Malayja Thompson (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It was the fairer sex that was better at playing basketball on Wednesday night. At Clinton High School, the girls’ team was winning its first-round playoff game over Southside. A couple miles away and across the railroad tracks, Presbyterian was polishing off UNC Asheville. However, in far Asheville, northward …
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Prep hoops teams taking games to next level
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges As apt a description of my life as I’ve heard are the words of the songwriter Steven Fromholz: Me and my friends are getting long in the tooth / From three or four decades of seeking the truth / Trying to recover from a misspent youth / And gradually giving in …
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PC men, women both at home
Samage Teel (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The Super Bowl is Sunday. Nothing else matters much … on Sunday. I’ve seen every Super Bowl on TV. The first one was when I was eight. For most of two decades, I watched it while I was at Daytona Beach for the 500. The closest was when the …
Balls still bouncing, just not as many
(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 …
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. …
