Tyler Huff was at his best last year versus Chattanooga. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ As the old western theme asked, Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam? Paladin, Paladin, so … far … from … home. And as Ringo Starr noted lyrically, You know it don’t come easy. The Southern Conference championship won’t be wrapped up on …
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I’ve been a fool
https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain … -- lyrics by Paul Anka In the spring, when I shut down Laurens County Sports and Furman All the Time, and eliminated monthly fees, I knew it would require help from the readership. From the very first article here, a message …
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 …
Paladins picked at top of SoCon basketball
J.P. Pegues (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman graduated its two best players, Mike Bothwell and Jalen Slawson, but seven of the nine leading scorers return. That was enough for the Paladins to be picked as the favorites to defend the Southern Conference men’s basketball championship in voting by both coaches and media. J.P. Pegues and …
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 …
Region title on line as Chester visits Clinton
Clinton defeated the Cyclones, 48-20, last season at Chester. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants It’s hard for a high-school football game to be more important at this stage in the season than Chester and Clinton at Wilder Stadium this Friday night. The rivalries were earlier. The playoffs are later. For Oct. 20, this is about as …
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Furman’s next challenge resides in Cullowhee
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Shiflett (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The toughest part of Furman’s Southern Conference football schedule lies ahead, most notably in the game on Saturday at Western Carolina and the one on Nov. 4 at Chattanooga. When those two played, the Catamounts defeated the Mocs, 52-50, in their stadium, and that’s why, when the …
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A ripsnorter of a football weekend
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants It’s been quite the football weekend. I’m sort of overwhelmed. Clinton won. Laurens won. Furman won. Presbyterian won. (Oh, wait. This just arrived via Pony Express. King beat Laurens Academy, 26-22.) Thornwell lost, 59-0, to a team called the Anderson Cavaliers. Oh, the Saints are just starting out. …
Nightrider's Lament 