By MONTE DUTTON Carson Jones picked up the slack for Tyler Huff (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A football season has a life of its own. Life has been good this week. Furman became the first team in America to clinch a spot in the FCS playoffs. The Paladins’ 17-14 victory at Chattanooga was about as gallant …
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Lt. Huff leads the way
E.J. Wilson (69) and Wyatt Hughes (63) protect the field general. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s not hard to imagine Tyler Huff leading troops. Based on his direction of the Furman University offense, he’s a natural. The Armed Forces Merit Award goes each season to the individual or group with a military background, or involvement with …
Paladins come through for Curtis in debut
Tate Walters (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It seemed a little odd to have Furman play women’s basketball without Jackie Carson on the bench, but all was in order as Pierre Curtis debuted with a 71-61 victory over UNC Asheville at Timmons Arena on Tuesday night. Tate Walters scored 21 points, and Niveya Henley added 18. It’s …
Paladins lower banner, hand out rings
By MONTE DUTTON Marcus Foster scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Almost the same Din time. Same Din station. Three hundred, sixty-four nights after Furman opened the 2022-23 season with the first of 28 victories, 91-55 over North Greenville, different versions of the same neighboring schools met again at Timmons …
These are the good old days
By MONTE DUTTON Colton Hinton hauls in the first of two Carson Jones touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I walked the sidelines of a high-school football game on Friday night for the first time in two weeks. It was good to be back on the grind, right up to 5 a.m. …
Chattanooga: Ordeal and triumph
Cally Chizik brings down Chattanooga's Javin Whatley. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Football, at its best, is a battle of wills. It is a fascinating test of valor against adversity and unforeseen circumstance. Furman misplaced a pair of 6’s it could rely upon at the deal. Captains, those two, quarterback Tyler Huff and free …
Shooting marbles in Chattanooga
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 …
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 …
