(PC photo) Click here. COLUMBIA – The Blue Hose led all night long with their backs to a wall. Presbyterian College, the smallest school, 8-8 in the Big South Conference, surprise tournament champion, defeated Sacred Heart, 49-42, for not only the first NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament (First Four) victory but in the first game. Ever. …
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Blue Hose to face daughters of Pioneers
By MONTE DUTTON Tilda Sjokvist (4) (PC photo) Click here. What it mainly was on the YouTube live feed was heartwarming. Right now, on the likely eve of destruction, Presbyterian College is proud of its women’s basketball team. Alaura Sharp was sitting right where she always wanted to be, coaching a team in the NCAA …
County Signs: Basketball miraculously lives
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Who knew the last of the basketball would be at Presbyterian College? The Blue Hose women’s basketball team is playing Sacred Heart of Fairfield, Conn., in the NCAA Tournament’s play-in game. PC, the fifth seed in the Big South, swept through the tournament. The Pioneers of the not usually pioneerish …
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County Signs: Hose get ready for taste of bigs
Mara Neira (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. In the small town of Clinton, some folks are aghast that the local college has such a tough path to the women’s basketball championship. Why must the Blue Hose have to be in a play-in? And, if they manage to defeat Sacred Heart, next is the No. 1 …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: One giant step for PC
It's a big ticket PC punched. (PC photo) Click here. Whatever happened to slow-pitch softball? The dirtiest game I ever played in was church softball. Undoubtedly, it gradually died out, but seems sudden to me. I went off to write about NASCAR … and it was gone. Like textile baseball before it. Whatever happened to …
County Signs: Raiders sweep Eagles, Hose drop opener
Owen Pridgen is on a tear. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Baseball outlasted the weather – at least at Laurens District High School and Presbyterian College -- on Friday as the skies cleared and home-plate umpires yelled, “Play ball!” The Raiders, more notably, did. A band of Revolutionaries, once known as the Colonials, descended upon …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Impossible Dream gets more so
(PC photo) Click here. The Big South women’s basketball champion is preparing for greener pastures but thick, long grass that is going to be difficult and likely impossible impossible to penetrate. Still, the opportunity is unprecedented. PC has never won a championship before. Click here. Presbyterian College is holding a watch party on Sunday at …
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County Signs: Words, names, Devils, Raiders, Crusaders & Hose …
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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Blue Hose Blurbs: Baseball splits in Memphis, plus much more
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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Blue Hose dream the Impossible Dream
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 …
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