Kory Mincy is Big South Freshman of the Week for the third time. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College must nip a sinking feeling in the bud, particularly in men’s basketball. The Blue Hose have lost three Big South Conference games in a row after winning at Charleston Southern in their opener. A year ago, …
Tag: Laurens County Sports
Young women step up on court
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges In basketball season to date, results favor the fairer sex. In every instance in Laurens County and at Furman University – i.e., all the teams about which I write – the girls’/women’s team is better so far. The only exception is Thornwell Charter School, whether neither of its fledgling varsity teams …
Greenwood teams invade to mixed results
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges A heap of basketball teams crossed the lake on Wednesday as Greenwood visited Laurens and Cambridge Academy took a trip to Laurens Academy. Greenwood swept the Raiders for the second time, and once again the girls took on more lake water than the boys. The Crusaders were water tight across the …
Once there was no raining in basketball
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants School was rained out Tuesday. Basketball games were rained out. They’re contested inside. This is an e-learning day, which I suppose anyone who e-learns could do by reading this. I’d humbly recommend John Steinbeck. They’ll e-learn more from the late great. The obvious choice for a basketball game …
High schools get back to work
Martineze Shaw (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Laurens County’s high schools resumed play after the holidays on Wednesday night to a mixed bag of results. Clinton and Laurens Academy split their boys’ and girls’ games with the local girls coming out on top both times. Laurens District dropped both games at Greenwood. Oddly, but significantly, Clinton …
Old year’s still got hoops left in it
Martinez Shaw (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The county’s high-school basketball teams are on the verge of region play after the calendar rolls over, but Laurens conclude tournament play on Friday in Greenwood while Clinton’s boys and girls play on Friday and Saturday in Charleston. Presbyterian College hosts a couple weekend games. The men (7-7) face …
PC names 2nd coach ever
(PC graphic) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Matt Smith is filling some well-worn shoes. Presbyterian College athletics director Dee Nichols announced Smith’s hiring to succeed Brian Purcell, who held the women’s soccer reins for 35 years and was, until Wednesday, the only head coach in Blue Hose history, and for once, it wasn’t just the Division I era. A …
Wright State defeats PC in Vegas, 66-60
(PC photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Mara Neira was fantastic, scoring 25 points, but Presbyterian College couldn’t quite track down Wright State in its final game in the South Point Holiday Hoops Classic. The Blue Hose lost both games in the Las Vegas, Nev., round robin, predictably played at South Point Arena on Thursday and Friday. The Fairborn, …
Stuff I’ll remember most from 2023
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton celebrates a state championship. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Everybody does the same thing this time of year, and I’m not referring to regifting a pair of socks. Everybody rates. The season’s best games. The year’s best stories. The best batches of chili. The worst slices of fruitcake. I’m not going to …
Deacons pass collection plate in 2nd half
PC's Samage Teel (1), Marquis Barnett defend Furman's Carter Whitt. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ In Winston-Salem, N.C., Presbyterian was thinking upset for a half, but Wake Forest clobbered the Blue Hose in the second half of a Thursday matinee at Lawrence Joel Veterans Coliseum, won by the Demon Deacons, 91-68. Presbyterian (7-7) trailed by only three …
Nightrider's Lament 