AIKEN – Fairfield County Parks and Recreation’s 8U, 10U and 12U All Star baseball teams played in the South Carolina Recreational Baseball Initiative’s State Tournament June 21-23, and all three teams battled to the title game. While the 10U team finished as State Runner-Up, the 8U and 12U All Stars won state titles for the […]
College Money
June 20, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Council recognized Grier Hensley as the recipient of the South Carolina Association of Counties 2019 Board of Directors Scholarship during their Monday night meeting on June 10. Hensley was the 2019 Valedictorian at Richard Winn, 2019 class president and she was crowned Miss Richard Winn Academy her senior year.
Go Team!
June 20, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A future crop of almost 60 young cheerleaders are spending the week at Blythewood High School’s cheer camp learning from two of the best – BHS cheerleaders Ocianna Brown, left and Camilla Cl-Amin. Learning the ropes are, front row, from left: Anna Coffee, Madelyn Connor and Allie Powell. Back row, from left: Amyah […]
Bengals receive post-season honors
May 30, 2019 By
BASEBALL – Post-season honors continue to pour in for Blythewood Baseball. Landon Lucas, Josh Cowan, Zach Bailes, Nate Hinson and Davis Wright were All Region selections for 5A Region IV. John Lanier was named Region IV Player of the Year and head coach Banks Faulkner was named Region IV Coach of the Year. Lanier played […]
Mattox signs with Francis Marion
May 30, 2019 By
FLORENCE, SC – Francis Marion University (FMU) baseball coach Art Inabinet has announced the signing of junior college transfer and third baseman Todd Mattox of Winnsboro. Mattox, who recently played at USC Lancaster (USCL), will have two years of eligibility at Francis Marion. He will begin attending FMU this fall. Mattox batted .285 with six […]
Taylor makes 2nd Team All-Sun Belt
May 30, 2019 By
TROY, AL – In her sophomore season for Troy University, former Richard Winn softball-standout Bailey Taylor was named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team. Taylor ranked fourth in the conference in RBIs with a team-high 40. She finished the season batting .310 with eight doubles and a team-high six home runs. Of Taylor’s six home runs, two were […]
Spring athletes bring in post-season honors
May 30, 2019 By
FCHS BASEBALL – Chazi Jones was named to the SC Coaches Association 3A A-State Team. Jones was also named Region IV Player of the Year. RWA BASEBALL – Seniors Will Carvalho and Luke Martin were named to the SCISA A Region I All-Region team. Sophomore Zack Taylor was named Region Player of the Year and […]
Quinn to head Westwood football
May 30, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood High school has named Matt Quinn as the new Head Football after Dustin Curtis decided to move on to AC Flora. In 2016, Quinn served on Westwood’s as the Offensive Coordinator. Prior coming to Westwood, Quinn served at Westwide as Offensive Coordinator and as a quarterback and receiver coach at Darlington. He […]
Combs takes over Westwood basketball
May 30, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – John Combs has been tapped for Head Coach of Westwood boys basketball. Combs takes over for Ty Baumgardner, who stepped down to move back to Georgia. Combs most recently headed Ben Lippen’s boys program for three seasons. Prior to his stint at Ben Lippen, Combs was headed Ridge View’s program for 11 seasons. […]
Bengals fall to Dutch Fork in title game
May 18, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – For the better part of a season, the Blythewood baseball team made a living out of guts and pulling victory from defeat. In the deciding game of the best-of-3 5A state championship series Friday night at the Columbia Fireflies’ Segra Park, the Bengals fell one round of the bases short of clinching a […]
