This week in Kershaw County sports

Friday: Thomas Sumter Academy vs. North Central in the May Plant Credit Union Baseball Bash at North Central (6 p.m.); Fayetteville Flight at the Palmetto State Rizers (ABA professional basketball at E. Clarkson Rhame City Arena in Camden – 7 p.m.); South Carolina High School League state individual wrestling championships at the Anderson Civic Center

Signup begins for April 20 Clinic Classic

The sixth annual Clinic Classic will take to the streets of Camden on Saturday, April 20, at 8:30 a.m.

Wrestling takes over Kershaw County this weekend

Pick your side of Howard Speaks Memorial Bridge if you want to take in some of the state's best high school wrestling action this Friday and Saturday.

Knights fall, but still earn playoff berth

Having lost to Fairfield Central, 67-55, in Tuesday's final game of the conference and region season, the North Central boys' basketball team had to wait out the final outcome of that night's game between Eau Claire and Columbia to learn of their post-season fate.

Council signs a pro contract with Emerald Coast Knights

DESTIN, Fla. -- Camden native and former University of South Carolina Aiken basketball standout Sterling Council recently signed with the Emerald Coast Knights of the American Basketball League.

Knights of Columbus hot shots

Tickets now on sale for DU banquet

The annual Wateree Chapter Ducks Unlimited Banquet will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23 at National Guard Armory located on Ehrenclou Drive in Camden.

Welcome to the club

In the 2008-09 high school basketball season, Camden High seniors Jay Council and Evrik Gary helped lead Ron McKie's Bulldogs to a 25-2 record and the AAA state championship.

Cavaliers take two year’s worth of playoff frustration out on Demons

Evan Moxie is hoping that his Lugoff-Elgin wrestling team has a long memory. While on the subject of memories, Dorman erased some bad ones in Saturday in knocking L-E out of the 4A state tournament with a 37-33 second round victory. The win capped two frustrating years for the Cavaliers, who traveled to the Demons Den for the previous two seasons only to lose to the host off the first two rounds of the Upper ...

CHS to play for post-season berth

It all boils down to one game. Whether or not the Camden High boys' basketball team returns to the AAA state playoffs will be decided on Tuesday when Chapin comes into the Dog Pound for a game on the Mike Culp Court. Both teams enter the contest tied for the fourth and final playoff slot in Region 4-AAA after having won their Friday night road contests to improve to 3-6 in league play with one ...

Demons, Dogs and Knights taking to the mat Saturday

While Lugoff-Elgin stays at home, the Camden and North Central wrestling teams will put on their traveling shoes for Saturday's South Carolina High School League state wrestling championship tournament.

Crunch time has arrived for county hoop squads

Dreher outscored visiting Camden by a 14-6 count in overtime to come away with a 67-59 victory over the visiting Bulldogs in a Region 4-AAA basketball game played on Tuesday night in Columbia.

Gary closes in on 1,000 points at FMU

Former Camden High School basketball standout Evrik Gary needs just one point to become the 19th member of the Francis Marion University men's basketball 1,000-point club.

Lady Knights get first win of season

After having opened the season with 17 consecutive losses, the North Central girls' basketball team snapped a skid of more 19 games, dating back to last February, with a 51-37 win over visiting Pelion on Friday night inside The Castle in Boonetown.

This week in Kershaw County sports

Tuesday: Camden Military Academy at Central (WR – 5 p.m.); Camden at Dreher (BB – 6 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin at Richland Northeast (BB – 6 p.m.); North Central at Eau Claire (BB – 6:30 p.m.)

Former Demon Tisdale earns coaching honor in Florida

Former Lugoff-Elgin and Winthrop University baseball standout Eddie Tisdale has been named as the District 4A-13 baseball coach of the year this week by Broward (Fla.) High School Baseball.

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.