"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
By MONTE DUTTON Mike Ayers (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. If you’ve never seen Mike Ayers speak to the Laurens County Touchdown Club – and there’s an opportunity every year – it’s time to experience the longtime Wofford College head coach from close range. It’s a lot like having Mike Ditka at The Ridge, though …
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By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. When football season started, hopes were high at Presbyterian College. The Blue Hose had improved from 1-10 to 4-7 to 6-6 in Steve Englehart’s first three years as head coach. They won their last four games in 2024. Things were clearly looking up, but damn. …
By MONTE DUTTON K.J. Vance scored the game's first two touchdowns on long runs (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. CHESNEE – A heap of Clinton Red Devils figuratively burned the Eagles’ Nest to a crisp on Friday night. Chesnee swooped, swung and soared but simply couldn’t keep up, falling by a score of 50-29. Clinton …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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