BLYTHEWOOD – Tuesday night was not an easy night for the Westwood girls basketball team, as first-round playoff games go. With key bench players and occasional starters Tamia Thompson and A’layah Scott out, and several other players benched with slight knee injuries and illness, the Redhawks had to fight for a 49-37 victory over Greer […]
Charging to the Top
February 20, 2020 By
The Blythewood Middle School Lady Chargers recently finished their undefeated season by claiming the 2020 Metro City Classic Championship over the weekend after defeating Southeast and Saluda Trails middle schools. Their perfect 14-0 season also included the 2020 Richland District Two Middle School Basketball Championship title. Gabby Hollis (3) was named as the girls Metro […]
BHS, WHS athletes turn toward college careers
February 13, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood and Westwood High Schools had their share of college signees and one preferred walk-on last Wednesday, mostly in football but also in swimming, baseball, and lacrosse. Blythewood’s Brandon Edwards will walk on to the USC football team, while teammates Chase Atkinson signed with Syracuse, Josh Strickland with Limestone and Bryan Cosby with […]
Eagles advance to region semi-finals
February 13, 2020 By
NEWBERRY – Richard Winn’s girls solidified their spot in the region semi-finals on Tuesday night with a blowout win over King Academy. Seeded third in the region tournament, Richard Winn dominated the six-seeded Knights from tip-off. Buckets from Mikaela Miller, Meredyth Melton and Taylor Spires, along with a handful of free throws by Meredith Pope […]
Griffins gear up for season finale
February 13, 2020 By
CHESTER – Coming off of their first region win last week against Camden, the Griffins looked to start a streak. Chester, however, had different plans when the two teams clashed on Tuesday. Fairfield fell behind early as the Cyclones held a 17-12 lead after one quarter of play. The Griffins churned out 20 points and […]
Redhawks top Lancaster, fall to South Pointe
February 13, 2020 By
ROCK HILL – Tuesday night was tough for both the Westwood girls and boys basketball teams. After the girls’ grueling, 48-45 double overtime loss to the South Pointe girls, the Westwood boys fell 56-45 to the Stallions. “We never could get going offensively,” Westwood boys coach John Combs said. “We did not react very well […]
Realignment kind to WHS; RV joins BHS in Region 4-5A
February 13, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – With the latest realignment proposal by the South Carolina High School League, Westwood High School will get a significant break in travel time. For the past two seasons, Redhawks teams had been hitting Interstate 77 to York, Lancaster and Rock Hill’s South Pointe for Region 3-4A games, in addition to playing Richland District […]
Blythewood sweeps Lugoff-Elgin
February 13, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At least for the past few weeks, if the Blythewood boys needed a basket, they needed to get the ball to Julian Phillips. At no time was that fact more visible than Tuesday night against Lugoff-Elgin. In a game that should have been a clear-cut win were it not for the Demons’ second-half […]
Eagles close out regular season at home
February 6, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Both Eagle teams closed out their regular seasons at home on Tuesday night with region foe Newberry Academy. Looking to put the cherry on top of their second place region finish, the Eagle boys found their Newberry opponent to be a resilient one. Richard Winn put up 19 points in the first quarter, […]
Griffin boys pick up region win over Camden
February 6, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – After a long season of winless region games, the Fairfield Central boys put a notch in the win column Tuesday when they hosted Camden High School. In the first meeting of the season, Camden bested Fairfield Central 72-50. This time, the Griffins put the Bulldogs to bed with a 52-47 final. Though they […]
