Archive By Author - Tom Didato
Dogs close season with 62-48 loss
In the ultimate "win or stay home" game, the Camden boys basketball team will be sitting the AAA state playoffs out.
Time runs out on Demons
Some sports are games of inches. Wrestling can be one of seconds.
Renfroe helps put Demons over the top against Cats
On a night when it should have been hard for him to crack a smile, that is exactly what Rock Hill wrestling coach Cain Beard did when asked to give a preview of tonight's 4A Upper State championship match between visiting and top-ranked Hillcrest and host Lugoff-Elgin, the state's third-ranked team according to the latest scmat.com poll.
Furman feels right for Robinson
If India Robinson never kicked a soccer ball, the chances were pretty good that colleges would still be knocking at her door, trying to attract the Camden High School senior to their institution of higher learning.
Demons administer one blanking and one spanking in tournament
Having feasted on Spartanburg for the first course, Lugoff-Elgin still had plenty of room left for Dorman, the day's second course, as the state's third-ranked 4A wrestling team breezed into tonight's third round pairing with Rock Hill following a pair of victories Saturday afternoon.
Custard prepared to start over at North Greenville
Shortly after Darius Custard signed his national football letter-of-intent with North Greenville University, the Lugoff-Elgin senior's mother let the cat out of the bag as to her son's thinking about giving up football as a freshman at the school.
Lady Knights heating up at the perfect time of year
Things are starting to fall into place for the North Central girls' basketball team. And with the state playoffs looming around the bend, the Lady Knights' timing could not be any better.
Knights cage Busby, Lions for first region win
When Lewisville forward and South Carolina State signee Cortell Busby picked up his second foul less than two minutes into Tuesday's game at North Central, he put himself on the bench and out of the game. When he was tagged with his third personal in the waning seconds of the first half, it meant more bench time fors the Lions' leading scorer.
Waiting game pays off for Bulldogs' Jenkins
As he took his official visit to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio last weekend, Alvonta` Jenkins got a good look at the campus, met with members of the school's football coaching staff, took in a basketball game and toured the town.
Demons' comeback not enough against Dutch Fork
Forsaking the X's and O's with his team trailing visiting Dutch Fork, 51-28 at intermission, Lugoff-Elgin boys basketball coach Derek Belton appealed to his team's pride during his halftime talk.
Lady Silver Foxes are too much for L-E to handle
Like a bright, neon sign which seems to keep blinking in the back of one's mind, Lugoff-Elgin girls basketball coach Von Duncan could not forget the pasting which her team took when they traveled to play Dutch Fork earlier this month.
Dogs clamp down on Knights in 35-20 win
Comfort is knowing that even though your team only scores one fourth quarter basket, you still win a game by double figures.
Lady Bulldogs stung by Crestwood, 37-28
Here's a simple math equation. The final spread of Camden's 47-28 loss to third-ranked Crestwood on Tuesday on the Coach Michael G. Culp Court was 19 points. Now, the visiting Lady Knights, unofficially, turned seven Camden turnovers into baskets while scoring three buckets on second-chance shots. A quick calculation, leads to Crestwood's having scored 20 points in those two areas alone. That does not factor ...
Demons wrap up Region 4-4A title
Some things never change. After closing out their tenure in the AAA ranks with a state championship last year, the Lugoff-Elgin wrestling team has not skipped a beat in their first season as a state class 4A entry. On Wednesday night, Evan Moxie's troops sewed up the Region 4-4A championship by pounding Spring Valley, 76-3, and host Ridge View, 70-6, ...
Auriemma says 89-game win streak was fun while it lasted
Rarely does a college women's basketball coach get a second look while attending a high school girl's game.
Articles By Author - Tom Didato
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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