Demons overwhelm RNE netters, 5-1

Since Lugoff-Elgin restarted its boys' tennis program six years ago, L-E and Richland Northeast have been in a see-saw pattern when it comes to matches between the two nearby rivals.

Lady Demons knock off RNE, Lexington

About the only difference this time was that Richland Northeast put a runner on base. Meeting for the first time since Erin Blizzard threw a perfect game against RNE earlier this year, Lugoff-Elgin swept the season series versus the Lady Cavaliers with a 20-0, five-inning blowout on Tuesday. The victory lifted the Lady Demons to 4-3 in Region 4-4A play and 6-8 overall. Meagan Owens earned the pitching victory as she went all five frames, ...

Cavaliers hang on to hold off L-E, 6-4

Having to use both his number one and 1A starting pitchers on the same night in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Richland Northeast, Lugoff-Elgin head coach Randy Stokes plans on giving the duo the weekend off.

Johnston leads L-E to third place in tourney

Led by Trevor Johnston's tourney-best 147, the Lugoff Elgin High School golf team finished third in last week's two-day Anderson Brothers Bank Tournament played in the Pee Dee last Monday and Tuesday.

Jenerette sets high goals for his wrestling career at SMC

There is a part of Allen Jenerette that wishes he could get right back on the wrestling mat and get back to the business of winning.

Hellman looking forward to new set of challenges at CIU

When you father is a high school baseball coach, you spend your springs, summers and falls on the diamond and in dugouts, right?

SV holds off Lady Demons, 2-0

Giving a ranked Spring Valley squad all it wanted and then some, the Lugoff-Elgin girls' soccer team came out on the short end of a 2-0 decision in a Region 4-4A match played last Thursday at L-E Stadium.

Nelson, Demons kick off Olean’s season with 5-0 loss

While some in Kershaw County have griped and moaned about the unseasonable spring weather, when you are from Upstate New York and finally see grass on the baseball field well, let Randy Stokes describe the scene at Optimist Field Monday morning.

Osborne’s goal in OT lifts L-E girls to 1-0 win

Whitney Osborne took a pass from Beth Jordan and sent it home for the game-winner with three seconds left in overtime to give the Lugoff-Elgin girls' soccer team a 1-0 win over host Ridge View on Tuesday night.

Bowers finally gets run support and win as L-E tops RV, 11-3

Maybe, this is a sign that Zac Bowers' luck is changing for the better. Bowers has been Lugoff-Elgin's poster boy for hard-luck starters. Tuesday, however, that all took a positive turn as the junior was backed by 11 runs on eight hits as the Demons evened their Region 4-4A record at 2-2 with an 11-3 victory over visiting Ridge View. The win was the first in four decisions for the right-hander who, in his first ...

L-E’s Blizzard fires second perfect game

If it is Tuesday, then Erin Blizzard must be throwing a perfect game. For the second straight Tuesday night, the Lugoff-Elgin sophomore was virtually untouchable as she fired a five-inning perfect game in the Lady Demons' 10-0 win over visiting Ridge View. One week earlier, Blizzard was perfect in a 12-0 victory against Richland Northeast. Blizzard (5-6) fanned 11 of the 15 batters she faced in her second gem which helped James Marlow's charges to ...

Demon netters cruise past Ridge View, 6-0

So much for having a letdown. One day after an emotional win over rival Camden, the Lugoff-Elgin tennis team had little trouble in handing visiting Ridge View a 6-0 loss in a Tuesday afternoon match played on the L-E courts. The victory gave the Demons a 3-2 mark after the first go-through in Region 4-4A play while hiking their overall record to 5-3 heading into Thursday's conference match at Spring Valley. Coach Edward Rickwood's squad ...

Demons top RNE to improve playoff stock

Sometimes, what looks, on paper, to be a tough week was not so bad after all. Take, for instance, the Lugoff-Elgin boys' tennis team. Last week, Coach Edward Rickwood's improved Demons won once in three outings. But you will not hear the team's head coach complaining with his team's effort and, performances. This week, the Demons will, again, play three matches in five days, starting with Monday's win over Camden. "Despite our two losses last ...

Demons’ offense comes alive in topping Jackets, 10-3

Using an altered batting order, Lugoff-Elgin scored 10 runs and, more importantly, collected its first Region 4-4A win of the season in a 10-3 victory over host Irmo last Friday night.

Lady Demons run win streak to three

Three nights after having pitched a perfect game against Richland Northeast, Lugoff-Elgin's Erin Blizzard threw blanks at Irmo.

Getting in some heavy lifting