By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Bill Anderson is one of the great songwriters in country-music history. I dreamed I had a conversation with “Whispering Bill” last night. Back in the NASCAR days, I bumped into well-known figures – Michael Jordan, John Prine, Dick Riley, Dick Vitale, Jay Bilas, Barney Frank – at airports. This is …
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Blue Hose fly past Eagles, 80-72
By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce keeps Morehead's Josiah LeGree occupied (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The early part of basketball season is often full of ups and downs. The goal is to round into shape for the conference season. On Saturday afternoon at Templeton Center, Presbyterian College took a step in the right direction with …
UAB opts to promote interim head coach
PC's Steve Englehart was a finalist in UAB coaching search (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. The University of Alabama Birmingham has chosen interim football coach Alex Mortensen to coach the Blazers going forward. The son of the late ESPN analyst Chris Mortensen took over when ex-NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer was dismissed during the season. The …
Englehart is finalist for UAB vacancy
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Reports in Alabama indicate that Presbyterian College’s Steve Englehart may be headed to the vacant head football coaching job at the University of Alabama Birmingham. The hire has not yet been confirmed or announced. UAB fired former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer after two seasons yielded …
Devils fall short, but numbers were prolific
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) rushed for a school-record 334 yards against Landrum (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Clinton High School has won nine state football championships. In all-time victories, the Red Devils rank 10th in the state’s history with 715. The leader is Summerville with 856. The only other school above 800 is …
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What’s next for Englehart?
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The Football Championship Subdivision, the lower tier of NCAA Division I, named Presbyterian College’s Steve Englehart as one of five district winners of the American Football Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year race. Earlier this week, Englehart, 48, was named as one of the 15 …
No regrets for Blue Hose after epic season
By MONTE DUTTON Boyce Bankhead (22) makes a tackle (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The Presbyterian Blue Hose made history. They didn’t make the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, but they made history. A 29-25 Pioneer Football League victory over Marist took the Blue Hose to heights they haven’t scaled but wasn’t enough to keep them …
Fairfield Central shuts Devils down, 42-7
By MONTE DUTTON Tre Aiken (70), Brody Garrett (50), Jace Patterson (52) and others try to make some room (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. There’s nothing cold as ashes after the fire is gone. – L.E. White It was probably the highest attendance at Wilder Stadium all season, around 4,000. All systems were go until …
Wilder Stadium’s got to rock
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. In the third round of Class 2A playoffs, they don’t play. Okay, they play, as in play football, but they don’t play as in play around. This is serious business. Clinton is 9-3; Fairfield Central is, too. Wilder Stadium, and all those raucous fans, could be the …
Three go for 10
Clinton's Javen Cook (3) has rushed for 1,777 yards (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Guess what? This weekend three Laurens County football teams are going for their 10th victories. Clinton High School (9-3) hosts Fairfield Central (9-3) in the third round of the Class 2A playoffs. Laurens Academy (9-2) plays King Academy (11-0) at Greenwood …
Nightrider's Lament 