"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 Crusader senior ran roughshod (Courtesy John Clayton) Click here. Garrett Murphy was a wrecking crew on Friday night in Laurens Academy’s 52-36 victory over King Academy at Todd Kirk Field. Murphy rushed for 258 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 10.8 yards a carry. In six games, the senior has rushed for …
Continue reading County Signs: Crusaders first to reach four
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Have you ever awakened feeling discombobulated? Have you ever heard the word? My first thought was, Oh, geez, I gotta get to Furman. The second thought was, Oh, geez, I gotta get back to work on the Clinton game. My third thought was, Hmm. Nature calls. Clinton …
Continue reading County Signs: Scrambled eggs, or sunny side up?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Technology speeds people up. It catches them in the moment, and they lose sight of broader truths. On Saturday, I was driving up I-385 listening to pregame shows and the like. Three “experts” said that, after a lone victory over Texas A&M, Notre Dame was “already in” the college football …
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Steve Englehart is a familiar face at the Laurens County Touchdown and throughout the community. The head coach at Presbyterian has a big job. Elsewhere, Englehart will do what he can. He is a stand-up guy right down to the way he stands up. Englehart …
Continue reading County Signs: Englehart explains how to pull a rope
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian at Mercer is Thursday night. Laurens at Clinton is on Friday night. Furman at Mississippi is on Saturday night. Someone asked me what I was doing. What do you think? The stories on PC and Furman won’t have my name on them because I won’t be …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. GREENWOOD -- On Friday evening, at a tidy field, Laurens Academy opened its football season with a 56-20 victory over Cambridge Academy, and the game is undefeated back in Laurens County. This was in part because it was the season’s first game and in part because the …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It was a pleasant Monday afternoon as the Laurens Academy football team endeavored to become more agile, hostile and mobile. Seventeen cavorted about, blocking and tackling stuffed implements of various sizes, leaping, hurdling, stepping, sidestepping and generally trying to get up to wherever the snuff is. Up …
By MONTE DUTTON Greg Porter (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, though the streams are swollen, keep them dogies rollin’, Rawhide! All the things I’m missin’, good vittles, love and kissin’, are waiting at the end of my ride. The herds are being assembled. The trail bosses are Steve Englehart, Jolly Doolittle, Corey …
By MONTE DUTTON Greg Porter (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Particularly since the Laurens High baseball team was playing afterward, I chose an overcast Monday to pay a visit to the Raiders practicing football earlier and down below. I waited a while because I wanted to see new head coach Greg Porter lead the charges …
Continue reading County Signs: Porter in charge on practice field
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The surreal moment of the week was finding myself a seat with a nice camera view and watching Wofford score nine runs immediately and 15 in the first three innings. Until the game started, I had high hopes for the Blue Hose. The Terriers won, 19-2, and …
Continue reading County Signs: Low-down, mind-messin’ SoCon blues
Nightrider's Lament 