The Red Devils have won three straight games (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. For the first time, all of Laurens County’s football teams won last weekend. All the teams, combined, have a record of 19-12. The schedules range from Clinton High School and Laurens Academy, each of which have played eight games, to Thornwell, which …
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Those Blue Hose keep rolling along
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. …
Blue Hose keep on pulling the rope
Collin Hurst (8) passed for 175 yards (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – PC did it again. The Blue Hose remained in a state of suspended superiority, defeating Butler, 31-25, in the Selick Bowl in front of 3,682 fans on Saturday afternoon. Presbyterian (6-0, 2-0 Pioneer Football League) led most of the way …
Blue Hose to face first real PFL test
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 …
Furman gets off to solid SoCon start
(Furman photo) Click here. HOMEWOOD, Ala. – Clay Hendrix knows how to win, and he knows how to rebuild. He knows Furman University like a founding father. Been there. Done that. Whether as a player or an assistant coach or head coach, Hendrix knows anything can happen. Coach long enough, and it will. Recently, Hendrix …
It seems like a Disney flick
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I watch game after game on TV or listen on radio and hear the same word over and over and try not to use it, but there’s no way around it.Presbyterian College’s football season is unbelievable.The Blue Hose detonated Morehead (Ky.) State, 41-0, on Saturday afternoon at …
Ranked Blue Hose to begin PFL play at home
By MONTE DUTTON Zach Switzer (5) rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns against Bluefield (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Presbyterian College is ranked. Not in Greek life, ancient languages or team cheer. Not in foreign study, or artificial intelligence or analytical algorithms. Presbyterian is ranked 25th by Stats Perform … in FCS football. It’s …
Rams routed in 76-3 PC romp
By MONTE DUTTON Zach Switzer (5) scored three touchdowns (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Presbyterian College couldn’t possibly win its first two games. It began the season with upsets of Mercer and Furman. PC couldn’t possibly lose its next two games. Nope. The Hose throttled Erskine, 42-14, then demolished Bluefield, 76-3, on Saturday at Bailey …
Taming Lions is Clinton’s task
By MONTE DUTTON Zy Butler (18), Owen Glenn (10) and Angelo Cromer (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Before this season, Jeff Fruster stepped down after 10 seasons as head football coach at Daniel High School. He won three state championships (2020, ’21, ‘’22) and six straight region titles (2019-24). The new head man is Chris …
Life is but a Zoom, sh’boom, sh’boom
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Mother’s Finest is a funk rock band whose fame spread rapidly in the 1970s. I saw the Atlanta-based band play the Clinton Family YMCA. A couple years later, it played with Styx and Foghat at Greenville Memorial Auditorium. Dis go dis way / Dis go …
Nightrider's Lament 