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(Elena Davidson photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman embarks Thursday night on a football season that could not possibly have arrived too soon. The second Paladin Stadium game on a Thursday night is also the second in as many years. Clay Hendrix’s seventh season as Furman head coach begins against Tennessee Tech of Cookeville, and his latest edition …
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Darlington Raceway (NASCAR Images) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants I’m going to miss a unique opportunity to go to my three favorite places in the next four nights. I’ll be at Paladin Stadium to write about Furman playing Tennessee Tech on Thursday at 7. I’m going to be at Wilder Stadium to write about Clinton High playing Newberry on …
(Elena Davidson photos) With great talent comes great responsibility. No one has higher aspirations this season than Clay Hendrix’s Furman Paladins. To a man, they think they can win it all, and they are not alone. https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Preseason rankings have placed the Paladins as high as fifth nationally, and the consensus is sixth in the …
Steve Englehart begins his second season when the Blue Hose visit Murray State. (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Heat slowed the on-field activity at Presbyterian College’s football Fan Day on Saturday, but fans got to mingle with players and staff, get autographs, purchase gear and the like. Presbyterian opens on Saturday time with a road trip to …
By MONTE DUTTON The Clinton and Laurens cross-country seniors -- the Raiders have only one -- get ready to take he game ball to midfield. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ As I was driving to Laurens Friday afternoon, I thought about how the Raider cross country team had the tougher task running the game ball to …
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By MONTE DUTTON Clinton quarterback Tushawan Richardson cuts loose. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges An overflow crowd, probably 5,000, rocked K.C. Hanna Stadium on Friday night. So did the Clinton Red Devils. Elusive quarterback Tushawan Richardson and pad-popping linebacker Brett Young led the hit parade as Clinton pounded Laurens, 49-7. In some aspects, the game precisely …
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Clinton passed the official JV football opener with red colors flying on Thursday night at Wilder Stadium. The Red Devils slammed rival Laurens, 46-6, in front of a crowd as overheated as the game itself. Five different runners – Rhett Gilliam, K.J. Vance, A.Z. Simmons, Angelo Cromer and Lincoln Alexander – …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton file photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The Raiders and the Red Devils. The running of the game ball. Wreck the Raiders. Dunk the Devils. First meeting of the Touchdown Club. Fans rushing for vacant stadium seats as if they were going to build a homestead. How altogether fitting that Friday is likely to …
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The Clinton-at-Laurens game will start a little late in the 96th meeting of the Red Devils and Raiders on Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium. Friday is forecast to be the hottest day of the year to date, and the game has been moved back from 7:30 p.m. to 8 in …
By MONTE DUTTON Last year in Clinton (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Friday night K.C. Hanna Stadium is going to be packed. It will be almost impossible for anyone not in position to count the tickets sold and revenues raised to determine because there will be so many fans standing around the fences. This game is …
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