By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I was at a football game on Friday night. I watched on TV all day and well into the night on Saturday and Sunday. The most common part of all the games was holding. And other assorted infractions. The best quotation came from Clinton High School head coach Corey Fountain, …
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Furmanology: Auburn lessons don’t count
Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. Auburn is ranked 11th in the country entering men’s basketball season. The Tigers’ 83-62 victory over Furman was no surprise. It was, however, a charity exhibition at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Sunday afternoon, so it didn’t matter much. J.P. Pegues returned. That mattered. In 11 first-half minutes, he …
PC dominates Hatters, 42-14
(PC photo) Click here. DeLAND, Fla. – Let me attempt to write in behalf of Steve Englehart and his Presbyterian College football team. It was about damn time. The Blue Hose released a month of pent-up frustrations on the unsuspecting Stetson Hatters, steam-creasing their labors by a score of 42-14 at Spec Martin Municipal Stadium. …
County Signs: Raiders, Crusaders fall hard
By MONTE DUTTON (Courtesy John Clayton) Click here. If you go to a homecoming game, and you have no idea who is going to be the queen, bet the quarterback’s sponsor. At Clinton High School, the monarch was Ry’Dai’ja Mars, who was – wait for it, wait for it – sponsor of the quarterback, Tushawan …
Homecoming heats up Red Devils, 61-14
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook runs away (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Blacksburg came to Wilder Stadium for the first time ever and to Clinton for the first time since 1938. It didn’t go well for the Wildcats on Friday night. Clinton (6-2, 3-0 Region 1-2A) torched Blacksburg (3-5, 0-2), 61-14, and rolled up 605 …
Furmanology: Huff keeps on playing
Tyler Huff as a Paladin (Furman photo) Click here. Amidst an otherwise dreary Furman fall, it’s comforting to see Tyler Huff swashbuckling his way through Jacksonville State games on weeknights. Huff is doing for the Gamecocks what he did for the Paladins in a pair of 10-3 seasons at quarterback. The 6-1, 215 “mega senior” …
County Signs: Whatever floats your boat …
By MONTE DUTTON Moonlight through the pines (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s seldom a good sign when someone answers a question by saying, “I just do.” Everyone has a right to say it. For instance, if you ask me why I dislike raw onions, I might say, “I just do.” Most issues, though, have …
Furmanology: A long-ago dose of Fernandomania
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Two baseball memories for a Wednesday. I’ve got a lot of Furman baseball memories. Apparently, I’m not getting any more. Dum spiro spero. I was in San Diego, Calif., in the middle of Fernandomania. I saw Valenzuela pitch against the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium. It was the wildest scene …
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County Signs: Clinton breaks free in region race
By MONTE DUTTON D.J. Clark (18), Tushawan Richardson (1) and Jevan Cook (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. With two games remaining, Clinton (5-2, 2-0) is alone at the top of the Region 1-2A football standings, having shoved Landrum out of the S.C. Media top 10 with a 56-22 thump last week. The Red Devils’ hopes …
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Furmanology: Paladins 2nd at Furman Intercollegiate
(Furman photo) Click here. Apart from the homecoming massacre of ’24, the recent athletics events at Furman haven’t been half bad. Texas A&M edged the Paladins by two strokes in the 54th Furman Intercollegiate, setting a tournament record of 831, a shot better than Furman while winning last year. Wake Forest (-19) finished third in …
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Nightrider's Lament 