Javen Cook (3) hits the hole (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Clinton High School’s football team takes a 3-1 record into Friday night’s game at Daniel. Both the Red Devils (3-1) and the Lions (2-1) have one loss. Both are ranked prominently in the S.C. Media statewide polls, Clinton second in Class 2A and Daniel …
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Furmanology: Ain’t a whole lot to my Sundays
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Sundays are lazy days, which is one of many reasons why the National Football League is so popular. The days leading up to it weren’t so bad. I went to Inman to watch Clinton play Chapman, but rain moved it up to Thursday. I was up till 2 …
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Furmanology: Weekend to arrive a bit sooner
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. The week accelerated due to the prospect of tropical-spreading rain, but by the time Saturday at Paladin Stadium rolls around, by gosh, I’ll be relatively refreshed. The Clinton High game at Chapman moved from Friday to Thursday, which in turns, moves me to Inman a night early. I’m …
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Tales of serves and volleys
By MONTE DUTTON Lots of flags fly above Wilder Stadium. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Have you ever seen a presentation of That Championship Season? It was a play and movie about old teammates getting together. That tale takes a dark turn. Nothing dark happened at Clinton High School on Saturday night. It was all …
Furmanology: The eyes of the SoCon …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The Hotel Hartness is a fantastic venue that is hard to find. Sure, I went there last year. This time my pickup recommended a course that was blocked by construction. That’s why I go places annoyingly early. I drove by The Real Estate Gallery. Yet it was …
Furmanology: Slawson cranks up Pistons
By MONTE DUTTON A Slawson slam (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. I’m looking forward to football. At the moment, I’m learning even more about Caitlin Clark. Nothing wrong with that. I’m a fan, and it’s hard to avoid because the Indiana Fever is on TV three times a week. Plus, what used to be called …
Furmanology: Paladins ranked 14th in FCS
By MONTE DUTTON Senior Xavier Stephens anchors the defensive line. (Furman photo) Click here. Old movies reveal habits from the past. For instance, back when automobiles didn’t have consoles and bucket seats, drivers got in the passenger side and slid across the bench seats. Have you ever tried to get in the passenger side and …
County Signs: Red Devils stay alive
By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley connects. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The latest of life’s ironies occurred to me Thursday morning as I augmented, updated, corrected and reposted Wednesday’s crop. NIL (name, image and likeness) provides college athletes monetary compensation, yet the world “nil” means nothing. Thus could the athlete at an unmonied institution say, …
County Signs: A night for the locally famous
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. At this stage of my career, the best part of the annual Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame is that the audience mainly consists of people my age and older. They knew my parents. They ate at the Wrangler. They bought watermelons at my grandfather’s store. Those …
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County Signs: Tennis teams triumph
By MONTE DUTTON Nathan Meade (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I never thought I’d read books on my phone. Or watch sports called cornhole and pickleball on TV. Then again, I never thought I’d hear of a fellow named David Pecker, though I have to admit it’s an apt name for the guy who ran …
Nightrider's Lament 