By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Here’s some advice regarding Friday night’s high-school football games involving Laurens County teams. Take the Over. Most of the state’s opening round of playoffs exist principally for gate receipts, and a nice nest egg is likely to be tucked away in the aftermath of the game at Wilder …
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What a difference a year makes. (Caleb Gilbert photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Which is it? Has the world gone stark, raving mad or full, blown crazy? Mad or crazy? I can’t figure which. Part of it is I’m old. Young folks are getting acclimated. They don’t expect service after the sale. If they go to a chicken …
Big Red’s Richardson wings it when needed
Tushawan Richardson let eight go, hit six. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Clinton High’s football team relies heavily on the rush. Few Red Devil teams have passed as effectively. By and large, Clinton passes when it wants to, not when it has to. The Red Devils’ junior quarterback, Tushawan Richardson, is splendid. He is shifty. He …
I’ve been a fool
https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain … -- lyrics by Paul Anka In the spring, when I shut down Laurens County Sports and Furman All the Time, and eliminated monthly fees, I knew it would require help from the readership. From the very first article here, a message …
Blue Hose not yet ready for Border run
Tyler Wesley runs the PC show. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Among all the steps and missteps involved in Presbyterian College football moving up to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, a linchpin is being able to compete in the Pioneer Football League against Davidson College. Based on an annual game between the Blue …
Nothing’s more fun than winning
Jack Barton (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman’s 16-8 victory over East Tennessee State on Saturday was everything a Homecoming can be except for a football game. As James McMurtry’s literary character, Augustus Macrae, said, “They’s worse things.” The Paladins are still in first place in the Southern Conference, and they’re likely to win it if they …
Red Devils take pre-playoff excursion
Carson Glenn against Woodruff earlier. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges GREENWOOD – The Class 3A football playoffs are a week away, and there was no need to get the Clinton Red Devils all tuckered out. En route to 51-13 victory over Emerald, the Red Devils took full advantage of three Kadon Crawford rushing touchdowns and one …
Playoffs are but a week away
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges There go the Red Devils across the lake with one more regular-season football game to go. Clinton (7-2, 3-0 Region 4-3A) wrapped up the region with a 14-6 victory over Chester (9-1, 3-1) that restored the Red Devils to the state media rankings at eighth. Upstate teams in the 3A poll …
Paladins picked at top of SoCon basketball
J.P. Pegues (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman graduated its two best players, Mike Bothwell and Jalen Slawson, but seven of the nine leading scorers return. That was enough for the Paladins to be picked as the favorites to defend the Southern Conference men’s basketball championship in voting by both coaches and media. J.P. Pegues and …
Confident Paladins getting ready for Homecoming
By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Huff made all the right moves. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Oh, Evan DiMaggio was the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, and Tyler Huff miraculously wasn’t the offensive recipient.* Dominic Roberto plundered Western Carolina for the last time with perfect marks in his career against the Catamounts. Cally Chizik and Hugh …
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