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The last time I was traveling to a race track about every week was 10 years ago. I don’t write about it as much because I’m not as qualified. Tweeting’s about my speed, like most everyone else.
Thursday, July 07, 2022
Once upon a time, the colleges of Presbyterian and Newberry played football on Thanksgiving Day. Now they don’t play … Read more
Saturday, June 25, 2022
You may have noticed I’ve been around a while. My mind is relatively youthful, which is to say I’m astonishingly imma… Read more
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Sometimes observations pile up. Read more
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks! Read more
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
If I’m asked what my favorite sport is, it depends on what season. I tell people my favorite sport is football, but b… Read more
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
CLINTON -- On Monday night, I realized how experienced I am at things I don’t want to see. Read more
Saturday, May 07, 2022
Sometimes everything fits perfectly. Not often. Just occasionally. Read more
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
On Tuesday I drove to and from Woodruff – not much over 40 miles – and got some thinking done while I listened to the… Read more
Tuesday, April 05, 2022
You want to know what sets baseball apart more than anything else? Read more
Friday, April 01, 2022
I got up this morning and felt like writing a column. As usual, all I lacked was a topic, which is why God invented coffee. Read more
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
I saw a couple thought-provoking sentiments that were at cross purposes. Read more
Thursday, March 24, 2022
I’m maddeningly meticulous on matters of grammar and style. I make mistakes sometimes because I am also maddeningly a… Read more
Saturday, March 19, 2022
GREENVILLE – I have written about the Daytona 500 (20 times), the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400 (back when it was big), … Read more
Tuesday, March 08, 2022
From the time I arrived from Charlotte and the 1st two days of the Big South Tournament, I watched every game of the … Read more
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Perhaps you noticed that the Daytona 500 was run last Sunday. The driver who won it is named Austin Cindric. His fath… Read more
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
I really have no business writing about the Olympics, but I’m a veteran writer of sports and I’ve earned the right to… Read more
Sunday, February 13, 2022
The Super Bowl is a blank slate. Read more
Sunday, January 30, 2022
I didn’t pay attention to the phenomenal National Football League playoff games of the weekend. I had them on but did… Read more
Monday, November 29, 2021
We hate it. Perhaps it’s out of vanity, but we hope you do, too. A little? Read more
Saturday, November 20, 2021
The Chester Cyclones’ rushing offense roared through Powdersville to end the Patriots quest of a perfect season Frida… Read more
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
With only a single Anderson County football game left, I am sitting at 79.7 percent in my amateur pigskin prognostica… Read more
Monday, November 15, 2021
Only one team remains after Friday’s round 2 of the playoffs. Read more
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Saturday, November 13, 2021
The Powdersville Patriots (12-0) won 21-17 in front of a packed house Friday night in a thrilling come-from-behind vi… Read more
GAFFNEY -- T.L. Hanna visited The Reservation knowing only one spot in the next round of the 5A playoffs would be res… Read more
Westside couldn’t dig out of an early 21-0 hole from the Irmo Yellow Jackets and fell 42-20 Friday night in Anderson.… Read more
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
A few random observations from a fall of sidelines and press boxes: Read more
Tuesday, November 09, 2021
Seven teams entered Round 1 of the playoffs across four different classifications in Anderson County. Only five remai… Read more
Saturday, November 06, 2021
With their season on the line and only a 6-point lead, the T.L. Hanna defense rose to the occasion and snuffed out th… Read more
Powdersville held on for a 45-44 victory over the Broome Centurions in the 1st round of the 3A playoffs. The dramatic… Read more
It was playoff football at its finest, and it was headlined by a 4th quarter where both teams just kept throwing punches. Read more
Led by balanced offense and stout defense, the Wren Hurricanes blew Fairfield Central out of the water, 45-13, Friday… Read more
CLINTON -- It was Palmetto’s sad task to visit 5th-ranked Clinton in the 1st -- and as it turned out, only -- round o… Read more
Tuesday, November 02, 2021
Almost everybody -- in fact, every Anderson County public high school except Pendleton -- gets down tonight. Most wi… Read more
Monday, November 01, 2021
Week 10 featured only one major shakeup, the Hanna-Hillcrest game. Everything else was quite predictable. One team pl… Read more
Saturday, October 30, 2021
SIMPSONVILLE -- Unbeaten no more. Read more
PICKENS -- The Westside Rams put together a winning football formula on a cold Friday night. A balanced offensive att… Read more
PENDLETON – There are days where everything goes as as smoothly as possible. Read more
On a chilly night in Powdersville, led by Thomas Williams’ 4 touchdowns, the Patriots sailed past the Southside Tiger… Read more
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
As football season runs its course, the games get tougher and so does the photography as the high school games now ki… Read more
Monday, October 25, 2021
This week featured a whole lot of points scored for Anderson County. Westside won its region, others kept pace and a … Read more
Saturday, October 23, 2021
DUNCAN -- With an unbeaten season on the line and only 14 seconds on the clock, Jay Dillard found Chap Pendergrass fo… Read more
The 1984 hit by the Scorpions, “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” was a fitting description of Wren’s 41-40 comeback victor… Read more
The Westside Rams leaned on two talented running backs in the 2nd half to pull away from Walhalla for a 56-24 victory… Read more
GREER — The undefeated Powdersville Patriots stomped the Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers 54-27 in a Region 2-3A matchup on… Read more
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Glad the smart pills arrived. A couple weeks ago, they must’ve been laced with worm medicine, or, perhaps, the worms … Read more
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