Tushawan Richardson (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Clinton’s first Class 2A boys’ basketball playoff game was a bit less tense than the final score indicated.Saluda (15-8) fell by a fast-closing 54-49 score. The Red Devils, also 15-8, led 44-25 entering the fourth quarter. Clinton also started slowly, trailing 8-5 after the first eight minutes.Led by …
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Hose almost pull off a miracle
Kory Mincy (PC photo) Click here. NORTH CHARLESTON – Presbyterian scored 11 points in the final 30 seconds of a men’s basketball game on Wednesday night. It would have been a lot of points for the final frame of a bowling match.Yet the Blue Hose lost, 71-70.Presbyterian trailed Charleston Southern, 66-59, with 30 seconds on …
What’ll we do with no football?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Football is over. It’s unconditional. High schools ended way back in December, and since Clinton won the state championship, it was a shame to see it end, but then there were the college playoffs and all the bowl games. I was in the hospital, waiting for emergency surgery and out …
County Signs: Englehart releases recruiting crop
Steve Englehart (PC photo) Click here. One cannot evaluate Presbyterian College’s football recruiting efforts in the same manner as other schools simply because the Blue Hose do not award scholarships.There is no getting around that. Within the obvious limitations, Steve Englehart is making progress. He announced 38 additions on Wednesday, and they are geographically diverse …
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County Signs: Blue Hose’ upset bid slips away
Kory Mincy (PC photo) Click here. Presbyterian played its heart out on Saturday afternoon against High Point in men’s basketball at Templeton Center.Strong effort is a hallmark of the Blue Hose. It’s winning that typically eludes Quinton Ferrell’s team. The Panthers took control and won, 84-72, after PC threatened in the waning minutes.High Point (19-5, …
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County Signs: Blue Hose stuck
By MONTE DUTTON Quinton Ferrell (right) with Kaleb Scott (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s been a month. Ain’t no catching up on the seasons. It’ll still be a while before I’m fit to describe the games in person. I’m still raising my legs and swinging them every which a ways. I’m hobbling around town …
County Signs: CFP disappoints, along with PC
By MONTE DUTTON Clemson and Dabo Swinney put up the best fight of the first round (Caleb Gilbert photo). Click here. A year ago at this time, some said there weren’t really 12 college football teams capable of winning a national playoff.Like everything else in sports above a certain level, TV made the call and …
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County Signs: Hose find little fire in Dragons, 116-53
By MONTE DUTTON Quadir Pettaway drives past VUL's Jacob Newman (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. It’s so ridiculous.I can’t remember which movie or TV show that expression came from.Presbyterian College plays many men’s basketball games against teams it is unlikely to beat. Miami last week. South Carolina next week. They pay good money, for one …
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County Signs: Life on the road
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Thursday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.On Saturday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.In between, I left the house once but spent the majority of the day and night writing and laying out and selecting photos. I stayed …
County Signs: PC wins two by mid-afternoon
By MONTE DUTTON The kids loved every second (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Maybe Presbyterian College ought to play all its basketball games in the daytime.While the men’s team was obliterating Columbia College at Templeton Center on Wednesday, the women were winning their first game of the season in Durham, N.C.It was Education Day at …
Nightrider's Lament 