The Poconos Click here. I awakened on Sunday with a ferocious appetite and immediately jumped into my pants and headed to a drive-through. My dream was tiring. Let’s see. I drove the best car I ever owned – a 2000 Honda I eventually gave to charity -- to Pennsylvania, undoubtedly to cover a stock car …
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Two Devils and a Crusader line up for college
By MONTE DUTTON Garrison Vaughan (second from left) and family are all smiles (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Newberry, North Greenville and Carson-Newman are the latest beneficiaries of Laurens County football talent. Garrison Vaughan, Laurens Academy’s burly lineman, is joining the Wolves, whose 12-2 record last fall included three Division II playoff wins. Bryson Perrin …
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Red Devils keep rolling along
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 …
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, …
