This week in League III baseball

Week of June 20-24

Thursday golf tourney benefits high school training programs

Camden Bone & Joint is sponsoring the second annual High School Scramble Golf Tournament to benefit athletic trainer programs at all local high schools.

Dorton gets best of Montgomery as 17ers hand Sumter first defeat, 4-2

SUMTER -- The Sumter P-15's had a chance to separate themselves from Kershaw County Post 17 in the American Legion baseball League III standings on Tuesday at Riley Park. Instead, Sumter finds itself in a two-team battle for first at the midway point of the league schedule.

L-E wrestling camp offers two sessions

The first of two three-day sessions of the Lugoff-Elgin Youth Wrestling Camp will begin on Tuesday, June 21 with the second set for Tuesday, July 12. Both will be held inside the Lugoff-Elgin Middle School gym.

Thanks for the help

As coaches of the Kershaw County girls' 12 and under state fast-pitch championship softball team, my husband, Joey, and I would like to thank the players, the parents and all the local businesses who contributed to this special event.

KC All-Stars come home from Aiken with state championship hardware

Take a group of a dozen girls, the best 12 and under fast-pitch softball players from throughout Kershaw County, bring them together for nine practices leading up to a weekend tournament and what do you get? Try state champions on for size.

Cheraw makes Post 17ers work for longer-than-expected 11-5 win

Like a walk in the park which is interrupted by a late afternoon rain storm, Kershaw County's apparent romp over visiting Cheraw on Monday night became a longer-than-anticipated struggle.

Kelly closes out her memorable tennis career at Converse College

When you never missed a tennis match in your four-year college career, it is only fitting that you would be the recipient of an award appropriately named, "The Rock."

8-year-old scores his first hole-in-one

Wait until the teacher asks third-graders at Pine Tree Hill Elementary School in Camden what they did over their summer vacation.

Golf scramble benefits KC high school training programs

The second annual Camden Bone and Joint Golf Scramble will be held on Thursday, June 23 at the Camden Country Club.

Ansley, Baldwin come up big as Post 17 rebounds with win

Kershaw County got the three things it needed most Friday night; a win, a little breathing room in second place and some rest, although not necessarily in that order.

This week in League III baseball

Monday: Cheraw at Post 17 (7 p.m.); Sumter at Dalzell-Shaw (7 p.m.); Hartsville at Manning-Santee (7 p.m.); Post 17 Juniors at Turbeville (7 p.m.)

Dorton's summer gets complicated

When he signed a national letter-of-intent to play baseball at the College of Charleston earlier this spring, Will Dorton talked about a last-ditch effort by coaches from the University of South Carolina to try and get him to change his mind and sign with the Gamecocks.

Six hours later ... Post 17 holds on for 30-24 victory

SUMTER -- There are a lot of things that can happen in a baseball game. Different situations and even different feats by players always occur, but two teams combining to score 54 runs in one game? It doesn't happen often … if at all. However, that's what happened in Tuesday's American Legion League III game at the Crestwood High School baseball field as Kershaw County Post 17 defeated Dalzell-Shaw, 30-24, in 11 ...

Football, softball and baseball camps set for next week

Here is a listing of sports camps, sponsored by the Kershaw County Recreation Department, for next week:

Hot stove league heats up at CHS baseball camp

Round one goes to the Dogs

Part roller derby. Part bar room brawl.

Camden girls overwhelm Lady Demons

Sometimes, the less said the better.

Singleton closes Wofford career with more honors

Former Lugoff-Elgin football standout Jared Singleton was one of seven Wofford College student-athletes to be named to All-Southern Conference football teams.