By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. When football season started, hopes were high at Presbyterian College. The Blue Hose had improved from 1-10 to 4-7 to 6-6 in Steve Englehart’s first three years as head coach. They won their last four games in 2024. Things were clearly looking up, but damn. …
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When the Paladins play, don’t leave early
Trey Hedden threw for 358 yards (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. It’s going to be an exciting season at Paladin Stadium specifically and in the Southern Conference in general. Look out there. There is no Davidson of old. The lads had best be ready each week. The names, images and likenesses do not rival Texas …
Clinton runs free past Liberty, 49-6
By MONTE DUTTON The Clinton Red Devils were redder (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In 1968, John Wayne was in a movie called Hellfighters. It was loosely based on a Texan named Red Adair who made his living putting out oil fires. He set off an explosion that blew out the fire. The idea was …
Red Devils dissolve Union, 60-0
By MONTE DUTTON The Devil defense blanked the Jackets (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. UNION – I don’t know what happened to Union County, but it must be similar to Laurens.Class 2A Clinton ushered out a non-region schedule of four 3A and two 4A opponents. Any effect of the lower classification wasn’t readily apparent as …
It seems like a Disney flick
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I watch game after game on TV or listen on radio and hear the same word over and over and try not to use it, but there’s no way around it.Presbyterian College’s football season is unbelievable.The Blue Hose detonated Morehead (Ky.) State, 41-0, on Saturday afternoon at …
Rams routed in 76-3 PC romp
By MONTE DUTTON Zach Switzer (5) scored three touchdowns (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Presbyterian College couldn’t possibly win its first two games. It began the season with upsets of Mercer and Furman. PC couldn’t possibly lose its next two games. Nope. The Hose throttled Erskine, 42-14, then demolished Bluefield, 76-3, on Saturday at Bailey …
Taming Lions is Clinton’s task
By MONTE DUTTON Zy Butler (18), Owen Glenn (10) and Angelo Cromer (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Before this season, Jeff Fruster stepped down after 10 seasons as head football coach at Daniel High School. He won three state championships (2020, ’21, ‘’22) and six straight region titles (2019-24). The new head man is Chris …
Life is but a Zoom, sh’boom, sh’boom
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Mother’s Finest is a funk rock band whose fame spread rapidly in the 1970s. I saw the Atlanta-based band play the Clinton Family YMCA. A couple years later, it played with Styx and Foghat at Greenville Memorial Auditorium. Dis go dis way / Dis go …
It’s a grumpy week for Clemson, Carolina fans
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I have a generally positive view of the football programs at both Clemson and South Carolina. I like to watch the games on TV. I watched Georgia Tech edge the Tigers before I drove over to Bailey Memorial Stadium on Saturday to watch PC beat Erskine. I had Vanderbilt’s victory …
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The Blue Hose beat goes on
By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst tosses a strike (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Collin Hurst puts a little extra on his throws the same way a pitcher does in baseball. Hurst is a redshirt sophomore from Davie, Fla. He’s from Davie, Davie, Fla., and he’s king of the wild frontier. In Saturday night’s 42-14 victory …
Nightrider's Lament 