By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst fueled a comeback (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Dammit. Presbyterian College deserved better on Saturday night. The scoreboard revealed that Gardner-Webb, what with scholarships and all, doubled the Blue Hose, 42-21. Well, I mean, if you want to go by the score … An upset didn’t slide away. It slid …
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Devils trapped in den of Lions
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. CENTRAL – Daniel High School is not only in Central but central to Clinton High School’s rare evidences of football frustration and despair. The Red Devils enter every game with high expectations. Few expected Clinton to venture into Dick Singleton Field and win, but its players did …
County Signs: Last of the gentle scribes
By MONTE DUTTON This isn't Ron Green Sr., but it is a golf writer. Click here. Oh, I’m doing what I’m usually doing on Fridays this time of year: cranking out some stories to get ahead and looking ahead to a long night. It’s a long way to Daniel for someone’s who’s got work to …
County Signs: Hendrix, Furman are one and the same
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. I had an easy day on Thursday at the Laurens County Touchdown. I first got to know the guest speaker more than 40 years ago. When Clay Hendrix played football at Furman University, I worked there. I went off to chase stock cars. Hendrix went off …
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Paladins brace for Colonial Williamsburg
By MONTE DUTTON Grant Robinson manages traffic (Furman photo). Click here. On Saturday evening at Zable Stadium in historic Williamsburg, Va., Furman plays its most meaningful football game of the season to date against the College of William & Mary. The opener, a 76-0 calamity at Ole Miss, was the equivalent of a write-off. A …
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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Furmanology: Too many field goals in the pros
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The National Football League has to do something about field goals. As a colleague of mine used to be fond of saying, “Merciful God!” I spent a lot of Sunday idly watching games. After high schools and colleges – going to one, writing about others, processing photos, posting stories, winning …
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Furmanology: Ain’t a whole lot to my Sundays
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Sundays are lazy days, which is one of many reasons why the National Football League is so popular. The days leading up to it weren’t so bad. I went to Inman to watch Clinton play Chapman, but rain moved it up to Thursday. I was up till 2 …
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Paladins corner Stetson market, 48-7
By MONTE DUTTON Trey Hedden (8), center Chris Luna celebrate (Furman photo). Click here. All is well. Furman’s 48-7 victory over Stetson on Saturday was just what “the doctor” ordered. Doctors are prevalent on campuses. The Hatters are, well, Hatters. They play in the Pioneer Football League, which means Stetson doesn’t award football scholarships. Presbyterian …
County Signs: Scrambled eggs, or sunny side up?
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Have you ever awakened feeling discombobulated? Have you ever heard the word? My first thought was, Oh, geez, I gotta get to Furman. The second thought was, Oh, geez, I gotta get back to work on the Clinton game. My third thought was, Hmm. Nature calls. Clinton …
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Nightrider's Lament 