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 …
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Red Devils dissolve Union, 60-0
By MONTE DUTTON The Devil defense blanked the Jackets (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. UNION – I don’t know what happened to Union County, but it must be similar to Laurens.Class 2A Clinton ushered out a non-region schedule of four 3A and two 4A opponents. Any effect of the lower classification wasn’t readily apparent as …
Red Devils seek to turn corner in Union
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) has rushed for 473 yards and seven TDs in the past three games (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In Union on Friday night, Corey Fountain coaches his 145th game as a head football coach, beginning with five seasons at Lamar High School. Fountain was 58-10, winning two Class A …
Red Devils run but can’t hide
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) scored three more TDs (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Do not worry about the Clinton Red Devils. They’re doing fine. Do not worry that that Class 4A Daniel won, 41-33, on Friday night in front of about 3,400 at Wilder Stadium. Last year the Lions won, 37-12. Don’t worry …
Taming Lions is Clinton’s task
By MONTE DUTTON Zy Butler (18), Owen Glenn (10) and Angelo Cromer (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Before this season, Jeff Fruster stepped down after 10 seasons as head football coach at Daniel High School. He won three state championships (2020, ’21, ‘’22) and six straight region titles (2019-24). The new head man is Chris …
Clinton wins a wild one, 40-34
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns (Monte Dutton photos). Some of the 3,800 or thereabouts who filed into Wilder Stadium looked forward to a leisurely Clinton High football victory over Chapman. They figured they’d sneak out after three quarters and be home in time to see the end …
Chapman has some catching up to do
By MONTE DUTTON Owen Glenn (10) fakes to Javen Cook (3) as Zy Butler looks for someone to block (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. A team begins its season and, despite the best of intentions, isn’t as good as expected. It’s a nightmarish realization for coaches. The atmosphere accelerates. Already obsessed with preparing for each …
Good times, great oldies, the Devils and the deep blue sea
By MONTE DUTTON Keith Richardson won six state championships and 239 games as Clinton head coach (photo courtesy John Clayton). Click here. Many times I have expressed the opinion that my life is seldom mediocre. Either everything goes right, or everything goes wrong. That’s not the way life is. It’s just the way it seems. …
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Newberry takes a belt from Clinton, 41-12
By MONTE DUTTON B.J. Jones takes on Clinton defenders Maison Tinsley (13), Jaydon Glenn (1) and Noah Garrett (12) (photo courtesy John Clayton). Click here. It would be a gross exaggeration to claim that Newberry’s Kenton Caldwell defeated Clinton by himself. The senior gave the Red Devils what they seldom ever get: Hell. The Bulldogs …
A sense of deja vu
By MONTE DUTTON Jaydon Glenn is the latest Player of the Week (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Whoever heard of playing the three biggest rivals in the first three football games? Does Alabama open with Auburn, Tennessee and Ole Miss? Florida with FSU, Miami and Georgia? The Philadelphia Eagles with the Ravens, Bills and Chiefs? …
Nightrider's Lament 