Friday Night Lights: One rivalry goes beyond football game

KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WIS) - In Kershaw County, one annual rivalry is also sure to get a lot of attention under the Friday Night Lights.

The first week of school means tradition for Lugoff-Elgin High School and Camden High School. Not only will they meet on the football field, but they're going head-to-head in an annual rivalry to raise money for the United Way of Kershaw County.

The football rivalry has been going on for decades and overall Camden has won more of the match-ups. Over the last few years, Camden has also dominated the fundraising competition that pits the schools against each other. But last year the Bulldogs were upset by Lugoff-Elgin when it came to bringing in the big bucks.

While Lugoff-Elgin won, the schools collectively set a record raising more than $65,000 to help the organization with their cause of improving education, income stability, and health for local people.

"We're just anxious and ready," said Camden High's student body president Carlos Williams. "Like we're all feeling the jitters of the football game and we want to know the totals of both of our schools. And both schools want to win. Everybody's like chippery, ready for it all to happen. We just want to get that money to United Way as quick as possible. They're coming at us strong."

If you'd like to help these teams reach their goal you can donate to either school until 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Friday night both teams also will be coming together to remember a Camden High football player and friend, Drew David, who died from injuries suffered in a car wreck several weeks ago. Many will be wearing a tee-shirt to remember him and we're told all of the players on both teams will be wearing Drew's number in his honor.

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