By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. On Tuesday night at Timmons Arena, Furman exceeded 100 points for the first time, outscored Bob Jones, 60-12 inside and won for the sixth time in its last seven men’s basketball games. No surprise there. The Bruins didn’t start shooting hoops until 2002. They’ve done …
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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 …
Furmanology: Paladins return the Princeton favor
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. My life is seldom mediocre. One night my old high school wins the Upstate championship game. The next morning my truck won’t start.No obvious reason except the cold. I drove straight home from Clinton High School’s Wilder Stadium on Friday night and worked till 3 a.m. on …
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Furmanology: Paladins, Tigers to battle in the middle
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman graphic) Click here. Mid-major is an interesting term. It refers to every team that isn’t a large major. It’s sort of burger joint that calls a small drink “large” and a large one “jumbo.”No one wants to be little. Mid-major is harmless hyperbole, inspirational in its pretense.Furman (8-1) is ranked 12th …
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Women’s hoops seeks headway in the hills
Jada Session (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman women’s basketball is off to Johnson City, trying to make some headway in the Southern Conference race with a Thursday 7 p.m. clash with East Tennessee State. Coming off a 58-56 home victory over Mercer on Saturday, Furman (12-9, 2-3 SoCo) hits the road for its next two games. …
The Charm of Sports this Spring
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, May 10, 2018, 10:40 a.m. Spring sports are winding down. Here in town, and throughout this end of Laurens County, all we have left are some girls competing in the state track meet and boys playing for the state tennis championship. Even football, for which the town is known, rises and …
Nightrider's Lament 