Members of the Fairfield High School Alumni Association shower Congress Street with music of their era from the back of a big rig during their Tiger Parade last Saturday. After the parade, classmates from the old segregated high school gathered at their former football field on Garden Street for tailgating and fellowship.
Sounds of the Season –
December 1, 2016 By
The Adult Choir from Trinity United Methodist Church entertained at the annual Blythewood Tree Lighting ceremony at Town Hall on Sunday. After carols, hot cider and a round of jokes from Mayor J. Michael Ross and TV personality Joe Pinner, the Blythewood beauty queens – Briana Davidson, Miss Blythewood and Liza Hunter, Miss Teen Blythewood […]
Local Legends Return for Alumni Game –
December 1, 2016 By
Former Blythewood Bengals Grayson Greiner (pictured) and Andrew Beckwith will return to the BHS diamond Dec. 10 as coaches in the first Blythewood Baseball Alumni Game. Greiner, a 2011 graduate, went on to catch for South Carolina from 2012 to 2014. He was selected in the third round of the MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers […]
Cobblestone Residents Reach Boiling Point
December 1, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Dec. 1, 2016) – A group of 50 or so Cobblestone Park residents unleashed their fury on Town Council Monday evening for having amended zoning in March 2015 to allow developer D.R. Horton to add 143 additional homes and six roads to the Primrose section of Cobblestone Park. Residents speaking at the meeting said the […]
Speed, Alcohol Suspected in Fatal Crash
November 30, 2016 By
JENKINSVILLE (Nov. 30, 2016) – A Newberry woman was killed early Friday morning in a single-car accident after leaving a night club near Jenkinsville. Fairfield County Coroner Barkley Ramsey said Lisa Jackson, 47, of Wright Street in Newberry, was in the front passenger seat of a 2012 Chevrolet Impala being driven by her cousin as they […]
Ridge View Pulls Away from Lady Bengals
November 30, 2016 By
COLUMBIA (Nov. 30, 2016) – Ridge View kept a fair distance ahead of Blythewood in a 58-49 victory over the Lady Bengals Tuesday night, but head coach Steve Inabinet said the Bengals’ effort was notable. “Tonight was kind of rough,” Inabinet said. “The kids are juniors and inexperienced, so we’re trying to build, and get better […]
Bengals Hold Off Blazers
November 30, 2016 By
COLUMBIA (Nov. 30, 2016) – Blythewood kicked off the 2016-2017 basketball season with three straight 3-pointers against Ridge View. Head coach Zeke Washington knew that kind of slick fortune wouldn’t hold out for the Bengals. Blythewood needed all of Robert Braswell’s 23 points and Tre Jackson’s 17 to hold off the fiery Blazers in a 64-53 […]
Bette DuPre Pope
November 29, 2016 By
WINNSBORO – Funeral services for Sarah Elizabeth DuPre Pope, 91, will be held at 12 noon Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at First Baptist Church of Winnsboro conducted by the Rev. Van Pigate and the Rev. Dr. Craig Bailey. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening, Dec. […]
Late TDs Bury Bengals
November 28, 2016 By
NORTH CHARLESTON (Nov. 28, 2016) – The Blythewood Bengals’ playoff game against the Fort Dorchester Patriots Friday night showcased two of the premier junior quarterbacks in the state in Jordyn Adams and Dakereon Joyner. Both players displayed all their unique talents on the field trying to lead their teams to semi-finals of the Class 5A state […]
Griffins Rally Snuffed at Goal Line
November 26, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Nov. 26, 2016) – Half a yard. . . . One and a half feet. . . . Eighteen inches. Rarely is the difference between victory and defeat so minute and yet so easily defined. As the final seconds bled away Friday night at E.K. McLendon Stadium, Fairfield Central quarterback Stanley McManus took the snap […]
