Lady Demons can't keep up with Spring Valley

Faced with a dilemma which comes with the territory when playing Spring Valley, Lugoff-Elgin girls basketball coach Von Duncan was not ready to slow Tuesday's contest against the guests to a crawl as did Blythewood in a 40-8 loss to the Lady Vikings last week.

Demon mat men crush Dutch Fork

What some teams would give to have the "problems" which the Lugoff-Elgin wrestling team encountered on Wednesday night.

Demons drop pair to Ridge View

Senior guard Jo Jo Pellegrino scored a career-best 40 points, but it was not enough to help Lugoff-Elgin get past host Ridge View in a Region 4-4A boys game played Friday night in Columbia.

Demon soccer duo named to U.S. Olympic Development Soccer Team

Lugoff-Elgin High School students and soccer players, goalkeeper Kyle Brosius and forward Robert Brown have been named to the 2010-11 United States Olympic Development Soccer Team.

Demons return home from Rock Hill with tourney title

Getting three individual championships was nice, but it was a win in the consolation finals which provided the icing on the cake for the Lugoff-Elgin wrestling team which captured last weekend's 31st annual Bearcat Invitational, hosted by Rock Hill High School.

Demons add another tourney crown to their 2010 resume

There was no better way to wrap up what was a memorable 2010 for the Lugoff-Elgin wrestling team than to end the past year with a championship.

Demons edge Chester to take MPCU Holiday Classic

Trailing former Region 3-AAA foe Chester heading into the finals of last weekend's 19th annual May Plant Credit Union Holiday Classic wrestling tournament, host Lugoff-Elgin used five winning performances (from as many wrestlers) in the championship finals to edge the Cyclones, 228-216, to capture its own event. <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; ...

Cavs start and finish strong to hand Demons 61-42 loss

When you have a new coach, sometimes you need to walk before you can run. That, in not so many words, is what first-year Lugoff-Elgin boys basketball coach, Derek Belton, told his team during a timeout after visiting Richland Northeast ripped off 12 straight points to take a 12-2 lead in the first quarter of Tuesday's Region 4-4A opener for both sides. Belton got his team to stop trying to force the issue against the ...

Baker's bucket gives Lady Demons a sweet win

Shortly before she got loose for what was a game-winning layin, Kirsten Baker sat on the Lugoff-Elgin bench with an ice bag atop her head following a spill after being fouled with 1:41 left in Tuesday's game against visiting Richland Northeast.

Lady Demons hang on for 59-50 win over Camden

Even though her team's score in Friday's win over rival Camden was nearly identical to that of Tuesday's 58-50 victory over Lancaster, Lugoff-Elgin girls basketball coach Von Duncan said the difference in play and emotion was off the charts.

Pellegrino leads Demons past Dogs in OT, 69-60

Like a cold car engine which takes a few tries before starting up, Lugoff-Elgin's Jo Jo Pellegrino coughed and sputtered for the better part of three quarters of Friday's non-region game with rival Camden.

L-E weathers early storm to upend Lady Bulldogs, 54-45

Sometimes, players have a way of making their coaches look prophetic. Coming into this basketball season, Lugoff-Elgin girls' head coach Von Duncan knew her team would have to rely on their two returning starters from a year ago in guards Caressa Samuel and Aneka Dixon. Friday night, thats backcourt duo helped keep their team calm after trailing host Camden, 20-11, early in the second quarter. From there, the pair helped lead the ...

Demons' rally is too late in 36-27 loss to Bearcats

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Demons jump into the fire which is the 4A wrestling ranks

As steep as the learning curve was for the Lugoff-Elgin football team this past season, it may be an even greater challenge for the Demons' wrestlers, which will open a new chapter in the program's rich history tonight when York and 2009 4A state champion Rock Hill come into the Demons Den.

Correction: L-E hosts Rock Hill, York in Wednesday wrestling opener

The Lugoff-Elgin wrestling team will host Rock Hill and York in Wednesday night's season-opening matches. The match was incorrectly printed as a Tuesday night contest in the Chronicle-Independent.

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