By MONTE DUTTON Owen Pridgen lays down a bunt. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Coleman Coker walked on a full count with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday night. As a result, Zee Williams walked off, and Laurens won the first of a possible three baseball games …
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County Signs: Darlington, Dogs and Raiders
By MONTE DUTTON Zay Pulley is a dangerous leadoff man and a fine center fielder. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. A lot of my early trips to Darlington Raceway were in the spring. The first race I saw there was on Labor Day, but I was occupied practicing football on that Monday for the next …
County Signs: Raiders oust Copperheads, move on
By MONTE DUTTON Jordan Hudson overpowered Catawba Ridge. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I fooled around and fell in love. With the NBA. I barely watched pro basketball as long as the colleges were playing. My brief watches left me thinking the players were just going through the motions. A schedule of 82 games is …
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County Signs: Low-down, mind-messin’ SoCon blues
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The surreal moment of the week was finding myself a seat with a nice camera view and watching Wofford score nine runs immediately and 15 in the first three innings. Until the game started, I had high hopes for the Blue Hose. The Terriers won, 19-2, and …
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County Signs: Rainy-day ruminations
By MONTE DUTTON Peroxide has agreed with the Raiders. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Things I’ve noticed in movies and TV: It never drizzles. Movies shot in a studio have rickety doors. Many times the bad guy or gal in modern movies is the one who smokes. In old movies, everyone smokes. The second coming …
County Signs: Crazy and crazier
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s all the same. Sports. News. Weather. Music. Talk. Talk. Talk. Everything’s a talk show. Everybody’s got a podcast. So why am I writing this? So much seems micro, and so little seems macro. So much minutiae. So much of the obvious. Superstar curses teammate in tunnel …
County Signs: Long ago in about the same place
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton head coach Corey Fountain at practice Monday (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Tuesday, I spent about an hour watching Clinton High School in a spring football practice. After taking more photos than I could possibly need, I walked across the field and decided not to leave. I sat down on …
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County Signs: Beat Catawba Ridge … check
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. PROLOGUE Sometimes it rains. Sometimes it doesn’t. I like it better when Mother Nature makes up her mind. I’ve watched the weather. Laurens and Clinton have crucial high-school baseball games Friday night. The Raiders are (or by the time you read this, maybe were) undefeated in the …
County Signs: Raiders enjoy Coker cola in ninth
By MONTE DUTTON Coleman Coker drove in the winning run. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I was up until the wee hours, which are not that wee for me, failing to get Tuesday night’s results posted. Folks have more wi-fi than wife problems nowadays. Oh, wait. I don’t have a wife. It could be that …
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County Signs: Raiders conquer Northwestern territory
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Without question, a fine Laurens baseball team is the prime mover here, but as I drove to LDHS on Monday, it occurred to me that the Raiders have won every game I’ve attended to date. The biggest factor is that Laurens (21-6) has won most of its …
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Nightrider's Lament 