Red Devils seize early edge

Kason Copeland rambles against the Raiders. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Football. It’s where we go. It’s what we watch on TV and listen to on the radio. Clinton High (2-0) is trying to keep it going. Presbyterian College is getting started. Laurens High (0-2), Laurens Academy (0-2) and Thornwell (0-1) are trying to get …

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Friendly places, smiling faces …

Darlington Raceway (NASCAR Images) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants I’m going to miss a unique opportunity to go to my three favorite places in the next four nights. I’ll be at Paladin Stadium to write about Furman playing Tennessee Tech on Thursday at 7. I’m going to be at Wilder Stadium to write about Clinton High playing Newberry on …

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Devils are hot, hot, hot …

By MONTE DUTTON Clinton quarterback Tushawan Richardson cuts loose. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges An overflow crowd, probably 5,000, rocked K.C. Hanna Stadium on Friday night. So did the Clinton Red Devils. Elusive quarterback Tushawan Richardson and pad-popping linebacker Brett Young led the hit parade as Clinton pounded Laurens, 49-7. In some aspects, the game precisely …

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When red and green come together

By MONTE DUTTON Last year in Clinton (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Friday night K.C. Hanna Stadium is going to be packed. It will be almost impossible for anyone not in position to count the tickets sold and revenues raised to determine because there will be so many fans standing around the fences. This game is …

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Clinton, Newberry to battle for a belt

Clinton's Corey Fountain (left) and Newberry's Cedrick Jeter share the belt ... for now. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges I didn’t get much done on Monday. It began with a trip to Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority for an announcement of a new commemoration of the rivalry between the Red Devils and the Bulldogs over a week. …

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Rhapsody in white

(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants BATESBURG – Clinton fans who traveled to see the Red Devils take on Batesburg-Leesville probably enjoyed the season opener about as much as Shealy’s Bar-B-Que House. Corey Fountain’s Red Devils shoveled on the coals, 50-28, on Friday night, particularly in the first half. Clinton scored three touchdowns in each of the …

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Be true to your school, boys

By MONTE DUTTON The glistening sweat of summer days leads to Friday-night lights. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Lots of things I didn’t like as a kid I love today. I’ve got a lot more sense now. For all you kids out there in Internet Land, this is going to happen to you. You’re going to …

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Looking for the heart of Friday night

Nick Fowler fires (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges A fan can get up, walk outside, yawn, stare at the horizon and imagine a football season that never ends. It now seems plausible. It seemed as if it would never get here, and now it stretches out, barely finite. It doesn’t matter which team. It only matters …

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