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A study underway at the site will hopefully soon provide clarity on what needs to be done.

LUGOFF, S.C. — An effort to fix and upgrade parts of Patriot's Landing in Lugoff has returned to the Kershaw County Council agenda.

County Council has commissioned a study at the site, While that study is not complete, officials hope it will provide insight on how to move forward.

"Madam Chair Katie Guinn, she made a motion to fund $20,000 and/or 10% of the project costs," said Kershaw County Councilman Russell Brazell. "I'd like to see us allocate a little more money to that project, so we can get larger matching funds."

The Council is also asking the Kershaw County legislative delegation for some help at the state level for the project.

Brazell says the goal to upgrade this project has been ongoing for over a year.

"About a year ago, we allocated, I think it was $6,500 to a study and that study is just now coming around," Brazell. "So, that money was allocated and a portion of it was used to remove that floating dock, so that's as far as it's gotten and it kinda fizzled, so we're trying to push it again this budget cycle, and we're definitely going to need more funding. The county has been willing to take this up and make it a project of our own."

The vision for the site is to make it safer and more user-friendly.

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"There is zero parking, people are actually parking in fire lanes, and a lot of people want to utilize the river, it's one of our best resources," Brazell said. "What we need, we need two boat launches, potentially a floating dock that is upstream of the launches, and hopefully a bigger parking lot."

It's something one resident we spoke to said he could get behind.

"I've been using it basically my whole life said resident Rick Jay. "It's the only access point to the Wateree River for people in Lugoff and Camden. "I would love to see it done sooner rather than later because boating season is coming up."

The county expects there to be an update for the council this month.

One night after crushing Crestwood, 28-0, in its Region 6-AAA baseball opener, runs and hits were fewer to come by for Camden in a 4-2 loss to visiting and defending AA state champion Andrew Jackson on Wednesday night at American Legion Park in Camden.

AJ starter Fuller Sims was working on a perfect game before hitting Aidan Heriot with a pitch with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning and then walking Wil Stines, one batter later, to end his night. The Volunteers finished the game with Jackson Madden getting the save after working 1.1 innings of relief. Madden was forced to work his way out of a bases-loaded with no outs jam in the bottom of the seventh.

The visitors scored an unearned run in the second as a Camden fielding error led to the game’s first run. AJ added solo runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh frames to carve a 4-0 lead.

CHS head coach Denny Beckley tipped his cap to Sims while adding that his hitters need to do a better job with their pitch selection.

“Sims was really good. He had a perfect game going with two outs in the sixth. That gives you an indication about the kind of stuff that he had,” Beckley said. “He had a splitter that he was mixing in really well. He was also locating his fastball low and away against our guys.

“I don’t want to take any credit away from (Sims) because he pitched a phenomenal game. Our biggest issue is that we are taking too many fastballs and getting behind in the count where we should be more aggressive. We have had this issue with our players for the entire season, so far. We aren’t aggressive enough with fastballs and when we get behind in the count, we start seeing off-speed stuff which is, obviously, a much tougher pitch to hit in high school baseball.”

Trailing, 4-0, and down to their last at-bat, the Bulldogs staged a one-out rally with Zechariah Haney spoiling no-hit bid with a seventh inning single. Byer Ware, who received the mound start for the Dogs, followed with a base hit before Lane Jordan drew a walk to load the bases for Tanner Bowers, whose walk brought in Haney with the first run.

Kade Bell kept the inning alive with a single on which Camden had to sit tight on the bases to make sure the ball dropped as only Ware scored to cut the lead in half at 4-2. With two gone and the bases still jammed, Stines sent a screaming liner which landed just foul along the right field line. Beckley said the agonizingly close liner could have easily tied, if not have given the Dogs a walk-off win, but it was not to be on this night.

“It that ball was fair,” he said, “we definitely tie the game and possibly score from first on the play.”

Ware, who came on in relief to pick up the win in Camden’s 2-1 victory over Lugoff-Elgin last Saturday, went the first 4.2 innings on Wednesday. The senior right-hander fanned seven while keeping the Volunteer batters guessing at the plate.

“Byer really pitched well and made some really clutch pitches in tight spots,” Beckley said of Ware. “Byer’s not overly powerful, but at the same time, his velocity is good enough where he can get people to chase up in the zone. He was locating really well when he got ahead of hitters and got them to chase his high fastball and then mixed in the slider on the outside.

“We’ve really been pleased with how Byer’s performed. We know he is going to be a big part of our staff this season.”

On Tuesday, the Bulldogs scored 21 runs in a 45-minute top of the first inning and cruised past Crestwood in Rembert in a game stopped after three innings of play.

Camden collected 18 hits on the frigid evening. Davis Beckley had four hits and four RBI while Patrick Daniels had two hits including an opposite field home run to right field while driving in six runs on the night.

