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 …
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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 …
Blue Hose bounce back, go for 10-win season
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s a long shot, but Presbyterian (9-2, 5-2) kept Pioneer Football League hopes alive with a 23-9 victory over Saint Thomas (7-4, 5-3) in Saint Paul, Minn., on Saturday. The Tommies had won five games in a row, but PC’s defense limited them to 179 yards of …
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Cook takes over in second half
By MONTE DUTTON Zy Butler accompanies Javen Cook (3) around left end (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Clinton needed what Saluda brought to Wilder Stadium on Friday night. Competition. A fight. A shot to come through in the clutch. The Red Devils won their seventh game in a row and advanced to the third round …
Clinton to face Saluda in second round
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton's defense burned brightly against North Central (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A week ago, Clinton hosted North Central (Kershaw) in the first round of the Class 2A football playoffs. Though the Red Devils were the Region 1 champions and the Knights were fourth in Region 4, both teams ran onto Keith …
Blue Hose try to regain mojo in Minnesota
By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst (8) should be back to lead the PC offense (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The great crusade for the Pioneer Football League championship is now against the odds, as if it ever wasn’t for the smallest school in Division I. Still, Presbyterian College (8-2, 4-2 PFL) and its fourth-year head …
Blue Hose come from behind in Atlanta
Jonah Pierce (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The Blue Hose, men’s basketball variety, are rolling. After an uneven opener against Navy, Presbyterian has won three games straight. The latest was Monday night’s 63-61 victory over Georgia State in Atlanta, Ga. It was another game, another hero. Junior guard Carl Parrish, scored 22 points, including the …
Davidson shocks Blue Hose, 14-13
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Never has Collin Hurst been more important to Presbyterian College’s football team. That’s because Hurst couldn’t play. PC didn’t advertise it, but reality trumped secrecy on an awful afternoon for the Blue Hose at Davidson College Stadium on Saturday. Davidson (2-8, 1-5 PFL) defeated Presbyterian (8-2, 4-2), 14-13, in an …
Red Devils break lots of lances, 56-7
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) follows Tre Aiken (70) to the end zone with Maison Tinsley's accompaniment (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Wilder Stadium is a special place. The fans love it. They’re right on top of the action. Not many high-school home venues are more intimidating. Not every game is as perfect as …
Nightrider's Lament 