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Road is unkind to county hoop squads
Camden saw its two-game win streak come to an end in a 49-43 loss to host Chapin on Friday night.
This week in Kershaw County sports
Monday: North Central, Lower Richland at Camden Military Academy (WR – 5 p.m.)
Demons done in by TOs in loss to RV
Ridge View forced 22 turnovers in rolling to a 63-42 victory over visiting Lugoff-Elgin in a Region 4-4A boys' basketball game played on Tuesday in Columbia.
Monroe likes L-EMS’ chances at winning ‘unofficial’ title
In the days leading up to last year's Carolina Invitational wrestling tournament, Lugoff-Elgin Middle School head coach Ted Monroe downplayed his team's chances at winning the statewide event.
Tainted athletes dominating the headlines
It's getting harder and harder to pick and choose your sports heroes these days. Over the past week or so, we have seen a National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony whose acceptance speeches from former players not voted into the halls of Cooperstown could have been carried out by the late Marcel Marceu. On the more-talkative end of the spectrum, tomorrow, for those of you having the O Network on your cable package, you will ...
Dogs trip up third-ranked Dreher
Three nights after suffering a tough road loss at Lower Richland, the Camden boys' basketball team rebounded with its best effort of the season.
LR edges Dogs, 49-43; Knights rally for OT win
After having survived a slow start, the Camden boys' basketball team came up just short at the end in their upset bid in a 49-043 loss to Lower Richland on Tuesday night in a game played inside the Diamond Mine in Hopkins.
This week in Kershaw County sports
Monday: Lancaster, Orangeburg Prep at Camden Military Academy (WR – 5 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin, Dreher at Sumter (WR – 6 p.m.); Camden Military Academy at Evelyn Mack Academy (BB – 6:30 p.m.)
SV sweeps Demons; Raiders top Knights
As far as first nights go, this was not one which opened to rave review for Kershaw County basketball squads.
Bowl season off to good start for CHS grads
It has been one whale of a start to 2013 for several former Camden Bulldog football players. And, the fun may not be over, yet.
L-E falls in tourney finale
After winning their first two games in the Farm Bureau Classic over Berea (in overtime) and host Chesterfield, the Lugoff-Elgin boys' basketball team came up agonizingly short in their quest to return home with the tourney title.
Jenerette wins Seahawk Slam crown
Allen Jenerette had a fairly easy trip in winning the 220-pound weight division in helping Lugoff-Elgin to a fourth-place finish in last weekend's USMC Seahawk Slam held at Hilton Head High School.
Lady Demons press their way past North Central
On a night in which Lugoff-Elgin was without its leading scorer for the entire night, North Central head coach Mitch Lowder wondered where his team, which played so well in the first half, went for the final two quarters.
Sumpter’s buzzer-beater gives Demons 62-61 win
This is one Christmas present which the Lugoff-Elgin basketball team will not have to return.
Live Life to the Fullest
Ron McKie remembers the night as if it were yesterday. He recalls how a high school gymnasium, packed for a pre-Christmas basketball tournament game, went silent in a matter of seconds. How an alley was formed by people in the commons area at Hilton Head High School when the stretcher carrying Marcus Warren was wheeled through the area to an awaiting ambulance. Listening to the Camden High School boys' basketball coach tell it, the scene ...
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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.
CHS 4 x 100-relay team third in AAA state meet
Led by a third place finish from its 4 x 100-meter relay team, the Camden High boys' track team finished in 12th place at last weekend's South Carolina High School League State Championships held at Lower Richland High School in Hopkins.
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.
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