Lane Jordan and Stines each collected three hits for the evening with Ware having a two-hit night which included a double with four RBI. Campbell Denton had two hits including a double with three RBI. Aidan Heriot and Bell had one hit and two RBI each to finalize the offensive barrage.

Denton pitched one inning and had three strikeouts and a walk. Jason Grant threw one inning and had one strikeout before giving way to Bayne Simmons, who worked an inning with two strikeouts.

Camden is scheduled to wrap up a four-game in eight-day stretch when the Dogs host Crestwood tonight in a 6:30 p.m. start at American Legion Park before traveling to meet Lugoff-Elgin on Saturday in a 5 p.m. game at Optimist Field.

Camden used home runs from Joy Back, Isabel Trapp and Jayden Kennedy to open play in Region 6-AAA softball with a 13-2 win over Crestwood Tuesday night in Sumter County.

Lyn Looney’s troops (3-0, 1-0 in 6-AAA) belted 18 hits in the victory. Haydin Williams went 3-for-5 with a triple and four RBI for the Lady Dogs while Madison Stokes went 3-for-4, including a double. Back added a pair of doubles in addition to her homer.

Alyssa Faulkenberry had two hits in the win while Aaliyah Haney and Rylee Barngrover had a single each.

Camden opened the scoring in the first inning when Back had a leadoff double, advanced to third on Haney’s sacrifice bunt and scored on Stokes’ single to left. The Lady Dogs added two more runs in the third inning when Trapp homered with Williams on to make 3-0.

After Crestwood scored twice in the third to get to within a run, CHS broke the game open in the fifth when Kennedy had a leadoff homer and Back homered with Watkins on. Stokes had a double and drove Haney in, and Kristen Evan, who was running for Stokes, scored on Williams’ groundout to make the score 9-2.

Camden added four more runs in the sixth with Barngrover hitting a leadoff single to center and Williams tripling in three runs to close the scoring.

Stokes picked up her third win in as many starts, scattering five hits over six innings of work while allowing two runs. The righty struck out five and did not issue a walk.

LUGOFF, S.C. (WACH) — Some parents and relatives are relieved that their children will have a safer walk to school now that a sidewalk has been approved.

Just months ago, they called for changes at Doby's Mill Elementary school in Kershaw County.

School officials say the district had been planning to implement a sidewalk, but things were put on hold due to funding.

Within the last few months the district was able to get deferred maintenance money to carry out the project.

All together the project will cost $20,000.

Kershaw County School District Chief Operating Officer Billy Smith says the lack of a sidewalk is a safety issue.

"The roads aren't kept as well as we'd like them to and they don't all have sidewalks," said Smith.

Relatives of children who go here say they are happy to see something being done, but one sidewalk isn't enough.

"It's a great place for them to start, although they could stretch it out a little further across the street for the kids that do walk home considering they are the closest neighborhood to the school," said one woman Danielle Williams, whose niece and nephew attend Doby's Mill Elementary School.

Parents and relatives were hoping for sidewalks to also be placed along side the neighborhoods where children have to walk in order to cross the street to get to school.

"A sidewalk on the school side doesn't mean the traffic across the street or going down to it will stop," said Shomari McKnight who's goddaughter attends the school. "And theirs's a whole neighborhood across the street and there is no sidewalk there."

Smith says the school is aware that more sidewalks are needed to for children to cross the road from the Spring Haven neighborhood, so he will be working with SCDOT to get those plans put in place.

"We have a SRO directing traffic," said Smith. "Well now that SRO has to direct traffic and direct children so we need to put a cross walk painted across there and we need another side walk put on the other side."

The work is scheduled to start during the second week of April.

Featuring a state-of-the-art, 26-acre campus focused on highly engineered polymers, Orion Performance Compounds opens for business in April in Lugoff, SC.

Orion’s leadership team, headed by President/CEO Jim LeGacy and COO Tom Drye, boasts more than 200 years of plastics industry experience.

Realizing that customers in North America are in need of improved service and on-time delivery of highly engineered polymers, while also witnessing market growth over the past few years, Orion’s leaders recognized that a void existed for a true “center of excellence” compounding organization, the company said.

“We have assembled a strong veteran team at Orion,” LeGacy noted. “We could not be more excited about this opportunity. Being reliable, on time, and a strong customer advocate should not be the exception. We are all looking forward to making our customers’ jobs easier through technology, speed, and reliability.”

Orion will make compounds from a variety of engineering thermoplastics, including PEEK,

PPSU, PPS, PSU, PEI, POM, PPO, PC, PC/ABS, ABS nylon, PE, PP, biopolymers, and various forms of recycled materials. Fillers will include specialty glass and carbon fibers, flame retardants, and a full range of specialized lubricants, UV additives, custom colors, and low-warp additives.

