Steve Englehart begins his second season when the Blue Hose visit Murray State. (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Heat slowed the on-field activity at Presbyterian College’s football Fan Day on Saturday, but fans got to mingle with players and staff, get autographs, purchase gear and the like. Presbyterian opens on Saturday time with a road trip to …
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By MONTE DUTTON The Clinton and Laurens cross-country seniors -- the Raiders have only one -- get ready to take he game ball to midfield. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ As I was driving to Laurens Friday afternoon, I thought about how the Raider cross country team had the tougher task running the game ball to …
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By MONTE DUTTON Clinton quarterback Tushawan Richardson cuts loose. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges An overflow crowd, probably 5,000, rocked K.C. Hanna Stadium on Friday night. So did the Clinton Red Devils. Elusive quarterback Tushawan Richardson and pad-popping linebacker Brett Young led the hit parade as Clinton pounded Laurens, 49-7. In some aspects, the game precisely …
Devils dominate JV game
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Clinton passed the official JV football opener with red colors flying on Thursday night at Wilder Stadium. The Red Devils slammed rival Laurens, 46-6, in front of a crowd as overheated as the game itself. Five different runners – Rhett Gilliam, K.J. Vance, A.Z. Simmons, Angelo Cromer and Lincoln Alexander – …
Kings for a night
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton file photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The Raiders and the Red Devils. The running of the game ball. Wreck the Raiders. Dunk the Devils. First meeting of the Touchdown Club. Fans rushing for vacant stadium seats as if they were going to build a homestead. How altogether fitting that Friday is likely to …
Heat to be Friday-night factor
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The Clinton-at-Laurens game will start a little late in the 96th meeting of the Red Devils and Raiders on Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium. Friday is forecast to be the hottest day of the year to date, and the game has been moved back from 7:30 p.m. to 8 in …
When red and green come together
By MONTE DUTTON Last year in Clinton (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Friday night K.C. Hanna Stadium is going to be packed. It will be almost impossible for anyone not in position to count the tickets sold and revenues raised to determine because there will be so many fans standing around the fences. This game is …
Clinton, Newberry to battle for a belt
Clinton's Corey Fountain (left) and Newberry's Cedrick Jeter share the belt ... for now. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges I didn’t get much done on Monday. It began with a trip to Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority for an announcement of a new commemoration of the rivalry between the Red Devils and the Bulldogs over a week. …
Sing a little sunshine song
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The coming season provides a potential vista as gorgeous as the one at Paladin Stadium late Saturday evening. Bright skies, glorious sunshine, frivolity all about. Clay Hendrix wasn’t pleased with the Paladins’ FanFest, but, after all, it was a fest. The band was playing the fight song, not …
Rhapsody in white
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants BATESBURG – Clinton fans who traveled to see the Red Devils take on Batesburg-Leesville probably enjoyed the season opener about as much as Shealy’s Bar-B-Que House. Corey Fountain’s Red Devils shoveled on the coals, 50-28, on Friday night, particularly in the first half. Clinton scored three touchdowns in each of the …
Nightrider's Lament 