(PC photo) Click here. Presbyterian College, which for a day (April 5) was atop the Big South standings, lost the first two of a three-game baseball series in Radford, Va. The Blue Hose have dropped four games in a row. Entering Saturday’s games, PC now trails High Point (27-12, 11-3) by three games and USC …
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Ryu leads Paladins to another SoCon title
(Furman photo) Click here. As is quite often the case, Furman is the Southern Conference champion in women’s golf. Audrey Ryu, at even par, was individual medalist, and Furman (+34) won the team title by nine strokes at the Solina Golf Club in West Columbia. The Paladins, who have won eight of the last 10 …
Paladins charge the net as SoCon’s top seed
(Furman photos) Click here. And then there was one. Furman claimed the Southern Conference regular-season title in women’s tennis with a 5-2 victory over East Tennessee State, previously the only other undefeated team in league play. The Paladins (18-3, 7-0 SoCon) earned the No. 1 seed in next weekend’s league tournament. Furman, which won its …
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It wasn’t a simple football scrimmage
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Szydlowski takes a fumble to the house (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In all honesty, I could make neither hide nor hair of Presbyterian College’s spring football scrimmage at Bailey Memorial Stadium on Friday evening. Following the theme of honesty, I was sitting in the front row of the stands, and …
Tanner Finley tosses a no-no at Fairfield
Tanner Finley (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Wednesday was a vintage night for baseball in Laurens County. It wasn’t all successful, but the Red Devils and Raiders played exciting games in vastly different ways. Clinton (11-4, 5-2 Region 3-2A) hasn’t allowed a run since March 24 and a hit since March 25. Righthander Tanner Finley …
Clinton’s Richardson to howl with the Wolves
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I am of the belief that Tushawan Richardson is going to be something special at Newberry College. I am not objective, but neither am I ignorant nor naive. Richardson, the mixologist of Red Devil offense and quarterback of the Class 2A state champions, signed up …
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In hindsight, Mocs are looking pretty good
By MONTE DUTTON PJay Smith (0) battles Chattanooga's Honor Huff in Asheville (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Chattanooga, one of three Southern Conference members invited to participated in the National Invitation Tournament, is playing in the finals on Thursday at 9 p.m., making it the first SoCon school to reach this level. Furman (25-10) and …
Clinton puts up 18 runs quickly
Owen Glenn (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. In the first inning of Tuesday’s Region 3-2A baseball game at Columbia High, Clinton collected 16 walks, a hit batter, Tanner Finley’s double and Owen Glenn’s three-run homer. That was quite enough for the Red Devils to post their third straight shutout by double digits, defeating the hapless …
PC wins another series with Saturday split in Asheville
Sean Hollister (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian won another Big South baseball series, taking two out of three at UNC Asheville with a split of a Saturday doubleheader. The Blue Hose (14-15, 6-3 conference) lost the first game, 5-4, and won the second over UNCA (10-18, 3-6), 12-7. The Bulldogs took a 4-0 lead …
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Clemson gets ‘Cowboyed up’
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Now, I’m kidding, okay? The last two times I’ve watched Clemson play basketball, the Tigers have come from hopelessly behind to losing barely. Against Louisville, if not for an unbelievable “no call,” they may well have won. Against the McNeese State Cowboys on Thursday, Clemson was way back. Yet the …
Nightrider's Lament 