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 …
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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 …
Clinton completes Low Country sweep
By MONTE DUTTON Tanner Finley (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Clinton High’s baseball team ransacked the Low Country as if led by Francis Marion, not Peyton Spangler. In three games at the Hanahan Invitational, the Red Devils cleaned out Hickory Grove Christian, Berkeley and Bishop England by a combined score of 25-10. Berkeley won the …
Big Red rolls across Low Country
By MONTE DUTTONg Luke Young (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton High got off to a strong start at the Hanahan Invitational, a spring-break tournament near Charleston. The Red Devils began with a 10-7 victory over Hickory Grove Christian (Charlotte, N.C.), led by red-hot catcher Luke Young. Young, who had homered twice in his previous …
Things go bad in a hurry at CSU
By MONTE DUTTON Matthew Rollison (PC photo) In the midst of a rough season, Presbyterian College’s baseball team hit a new low on Friday in North Charleston. I was following the game. The Blue Hose took a 12-5 lead over Charleston Southern entering the bottom of the ninth inning. I read a book for a …
Lander to seek Div. II title on CBS
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I have been remiss in overlooking what may be the sports story of the year. It’s been happening across the lake, where Lander University is playing on Sunday afternoon for the NCAA Division II national championship in men’s basketball against Gannon. Who is Gannon? It’s in Erie, Pa., where fans …
Red Devils roll on, 13-0
By MONTE DUTTON Angel Vargas is all smiles running out a home run (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In Clinton High School’s last eight baseball games, the Red Devils have outscored their opponents, 88-15, with four shutouts. On Tuesday evening, Clinton (10-2, 4-1 Region 3-2A) drew swiftly away from Chester (5-7-1, 2-1), winning, 13-0, in …
In dreams and reality
By MONTE DUTTON When I awakened this morning, nature called. Nothing unusual about that. It’s my interior alarm clock. I keep forgetting to buy a new one. Last night I spent an hour talking with an old NASCAR chum. The first Darlington race of the season was Sunday. My friend and I laughed at stories …
Finally basketballed out
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In a week of moping around, dealing with things that would not work and dreaming impossible dreams, life gets back to normal, or didn’t I write that last week? Notes from watching too many basketball games: Gunfighters shoot from the hip. Politicians shoot from the lip. Basketball players shoot from …
Nightrider's Lament 