By MONTE DUTTON Coleman Coker (17) homered to put the Raiders ahead (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. How many times do you see a team with five straight shutouts … itself get shut out? About as many times as you see a team turn a triple play … and lose. The latter happened to Laurens …
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Paladins charge the net as SoCon’s top seed
(Furman photos) Click here. And then there was one. Furman claimed the Southern Conference regular-season title in women’s tennis with a 5-2 victory over East Tennessee State, previously the only other undefeated team in league play. The Paladins (18-3, 7-0 SoCon) earned the No. 1 seed in next weekend’s league tournament. Furman, which won its …
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It wasn’t a simple football scrimmage
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Szydlowski takes a fumble to the house (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In all honesty, I could make neither hide nor hair of Presbyterian College’s spring football scrimmage at Bailey Memorial Stadium on Friday evening. Following the theme of honesty, I was sitting in the front row of the stands, and …
Tanner Finley tosses a no-no at Fairfield
Tanner Finley (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Wednesday was a vintage night for baseball in Laurens County. It wasn’t all successful, but the Red Devils and Raiders played exciting games in vastly different ways. Clinton (11-4, 5-2 Region 3-2A) hasn’t allowed a run since March 24 and a hit since March 25. Righthander Tanner Finley …
Consecutive SoCon trips to open PC’s football schedule
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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Blue Hose are in the Big South baseball hunt
(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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Clinton takes care of Raiders in softball
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. …
Clinton puts up 18 runs quickly
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 …
Paladins put football season tickets on sale
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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Red Devils keep Cyclones quiet
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 …
Nightrider's Lament 