Archive By Author - Tom Didato
Connell ready to soldier on after signing with The Citadel
All you have to do is look around at the landscape which is college athletics and read the headlines about those who make a mockery of the word "student" in the term student-athlete.
Walker's Landing second in $150,000 Marine Stakes
Walker's Landing, a 3-year-old colt prepared by Donna Freyer's Custom Care Equine in Camden is proving to be a horse for all courses.
Post 17 kicks off season with two-game homestand
New coach. New uniforms. Same goals. The Kershaw County Post 17 American Legion baseball team kicks off its 20-game season with a two-game homestand, beginning tonight when the locals host Dalzell-Shaw in the 7 p.m. opener at American Legion Park in Camden. The 17ers are under the direction of first-year head coach and former USC pitcher, Curtis Johnson. KC will stay at home on Tuesday as Hartsville rolls into town before ...
Bulldogs pulled together in carving out a memorable campaign on the courts
Five days after his team lost to Bluffton in the second round of the AAA state tennis playoffs, Camden head coach Roger Smoak took a Sunday afternoon drive. While passing by the Rectory Square tennis courts, he saw five of his players (including four returnees) out on the court playing doubles.
Happy re'tire'ment
If his former players could give Mark Wade a going away present, it would probably be the oversized truck tires which the retiring Lugoff-Elgin strength and conditioning coach would make players flip down the field during the most brutally hot days of the summer.
Post 17 gears up for arms race as locals prepare to open Johnson era
Copycats and sports, oftentimes, go hand-in-hand. So, if you are going to take a page out of someone else's book, you might as well shoot for the moon.
Duggan not prepared to turn her back on volleyball
Sometimes, nothing beats a family discussion at the dinner table to help a young person sort out a potential problem.
Options abound for Outlaw after signing with Lancers
Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. When Blake Outlaw arrives at USC-Lancaster for the start of the 2012 baseball season, he will give Lancers' head coach Steve Williams several options as to where to bat the former Lugoff-Elgin standout in the order and in the field. Outlaw cemented that he will join fellow Demon teammate Jacob Murphy on Williams' squad after signing a national letter-of intent with the school last week. Murphy and Outlaw will ...
L-E's Horton prepared to take his tennis game to the next level at USC-L
You might call Tyler Horton a late arrival on the tennis scene. But that did not prevent the University of South Carolina-Lancaster from calling on him when searching for a quality addition to its team.
Flashpoint, Mr. Commons listed at 20-1 morning line odds for Preakness
Camden resident and Peachtree Racing president John Fort will try for a second Grade I victory in 15 days when Flashpoint takes to the race track in Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Rose ready to get 'on track' at Winthrop
Being a member of the Camden High track team is not the easiest gig in high school sports.
CHS' Robinson piles up soccer honors
Record-setting Camden High girls' soccer player India Robinson has been named to the AAA All-State soccer team after having helped the Lady Bulldogs to their third consecutive Region 6-AAA championship this year.
Plus-sized Eagles stand out above the rest
When your substitutes play as much as your starters, it's because of one of two things; either you are very good or, well ... you are struggling.
Off and running, again
For some high school basketball players, the season does not begin until the coach opens the door to a warm gym the first day or so in November.
L-E golfers make smooth transition into 4A ranks
It's not often that a team gets a chance to exhale when competing for a berth in the state championship as compared to trying to secure a slot in the Upper State tournament.
Articles By Author - Tom Didato
Demons hoping a change will do them good in 2013
What better time of year to clean up things around the house than spring?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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