Archive By Author - Tom Didato
In the final pairing of a match which ended in controversy and confusion, Belton-Honea Path handed Lugoff-Elgin a 37-36 defeat in the semifinals of Saturday's Red Raider Rumble held at Greenville High School.
January 23, 2018
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Tom
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Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle
It took Garrett Knight longer than usual to emerge from his team's locker room Tuesday night.
January 19, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
Growing pains do not come without their share of struggles. The Lugoff-Elgin girls' basketball team has learned and continues to learn that fact the hard way.
January 19, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
The National Steeplechase Association's condition book for the 2018 spring season is out, and the lineup promises record-smashing purses and the launch of the new Georgia Steeplechase meet.
January 16, 2018
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By DON CLIPPINGER
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Equine
Every team needs a player who can play virtually any position on the baseball diamond if needed. Kentucky Christian University now has one to call its own.
January 16, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
Games and nights such as these have been hard to come by for the Camden boys' basketball team this season. So, head coach Ron McKie enjoyed it as much as he could.
January 12, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
Nineteen days off between games coupled with one of her team's top players leaving school Tuesday after becoming ill was hardly the way Camden girls' basketball coach Natalie Jeffcoat wanted to enter that evening's Region 4-AAA opener with visiting Fairfield Central.
January 12, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
Appropriately dressed for someone riding behind a team of huskies for a trek over snow and ice-covered terrain, Richard Valentine sat in the saddle aboard one of his eight horses stabled on the grounds of the Springdale Race Course.
January 09, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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Equine
Finding enough players to practice over the holiday break was a struggle. Finding those with heart and stamina was an entirely different story.
January 05, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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North Central High/Middle
Just when it looked like North Central was preparing to make a run at Lee Central, the visitors from Bishopville pulled the rug out from under the Lady Knights.
January 05, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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North Central High/Middle
By the middle of last spring, colleges were flooding Lugoff-Elgin rising senior Wyatt Campbell with offers to attend and play football at their respective school. At the same time, Malik Harkness was completing his junior year at Irmo High School.
January 02, 2018
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
When asked how long Hannah Beben had been playing golf as a member of the Camden High girls' team, Lady Bulldog head coach Matt McCarley paused and tried his best to give a definitive answer.
December 29, 2017
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Tom
Didato
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Camden High/Middle
North Central used a 12-9 fourth quarter run to break a 29-29 tie after three quarters to defeat Camden, 41-38, in Wednesday's boys' consolation game of the Mid-Carolina Credit Union Holiday Classic.
December 22, 2017
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
Venus Sumpter is hardly the most intimidating player on the basketball court.
December 22, 2017
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Tom
Didato
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Sports
At a time of year in which patience is in short supply --- whether on the part of shoppers waiting in store lines or, children counting the days, hours and minutes until Christmas Day, --- Lugoff-Elgin showed plenty of fortitude of its own in facing the deliberate offensive attack posed by Laurence Manning Academy in Wednesday's boys' championship of the Mid-Carolina Credit Union Holiday Classic.
December 22, 2017
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Tom
Didato
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Sports