BLYTHEWOOD (March 30, 2016) – After seven years as an assistant coach at A.C. Flora High School, Dustin Curtis will take the reins of the Westwood Redhawks football program beginning this spring, Richland School District 2 announced last week. Curtis takes over for Rodney Summers, who announced his departure last month for the head coaching position […]
Top Teams Vie at Diamond Invitational
March 30, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (March 30, 2016) – For the sixth consecutive spring, Blythewood High School and the Bengal baseball program will host the S.C. Diamond Invitational tournament March 31 – April 3, with the championship game slated for Sunday at 3 p.m. The four-day tournament will welcome some of the top teams in the state, including Carolina Forest […]
Fore! a Good Cause –
March 30, 2016 By
Bill Watkins of Blythewood (far right) with his winning teammates Stan Guy of Columbia, Dave Mottershead of Elgin and Hunter Watkins of Lexington, along with National Kidney Foundation supporter Jojo Morris, who has been living with kidney disease all his life, after receiving their first-place awards from Tiffany and Co. Watkins and his team are […]
Lady Bengals Sweep Jackets
March 30, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (March 30, 2016) – Friday night, while donning their pink ‘strike out cancer’ jerseys, the Blythewood Bengals thumped Irmo, 8-0, in the second game of a softball double header. “This is probably the 10th time now,” Bengals head coach Jordan Atkinson said about the Pink Out. “The kids love when they get to wear pink, […]
Redhawks Down Devils, Jackets
March 30, 2016 By
COLUMBIA (March 29, 2016) – The Westwood baseball team opened spring break in crackerjack form. The Redhawks opened the Kershaw-Richland Classic wood bat tournament Monday with a 3-2 victory over Irmo, then capped the night with a 7-5 win over host team Dreher at the Blue Devils baseball field at the Memorial Stadium grounds. “We’ve been […]
Incumbents Dominate Jenkinsville Elections
March 25, 2016 By
JENKINSVILLE (March 25, 2016) – Filing for the Town of Jenkinsville’s 2016 municipal election closed at noon last Friday with only the three incumbents throwing their names into the ring for the three spots up for grabs on Town Council. Filing officially opened on March 7. Gregrey Ginyard filed for another term as Jenkinsville’s mayor, while […]
Arrest Looms in Cash Grab
March 25, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 25, 2016) – An arrest warrant is pending, Public Safety Chief Freddie Lorick said this week, for a West Columbia man accused of embezzling more than $4,000 from a local credit union. According to a March 1 incident report, Brian William Stowers, 43, of Oakwood Drive, West Columbia, was terminated from his position at […]
Blackstock Man Shot Outside Zion Hill Home
March 25, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 25, 2016) – A Blackstock man was shot at close range inside his car Saturday night while parked outside a home on Russell Street in the Zion Hill neighborhood of Winnsboro. Freddie Lorick, Chief of Public Safety, said Roy Quincy Craig, 22, of Icon Lane, Blackstock, arrived at the home in the 100 block […]
RWA Dedicates Field to Fallen Eagle
March 25, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 25, 2016) – Prior to the beginning of the Richard Winn versus Fairfield Central crosstown rivalry game Friday, both teams gathered on the diamond to celebrate the dedication of Richard Winn’s baseball field to Billy Ladd. Ladd, who lost his battle with cancer in February, was a mainstay not only in the Richard Winn […]
Board Taps Legal Budget to Fund Disney Field Trip
March 25, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 25, 2016) – The Fairfield School District’s legal fees budget line, which has been described by some board members in the past as a slush fund, was once again a topic at the School Board’s March 15 meeting. Projecting a $1 million surplus in the fund balance by the end of the fiscal year, […]
