By MONTE DUTTON Ian Williams scores against ETSU (Furman photo) Click here. The most inane stoppage in sport has spread to college football, which at least has the decency to call it “a two-minute timeout.” The NFL’s “two-minute warning” dates back to a time when many stadiums didn’t have visible clocks. An official trotted to …
Tales of serves and volleys
By MONTE DUTTON Lots of flags fly above Wilder Stadium. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Have you ever seen a presentation of That Championship Season? It was a play and movie about old teammates getting together. That tale takes a dark turn. Nothing dark happened at Clinton High School on Saturday night. It was all …
County Signs: Raiders make Rams earn it
By MONTE DUTTON Will Thompson had little room to rove against Hillcrest (photo courtesy John Clayton) Click here. Laurens waged a war of attrition on opening Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium, where Hillcrest defeated the Raiders, 16-0. Against the Rams, ranked fifth in Class 5A, Laurens had little chance after the 7:52 mark of …
Wolverines win wild one, 40-36
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson hands off to Javen Cook (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Clinton got everything right but the final score Friday night at Wilder Stadium. Woodruff held on to defeat the Red Devils,40-36, behind 203 passing yards from T.J. Morris and 184 rushing from Aiden Gibson. Clinton (0-1) came from 13 points …
Furmanology: Three in the medal round at QB
Injured Tyler Huff cheers on Carson Jones (5) at Chattanooga (Furman photo). Click here. The season is a week away, and Furman head football coach Clay Hendrix still weighs his options at the quarterback position. Tyler Huff’s successor remains under consideration as Hendrix and staff consider the merits of Carson Jones (6-2, 204, So.), Trey …
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Flip the switch on the Friday-night lights
By MONTE DUTTON Greg Porter (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I admit it. It’s no secret. I’m getting old. Old people like things like they were before. It doesn’t mean old things are better. It just means they’re familiar. The Laurens County Touchdown Club’s first meeting was familiar on Thursday at The Ridge. Three of …
County Signs: Where everyone scores touchdowns
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. One gathering I miss when football ends is going every other Thursday to the Laurens County Touchdown Club. I almost always get there early. I get to almost everything early except bed. I like to mingle and interact. I’m the same way at ballgames. I chat with …
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Paladins have (defensive) backs to fill
Caleb Williams blocks a V MI punt (Furman photo). Click here. Furman has been reconstructing diligently its last lines of defense, the secondary. The cornerback and safety positions sustained significant losses in experience and production following a 10-3, Southern Conference championship season. Seven lettermen in the group, including all four regulars and two others with …
Furmanology: A gleam in the air
By MONTE DUTTON Paris Mountain from Paladin Stadium (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Were I a prognosticator of the sports-radio airwaves – one of those outspoken men and brassy women who tell me all about how they’re betting – I might predict a bad season for the Furman Paladins. They look at the simple math, …
County Signs: Three rivalries to open prep season
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I’m so excited. I just can’t hide it. It’s only Monday. Woodruff and Clinton played opening night for about a half century. Hillcrest and Laurens have played on opening night for as long as I’ve been back from the NASCAR wars. For years, Clinton was always Class …
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Nightrider's Lament 