Daniel tops Camden in a South Carolina 3A football state championship classic

Undefeated Daniel survives a huge challenge from Camden to prevail in overtime in a game for the ages.

Mike Duprez | Dec 2, 2023

Daniel tops Camden in a South Carolina 3A football state championship classic /

Jason Bish scored on a 6-yard run in overtime and undefeated Daniel beat Camden 49-48 to win the 3-A state championship Saturday night.

Ja Mayrant got a TD for Camden but the Bulldogs’ try for two to win the game was stopped.

FINAL DANIEL 49, CAMDEN 48

- Mayrant with the TD but try for two fails.

-Jason Bish with the TD run. Camden’s turn.

END 4Q: DANIEL 42, CAMDEN 42

-White with the TD run and they get the 2-point conversion with -1:29 left.

-Camden with the 4th down stop. 4:44 left.

-Mayrant with the KO return TD - 6:49 left.

-TOUCHDOWN! Bennett with a 35-yard TD run - 7:04 left.

-Davis with the end zone pick. His third INT of the game.

END 3Q: DANIEL 35, CAMDEN 28

3Q: DANIEL 35, CAMDEN 28

- Camden recovers a Daniel fumble. Ball at their own 24. 3:49 left in the quarter.

- White with the 1-yard TD run.

-TOUCHDOWN! Bennett with another TD - 10:40 left in the 3rd.

-Isaac Turner with the INT for Daniel.

HALFTIME: DANIEL 28, CAMDEN 21

2Q: DANIEL 28, CAMDEN 21

- TOUCHDOWN! Mayrant gets his second TD with 35 seconds left in the half.

-Fake punt by Camden works.

- TOUCHDOWN! Tremaine Davis with the 51-yard pick-6.

- TOUCHDOWN! Ja’Kari Bennett with the 36-yard TD for Daniel.

- TOUCHDOWN! Grayson White on the 7-yard keeper.

END 1Q: DANIEL 14, CAMDEN 7

- TOUCHDOWN! Chapman again with 4:40 left in the first quarter.

- TOUCHDOWN! Ja Mayrant with the 36-yard TD - 6:44 left in the 1st.

- TOUCHDOWN! Kolton Chapman with the 2-yard keeper - 8:47 left in the quarter.

DANIEL VS. CAMDEN

- Game time temperature will be 64 degrees with a 40 percent chance of rain.

- Kickoff is schedule for 7:00

Published Dec 2, 2023

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.