Clinton-Laurens-Newberry Tennis Association to Host USTA National Tennis Month Event
May 16, 2022The Clinton-Laurens-Newberry Tennis Association (CLNTA) has been selected to host a USTA National Tennis Month event. The event will be held via its 10th Annual Mac Harrison Memorial Round Robin…
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To Be a Tiger
May 8, 2022If you attend Clemson, It’s a given that you’re a Tiger. But Thomas Lowry takes that to a new level. It was almost a given that Thomas Lowry would follow…
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PC Releases Report and Actions Stemming from Feb. 11 Incident
May 6, 2022Presbyterian College released its report on the investigation surrounding the Feb. 11 racially charged incident that occurred on campus just before a lacrosse match against Howard University.The findings of the…
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Red Devils Win 2022 Region Championship
April 28, 2022The Red Devils defeated Chapman 6-2 on Tuesday night to clinch the 2022 region championship. The Red Devils and Panthers split their regular season contests, so a play-off was necessary…
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Clinton High Senior Signs as Walk on with Clemson
April 23, 2022Peyton Pitts is headed where he always wanted to be. The high school senior signed this past Thursday as a “preferred walk on” with Clemson Football. Pitts received scholarship offers…
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Raiders win big over Red Devils in Invitational
March 7, 2022Laurens Raiders, Taylor Hardin’s strong performance, going 4-4 with 2 runs batted in, allowed the Laurens Raiders to prevail over the Clinton Red Devils 10-2 Saturday afternoon at Clinton softball’s…
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All-County Basketball Players and Coaches of the Year Announced
March 2, 2022The All-County Basketball Roster is out and it’s impressive. Diamonte Grant, Laurens Academy’s high-scoring forward, and Tinique Austin, a force inside for Clinton High, are the basketball Players of the…
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Three Clinton boys make all-region
February 28, 2022Clinton High School boys basketball was hot this season, very hot. The Red Devils, with much the same personnel, improved by 11 games over the team’s 1-7 record in 2020-21:…
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Blue Hose knock back a couple Manhattans
February 28, 2022The Blue Hose played the Jaspers of Manhattan College, in a double header on Saturday. PC came out on top winning both games. For the full story and all the…
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Laurens Native, Seth Strickland Named to Anderson University Staff
February 23, 2022Laurens native Seth Strickland has been named to the football coaching staff being assembled by head coach Bobby Lamb at Anderson University, which will not start its football program program…
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Alumnus establishes wrestling scholarship in honor of his father, the late Rev. Robert S. Link ‘56
February 22, 2022As a Presbyterian minister, the late Rev. Robert S. Link ’56 undoubtedly wrestled with the foes of goodness and decency. As a Presbyterian College student, however, he grappled for the…
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No. 12 Presbyterian Wins Season-Opening Meet
February 21, 2022The 12th-ranked Presbyterian College Blue Hose (1-0) Acrobatics and Tumbling team opened the 2022 season with a win over the Saint Leo Lions (0-1) by the score of 251.680-236.365 in…
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Strom Thurmond High School Taps Webb to be Head Football Coach
February 10, 2022At the February 8, 2022 meeting and with a unanimous vote, the Edgefield County School District (ECSD) Board of Trustees appointed Andrew Webb as head football coach of Strom Thurmond…
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Red Devils Football Schedule Released
February 8, 2022Head coach Corey Fountain has released Clinton High School’s football schedule for the fall. Coming off of a great season last year the Red Devils will open up at home.…
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PC announces $8 million initiative to improve athletic facilities
February 8, 2022Presbyterian College launched the public phase of an $8 million philanthropic initiative to improve athletic facilities during a Lettermen’s Day event on campus Jan. 29. The Championship Spirit: Building on…
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PC Football Adds 16 on National Signing Day
February 4, 2022The Presbyterian College Football team under the direction of first-year head coach Steve Englehart added 16 players to the roster as a part of National Signing Day on Wednesday. The…
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Spangler to Join Furman Football Coaching Staff
