Blue Hose not yet ready for Border run

Tyler Wesley runs the PC show. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Among all the steps and missteps involved in Presbyterian College football moving up to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, a linchpin is being able to compete in the Pioneer Football League against Davidson College. Based on an annual game between the Blue …

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Nothing’s more fun than winning

Jack Barton (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman’s 16-8 victory over East Tennessee State on Saturday was everything a Homecoming can be except for a football game. As James McMurtry’s literary character, Augustus Macrae, said, “They’s worse things.” The Paladins are still in first place in the Southern Conference, and they’re likely to win it if they …

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Red Devils take pre-playoff excursion

Carson Glenn against Woodruff earlier. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges GREENWOOD – The Class 3A football playoffs are a week away, and there was no need to get the Clinton Red Devils all tuckered out. En route to 51-13 victory over Emerald, the Red Devils took full advantage of three Kadon Crawford rushing touchdowns and one …

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Playoffs are but a week away

(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges There go the Red Devils across the lake with one more regular-season football game to go. Clinton (7-2, 3-0 Region 4-3A) wrapped up the region with a 14-6 victory over Chester (9-1, 3-1) that restored the Red Devils to the state media rankings at eighth. Upstate teams in the 3A poll …

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Paladins picked at top of SoCon basketball

J.P. Pegues (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman graduated its two best players, Mike Bothwell and Jalen Slawson, but seven of the nine leading scorers return. That was enough for the Paladins to be picked as the favorites to defend the Southern Conference men’s basketball championship in voting by both coaches and media. J.P. Pegues and …

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Confident Paladins getting ready for Homecoming

By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Huff made all the right moves. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Oh, Evan DiMaggio was the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, and Tyler Huff miraculously wasn’t the offensive recipient.* Dominic Roberto plundered Western Carolina for the last time with perfect marks in his career against the Catamounts. Cally Chizik and Hugh …

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Two straight for LA!

2023 SCISA state champions (LA photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It took a spirited four-set match against a familiar opponent, Cambridge of Greenwood, for Laurens Academy to nail down its second straight SCISA Class A volleyball championship. Erskine College in Due West hosted the state championship match. The Crusaders took wins in the first two sets, 25-20 and …

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A lot was great, and all was interesting

By MONTE DUTTON Purple was prevalent in Cullowhee. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The only way the weekend could have been better was for me … to be … in Cullowhee. I am mindful of my custom experience being dissimilar to many South Carolinians. While I was preoccupied with writing about Paladins and Blue Hose Saturday night, …

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Huff, Roberto run free in Cullowhee

Tyler Huff leaves Western Carolina in a hurry. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Tyler Huff! One could almost hear the late Larry Munson yelling it from the remote mountains of Western Carolina. With 53 seconds remaining, guarding a six-point lead, Huff dashed 53 yards to put away the Catamounts, 29-17, on Saturday in front …

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Great homecoming, except for the game …

By MONTE DUTTON Dealo Parson turns upfield. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ On a perfect autumn Saturday, in front of Presbyterian College’s largest crowd (1,921) in recent memory, Marist ruined Homecoming at Bailey Memorial Stadium. The Red Foxes managed to win, 19-10, without scoring an offensive touchdown. PC head coach Steve Englehart said he believed his …

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