(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Thank goodness I was a spelling champion as a kid. I’m still pretty sharp on normal words, but names confuse me regularly. Laurens has a TyJ and a Ty. The latter is a girl. Both are Joneses, famously hard to keep up with. Furman has J.P and PJay. Those are the …
Tag: Laurens County Sports
Devils, Crusaders, Hose roll
Mylayja Thompson (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The latest high-school basketball results were about par for the course. Clinton won big. Laurens Academy won. Laurens High and Presbyterian College didn’t. John Gardner’s CHS girls pounded Chester (3-12, 1-6), 64-16, for their ninth consecutive victory. McKenzie Clark and Mylayja Thompson each scored 11 points, and Bryanna Belton …
‘Go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do’
By MONTE DUTTON Furman's PJay Smith gets a helping hand from J.P. Pegues. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Here’s a scoop. There are things out there that I can’t figure out. I can’t figure out why it apparently bothers so many people that the world’s best tight end is seeing the world’s most famous woman. Traaaaviiiis …
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Raiders can’t reach Riverside
Zoe Young led the Raiders with 15 points. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges What happened at LDHS on Tuesday night wasn’t surprising. Riverside had already swept the Raiders in Greer. Region 2-4A is a tough track. The basketball games were similar other than the former being contested by girls and the latter by boys. Riverside won …
Raiders fall, Devils off, LA girls streaking
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants At Presbyterian College and Laurens District High School, basketball season to date has been a matter of being better but not better enough. Both Blue Hose teams dropped Big South games on Saturday at Radford. Those are detailed under separate cover. USC Upstate (6-14, 1-6) is tied with Presbyterian (9-13, 1-6) …
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SoCon realigns one way, SCHSL another
Samford's Achor Achor and Furman's Marcus Foster (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Wednesday was momentous. I knew the high-school region assignments were imminent, but I was occupied all afternoon and evening. I’m not much of a multi-tasker – the Samford at Furman basketball game had my undivided attention until 2:30 a.m. – but a friend asked …
Missing pieces completing the puzzles
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Things happen. Changes are made. People adjust. Life moves on. Sports are no different from anything else. What sets sports apart is that wins and losses are easier to see. Committees, panels, councils, senates, assemblies, federations, confederations, leagues, associations, et al., are all prone to hiding behind doors of various kinds. …
Laurens hires Porter to lead Raider football
Greg Porter takes over a Laurens team that went 2-9 last season. (Monte Dutton photo) Greg Porter It’s been rumored not just for weeks but for years, dating back to when Greg Porter had just left Hillcrest for Greenville. Mark my words. Greg Porter’s going to be at Laurens next year. That was in 2019. …
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Blue Hose to seek answers from Lancers
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ This Saturday finds the Presbyterian College women at Templeton Center to play a crucial Big South Conference basketball game versus the Longwood Lancers of Farmville, Va. Alternately, the Blue Hose are also playing the Longwood men at 2 p.m., but in Farmville. A week from Saturday, the time/space continuum will warp …
Red Devils on a rampage
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants I thought of an old Lefty Frizzell song while watching basketball Tuesday night: “I’m an Old, Old Man (Trying to Live While I Can).” I staked out a place on the front row. I need a seat because I take stats on a legal pad while I’m shooting photos. As the …
Nightrider's Lament 