By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) There's an old baseball movie called It Happens Every Spring. https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It happens every fall, too. When I was growing up / The biggest thing around our town / Was watching my old high school play / They didn't mess around. Before the week is over, all the football …
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Ain’t no beatin’ the heat
By MONTE DUTTON Red Devils are looking for a few good linemen. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants At Clinton High School, Corey Fountain put his football team on the official-practice field at 7:30 a.m. Friday. Laurens and Laurens Academy practiced into the cool instead of out of it. The morning dew had been swept from the …
Goin’ up around the bend …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Next week high-school coverage will amp up, but for now, here’s a collection of thoughts from here, there and yon. https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The dominant story on radio/TV gabfests is “who will get Shohei Ohtani?” Either the Los Angeles Angels keep him in Anaheim at the risk of watching him become …
Here and there, in and out, up and down …
Laurens outfielder Jaedon Goodwin. (Monte Dutton photo) Things are looking up in Laurens County. The District 55 school board took an action. Elsewhere, it’s life. Some gotta win. Some gotta lose. What goes up must come down. Once playoffs and tournaments get started, one happy team is eventually going to remain. The dream is very …
Whole lotta scoring going on at LA
(Monte Dutton file photo) What in the wide, wide world of sports was going on at Laurens Academy’s baseball field? The Crusaders edged Berea, 19-18, on Monday night. The teams didn’t just combine for 37 runs. They compiled 30 hits (15 apiece) and 19 errors (LA made 10). Laurens Academy (5-10) is SCISA Class A. …
A Weary Saturday with Ballgames on
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, November 2, 3:50 p.m. I don’t get out much. The last time I spent a night in a motel room was in March. My road trips are to places like Piedmont (twice!), Simpsonville, and Greer, where the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency resides. A commute to Greenville after four hours’ sleep is …
This Was the Week that Wasn’t
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, December 29, 2018, 9:52 a.m. Sometimes things just don’t go your way. That’s the slogan of my week. It could be the motto, but it would have to be in Latin. Interdum res non solum viam vestram. The week has been an adventure that wouldn’t sell because because the protagonist never …
A Cold Pastime So Far
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, March 8, 2018, 1:41 p.m. I've written about my first two baseball games of the spring. The home team won both. Both were in dramatic fashion. Both had runners cut down on the basepaths with disastrous consequences. One was a bit of a long shot, and the other was damned near …
Lady Crusaders Find a Holy Land
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, February 25, 2018, 11:17 a.m. For twenty years, while I was writing about NASCAR, I didn't see a lot of women's basketball. Many times, people said to me, "You'd be amazed at how much better it is," and I'd say, "Well, probably so," without much commitment to delving into the matter. …
The Penultimate Skirmish in a Great Crusade
Clinton, South Carolina, Friday, February 23, 2018, 9:35 a.m. The Laurens Academy girls' basketball team reminds me of my Honda Accord. Both wear blue and are approximately the same age. The Lady Crusaders have made three successful round trips to Sumter. The Honda has made two, with a side trip to Camden, on a single …
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Nightrider's Lament 