BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood headed into their final regular-season home game with only one blemish on their record: a 64-79 loss to Ridge View earlier in the season. Ready to avenge their loss, the Redhawks came to battle. The Blazers jumped out to an early first quarter 19-13 lead and held onto it until the fourth […]
Cyclones best Griffins
February 7, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The Griffins had a tough conclusion to the end of their 2018-19 home schedule. Fairfield Central’s defense had fits trying to slow down Chester’s high-octane offense, and the Cyclones rolled Fairfield up for an 82-60 win. Fairfield’s offense stuck close with Chester in the later quarter, but a tough first period set the […]
Lady Eagles wrap up regular season with win
February 7, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Richard Winn (10-10) rounded out their regular season in an impressive fashion on Friday night against King Academy. King’s offense was anemic, and Richard Winn capitalized big time. The Eagles only surrendered four points in the final three quarters, and they marched to a 46-13 victory. King was competitive in the first quarter […]
Bengals battle with Gamecocks
February 7, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – The Sumter boys basketball team nearly matched Blythewood shot for shot Friday night, but for a third-quarter blip and late fourth-quarter turnovers. Those two factors were all Blythewood needed to close out a 59-53 victory over the Gamecocks to complete the 2-game sweep of their Region 5-5A rivals. “They played well,” Blythewood head […]
Lady Griffins clinch 2nd place region finish
February 7, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Central Lady Griffins churned an emphatic region win on senior night against the Chester Cyclones on Tuesday night. The Griffins had three different scorers in double digits, and closed out their regular season home schedule with a 60-20 win. The win sealed up second place in Region 4-3 A for the […]
Redhawks take down South Pointe
February 7, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – If Tuesday night’s regular-season basketball game between the Westwood girls and South Pointe had the intense feel of a playoff game, it’s because both teams were slugging it out with the Region 3-4A championship at stake. The Stallions came into the Westwood gym unbeaten in region play and atop the standings. The Redhawks’ […]
Griffin wrestling continues to improve
February 7, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Curtis Holland’s young squad of Fairfield Central wrestlers continued to show strides and improvements in their 2019 dual-region tournament performance. The Griffins, in the program’s second year back, locked down fourth place in both the dual team region tournament and the individual region tournament. Three Griffins placed in the top three of their […]
Eagles slay Knights, honor seniors
February 7, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The Richard Winn Eagles (17-2) wrapped up their regular season play with a blowout victory. The Eagles dominated the game from the beginning and snagged a 59-35 conference win. Hudson Wade led all scorers with 17, and the Eagles’ second volume scorer, Darius Boyd, was not far behind with 13. Marshall Gibbons was […]
Lady Bengals fall to Sumter
February 7, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – The Sumter girls basketball team had their game at Blythewood well in hand by halftime Friday night. Up 30-16 coming out of halftime, the Gamecocks outscored the Bengals 18-5 in the third quarter and closed out a 63-28 Region 5-5A victory. Layken Cox led the way with 16 points. Keyare Coin and Cece […]
Bengals split wins with Yellow Jackets
January 31, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Ezekiel Washington’s Blythewood Bengals picked up a Region 4-5A victory over the Irmo Yellow Jackets on Tuesday night. Irmo was evenly matched with the Bengals for most of the night, but they suffered an atrocious second quarter. The Bengals held Irmo to just two points in the second, and eventually Blythewood escaped with […]