Equipment on hand includes a range of single- and twin-screw compounding lines equipped with the latest feeding and material processing systems. The facility will also feature a fully equipped plastics testing lab with mechanical, analytical, and UL flammability testing capabilities.

Orion is primarily targeting the healthcare, electrical, mobility, green, and industrial markets, promising sample lead times of two weeks and production lead times of four weeks, the company said. The company has an “aggressive” growth plan focused on a narrow list of customers. “Our goal is to do a great job with a smaller list of customers to provide best-in-class service,” LeGacy explained.

Building the 26-acre Orion compounding site “alongside my talented and experienced colleagues has been a joyful challenge,” Drye added. “Our goal was to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing site and center of excellence. Mission accomplished! Starting inside a 50,000-square-foot shell building with 40 feet of clear height, we had the blank canvas for which we utilized extensive design engineering to optimize the people-machine interface for today and future expansion. A key part of the investment for our customers is new state-of-the-art manufacturing and lab equipment to maximize our capabilities, response time, repeatability, and reliability. Orion is ready to hit the ground running, buoyed by our experienced professional compounding staff,” said Drye.

A look at The State’s all-area boys basketball team from Midlands-area high schools for the 2022-23 season.

The State’s Player of the Year: Cam Scott, Lexington

Player of the Year (Fan Vote): Arden Conyers, Westwood

Alex Atkinson, Jr., Lower Richland: Junior averaged 12 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.5 steals this season.

Kaleb Caldwell, Sr., North Central: Class 2A All-State selection averaged 22.2 points, 1.8 steals a game this season.

Madden Collins, Jr., Irmo: Junior averaged 15.1 points, 4 rebounds and 3.8 assists in helping Irmo to its first state championship since 2013.

Arden Conyers, Sr., Westwood: All-State selection averaged close to 20 points and 6 rebounds a game. Signed to play at South Carolina and chosen to play in Carolinas Classic All-Star game.

Brandon Crawford, Sr., Irmo: Class 4A Player of Year and All-State selection averaged 14.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.2 blocks in helping Irmo to a state championship. Selected to play in Carolinas Classic.

Jordan Frazer, Sr., Cardinal Newman: Senior averaged 12.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists in helping the Cardinals to the SCISA Class 3A championship game.

JD Gardner, Sr., Heathwood Hall: SCISA Region 1-4A Player of Year averaged 19.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.9 steals this season. Signed with Sewanee College.

Jaylen Golston, Sr., Keenan: Senior averaged 11 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1 block per game this season for the Raiders.

Chrisean Oree, Sr., Keenan: Region 4-2A Co-Player of Year and All-State selection averaged 16.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

Avantae Parker, Sr., Gray Collegiate: Class 2A All-State selection averaged 10.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals in helping the War Eagles to the Class 2A championship. Selected to play in the Carolinas Classic.

CP Parker, Sr., AC Flora: Senior averaged 18.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 blocks this season for the Falcons.

Jaxon Prunty, Jr., Lexington: Class 5A all-state selection averaged 11.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Wildcats this season.

Sean Quick-Streeter, Sr., Eau Claire: Senior averaged 20.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3 assists and was 47 percent from three-point range.

Cam Scott, Jr., Lexington: S.C. Gatorade Player of Year and Class 5A All-State selection. Averaged 19.2 points, 6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.4 steals per game.

Montraivis White, Sr., Gray Collegiate: Class 2A Player of Year and All-State selection averaged 14.5 points, 3.8 assists and 2.6 steals a game in helping the War Eagles to their second-straight championship. Selected to play in Carolinas Classic All-Star game.

Zion Wright, Sr., Saluda: Class 2A All-State selection and Region 2-2A Player of the Year averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists this season.

Shib Brown, Lower Richland; Zay Buckley, Columbia, Omari Caldwell, River Bluff; Evan Carter, Cardinal Newman; Cayman Collins, Chapin; Ty Davis, Newberry; BJ Etheredge, Brookland-Cayce; Amari Evans, Hammond; Kaleb Evans, Lexington; Ellis Jones, Ben Lippen; Ryan Lominack, Dreher; Izzy Macklin, Camden; Jeremaih Mccain, Lugoff-Elgin; Mychael Mitchell, Gray Collegiate; Will Olden, Blythewood; Josiah Peeples, Cardinal Newman; Jayden Pretty, Ridge View; CJ Rich, Spring Valley; Justin Skelton, Spring Valley; Elton Smith, Cardinal Newman; Joshua Smith, Ridge View; Marques Smith, Richland Northeast; Braysen Stockman, Ben Lippen; Te’Andre Summons, Irmo; Brian Sumpter, Keenan; Dane Sundell, Northside Christian; Will Swinson, Columbia; Braylhn Thomas, Gray Collegiate; Lawson Wade, Richard Winn; Quandre Wilson, Camden

This story was originally published March 16, 2023, 8:00 AM.