Griffins Attack

COLUMBIA – Junior middle blocker Melody Belton (3) attacks in last week’s conference match at Keenan High School. The Griffins defeated Chester at home on October 7. They are set to host CA Johnson next Monday at 6 p.m. before traveling to Eau Claire on Tuesday and hosting their final home match of the season […]

Eagles rush past Northside

LEXINGTON – The Richard Winn Eagles (7-0) rushed their way to a 44-18 win their seventh in a row to begin the 2020 season behind 324 rushing yards. It was a balanced rushing attack for the Eagles as Joey Banister had a 127 yards and Zack Taylor had 120 leading the way. Northside fell to […]

Eagles drop home match

WINNSBORO – Coming off the heels of conference wins over King Academy and Laurens Academy, Richard Winn volleyball dropped a tight 3-2 set against region foe Wardlaw Academy on Tuesday night. The Eagles were set to face Laurens in an away rematch on Wednesday, but scores were not available at press time.

York takes down Griffins

WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Central Griffins (2-1) suffered a heartbreaking loss in the final seconds of the game on Friday night as the York High School Cougars scored from one yard out with eight seconds left in the game as they won the contest 25-18. The Cougars improved to 2-1 on the season. The Griffins […]

WHS postpones games after 14 players told to quarantine

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood football team will not play tomorrow night—or next week. The Redhawks have rescheduled Friday night’s home game against Dreher and next Friday’s game at Irmo. In last Friday’s 34-17 victory at Lugoff-Elgin, 12 varsity players came into contact with a Lugoff-Elgin player who had tested positive for COVID-19. Those 12 players […]

Eagles hold off Crusaders in second half

LAURENS –  – Zack Taylor rushed the ball 40 times for 272 yards and four touchdowns as Richard Winn outscored the Crusaders by a 54-32 margin on Friday evening. The Eagles moved to 6-0 this season as Laurens Academy fell to 3-3. Richard Winn and Laurens combined for 12 touchdowns in the game with eight […]

Westwood competes at Pelion

LANCASTER – Westwood Redhawks competed at Pelion last Wednesday. The boys made a 9th place finish overall of 21 teams. Will Tyndall led the Redhawks in 28th place with a 18:30 finish, followed by Joe Eberlin at 18:40 and Aidan Keck at 19:01. Bryce Strickland and Caden Henderson also finished under 20 minutes. Katelyn Williams […]

Griffins move to 2-0

HOPKINS – Senior running back Will Barber rushed for a 116 yards and two touchdowns as the visiting Fairfield Central Griffins defeated Lower Richland High School by a 28-18 score on Oct. 2. The Griffins improved to 2-0 with the victory while Lower Richland dropped to 0-2 in 2020. Fairfield rushed for 148 yards as […]

Westwood defeats Dreher, Irmo

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood volleyball has hit a 2-0 win streak after wins over Dreher High School last Thursday and Irmo High School Tuesday. The Redhawks took Dreher 3-0 with a tight 25-22 win in the first set, but blowout wins in the second and third. Westwood put down the Blue Devils 25-13 and 25-14 to […]

Blythewood falls to Northwestern in home opener

BLYTHEWOOD – The lack of practice time in the COVID-19 – affected high school football season showed in Blythewood’s Region 4-5A opener against Northwestern Friday night. Passes fell short. Footballs fell from hands at key moments. And the Trojans’ two fourth-quarter scores did the Bengals in in a 19-7 defeat at District 2 Stadium. “It’s […]

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