"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
Alyssa Young (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Words I don’t like. Bear with me. I’ll get to the good stuff shortly. In most cases, “utilize” is a snobbish replacement for “use.” In NASCAR, “forward bite” is redundant because none of the cars is burdened by “backward bite.” It’s just “bite.” “There’s a timeout on the …
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Charlie McDaniel (Monte Dutton file photo) Click here. Lost amid the frivolity and glory of women’s basketball, the weekend was crowded elsewhere with Blue Hose activity. Elton Pollock’s baseball team defeated the host Memphis Tigers, its second straight victory at the Grind City Classic, but fell in its final game to Butler. Charlie McDaniel’s seven …
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Bryanna Brady had the game of her career. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. – Presbyterian College are going to women’s basketball’s Big Dance. They may not dance for long, but the Blue Hose are going to sally forth to the hardwood floor. PC has never won a Big South tournament … until …
(Big South photo) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. -- On Saturday, Presbyterian College went where it has never been before. The Big South finals. The Blue Hose (19-14) ousted top-seeded High Point (20-11) on its home court, Qubein Center, by a score of 59-50, in the Hercules Tires Big South Championships. Led by Tilda Sjokvist …
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By MONTE DUTTON Mike Bothwell, the man of a thousand expressions (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. It’s Saturday morning, and somehow it’s nearly 11, and I’ve been up since 8:30 after getting as much as I could on last night’s one-point loss to Gardner-Webb by Presbyterian and inserting more details. I updated it this morning. …
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Trevon Reddish-Rhone saved one of his better games for last. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. – Gardner-Webb’s 61-60 men’s basketball victory over Presbyterian in the quarterfinals of the Hercules Tires Big South Championship on Thursday night was all too typical of the Blue Hose, who could just as easily be merely the …
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. As dreary and drizzly as the Friday weather was in Laurens County and hereabouts, the games were rather spectacular, even thereabouts. The Laurens baseballers took the over while the softballers took the under. Translation: The Raiders won in extra innings in baseball and by run rule in softball. The Presbyterian …
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Tilda Sjokvist (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian won its first-round tournament game for the first time in women's basketball since 2017. The Blue Hose eliminated Charleston Southern, a thorn in their side in the rgular season. A bevy of women's wrestlers are off to the national championship. Softball has a busy weekend in Florida. …
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Brody Fahr (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College placed both men’s and basketball players on All-Big South teams. Softball won a nail-biter over Wofford, and baseball lost one to Western Michigan. Acrobatics and tumbling performed expertly versus King in Bristol, Tenn. Elton Pollock’s Blue Hose took a lead after trailing by three runs early, but …
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Trevon Reddish-Rhone (left) and Kory Mincy sweep the weekly Big South honors. (PC photo) Click here. Both Presbyterian College basketball teams enter the Hercules Tires Big South Conference Basketball Championship as long shots. Pretty dangerous long shots. Presbyterian (17-14, 8-8 BSC) is the fifth seed in the women’s bracket and opens on Thursday at 2 …
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