By MONTE DUTTON Eddrin Bronson (2) guards S.C. State's Michael Teel (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. When a team gets off to a fast start, it cultivates a sense of destiny. No amount of adversity is too difficult to overcome.On Saturday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Furman lost leading scorer PJay Smith Jr. to a …
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County Signs: Little memories of big things
By MONTE DUTTON Big boys. Hard-working boys. Jared Honeycutt (79), Cal Pitts (73), Hunter Lawson (75) (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It was a perfect day in Orangeburg. Ten years ago, I watched another game there. That one was enjoyable, too.I managed not to make one of those absentminded mistakes that strike me early in …
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Hard work pays off for Red Devils, 35-6
By MONTE DUTTON Note the lead blocking of quarterback Tushawan Richardson (1) in Devin Swindler's eight-yard reverse in the second quarter (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Upon awakening on Thursday morning, my mind was racing. Sometimes I get up feeling as if I need to write it down before I forget it.Of course, I used …
Furmanology: Sometimes a fellow can go too far
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. A nice man working the Columbia College-Presbyterian men’s basketball game – noon on Education Day at Clinton’s Templeton Center on Wednesday – befriended me. We had a chat in the parking lot, where he was guarding the staff lot near the back door.I usually like the men and …
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County Signs: PC wins two by mid-afternoon
By MONTE DUTTON The kids loved every second (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Maybe Presbyterian College ought to play all its basketball games in the daytime.While the men’s team was obliterating Columbia College at Templeton Center on Wednesday, the women were winning their first game of the season in Durham, N.C.It was Education Day at …
County Signs: Devils to shoot for all the marbles
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook has rushed for 1,730 yards (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Playing for a state football championship is a rare opportunity, even in towns like Clinton and Barnwell, where the tradition is strong.The seasons of the Red Devils and Warhorses are already going to be revered for decades. The winner of …
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County Signs: One more step to glory for Devils
By MONTE DUTTON Clayton Lawson (60), Tre Aiken (70) block downfield for Javen Cook (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A state championship carries with it inherent uncertainty. It’s similar to the way major-league baseball was before interleague play.Clinton (11-2) and Barnwell (13-1) haven’t played … ever. Neither has played any team the other has this …
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Furmanology: Paladins conquer Buccaneers, 58-42
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix is riding the comeback trail (Furman photo) Click here. Perhaps there is some consolation in Furman’s 3-8 record in football.The Paladins are hardly alone in upward or downward mobility.Arizona State improved this year from 3-9 to 11-2. Florida State fell from 13-1 to 2-10. The Seminoles are a poster child …
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County Signs: The game changes as much as the games
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. It’s been a great football season for Clinton. It was a great one for Laurens Academy, a good one for Presbyterian College and a disaster for Laurens High.At the beginning of the season, I thought the Raiders would have Laurens County’s most improved team. Now I think they will next …
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Furmanology: Paladins return the Princeton favor
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. My life is seldom mediocre. One night my old high school wins the Upstate championship game. The next morning my truck won’t start.No obvious reason except the cold. I drove straight home from Clinton High School’s Wilder Stadium on Friday night and worked till 3 a.m. on …
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Nightrider's Lament 