BLYTHEWOOD (March 1, 2017) – The Westwood baseball team is not short on athletes for the 2017 season. The Redhawks, coming off an 8-13 season, will be working on the mental side of the game before the season opener next Friday. “We’re young. The hardest thing for the young guys is the mental side,” Westwood head […]

WINNSBORO (March 1, 2017) – The Fairfield Central Preseason Tournament did no favors for the Richard Winn Academy Eagles. First they lost to Great Falls on day one, and Gray Collegiate handed them a 10-1 throttling on day two. “We’re trying out a bunch of new guys,” Eagles’ head coach Paul Brigman said. “We have three […]

ANDERSON (March 1, 2017) – Westwood sent five Redhawks to the State individual wrestling meet last weekend at the Anderson Civic Center, with three bringing home hardware. Although Robert Sumpter and Raekwon Davis were eliminated in the first round, Darieus McCaskill earned third place in the 220-pound weight class and Brice Harkness took third in the […]

WINNSBORO (March 1, 2017) – The Griffins edged out the Great Falls Red Devils 2-0 in a tight pitcher’s duel on day two of the Fairfield Central Preseason Tournament. Stanley McManus, the Griffins’ starting pitcher, overwhelmed the Red Devils much of the game. He pitched all five innings of the pre-season contest, struck out eight and […]

BHS Needs OT to Dispose of Jackets   FLORENCE – The Blythewood boys needed to be resilient in fighting off Irmo Saturday at the Florence Civic Center. Most visibly, the Bengals needed clutch shooting to stay alive at the end of regulation, as well as to walk off the floor with a 61-50 overtime victory […]

BLYTHEWOOD (Feb. 21, 2017) – The Blythewood boys’ 74-71 victory over Lexington in the third round of the 5A playoffs Tuesday night was a closer game than they were used to playing. For the first time in a long time, the Bengals fell behind an opponent in the third quarter Tuesday night, when the Wildcats led […]

SUMTER (Feb. 21, 2017) – The Richard Winn Lady Eagles went into the second round of SCISA Class A state playoffs looking to continue their winning trend. Despite Curtis Baptist’s late run in the fourth quarter, Richard Winn pulled out the close victory, 49-44, to knock out the No. 1 seeded Curtis Baptist. “I felt we […]

WINNSBORO (Feb. 21, 2017) – The Fairfield Central girls hoped to keep control of the basketball against Newberry Monday night. That hope was dashed within 90 seconds of play at the Fairfield Central gym, when four turnovers led to a 9-0 deficit. “I knew if we could cut down our turnovers, then we could have a […]