"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
Quarterback Collin Hurst (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Head coach Steve Englehart released Presbyterian College’s 12-game football schedule, which begins on Aug. 30 in Macon, Ga., against the Mercer Bears. Mercer, en route to an 11-3 record and Southern Conference title, routed the Blue Hose, 63-10, last season. PC, in fact, opens the season with …
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(PC photo) Click here. Presbyterian College led the Big South baseball standings for a day. Saturday’s 3-2 victory over the Longwood Lancers also allowed the Blue Hose to reach .500 overall … for a day. While PC was taking the first two games in Clinton, USC Upstate was winning the first two in High Point, …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton claimed the Laurens County championship in softball by defeating Laurens, 22-6, on Wednesday evening. The Red Devils won the first game between the rivals, 7-2, on March 14. Third baseman Kamryn Campell went 5/5 with base hits in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth innings. …
Owen Glenn (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. In the first inning of Tuesday’s Region 3-2A baseball game at Columbia High, Clinton collected 16 walks, a hit batter, Tanner Finley’s double and Owen Glenn’s three-run homer. That was quite enough for the Red Devils to post their third straight shutout by double digits, defeating the hapless …
Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. Step right up! Get your Furman season tickets! Or, more likely, make a call (864-294-3099) or get on the web (FurmanPaladins.com). Season tickets start at $155 and include all six regular season games. Bleacher seats, bench seats and purple chair back seats on the west (home) side of Paladin …
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By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Three Clinton pitchers – Isaac Cane, Jaydon Glenn and Camden Finley – combined for a three-hit shutout, and the Red Devils completed a sweep of Chester by a score of 10-0 on Friday night in the home valley. None of the three – Cane pitched …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Will wonders never cease? Not on Wednesday night for the Laurens Raiders, who have come from behind repeatedly in the early part of the Region 1-4A baseball schedule. After falling behind, 7-1, Tristan Buzbee singled in Jireh Brown with the winning run in the bottom of the …
(Furman photo) Click here. Athletics director Jason Donnelly released four Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponents on future (2026-29) Paladin schedules. Furman will play Tennessee on Sept. 5, 2026, South Carolina on Sept. 4, 2027, Florida on Sept. 2, 2028 and Clemson on Nov. 17, 2029. The clash with Tennessee, a 2024 College Football Playoff participant, …
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(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. What Presbyterian College used to play baseball games looked like bats, but they behaved like wands. Magic wands. Sunday’s 16-13 victory over Gardner-Webb was just another stark, raving mad, wondrous, wacky adventure. Elton Pollock Field was the Wild West. Sean Sean Hollister Click here. On Saturday, Gardner-Webb (11-14, 1-5 Big …
(File photo) Click here. You win some. You lose some. The baseball games were rife with drama on Friday. At the top of the list was Laurens’ 5-4 walk-off victory over Westside at Ed Prescott Field on Friday night, giving the Raiders the series and an early one-game lead on the Rams in Region 1-4A. …
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