Scott Earley (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The new executive director of the S.C. Athletic Coaches Athletic Coaches Association, Scott Earley, spoke to an audience of many familiar faces on Thursday at the Laurens County Touchdown Club. Earley, a S.C. high-school football coach for 27 years, spoke of his relationships with several coaches in the room, …
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Region title on line as Chester visits Clinton
Clinton defeated the Cyclones, 48-20, last season at Chester. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants It’s hard for a high-school football game to be more important at this stage in the season than Chester and Clinton at Wilder Stadium this Friday night. The rivalries were earlier. The playoffs are later. For Oct. 20, this is about as …
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A ripsnorter of a football weekend
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants It’s been quite the football weekend. I’m sort of overwhelmed. Clinton won. Laurens won. Furman won. Presbyterian won. (Oh, wait. This just arrived via Pony Express. King beat Laurens Academy, 26-22.) Thornwell lost, 59-0, to a team called the Anderson Cavaliers. Oh, the Saints are just starting out. …
Raiders get Generals to lay down arms
(John Clayton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It’s a streak! Laurens won for the second week in a row, wrapping up a playoff berth with a 23-13 Region 2-4A victory over hapless Wade Hampton on Friday night at K.C. Hanna Stadium. Quarterback Nick Danciu passed for 49 yards and rushed for 44, scoring a touchdown both ways, and …
Only Clinton hits road, and Woodruff isn’t far
Kendarius Copeland finds a hole. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges High-school football is figuratively a matter of walking down a street. At one end are activities such as weightlifting, spring practice, scrimmages and jamborees. At the other end is the state championship. They all start. Only one finishes. Come to think of it, in one form …
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Raiders’ Goodwin alone at the top for a week
Josh Goodwin led Laurens to its first victory. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It came as no surprise when a Laurens District High School player earned Player of the Week from the Laurens County Touchdown Club. On Friday night, the Raiders were the only county team playing. Josh Goodwin would have won it, anyway. First of …
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Ayers grabs the kids’ attention
By MONTE DUTTON Mike Ayers successfully coached the Wofford Terriers for 30 years. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Mike Ayers is a cure for what ails you. The ex-Wofford head coach, whose career was extraordinary by any measure, eschews microphones at his speaking appearances. Listening to Ayers address the Laurens County Touchdown Club on Thursday reminded …
Let’s just call it a wide range of outcomes
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Let’s see. Over the weekend, Clinton won big, Laurens lost big, Thornwell lost big, and Laurens Academy and Presbyterian College lost, uh, moderately. The Red Devils’ 51-28 victory over Union County was not enough to restore them to the Class 3A top 10 in the S.C. Media rankings. Clinton (5-2, 1-0 …
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A matter of excessive timing
By MONTE DUTTON Good times were back at Wilder Stadium. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants On Friday night, I showed up at Wilder Stadium before any of the Clinton High School players. Keith Richardson and my paternal grandmother unwittingly made me ridiculously punctual. In an age in which most of my acquaintances are fashionably late, I …
Raiders endure another week of stings
Nick Danciu (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Greer rudely dashed Laurens’ hopes for Region 2-4A renewal Friday night, overwhelming the Raiders, 49-7, at K.C. Hanna Stadium. Laurens lost for the third week in a row to team nicknamed Yellow Jackets: Union County, T.L. Hanna and Greer. The Yellow Jackets amassed 411 yards of total offense to …
Nightrider's Lament 