Carly Edwards (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The soft rivalry between Clinton and Laurens -- I always do it alphabetically except when it refers to the site, at which time it is Clinton-Laurens in Laurens and Laurens-Clinton in Clinton, and never the twain shall meet – in softball was a rootin,’ tootin’ dandy on Thursday …
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County Signs: All is looking … mostly way up
Jordan Hudson (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I just heard a broadcaster say at the end of a tournament game, “They’d like to keep this run going!” Who doesn’t? The theme of Wednesday night’s games was Run, run, run, run, runaway! In Taylors, a red-hot gang of Laurens Raiders left Eastside green with envy, grounding …
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County Signs: Red Devils turn it around
Carson Glenn (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. My truck has a message on its video screen that occasionally reminds me not to be distracted, and I have to be distracted in order to affirm that I do not intend to be distracted. I love my truck, now, but goshamighty. Clinton evened its record and won …
County Signs: Raiders, Red Devils come back in tandem
Owen Pridgen homered twice for the Raiders. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The high-school action was hot and heavy Monday in Laurens County again where, miraculously, it didn’t rain. Me? I wanted to be out at the diamond, but, until a payment got auto-deposited, it was too late for hitting the road, I couldn’t afford …
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County Signs: Raiders, PC win in varied fashion
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. As dreary and drizzly as the Friday weather was in Laurens County and hereabouts, the games were rather spectacular, even thereabouts. The Laurens baseballers took the over while the softballers took the under. Translation: The Raiders won in extra innings in baseball and by run rule in softball. The Presbyterian …
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County Signs: Tough loss for Raiders, Saints silence Bats
Zay Pulley Click here. Laurens took a second loss in a row, and Thornwell found out where the Clear Dot was in Monday-evening baseball. The Clear Dot Bats, of Columbia, didn't use them very well. Four Laurens batters stroked two hits each, but in spite of five hits to the Raiders’ 11, Fountain Inn managed …
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County Signs: Those darn Copperheads
Laurens versus Catawba Ridge last season (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Laurens happened upon Catawba Ridge, which eliminated the Raiders from the Class 4A Upstate finals and went on to capture the state title. The meeting was in Georgetown on Sunday at the International Paper Baseball Classic, where the Copperheads of Fort Mill managed to …
Sometimes Blue Hose get lots of runs
(PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ High-school basketball in Laurens County is down to the girls’ team at Laurens Academy, but the Presbyterian College seasons are still going strong. The Crusaders (24-1) take on Curtis Baptist (21-5) at 5:30 in Columbia at Cardinal Newman in the SCISA Class A semifinals. Inevitably, thoughts turn to baseball, where the Blue …
The healing qualities of breakfast
By MONTE DUTTON (Steamers photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Well, I woke up [Wednesday] morning with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt. I didn’t have a beer for breakfast that wasn’t bad so I had one more for dessert. At my age, it would’ve likely made things much worse. Apologies to Kris Kristofferson, who wrote …
Porter aims to make LDHS foes green with envy
By MONTE DUTTON Raiders meet new football coach Greg Porter. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Why did Greg Porter leave a splendid Greenville High School football program to resurrect the fortunes of the Laurens Raiders? The man likes a challenge. At each stop on his road, Porter has taken a downtrodden program and elevated it to …
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Nightrider's Lament 