape. Anna Morgan was the first-round leader in district women’s golf. Riley Ludlam is the SoCon softball Player of the Year. The runners win far and wide. Men’s basketball signed a 6-10 recruit out of Woodbridge, Va., …
A town of two tales
In the town of Clinton, there are two entities: the Clinton High School Red Devils, who win the games, and the Presbyterian College Blue Hose, who lose them. These are their stories. PC and Clinton used to be damn near one and the same. People in Clinton with no formal means of connection used to …
