Trey Hedden threw for 358 yards (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. It’s going to be an exciting season at Paladin Stadium specifically and in the Southern Conference in general. Look out there. There is no Davidson of old. The lads had best be ready each week. The names, images and likenesses do not rival Texas …
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Clinton runs free past Liberty, 49-6
By MONTE DUTTON The Clinton Red Devils were redder (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In 1968, John Wayne was in a movie called Hellfighters. It was loosely based on a Texan named Red Adair who made his living putting out oil fires. He set off an explosion that blew out the fire. The idea was …
Storms are brewing in the SoCon
Ja'Keith Hamilton (Furman photo) Click here. The Southern Conference is getting organized. Each member is a squall drifting off the coast of Africa. The local meteorologists breathlessly give us the latest analyses of where each storm is headed and its chances of development. Furman (3-1, 1-0 SoCon) is coming off an impressive road victory at …
I love baseball, damn it
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Playoff baseball is tense. Playoffs in all major sports are intense. In pro basketball and hockey, I have little interest in the regular seasons. Then I love the playoffs. Baseball, though, is as much religion as sport. Either the Dodgers are going to win the World Series again, or the …
Sometimes it ain’t your weekend
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Moe Bandy sang a song called “Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.” Paul Craft wrote it. Archie Campbell and Grandpa Jones sang “Gloom, Despair and Agony” (Buck Owens and Roy Clark) on Hee Haw, along with quite a few others: “If It weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck …
Furman gets off to solid SoCon start
(Furman photo) Click here. HOMEWOOD, Ala. – Clay Hendrix knows how to win, and he knows how to rebuild. He knows Furman University like a founding father. Been there. Done that. Whether as a player or an assistant coach or head coach, Hendrix knows anything can happen. Coach long enough, and it will. Recently, Hendrix …
Red Devils dissolve Union, 60-0
By MONTE DUTTON The Devil defense blanked the Jackets (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. UNION – I don’t know what happened to Union County, but it must be similar to Laurens.Class 2A Clinton ushered out a non-region schedule of four 3A and two 4A opponents. Any effect of the lower classification wasn’t readily apparent as …
It seems like a Disney flick
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I watch game after game on TV or listen on radio and hear the same word over and over and try not to use it, but there’s no way around it.Presbyterian College’s football season is unbelievable.The Blue Hose detonated Morehead (Ky.) State, 41-0, on Saturday afternoon at …
Red Devils seek to turn corner in Union
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) has rushed for 473 yards and seven TDs in the past three games (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In Union on Friday night, Corey Fountain coaches his 145th game as a head football coach, beginning with five seasons at Lamar High School. Fountain was 58-10, winning two Class A …
Furman looks to emerge from SoCon muddle
By MONTE DUTTON Jackson Pryor (17) has three catches for 42 yards and a touchdown (Furman photo). Click here. The Southern Conference football championship is there for the taking. Furman takes its first shot at SoCon opposition on Saturday when the Paladins visit Samford at 3:30 p.m. Forget about picking a favorite. Only Mercer is …
Nightrider's Lament 