By MONTE DUTTON Nyterian Smith (3) (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s the end of January, and Clinton High’s basketball teams both have a two-game edge over the rest of Region 3-2A. According to the state coaches association, the girls have an edge over the rest of Class 2A. They both ran out on Friday …
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High Point survives PC visit, 84-81
By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce (Monte Dutton photo) Presbyterian has proved its men’s basketball team can play with the best the Big South Conference offers. What the Blue Hose have to learn to do is beat them. In spite of 25 points from both Jonah Pierce and Triston Wilson – and Pierce’s 12th double-double (with …
Winthrop’s Duncomb drops 38 on Hose
By MONTE DUTTON Logan Duncomb (Winthrop photo) Click here. It was defense that set the stage for Winthrop’s 82-72 victory over Presbyterian in men’s basketball at Templeton Center on Saturday afternoon. All except for the Eagles’ Logan Duncomb. He provided the game with most of its offense, scoring 38 points, and checked almost all the …
Winthrop visit offers PC chance to move up
By MONTE DUTTON Carl Parrish (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Presbyterian College’s men’s basketball team rides a three-game win streak into a Saturday-afternoon game against the current Big South leader, Winthrop. The Eagles (14-8, 6-1) lead High Point (17-4, 5-1) by a half game. PC (11-10, 4-2) and Radford (11-10, 4-2) are tied for third. …
Blue Hose getting it together
By MONTE DUTTON Jaylen Peterson skies over USC Upstate (Monte Dutton photos). A hearty band of basketball-playing Blue Hose tacked straight into the coming weather full speed ahead. At Templeton Center on Wednesday evening, the men’s team withstood a late Charleston Southern rally to defeat the Buccaneers, 87-83. Led by the reliable Jonah Pierce, who …
Blue Hose in position to surge
By MONTE DUTT0N Quinton Ferrell (Monte Dutton photo) Jonah Pierce was dominant, but that was the general rule in Presbyterian’s 92-55 ransacking of Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, N.C., on Saturday. Pierce scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Triston Wilson added 19 points and six assists. Jaylen Peterson scored 18 and Kahlon Hudson 17. Only …
Hose … hold … on, 71-70
By MONTE DUTTON Carl Parrish (12) aims for Jaylen Peterson (Monte Dutton photos). The Presbyterian Blue Hose – players, coaches, fans – took a deep breath after Wednesday night’s 71-70 win over UNC Asheville at Templeton Center. With 1:54 remaining, PC (9-10, 2-2 Big South) led, 69-57. Jonah Pierce scored a field goal with 3:02 …
Hose must escape the pattern
By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce has lived up to all expectations (Monte Dutton photos). Recent men’s basketball seasons have featured similar patterns at Presbyterian College. Last season, for instance. On Jan. 2, 2025, the Blue Hose opened the Big South season with a 68-60 victory over Longwood. At the time, PC’s overall record was 8-8, …
Where everybody knows your name …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Some play football because they love it. Some play because it runs in the family and is expected of them, some because girls seem to like it. Some like to hit and not be hit. Some just love to get after it. It has been Buddy Bridges’ frequent observation that …
Rahl picks up pieces left by Englehart’s departure
Matt Rahl coached the offensive line in two years on Steve Englehart's staff (Monte Dutton photo). Coming off one of the great seasons in Presbyterian College football history, athletics director Dee Nichols and those around her saw no need to reinvent the wheel, or the wheel route, for that matter. Following two seasons on Steve …
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Nightrider's Lament 