Archive By Author - Tom Didato
Grid coaches honor county's best for 2010
This past football season saw plenty of new faces play key roles for all four Kershaw County high school football programs.
Austin learning as a 'red-shirt' with Pats
Times are tough for recent college graduates and their quests to find meaningful employment in their chosen field.
Knights fail to keep up with Cards in 67-44 setback
Ready to stick with a 2-3 zone defense which caused visiting Cardinal Newman troubles in the first half, North Central's best-laid defensive plans were thrown out with the bath water in a sloppy second half stretch.
Cardinals swoop on NC girls for sweep
Progress, like beauty, is sometimes in the eye of the beholder.
Cavs start and finish strong to hand Demons 61-42 loss
When you have a new coach, sometimes you need to walk before you can run. That, in not so many words, is what first-year Lugoff-Elgin boys basketball coach, Derek Belton, told his team during a timeout after visiting Richland Northeast ripped off 12 straight points to take a 12-2 lead in the first quarter of Tuesday's Region 4-4A opener for both sides. Belton got his team to stop trying to force the issue against the ...
Baker's bucket gives Lady Demons a sweet win
Shortly before she got loose for what was a game-winning layin, Kirsten Baker sat on the Lugoff-Elgin bench with an ice bag atop her head following a spill after being fouled with 1:41 left in Tuesday's game against visiting Richland Northeast.
Lady Demons hang on for 59-50 win over Camden
Even though her team's score in Friday's win over rival Camden was nearly identical to that of Tuesday's 58-50 victory over Lancaster, Lugoff-Elgin girls basketball coach Von Duncan said the difference in play and emotion was off the charts.
Bulldogs breeze past ice cold-shooting Demons, 47-34
It stood out like an elephant in a dog show. After 15 minutes of play in Friday's game against Camden, Lugoff-Elgin had not made a field goal and trailed the visiting Bulldogs, 17-2. Thankfully for the Demons, they would outscore the guests, 33-30, from that point. But the damage had been done early as CHS gained a split of the season series between the two rivals with a 47-34 victory inside the Demons ...
Lady Knights soar past Eagles
As luck would have it, Katie Bradley's 12-foot jumper came after the horn signaling the end of the first half had sounded.
Mat Dogs score first win of season
The Camden High wrestling team scored their first win of the season on Wednesday in Columbia by thumping Keenan, 48-12.
Governor's School can't slow down high-flying Knights
Well before his team headed to the locker room to dress for Tuesday's game with the visiting Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, North Central boys' basketball coach Chad Dixon passed along this message, "We're not going to win 100 to 40 this time," he said.
Fund established to benefit injured jockey Torres
Saturday will mark four weeks since Cassatt resident and apprentice steeplechase jockey Jorge Torres was critically injured in a fall from his horse at the Nov. 13 Colonial Cup Steeplechase Races in Camden.
Men of iron keeping records in the family
Even world record-holders need someone to push them to along in their quest to be the best they can be.
Pellegrino leads Demons past Dogs in OT, 69-60
Like a cold car engine which takes a few tries before starting up, Lugoff-Elgin's Jo Jo Pellegrino coughed and sputtered for the better part of three quarters of Friday's non-region game with rival Camden.
L-E weathers early storm to upend Lady Bulldogs, 54-45
Sometimes, players have a way of making their coaches look prophetic. Coming into this basketball season, Lugoff-Elgin girls' head coach Von Duncan knew her team would have to rely on their two returning starters from a year ago in guards Caressa Samuel and Aneka Dixon. Friday night, thats backcourt duo helped keep their team calm after trailing host Camden, 20-11, early in the second quarter. From there, the pair helped lead the ...
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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