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 ...

This week in Kershaw County sports

Tuesday: Cardinal Newman, Hartsville at Camden Military Academy (WR – 5 p.m.); Camden at Lower Richland (BB – 6 p.m.); Richland Northeast at Lugoff-Elgin (BB – 6 p.m.); North Central at Pelion (BB – 6:30 p.m.)

County hoops teams return to court tonight

The preliminaries are over for Kershaw County basketball teams. After more than a month of non-conference and holiday tournament games, the contests which will decide the fates of the six local squads begins tonight with Camden, Lugoff-Elgin and North Central all kicking off their 10-game conference slates. Camden will be at home tonight to take on A.C. Flora in a 6 p.m. start on Mike Culp Court. The Falcons feature 6-foot-4 University of Pennsylvania signee ...

Give that Christmas tree a new life

Instead of letting your Christmas tree take up space in a landfill this year, state natural resources officials suggest giving it a second life by putting it to good use for fish or wildlife.

L-E stays hot while Dogs drop three straight

Winning can be habit-forming and no team knows that better than the Lugoff-Elgin boys' basketball squad.

LCSC soccer hosts Saturday tryouts

The second day of tryouts and an informational meeting for boys and girls wishing to play for the LCSC-Kershaw soccer team in the spring season will be held on Saturday, Dec. 29 at the KCRD soccer fields. The meeting/tryouts will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 10:30 a.m.

Tournament time kicks off for KC hoops and wrestling squads

Not that the gifts have been unwrapped and/or returned, the tree is being dismantled and parents are counting the days until school re-opens next week, it is time for post-Christmas tournaments for a majority of Kershaw County winters sports teams.

Summerville wrestles it way to MPCU Holiday Classic crown

Summerville prevented host Lugoff-Elgin from winning a second consecutive May Plant Credit Union Holiday Classic wrestling championship by winning the 36-team event which was held inside the Demons Den at Lugoff-Elgin High school last weekend.

Major changes may be in the offing for county football teams

After having been split into four classifications --- five, if you include the Big 16 in 4A --- the South Carolina High School League is considering splitting its member football schools into five classifications beginning with the 2014-15 academic year.

Dogs snap two-game skid; Lady Demons drop pair

Using a balanced scoring attack and a 17-7 third quarter run, the Camden boys' basketball team snapped a three-game skid with a 62-40 win over host Lakewood on Friday night in Sumter.

This week in Kershaw County sports

Thursday: Camden boys in Golden Griffins Basketball Invitational at Fairfield Central (vs. Lancaster – TBA); Lugoff-Elgin in Farm Bureau Classic at Chesterfield (L-E vs. Berea – 4:30 p.m.); Camden girls in Midas Highlander Holiday Classic at Heathwood Hall (vs. Wilson Hall - 2 p.m.); Carolina Classic Basketball Tournament at North Central (Boys only: 6 p.m. – McBee vs. Cheraw; 8 p.m. – Westminster-Catawba at North Central); North Central in Andrew Jackson Holiday Tournament (NC vs. ...

Chopping their way to a title

Springdale 5K at Sunset set for Aug. 17

Registration is open for runners and walkers for the 5th Annual Springdale at Sunset 5K Run & 1-lap walk to be held on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Springdale Race Course in Camden.

Youth summer sports camps season cover all bases in the county

With the school year coming to a close, it is time for summer sports camps in Kershaw County.