“At a pretty early age, I was playing catch with my dad,” said Michael P. Mahoney, a 2012 inductee into the Clarendon County Athletic Hall of Fame. “My dad loved the game and it was easy to see his passion for the game rubbed off on me.”
Althea Gibson was born on Aug. 25, 1927, in the small rural community of Silver. Her parents, Annie Bell and Daniel Gibson, and their “8-pound and long” baby girl lived in a four-room cabin that the Gibsons shared with his parents and six of their children.
Not every young man who grew up near Puddin’ Swamp playing baseball in his aunt’s pasture can say they played in a College World Series game against a future President of the United States with another future President in the stands asleep in his mother’s arms.
The ballots are in for second class of the Clarendon County Athletic Hall of Fame.
Eleven athletes with roots in Clarendon County have been selected.
They are Cathy Coker Batten, Brian Beatson, J.C. Britton, Homer Coker, Ned Darley III, Doll Eadon, the late Althea Gibson, Mike Mahoney, Bobby Matthews, Gunter Sweat and Joey Taylor.
A strong relationship-based career along with championship football and baseball teams has earned former coach Shad Hall a spot in the Clarendon County Athletic Hall of Fame.
Many years of coaching sports and being part of the life of many youth has given John Franklin Thames a spot in the Clarendon County Athletic Hall of Fame.
Basketball was the game of choice when Gunter Sweat grew up outside Paxville.
Baseball was THE sport at the Mahoney home.
Althea Gibson was born on Aug. 25, 1927, in the small rural community of Silver. Her parents, Annie Bell and Daniel Gibson, and their “8-pound and long” baby girl lived in a four-room cabin that the Gibsons shared with his parents and six of their children.
Leila Oliver “Doll” Eadon grew up with a basketball in her hands.
It takes a special type of athlete to be a pitcher.
Not every young man who grew up near Puddin’ Swamp playing baseball in his aunt’s pasture can say they played in a College World Series game against a future President of the United States with another future President in the stands asleep in his mother’s arms.
Baseball program that had been idle for 16 years.
Brian Beatson could never sit still.
One thing is certain – Cathy Coker Batten loved basketball.
