BYRNES – Fairfield Central’s Ericka Kelly competed in the Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic Elite Invitational on April 23. Kelly placed 15th in the girls shot put finals at 29-6. The Griffins competed in Chapin on April 21 against AC Flora, Airport, Chapin, Pelion and White Knoll high schools. Sharmelle Holmes pulled two first place finishes […]
Eagles finish 5th at state
MYRTLE BEACH – Richard Winn golf finished the South Carolina Independent Schools Association (SCISA) state tournament in fifth place on Tuesday. The team total for the two-day tournament was 797. Golfer Marshall Gibbons scored 176, the Eagles’ lowest score and the 13th lowest of the 46 golfers competing. Connor Little hit 202, Kitt Nicholson hit […]
Blythewood soccer shuts out Ridge View on senior night; falls 2-1 at Spring Valley
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s men’s soccer team may have ended the Region 4-5A slate on a sour note with a 2-1 loss at Spring Valley Monday, but the Bengals notched sixth region win with a 6-0 shutout of Ridge View on Senior Night Friday. Before the game, seniors Jason Huse, Carlson Brockwell, Will Monroe, Andrew Davisson, […]
Loss to Dorchester puts Eagles in elimination games
WINNSBORO – Game one of the South Carolina Independent Schools Association (SCISA) 1A State baseball playoffs did not go as Richard Winn expected. A two-seed in the lower bracket, Richard Winn hosted three-seeded Dorchester for game one of the tournament and fell behind early. Dorchester put up three runs in the first inning. A grand […]
Bengal girls soccer rolls to 7-0 in region
LUGOFF – Blythewood girls soccer picked up their seventh region win of the season on Monday with a 6-1 takedown of Lugoff-Elgin. Megan Tarnawsky struck first for Blythewood with a goal early in the first half. Lauren Hendry put in the Bengals’ second goal, and Tarnawsky added a third before the half to give Blythewood […]
Fresh off season’s first victory, Westwood blanked at RNE
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball team finally scored its first victory of the season Thursday, an 11-5 romp over Irmo at the Westwood baseball field. The Redhawks were looking to follow up with another victory on the road at Richland Northeast Monday night, but the Cavaliers bats wouldn’t stand for it. RNE burst out to […]
Bengal softball falls at Lexington, victorious at Northwestern
LEXINGTON – Three days after Lexington pitcher Riley Ford no-hit Blythewood in a 10-0 loss at Lexington, the Bengals got back into the swing of Region 4-5A with a 17-6, 5-inning romp at Northwestern Tuesday night. The Trojans got off to a 2-0 lead, but Blythewood (12-3, 5-0) countered with a 10-run second inning that […]
Bengals shut out Ridge View; 3-run seventh lifts Bengals over Chapin
BLYTHEWOOD – As their Region 4-5A schedule comes to an end, the Blythewood baseball team handles its work on the mound with a quiet, cool precision. Clearly visible is the confidence the Bengals have in one another, as visible as opponents striking out at the plate, as visible as the numbers on the scoreboard. Blythewood […]
Winnsboro’s Mattox earns POTW honors again
FLORENCE, S.C. – For the second time this season, Francis Marion University third baseman Todd Mattox has been named the Peach Belt Conference Baseball Player of the Week, most recently for the week ending April 19. A native of Winnsboro, the 6-0 senior hit .667 (8-for-12) in three games against Columbus State University over the […]

















