BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Farmers Market will celebrate its 10th year in operation next month and will kick that celebration off with its Spring Artisan’s Market this Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring about 60 vendors selling handmade items. It will be held in front of the Amphitheater in Doko Meadows […]
Blythewood turned out for Ribfest
March 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – “This is what community is all about,” General Jason Kelly, commander of Fort Jackson Army Base in Columbia said, smiling broadly, as he made his way through a crowded Ribfest on Saturday, sampling ribs as he went. He was one of several dignitaries and elected officials Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin invited to the […]
The dollhouse mystery
March 14, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – In 1874, my great grandfather James M. Lawson, then about 17 years old, contracted scarlet fever. In the late nineteenth century, this was a much dreaded malady and a large number of children died from the untreatable effects of the disease. While recuperating, James began assembling what would result in an exquisite miniature […]
Bengal softball beats Irmo, Fort Mill
March 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood softball team (4-1) blasted Irmo 12-5 Friday, then on Monday did the same at Region 3-5A rival Fort Mill, where the Bengals whipped the Yellow Jackets 13-3 in five innings. Against Irmo, Josie Smythe homered and went 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Ashley Duncan also homered and had four RBI against […]
Emerging Elite Champs
March 14, 2024 By
Blythewood Elite Track Club’s Patience Lisbon, Olivia Taylor, Madison Ross and Zion Harvey (also members of Blythewood High School’s varsity track team) are Emerging Elite National Champions of the 4x200m relay. They claimed the top spot in the division at the Nike Indoor Nationals on March 8 with a time of 1:42.85. The group also […]
Eagles return to dominant conference play
March 14, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – On the heels of a walk-off 5-4 win over Richland Northeast last Tuesday, Richard Winn played host to Laurens Academy for an early-season region game. Despite losing six seniors from last year’s SCISA 1A State Championship squad, the Eagles looked as if they’d fallen right back into their old patterns: beating their opponents […]
Eagle softball searching for first win
March 14, 2024 By
CHESTER – Richard Winn softball returned to the field but under new leadership in head coach Millie Lambert. The Eagles faced their first opponent in a tough Chester squad on Feb. 26. Sophomores Langley Thompson and Caroline Tolbert combined for 3 innings of work from the circle as the Eagles took a hard 24-2 loss […]
Griffins blank Ridge View, Great Falls
March 14, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central ended their first week of regular season play with clean sweeps of Ridge View and Spring Valley. In Thursday’s game at Ridge View, Jonathan Warren dominated from the mound, stacking up 10 strikeouts as the Griffins shut out the Blazers 9-0. Warren threw for six and two-thirds innings, allowing only three […]
Bengal baseball off to strong start
March 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – From the beginning of the 2024 baseball season, Blythewood seems to have picked up right where it left off from last year, despite coaching and personnel changes. Gone are seven seniors who led the team to the 5A state championship series against River Bluff. Gone also is the team’s interim coach, Dolan Crolley. […]
Academic Champs
March 14, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central High School’s Academic Challenge Team defeated Lewisville last Thursday to claim the Olde English Consortium’s Regional Small School Championship. Fairfield Central hosted the teams competing in the Small School division. With the regional title under their belts, the Griffins advance to the State Championship of Academics on Friday, March 22 at […]
