By MONTE DUTTON The Red Devils ransacked Chester. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Clinton girls’ basketball coach John Gardner said, “It’s been a crazy week.” The Red Devils and the Chester Cyclones played a pair of crazy Region 4-3A varsity basketball games at CHS on Tuesday night. They were crazy in good ways for Clinton and …
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More than one way to topple Union
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson fueled a Clinton comeback with 37 points against Union County. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The basketball played by boys and girls is not the same. There are small differences. No games, played back to back, ever differed more than the ones played at the varsity level on Friday night at …
Red Devil kid to Cincinnati man
By MONTE DUTTON Zay Johnson's next stop is the University of Cincinnati. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges School’s out for Zay Johnson. Until January, that is. Clinton High School’s Shrine Bowl defensive back graduated on Tuesday morning. He’ll enroll at the University of Cincinnati in January. He has been unwavering in his commitment to the Bearcats …
Greenwood takes two more from Devils
M.J. Henderson (1) guards Greenwood's Jeremiah Brooks. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges On the home court, the ultimate result was the same Monday night as Greenwood repeated its basketball victories over Clinton from last week, but Dontavius Glenn’s boys’ team put a scare in the Eagles before falling, 67-59. Greenwood had won, 57-39, on Dec. 4. …
Two kinds of endings
By MONTE DUTTON Daryl Smith (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges I have no business taking any role in the hiring and firing of coaches, or, quite possibly, anyone else. I’m going to miss Daryl Smith. I enjoyed every minute I spent with him. I think the world of him and wish with all my heart he’d …
Henderson leads Bears past Red Devils, 27-24
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson drove BHP to distraction. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges HONEA PATH – Endings are hard. Endings are sad. When high-school playoffs come around, only one team in each classification wins its final game, and Belton-Honea Path ended Clinton’s season with a 27-24 victory on Friday night in the Class 3A third …
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Clinton plays again … to play again
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson spots his target. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges For Corey Fountain and the Clinton High football program he leads, it’s just another roadblock to avoid. Last week the obstacle was in Broome’s road. The Red Devils repelled the Centurions’ advances. It was more akin to the old song “The Battle of …
Clinton plunders Centurions, 38-7
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson unloads, well protected. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Wilder was a Stadium afire Friday night. Richardson was a Field of dreams. Clinton advanced to the third round of the Class 3A football playoffs with a smashing 38-7 victory over Broome in front of a chill crowd of 4,000 or so. The …
Red Devils hope to tip tossup at Wilder
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Kamajay Brackett-Brannon. It’s a mouthful. He’s a handful. The Broome quarterback has passed for 1,702 yards and rushed for well over 1,221. He has completed 70.2 percent of his passes for 12 touchdowns and zero interceptions. Jaylen McGill has rushed for 1,762. Clinton is the champion of Region 4-3A. Broome is …
Mustangs rustle around a spell
By MONTE DUTTON 'Sure, we can do that.' (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The Friday-night lights are full of skilled high-school quarterbacks who fill the air with passes. Sometimes those who are merely efficient get lost in all the clutter. Clinton High School has an underrated junior who came in handy in the Red Devils’ 42-18 …
