By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. On Saturday I was duly impressed by Vanderbilt’s upset of top-ranked Alabama. I was saddened by Presbyterian’s late implosion in San Diego, Calif. It was nice to have power restored at my home after nine days without it. On Sunday morning, I enjoyed the first hot shower in …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Heartbreak out west
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. On Saturday morning I shaved for the first time in a while and prepared for what has become the bane of my existence, the cold shower. Then, however, I noticed a truck parked in my overgrown front yard. It was from Front Royal, Va., meaning either that it …
County Signs: Left amidst the ruins
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In case you haven’t noticed, I like sports. I’m also partial to electricity, heating and air conditioning, home internet and hot showers. Wednesday has come and gone, and Laurens isn’t playing. Another Friday is on the way, and Clinton isn’t playing. If the S.C. High School League doesn’t extend the …
Still powerless to Mother Nature’s wrath
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In times such as these, a million people have this thought crackle across the synapses of the brain. One doesn’t appreciate power, particularly the electric variety, until one doesn’t have it anymore. All blessings flow from God, but hot water, wi-fi, air conditioning and untold other modern marvels flow from …
Furmanology: Weekend of Helene was hardly pristine
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Helene certainly took the measure of me. I’m not alone, but I’m a little unique. Everything being out – it still is because in any emergency, the folks on the monied side of town get their stuff repaired first – I drove to Furman for a football game …
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County Signs: Blue Hose can’t overcome early onslaught
By MONTE DUTTON Zach Switzer (PC photo) Click here. No one has to stop learning. No one should think he (or she) knows it all. I had heard there was a difference between a comic and a comedian, but just yesterday I learned what it was. A comic says funny things. A comedian says things …
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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 …
Furman, Samford both aiming for SoCon surge
By MONTE DUTTON Brock Chappell (Furman photo) Click here. What comes to mind when the football programs of Furman and Samford tee off? Southern Conference championships. The last two. The Paladins last season and the Bulldogs in 2022. It’s the opening SoCon game at Paladin Stadium on Saturday at 2 p.m. Furman is 1-3. Samford …
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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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Nightrider's Lament 