Archive By Author - Tom Didato
17ers score five in first to upend Manning, 12-4
MANNING -- Manning-Santee put itself in an early hole against Kershaw County Post 17 on Monday and try as it might, Post 68 couldn't pull itself out.
Hoppner's American stay ends with a bang in state tennis tourney
Each day, millions of Americans pull up to a fast food restaurant intercom, place their order and moments later, their food and drinks are handed to them and they are off and back on the road again.
Cheraw forfeits game to Post 17
Fans arriving at American Legion Park last Thursday night and seeing an empty, but playable, field may have thought that evening's League III game between Kershaw County Post 17 and visiting Cheraw was not played due to wet grounds.
Local stables enjoying strong spring
Thanks in large part to Commanding Curve's second-place finish in the $2 million Kentucky Derby and his ninth in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables of Camden is enjoying a stellar spring.
17ers pull away from Cheraw
Just when it looked as if Kershaw County might enjoy a little additional down time on a warm Monday evening, Cheraw made the locals pull a regular shift.
Bowers, Hoke to play in all-star baseball games
While the Grand Strand is filled with sunbathers and vacationers at this time of year, a pair of recent Kershaw County graduates will spend this weekend in Myrtle Beach putting in a little work.
The end of an era
Glady Smoak remembers the night as if it were yesterday.
Red-hot Stokes helps lift P-17 past Jets
DALZELL -- After opening the American Legion baseball season with a convincing 12-2 victory, Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 suffered its second straight loss to Kershaw County Post 17 on Friday, falling 10-6 at Thomas Sumter Academy's General Field on Friday night.
Nine-run fifth propels P-7 past Jets
It was only one game, but it sure seemed as if Kershaw County American Legion baseball coach Craig Smith was coaching two.
Jets unload on P-17, 12-2
DALZELL -- Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 head coach Steve Campbell had to shuffle his starting lineup right before the Jets season-opener due to a player having a job interview.
17ers take two of three in North Carolina
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. -- Kershaw County Post 17 received a brilliant pitching performance from The Citadel-signee Grey Hoke in the opener and a walk-off solo home run from Russ Radcliffe in the nightcap to sweep Haywood (N.C.) Post 47, 6-1 and 3-2, in an American Legion Senior Opening Day doubleheader on Saturday at Tuscola Ballpark.
Trading places
Willie Taylor manned so many different positions on defense during his four seasons at North Central that adding a new place to play in college does not faze him one bit.
Outten hopes year at Gray attracts college suitors
Ask any student-athlete about what number they want to be in anything and, more than likely, the answer you get will be "first."
Armed and Dangerous
There's an old baseball adage which says that you can never have enough pitching. This year, thanks to an influx of arms and a new three-game-a-week League III schedule, the Kershaw County Post 17 American Legion baseball team may well have mound talent to burn.
Bulldog to Bulldog, Beckley to Beckley
Grey Hoke saw his stock soar after he threw a three-hitter at A.C. Flora which played a large role in Camden's 2-1 win on April 4.
Articles By Author - Tom Didato
North Myrtle Beach scores in waves sending Dogs to fourth straight loss
LITTLE RIVER --- Brian Rimpf had the wide-eyed look of a little kid who had successfully made his way crossing the street in the middle of ...
Simon says ...
There were plenty of check marks on North Central's side of the ledger heading into Friday's game at Great Falls.
Mistake-prone Bulldogs doubled-up in 28-14 loss
FLORENCE --- In a numbers game, these were some of those which did not add up the way Camden would have liked in a Thursday night ...
AJ defense shuts down ground game and Knights in region opener, 28-0
KERSHAW --- Its starting quarterback and a chief playmaker on both sides of the football each watching from the sidelines in street clothes and being thrown ...
CHS offense sputters in defeat
One of the best ways to keep or, secure your spot on a football team is to be playing hard late in a contest in ...
Lady Demons cruise past CHS in 3
Starting out as if they were double-parked, Lugoff-Elgin rattled off the first six points in Wednesday's volleyball match at Camden in rapid succession.
Whirlwinds blow Knights away
After his team scored a touchdown in the closing seconds of the first half to close the gap against Timmonsville to a 21-13, North Central ...
Spartans fall flat in 28-14 setback
It all seemed to be going so right before it went oh-so wrong.
Knock, knock
While it may not be the most exciting 100-yard stretch of racing at next spring's Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races, the Knockerball Steeplechase promises to ...
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