By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – A lot goes on at a college basketball tournament. This one in the Big South Conference is just getting started. The games on Wednesday matched the worst teams: eighth-best versus ninth. Winning it from here is similar to plowing a field that happens to be …
Tag: Laurens County Sports
To dream impossible dreams
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Please release me. Let me go. I’ll catch up with the county when I get back from the mountains. Maybe nighttime baseball won’t be cold by then. I spent Tuesday packing, leaving some stuff at the storage unit and bringing some back to the camper-trailer, which, no, I’m not towing …
Hose have hope for Johnson City
By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce had 20 points and 10 rebounds (Monte Dutton photo). Would’ve. Could’ve. Should’ve. Presbyterian (14-17, 7-9 Big South) outshot the Eagles (.463-.368) and outrebounded them (39-36). Presbyterian went cold down the stretch and fell, 74-70, to Winthrop (21-10, 13-3) in the final regular-season men’s basketball game on Saturday at Winthrop Coliseum. …
PC’s comeback falls short, 79-73
By MONTE DUTTON PC's Carl Parrish sets up the offense against Cam'Ron Fletcher (11) (Monte Dutton photos). All was in place for memorable upset on Thursday night. National TV on ESPNU. By far the biggest crowd of the season. Huge comeback by the Blue Hose. PC even brought in a pep band from Clinton High …
Clinton girls fall hard in 2A quarterfinals
By MONTE DUTTON Nahshia Wright (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Tuesday evening, the Clinton High boys’ basketball invaded the lane and attacked the backboards. The Red Devils played at home. Had it been the side of a barn, Clinton (27-2) couldn’t have hit it. Landrum (20-8). Delaney Caldwell scored 24 points. Katie Fortner added …
Continue reading Clinton girls fall hard in 2A quarterfinals
Clinton boys ousted by ALA
Nyterian Smith (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. American Leadership Academy showed Clinton the door to the Class 2A boys’ basketball playoffs on Monday night. The door was at Lakeside Middle School in Lexington, where the Patriots won, 80-56, in the Upstate semifinals. There are worse things. Had the Red Devils lost on a tip-in at …
Clinton girls tame Wildcats, 42-28
By MONTE DUTTON Symiah Floyd (2) finds an open teammate (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. High-school basketball playoffs remind me of a scene from Hoosiers. The Hickory bus is rolling down a road, fields of corn on both sides, dozens of cars following them to a pulsating soundtrack. The beat goes on. Clinton High School …
Clinton hustle pays off, 56-49
By MONTE DUTTON Nyterian Smith (3) paced the Red Devils with 17 points (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Clinton’s 56-49 victory over Saluda in the second round of the Class 2A boys’ basketball playoffs was animated. It was hard-fought. At times the opposing players did not like each, and the refs handled some ire. Nothing …
Wilson leads PC charge, 72-65
By MONTE DUTTON Triston Wilson took over (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. During the first half of Thursday night’s Big South men’s basketball game at Templeton Center, the Blue Hose looked listless and preoccupied. Presbyterian trailed at the half, 37-25. They shot .391 from floor, missed all five three-point attempts and half their 24 free-throw …
Clinton is by far the more Devilish
By MONTE DUTTON Mylayja Thompson breaks to the basket (Monte Dutton photos) Clinton established clear Red Devil superiority in the first round of the Class 2A girls basketball playoff, blasting away at the Liberty version, 49-18, on Tuesday night for its 14th straight victory. The second and fourth quarters were unkind to the visiting Devils, …
Nightrider's Lament 