BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood offense against Region IV-4A rival Blythewood Friday night centered on Rudy Mitchell. It wasn’t that Mitchell sparked the offense or made the right run at the right time. Mitchell was the Redhawks offense in a 35-31 victory over the Bengals. Mitchell carried the ball 41 times and rushed for a school-record […]
Ruff Night for the Raiders
October 24, 2015 By
Sophomore Running Back Propels Griffins to Win COLUMBIA – Maybe Fairfield Central’s offense didn’t bring their ‘A’ game into Bolden Stadium Friday night. Head coach Demetrius Davis certainly didn’t think so. But his defense dug their heels in firmly enough to shut out the Keenan Raiders, while a pair of touchdown runs from Tony […]
Bengals Race to Top-10 Finish
October 21, 2015 By
COLUMBIA – The Blythewood boys cross country team placed 10th in a 50 team race on Saturday at the Sandhills Invitational. The Bengals were led by junior Josh Bowers, who finished 13th overall in a time of 16 minutes and 24 seconds. Other top finishers for the Bengals were Caleb Wilson (17:25), KJ Mack (17:41), […]
Lady Bengals Qualify for State
October 21, 2015 By
COLUMBIA – The Lady Bengals golf team placed seventh in the Upper State Qualifiers Monday, good enough to qualify for next week’s State Tournament. Blythewood was led by freshman Parker Stalvey’s 85, and also benefited from a strong performance from sophomore Madelyn Richards, who shot a 91. The State Tournament will be held Monday and […]
Relay Teams Swim into Top 10
October 21, 2015 By
COLUMBIA – The Blythewood swim teams shattered school records in the 4A state swim meet Saturday, with the boys’ relay team notching top-10 finishes for the first time in school history. In the 200 medley relay, Sean Bell, Ademar Cubero, Hayden Kasavicha and Matthew Owens broke their own school record by over 3 seconds to […]
Perfect Finish –
October 20, 2015 By
RWA’s Alyssa Atkerson battles at the net Thursday against Laurens Academy. The Lady Eagles won the match in straight sets, 3-0, to finish the regular season with a spotless 17-0 record. The SCISA state playoffs get under way this weekend in Spartanburg.
Turnovers Sink Blazers
October 20, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood Redhawks hosted the Ridge View Blazers Friday night at Richland 2 Stadium for a region football game. With Ridge View coming off a victory against the tough Dutch Fork Silver Foxes, it would seem like the Redhawks would have their hands full of Blazer; but it was not so, as Westwood […]
Hawks Overpower Richard Winn
October 19, 2015 By
WINNSBORO – Richard Winn Academy (6-2, 4-2) looked for a chance Friday to make amends for last week’s first loss in 54 weeks. Greenwood Christian (7-1, 5-1) had other plans, dropping the Eagles 56-23 and handing Richard Winn their first two-game losing streak in two years. “We’re fighting for our football lives now,” RWA head […]
Foxes Outlast Blythewood
October 17, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Because of the flooding two weeks ago, Blythewood had postponed last week’s scheduled Region IV-4A opener at Spring Valley to Tuesday, then postponed the game again to Nov. 13. Dutch Fork, on the other hand, opened its region slate with a 28-21 loss to Ridge View at District 2 Stadium Tuesday night. Just […]
McManus, Griffins Carve Up Pelion
October 17, 2015 By
WINNSBORO – It was a quiet second half at E.K. McLendon Stadium Friday night as both the Fairfield Central Griffins and the visiting Pelion Panthers were held off the scoreboard. The first half, however, was the proverbial highlight reel for the Griffins and their quarterback, Stanley McManus. McManus carved up the Pelion secondary for 214 […]
