By MONTE DUTTON Note the lead blocking of quarterback Tushawan Richardson (1) in Devin Swindler's eight-yard reverse in the second quarter (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Upon awakening on Thursday morning, my mind was racing. Sometimes I get up feeling as if I need to write it down before I forget it.Of course, I used …
Tag: Clinton Red Devils
County Signs: Devils to shoot for all the marbles
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook has rushed for 1,730 yards (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Playing for a state football championship is a rare opportunity, even in towns like Clinton and Barnwell, where the tradition is strong.The seasons of the Red Devils and Warhorses are already going to be revered for decades. The winner of …
Continue reading County Signs: Devils to shoot for all the marbles
County Signs: One more step to glory for Devils
By MONTE DUTTON Clayton Lawson (60), Tre Aiken (70) block downfield for Javen Cook (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A state championship carries with it inherent uncertainty. It’s similar to the way major-league baseball was before interleague play.Clinton (11-2) and Barnwell (13-1) haven’t played … ever. Neither has played any team the other has this …
Continue reading County Signs: One more step to glory for Devils
County Signs: The game changes as much as the games
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. It’s been a great football season for Clinton. It was a great one for Laurens Academy, a good one for Presbyterian College and a disaster for Laurens High.At the beginning of the season, I thought the Raiders would have Laurens County’s most improved team. Now I think they will next …
Continue reading County Signs: The game changes as much as the games
County Signs: Battle royal looms at Wilder Stadium
By MONTE DUTTON Kynius Williams on the pass rush (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Nothing could be finer than to be in Clinton, South Carolina, at least until Friday night when the Red Devils’ further fate is decided in the Upstate football championship of Class 2A.It’s at Wilder Stadium, the last home game of the …
Continue reading County Signs: Battle royal looms at Wilder Stadium
County Signs: Last teams playing are true believers
By MONTE DUTTON The season is up in the air (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The few high-school football teams left playing share a common sense of destiny.They all believe they are going to win the state championship, regardless of classification.The lads playing ball at Clinton (10-2) and Fairfield Central (12-1) are both going into …
Continue reading County Signs: Last teams playing are true believers
A tale of a town and its team
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I can’t move on from football. Football is too great. I love it too much.To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1Mortals have made seasons overlap.In Clinton, the stadium is named after the quiet man who lived across the highway. …
Cook leads Red Devils in zoom meeting, 31-14
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) prepares to breach the wall (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. They call him Zoom, and Javen Cook is a thoroughly dangerous young man. He’s little, but he’s loud. Actually, it’s mainly the crowd that gets loud.The Clinton junior is a phenomenon. He’s so shifty they can’t tackle him and …
Continue reading Cook leads Red Devils in zoom meeting, 31-14
Playoff clashes of 2A titans get tougher
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson hands off to Javen Cook (3) (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In the first three football games of the season, Clinton got off to slow starts.“We’ve got to get better,” said head coach Corey Fountain.In all but one game since, the Red Devils have literally hit the ground running. It’s …
County Signs: LA’s state-title quest ends
By MONTE DUTTON Rhett Gilliam and company ran away from Chester (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. In Laurens County, football season is down to one team, the Clinton Red Devils, and that’s the case for the fourth straight season.The Red Devils, 48-20 winners over Chester in the Class 2A second round, take on the state’s …
Nightrider's Lament 