By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) follows Tre Aiken (70) to the end zone with Maison Tinsley's accompaniment (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Wilder Stadium is a special place. The fans love it. They’re right on top of the action. Not many high-school home venues are more intimidating. Not every game is as perfect as …
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Red Devils face unusually tough opponent in first round
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook gets a lot of help from his friends (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. For any fans who might look at Friday night’s game at Wilder Stadium as just another first-round game, look again. In the past four seasons, Clinton has beaten Palmetto, 77-14; Travelers Rest, 49-14; Palmetto, 42-18; and Pelion, …
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Pierce’s return signals high hopes for PC basketball
Jonah Pierce (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The backdrop of Presbyterian College’s men’s basketball season is the exhibition games that opened the season … unofficially. The Blue Hose have played the devil and then the deep, blue sea. Most of the games this season are going to be somewhere in between. “’I’m very excited,” said …
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Red Devils are in Zoom mode
By MONTE DUTTON Red Devil offense is getting better with every game (Monte Dutton photos). Corey Fountain and his Clinton High School football staff have been working on a building. It’s not much different from the old gospel, bluegrass tune penned by A.P Carter. I’m working on a building / I’m working on a building …
Cook, Devils are born to run
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) is off to the races with Zy Butler (18) and Tre Aiken (70) leading the way (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Okay, it wasn’t even a full game. The clock ran the entire second half. Javen Cook, in particular, and the Clinton Red Devils, in general, made the best …
Red Devils ride chariots of fire, 50-29
By MONTE DUTTON K.J. Vance scored the game's first two touchdowns on long runs (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. CHESNEE – A heap of Clinton Red Devils figuratively burned the Eagles’ Nest to a crisp on Friday night. Chesnee swooped, swung and soared but simply couldn’t keep up, falling by a score of 50-29. Clinton …
Next test for Clinton is trip to Chesnee
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) is little but loud (Monte Dutton photos). Clinton (4-3, 1-0 Region 1-3A) puts a 15-game region win streak – spanning two classifications and regions and dating back to 2021– on the line Friday night at Chesnee (4-2, 1-0). The Red Devils and Eagles are in the same region, but …
Clinton runs free past Liberty, 49-6
By MONTE DUTTON The Clinton Red Devils were redder (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In 1968, John Wayne was in a movie called Hellfighters. It was loosely based on a Texan named Red Adair who made his living putting out oil fires. He set off an explosion that blew out the fire. The idea was …
I love baseball, damn it
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Playoff baseball is tense. Playoffs in all major sports are intense. In pro basketball and hockey, I have little interest in the regular seasons. Then I love the playoffs. Baseball, though, is as much religion as sport. Either the Dodgers are going to win the World Series again, or the …
Sometimes it ain’t your weekend
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Moe Bandy sang a song called “Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.” Paul Craft wrote it. Archie Campbell and Grandpa Jones sang “Gloom, Despair and Agony” (Buck Owens and Roy Clark) on Hee Haw, along with quite a few others: “If It weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck …
Nightrider's Lament 