"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 Click here. Monday, from morning to mid-afternoon, was fast, and then, because my wifi turned balky, it turned slow. Presbyterian College has a weekly media conference at 10. Furman University has one at 11:30. I decided to see if I could make both of them. I could. Being a fool, I’ll likely …
Continue reading County Signs: Two whistlestops on Monday morning
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Technology speeds people up. It catches them in the moment, and they lose sight of broader truths. On Saturday, I was driving up I-385 listening to pregame shows and the like. Three “experts” said that, after a lone victory over Texas A&M, Notre Dame was “already in” the college football …
(PC photo) Click here. GREENWOOD -- It’s not every Saturday a college football team wins both its 11th straight against a nearby rival … and also its first in 73 years. Perhaps more explanation is needed concerning Presbyterian’s 31-14 victory over Erskine, a college that abandoned football for almost 70 years. The Blue Hose lead …
Continue reading Presbyterian sinks refurbished Fleet, 31-14
Marquese Henderson (3) evades Laurens' Brayden Patterson (courtesy John Clayton). Click here. Marquese Henderson may be the state’s top running back. The Belton-Honea Path star, bound for Clemson, made a believer of Laurens in a 55-6 verdict on Friday night in Honea Path. The Bears as a whole rank at the top of Class 3A. …
Continue reading County Signs: BHP rolls Raiders under, 55-6
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay) Click here. The NFL could hardly have begun its season better. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens by the margin of, oh, maybe, a quarter of an inch, and also 27-20. On the last play of the game, Lamar Jackson hit Isaiah Likely in the back of the end …
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Steve Englehart is a familiar face at the Laurens County Touchdown and throughout the community. The head coach at Presbyterian has a big job. Elsewhere, Englehart will do what he can. He is a stand-up guy right down to the way he stands up. Englehart …
Continue reading County Signs: Englehart explains how to pull a rope
By MONTE DUTTON The Battle for the Belt went Clinton's way last year (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Clinton is playing its third rivalry in as many weeks. Seriously. This Friday’s game is at Newberry, which, like Woodruff and Laurens, has been lining up in anger opposite the Red Devils for more than a century. …
Continue reading County Signs: Devils hope to tighten grip on Belt
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. What do you do? You shake hands, pick up the check and get back to work on games you can actually win. Mystery surrounds the Presbyterian Blue Hose in the aftermath of last Thursday night’s 63-10 shellacking at Mercer. The Bears won an FCS playoff …
Continue reading County Signs: How fleet is the Fleet when it flies?
By MONTE DUTTON Clinton won, 49-7, last year (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Football rumbles down a road. Basketball’s not the same. There’s almost a game every night. Same with baseball and most sports. NASCAR rumbles, but that’s literally. Maybe it vrooms. One aspect I love about football is … it’s organized. A game is …
(PC photo) Click here. MACON, Ga. – Mercer handled Presbyterian on Thursday night, but it took a while. It took a while because the dreaded “lightning in the area” resulted in a 90-minute delay. It was a long time to wait for a butt whoopin’. The Bears won 63-10, totaled 500 yards, twice converted turnovers …
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