Dragoo on homer-a-game pace as Blue Hose roar

(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian College was colder inside than outside on Saturday. Elton Pollock’s baseball team polished off some strange snowbirds – Peacocks – with three straight victories to open the season. What’s more, Saint Peter’s is playing the Blue Hose again on Sunday at noon. A quarter mile or so away, the …

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Blue Hose seek to keep late rallies alive

(PC photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The blend point is underway between winter and spring sports at Presbyterian College. Basketball and wrestling wind down as tennis, lacrosse, softball, etc., begin their seasons. St. Peter’s University of Jersey City, N.J., visits Elton Pollock Field for a three-game, season-opening baseball series on Friday. The Blue Hose and Peacocks play on …

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‘T’was a fine Saturday for the Blue Hose

Marquis Barnett (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It was Letter Winners Day on Saturday at Templeton Center. Presbyterian College ought to hand out more letters. The Blue Hose returned a few favors left in Radford, Va., on Jan. 27, when the Highlanders swept a women/men basketball doubleheader. The land in Clinton is lower. Quinton Ferrell’s men’s …

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Here comes the Super Bowl, ready or not!

By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Presbyterian College is going to be playing basketball in a little while. I vowed, having experienced what happens when one insists on writing about ballgames when one is sick, I was not going out to ballgames again until this shingles has run its course. Yet every day I think …

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Unbeknownst to Blue Hose, they won one for Mojo

Mojo Nixon's head still bobbling at 6:08. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Oh, what a night it must have been at Templeton Center. It may have been the best night of the season for Presbyterian men’s basketball, at the very least since the season opener at Vanderbilt, and this was in the Big South. The SEC …

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High Point prevails, home and away

Marquis Barnett (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The Point was too High for both Presbyterian College basketball teams on Saturday. High Point defeated Quenton Ferrell’s men on Saturday night at Qubein Center after the Panthers took care of Alaura Sharp’s women at Templeton Center in the afternoon. With 2:28 remaining, Jonah Pierce’s bucket gave Presbyterian (10-14, 1-7) …

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Blue Hose pull one out, 80-73

Kaleb Scott (PC photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Two men’s basketball teams that began the Big South season with high hopes played at Templeton Center on Wednesday night trying to pick up some pieces. Marquis Barnett picked up his share. The 6-4 junior guard from Saginaw, Mich., hit 8/10 (3/5 from three-point range) shots, scored 20 points, handed …

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‘Go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do’

By MONTE DUTTON Furman's PJay Smith gets a helping hand from J.P. Pegues. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Here’s a scoop. There are things out there that I can’t figure out. I can’t figure out why it apparently bothers so many people that the world’s best tight end is seeing the world’s most famous woman. Traaaaviiiis …

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Both teams need turnarounds in a hurry

Marquis Barnett (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Two teams whose seasons are slip-sliding away face each other at Templeton Center on Wednesday night at 7. Presbyterian (9-13, 1-6 Big South) has lost six Big South men's games in a row. USC Upstate (6-14, 1-6) has, like the Blue Hose, lost an inordinate number of close games. …

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Radford turns Blue Hose red

Marquis Barnett (PC photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges RADFORD, Va. – For the first time this season, Presbyterian played men’s and women’s basketball games on the same day at the same place. Radford University lives in infamy at least until the Blue Hose and Highlanders play again in Clinton on Feb. 10. Quenton Ferrell’s men fell by 15 …

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