By MONTE DUTTON Me-Me Smith Click here. Clinton (18-4) picked up a clutch, tense, 4-1, victory in its second Class 2A softball playoff game, basically making the most of about everything in Lancaster against Buford (14-9) on Friday. Me-Me Smith pitched a tenacious masterpiece after spotting the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead in the bottom …
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Clinton wins playoff opener, 6-1
By MONTE DUTTON Isaac Cain answered the call (Monte Dutton photos). Click here Clinton needed someone to lean on in its 6-1 victory over Liberty in opening game of the Class 2A baseball playoffs on Tuesday. That someone was Isaac Cain, who held the line on the mound for six innings. The righthander – the …
On with the show, this is it!
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It’s … playoff time. It costs $8 to get in for baseball, softball and soccer. What does it cost to get in Madison Square Garden to see the Knicks play the Sixers? Oh, $450 to $5,000. Eight dollars might be what it costs to watch …
Raiders hang on versus Wren, 5-4
By MONTE DUTTON) Logan Bragg (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The Laurens Raiders finished off the regular season with a tense, 5-4, victory over Wren in which neither team scored after the second inning. Laurens (6-20) lost massively to graduation after contending for Class 4A state titles in consecutive seasons. They have an excellent feeder …
A mad, mad, mad, mad ballgame
By MONTE DUTTON Gaffney's Brady Smith is safe at second (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A remarkable facet of baseball is how often lifelong fans, veterans of thousands of games, see things they have never seen before. Naturally, on Wednesday night in the bottom of the sixth inning at Clinton High School, a full moon …
Fountain Inn ends Clinton streak
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton High School’s baseball team needed to step up the competition in preparation for the Class 2A playoffs. The Red Devils found a bridge too far to cross on Monday when 4A power Fountain Inn came to town and left with a 7-0 victory. It was a …
Months and days and watches
By MONTE DUTTON A man looks stressed while managing multiple devices and documents at a busy desk The waitress had her back turned. She was doing something at the grill. “How many days are there this month?” she asked to no one in particular. I’ve a little in common with those guys in the commercials …
Young leads Devils, 15-1
By MONTE DUTTON Coach Peyton Spangler greets Camden Finley at third base (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Surprising no one, Clinton (21-2, 9-1 Region 3-2A) turned Eau Claire every which way but loose on Friday evening after the Red Devils honored their seniors at their valley baseball park. The region has been utterly dominated by …
Red Devils shut out Gaffney
By MONTE DUTTON Owen Glenn homered in Gaffney (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Angel Vargas rapped three hits, Owen Glenn homered and singled, and seven different Clinton players drove in runs as the Red Devils clobbered Gaffney, 9-0, on the road Wednesday for their 20th victory of the season. Clinton (20-2) is 9-1 against baseball …
Clinton dispatches Eau Claire with aplomb
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young strikes again (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Clinton High hit the capital city like it was changing planes on Tuesday. The Red Devils took batting practice against Eau Claire, winning for the 11th time in a row with a 15-0, happy-hour annihilation of the Shamrocks. Led by catcher Luke Young …
Nightrider's Lament 