Raiders came back, but Jordan Hudson wasn't around to see it. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Even when the weather is clear, a spring night has dampness in it. Parents and friends huddle in the shadows, some up against the fence in their foldable chairs, others standing back a bit, wearing caps and windbreakers, wishing …
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County Signs: Basketball miraculously lives
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Who knew the last of the basketball would be at Presbyterian College? The Blue Hose women’s basketball team is playing Sacred Heart of Fairfield, Conn., in the NCAA Tournament’s play-in game. PC, the fifth seed in the Big South, swept through the tournament. The Pioneers of the not usually pioneerish …
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County Signs: Edwards to Raiders’ rescue
Carly Edwards (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The soft rivalry between Clinton and Laurens -- I always do it alphabetically except when it refers to the site, at which time it is Clinton-Laurens in Laurens and Laurens-Clinton in Clinton, and never the twain shall meet – in softball was a rootin,’ tootin’ dandy on Thursday …
County Signs: Red Devils turn it around
Carson Glenn (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. My truck has a message on its video screen that occasionally reminds me not to be distracted, and I have to be distracted in order to affirm that I do not intend to be distracted. I love my truck, now, but goshamighty. Clinton evened its record and won …
Injury hampers LA in semifinal loss
Rylee Ballard (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Laurens Academy fell a game short in its bid to for a state championship in girls' basketball, and powerful Clemson escaped a mild upset bid by Presbyterian College on the baseball diamond on Tuesday. LA lost its best player, Olivia Huck, to ankle injury, and try as they might, …
Crusader girls breeze, boys sneeze
Rylee Ballard encounters resistance. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Where girls’ basketball was concerned on Friday night at Laurens Academy, it was a jubilee. Head coach Jason Marlett was honored for winning 200 games at the helm of the Crusaders, who crushed Wardlaw, 55-16. Near the end of the third quarter, LA’s Olivia Huck scored her …
Crusaders win big, lose close
By MONTE DUTTON Olivia Huck cut the Lions to shreds. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The Laurens Academy boys’ basketball played a rip-roaring game with Our Lady of the Rosary and lost, 46-43. The girls dominated from the opening tap and tamed the Lions, 63-18. The evening featured considerable contrast. https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ At times it looked as …
PC takes a celebration to Wofford
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College’s 48-17 victory over Virginia University of Lynchburg wasn’t a program changer, but it was a start. The Blue Hose defeated an opponent – any opponent – soundly for the first time since Kevin Kelley coached his second game in 2021. Like Fort Lauderdale, VUL was barely …
Blue Hose to open, Raiders fall again
Steve Englehart opens season two. (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College’s 10-game losing streak is unlikely to end in the season opener at Murray (Ky.) State’s Roy Stewart Stadium on Saturday night at 7 p.m. EDT. Steve Englehart’s second season figures to be considerably better, but opening against the Racers is a stern assignment. Dean Hood’s …
Red Devils seize early edge
Kason Copeland rambles against the Raiders. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Football. It’s where we go. It’s what we watch on TV and listen to on the radio. Clinton High (2-0) is trying to keep it going. Presbyterian College is getting started. Laurens High (0-2), Laurens Academy (0-2) and Thornwell (0-1) are trying to get …
Nightrider's Lament 