By MONTE DUTTON

Collin Hurst puts a little extra on his throws the same way a pitcher does in baseball.

Hurst is a redshirt sophomore from Davie, Fla. He’s from Davie, Davie, Fla., and he’s king of the wild frontier. In Saturday night’s 42-14 victory over Erskine, Hurst completed 16/22 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns.

Davie, Fla., is named for R.P. Davie, not Davy Crockett. The mayor was once Earl Morrall.

Hurst is only 5-10. When he hurls a pass, he leaves his right leg behind him. Hurst looks like he’s pitching from the stretch. He knows how to work the corners, those being the cornerbacks on the opposition defense.

He shares the wealth. Cincere Gill, Dominic Kibby and Nathan Levicki each caught four passes. Zach Switzer and Justin Montgomery rushed for 75 and 65 yards, respectively. Hurst deployed his offensive resources for 522 yards. The defense limited the Flying Fleet to 209.

In the first home game, playing in front of the largest Bailey Memorial Stadium crowd (4,372) in recent memory, Presbyterian played as expected for the first time this season. No one expected the Blue Hose to upset Mercer, 15-10, in the opener. Few expected a 39-38 overtime triumph over Furman in game two.

Lambasting Erskine (0-2) was no surprise. The Blue Hose won the previous season’s game, 31-14.

By the way, Erskine is in NCAA Division II, but it offers scholarships. Next week’s opponent, Bluefield (Va.), awards scholarships. Presbyterian (3-0) is in Division I, FCS (Football Championship Subdivision), which can offer scholarships, but PC and the rest of the Pioneer Football League do not.

The Blue Hose do not look underprivileged. They ran their winning streak, over two seasons, to seven.

What price prosperity? Head coach Steve Englehart didn’t think his team played particularly well.

“We lacked the discipline, intensity and focus of the previous two games,” he said. “We made mistakes, and I mean a lot of mistakes, blocking schemes, defensively. You can’t be the hunter if you’re always the hunted.

“We can’t think we can just walk out there and get a certain result. I mean, we played very well at times, but if you look at it long-term and to achieve the goals you want to achieve, we’ve got a lot of things to clean up, and it’s not even cleaning up. It’s a matter of being more focused and disciplined.”

Englehart’s team is growing ever more ambitious. Under his direction, it has gone 1-10, 4-7 and 6-6. A PFL championship and a berth in the FCS playoffs seem altogether possible. To the team, it seems probable.

“The standard has obviously risen,” Hurst said. “It’s just something we now expect from ourselves and our team.”

Gill, a graduate from Foxboro, Mass., added, “We knew what we could do.  We know we can make it bigger than the past. We know we’ve got something special.”

Undefeated after three games for the first time since the school’s jump to the Division I level and for the sixth time ever, PC continues a three-game homestand next weekend as Bluefield visits at 1 p.m.

Presbyterian has won its home opener for six straight years, which hasn’t happened before and breaks a string of five straight that had stood since 1964-68.

Take a look at the stats here.

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