Archive By Author - Tom Didato
Veteran horse trainer Charlie Cushman dies at 85
He wore a tweed blazer on his back, rather than a blue cape with a red "S" emblazoned on it as he watched the early races of the 1949 Carolina Cup from his spot in the infield.
All systems go for CHS and L-E after HSL realignment
Even though the 2012 football season is some 56 weeks in the offing, Lugoff-Elgin High School head coach and athletic director Scott Jones already has one win under his team's collective belt before the 2011 campaign has even kicked off.
Move to Columbia-based Region 4-AA does not sit well with North Central
They say that you can't fight city hall. That, however, will not stop Louis Clyburn and North Central High School from trying.
Switching to center proves to be a snap for Robinson
As he gathered his team around him to begin preparations for the 2011 All-American Bowl in Kings Mountain, N.C., Stars head coach Donnie Kiefer had about everything he needed in an all-star football team.
CMA's Reardon signs to play baseball at Florence-Darlington Tech
Breaking up is hard to do. When separating from one's first love, however, the task becomes harder.
All Together puts things together to capture Kiser Stakes
Having tracked down pace-setting Here Comes Art for more than a mile and three-quarters, All Together met the final fence running and at the urging of jockey Xavier Aizpuru pulled away to a 2 ¼-length victory in last Thursday's $70,000 Jonathan Kiser Memorial Novice Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course.
Camden-developed grads off to great start at Saratoga
It was as good of a start as you could have to the annual summer race meeting at the Saratoga Race Course.
Vaughn returns to Baltimore to find a new home
It's never easy transferring from one school to another in the middle of an academic year, never mind when you have to travel through several states to do it.
Fall is in the air
You might not be able to tell it when you step outside your door, but the countdown to the start of football season is a mere two days away. Come Friday, all three Kershaw County public schools will kick off practice for the upcoming season with the first of three days of non-contact, conditioning drills. The squads will don the pads for the first time next Tuesday. With that being the ...
Pairings set for Shrine Club Jamboree
While members of the Camden Shrine Club may have their collective fingers crossed in hopes of good weather for the charitable organization's 36th annual Shrine Club Football Jamboree on Friday, Aug. 12, Camden High head coach Jimmy Neal is not leaving anything to chance. After lightning and rain washed out last year's slate of games at Zemp Stadium, Neal made back-up plans so that the Shriners are not left holding the bag ...
North Augusta knocks KC American from state tournament
AIKEN -- The Kershaw County American Dixie Boys All-Star team's post-season run came to an end with a loss to North Augusta in the state championship tournament played in Aiken from July 16-18.
Double talk
Let's see Austin Brown try and put this honor on his mantle. Brown, a former, Camden resident and Chairman Emeritus of the Carolina Cup Racing Association, has earned about every award that can be won in the sport of kings, including the prestigious and most recent presentation of the F. Ambrose Clark Award in 2007. All those trophies and plaques were ones which he was able to carry out to his car at ...
Bethune's boys of spring celebrate golden anniversary
Some teams are just too special to fade away. And, this special group of young men was just that.
Preger-developed Nereid gets dead-heat win in American Oaks
Nereid, a 3-year-old filly developed in Camden at the barn of Mickey Preger Jr., finished in a dead-heat win with Cambina in Sunday's $250,000 American Oaks (Gr. 1) race at Hollywood Park.
P-17 comes up short in bid to earn a state tourney slot
Nothing beats experience and maturity when it comes to producing in a big game and/or a key situation.
Articles By Author - Tom Didato
Round one goes to the Dogs
Part roller derby. Part bar room brawl.
Camden girls overwhelm Lady Demons
Sometimes, the less said the better.
Hard work pays off for CHS girls in win
After putting in countless hours during what was a wet summer, the Camden High girls' basketball team reaped the rewards of their hard work on a late autumn night when drops of rain fell from the sky.
Dogs can't close the deal in 47-41 loss
If you are old enough to remember when a record would skip and play the same part of the song over and over again on a record player, you can probably sympathize with the plight which Camden head coach Ron McKie found himself in on Tuesday.
CCE, Kirkwood grads pile up victories
While it may not have been on the flat track, The Elkstone Group LLC's Bodie Island roared to a 2 ¾-length win a short trip from where he was developed when he jumped his way to victory in the $20,000 Hobkirk Hill Starter Allowance at the Nov. 23 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup in Camden.
James tabbed to play in all-star game
Camden High offensive tackle Mauric James was selected to play in the 2013 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl in Myrtle Beach on Saturday, Dec. 14.
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