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 …
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County Signs: Last teams playing are true believers
By MONTE DUTTON The season is up in the air (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The few high-school football teams left playing share a common sense of destiny.They all believe they are going to win the state championship, regardless of classification.The lads playing ball at Clinton (10-2) and Fairfield Central (12-1) are both going into …
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County Signs: It’s not the same world
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Believe it or not, it once snowed several times a winter here. This is one aspect of climate change I do not regret. I’ve grown too old for snow. It’s all I can do to walk across a gravel parking lot in the dark.Careful. Don’t get in a hurry.I watched …
County Signs: LA’s state-title quest ends
By MONTE DUTTON Rhett Gilliam and company ran away from Chester (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. In Laurens County, football season is down to one team, the Clinton Red Devils, and that’s the case for the fourth straight season.The Red Devils, 48-20 winners over Chester in the Class 2A second round, take on the state’s …
Blue Hose climb all the way back
By MONTE DUTTON Worth Warner enjoyed a happy conclusion to his PC career (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. To understand where Presbyterian College football has come, one has to consider where it’s been.Saturday’s 30-27 upset of Butler (9-3, 5-3 PFL) was the Blue Hose’ fourth in a row. They went from 2-6 to 6-6 and, …
County Signs: Lumberjacks axed by Blue Hose
By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. I didn’t get to watch the NFL snow game on Thursday, but I don’t think they’re actually wonderful for anyone but those watching on TV and some players.The fans in Cleveland are more acclimated, and the snow probably had something to do with the Browns’ upset of the …
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County Signs: Resurgent Cyclones to blow in
By MONTE DUTTON Brett Young, then wearing No. 35, rushes Chester's Trooper Floyd in last year's game (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Chester (5-5) is neither the team ranked No. 1 in Class 2A before the season nor the one that lost its first three games.The visitor in Friday night’s playoff game at Wilder Stadium …
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County Signs: PC wins again; Crusaders in state finals
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I sometimes quibble with the basic math of football coaches.A team shouldn’t go for two until it has to. On Saturday night, Missouri was down, 21-6, and scored a touchdown. The Tigers went for two and failed. They tried because they wanted to get within seven points, but missing left …
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County Signs: Come to Wilder Stadium for at least a half
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton has won its last three first-round playoff games by a combined score of 168-42 (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The first round of the playoffs should be a parade. Or a fireworks display.That’s what it’s going to be, anyway.The Friday night Pelion (2-8) beats Clinton (7-2) at Wilder Stadium, Matt Gaetz …
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Stewart shoots PC past Wofford, 71-68
By MONTE DUTTON Quinton Ferrell offers advice to Kobe Stewart, who didn't need much (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Kobe Stewart’s first name seemed pertinent on Wednesday night.Presbyterian College senior Stewart, an Augusta, Ga., product, led a 71-68 upset of Wofford by scoring 26 points, including 6/7 from three-point range. He was 2/7 inside the …
Nightrider's Lament 