By MONTE DUTTON
It’s seldom a good sign when someone answers a question by saying, “I just do.”
Everyone has a right to say it. For instance, if you ask me why I dislike raw onions, I might say, “I just do.”
Most issues, though, have reasons. Maybe bad reasons, but reasons.
I don’t like Broome High School because I don’t like to write out “Centurions.”
I don’t like the word “utilize” because most of the time, it’s no better than “use.”
Even though I try to be against stupidity, sometimes what I think is stupid.
The most significant inalienable right not mentioned in the Constitution is the right of stupidity. Truly, without freedom of stupidity, the world would collapse, writhing in agony.
It may do that, anyway.
Steve Englehart
Presbyterian head football coach Steve Englehart takes the Blue Hose to DeLand, Fla., for yet another stab at getting over the Pioneer Football League.
On the past three Saturdays, PC as, in ascending order, fallen by six points to San Diego, seven to Morehead State and three to Drake. The first and third were in overtime.
Presbyterian (2-6, 0-4) lost on a scoop-and-score, fourth at the one, and a touchdown following a Blue Hose field goal.
The Blue Hose keep hanging there, waiting for something good to happen to them.
“We’re playing well enough to win,” Englehart said. “A lot of credit to our kids. They’re playing really hard. They play tough.
“That’s one thing I’ll say about our guys. Over the last several years, they show up every week. They prepare. They work really hard in practice. They stay together. They stay connected, and they play extremely hard. There’s no give-up in our team, and there won’t be any give-up this week, either.”
Either by miss or block, PC has missed four field goals and four extra points in the last four games.
Presbyterian has lost five games in a row by a combined margin of 150-102, the last four by 108-81, the last three by 60-44, the last two by 33-23 and last week by 19-16.
Clinton High’s Cal Pitts is on the North roster for the Touchstone Energy Bowl, the state all-star football game played in Myrtle Beach on Dec. 21.
The Red Devil tackle’s older brother, Peyton, is a red-shirt sophomore at Clemson, where he moved this season from offensive to defensive line.
The Red Devils, who swept Region 3-3A in volleyball, don’t open the playoffs until Halloween.
Halloween!
Clinton (12-3, 5-0) finished region play undefeated with a 3-2 win over Mid-Carolina.
Kelly Hall, Presbyterian’s women’s soccer goalkeeper, turned in her 10th career shutout in Wednesday night’s 2-0 Big South victory over UNC Asheville.
The Blue Hose’ first score was an own goal in the first half. Sloan Spees scored in the final two minutes.
Presbyterian (7-4-4, 2-1-3) got seven saves from Hall, who took first place in the school’s modern record book for shutouts.
UNC Asheville is 3-10-1 and 1-3.
Radford, two-time defending conference champion, visits Martin Stadium at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Freshman midfielder Morgan Dance scored an early goal but the UNC Asheville Bulldogs (5-3-3, 1-2-1) scored two unanswered goals to defeat the Presbyterian Blue Hose (4-6-2, 1-3-1), 2-1 at Martin Stadium in men’s soccer on Tuesday night.
In the 27th minute, UNC Asheville’s Brendan Herb tied the score at one with a penalty kick.
In the 87th minute, UNC Asheville’s Aysa Hamid scored the game-winning goal off an Edvin Grolimund assist.
Presbyterian hosts No. 5 High Point in the final regular-season home game on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Freshman quarterback Collin Hurst of Presbyterian made the Jerry Rice Award Watch List, awaiting its 14th recipient at the conclusion of the season. The annual honor, presented by Stats Perform and FedEx Ground, is presented to “the most outstanding freshman player in the Football Championship Subdivision.”
Hurst is one of six QB’s to make the cut for consideration of the esteemed award, and one of only two players in the Pioneer Football League to be mentioned (alongside Dayton signal-caller Drew VanVleet).
Montana running back Eli Gillman claimed the award last December.
Thirty made the list.
Ex-Presbyterian College men’s golfer Columb Knight has taken over the women’s program as interim head coach.
Anne Marie Cover resigned to take the job at Western Carolina in August.
Knight completed his playing career at PC in the spring.
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