By MONTE DUTTON (Courtesy John Clayton) Click here. If you go to a homecoming game, and you have no idea who is going to be the queen, bet the quarterback’s sponsor. At Clinton High School, the monarch was Ry’Dai’ja Mars, who was – wait for it, wait for it – sponsor of the quarterback, Tushawan …
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County Signs: Fun on Friday, done on Saturday
By MONTE DUTTON Javaye Suber evades Southside's Zaccheaus Dickson (photo courtesy John Clayton). Click here. I haven’t read The Agony and the Ecstasy, by Irving Stone. I saw the movie starring Charlton Heston. It doesn’t matter. The chronology was off in Laurens County football this weekend. The ecstasy came first. For the first time, all …
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County Signs: Storms of life and ballgames
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In the aftermath of Helene hell – and as Milton the monster departs Florida as if it was Godzilla – is there anyone out there who still doesn’t believe in climate change? It is almost always cheaper to fix a problem than it is to clean up a mess. We’ve …
County Signs: As Helene looms ever closer …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. We’re in an oddly opportune, not in bad way, place for hurricanes. The little desk is made of wood. I’m knocking on it. Most Atlantic hurricanes bore into the coast and curve upward instead of clobbering us with a direct hit. Most Gulf hurricanes weaken, particularly where the land is …
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Lexington was better, 29-0
By MONTE DUTTON Lexington's Brennon Carter finds a receiver (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Wasn’t much to it. The short-term result of Laurens District High School having bona-fide quarterbacks again was ineffectual as Lexington methodically dispatched the Raiders, 29-0, on a Wednesday football game hastened by the approach of what recently became Hurricane Hellene. About …
County Signs: Raiders to play Wildcats on Wednesday
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I don’t know what’s going to happen. Some don’t think I know what happened every day. When a storm heads in this direction, it’s like politics is every day. As I took one last look Tuesday night at contemporary meteorology, it looked as if football can’t be …
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County Signs: Blue Hose must stand tough at home
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Presbyterian College’s football team is 2-1, coming off a 52-0 ransacking of Virginia University of Lynchburg, and all is right with the world. Success is fleeting. The next two Saturdays find the Blue Hose uncomfortably ensconced at home when Gardner-Webb and Davidson come to town. …
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Raiders rebound … but not quite enough
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. COLUMBIA – Laurens took on A.C. Flora on Friday night, still without a quarterback who is actually a quarterback. Nehemias Fernandez, one of the wildcats who took turns being Raiders, rushed 26 times for 215 yards and a touchdown, but it wasn’t quite enough. The Falcons edged Laurens, 20-17, at …
County Signs: BHP rolls Raiders under, 55-6
Marquese Henderson (3) evades Laurens' Brayden Patterson (courtesy John Clayton). Click here. Marquese Henderson may be the state’s top running back. The Belton-Honea Path star, bound for Clemson, made a believer of Laurens in a 55-6 verdict on Friday night in Honea Path. The Bears as a whole rank at the top of Class 3A. …
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County Signs: Englehart explains how to pull a rope
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Steve Englehart is a familiar face at the Laurens County Touchdown and throughout the community. The head coach at Presbyterian has a big job. Elsewhere, Englehart will do what he can. He is a stand-up guy right down to the way he stands up. Englehart …
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Nightrider's Lament 