Collin Hurst (8) passed for 175 yards (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – PC did it again. The Blue Hose remained in a state of suspended superiority, defeating Butler, 31-25, in the Selick Bowl in front of 3,682 fans on Saturday afternoon. Presbyterian (6-0, 2-0 Pioneer Football League) led most of the way …
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Red Devils ride chariots of fire, 50-29
By MONTE DUTTON K.J. Vance scored the game's first two touchdowns on long runs (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. CHESNEE – A heap of Clinton Red Devils figuratively burned the Eagles’ Nest to a crisp on Friday night. Chesnee swooped, swung and soared but simply couldn’t keep up, falling by a score of 50-29. Clinton …
Blue Hose to face first real PFL test
By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst (8) spots B.J. Atkins (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Presbyterian College’s football team has thus far enjoyed a season of magic. The Blue Hose don’t award scholarships in football. They play in the Pioneer Football League, which is made up of Division I schools that give athletic aid in other …
Next test for Clinton is trip to Chesnee
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) is little but loud (Monte Dutton photos). Clinton (4-3, 1-0 Region 1-3A) puts a 15-game region win streak – spanning two classifications and regions and dating back to 2021– on the line Friday night at Chesnee (4-2, 1-0). The Red Devils and Eagles are in the same region, but …
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 …
I love baseball, damn it
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Playoff baseball is tense. Playoffs in all major sports are intense. In pro basketball and hockey, I have little interest in the regular seasons. Then I love the playoffs. Baseball, though, is as much religion as sport. Either the Dodgers are going to win the World Series again, or the …
Sometimes it ain’t your weekend
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Moe Bandy sang a song called “Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.” Paul Craft wrote it. Archie Campbell and Grandpa Jones sang “Gloom, Despair and Agony” (Buck Owens and Roy Clark) on Hee Haw, along with quite a few others: “If It weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck …
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 …
Red Devils seek to turn corner in Union
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) has rushed for 473 yards and seven TDs in the past three games (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. In Union on Friday night, Corey Fountain coaches his 145th game as a head football coach, beginning with five seasons at Lamar High School. Fountain was 58-10, winning two Class A …
