Archive By Author - Tom Didato
Slow start sinks Lady Bulldogs
Seeing as how visiting Westwood suited up just seven players for Tuesday's game with Camden, it can be surmised that the Lady Bulldogs' plan of attack was to get the guests into foul trouble and, run them until their tongues were hanging down to the floor.
Monroe likes L-EMS’ chances at winning ‘unofficial’ title
In the days leading up to last year's Carolina Invitational wrestling tournament, Lugoff-Elgin Middle School head coach Ted Monroe downplayed his team's chances at winning the statewide event.
NSA exhibition opener
Steeplechase horses in the Carolinas whose owners and trainers have an eye cast on the early season openers now have a place to give their horses a final go 'round prior to the races which count.
Tainted athletes dominating the headlines
It's getting harder and harder to pick and choose your sports heroes these days. Over the past week or so, we have seen a National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony whose acceptance speeches from former players not voted into the halls of Cooperstown could have been carried out by the late Marcel Marceu. On the more-talkative end of the spectrum, tomorrow, for those of you having the O Network on your cable package, you will ...
Slow start fails to deter Knights in 60-49 win
In those old-time Westerns, the Calvary always waited until the end of the movie to come in and save those in distress.
Eau Claire wears down Lady Knights, 58-46
Switching out five new players at a time, Eau Claire wanted to wear down North Central. And, as the minutes started to dwindle, so did the Lady Knights' energy.
RNE’s Rose blooms at wrong time for Lady Demons’ taste
Had it been a game of craps, Lugoff-Elgin would have rolled snake eyes. That's how tough its luck was on this night. The Lady Demons came into Tuesday's Region 4-4A pairing with visiting Richland Northeast minus leading scorer Dahiana Rodriguez and were taking on a Lady Cavalier squad which was hungry for a conference win after having dropped their previous 32 league games. For first year RNE boss and former Eau Claire head coach, Precious ...
RNE spoils Knight's coaching debut
There would have been much easier circumstances for Lugoff-Elgin assistant boys' basketball coach Garrett Knight to have made his head coaching debut than the one he found himself in on Tuesday.
Rizers top Aliens in OT
When you are a first-year franchise, rivalries are few and far between. But following Saturday's 143-140 overtime win against the visiting Atlanta Aliens at E. Clarkson Rhame City Arena in Camden, the Palmetto State Rizers may have just found an opponent which may fit the aforementioned bill. The victory gave Harvin Council's squad a 4-4 record in the American Basketball Association's South Division. The loss snapped a season-opening five-game win streak for the Aliens which ...
Local ties abound in trio of Eclipse Award finalists
A trio of steeplechasers --- each with Camden connections --- were named as the three finalists for the 2012 Eclipse Award for steeplechasing.
CHS girls use 24-0 run to upend A.C. Flora, 52-38
Just as a mechanic puts a car on the lift to see what is wrong with a vehicle in need of repair, Camden girls' basketball coach Natalie Jeffcoat tinkered with her team's problems during halftime of Friday's game with A.C. Flora.
Falcons press their way past Dogs, 63-48
In preparation for Friday night's visit from A.C. Flora, Camden head coach Ron McKie put his starting five to work by trying to break the Falcons' press which was set up by his second group.
Kirkwood grads ring out 2012 in style
Every Way celebrated the final day of her 2-year-old campaign by ending the old year with a victory.
Bowl season off to good start for CHS grads
It has been one whale of a start to 2013 for several former Camden Bulldog football players. And, the fun may not be over, yet.
Knights need all 36 minutes to down W-C in OT, 70-69
Proving that even the basketball gods get time off for the holidays, North Central was able to put aside the ghosts of close games past for, at least, one night.
Articles By Author - Tom Didato
Demons hoping a change will do them good in 2013
What better time of year to clean up things around the house than spring?
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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