Camden High Football
Historical Records
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Camden High Football Historical Records |
(Pictures and information courtesy of Carolina Sports, Inc., Camden Archives, Tom Didato and the Chronicle-Independent, Buster Beckham, Red Lynch, Gridiron Legends - The Camden Bulldogs)
1894 through 2006
112 Years of Tradition
1894-1917
1894 - Intramural Football begins at the Camden Graded School with two squads
- the Athenians and the Spartans, coached by Leonard T. Baker.
1895 - Camden Graded School plays their first out-of-town game with a Columbia
football team.
1903 - Football is played at the dedication of the high school on Laurens
Street.
1917 - Superintendent J.G. Richards becomes coach.
1920's
1920 - Team becomes known as Bull Dogs.
1926 - Camden enters "B" Class competition, loses Lower State title game to
Mullins 21-0.
1927 - Lower State title game loss to Batesburg-Leesville 19-2.
1928 - District 5 and 7 Champions. Lower State title game loss to B-L 14-13.
1929 - J.M. Villepigue becomes head coach. Zemp Field is dedicated on November
7. State title game loss to Chester 19-13.
1930's
1931 - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Class B) - over Chester 32-7.
1933 - Upper state champions, state title loss to Johnston 20-15.
1934 - Lower state champions, state title loss to Great Falls 21-6.
1936 - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Class B) - over Honea Path 26-0.
1937 - Class A Ranking, state title loss to Easley in heavy rain and fog 13-7.
1940's
1940 - CHS band makes on-field marching debut.
1944 - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP claimed due to undefeated season,
with no title game being played due to war blackout and gas rationing.
1947 - First Homecoming Queen is crowned.
1950's
1956 - AA ranking.
1957 - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Class AA) - over Lancaster 13-6.
CHS also wins state titles in Boys' and Girls' basketball and baseball.
1960's
1963 - W.L. "Red" Lynch becomes first CHS player to return as
head coach.
1964 - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Class AA) - over Easley 26-0. All
class champions and named Best defensive team in the nation. Perfect season,
unscored upon in regular season.
1970's
1970 - Camden High and Jackson High consolidate in 1970-71. Class AAAA.
1971 - Lynch steps down as head coach.
1972 - Billy Ammons, 1964 CHS quarterback, named head coach.
1975 - Region 6-AAAA Champions. Loss to Middleton 12-7 in First round of
playoffs.
1976 - Shrine Jamboree debuts at Zemp Stadium. Loss to Dillon 28-6 in
playoffs.
1978 - Region 4-AAAA Champions. Win over Middleton, win over Sumter but loss
to Summerville 30-14 in Lower State Championship.
1979 - Loss to Dillon 14-7 in AAAA playoffs.
1980's
1980 - Region 4-AAAA Champions. Win over Conway, but loss to Summerville 17-7.
1981 - Defeated Dreher, loss to Hartsville in AAAA playoffs.
1983 - Region IV-AAAA Champions. Undefeated regular season (10-0). Loss to
Walterboro 19-13 in second round of playoffs.
1984 - Reclassified in AAA. Loss to Myrtle Beach in second round playoffs.
1985 - Loss to Strom Thurmond 14-13 in AAA playoffs.
1988 - Loss to Daniel 13-7 in second round of playoffs.
1989 - Win over Byrnes, loss to Seneca 17-14 in second round of AAA Upper
state playoffs.
1990's
1991
- 8-5 overall with 10-7 loss to state champ Daniel in second round.
1994 - CHS Celebrates 100th year of football.
1995 - Loss to Berea 17-0 in AAA Playoffs.
1997 - Loss to Dillon 14-3 in Lower State playoffs. Billy Ammons steps down as
head coach.
1998 - Jimmy Neal becomes third former CHS player to be named
as head coach.
1999 - Region IV-AAA Co-champions, loss to Marion 19-14 in second round of
Lower State playoffs.
2000's
2000 - Region IV-AAA Champions, defeated Marion 13-9 in third round, but lost
to Manning 7-0 in Lower State Championship.
2001 - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Class AAA) over Union 24-21 (OT).
Defeated Newberry 34-14 in Lower State Championship. 15-0 season.
2002 - State Runner-up (Class AAA). Title game loss to Union 61-28. Defeated Dillon in Lower State Championship 42-7. 13-2 season.
2005 - Dogs reach playoffs for seventh straight season,
defeating Pickens 24-17 before falling to Greenville 45-42 in second round.
