COLUMBIA (Nov. 30, 2016) – Blythewood kicked off the 2016-2017 basketball season with three straight 3-pointers against Ridge View. Head coach Zeke Washington knew that kind of slick fortune wouldn’t hold out for the Bengals. Blythewood needed all of Robert Braswell’s 23 points and Tre Jackson’s 17 to hold off the fiery Blazers in a 64-53 […]
Late TDs Bury Bengals
November 28, 2016 By
NORTH CHARLESTON (Nov. 28, 2016) – The Blythewood Bengals’ playoff game against the Fort Dorchester Patriots Friday night showcased two of the premier junior quarterbacks in the state in Jordyn Adams and Dakereon Joyner. Both players displayed all their unique talents on the field trying to lead their teams to semi-finals of the Class 5A state […]
Griffins Rally Snuffed at Goal Line
November 26, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Nov. 26, 2016) – Half a yard. . . . One and a half feet. . . . Eighteen inches. Rarely is the difference between victory and defeat so minute and yet so easily defined. As the final seconds bled away Friday night at E.K. McLendon Stadium, Fairfield Central quarterback Stanley McManus took the snap […]
Bengals Bash Bruins, Advance to Round 2
November 21, 2016 By
FLORENCE (Nov. 21, 2016) – The Blythewood Bengals kicked off the 2016 class 5-A playoffs Friday with a 41-28 victory in hostile territory against the Bruins of South Florence. The win comes three weeks after Blythewood’s last regular season action, which was a close loss to Spring Valley. “We worked on ourselves for two weeks,” Bengals’ […]
Woodruff Pushes Griffins to the Brink
November 19, 2016 By
Fairfield Central Escapes with 28-21 Win in Round 1 WINNSBORO (Nov. 19, 2016) – The wolverine is a stocky, muscular carnivore with the ferocity and strength to kill prey many times larger than itself. Friday night, the Woodruff Wolverines very nearly did just that, pushing Fairfield Central to the brink at E.K. McLendon Stadium in […]
Play Ball –
November 17, 2016 By
Bailey Taylor, a senior at Richard Winn Academy, signed on Monday to play softball in the Sunbelt Conference at Troy University in Troy, Ala. Joining Bailey are her travel ball coach, John Corn; brother Zack, parents Rod and Retta, and RWA softball coach Millie Lambert.
State Title Chases Get Under Way
November 17, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD (Nov. 17, 2016) – It seems like ages since the Friday night lights blared over the Midlands, and indeed it has been weeks. The schedule shakeup caused by Hurricane Matthew last month disrupted regular season play, but at last the chase for state titles is on. Friday night, the Blythewood Bengals travel to South Florence […]
Confederates Plow Through Eagles
November 14, 2016 By
EHRHARDT (Nov. 14, 2016) – The Richard Winn Eagles (8-4) needed just one more win to get back to the SCISA 8-Man state title game as they did back in 2014. The Confederates of Andrew Jackson (11-0) had other ideas as they annihilate the Eagles 78-0 Friday giving them an opportunity to head into the championship game […]
Bengals Break 18 Minute Mark at State Meet
November 7, 2016 By
COLUMBIA (Nov. 7, 2016) – Blythewood’s cross country team wanted to follow up on last year’s fifth-place finish with a strong performance at Saturday’s state championship race at Clemson extension. Head coach Matt Owings acknowledged that the competition was fierce in this year’s race, but otherwise all the Bengals made good runs. “Unfortunately competition is what […]
Eagles Cruise to First Round Win
November 7, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Nov. 7, 2016) – Richard Winn (8-3) started their run in the 2016 SCISA 8-Man playoffs with a convincing 34-6 victory over Clarendon Hall Friday as they look to continue their way to another State Title. “We at times didn’t look our best, and that was because of the familiarity of the opponent, but I […]
