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 …
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Clinton wins a wild one, 40-34
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns (Monte Dutton photos). Some of the 3,800 or thereabouts who filed into Wilder Stadium looked forward to a leisurely Clinton High football victory over Chapman. They figured they’d sneak out after three quarters and be home in time to see the end …
Chapman has some catching up to do
By MONTE DUTTON Owen Glenn (10) fakes to Javen Cook (3) as Zy Butler looks for someone to block (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. A team begins its season and, despite the best of intentions, isn’t as good as expected. It’s a nightmarish realization for coaches. The atmosphere accelerates. Already obsessed with preparing for each …
The little team that can
By MONTE DUTTON Dominic Kibby (PC photo) Click here. What is the anatomy of an upset? What is the anatomy of two? How has Presbyterian College, which doesn’t award football scholarships, managed to begin the season with consecutive victories over Mercer and Furman, both of which do? Steve Englehart says he’s just an old-fashioned kind …
Good times, great oldies, the Devils and the deep blue sea
By MONTE DUTTON Keith Richardson won six state championships and 239 games as Clinton head coach (photo courtesy John Clayton). Click here. Many times I have expressed the opinion that my life is seldom mediocre. Either everything goes right, or everything goes wrong. That’s not the way life is. It’s just the way it seems. …
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Newberry takes a belt from Clinton, 41-12
By MONTE DUTTON B.J. Jones takes on Clinton defenders Maison Tinsley (13), Jaydon Glenn (1) and Noah Garrett (12) (photo courtesy John Clayton). Click here. It would be a gross exaggeration to claim that Newberry’s Kenton Caldwell defeated Clinton by himself. The senior gave the Red Devils what they seldom ever get: Hell. The Bulldogs …
Blue Hose to visit Furman loaded with Bears
Malaki Dobbins pressures W&M's Tyler Hughes (Furman photo). Click here. No sooner had the Furman Paladins passed their initial football test with a 23-21 victory over William & Mary, some surprising news arrived on Saturday night from Macon, Ga. Presbyterian College, a non-scholarship program from Clinton, upended Mercer, the reigning Southern Conference champion, by a …
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A sense of deja vu
By MONTE DUTTON Jaydon Glenn is the latest Player of the Week (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Whoever heard of playing the three biggest rivals in the first three football games? Does Alabama open with Auburn, Tennessee and Ole Miss? Florida with FSU, Miami and Georgia? The Philadelphia Eagles with the Ravens, Bills and Chiefs? …
PC tries to conjure up more magic at Furman
By MONTE DUTTON Dalton Epps (PC photo) Click here. Furman University and Presbyterian College have a mild little rivalry. They’re less than an hour away from each other, and it seems as if the bigger the sport, they less they play. In short, they play only occasionally in football and basketball, and they never play …
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Raiders to take their shot at Clinton
By MONTE DUTTON Seniors Jaydon Glenn (1), Kynius Williams (44) and Adarrell Swindler line up against Woodruff (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The football game scheduled for Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium is a different kind of rivalry, though both Clinton and Laurens are 0-1. Last week Woodruff defeated Clinton, 21-13. It was a …
Nightrider's Lament 