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By MONTE DUTTON Braden Gilby and the Furman defense dominated VMI (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s a football season both wonderful and weird. The best example is on Saturday at Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, where Furman completes the regular season at noon against Wofford. The Paladins have two fierce rivals, the Terriers and the Bulldogs of …
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Aumar Robinson on the move versus Aiken (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Senior defensive and tight end Aumar Robinson, naturally from Clinton High School since the Red Devils are still playing, is the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Week. Robinson’s performance was emblematic of a great Clinton showing in a 38-7 victory over Broome, …
By MONTE DUTTON Ex-PC player Winston Hill suited up for The Citadel (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Already, it’s quite a change. Led by Marquis Barnett with 20 points, Presbyterian defeated The Citadel, 71-64, in front of a lively Templeton Center crowd of 514 on Monday night. Starting out 3-0 after going 5-27 last season has …
By MONTE DUTTON Mason Pline matches up physically against the Gamecocks. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Say what you will about Mason Pline, but he can pick ‘em, and not just by leaping up to snag passes from Tyler Huff and Carson Jones. The outsized tight end, all 6-7 and 260 pounds of him, already played for …
By MONTE DUTTON Paladins converge on VMI's Hunter Rice. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The game before was a triumph of will. Furman’s 37-3 victory over Virginia Military on Saturday was a coronation. The Paladins were marvelous. “When you’ve got that target on your back you’r,e supposed to win every game, and everybody’s gonna play you hard,” …
Bradley Russ Martin (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ DES MOINES, Iowa – Steve Englehart’s Presbyterian Blue Hose have improved all season in ways that are hard to measure. Drake’s 16-14 victory on Saturday was more of the same. Drake has one more game to win – at Butler next Saturday – in order to lock up the …
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson unloads, well protected. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Wilder was a Stadium afire Friday night. Richardson was a Field of dreams. Clinton advanced to the third round of the Class 3A football playoffs with a smashing 38-7 victory over Broome in front of a chill crowd of 4,000 or so. The …
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ J.P. Pegues was back for the Furman Paladins in a Timmons Arena showdown against Belmont on Friday night. The junior from Nashville, Tenn., the Bruins’ locale, scored 23 points and established career bests with nine rebounds and a like number of assists as the Paladins rolled, 99-76. The victory marked Furman’s (2-0) …
Marcus Foster (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman figures to get its first stern men’s basketball test at Timmons Arena on Friday night when Belmont visits for a 7 p.m. tip-off. The reigning Southern Conference champion Paladins opened on Monday night with an 84-68 victory over North Greenville. Junior Marcus Foster led the Paladins with 18 …
Alex Herriott (44) (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College’s greatest moment to date in the Pioneer Football League occurred in Des Moines, Iowa, and on the unlikely date of April 17, 2021. It was the weird COVID spring. PC’s quarterback was Tyler Huff, and its head coach was Tommy Spangler, and the Blue Hose drove …
Nightrider's Lament 