BLYTHEWOOD – Under second-year head coach Emily McElveen, Blythewood girls shot off a 3-0 start with holiday weekend tournament wins and season-opener win against White Knoll on Tuesday. The Bengals went 2-0 in the She Got Next Thanksgiving Tournament at White Knoll on Nov. 29 and 30. Blythewood faced off with Riverside to open play. […]
Redhawk girls go 3-2 in preseason tourneys
December 5, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood girls wrapped their preseason tournaments with a 3-2 record. The Redhawks dropped their preseason opener to Loris in the M-Town Showdown at Manning High School on Nov. 22 with a 60-53 final, then followed with a 64-19 blowout win over West Florence on Nov. 23. They went 2-1 in the Thersa Kendle […]
Westwood claims Lake Murray Tipoff Title
December 5, 2024 By
LEXINGTON – Westwood boys basketball cleaned house at Lexington High School over the Thanksgiving week, finishing with a 3-0 record and a preseason tournament title under their belts. The Redhawks opened play on Nov. 25 against Fox Creek and came away with a 56-43 win. Dmarcus Thomas led with 16 points and five assists. Daytron […]
Griffins down Central, advance to Upper State
December 5, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – With a 3-0 post-season record, Fairfield Central is headed to the Upper State Championship game on Friday. The Griffins will travel to Clinton High School to battle for a spot in the SCHSL AA State Championship game, to be played Dec. 13. The Griffins rolled through the first and second rounds with a […]
Emma Ashley claims 5A individual XC state title
November 27, 2024 By
NEWBERRY—Westwood senior and South Carolina signee Emma Ashley scored a first-place finish in the Class 5A Division 2 girls’ cross-country championship race Thursday morning at The Farm cross-country course. “It means so much,” Ashley said. “This has been many years in the making. I started running cross country in seventh grade, so to have this […]
Eagles stay perfect to claim SCISA 8-man title
November 27, 2024 By
BATESBURG – The Richard Winn Academy Eagles concluded a perfect season and captured a State Championship on a chilly Friday, November 22, with a decisive victory over Laurens Academy. The game between Richard Winn and the Laurens Academy Crusaders was hosted by W.W. King Academy in Batesburg. The Crusaders won the coin toss and deferred […]
Blythewood boys finish 2nd at 5A Cross Country meet
November 27, 2024 By
NEWBERRY – In the 5A Division 1 boys race, junior Jacob Powell took seventh place with a time of 16:24.73 and senior Eureka Washington finished 12th to lead Blythewood to a second-place finish behind team champion Dorman Thursday morning at The Farm cross-country course. Dorman finished first with a score of 49. Blythewood came in […]
Westwood closes out postseason with road loss at Berkeley
November 27, 2024 By
MONCKS CORNER—The Westwood football team, fresh from its first playoff win in several years, fell 36-0 to Berkeley in the second round of the 5A Division 2 playoffs. Stags sophomore quarterback Henry Rivers completed 10 of 11 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns. Senior Kayden Bash had wight catches for 84 yards and two […]
As title game looms, Brigman knows it’s been a special season
November 21, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The Richard Winn Academy head football coach Paul Brigman knew this year’s team had a lot of promise, but he said the young Eagles have worked hard to make it to the final game. “It has been a special season,” Brigman said. “We had a very senior-laden team last year, lost eight guys […]
Eagles soar into title game
November 21, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The Richard Winn Academy Eagles defeated the Wardlaw Academy Patriots for the third time this year to move just one win away from a perfect season and a state championship in SCISA 8-man football. Wardlaw won the coin toss and elected to receive. The Patriots’ quarterback Colt Bailey led a five-play, 54-yard drive […]
