By MONTE DUTTON Gavin Hall (6) became Furman's first 100-yard rusher against ETSU (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Furman is atop the Southern Conference football standings, at least in the loss column, and the margin is so small. Western Carolina (3-3), which the Paladins play on Saturday at E.J. Whitmire Stadium in Cullowhee, N.C., is, …
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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 …
When the Paladins play, don’t leave early
Trey Hedden threw for 358 yards (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. It’s going to be an exciting season at Paladin Stadium specifically and in the Southern Conference in general. Look out there. There is no Davidson of old. The lads had best be ready each week. The names, images and likenesses do not rival Texas …
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 …
Furman gets off to solid SoCon start
(Furman photo) Click here. HOMEWOOD, Ala. – Clay Hendrix knows how to win, and he knows how to rebuild. He knows Furman University like a founding father. Been there. Done that. Whether as a player or an assistant coach or head coach, Hendrix knows anything can happen. Coach long enough, and it will. Recently, Hendrix …
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 …
Nightrider's Lament 