By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton claimed the Laurens County championship in softball by defeating Laurens, 22-6, on Wednesday evening. The Red Devils won the first game between the rivals, 7-2, on March 14. Third baseman Kamryn Campell went 5/5 with base hits in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth innings. …
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Red Devils keep Cyclones quiet
By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Three Clinton pitchers – Isaac Cane, Jaydon Glenn and Camden Finley – combined for a three-hit shutout, and the Red Devils completed a sweep of Chester by a score of 10-0 on Friday night in the home valley. None of the three – Cane pitched …
Six-run deficit? No problem for Raiders
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Will wonders never cease? Not on Wednesday night for the Laurens Raiders, who have come from behind repeatedly in the early part of the Region 1-4A baseball schedule. After falling behind, 7-1, Tristan Buzbee singled in Jireh Brown with the winning run in the bottom of the …
WLBG leaves a lifetime of memories
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I wonder if I will live to see the elimination of humanity in everything. God, I hope not. When word broke that WLBG is apparently signing off for the last time at the end of the month, it took me by specific but not general surprise. It’s the way of …
Clemson gets ‘Cowboyed up’
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Now, I’m kidding, okay? The last two times I’ve watched Clemson play basketball, the Tigers have come from hopelessly behind to losing barely. Against Louisville, if not for an unbelievable “no call,” they may well have won. Against the McNeese State Cowboys on Thursday, Clemson was way back. Yet the …
North Texas wins as Paladins cool in latter half
On the bright side, Eddrin Bronson didn't miss a shot (Furman photo). Click here. DENTON, Texas -- Furman played hard, as it did all season. North Texas played great defense, as was its reputation. In the second half, the Paladins’ shots stopped falling with the same frequency, and the result was a 75-64 victory by …
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Porter’s Bronze Derby tribute is a keeper
By MONTE DUTTON (Maudlin Pond Press) Click here. I have been remiss in overlooking Chip Porter’s significant book, which, in a way, isn’t a book at all. The Little Bronze Derby That Was! is a scrapbook that tells the remarkable story of the lost, much lamented football rivalry between Presbyterian and Newberry colleges, contested for …
Games getting farther apart
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. One aspect of sports – in most every one except NASCAR, where races are increasingly contrived – is that close games and matches are becoming rare.Once I was at a trade show in Pennsylvania and said to a favorite race driver, “A man’s got to drive like hell to lose …
Terriers get their shooting dialed in, 92-85
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser guards Corey Tripp (10) (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. ASHEVILLE, N.C. – It’s not the first time I’ve invoked the memory of the late Jim Beauchamp on such occasions, and it probably won’t be the last. I think of “Beech” (his name was pronounced “BEE-chum”) often because he was larger …
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Two tickets to Camelot left
By MONTE DUTTON Nick Anderson (7) maneuvers. Trey Bonham (2) pursues (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. ASHEVILLE, N.C. – It’s the time of basketball season that leads grown men to cry.March brings tears of joy and tears of sorrow. When Furman and Wofford play on Monday night for the Southern Conference championship, eyes from both …
Nightrider's Lament 