Archive By Author - Tom Didato
Who do you like in the Cup?
(Editor's note: Don Clippinger is the media consultant for the National Steeplechase Associaton. Here, he gives Colonial Cup fans an outlook of the 12 entries into Saturday's $100,000 feature chase. He also included odds, if pari-mutuel wagering were allowed in South Carolina.)
Colonial Cup feature chase, Eclipse Award up for grabs
It took a cold/sinus infection to do what no horse on this side of the Atlantic could do last month.
Kingsley hoping to catch lightning in a bottle again
Arch Kingsley might feel as if he is a stranger in his own house.
Black Jack Blues out of Cup; illness sidelines race favorite
It's cold and flu season for horses, too.
KC volleyball players earn honors
Following a season in which all three Kershaw County high school volleyball teams finished in the top two of their respective regions --- with Camden and North Central capturing conference titles --- it should come as no surprise that when it came time for post-season honors to be handed out, players from these teams earned state and league laurels.
Walker set to fly with the Eagles
wo springs ago, Lugoff-Elgin baseball coach Randy Stokes decided to put then-sophomore Devin Walker behind the plate to handle a veteran group of hard-throwing pitchers, three of whom signed to pitch at the collegiate level including current USC closer Forrest Koumas.
Field of 13 nominated into Colonial Cup feature
The $100,000 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup has attracted 13 accomplished nominees, promising a large and talented field for the year's final major steeplechase race on Saturday, Nov. 19.
CHS' Wise to play in North-South All-Star Game
You only have one chance to make a first impression and Fidel Wise took full advantage of his this past season.
Gamecocks escape from L-E with a 20-19 victory
Without hesitation, Scott Jones decided to go for the two-point conversion and the possible win after Lugoff-Elgin closed to within 20-19 with 66 seconds left to play in Friday's season finale against Sumter.
From Camden to the Breeders' Cup
Three horses with Camden connections will take to the famed course at Churchill Downs for this weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships which will be run on Friday and Saturday in Louisville.
Demons look to the future tonight against Gamecocks
This, to put it mildly, has not been one of the most fun seasons to be a Lugoff-Elgin football player, coach or fan.
Seahawks ruin Camden’s AAA state title party plans
C-I (Camden, S.C.) sports editor
Chapin ends memorable campaign for CHS netters
Being a social studies teacher, Stephen Sutusky has a keen appreciation for history.
Gamecock Club executive meeting to be guest at KC Gamecock Club meeting
The Kershaw County Gamecock Club meets every Monday at 6 p.m. at the Old Towne Tavern on Broad St. in Camden.
Wooten graduates finish 1-2 in $110K Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs
Kentucky in October has been good to Frank and Daphne Wooten of Frank Wooten Stables in Camden.
Articles By Author - Tom Didato
P-17ers in it to win it
As he was heading home in the wee hours of Friday morning from Thursday's evening's baseball game at Georgetown, Kershaw County American Legion baseball team pitching coach Will Dorton stopped by a gas station to fill his car's tank. While there, Dorton, who still had his Post 17 uniform on, had a local police officer come up to him asking how the team did and who was pitching in that night's third game.
17ers face Rock Hill in Saturday's state tourney opener
Kershaw County will make its long-awaited American Legion State Tournament debut on Saturday when Post 17 takes on Rock Hill in the third (scheduled for 4:30 p.m.) game at Riley Park in Sumter.
How sweep it is!
Perched in front of their dugout, members of the Kershaw County American Legion baseball team started leaning as they prepared to rush the field after Bradwin Salmond's diving grab of Mark Allen Nash's liner to right field put the locals on the door step of a long-awaited trip to the state American Legion tournament.
Re-rallying the troops
Before they left following Wednesday morning's off-season contioning session, members of the Lugoff-Elgin football team took a knee and listened to their head coach who was in his third full day on the job.
Answering a higher calling
It was a normal day which was about to take an abrupt U-turn.
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