By MONTE DUTTON Jack Rhodes (15) stepped up at free safety. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A look at The Citadel’s stat sheet requires little analysis. There’s not a lot there. Furman’s ancestral Southern Conference rival is 0-5. The average score is 44-7. The Bulldogs’ FBS trip was to Georgia Southern. They have since fallen to Campbell, …
Let’s just call it a wide range of outcomes
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Let’s see. Over the weekend, Clinton won big, Laurens lost big, Thornwell lost big, and Laurens Academy and Presbyterian College lost, uh, moderately. The Red Devils’ 51-28 victory over Union County was not enough to restore them to the Class 3A top 10 in the S.C. Media rankings. Clinton (5-2, 1-0 …
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But I kid The Citadel …
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It was good to be back at Furman on Monday. It’ll be great to be there on Saturday when The Citadel comes to town. I suppose the annual battles between South Carolina’s Athens and Sparta don’t seem as frantic as they once did. The addition to the Southern Conference …
A matter of excessive timing
By MONTE DUTTON Good times were back at Wilder Stadium. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants On Friday night, I showed up at Wilder Stadium before any of the Clinton High School players. Keith Richardson and my paternal grandmother unwittingly made me ridiculously punctual. In an age in which most of my acquaintances are fashionably late, I …
Persistent Bulldogs subdue Blue Hose, 27-17
Dominic Kibby caught touchdown passes of 93 and 75 yards. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Presbyterian displayed its ability to bust loose again, but Butler’s patient consistency wore down the Blue Hose, 27-17, on Saturday afternoon. The vastly improved Blue Hose nonetheless fell in the Pioneer Football League for the 17th time in …
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Crawford keys Big Red rebound
By MONTE DUTTON In general, the Clinton offense went in whichever direction it desired. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Clinton came home to Region 4-3A a bit healthier and went back to business with a 51-28 victory over Union County in front of another near-capacity crowd at Wilder Stadium on Friday night. https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Neither half started …
Raiders endure another week of stings
Nick Danciu (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Greer rudely dashed Laurens’ hopes for Region 2-4A renewal Friday night, overwhelming the Raiders, 49-7, at K.C. Hanna Stadium. Laurens lost for the third week in a row to team nicknamed Yellow Jackets: Union County, T.L. Hanna and Greer. The Yellow Jackets amassed 411 yards of total offense to …
Devils return home to pick up some pieces
Clinton hopes to get the home fires burning again. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Imagine the high-school football teams of Laurens County as four freight trains that all derailed on the same Friday night. In fairness, Clinton was the only team that was generally expected to win, making South Aiken’s 41-30 stunner the highlight. https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Check …
Presbyterian races to Indy with momentum
By MONTE DUTTON The Blue Hose awakened at Wofford. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Few football teams ever happened into a better open date than the one representing Presbyterian College. It won’t be hard to recall where I was on Sept. 16 when the Blue Hose stunned Wofford, 23-20, because I was there, along with, oh, …
Hitting the high points
Kadon Crawford (5) (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The wide, wide world of sports is dotted with many absurd features among its bells and whistles. Not to mention the world at large. For instance, how can there be an indoor yard sale? How can a show be “live on tape from the Ed Sullivan Theater”? Or …
Nightrider's Lament 