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 …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Football’s young men go west
Jalen Patrick (PC photo) Click here. To summarize, nothing is going on. Not in Laurens County … unless you booked a flight to San Diego, Calif., where the Blue Hose went. Since my power went out, I opened offices all over the county: Whiteford’s in Laurens, three Bojangles, the Clinton Public Library for a day, …
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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 …
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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County Signs: Davidson regularly gets in a rush
By MONTE DUTTON Bailey Memorial Stadium will be under the lights again (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Steve Englehart likens Presbyterian College’s first four football games to exhibitions. No surprises, thus far. The Blue Hose were outmatched in the opener, a 63-10 loss to Southern Conference member Mercer (4-0). Then, as expected, they defeated Erskine, …
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Blue Hose put up a fight
By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst fueled a comeback (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Dammit. Presbyterian College deserved better on Saturday night. The scoreboard revealed that Gardner-Webb, what with scholarships and all, doubled the Blue Hose, 42-21. Well, I mean, if you want to go by the score … An upset didn’t slide away. It slid …
County Signs: Last of the gentle scribes
By MONTE DUTTON This isn't Ron Green Sr., but it is a golf writer. Click here. Oh, I’m doing what I’m usually doing on Fridays this time of year: cranking out some stories to get ahead and looking ahead to a long night. It’s a long way to Daniel for someone’s who’s got work to …
County Signs: Blue Hose must stand tough at home
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Presbyterian College’s football team is 2-1, coming off a 52-0 ransacking of Virginia University of Lynchburg, and all is right with the world. Success is fleeting. The next two Saturdays find the Blue Hose uncomfortably ensconced at home when Gardner-Webb and Davidson come to town. …
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Blue Hose deny existence of Dragons, 52-0
(PC photo) Click here. Not since 2021, the Year of Kevin Kelley Coaching Dangerously, has Presbyterian College dominated a football game so thoroughly. The Blue Hose doused any hints of fire from a band of traveling Dragons. Presbyterian demolished Virginia of Lynchburg, 52-0, at Bailey Memorial Stadum on Saturday afternoon. Here’s a modest prediction. Steve …
Nightrider's Lament 