WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central recently announced that alum Larry Perry will be the next head baseball coach for the Griffins. “Coach Perry comes to us with a wealth of baseball knowledge,” Fairfield Central’s announcement said. Perry, a 2007 graduate, was a baseball standout for the Griffins and played travel ball with the SC Braves, a […]
SC Women’s Open returns to Cobblestone Aug. 12-15
July 29, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The South Carolina Women’s Open is set to return to Cobblestone Park Golf Course in Blythewood in just two short weeks, Aug. 12 – 15. The four-day tournament kicks off with the Pro-am on Aug. 12. Open to men and women, the teams will be comprised of four amateurs and one professional. The […]
Griffins prep for season
July 29, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central football is gearing up for the 2021-2022 season. Pictured left, Griffin players and head coach Demetrius Davis promote their WACH Fox Friday Night Rivals game. The Griffins will host Lower Richland High School for the rivals game on Friday, Oct. 8. The Griffins held their 10th annual fundraiser golf tournament on […]
Fairfield’s TJ Knight takes 2nd in national competition
July 22, 2021 By
OHIO – Eleven-year-old Fairfield County resident TJ Knight was just two targets short of topping his field of 51 shooters at the 2021 Scholastic Clay Target (SCTP) National Team Championships last week. According to its website, the Scholastic Clay Target Program provides kids from elementary through college with the opportunity to participate in the fun […]
Redhawks Back in Action
July 15, 2021 By
HOPKINS – Westwood football competed in Lower Richland’s 7-on-7 shootout on July 1. The Redhawks faced Timberland and Irmo in day two of the shootout. Westwood is slated to open the 2021 season at Ridge View on Aug. 20.
Wiseman qualifies for Ironman World Championship
July 8, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Bill Wiseman, 61, of Blythewood finished 9th in his age group in the Ironman 70.3 competition in St. George, Utah on May 1, qualifying him for a slot in the World Championships for Ironman 70.3 distance, to also be held in St. George on virtually the same course. The World Championships will be […]
Ridgeway’s Hannah Jane Lucas is a National Champ
June 17, 2021 By
TEXAS – When the University of Georgia Equestrian team won its seventh national title this spring, Hannah Jane Lucas’ dreams came true. As a freshman, Lucas, 18, who is from Ridgeway, didn’t get much time in the saddle during competitions this year. Nevertheless, the 2020 Hammond graduate was a member of the D1 school’s team […]
Mattox keeps on keepin’ on
June 10, 2021 By
FLORENCE – The college baseball season may be in the books for Francis Marion University, but honors seem to keep coming for third baseman Todd Mattox. The former Blythewood infielder has racked up three all-region honors since the Patriots finished the season 18-17 overall. Mattox, a rising senior, batted .405 with five home runs, four […]
Triumph through turbulent times
May 27, 2021 By
CLEMSON – Ansley Gilstrap’s softball career over the past three years at Clemson has been “strange” – looking back, the Clemson softball veteran from Blythewood doesn’t consider the term “strange” a terrible thing at all. A redshirt season spent making up for credits that did not transfer from USC upstate, a recovery from major brain […]
Bengals end season with 5-4 loss to J.L. Mann
May 27, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After a rough start against J.L. Mann last Wednesday in a 5A playoff elimination game, the Blythewood baseball eventually evened the score and got the go-ahead run to cross the plate in the bottom of the sixth. Alas, moving on to the District 2 upper state tournament’s championship game at Dorman last Friday […]
