Making history on the mat

Bengal wrestling captain Matt Clack scored his 100th victory in the 5-A Region Duals.  With a 100-22 overall career record, Clack, a senior, joins an exclusive club not only at Blythewood but in SC wrestling history.  On Feb. 5, the Bengals, ranked 14, secured their first playoff win in school history, defeating #17 Ft. Mill […]

Spring Valley tops Blythewood

COLUMBIA – The Blythewood boys basketball team needed a win at Spring Valley Tuesday night to solidify a third-place finish in Region 4-5A, but also to right the ship as the Bengals near the end of region play. Instead, the Vikings won the lanes and held off a comeback as Blythewood fell 66-60. It was […]

WHS’s Quinn stepping down as head coach

BLYTHEWOOD – Matt Quinn, the head coach for the Westwood football team for the past three seasons, announced Jan. 25 that he was leaving the program. Quinn, who served as an assistant at Westwood prior to returning as head coach, led the Redhawks to a share of the Region 4-4A championship with Irmo and A.C. […]

Redhawks take down Flora, Lugoff-Elgin

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood girls picked up region wins 5 and 6 last Friday against A.C. Flora and on Tuesday against Lugoff-Elgin. The Redhawks took down Flora 39-30 on Friday, partly due to a big first quarter. Up 14-4 after the first, Flora kept Westwood’s offense in check for the remainder of the game. Westwood […]

Northwestern bests Blythewood

BLYTHEWOOD  – Zeke Washington was hot after time ran out on the Blythewood basketball team Tuesday night at The Jungle. The Bengals head coach made his way to the locker room after his team’s 76-57 loss to Region 4-5A rival Northwestern, spent less than five minutes with his players, then left to join his coaching […]

Eagles pack in region games

WINNSBORO – Richard Winn’s basketball teams faced two region opponents, Laurens Academy and Newberry Academy, in recent competition with a slate of three more back-to-back games this week following the press deadline. On Jan. 28, the Eagle teams traveled to Laurens, and even though the Laurens’ guys put up a big fourth quarter scoring rally, […]

Griffins stump Rebels

WINNSBORO –  The Fairfield Central boys picked up two region wins over Mid-Carolina on Friday and Monday with 53-43 and 56-42 finals. After falling to Chester 45-52 on Tuesday, the Griffins were hungry for a win as they entered Prosperity. Up 11-8 after a quarter, the Rebels closed the gap by halftime as Fairfield Central […]

Ridin’ High

CHARLESTON – Blythewood’s Wendy Robinson won two special awards at the South Carolina Dressage Combined Training Association’s annual gala held Jan. 29 at Charleston’s historic Middleton Place.  Robinson and her daughters’ 24-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, Regina, were recognized by the United States Dressage Federation Adult Amateur Division as 2021 High Score Champion as well as […]

Richard Winn returns to region action

WINNSBORO – Richard Winn Eagle basketball teams had a busy schedule over the past week, competing in four games in the past seven days. Three of those games included road trips to Anderson Christian (Anderson) – Jan. 19, Cambridge (Greenwood) – Jan. 20, and King (Batesburg) – Jan. 25. The Eagles hosted the Wardlaw Patriots […]

WHS boys fall to RNE, girls blast Cavaliers

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood boys basketball team worked all night trying to get a cushion of a lead on Richland Northeast Tuesday night at The Castle, but every time the Redhawks caught a break or made a play, the Cavaliers were not far behind to steal the momentum away. Such was the case in the […]

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