Take Me Out to the Ball Game

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood High School hosted Youth Night at their Friday night game against Dreher. Kids in uniform received free admission, a hot dog meal, and a night of fun.

Jayden Boyd sets new FC records in season opener

HOPKINS – Fairfield Central Track and Field opened their 2024 season at the Diamond Hornets Invitational in Hopkins on Saturday. The Griffin boys took a sixth place finish among 30 schools competing. Jayden Boyd led the Griffin boys with two first place finishes on the day, both of which set new school records. Boyd was […]

Eagles play in SCISA 1A All-Star games

SUMTER – Four Richard Winn basketball seniors received SCISA All-Star honors in the post-season. Meagan Brigman, Drew Spires, Miller Stuck and Delaney Young, who all received All-Region honors for SCISA 1A Region IV. Brigman, Spires, Stuck and Young played in their respective games at Wilson Hall on March 2. In ten region games played, Brigman […]

RW hosts Griffins, Blazers for preseason tourney

WINNSBORO – With baseball’s opening day looming this week, Richard Winn hosted Fairfield Central and Ridge View for a three-team preseason tournament last week. Fairfield Central faced off with Ridge View on Monday, and Richard Winn followed with a game against Ridge View on Tuesday. Wednesday’s cross-town matchup between the Griffins and Eagles was cancelled […]

Bengal girls take first in season opener

HOPKINS – Blythewood High School’s defending girls’ 5A Track and Field Champions opened the 2024 season the way the closed the last: on top. The Bengal girls took first place out of 30 teams in Saturday’s Diamond Hornets Invitational at Lower Richland High School, and they did so decisively… scoring 155 points. Chapin finished in […]

FCHS alum named 5A Region Coach of the Year

COLUMBIA – Former Fairfield Central Griffin student-athlete turned coach was recently awarded Coach of the Year for 5A Region 4. Candace Bush, a 2002 graduate of Fairfield Central, is currently the head girls’ basketball coach at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo. Bush led the Silver Foxes to a perfect 8-0 record in region play, […]

James Island upsets Westwood in OT thriller

CHARLESTON—The Westwood boys basketball team got off to a great start in its third-round matchup with James Island Thursday night, but the Trojans erased a double-digit deficit early in the fourth quarter. The Trojans defense slowed down the Redhawks attack, forced overtime, and R.J. Simmons’ 3-pointer with 36 seconds left gave them a 71-70 edge. […]

Bengals fall in round 2

The Blythewood boys basketball team scored a solid 95-48 win over J.L. Mann in the first round of the 5A playoffs, but a late Dorman rally Saturday night sent the Bengals down to a 63-58 defeat in the second round. Blythewood finishes the season 21-7. Against J.L. Mann, Zeke Washington’s game plan for the Blythewood […]

Eagles bumped from playoffs

WINNSBORO – Fresh off a one-sided regular season with only one loss in the books, top-seeded Richard Winn faced Holly Hill (13-14) in the opening round of the South Carolina Independent Schools Association’s 1A state basketball tournament on Saturday. When the two teams met in early December, the Eagles took a 55-34 win over the […]

Griffins beat Rebels, fall to Landrum in Round 2

JOHNSTON – After a solid third place region finish with a tight three-point loss to Keenan, Fairfield Central’s girls’ basketball team earned a bid to the 2A SC High School League state championship tournament. The Griffins, a three-seed, opened the playoffs in Johnston on Feb. 14 against a second-seeded Strom Thurmond team. Despite the Rebels’ […]

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