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Clinton defeated the Cyclones, 48-20, last season at Chester. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants It’s hard for a high-school football game to be more important at this stage in the season than Chester and Clinton at Wilder Stadium this Friday night. The rivalries were earlier. The playoffs are later. For Oct. 20, this is about as …
Continue reading Region title on line as Chester visits Clinton
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Shiflett (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The toughest part of Furman’s Southern Conference football schedule lies ahead, most notably in the game on Saturday at Western Carolina and the one on Nov. 4 at Chattanooga. When those two played, the Catamounts defeated the Mocs, 52-50, in their stadium, and that’s why, when the …
Continue reading Furman’s next challenge resides in Cullowhee
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants It’s been quite the football weekend. I’m sort of overwhelmed. Clinton won. Laurens won. Furman won. Presbyterian won. (Oh, wait. This just arrived via Pony Express. King beat Laurens Academy, 26-22.) Thornwell lost, 59-0, to a team called the Anderson Cavaliers. Oh, the Saints are just starting out. …
Dominic Roberto busts loose at Kennesaw (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ HOMEWOOD, Ala. -- Led by Dominic Robert’s power and Tyler Huff’s versatility, Furman seized its 10th straight Southern Conference victory and atoned for its most recent defeat with a 27-21 victory over Samford on Saturday. The way the SoCon has shaped up, the Paladins face their …
Continue reading Paladins lay waste to another kennel, 27-21
Tyler Wesley takes a snap at Wofford. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ DAYTON, Ohio – Presbyterian College rose above a sinking feeling in a 20-17 overtime victory over the University of Dayton on Saturday that ended an 18-game Pioneer Football League losing streak. The Blue Hose have been warming to PFL foes after two seasons of …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges WOODRUFF -- The old rivalry just ain’t what it used to be. Clinton (6-2, 2-0 Region 4-3A) and Woodruff (3-6, 1-2) have tussled since dinosaurs started wearing helmets, but the Red Devils’ 36-20 triumph on Friday night at W.L.Varner Stadium was their fourth in a row and seventh …
(John Clayton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It’s a streak! Laurens won for the second week in a row, wrapping up a playoff berth with a 23-13 Region 2-4A victory over hapless Wade Hampton on Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium. Quarterback Nick Danciu passed for 49 yards and rushed for 44, scoring a touchdown both ways, and …
(PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Ohio is where Presbyterian College’s next shot at a Pioneer Football League victory is to be conducted. The Blue Hose’ fourth road game is set for a 1 p.m. kickoff at the University of Dayton’s Welcome Stadium. Presbyterian (2-3, 0-2 PFL) fell in the final moments at home last week to Stetson, …
Kendarius Copeland finds a hole. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges High-school football is figuratively a matter of walking down a street. At one end are activities such as weightlifting, spring practice, scrimmages and jamborees. At the other end is the state championship. They all start. Only one finishes. Come to think of it, in one form …
Continue reading Only Clinton hits road, and Woodruff isn’t far
By MONTE DUTTON Cally Chizik, Braden Gilby (43) and Micah Robinson (14) converge. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ By Monday, Furman was over the shame of beating The Citadel by two touchdowns. As Robert Duvall, as Augustus Macrae, said, “They’s worse thangs.” The sense of urgency now is for the Paladins to play better because the rest …
Continue reading The easy part’s over now, and the hard part begins
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