To the victors belong the belt

Demons hoping a change will do them good in 2013

What better time of year to clean up things around the house than spring? Taking a cue from homemakers worldwide, Lugoff-Elgin head football coach Scott Jones used the off-season to rid his program of those who were not all in. What was left was a smaller group of varsity Demons, but a squad bent on turning things around following a winless 2012 campaign. L-E welcomed some 100 athletes to the gridiron for the start of ...

The Lugoff-Elgin “Blue Monster”

King tabbed 3-AA co-player of year

New classification. Same results. North Central High School senior Grayson King was named as the Region 3-AA baseball co-player of the year in a vote of the six baseball head coaches in the conference. He shared the honor with Zach Hawkins of undefeated Region 3-AA champion Pelion. A year ago, King, a Francis Marion signee, was named as the player of the year in Region 3-A. In addition to King, the Knights also had Ryan ...

Wildcats ‘steal’ the deal with slide-off win

LEXINGTON -- It was a daring move which, when completed, a coach is greeted either by a jubilant team or, an angry group of second-guessers.

Demons, finally, advance to district finals

t took three trips to Summerville but, in the end, it may have been worth the long hours on the bus for the Lugoff-Elgin baseball team.

Green Wave holds off Lady Demons, 2-1

SUMMERVILLE -- Summerville scored two runs off three hits in the bottom of the first inning and then held off the visiting Lugoff-Elgin for a 2-1 win in Tuesday's 4A District 8 softball tournament elimination game.

Lexington netters stop Demons, 6-0

This was hardly the type of present one would receive after having posted the best record in school history.

Demons advance to district finals

Lugoff-Elgin adavanced into tonight's 4A Distict 5 baseball championship with a 6-3 nine-inning win over Ashley Ridge in a twice-delayed elimination game on Wednesday.

Rain pushes L-E playoff games back to Tuesday

Once the Lugoff-Elgin softball team arrived in Summerville for Monday's 4A Distict 8 softball game with the host Green Wave, the Lady Demons were forced to do a U-turn and return home as late afternoon rains in the Lowcountry made the field unplayable for the third round elimination game.

Blizzard stymies Irmo on one hit, 10-0

Lugoff-Elgin will carry a full head of steam into Thursday's 4A District 5 softball playoff opener.

Demons head into tourney on a roll

In a pairing which had all the earmarks of a classic last game of the season in which one team is priming for the playoffs and the other is playing out the string, Lugoff-Elgin pounded visiting Irmo, 13-0, on Senior Night at Optimist Field on Monday.

After a rough start, Demons are playoff-bound

That strong breeze which you may have felt coming from the northeast area of Richland County on Tuesday night may well have been as the result of a collective exhale from the Lugoff-Elgin baseball team.

Blizzard, L-E girls shut out RV, 6-0

Sophomore Erin Blizzard shut down Ridge View on two hits as the Lugoff-Elgin softball team improved to 5-4 in Region 4-4A play with a 6-0 win over the host Blazers on Tuesday.

Bengals no match for L-E on the courts

Cementing its spot for a second straight trip to the state 4A tennis playoffs, Lugoff-Elgin used a 5-1 win over visiting Blythewood on Thursday to put the Demons firmly in third place in the Region 4-4A standings with two conference matches left on the schedule.

Getting in some heavy lifting