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 …
Tag: Eau Claire Shamrocks
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 …
Lots of familiar faces
The Poconos Click here. I awakened on Sunday with a ferocious appetite and immediately jumped into my pants and headed to a drive-through. My dream was tiring. Let’s see. I drove the best car I ever owned – a 2000 Honda I eventually gave to charity -- to Pennsylvania, undoubtedly to cover a stock car …
Red Devils fall a game shy in Florence
Bryanna Belton (photo courtesy John Clayton) Click here. The third time was the charm for the Shamrocks on Tuesday evening at Florence Center.Eau Claire, which fell in its two Region 3-2A games against Clinton, prevailed in the one that determined the Upstate championship, 41-30.The Shamrocks frustrated any Red Devil hopes of a fourth-quarter comeback by …
For Clinton girls, it’s a different kind of three
John Gardner's Red Devils look for a third victory over Eau Claire (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Inevitably, when one team – any team – sweeps another in a season and plays it again in playoffs, the same cliché is going to invoked.It’s hard to beat a team three times.When region rivals play the second …
Continue reading For Clinton girls, it’s a different kind of three
Nightrider's Lament 