Camden High School Shrine Bowl Players and Coaches
| 1937 - George West, Stanley 'Jiggs' Watts, Ellis Rowell |
| 1938 - George West, Durette Wooten |
| 1939 - Hugh 'Shot' Cox |
| 1940 - Charles McCaskill |
| 1942 - Dickie Cox |
| 1943 - David Partin |
| 1944 - Carol Cox, Ted Marshall |
| 1945 - McKay Norris |
| 1947 - Howard Norris, Gene Barmer |
| 1948 - Ernest Thompson, Foy Thompson |
| 1949 - Jimmie Cox |
| 1950 - John McClain |
| 1952 - Johnny Kornegay, Wayne Crolley |
| 1953 - Frank Wooten, Lindsay Pierce - Head Coach |
| 1954 - Horace Turbeville |
| 1957 - Ed Branham, Bobby Robinson |
| 1964 - Arthur Hudson |
| 1967 - Billy Boyte |
| 1968 - Leroy Thomas |
| 1978 - Johnny Kornegay Jr. |
| 1979 - Glenn Nelson |
| 1980 - James Sumpter |
| 1983 - Russell Rush |
| 1984 - Terrence Green |
| 1985 - Brent Reeder |
| 1989 - Louis Clyburn |
| 1990 - Bobby Engram, Andre Carter |
| 1993 - Vonnie Holliday |
| 1994 - Billy Ammons - Head Coach |
| 2001 - Kelvin Grant |
| 2002 - Eric McCollom, Tremaine Mitchell |
| 2004 - Thomas Austin |
| 2007 - Alex Nelson |
| 2007 - Jimmy Neal - Assistant Coach |
Camden High School North-South Players and Coaches
| 1951 - Grady Ray |
| 1958 - Red Lynch - North Head Coach while at Seneca HS |
| 1962 - John Koumas |
| 1964 - Billy Ammons |
| 1965 - Bob Lynch |
| 1970 - Harry Lynch |
| 1972 - Jimmy Stephenson |
| 1973 - Jimmy Neal |
| 1979 - Dennis Reeder, Michael Warren |
| 1980 - Don Cook, Scott Jordan, Keith Peterson |
| 1981 - Billy Watkins |
| 1983 - Chris Speaks, Tommy Truesdale |
| 1985 - Michael Garity, Robert Maxwell, Billy Ammons - South Head Coach, Carl Startsman - Assistant Coach |
| 1986 - Mitch McGuirt, Michael Speaks |
| 1990 - Kerry Hayes |
| 1992 - Astor Heaven |
| 1993 - Joe Miles |
| 1995 - Sheldon Drakeford |
| 1998 - Johnny Haynes |
| 1999 - Mo Fountain, Charlie Miller |
| 2000 - Charles Bennett, Richie Williams |
| 2001 - William Washington, Bruce Lee |
| 2002 - Ron McKie, Jermaine Thomas |
| 2003 - Marvin Johnson |
| 2006 - Jimmy Neal - Assistant Coach |
Records: 1920 through 2006
(Click on State Championship Teams for Info)
| 1920 |
7-1-1
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1966 |
3-6-1
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| 1925 |
8-1-1
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1967 |
7-2-1
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| 1928 |
9-1
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1968 |
7-3
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| 1929 |
7-2-1
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1969 |
6-4
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| 1930 |
8-1-1
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1970 |
4-6
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| 1931 | State Champions | 1971 |
0-10
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| 1932 |
7-1-1
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1972 |
3-7
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| 1933 |
7-4
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1973 |
1-8-1
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| 1934 |
5-5
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1974 |
2-9
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| 1935 |
8-3
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1975 |
9-2
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| 1936 | State Champions | 1976 |
7-4
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| 1937 |
10-1
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1977 |
4-6
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| 1938 |
11-1
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1978 |
9-4
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| 1939 |
8-5
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1979 |
8-3
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| 1940 |
6-4
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1980 |
10-2
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| 1941 |
9-1
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1981 |
4-8
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| 1942 |
7-2-1
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1982 |
5-5
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| 1943 |
8-1
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1983 |
11-1
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| 1944 | State Champions | 1984 |
7-4
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| 1945 |
6-3-2
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1985 |
8-3
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| 1946 |
5-6
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1986 |
5-5
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| 1947 |
10-1
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1987 |
6-4
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| 1948 |
8-2
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1988 |
10-3
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| 1949 |
9-1
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1989 |
11-2
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| 1950 |
2-8-1
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1990 | AAA State Champions | ||
| 1951 |
1-9-1
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1991 |
8-5
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| 1952 |
7-5
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1992 |
5-7
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| 1953 |
11-1
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1993 |
7-4
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| 1954 |
6-3
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1994 |
8-4
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| 1955 |
4-5-1
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1995 |
8-4
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| 1956 |
5-5-1
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1996 |
4-7
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| 1957 | AA State Champions | 1997 |
3-8
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| 1958 |
3-7-1
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1998 |
4-6
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| 1959 |
3-8
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1999 |
10-2
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| 1960 |
5-5-1
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2000 |
12-2
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| 1961 |
2-9
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2001 | AAA State Champions | ||
| 1962 |
4-6
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2002 |
13-2
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| 1963 |
3-8
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2003 |
9-4 |
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| 1964 | AA State Champions |
2004 |
8-3 |
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| 1965 |
1-10
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2005 | 7-5 | ||
| 2006 | 4-6 | ||||
| 2007 |
Camden High School Head Coaches and Records
(State titles in parentheses)
| Leonard T. Baker |
(1894-1896)
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N/A
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| D.J. Carrison |
(c. 1909)
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N/A
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| Sid Smith |
(1913)
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N.A
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| L.W. "Buck" Boykin |
(1914-1915)
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N/A
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| Ralph Syphon |
(1915-1917)
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N/A
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| John G. Richards Jr. |
(1917-1928)
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47-12-3 *
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| John M. Villepigue |
(1929-1941)
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110-28-4* (1931, 1936)
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| Lindsay Pierce |
(1942-1948) and (1952-1959)
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104-49-8 (1944, 1957)
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| Boyd Stokes |
(1949-1950)
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11-9-1
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| James E. Allred |
(1951)
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1-9-1
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| A.B. "Buck" Priester |
(1960-1962)
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11-20-1
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| W.L. "Red" Lynch |
(1963-1971)
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44-49-2 (1964)
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| Billy Ammons |
(1972-1997)
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177-119-1 (1990)
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| Jimmy Neal |
(1998-
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82-30 (2001)
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* - According to best records
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