By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian at Mercer is Thursday night. Laurens at Clinton is on Friday night. Furman at Mississippi is on Saturday night. Someone asked me what I was doing. What do you think? The stories on PC and Furman won’t have my name on them because I won’t be …
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Paladins to open against all odds
The Paladins lined up against the Gamecocks last year (Furman photo) Click here. Yes, it could be the best of times and the worst of times. Furman’s season opener takes place in the decidedly unfriendly confines of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday at 7 p.m. against the sixth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels. The money is needed, but …
County Signs: U.S. 76 revisited
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton's Corey Fountain and Newberry's Cedrick Jeter show off the belt. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The benefits of a Wednesday trip to Newberry won’t be cashed in until next week, when thoughts turn to the Bulldogs and the Battle of the Belt. Appropriately sponsored by Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority, Clinton and …
Blue Hose on march to recovery
By MONTE DUTTON Cincere Gill (0) (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Perhaps, at last, a change is going to come at Presbyterian College. It was a precipitous fall, and it has been a tortuous climb from a football abyss. In hindsight, Presbyterian College’s timid advancement to NCAA Division I, Football Championship Subdivision, and then its …
County Signs: All roads lead to Wilder Stadium
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Here’s a prediction that doesn’t require a soothsayer. Wilder Stadium will be packed when Laurens comes to town Friday night. Clinton’s band will be pumping out its knockoff of the Notre Dame fight song. Laurens will mimic Ohio State. It will be hot, with thunder in the …
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County Signs: It couldn’t get bigger … but did
By MONTE DUTTON Wilder Stadium was already packed at the opening kickoff when Laurens last visited in 2022 (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Until time changes from Daylight Saving to Standard time, I begin Clinton High School games shooting photos on the visitors side because the lighting is better until the sun goes down. A …
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Furmanology: Special teams are a specialty
By MONTE DUTTON Ian Williams scores against ETSU (Furman photo) Click here. The most inane stoppage in sport has spread to college football, which at least has the decency to call it “a two-minute timeout.” The NFL’s “two-minute warning” dates back to a time when many stadiums didn’t have visible clocks. An official trotted to …
County Signs: Raiders make Rams earn it
By MONTE DUTTON Will Thompson had little room to rove against Hillcrest (photo courtesy John Clayton) Click here. Laurens waged a war of attrition on opening Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium, where Hillcrest defeated the Raiders, 16-0. Against the Rams, ranked fifth in Class 5A, Laurens had little chance after the 7:52 mark of …
Wolverines win wild one, 40-36
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson hands off to Javen Cook (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Clinton got everything right but the final score Friday night at Wilder Stadium. Woodruff held on to defeat the Red Devils,40-36, behind 203 passing yards from T.J. Morris and 184 rushing from Aiden Gibson. Clinton (0-1) came from 13 points …
Furmanology: Three in the medal round at QB
Injured Tyler Huff cheers on Carson Jones (5) at Chattanooga (Furman photo). Click here. The season is a week away, and Furman head football coach Clay Hendrix still weighs his options at the quarterback position. Tyler Huff’s successor remains under consideration as Hendrix and staff consider the merits of Carson Jones (6-2, 204, So.), Trey …
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Nightrider's Lament 