By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I can’t move on from football. Football is too great. I love it too much.To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1Mortals have made seasons overlap.In Clinton, the stadium is named after the quiet man who lived across the highway. …
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Two kinds of endings
By MONTE DUTTON Daryl Smith (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges I have no business taking any role in the hiring and firing of coaches, or, quite possibly, anyone else. I’m going to miss Daryl Smith. I enjoyed every minute I spent with him. I think the world of him and wish with all my heart he’d …
Henderson leads Bears past Red Devils, 27-24
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson drove BHP to distraction. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges HONEA PATH – Endings are hard. Endings are sad. When high-school playoffs come around, only one team in each classification wins its final game, and Belton-Honea Path ended Clinton’s season with a 27-24 victory on Friday night in the Class 3A third …
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Clinton plays again … to play again
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson spots his target. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges For Corey Fountain and the Clinton High football program he leads, it’s just another roadblock to avoid. Last week the obstacle was in Broome’s road. The Red Devils repelled the Centurions’ advances. It was more akin to the old song “The Battle of …
Clinton plunders Centurions, 38-7
By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson unloads, well protected. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Wilder was a Stadium afire Friday night. Richardson was a Field of dreams. Clinton advanced to the third round of the Class 3A football playoffs with a smashing 38-7 victory over Broome in front of a chill crowd of 4,000 or so. The …
Red Devils hope to tip tossup at Wilder
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Kamajay Brackett-Brannon. It’s a mouthful. He’s a handful. The Broome quarterback has passed for 1,702 yards and rushed for well over 1,221. He has completed 70.2 percent of his passes for 12 touchdowns and zero interceptions. Jaylen McGill has rushed for 1,762. Clinton is the champion of Region 4-3A. Broome is …
Just a little bit closer
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges I would love nothing better than to see all the teams about which I care win big, but I am getting a mite frantic. Thus far, I have not been present at a single close football game: Clinton: 42-7, 49-7, 63-6. Laurens: 9-55, 7-42. Furman: 45-10, 21-47. Presbyterian: …
Things that Are Close and Things that Are Far Away
Clinton, South Carolina, Friday, November 2, 2018, 9:56 a.m. Election Day is Tuesday, and I can’t remember the last time I ate a McRibs. I don’t think there is any relation between elections and McRibs except that both are being enthusiastically advertised. The best meal I’ve had in the week to date was a hamburger …
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It Is What It Is at the End of the Weekend
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, September 3, 2017, 3:34 p.m. I’ve drawn no conclusions from the past few days. They’ve been good experiences, I guess. Character building. Not altogether good. Not altogether bad. Clouds with silver linings still glistening. Greer clobbered Clinton, 41-0, in the local home opener. Chapman clobbered Laurens, 61-24, on its home field. …
A Fable of Raised Expectations
During the heyday of high school football in this town, lots of fans used to watch the team practice late in the evenings, after the mill shift ended. It was the late seventies, and that was a decade that saw Clinton win four state championships and reach the finals twice more. One day I was …
Nightrider's Lament 