WINNSBORO – With the opening of the 2025 portion of basketball season, Richard Winn will buckle down in region play. The Eagle boys traveled to Cambridge on Friday, Jan. 3 and came away with a 66-53 win. Junior Bennett Nicholson led Eagle scorers with 21 points. He also had four assists and four steals. Josh […]
Late rally lifts Redhawks over Blythewood
January 9, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Fouls on the Westwood boys basketball team early in their game against Region 5-5A rival Blythewood came fast and furious Friday night. The Bengals built a 30-11 lead with 3:07 left in the second quarter, largely on T.J. Lewis’s 13 foul shots, and 15-of-17 shooting from the free-throw line by that time. Clearly, […]
Davis is Upper State 2A Coach of the Year
January 2, 2025 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Fairfield Central native son Demetrius Davis took top honors among Class 2A head football coaches after the 2024 football season. The South Carolina Football Coaches Association named Davis as the 2A Upper State Head Coach of the year in late December. The 14-year Griffins head coach led his team to a 12-2 […]
Champs get hardware
January 2, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – Richard Winn Academy recognized its 2024 SCISA baseball 1A State Championship team during the school’s Christmas basketball tournament last week. The title was the second in a row for the program, who went 20-2 in the 2024 season and 25-0 in the 2023 season. Pictured front from left: Coach Daniel Bonds, Harris McLean, […]
Blythewood boys sweep Lemon Street Classic
January 2, 2025 By
MARIETTA, GA – With three wins in the Lemon Street Classic Blythewood’s boys basketball team closed out the 2024 portion of their season on a four-game win streak. Following a three-point loss to Wren on Dec. 20, the Bengals downed Columbia 78-34 on Dec. 21, then picked up 70-41, 78-56 and 70-65 wins in the […]
PAC opens sports complex near Blythewood
January 2, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – The Providence Athletic Club (PAC) Panthers held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at their new 12-acre, 16,000 square foot double gymnasium complex located just south of Blythewood off Farrow Road between I-77 and I-20. PAC will host home basketball, volleyball and wrestling events as well as graduations and sports banquets at the new Providence […]
Bengals are Dist. 9 Tourney Champs
January 2, 2025 By
SUMTER – Blythewood’s girls basketball program takes some new hardware into the new year – crowned champions of the District 9 Officials Christmas Basketball Tournament. Junior Chase Thomas was named tournament MVP after tallying her ninth double-double of the season. In the three-game stretch, she averaged 26.6 points, 14.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists. The Bengals […]
Eagles host Mavs during Christmas tourney
January 2, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – Following their road-loss to Lake Pointe Academy on Dec. 20, the Eagle boys got back into the win column on Dec. 27 when they hosted cross-town foe Midlands STEM Charter School for the first game of their Christmas Tournament. The Eagles bested the Mavericks by a 71-54 final. Senior Charlie Bonds led the […]
Westwood boys move to 12-0
January 2, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – Westwood boys basketball moved to 12-0 on the season with its most recent wins in the Cavalier Showcase at Richland Northeast High School last week. The Redhawks faced J.L. Mann on Friday afternoon, then played South Aiken on Saturday. They downed both teams by a 17-point margin. Bryson Hardy led the Redhawks with […]
Blythewood girls make history
January 2, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s girls wrestling program opened their season on Dec. 5 and cemented themselves in the program’s history books – hosting the first girls dual match in school history that day against White Knoll. The Bengals, ranked sixth currently, defeated White Knoll 65-12. Sophomore Khloe Ortiz dominated at 110lbs. Junior Zoey Pyatt […]
