Archive By Author - Tom Didato
Knights straighten up to double up Buford
Jamborees are hardly the occasion to show a conference opponent your playing hand. But after watching Buford grind its way to 50 yards in an 11-snap opening drive, North Central head coach Louis Clyburn had no other choice than to switch into game mode.
Bulldogs and Blazers go all in while playing to scoreless stalemate
Jimmy Neal has been around Camden High football long enough to know what is thought to be a harbinger of bad things for the upcoming regular season is winning your portion of the Camden Shrine Club Football Jamboree.
A.C. Flora gets past Demons in offensive showcase, 35-14
Since last Tuesday's scheduled scrimmage with Hartsville and Lower Richland was cancelled by that day's storm, Lugoff-Elgin entered Friday's 39th annual Camden Shrine Club Football Jamboree with one scrimmage under its belt.
Hello, again
For almost as long as North Central fans can remember, schools such as Andrew Jackson, Indian Land, Buford and Chesterfield have been the region rivals of the Knights' athletic teams.
Crisis Management 101
It was business as usual for the football program at Lugoff-Elgin in the early part of the spring and summer.
Friday’s football jamboree returns to an eight-team event
With so many schools opting to play a week zero game, it has led to jamborees having to be moved around and coaches looking for places to bring their teams in order to get a game-like experience for their players before they take to the field for the season openers.
'Tis the season
Mother Nature must be a football fan. How else can you explain the dip in temperatures which occurred just in time for the start of pre-season football practice in Kershaw County last Friday.
End of the road
SUMTER – In a move akin to taking a six-cylinder engine out of a car and replacing it with one with four cylinders, Jake Brazell was told to scrap the fastball and concentrate more on his off-speed pitches as he prepared to take the mound to face Florence in Tuesday's South Carolina American Legion State Baseball Tournament contest.
Up in smoke
SUMTER -- Watching as Post 17 lost its lead to Inman in Sunday's second round of the South Carolina American Legion Baseball Tournament, starting pitcher Grey Hoke smashed his plastic Gatorade bottle to the floor of the first base dugout at Riley Park.
Survival mode
SUMTER – There were two ways in which the Kershaw County American Legion baseball team could have responded to Sunday's gut-wrenching 10-9, 10-inning loss (see story, Page 9) to Inman in the second round of the South Carolina American Legion State Tournament.
P-17 vs. Florence game moved to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
SUMTER -- Kershaw County Post 17 staved off elimination in the South Carolina American Legion State Tournament with a 7-3 win over Chapin-Newberry on Monday afternoon at Riley Park.
17ers try to stay alive with Monday afternoon contest
After suffering a 10-9, 10-inning loss to Inman on Sunday, the Kershae County Post 17 American Legion baseball team fell into the elimination bracket in the double-elimination event.
Zac attack
SUMTER --- When you are in new territory, you sometimes like to feel your way around before you get comfortable.
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.
Articles By Author - Tom Didato
Drakeford, Knights reach for the stars
In his first season in the NFL, Tyronne Drakeford helped the San Francisco 49ers win Super Bowl XXIX. Now the retired cornerback hopes to bring ...
Williamson is on a mission to prove that he is back and better than ever
With his first pass attempt of the 2016 season, North Central quarterback Michael Williamson hooked up with Markell Portee on a 10-yard fade pattern pass ...
L-E seniors look to break through against Bulldogs tonight at Zemp
With his first pass attempt of the 2016 season, North Central quarterback Michael Williamson hooked up with Markell Portee on a 10-yard fade pattern pass ...
Knights host Rocks to open Drakeford era in Boonetown
Tyronne Drakeford has played on football's biggest stage in being a member of the Super Bowl XXIX champion San Francisco 49ers. That does not ...
Dogs give away no secrets in a 7-7 tie with AJ
Fans attending Friday's 42nd annual Camden Shrine Club Football Jamboree waited out a lightning delay to see what type of offense first-year Camden head ...
Demons overcome mistakes and Knights
This is why you play scrimmages or, in this instance, a jamboree.
Foundation laid, L-E will keep on building
Matt Campbell is a "what have you done for me lately" kind of a guy. And as he enters his third season as head coach ...
Dogs hoping to go on the defensive in 2017
These are usually the days when a new head coach cites the familiar refrain that he wishes he had more time to get everything he ...
Heart and soul
Frightening sights are not uncommon on the football field. Freak injuries can come with something as simple as a cleat which gets caught in the ...
Meet Dr. Jekyll and … Dr. Jekyll
All last summer, the signs and words all pointed toward Chandler Price being the person who would step under center as Lugoff-Elgin's starting quarterback ...
The times are a changin'
For years, while other sporting and social events welcomed technology with open arms, the Carolina Cup languished while being forced to play catch-up.
Ellis steps down as CEO, Cushman returns to fold
Dr. Nick Ellis, who became the first Chief Executive Officer for the Carolina Cup and Colonial Cup steeplechase races in Camden with his hiring in ...
It’s all Greek to her
For as long as Maggie Speaks can remember, summer meant traveling with her family for a beach vacation before returning home and preparing for the ...
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