"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
By MONTE DUTTON The Clinton and Laurens cross-country seniors -- the Raiders have only one -- get ready to take he game ball to midfield. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ As I was driving to Laurens Friday afternoon, I thought about how the Raider cross country team had the tougher task running the game ball to …
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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 …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton file photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The Raiders and the Red Devils. The running of the game ball. Wreck the Raiders. Dunk the Devils. First meeting of the Touchdown Club. Fans rushing for vacant stadium seats as if they were going to build a homestead. How altogether fitting that Friday is likely to …
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 …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The coming season provides a potential vista as gorgeous as the one at Paladin Stadium late Saturday evening. Bright skies, glorious sunshine, frivolity all about. Clay Hendrix wasn’t pleased with the Paladins’ FanFest, but, after all, it was a fest. The band was playing the fight song, not …
(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 …
By MONTE DUTTON Nick Fowler had a shortage of options. (Monte Dutton photos) Led by running back Thomas Stanley and a duo of quarterbacks who combined to complete 11-12 passes, Hillcrest mauled Laurens, 55-9, at K.C. Hanna Stadium on Friday night. https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges There’s just no other way to put it. “It wasn’t ever good, not …
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 …
By MONTE DUTTON Comprehensive cloud cover over York Comprehensive High (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Oh, what clouds. Life is starting to reverse. When I was a kid, I lied on my back in the front yard and stared at the clouds, seeing the shapes of pawing lions, pretty girls and spaceships briefly in their perpetually …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants YORK – The Bill Pate White Rose Football Classic was worth the trip for both the Laurens Raiders, who played at 6 p.m. Friday night, and the Clinton Red Devils, who arrived on the artificial turf at 9. Both won – Laurens, 17-7, over Fort Mill, and Clinton, …
Nightrider's Lament 