Youth sports camps ready for summer runs

With the school year coming to a close, it is time for summer sports camps in Kershaw County.

Seeing the project through

Ron Blackmon, the former North Central High School head football coach and athletic director, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Carolina Strength Coaches Association (SCSCA) at the South Carolina High School Powerlifting Meet earlier this spring.

Requiem for a champion

As he prepared to tack up Cougar at Heart for a mid-Monday morning gallop at the Springdale Race Course, Brian Crowley peered beneath the neck of the 5-year-old mare and pointed a finger across the way to the vacant stall 618 which was occupied by Arcadius.

CHS, L-E and NC slate spring football games

All three Kershaw County high school football teams will close out their two weeks of practice with their annual spring games this week.

Carmon named semifinalist for Tino Martinez Award

OMAHA, Neb. – Camden's Stephen Carmon, a senior shortstop at the University of South Carolina Aiken, has been chosen as a semifinalist for the 2012 Tino Martinez Award.

MPCU comes through

Sporting clays event at Hermitage Farm will benefit Columbia’s Ronald McDonald House

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Columbia invites sporting clay shooters to participate in the sixth Annual McDonald's of Camden Sporting Clays Tournament to be held at Hermitage Farm Shooting Sports in Camden on Saturday, May 19 beginning at noon.

Back home

Post 17 squads hold tryouts Monday, May 7

The James Leroy Belk Post 17 Kershaw County Senior and Junior American Legion baseball teams will both begin tryouts for the 2012 summer season on Monday, May 7 at 6 p.m. at American Legion Park on Ehrenclou Drive in Camden.

Season comes to an end for county teams

Things were no better in round two of the state playoffs than they were in opening night play for Kershaw County teams as the Lugoff-Elgin and North Central baseball teams saw their seasons come to an end while the Camden and L-E softball teams were knocked out of the state tourney with second round losses.

Black Thursday

Hide the kids.

Johnson signs with Minnesota

Camden native and former Camden High football player Roland Johnson signed a national football letter-of-intent with the University of Minnesota.

Knights reclaim Region 3-A track throne

Playing keep away with the Region 3-A boys' track championship trophy, North Central kept the hardware in Boonetown as the Knights won the conference title for the second time in as many years by winning Tuesday's championship meet which they hosted.

L-E girls lose tourney opener

State tournament play opened on a sour note for the Lugoff-Elgin softball team which kicked off post-season action Wednesday with a 6-0 loss to Region 6 champion Carolina Forest on Wednesday night in Myrtle Beach.

All shined up with somewhere to go

KCPRD offers soccer skills camp

The Kershaw County Parks and Recreation Department is offering seven- and eight-year old soccer players the chance to become a part of Technical Soccer Camp, an eight-week program which teaches youngsters the right way to play soccer in a fun and challenging environment.

Calling the shots

DOVER, Del. -- Camden native and former Camden High School football standout Kenny Carter was named as the head football coach at Delaware State University last Wednesday.

This week in KC sports

Monday: Lewisville, Darlington at Camden Military Academy (WR – 5 p.m.); Camden Military Academy at Fairfield Central (BB – 6 p.m.)

Wilson’s pin leads Demons past Dogs

Stepping onto the mat for the final pairing of the evening, Lugoff-Elgin freshman 106-pounder Devin Wilson knew he needed to win by his match by, at least, a four-point major decision to give his team a win over host Camden on Tuesday night.