By MONTE DUTTON "A man! A plan! A canal! Panama!" (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Friday was such a great day. I didn’t want to drive to Lugoff, or Elgin, or wherever Lugoff-Elgin is. I wanted Clinton High School to win the Class 2A state championship at home, where their hearts are, with a crowd …
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All’s well that ends well at PC spring practice
By MONTE DUTTON Max Holtzclaw fires (Monte Dutton photos). After Presbyterian College’s spring football game on Saturday, I asked the new head coach, Matt Rahl, why the fans called better plays than the coaches. As Dudley Moore once asked in the role of Arthur Bach, “Isn’t fun the greatest thing you can have?” Rahl walked …
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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 …
Rahl releases PC football schedule
New Presbyterian College head football coach Matt Rahl faces a schedule similar to the one the Blue Hose played last year. The good news is that PC enjoyed a 10-2 season in Steve Englehart’s final season at the helm. The bad news is that, for the first time since 2022, the Blue Hose have a …
Road game at Western Carolina looms large
Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman concludes the regular season and looks to improve its seeding for next week’s Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship when the Paladins travel to Cullowhee, N.C., to battle Western Carolina on Saturday. Tipoff between the Paladins and Catamounts is slated for 5:30 p.m. at the Liston B. Ramsey …
The Bulldogs come to town
Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman hasn’t lost twice to The Citadel in the same season since 2012-13. The Bulldogs haven’t won in Greenville since 2014-15. The Paladins conclude their 2025-26 home schedule and celebrate their senior class on Wednesday night when they entertain Southern Conference and rival in general The Citadel (9-20, …
Wilson leads PC charge, 72-65
By MONTE DUTTON Triston Wilson took over (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. During the first half of Thursday night’s Big South men’s basketball game at Templeton Center, the Blue Hose looked listless and preoccupied. Presbyterian trailed at the half, 37-25. They shot .391 from floor, missed all five three-point attempts and half their 24 free-throw …
Buccaneers win on marksmanship, 78-69
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (10) scored 21 points . Also shown are Cooper Bowser (21), Charles Johnston (1) and Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. It was the best of days. It was the worst of nights. Hallelujah for the personal. I got good news at a medical appointment. I celebrated with …
Blue Hose take down UNCA on Peterson free throws
By MONTE DUTTON Jaylen Peterson (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Jaylen Peterson gave Presbyterian College just what it needed on Saturday afternoon in Asheville. Two free throws with four seconds to play. PC (13-14, 6-6 Big South) bounced back with a 58-57 road victory over UNC Asheville. The freebies gave Peterson 20 points and eight …
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Thomas leads Furman past VMI, 90-72
By MONTE DUTTON Asa Thomas (Furman photo) Click here. They’re hard to figure, this season’s Furman Paladins. They have mysterious weaknesses. They have oodles of shooters, yet they are erratic in both three-pointers and free throws. They hung in gamely when beset by a rash of injuries, but they have struggled since mostly regaining their …
Nightrider's Lament 