Wedding & Event Venue Near Camden, SC

Playoffs have reached the quarterfinals - with every game in the Palmetto State being an elimination game

The 2024 South Carolina high school football postseason is in high gear - reaching the quarterfinal round - and SBLive Sports is the place to follow of the live scoring updates and finals.

Follow the action get the most to date scores by tracking the SBLive South Carolina High School Football Scoreboard. We will have in-game score updates and all of the final scores from every corner of the state. You can also search for full schedules and complete scores from all of your very favorite teams.

Here's a guide to following all of the South Carolina high school football this week.

STATEWIDE SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD

CLASS 5A SCORES | CLASS 4A SCORES

CLASS 3A SCORES | CLASS 2A SCORES

CLASS 1A SCORES

SCISA CLASS AAAA | SCISA CLASS AAA

SCISA CLASS AA | SCISA A

2024 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCHEDULES: FIND YOUR TEAM

Can't make it to your favorite team's game but still want to watch them live? You can watch dozens of South Carolina high school football games live on the NFHS Network:

WATCH LIVE ON NFHS NETWORK

We also invite you to visit the brand new South Carolina homepage on High School on SI, powered by SBLive Sports, for the latest news, highlights, analysis, scores, photos and information on South Carolina high school sports. Follow our live game coverage and read our feature stories, breaking news, the latest recruiting news, rankings and much more.

Follow SBLive South Carolina throughout the 2024 high school football season for Live Updates, the most up to date Schedules & Scores and complete coverage from the preseason through the state championships!

Be sure to Bookmark High School on SI for all of the latest high school football news.

Download the SBLive App

To get live updates on your phone - as well as follow your favorite teams and top games - you can download the SBLive Sports app: Download iPhone App | Download Android App

---

Published Nov 28, 2024

CAMDEN, S.C. (WIS) - The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether or not human remains found in woods on Tuesday night are of a man who went missing in 2018.

Bones were found by children playing in the woods near East York Street off Bishopville Highway in Camden, according to the sheriff’s office.

Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan asked family members of missing person William “Bill” Black to submit their DNA for a possible match.

Alan Black, Bill Black’s brother, said he and his nephew had to give cheek swabs at a DNA lab in Gastonia, North Carolina, that can expedite test results.

Alan Black strongly believes the remains found Tuesday night are his brother’s.

“Due to the proximity of that neighborhood, he lives in. White male with a broken nose and the sole of an Adidas shoe,” said Alan Black.

Deputies from both the Richland County Sheriff’s Office and the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department were searching the area for clues on Wednesday afternoon.

“The persons been back there for a good period of time. I don’t know how long. At this point there’s no apparent cause of death,” said Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan.

Boan said deputies found a skull with damage on what appeared to be in damage near the nose. They also found the sole of an Adidas shoe.

The local coroner’s office submitted images of the remains to a specialist, hoping they may be able to determine a cause of death, Boan said.

“There’s a lot of possibilities it could be at this point here, and everything here would be speculating,” he said. “We’ve seen no apparent causes of death from what we’ve seen thus far.”

With years of searching, Alan Black is hopeful for closure.

“It’s been six long years August of 2018. Hundreds probably thousands of hours I’ve searched. Just not that area. He’s my only brother and I love him and I miss him,” said Black.

While the coroner’s office had not yet identified the DNA of the remains, Alan Black said Bill Black had Adidas shoes. Alan Black said he was with his brother when he bought them.

Boan said they expect the results of the DNA testing and images to come back as soon as next week.

Feel more informed, prepared, and connected with WIS. For more free content like this, subscribe to our email newsletter, and download our apps. Have feedback that can help us improve? Click here.

Copyright 2024 WIS. All rights reserved.

Only one council member will remain by December, as four will vacate their positions, including the mayor.

More Videos

CAMDEN, S.C. — The composition of the Camden City Council will look quite different in the new year. Only one of the current five council members, Hamilton Boykin, will remain in office.

Boykin will be joined by three newcomers—William Wilkes, a Camden native, and Phil Elliott, a retired member of the Camden Fire Department—who were elected as council members along with Vincent Sheheen who was elected as mayor.

Sheheen, a former state senator, was unavailable for an interview before our deadline for this story. But he outlined his priorities in a Facebook post back in April. He emphasized stabilizing utility bills, attracting a new grocery store to the area, and encouraging affordable housing.

This change in leadership follows the decision of current Mayor Alfred Mae Drakeford and Councilmember Stephen Smoak not to seek re-election. Councilmember Joanna Craig lost her seat in the election and Jeffery Graham who will vacate his seat following his win for Senate District 35 last Tuesday.

A special election will be held at a later date for Graham's seat.

In interviews with News19, Elliott and Wilkes outlined their major goals for Camden's future. Both men emphasized the importance of managing the city's growth, particularly in terms of utility costs and development.

"I have grandkids that I want to see grow up here and I want to keep Camden Camden," Elliott said. 'That’s why I got interested. A couple of things Camden’s faced with some high utility rates right now with water, electricity, and sewage, and all and I am looking forward to getting in there to see what we can do to help our citizens out with that."

Wilkes, who has deep roots in the community, agreed that responsible growth was essential for the city's prosperity. "Certainly Camden’s going to continue to grow. We want that we want Camden to prosper. But we also want to create a Camden that works for everyone, and when you have unbridled development that outpaces responsible growth, at the end of the day, the only people that end up benefiting from that are developers."

Elliott added, "You’ve got to grow to keep support the community, but it needs to be controlled growth, I want to get in there and look at the plans that's been made so far. Now, We have a moratorium on building that will give us a little time to meet with council to come up with a better plan to allow the growth to make it be a controlled growth."

The newly elected council members will take office on December 10.

A date for the special election to fill the seat left by Graham’s move to the state senate has not yet been set.

The city also welcomed Matt DeWitt to the vacated city manager position over the summer.

MUSC Health has broken ground on a new women’s center in Camden, a city of more than 8,000 people about 30 minutes from Columbia. Camden Mayor Alfred Mae Drakeford welcomed the news. “I believe Kershaw County is ready for a comprehensive health care center for women.”

That's because the county and surrounding region have grown almost 20% over the past 10 years, according to the organization Kershaw County Economic Development. South Carolina Public Radio reported that Camden, in particular, is “experiencing a significant economic resurgence.”

Tallulah Holmstrom, M.D., chief medical officer for the MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center, said the people who live in the area, whether they’re newcomers or long-time residents, need high-quality care that grows with the community. The MUSC Health Camden Pavilion will consolidate several existing ambulatory sites into one comprehensive center dedicated to the health of women throughout Kershaw County.

Holmstrom noted that the new building, the first that MUSC Health has built in its Midlands Division, sends a message. “This building is a visual commitment to the community – a commitment that the three-hospital division, launched in 2021, is a key part of MUSC Health’s plans for growth to serve people across the state,” she said. “The new building will be big – about 14,000 square feet. The majority of it will be dedicated to OB-GYN services.”

Key features of the building at 2034 West DeKalb St. include:

Holmstrom highlighted the value of 3D mammograms. The women’s center will use the company Hologic’s 3Dimensions Mammography System. Hologic says on its website that its 3D mammograms can spot 20% to 65% more invasive breast cancers than traditional 2D mammograms can. “This is top of the line. It is leaps and bounds ahead of older technology,” Holmstrom said.

Camden’s mayor said the new women’s center will provide an important new option for residents of Kershaw County and the surrounding communities. “Currently, many of us have to go out of the county for our health care needs. Having a center here will greatly impact our community. Thank you to MUSC Health for making this a reality.”