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Head coach Tori Patterson devises a plan for Laurens success. (Monte Dutton photos) Josh Hughes handcuffed Greenwood on four hits in a complete game. Right fielder Jaedon Goodwin crashed a home run. First baseman Jackson Martin yanked a triple. Center fielder Zay Pulley made two spectacular catches. Heroes were prevalent in Laurens’ 5-1 victory on …
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(Monte Dutton photo) Clinton and Laurens are both three victories into the baseball playoffs, but both are still playing familiar foes. The Red Devils are 2-0 against the Union County Yellow Jackets, and the Raiders are 1-2 against the Greenwood Eagles. In 3A, Clinton (21-3) is playing at Union in game one of the Upstate …
Clinton's Wil Stewart (Monte Dutton photos) The baseball teams of Clinton and Laurens high schools have won their share of laughers, but now the playoffs have arrived and the going’s gotten tougher. Both the Red Devils and Raiders have proved themselves tough. On Thursday night, Clinton (20-3) spotted Wren six runs and roared back to …
Owen Pridgen (Monte Dutton file photo) NORTH AUGUSTA – Comebacks are in style. Owen Pridgen’s two-run single in the top of the seventh inning gave Laurens an 8-6 Class 4A baseball playoff victory Friday night over North Augusta after the Raiders trailed by five runs after an inning. A night earlier, Clinton came from six …
Laurens outfielder Jaedon Goodwin. (Monte Dutton photo) Things are looking up in Laurens County. The District 55 school board took an action. Elsewhere, it’s life. Some gotta win. Some gotta lose. What goes up must come down. Once playoffs and tournaments get started, one happy team is eventually going to remain. The dream is very …
Owen Pridgen had a slam. (Monte Dutton file photo) GREENWOOD – Though not in the same Class 4A region, Laurens and Greenwood played for the third time on Wednesday night in the baseball playoffs. The kill shot in the 11-9 upset was a fourth-inning, two-out grand slam by Laurens first baseman Owen Pridgen. Also significant …
GREENWOOD – As a practical matter, Laurens’ Tuesday-night visit to Greenwood was little more than a non-conference workout for the baseball playoffs, but the Eagles and Raiders are familiar rivals. Greenwood (13-2) whipped Laurens (14-9-1) for the 2nd time – the 1st was on Feb. 18 – by 6th-inning run rule, 15-5. The Raiders’ Jackson …
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, November 2, 3:50 p.m. I don’t get out much. The last time I spent a night in a motel room was in March. My road trips are to places like Piedmont (twice!), Simpsonville, and Greer, where the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency resides. A commute to Greenville after four hours’ sleep is …
Clinton, South Carolina, Friday, July 12, 2019, 1:28 p.m. My mother, 79 years young, and I chat on the phone most days. It is my theory that the relation between generations is all mathematic. When I was born, Betty Davis Dutton was not quite 18. When I was 4 and she 22, we were miles …
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, December 29, 2018, 9:52 a.m. Sometimes things just don’t go your way. That’s the slogan of my week. It could be the motto, but it would have to be in Latin. Interdum res non solum viam vestram. The week has been an adventure that wouldn’t sell because because the protagonist never …
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