(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman beat Wofford in something. That is an inaccurate and overwrought observation, particularly from the possessor of a Furman degree, but the Paladins’ 64-51 women’s basketball upset of the Terriers at Timmons Arena sure came in handy, given recent Wofford victories in football and women’s basketball. In point of fact, Furman leads …
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Terriers back up the bark, 77-67
By MONTE DUTTON Furman couldn't get the crucial stops. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ SPARTANBURG – When Furman plays Wofford, basketball is like a box of chocolates. One never knows what one is going to get. Oh, wait, it’s more than basketball. A football game comes to mind. The Terriers made a gooey mess of the …
Paladins head to Wofford with joyful identity
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Bob Richey and his band of Dins are playing Spartanburg on Saturday at 6 p.m. It’s a one-night stand at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Thrills! Chills! Gangs of screaming lads wearing khakis and light-blue button-downs! And tastefully dressed lasses, tossing all decorum aside. But I stereotype. …
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Paladins distracted by Terriers’ snarls
Head coach Pierre Curtis (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ SPARTANBURG – Wofford and Furman played a women’s basketball game on Saturday that looked like it was played outdoors, whereas, Richardson Indoor Stadium is titularly not. It was cold out there. Wofford was cold. Furman was colder, and the Terriers won, 69-51. The Paladins fired their first 17 …
Furman women to pay Wofford a call
Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The schools playing women’s basketball at Richardson Indoor Stadium on Saturday at 2 p.m. are similar. The Furman Paladins (11-7, 1-1 SoCon) and the Wofford Terriers (9-7, 1-1) do, too. Both have thus far defeated Western Carolina and lost to UNC Greensboro. Furman hasn’t played a home conference game. This …
Sometimes it ain’t your day
By MONTE DUTTON Looking at a long day (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Many years ago, I had been at a (then) Busch Series race at (then) Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and my wise colleague Jim McLaurin and I returned to our lodging in time to see the end of the Furman-Appalachian State game on television. That day …
Something so right turns out to be so wrong
By MONTE DUTTON Cally Chizik's fifth interception of the season (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Wofford stunned Furman, 19-13, on Saturday. No one knows why. Clay Hendrix doesn’t know. What toll the Terriers took on the Paladin’s post-season prospects remains to be seen. Such upsets happen seldom. Usually they are between rivals. Give Wofford (2-9, 2-6 SoCon) …
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …
By MONTE DUTTON Braden Gilby and the Furman defense dominated VMI (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s a football season both wonderful and weird. The best example is on Saturday at Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, where Furman completes the regular season at noon against Wofford. The Paladins have two fierce rivals, the Terriers and the Bulldogs of …
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Hose don’t need no stinkin’ scholarships
By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Wesley passed for 281 yards and rushed for 28. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ SPARTANBURG – Cally Gault used to talk about it at the drop of a derby hat: that fighting Blue Hose spirit. It reared its lovely head at Gibbs Stadium on Saturday evening as Presbyterian stunned Wofford, 23-20. It …
‘Life Gets Complicated When You Get Past Eighteen …’
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, November 17, 2019, 8:23 a.m. I think so much better in the morning. I wish I had the time to write one of these every day. This morning I awakened to thoughts about the limits of sportsmanship. A few days ago, I was talking to someone about that commercial that used …
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Nightrider's Lament 