By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Here’s some advice regarding Friday night’s high-school football games involving Laurens County teams. Take the Over. Most of the state’s opening round of playoffs exist principally for gate receipts, and a nice nest egg is likely to be tucked away in the aftermath of the game at Wilder …
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Big Red’s Richardson wings it when needed
Tushawan Richardson let eight go, hit six. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Clinton High’s football team relies heavily on the rush. Few Red Devil teams have passed as effectively. By and large, Clinton passes when it wants to, not when it has to. The Red Devils’ junior quarterback, Tushawan Richardson, is splendid. He is shifty. He …
Blue Hose not yet ready for Border run
Tyler Wesley runs the PC show. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Among all the steps and missteps involved in Presbyterian College football moving up to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, a linchpin is being able to compete in the Pioneer Football League against Davidson College. Based on an annual game between the Blue …
Nothing’s more fun than winning
Jack Barton (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman’s 16-8 victory over East Tennessee State on Saturday was everything a Homecoming can be except for a football game. As James McMurtry’s literary character, Augustus Macrae, said, “They’s worse things.” The Paladins are still in first place in the Southern Conference, and they’re likely to win it if they …
Red Devils take pre-playoff excursion
Carson Glenn against Woodruff earlier. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges GREENWOOD – The Class 3A football playoffs are a week away, and there was no need to get the Clinton Red Devils all tuckered out. En route to 51-13 victory over Emerald, the Red Devils took full advantage of three Kadon Crawford rushing touchdowns and one …
Confident Paladins getting ready for Homecoming
By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Huff made all the right moves. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Oh, Evan DiMaggio was the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, and Tyler Huff miraculously wasn’t the offensive recipient.* Dominic Roberto plundered Western Carolina for the last time with perfect marks in his career against the Catamounts. Cally Chizik and Hugh …
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A lot was great, and all was interesting
By MONTE DUTTON Purple was prevalent in Cullowhee. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The only way the weekend could have been better was for me … to be … in Cullowhee. I am mindful of my custom experience being dissimilar to many South Carolinians. While I was preoccupied with writing about Paladins and Blue Hose Saturday night, …
Huff, Roberto run free in Cullowhee
Tyler Huff leaves Western Carolina in a hurry. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Tyler Huff! One could almost hear the late Larry Munson yelling it from the remote mountains of Western Carolina. With 53 seconds remaining, guarding a six-point lead, Huff dashed 53 yards to put away the Catamounts, 29-17, on Saturday in front …
Great homecoming, except for the game …
By MONTE DUTTON Dealo Parson turns upfield. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ On a perfect autumn Saturday, in front of Presbyterian College’s largest crowd (1,921) in recent memory, Marist ruined Homecoming at Bailey Memorial Stadium. The Red Foxes managed to win, 19-10, without scoring an offensive touchdown. PC head coach Steve Englehart said he believed his …
Red Devils nail down region crown, 14-6
By MONTE DUTTON D.J. Clark turns the corner with resistance. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Clinton’s 14-6 victory over Chester was a great one but also an unusual one on Friday night at Wilder Stadium. The Red Devils nailed down Region 4-3A in what was probably considered an upset to most outside the knowing boundaries of …
Nightrider's Lament 