By MONTE DUTTON Laurens catcher Bennett Edwards during the national anthem (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Baseball had quite a run in Laurens County, and it’s weird to write that before it’s June, but I’ve got to acclimate myself to the rest of it because mostly I’ve been paying attention to the Blue Hose, Raiders …
County Signs: Raiders spring forward, Hose fall back
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. At the end of Laurens’ spring football game on Thursday evening, head coach Greg Porter took microphone in hand to thank the attendees for being at K.C. Hanna Stadium. It was rather hot and airless, and the baseball team had fallen in the state finals the night …
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Blue Hose fail in favorite’s role
Daniel Eagen fanned 10 Bucs. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. – The opening game of the Big South Championship baseball tournament on Thursday was almost a “must win” for the top-seeded Presbyterian Blue Hose. Fourth-seeded Charleston Southern (22-30) shocked the Hose, 5-4, in the tourney opener at Truist Point, the minor-league home …
State title eludes Raiders, 10-7
By MONTE DUTTON Tori Patterson watches Coleman Coker uncork. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. One of my favorite characters, the late Jim Beauchamp, used to welcome in the writers and sometimes say, “Boys, sometimes you’ve just got to tip your cap to the opposition.” Then “Beech” would remove the Greenville Braves cap, with its logo …
County Signs: Blue Hose go title-hunting in High Point
By MONTE DUTTON Shortstop Brody Fahr (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Presbyterian College is headed to High Point seeking another one. The top-seeded Blue Hose open the Big South Conference Baseball Championship on Thursday at 1 p.m. against fourth-seeded Charleston Southern (21-30). The tournament is being conducted at Truist Point in High Point, N.C., home …
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Sheridan legend still spreads
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman graphic) Click here. Dick Sheridan was a man of great fame. To his credit, he was inducted into most halls while he was still alive. It’s probably impossible for me to name them all: college football, Furman, Furman athletic, state athletic, state football and now Southern Conference. At least. The most …
This time Raider comeback falls short, 5-4
Zay Pulley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. CHARLESTON – Laurens’ third straight trip to the well yielded only an empty bucket as James Island won the first game in the Class 4A state baseball finals, 5-4, on Monday night. Both victories in the Upstate finals against Easley occurred on Laurens’ final at-bat. This time the …
County Lines: PC baseball deserves more than it gets
By MONTE DUTTON Charlie McDaniel (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Not enough people realize what Presbyterian College baseball has just done. Going to work on the Blue Hose’ sweep of UNC Asheville on Friday, I anxiously awaited the local news. PC won the Big South regular season for the first time in history, that being …
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A few baseballs still bouncing
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I’ve seen a lot of celebrations. This spring the most uncontrolled was when the Clinton High baseball team won its region for the third straight year. The Red Devils attempted to build a skyscraper in the infield grass. It was a human pyramid without order and support. …
Blue Hose plant top seed with a broom
By MONTE DUTTON Charlie McDaniel (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. When Presbyterian College won the Big South women’s basketball tournament, the Blue Hose were seeded fifth and pulled three upsets in a row. When PC won the league’s baseball tournament in 2021, the circumstances were similar. Next Thursday, when the Big South Championship baseball tournament …
Blue, Green, Purple & Red 