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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Thomas shines in victory over Ohio Christian
Asa Thomas (Furman photo) Click here. I had never heard of Ohio Christian University except that it has a Wikipedia page and 1,600 students, and it brought a good NAIA record into Wednesday night’s visit to Furman. It stood to reason that the Trailblazers would hang in for a while, then the Paladins would pull …
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Blue Hose struggle in Virginia
(PC photo) Click here. Presbyterian College, which for a day (April 5) was atop the Big South standings, lost the first two of a three-game baseball series in Radford, Va. The Blue Hose have dropped four games in a row. Entering Saturday’s games, PC now trails High Point (27-12, 11-3) by three games and USC …
Free throws were few and far between for Blue Hose
By MONTE DUTTON Kaleb Scott works the paint (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- It wasn’t the shot selection. That was excellent. It was inaccuracy at the free-throw line that ran Presbyterian College’s Hose out of the Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships.Shooting was where the rubber met the road. Or didn’t. …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Baseball is in the hunt
By MONTE DUTTON Joel Dragoo (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. I suppose folks must know, but it just hasn’t spread around their consciousness yet. They’re preoccupied. PC baseball is a game out of first place in the Big South Conference. Yeah. Did you hear me? What? Click here. PC. It’s a game out of first …
Blue Hose Blurbs: PC sets baseball record on Gamecocks’ big day
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I think my favorite UFL team is the Birmingham Stallions. This ranks on the personal totem pole at about the same level as my favorite team in the Premier League. I have nothing against either. I just don’t have room for an infinite variety of sports and …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: McDaniel holds line for PC comeback
By MONTE DUTTON Eli Lazio (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. While waiting for the men’s Final Four games, which didn’t commence till 6 p.m., and while monitoring electronically local games, I enjoyed a documentary on William F. Buckley and a Randolph Scott western. The day began with breakfast at Steamers, which now only serves it …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Sharp moves on; baseball, softball win
By MONTE DUTTON Alaura Sharp coached the PC women for six seasons. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Here’s where Presbyterian College basketball stands. Quinton Ferrell remains the men’s basketball coach, coming off the best of his five seasons. Though finishing with a 14-19 record, the Blue Hose played in the Ro College Basketball Invitational in …
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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 …
‘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 …
Nightrider's Lament 