February 2, 2022Furman’s head football coach, Clay Hendrix, announced Tuesday the hiring of Tommy Spangler as the Paladins’ new assistant defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator. Laurens County locals know of…
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Hear from PC’s New Football Coach
January 30, 2022You may have to wait for football season but you don’t have to wait to learn more about PC’s new football coach. Hopes are high that Coach Englehart can turn…
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Clinton Family YMCA Youth Baseball and Softball Registration
January 20, 2022Registration has begun for Clinton YMCA youth baseball and softball. Playing ages 3-12 (age as of May 1, 2022) $50 members, $65 non members Deadline Thursday, February 3 $10 late…
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Presbyterian Picks Up a Big South Women’s Basketball Win
January 16, 2022Presbyterian shrugged two major rallies by Radford to defeat the Highlanders 74-63 on Saturday at Templeton Center. A balanced scoring attack kept Radford at bay. Read the game story at…
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Englehart Announces Pair of Assistant Coaches
January 15, 2022Presbyterian College head football coach Steve Englehart has announced the addition of a pair of coaches to his staff. Jayson Martin joins the Blue Hose staff as the assistant head coach…
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Raiders Rally in Tandem
January 12, 2022Both Laurens High basketball teams started slowly. Now both are red-hot. The Raiders won a pair of close games versus Greenwood. Read all about it at LaurensCountySports.com by clicking HERE.
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Wardlaw Splits in Visit to Laurens Academy.
January 12, 2022The Laurens Academy boys’ basketball team found mixed results when Wardlaw visited. The boys won big. The girls couldn’t hold a lead. Read all about it at LaurensCountySports.com by clicking…
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Meet the New PC Football Coach
January 12, 2022Presbyterian College has had three head football coaches in one year. Steve Englehart was recently hired to replace Kelley after one season. Englehart is on the job at PC, and…
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PC Concludes Search for New Football Coach
January 4, 2022Presbyterian College and the Blue Hose athletics department announce that Steve Englehart, who has been a head coach for 13 years at Florida Institute of Technology and Rose-Hulman Institute of…
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Englehart Takes Football Reins at PC
January 4, 2022Presbyterian College has named Steve Englehart as its 17th head football coach and 3rd of the past year. Englehart, who has been a head coach at Florida Tech and Rose-Hulman…
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Blue Hose Tumble to Terriers
December 20, 2021The home court was insufficient for Presbyterian to prevent Wofford from winning, 76-49, at Templeton Center on Saturday afternoon. Shooting, especially from long range, was PC’s biggest weakness. Wofford outscored…
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Raiders Revive Boys’ Basketball Fortunes
December 20, 2021First-year coach — and athletics director — Tommy Spires has started the turnaround at Laurens High, where the Raiders have already won more games than all last season. Last week…
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McGowan’s Career Goes Through the ‘Dores
December 20, 2021Jayden McGowan, a state-champion sprinter and versatile star of Laurens Raider football, signed with Vanderbilt of the Southeastern Conference last week at LDHS. McGowan, primarily known as a receiver but…
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Red Devils Complete Season Sweep of Raiders
December 13, 2021Laurens made the Clinton boys work hard, but the Red Devils won the boys’ basketball game 45-42, and the girls rolled past the Raiders, 48-29. Read the story and see…
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Blue Hose Come Oh-So-Close at Charleston
December 13, 2021Rayshon Harrison and Winston Hill both scored 26 points. One would think that was enough but it wasn’t as College of Charleston slipped past Presbyterian 78-76 in overtime on the…
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Wiggins Captures Laurens County Amateur
December 13, 2021Matthew Wiggins of Laurens shot round of 71 and 69 — the only player in the field with a pair of under-par rounds — to win the annual Laurens County…
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Presbyterian College Begins National Search for New Football Coach
December 6, 2021Presbyterian College is launching a nationwide search for its next head football coach after Kevin Kelley informed the administration that he is stepping down from leading the program for personal…
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Red Devils Pull Off a Sweep in Laurens
