By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Man, the Clemson-Carolina game, won by the Gamecocks in overtime, was the first of many I expect see this season.n One never knows, but neither of the ones today is likely to be one. Presbyterian's playing Virginia University of Lynchburg this afternoon in Clinton. …
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County Signs: I try to be unaffected by commercials
By MONTE DUTTON Maison Tinsley (13) and Brett Young (10) (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Considerable evidence exists that I watch too much TV.I mention commercials that I’ve seen approximately a hundred times that others seem to have never seen.My knowledge is broad-based. They are gleaned from major-college football games, minor-college football games and reruns …
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County Signs: Life on the road
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Thursday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.On Saturday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.In between, I left the house once but spent the majority of the day and night writing and laying out and selecting photos. I stayed …
Paladins mute fierce Bulldog bark, 68-64
By MONTE DUTTON Eddrin Bronson (2) guards S.C. State's Michael Teel (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. When a team gets off to a fast start, it cultivates a sense of destiny. No amount of adversity is too difficult to overcome.On Saturday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Furman lost leading scorer PJay Smith Jr. to a …
County Signs: Little memories of big things
By MONTE DUTTON Big boys. Hard-working boys. Jared Honeycutt (79), Cal Pitts (73), Hunter Lawson (75) (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It was a perfect day in Orangeburg. Ten years ago, I watched another game there. That one was enjoyable, too.I managed not to make one of those absentminded mistakes that strike me early in …
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Hard work pays off for Red Devils, 35-6
By MONTE DUTTON Note the lead blocking of quarterback Tushawan Richardson (1) in Devin Swindler's eight-yard reverse in the second quarter (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Upon awakening on Thursday morning, my mind was racing. Sometimes I get up feeling as if I need to write it down before I forget it.Of course, I used …
Furmanology: Sometimes a fellow can go too far
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. A nice man working the Columbia College-Presbyterian men’s basketball game – noon on Education Day at Clinton’s Templeton Center on Wednesday – befriended me. We had a chat in the parking lot, where he was guarding the staff lot near the back door.I usually like the men and …
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County Signs: PC wins two by mid-afternoon
By MONTE DUTTON The kids loved every second (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Maybe Presbyterian College ought to play all its basketball games in the daytime.While the men’s team was obliterating Columbia College at Templeton Center on Wednesday, the women were winning their first game of the season in Durham, N.C.It was Education Day at …
County Signs: Devils to shoot for all the marbles
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook has rushed for 1,730 yards (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Playing for a state football championship is a rare opportunity, even in towns like Clinton and Barnwell, where the tradition is strong.The seasons of the Red Devils and Warhorses are already going to be revered for decades. The winner of …
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County Signs: One more step to glory for Devils
By MONTE DUTTON Clayton Lawson (60), Tre Aiken (70) block downfield for Javen Cook (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A state championship carries with it inherent uncertainty. It’s similar to the way major-league baseball was before interleague play.Clinton (11-2) and Barnwell (13-1) haven’t played … ever. Neither has played any team the other has this …
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Nightrider's Lament 