By MONTE DUTTON Asher Goss fired a no-hitter. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The best thing about the baseball game at Ed Prescott Field on Wednesday night wasn’t the hot dogs. They’re good. Not as good as the ones at Whiteford’s Drive-In or Steamers. Slaw is an available condiment at those two spots, but hot …
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County Signs: Red Devils quiet Cyclones, 3-1
By MONTE DUTTON Carson Glenn was perfect in relief. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. This is how I’ve changed on social media. I let more go. For instance, just a minute ago, I read a post that expressed this view in the form of a question; “What grown man still eats peanut butter and jelly …
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County Signs: Riverside eclipses Laurens
By MONTE DUTTON Ryland Paxton (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. We had a partial eclipse. I knew something weird would happen, especially since it was my birthday. The approaching eclipse prevented my truck from starting in front of Sadler-Hughes Apothecary. Little Walt (Hughes) fetched his truck and jumped me off. I took it to Clinton …
Furmanology: Mercer finishes of Dins in extras
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Had Iowa won the women’s basketball championship on Sunday, Caitlin Clark might have been named a finalist to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate. She’s too young. It violates the Constitution. That doesn’t seem to stop anyone else these days. Iowa didn’t win the game Sunday. South …
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Furmanology: No baseball … but lacrosse wins
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. I conducted some web research and have confirmed that Connecticut’s Donovan Clingan is not a Klingon, though, in fairness, I did find some disreputable site that claimed he was, as well as Purdue’s Zach Edey and N.C. State’s D.J. Burns. The Wolfpack had quite a run. I can’t …
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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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County Signs: Hose home in baseball, softball
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. Was Iowa’s upset of South Carolina in the national semifinals a year ago the first time I ever heard of Caitlin Clark? I certainly know all about her now. I’ve watched about 500 percent more women’s basketball this year, apparently mirroring the general public. This year I watched …
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Furmanology: Morgan struggles at Augusta
Anna Morgan (Furman photo) Click here. Isn’t it amazing how big women’s basketball has become? Isn’t it amazing how important women have become in areas where they were not always so influential? In a way, basketball is just hand in hand with everything else … which is great. For instance, I have grown familiar by …
Blue Hose Blurbs: PC splits softball twinbill with S.C. State
(PC photo) Click here. Sports gambling has been legal in the United Kingdom for all sports since 1960 and on horse racing for centuries. Breathes a TV-watching man or woman alive here who doesn’t know it’s been legal in North Carolina since March 11. It’ll probably infest us here in time. Remember when people used …
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