(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, …
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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 …
Red Devils may be headed to Class 2A
The Red Devils and Cyclones may play each other in Class 2A next fall. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Clinton High School has played its sports in Class 3A for more than half a century. No more, apparently. Under the preliminary realignment released on Tuesday by the S.C. High School League, Clinton is to be the …
It’s hard to beat an old-fashioned Hilltoppers-Monarchs fray
(Pixabay photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ I love football. That’s the only excuse for watching the Famous Toastery Bowl. In my defense, I’m mainly doing work with the game on the back road of my mind. Old Dominion – the powerful 6-6 Monarchs – needed a whole quarter to get three touchdowns ahead of Western Kentucky, which is …
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SCHSL to release first pieces of puzzle
Zaravion Johnson (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants With changes looming, the next word from the S.C. High School League is widely anticipated but exceedingly normal. Next week the League releases preliminary class and region assignments. It lays out a framework and then allows time for schools to appeal if they think their assignments unfair or impractical. …
In the Summers’ time, when everybody’s somebody
By MONTE DUTTON Todd Summers was an engaging guest speaker. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Growing up in Virginia, Todd Summers was forever watching sports on TV, which annoyed his father, who asked him, “How are you going to make a living watching sports all the time?” At age 49, Summers still makes a living watching …
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Greenwood takes two more from Devils
M.J. Henderson (1) guards Greenwood's Jeremiah Brooks. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges On the home court, the ultimate result was the same Monday night as Greenwood repeated its basketball victories over Clinton from last week, but Dontavius Glenn’s boys’ team put a scare in the Eagles before falling, 67-59. Greenwood had won, 57-39, on Dec. 4. …
Red Devils win at LDHS
Clinton boys' head coach Dontavius Glenn (Monte Dutton file photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The Raiders and Red Devils, girls and boys, varsity and junior, have all played each twice and may now go about their merry way against other schools, many of whom play in their regions. The mythical Laurens County championship is in play, and this …
PC women storm back against Queens
(PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Both Presbyterian College basketball teams mounted comebacks on Wednesday night. The one in Charlotte, N.C., succeeded. The PC women stormed back from a 22-point deficit late in the first half to defeat Queens, 68-60. In Clinton, the men whittled a 19-point a 19-point shortfall down to one, but Florida A&M won, 65-60. …
