Dogs, Knights collect tourney wins

Camden exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to break open what had been a fairly close game with Trinity-Byrnes academy as the Bulldogs took a 14-1 victory in Thursday night's opening round of the Pee Dee Pre-Season Baseball Invitational at Kellytown Field.

Royals AAU squads hold tryouts

The Camden Royals AAU boys and girls basketball teams will be holding tryouts this weekend at the Old National Guard Armory on Highway 1 in Camden.

NC trio no-hits Spartans

A trio of North Central pitchers combined on a four inning no-hitter in Tuesday's 11-0 win over visiting Camden Military Academy in the May Plant Credit Union Baseball Bash.

L-E’s Hannah brings home 182-pound title

After finishing fourth in the 4A Lower State individual wrestling championships, Jerelle Hannah gave himself a hefty work load as he took to the mat at the Civic Center of Anderson for last weekend's South Carolina High School League state championship.

Royals AAU teams hosting tryouts

The Camden Royals AAU boys and girls basketball teams will be holding tryouts over the next two weekends at the Old National Guard Armory on Highway 1 in Camden.

Four Demons, two Knights headed for states

Four Lugoff-Elgin and a pair of North Central wrestlers will represent Kershaw County in this weekend's South Carolina High School League state individual wrestling championships.

Allen putting up big numbers for Hampton

HAMPTON, Va. -- Hampton University senior guard Olivia Allen, the daughter of Cassatt natives Henry, Jr., and Iva (Clark) Allen, helped lead the Hampton University women's basketball team to an 83-42 win over visiting Norfolk State at the HU Convocation Center in front of a national ESPNU audience on Monday night.

KC wrestler vying for spots in state tourney

Both Camden and Lugoff-Elgin will host state individual tournament qualifying on Friday night and Saturday.

CHS, L-E to play in Camden Baseball Jamboree

Kershaw County high school baseball fans can get a sneak peek at the 2013 Camden and Lugoff-Elgin high school varsity teams on Saturday at the Camden High School Baseball Jamboree.

This week in Kershaw County sports

Tuesday: Camden Military Academy at Greg Mathis Charter School (BB – 5:30 p.m.); Chapin at Camden (BB – 6 p.m.); Ridge View at Lugoff-Elgin (BB – 6 p.m.); Fairfield Central at North Central (BB – 6:30 p.m.)

Soaring above the competition

Gary's 24-point night lifts CHS girls past Flora

Sharneece Gary poured in a career-best 24 points in helping lead the Camden High girls to a 59-56 win over A.C. Flora in a Tuesday night game played in Columbia.

L-EMS wrestles to seventh Carolina Invitational crown

Thirteen wrestlers. One champion. Seven-time Carolina Invitational winners. For the second time in three years and seventh time in the history of the event, the Lugoff-Elgin Middle School wrestling team returned home from Lexington High School with the Carolina Invitational team title. The annual tournament is the unofficial state championship meet for middle school and junior varsity wrestlers. Ted Monroe's Leopards, who qualified 13 contestants in the one-day tournament, scored 114 points to outdistance runner-up ...

L-EHS hosts Carolina Invitational qualifier

The Lugoff-Elgin qualifier for the Carolina Invitational will be held inside the Demons Den at Lugoff-Elgin High School tonight and Saturday.

Rizers top Aliens in OT

When you are a first-year franchise, rivalries are few and far between. But following Saturday's 143-140 overtime win against the visiting Atlanta Aliens at E. Clarkson Rhame City Arena in Camden, the Palmetto State Rizers may have just found an opponent which may fit the aforementioned bill. The victory gave Harvin Council's squad a 4-4 record in the American Basketball Association's South Division. The loss snapped a season-opening five-game win streak for the Aliens which ...