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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


Rice feels a special bond with Doby

In some respects, Jim Rice is a walking and talking contradiction as to what the baseball-loving world thinks of the Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Nation.

April 08, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


One hit is enough for L-E in 1-0 win over Dogs

While pitchers Zac Bowers and Grey Hoke played a game of "Can you top this?" on the pitching mound, Russ Radcliff spoiled the fun of what was a marvelously well-pitched game.

April 05, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


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17ers’ win streak washed away in 8-1 loss to Sumter

Originally, Curtis Johnson's plan of attack was to throw P.J. Krouse for two innings in Monday's showdown with once-beaten Kershaw County and then, adjust his Sumter pitchers accordingly thereafter.

June 19, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


Sandbar gives Fenwick Farm a winner at Churchill

Sandbar, a 2-year-old War Pass filly developed at Fred and Wilhelmina McEwan's Fenwick Farm in Camden, broke her maiden at first asking with a win in a $45,000 maiden race at Churchill Downs on June 8.

June 17, 2013 | Tom Didato | Equine


Win well worth the wait for 17ers

While Mother Nature was putting on her own Triple Crown performance --- wind, rain and lightning --- outside, Kershaw County American Legion head coach Craig Smith was bringing the thunder inside.

June 17, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


Injury ends Carmon's season

Camden's Stephen Carmon was placed on the disabled list on Monday, retroactive to Sunday, June 9, by the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the San Digeo Padres' affiliate in the class A Midwest League.

June 14, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


17ers ride Robinson's arm to win over Post 68

MANNING -- After beating Hartsville 7-4 on Tuesday in Kelleytown to improve to 2-4 in American Legion League III, Manning-Santee Post 68 had a chance to assert itself firmly in the talk for third --- and even second --- place in the standings with a victory over Kershaw County on Wednesday.

June 14, 2013 | By DENNIS BRUNSON Special to the C-I (Camden, S.C.) | Sports


After a one-year hiatus, Post 17 returns to its old League III home

What did the Kershaw County Post 17 Senior American Legion team get for being the nice guy last year? A final 4-12 record in its first and only season in League IV.

May 27, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports


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