By MONTE DUTTON

Moe Bandy sang a song called “Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.” Paul Craft wrote it.

Archie Campbell and Grandpa Jones sang “Gloom, Despair and Agony” (Buck Owens and Roy Clark) on Hee Haw, along with quite a few others: “If It weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.”

The ballgames were great. Clinton High, Furman and Presbyterian all won big. I enjoyed Kentucky and South Carolina on Saturday night.

Everything else was what my late, great daddy called “a Dutton deal sho’nuf.”

Clinton won in Union, 60-0. PC blanked Morehead State in Clinton, 41-0. Furman won, 31-13, over Samford in greater Birmingham, Ala.

Rain didn’t prevent the game from being played in Union, but it waterlogged the camera I brought. It started clicking involuntarily before halftime. Fletcher Pruitt Jr. told me to bury the camera in rice, and it would probably be all right. I was too busy, but I checked it again on Monday and it seemed okay.

t took my other camera to PC. That was already the plan. One is better at night. The other is better in daytime.

When I got home, I discovered that somewhere between Bailey Memorial Stadium and Home Sweet Home, the power cord on the laptop stopped functioning. It is a miracle my old laptop still works, but I used it for the next few days.

My friend, realtor and laptop whisperer Susan Tallman offered a few sweet nothings to my laptop on Tuesday, and all is well. Also, a hurricane changed its mind. Susan may have had something to do with that, for all I know.

A glitch at the gas pumps on Tuesday drained my bank account without selling me a cent’s worth on the way to Furman for Clay Hendrix’s weekly media conference. I barely had enough gas to get back to Clinton.

The gas-station attendant yelled as she told me it was the bank’s fault after the bank told me via cell it was the station’s fault.

“I hate to give you a hard time …”

“You are giving me a hard time,” I said, “and you’re yelling.”

She summoned her manager.

I have a $10 bill in my wallet. The money’s back in the bank.

Laurens Academy’s Garrison Vaughan, a burly lineman, is the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week.

The Crusaders won their first region game and improved to 5-1 with a 42-14 victory over Newberry Academy.

Vaughan made 14 tackles on defense and undoubtedly blocked any Eagles from getting that many. He had seven tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and half a sack.  Opposite, Vaughan had 24 pancake blocks. That’s another way of writing he flattened defenders.

Head coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “If you want to be good, it starts up front.  For us, it starts with Garrison Vaughan and his teammates on the offensive and defensive lines.  He anchors both units, and when he dominates, we win.

“It is not very common for a player his size to play 120 snaps a game, but he does it week in and week out.  A big, strong, physical, high-motor, nasty (that’s a good thing) player and a key to our success.”

Southeastern Conference referee Ted Pitts is Thursday’s guest speaker. Tickets are available at the door for the noon meeting ($15) at The Ridge in Laurens. The food line (Whiteford’s of Laurens) opens at 11:45.

It’s homecoming at Clinton High School as the Red Devils come home to Region 1-2A against Liberty.

Both teams are Red Devils and the ones from Liberty have a 4-2 record to Clinton’s 3-3. Last week Clinton demolished Union County, 60-0, while Crescent was subduing Liberty, 34-27.

Helene postponed last year’s game until Nov. 8, at which point Clinton, en route to a state title, won, 42-22. It was the first time the two ever played.

Radio/streaming of the game begins at 7 p.m. on WPCC (96.5 FM, 1410 AM, largetime.net). “Saturday Morning Rewind” begins at 9 a.m., followed by a replay of the game.

Laurens (0-5) skids into Fountain Inn (3-3) to open Region 1-4A against the Fury. LDHS coverage streams at GoLaurens.com.

Respite may be the scene in Greenville, where the Raiders face Southside on Oct. 10. Laurens’ only 2024 victory was a 45-0 decision. The Tigers have dropped their last 26 games.

Laurens Academy takes its eight-man artistry to Johnston, where the Crusaders take on Wardlaw (1-4). It’s the encore of another game the Crusaders won, 34-8, on Aug. 29.es

Presbyterian (5-0, 1-0 PFL), off to its best start since 1959, takes a deserved week off before visiting Butler (3-2, 1-0) on Oct. 11.

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