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 …
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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 …
Devils advance past Chesnee, rain, protest, triple play …
By MONTE DUTTON Brett Young went deep (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. And then, in the Upstate, there were were four. Four schools, in Class 2A, to decide the representative to play for a state championship: Clinton in District 1, Batesburg-Leesville in District 2, Mid- Carolina in District 3 and Strom Thurmond in District 4. …
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A star Spanglered night at the ballyard
By MONTE DUTTON Tommy Spangler (Furman photo) Click here. At about the same time I arrived in the baseball valley on Tuesday, a familiar figure in a red shirt and a purple cap yelled my name. He brought someone with him. Was it a Clinton fan with Saluda roots? The only such person I know …
Devils trapped in den of Lions
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. CENTRAL – Daniel High School is not only in Central but central to Clinton High School’s rare evidences of football frustration and despair. The Red Devils enter every game with high expectations. Few expected Clinton to venture into Dick Singleton Field and win, but its players did …
Nightrider's Lament 