BLYTHEWOOD – At its May 8 meeting, the Blythewood Rotary Club presented $2,000 scholarships to eight high school graduating seniors. These scholarships, totaling $16,000, are funded by the Club through various fundraising activities during the year. This year’s recipients include: Kathleen Elder, Ridge ViewUniversity of South Carolina – Biological Sciences Brianna Gillar, BlythewoodClemson University – […]
Blythewood heads to Dist. 1 5A D1 title game
May 15, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – J.L. Mann got off to a great start against the Blythewood baseball team Tuesday night. Once starting pitcher Bowman Rummel settled in, the Bengals got off to a better start. Blythewood bested the Patriots’ 2-run first with a five-spot in the bottom half of that inning, and held on with defense and timely […]
Eagle softball ends season with loss to King
May 15, 2025 By
SUMTER – Earning a bid in the six-team SCISA 1A State Softball playoffs, the Eagles opened play against tough Malboro squad in the two-day, double-elimination tournament in Sumter on Friday. Down 7-2 in the top of the seventh, the Eagles rallied but managed only three runs to fall short with a 7-5 final. They faced […]
Richard Winn claims game 1 of SCISA 1A Championship baseball series
May 15, 2025 By
Richard Winn hosted Game 2 of the three-game series on Wednesday. Holly Hill won 7-2. Game three will be played at Calhoun Academy Thursday at 6 p.m. HOLLY HILL — Charlie Bonds pitched a masterful game at Holly Hill Academy, and came one out short of closing out a complete game. In the first game […]
Westwood baseball, softball end seasons
May 15, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The No.10 seed Westwood baseball team (11-14) fell 13-3 in six innings at Irmo, with the Yellow Jackets winning the best-of-three District 4 play-in series 2-1. No.7 seed Irmo opened the District 4 tournament at No.2 seed West Florence (20-4) Saturday. The Knights beat the Yellow Jackets 15-5. The Westwood softball team (6-19) […]
Blythewood softball beats River Bluff, falls again at Clover
May 15, 2025 By
CLOVER – The Blythewood softball team rebounded from their 9-3 loss to Clover in the second round of the District 1 Tournament with a 7-2 victory over River Bluff Friday in an elimination game. Four days later, the fifth-seeded Bengals (20-9) saw their season come to an end after a 10-5 road loss to No.4 […]
Blythewood falls to River Bluff
May 15, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With a shootout loss to River Bluff on Tuesday, Blythewood girls’ soccer fell just one win short of the Upper State title game. Tied at 1, River Bluff took the game with a 4-3 win in a shootout against the Bengals. The loss ends Blythewood’s title run. River Bluff advances to face the […]
16 Bengals ink collegiate commitments
May 15, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School recognized 16 members of the Class of 2025 that have announced their intention to continue their athletic careers on the collegiate level. The school held a ceremony to celebrate this accomplishment with family members and teammates. Brittany Benson, daughter of Anthony and Jameka Benson, announced her signing with the track […]
Bengals down Clover, face Lexington in round 3
May 15, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After a first round bye in the Division 1 5A State Playoffs, Blythewood has advanced to the semifinal game of the Upper State bracket. With a two-seed, the Bengals faced Clover on Saturday for round two. Clover downed Byrnes 1-0 to open playoffs, but Blythewood posed a bigger threat to the Blue Eagles. […]
More arrests made in connection with Blythewood shooting
May 15, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – Four more men have been arrested in connection with the shootout in downtown Blythewood on April 5. When you have large groups of unsupervised young people, somebody’s going to pull a gun out. Leon Lott, Richland County Sheriff In a press conference on May 12, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott called it a […]
