View Mobile Site

Archive By Author - Tom Didato


Dogs, Demons host Friday scrimmages

Both the Camden and Lugoff-Elgin varsity football teams will conclude their spring practice sessions with scrimmages on Friday night and the public is invited to attend both contests.

May 17, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


King tabbed 3-AA co-player of year

New classification. Same results. North Central High School senior Grayson King was named as the Region 3-AA baseball co-player of the year in a vote of the six baseball head coaches in the conference. He shared the honor with Zach Hawkins of undefeated Region 3-AA champion Pelion. A year ago, King, a Francis Marion signee, was named as the player of the year in Region 3-A. In addition to King, the Knights also had Ryan ...

May 13, 2013 | Tom Didato | Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle


Wildcats ‘steal’ the deal with slide-off win

LEXINGTON -- It was a daring move which, when completed, a coach is greeted either by a jubilant team or, an angry group of second-guessers.

May 06, 2013 | Tom Didato | Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle


Green Wave holds off Lady Demons, 2-1

SUMMERVILLE -- Summerville scored two runs off three hits in the bottom of the first inning and then held off the visiting Lugoff-Elgin for a 2-1 win in Tuesday's 4A District 8 softball tournament elimination game.

May 03, 2013 | By ROGER LEE Special to the C-I (Camden, S.C.) | Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle


Crawford's no-no slams door on CHS' season

As if to prove that Tuesday's no-hitter which she threw against Travelers Rest was not a fluke, Walhalla's Taylor Crawford threw another one against Camden, one day later.

May 03, 2013 | Tom Didato | Camden High/Middle


Cheraw scores pair in 5th to top NC, 2-0

Even the best tightrope walkers stub their toe every now and then. Grayson King and North Central performed a high-wire act, getting out of bases-loaded jams in the first and fourth innings in Thursday's AA District 4 playoff game with visiting Cheraw. But the third time, the rope wiggled. Scoring twice in the top of the fifth was all that the visiting Braves needed to send the Knights into Saturday's elimination game against Region 3-AA ...

April 29, 2013 | Tom Didato | North Central High/Middle


Anchors Aweigh

When you play basketball and have the same name as a former NBA star, you get used to the questions as to if you are related.

April 26, 2013 | Tom Didato | Camden Military


Demons head into tourney on a roll

In a pairing which had all the earmarks of a classic last game of the season in which one team is priming for the playoffs and the other is playing out the string, Lugoff-Elgin pounded visiting Irmo, 13-0, on Senior Night at Optimist Field on Monday.

April 24, 2013 | Tom Didato | Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle


Stokes’ walk-off, 2-run single gives Dogs 4-3 win

All season long, Camden has been searching for that one win on which it could hang its collective hat on.

April 22, 2013 | Tom Didato | Camden High/Middle


Wooten grad, Magical Moon, runs second in Beaumont

Magical Moon, which was developed in Camden by Frank and Daphne Wooten at Frank Wooten Stables, finished second behind Ciao Bell Luna in Sunday's $150,000 Beaumont Stakes (Gr. 2) at the Keeneland Race Course.

April 19, 2013 | Tom Didato | Equine


Knights lock down second place in 3-AA with 9-2 victory over Griffins

There was a rush to get everything done for senior night. After that, the buzzword for North Central was patience.

April 19, 2013 | Tom Didato | North Central High/Middle


Dreher takes down Dogs in battle for third place, 4-3

It would have been an uphill climb for Camden to have leapfrogged Dreher and finish in third place in the Region 4-AAA baseball standings.

April 15, 2013 | Tom Didato | Camden High/Middle


Dogs close in on playoff slot with 10-7 win

Whether by design or just a matter of placing batters where they are needed in the lineup, Camden has the good fortune of batting its two most experienced players at the bottom of the order.

April 12, 2013 | Tom Didato | Camden High/Middle


Jazz at the Center breaks new ground this weekend

By day, Howard Paul sits behind his desk as President and CEO of Benedetto Guitars Inc. in Savannah, Ga.

April 10, 2013 | Tom Didato | Camden


Jenerette sets high goals for his wrestling career at SMC

There is a part of Allen Jenerette that wishes he could get right back on the wrestling mat and get back to the business of winning.

April 10, 2013 | Tom Didato | Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle


1 2 3 4 5  Next »  Last »

Page 1 of 50

Articles By Author - Tom Didato


Up for grabs

One line, plenty of waiting.

May 24, 2013 | Tom Didato | North Central High/Middle


Demons hoping a change will do them good in 2013

What better time of year to clean up things around the house than spring?

May 22, 2013 | Tom Didato | Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle


Creed’s legacy will live on via tourney

In the days and weeks following the passing of Jimmy Creed Jr. last October, Camden County Club head professional, Matt McCarley, racked his brain as to what would be the most fitting tribute to his close friend and one of the club's most popular members.

May 20, 2013 | Tom Didato | Golf


Dogs focus on ‘D’ in spring practice

There was hardly a word said as to last fall's 2-8 campaign before, during or after Camden's spring football practice for the 2013 season.

May 20, 2013 | Tom Didato | Camden High/Middle


Kirkwood grad Freedom Child flies to win in Peter Pan

When Freedom Child was declared a non-starter in the Wood Memorial on April 6, the 3-year-old's shot at the Kentucky Derby went by the boards.

May 15, 2013 | Tom Didato | Equine


Take the long way home

It was as gentle a demotion --- if there is such a thing --- as anyone could expect to receive when they were presented with the bad news.

May 13, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


1

Page 1 of 1


Contents of this site are © Copyright 2013 Chronicle Independent All rights reserved. Privacy policy and Terms of service

Powered by
Morris Technology
Please wait ...