December 6, 2021In the 1st stanza in the county basketball rivalry, Clinton won both boys’ and girls’ games on Laurens’ home floor on Friday night, dominating the 2nd halves of both games.…
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Kelley Steps Down at PC After a Single Season
December 6, 2021On Saturday morning, Presbyterian College announced the resignation of Kevin Kelley as head football coach after one year. Kelley was 2-9 in his only season at the helm. He received…
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Blue Hose Win 3 Straight in New Orleans
November 29, 2021The UNO Classic was a 3-day, men’s basketball round-robin hosted by the University of New Orleans but dominated by Presbyterian College, which won on consecutive afternoons (Wednesday-Thursday) over, in order,…
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Clinton High Turkey Trot Draws a Crowd
November 21, 2021With Thanksgiving less than one week away the runners showed up to burn some pre-Thanksgiving calories. A total of 45 runners and walkers, survived the XC Course, and 21 participated…
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Clinton Season Ends in a Rout
November 21, 2021Corey Fountain’s 3rd Clinton football team won 11 games and advanced to the 3rd round of the Class 3A playoffs, but there, in Central, the Red Devils ran into a…
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PC Women Race Past St. Thomas
November 21, 2021While the Presbyterian football team was playing its final game against St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., the women’s basketball team was soundly defeating the Tommies at Templeton Center. Read…
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Long PC Football Season Ends in Minnesota
November 21, 2021Kevin Kelley’s 1st season as head football coach at Presbyterian College ended with a 2-9 record, and the Blue Hose set an NCAA records for most average points (53.68) allowed…
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South Pointe Stops Raiders in Playoff Clash
November 15, 2021Laurens knew it was playing a worthy opponent in a 2nd-round Class 4A game in Rock Hill. The South Pointe Stallions were as advertised, eliminating the Raiders by a score…
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Furman Races Past PC Women
November 15, 2021A tough early-season schedule has plagued Alaura Sharp’s Presbyterian women’s basketball program, which opened at Kentucky and took a 68-39 loss at Furman on Friday. The Blue Hose visit Western…
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Blue Hose Conquer VMI in Overtime
November 15, 2021After giving Clemson a bit of a scare in the season opener, Presbyterian, behind Rayshon Harrison’s 32 points, defeated VMI at Templeton Center on Friday night by a score of…
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Blue Hose Decline Continues
November 15, 2021Marist was the latest bearer of sad tidings to visit Bailey Memorial Stadium. The Red Foxes from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., handed the Blue Hose their 8th straight loss by a score…
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Red Devils Roll Dice and Advance
November 13, 2021Clinton, trailing by two touchdowns in the 1st half, came off the deck to upend Lower Richland and advance to the Upstate football semifinals in Class 3A with a 48-34…
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CHS Competitive Cheer Team is Going to State Championship
November 10, 2021The CHS Competitive Cheer team qualified for the AAA State Championship on Tuesday, Nov. 9. The Red Devils will travel to Columbia on Nov. 20, to compete in the state…
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Clinton Girls Compete in the State Singles Tournament in Florence
November 10, 2021At the end of each tennis season, the South Carolina High School League hosts a singles tournament for the top girls across the state. Players qualify for the “invitation only”…
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Red Devils Score Most Points … Ever
November 8, 2021Clinton High’s football team scored more points in a game than any team in the school’s history. And it was in the Class 3A playoffs, and the Red Devils played…
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Blue Hose Women Enter Season with High Aspirations
November 8, 2021Presbyterian College women’s basketball coach Alaura Sharp has four starters back and no shortage of optimism as the Blue Hose attempt to improve on last season’s 11-10 record. Sharp’s teams…
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Laurens Destroys Easley in 1st Round of 4A Playoffs
November 8, 2021The fact that Easley was seeded higher made no appreciable difference to the Laurens Raiders, who hammered the Green Wave, 56-13, on Friday night in Easley. Quarterback James Rawl threw…
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