By MONTE DUTTON Zy Butler accompanies Javen Cook (3) around left end (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Clinton needed what Saluda brought to Wilder Stadium on Friday night. Competition. A fight. A shot to come through in the clutch. The Red Devils won their seventh game in a row and advanced to the third round …
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Keydets visit for final Furman home game
By MONTE DUTTON Chris Luna (72) anchors the Furman offensive line (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Furman is historically significant in the football lore of the Southern Conference. The Paladins were the first private school to win the FCS (then I-AA) championship in 1988. They have won more league titles (15) than any other SoCon …
Clinton to face Saluda in second round
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton's defense burned brightly against North Central (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A week ago, Clinton hosted North Central (Kershaw) in the first round of the Class 2A football playoffs. Though the Red Devils were the Region 1 champions and the Knights were fourth in Region 4, both teams ran onto Keith …
Blue Hose try to regain mojo in Minnesota
By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst (8) should be back to lead the PC offense (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The great crusade for the Pioneer Football League championship is now against the odds, as if it ever wasn’t for the smallest school in Division I. Still, Presbyterian College (8-2, 4-2 PFL) and its fourth-year head …
Blue Hose come from behind in Atlanta
Jonah Pierce (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The Blue Hose, men’s basketball variety, are rolling. After an uneven opener against Navy, Presbyterian has won three games straight. The latest was Monday night’s 63-61 victory over Georgia State in Atlanta, Ga. It was another game, another hero. Junior guard Carl Parrish, scored 22 points, including the …
Wilkins emerges in Paladins’ first win
Alex Wilkins (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Bob Richey has energetically praised his freshman point guard. Columbia International is not a prestigious or even widely known men’s basketball program, but Alex Wilkins shone most brightly in a 89-59 victory over Rams on Monday night at Timmons Arena. Wilkins scored 26 points to lead five Paladins …
Mocs give Paladins a Battle, 45-28
(Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The longer it went, the worse it got. Chattanooga unleashed spectacular redshirt freshman quarterback, the colorfully named Battle Alberson, on Furman Saturday, and the result was a 45-28 victory for the Mocs at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn. Alberson, from Gulf Breeze, Fla., passed for 277 yards and four touchdowns. …
Davidson shocks Blue Hose, 14-13
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Never has Collin Hurst been more important to Presbyterian College’s football team. That’s because Hurst couldn’t play. PC didn’t advertise it, but reality trumped secrecy on an awful afternoon for the Blue Hose at Davidson College Stadium on Saturday. Davidson (2-8, 1-5 PFL) defeated Presbyterian (8-2, 4-2), 14-13, in an …
Red Devils break lots of lances, 56-7
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) follows Tre Aiken (70) to the end zone with Maison Tinsley's accompaniment (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Wilder Stadium is a special place. The fans love it. They’re right on top of the action. Not many high-school home venues are more intimidating. Not every game is as perfect as …
Presbyterian seeks big payback at Davidson
By MONTE DUTTON Zach Switzer (5) breaks loose against Morehead State (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In a world turned upside down, it’s comforting to know that the Presbyterian Blue Hose … have, too. Steve Englehart’s sea-to-shining-sea Blue Hose, who “don’t need no stinking scholarships,” go for their ninth victory in the relatively nearby city …
Nightrider's Lament 