Community Sports

Two Lancaster County girls produced outstanding performances in the S.C. Junior Disc Golf Championship, held April 6-7 in Anderson. Alexandria Lambert, 13, an eighth-grader at Rucker Middle, topped the field with a 68. She also won the distance competition with a 260-foot effort. “Alex had a good, strong toss,” said her father, Steve Lambert, a disc golf instructor. “She was out there with her throw.”

Kirby finishes first in 5K age category Michael Kirby, 49, of Indian Land, finished first in the male ages 41-50 group in the fourth annual 5K Race for Literacy on April 20 at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. His time was 21:53. Post 31 Legion ball tryouts May 4 Lancaster American Legion Post 31 junior baseball team tryouts and registration will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at the American Legion baseball field, next to the Lancaster County fairgrounds, 823 Kershaw Camden Highway, Lancaster.

Former Indian Land High School track star Shawn Crawford, who captured gold in the 200m at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has been suspended for two years for not providing his whereabouts for out-of-competition drug testing. Crawford, according to reports, didn’t tell officials of his whereabouts for out-of-competition drugs tests three times in an 18-month period. The Van Wyck native was suspended from competition and stripped of all results dating back to Nov. 17, 2012. Crawford’s ban began Wednesday, April 17.

from Indian Land Rotary Club The annual Indian Land Rotary Cup golf tournament will be May 16 at Carolina Lakes Golf Club, 23012 Kingfisher Drive, Indian Land. The event, organized by the Indian Land Rotary Club, will be a captain’s choice format, with prizes awarded for first through third place.   The first-place team will win $500, second place will win $300 and third place, $100.