By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. What is Presbyterian College if not a place for the little guy?Collin Hurst is quite a little guy. He’s 5-10, a buck 65. Plays QB. Just a red-shirt freshman, out of Davie, Fla.Davie, Davie, Florida, king of the wild frontier. A little mythology never hurt …
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County Signs: Pretty much the same old cheeseburger
By MONTE DUTTON Not exactly the same, but you get the idea. Click here. Another sign that life is getting back to normal was I ate again at Steamers for the first time since it reopened.An old-fashioned cheeseburger plate with onion rings. It hit the spot. I’ve been enjoying an approximation of that cheeseburger off …
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County Signs: Politics is just a sport, too
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The election is in less than a week. That’s all I know. Or maybe I know too much. At this point, the only surprise is that there aren’t commercials with ex-candidates offering deals on how to bet. Take the under on Trump in Massachusetts. Crapshoot! Dot.com. (Disclaimer: I made that …
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County Signs: Too many plays put on hold
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I was at a football game on Friday night. I watched on TV all day and well into the night on Saturday and Sunday. The most common part of all the games was holding. And other assorted infractions. The best quotation came from Clinton High School head coach Corey Fountain, …
PC dominates Hatters, 42-14
(PC photo) Click here. DeLAND, Fla. – Let me attempt to write in behalf of Steve Englehart and his Presbyterian College football team. It was about damn time. The Blue Hose released a month of pent-up frustrations on the unsuspecting Stetson Hatters, steam-creasing their labors by a score of 42-14 at Spec Martin Municipal Stadium. …
County Signs: Whatever floats your boat …
By MONTE DUTTON Moonlight through the pines (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s seldom a good sign when someone answers a question by saying, “I just do.” Everyone has a right to say it. For instance, if you ask me why I dislike raw onions, I might say, “I just do.” Most issues, though, have …
County Signs: Clinton breaks free in region race
By MONTE DUTTON D.J. Clark (18), Tushawan Richardson (1) and Jevan Cook (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. With two games remaining, Clinton (5-2, 2-0) is alone at the top of the Region 1-2A football standings, having shoved Landrum out of the S.C. Media top 10 with a 56-22 thump last week. The Red Devils’ hopes …
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Another heartbreaker for luckless Hose
(PC photo) Click here. To paraphrase an old television show no less erudite than Hee Haw, “If it weren’t for bad luck, [they’d] have no luck at all.” Drake, protecting first place in the Pioneer Football League, defeated Presbyterian, 19-16, in overtime, at Bailey Memorial Stadium on a cool autumn Saturday that was otherwise perfect. …
County Signs: Off to the wilds of Laurens Academy
By MONTE DUTTON Moon over Todd Kirk Field (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I went back and forth all week long. I wanted to go to Landrum, where I have never seen a football game but once played in a scrimmage. Also, I wanted to get to another Laurens Academy game because the Crusaders entered …
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Key for Blue Hose is learning how to close deals
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I have spoken many times with Steve Englehart about getting Presbyterian College football over the proverbial hump. The issue may be the majority of our conversations. The issue still burns. When a coach says his team has to learn how to win, it seems redundant. Duh. It’s …
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Nightrider's Lament 