"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
Charles Johnston (Furman photo) Click here. A home court helps but not normally as much as the difference between the basketball games played at Rock Hill Sports & Event Center and Timmons Arena on Monday evening. High Point blitzed the Paladins at the Field of 68 Tipoff Marathon while the women’s team dominated North Greenville …
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By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. Rather than seeing whether or not Scottie Scheffler can manage to hold a five-stroke lead in three holes at rain-delayed Harbour Town this morning, I’ve elected to apply myself to more substantive matters. Lawyers, chiropractors and analysts never end. I’m not experienced enough to make this judgment as …
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By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. I watched most of the Xfinity Series race at Talladega on Tuesday, won by a fast-rising youth with the can’t-miss name of Jesse Love. When I first started writing about races there, it scared me. A car sailed out of the track the first time I went. Weird …
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(Big South photo) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. -- On Saturday, Presbyterian College went where it has never been before. The Big South finals. The Blue Hose (19-14) ousted top-seeded High Point (20-11) on its home court, Qubein Center, by a score of 59-50, in the Hercules Tires Big South Championships. Led by Tilda Sjokvist …
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Marquis Barnett (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The Point was too High for both Presbyterian College basketball teams on Saturday. High Point defeated Quenton Ferrell’s men on Saturday night at Qubein Center after the Panthers took care of Alaura Sharp’s women at Templeton Center in the afternoon. With 2:28 remaining, Jonah Pierce’s bucket gave Presbyterian (10-14, 1-7) …
Samage Teel (2) (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Once again, Presbyterian’s basketball teams lost, the men’s team in a close affair at Templeton Center, the women in a dismal showing in High Point. The men’s team, which began its season with a shocking upset of Vanderbilt, lost its fourth straight Big South Conference game and third …
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