Carmon named to All-PBAC squad

COLUMBUS, Ga. –- University of South Carolina Aiken junior shortstop and Camden native Stephen Carmon was chosen to the Peach Belt Conference All-Conference second team at a banquet on the eve of the 2011 PBC Baseball Championship at Golden Park on Saturday.

This week in Kershaw County sports

Monday: Camden in AAA Lower State golf tournament at Darlington Country Club (9 a.m.); Cane Bay at Camden in first round of girls' AAA state soccer playoffs (6:30 p.m.)

Springdale goes to the dogs on Saturday

On Saturday, May 14, hounds from fox hunts located in North and South Carolina, as well as Virginia, will be kenneled at the Springdale Race Course for the annual Carolina Hounds Show.

Carmon piles up honors for Pacers

University of South Carolina Aiken baseball player and former Camden High standout Stephen Carmon has been named the Days Inn Downtown Aiken USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Month for the month of April.

Take A Child Fishing tourney set for May 21

For many a year, Lib and Tommy Phillips were fixtures on Lake Wateree, working their family-owned Clearwater Cove Marina and playing host to a wide variety of fishermen and fishing tournaments.

Post 17 squads hold joint tryouts beginning Monday, May 9

The James Leroy Belk Post 17 Kershaw County Senior and Junior American Legion baseball teams will both begin tryouts for the 2011 summer season on Monday, May 9 at 6 p.m. at American Legion Park on Ehrenclou Drive in Camden.

NC hosts playoffs games today; L-E girls at Sumter

The North Central baseball and softball teams will hosts state tournament eliminations game today while the Lugoff-Elgin girls will need to win on the road in order to advance in post-season play.

Dogs' season ends; Lady Demons stay alive

Camden's baseball season came to an end in a 6-1 loss to Bluffton in Saturday's second round District 5-AAA baseball tournament game.

Camden netters top L-E, 5-1

There is never a good time to let go of momentum. And the Camden tennis team is not about to loosen its grip on the priceless commodity.

Lady Bulldogs shut out L-E

Camden sent its seniors out with a bang in their final regular season home contest with a 9-0 victory over county rival Lugoff-Elgin in a girls soccer match played Thursday at Zemp Stadium.

KC playoffs update

Since many first round games throughout the state were pushed back a night due to Thursday's inclement weather, the weekend playoff picture for half of Kershaw County's four playoff entries would not be decided until Friday night.

Playoff games continue this weekend for KC squads

Due to Thursday's rains, last night's District 6-4A softball game between Lugoff-Elgin and Sumter, in Sumter, was postponed until tonight at 6 p.m.

Four county teams open playoffs on Thursday

By TOM DIDATO C-I (Camden, S.C.) sports editor A quartet of Kershaw County baseball and softball teams are headed into state tournament play which begins with double-elimination district tournament play on Thursday and continues Saturday. Third and fourth round contests are on tap for next Monday and Wednesday. All four teams will be on the ...

Hoopin' and helping

Along with their colleagues, the Ballers' 11 and under squad, the T-ballers 14 and under AAU basketball team did clean up work in neighborhoods for the United Way. The two teams will also host a fundraising "Short Stacks for Change" pancake breackfast on Saturday, May 14 from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Fatz Cafe in Camden. Tickets for the breakfast are $7 each which includes one short stack of pancakes, sausage links, fruit cup ...

Second to none

Win well worth the wait for 17ers

While Mother Nature was putting on her own Triple Crown performance --- wind, rain and lightning --- outside, Kershaw County American Legion head coach Craig Smith was bringing the thunder inside.

Hayes' slam helps KC to fifth straight win

Austin Hayes smacked a grand slam to ignite a seven-run eighth inning as visiting Kershaw County rallied for a 10-7 win over Hartsville in a League III American Legion baseball game played Friday night in Kelleytown.

Injury ends Carmon's season

Camden's Stephen Carmon was placed on the disabled list on Monday, retroactive to Sunday, June 9, by the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the San Digeo Padres' affiliate in the class A Midwest League.

17ers ride Robinson's arm to win over Post 68

MANNING -- After beating Hartsville 7-4 on Tuesday in Kelleytown to improve to 2-4 in American Legion League III, Manning-Santee Post 68 had a chance to assert itself firmly in the talk for third --- and even second --- place in the standings with a victory over Kershaw County on Wednesday.

L-E softball, NC tennis players rack up awards

Following a season in which a young Lugoff-Elgin softball team finished third in Region 4-4A play, post-season honors came the way of four members of the Lady Demons' program.

After a one-year hiatus, Post 17 returns to its old League III home

What did the Kershaw County Post 17 Senior American Legion team get for being the nice guy last year? A final 4-12 record in its first and only season in League IV.