BHS-36, RVHS-0 BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Bengals (5-6, 3-2) clinched the final automatic bid to the Class 4A/Division 2 state playoffs Friday night by cementing third place in Region IV-4A with a 36-0 thrashing of the Ridge View Blazers. Osei Thomas repeatedly gashed the Blazers’ front seven in the first quarter as he spotted the […]
Young, Griffins Send Rebels Packing
November 10, 2014 By
FCHS-55, MCHS-14 WINNSBORO – Past performance in no guarantee of future returns. So they say on Wall Street, and so said the Griffins on the gridiron Friday night as they demolished the Rebels of Mid-Carolina – a team that had pushed them to the brink just seven days before – 55-14 in round one of […]
Local Talent Tapped for Bowls
November 7, 2014 By
WINNSBORO/BLYTHEWOOD – With high school football playoffs upon us, five local players were recently named as an all-star for either the North/South All Star game or the Shrine Bowl. The North/South All-Star game pits the best players from South Carolina against one another. Shadarius Hopkins (Fairfield Central), Dunstan Padgett Jr. (Fairfield Central), Adonus Lee (Westwood) […]
Griffins Face Round 1 Rematch
November 6, 2014 By
Class 2A/Division 1 Playoffs WINNSBORO – For Fairfield Central fans who feel like last week’s 7-0 win over the Mid-Carolina Rebels in the mud and the cold and the rain was difficult to endure, there’s good news and bad news. The good news: The Griffins got the win, sealing up the top seed in the […]
Golf Tourney Benefits Wounded Warriors
November 5, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The fifth annual Jonathan E. Meincke Memorial Golf Tournament, benefiting the late Dr. Meincke’s favorite charity, the Wounded Warrior Project, will tee off Friday, Nov. 7 at the Country Club of South Carolina at Crickentree. Meincke founded Blythewood’s Companion Animal Hospital in 1993 and hovered over it until his untimely death Jan. 23, […]
Bengals Advance to State Meet
November 5, 2014 By
COLUMBIA – The Blythewood boys cross country team turned in a great showing by finishing third at a cold and rainy Mid-State Qualifier last weekend. The boys defeated two teams currently ranked in the top 10 in the state, and advance to the State Championship meet this coming Saturday. The team was led by senior James […]
Bengals Stay in Playoff Hunt
November 4, 2014 By
BHS-41, LEHS-28 LUGOFF – Catapulted by four passing touchdowns by David Isreal, the Blythewood Bengals went on the road Friday night to extinguish the Demons of Lugoff-Elgin, 41-28. The victory further tightened the Bengals’ (4-6/2-2) grip on the final playoff spot in Region IV-4A. Lugoff-Elgin issued the first blow late in the first quarter when […]
Eagles Drop Season Finale, Prep for Playoffs
November 3, 2014 By
EHRHARDT – The Richard Winn Academy Eagles’ spotless regular season record got its first blemish Friday night as the Eagles fell 46-34 to the Confederates at Andrew Jackson Academy. The Confederates took a 22-12 lead into the half, stretching their lead to 38-20 by the end of the third. A pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns […]
‘Hawks Fall from Ranks of Unbeaten
November 1, 2014 By
Dutch Fork-33, Westwood-3 BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood played the biggest football game in its brief history Friday night against defending class 4A, Division I state champion Dutch Fork. The Region IV-4A title was at stake and the Redhawks looked to remain the last unbeaten team in 4A, but it wasn’t to be as the Silver […]
Griffins Dodge Weather, Mid-Carolina
November 1, 2014 By
Fairfield Central-7, Mid-Carolina-0 WINNSBORO – It was rainy. It was cold. And it was far from pretty. But the Fairfield Central Griffins eked out a 7-0 win Friday over the Mid-Carolina Rebels to wrap up a perfect 6-0 region record and put themselves in position to potentially earn a top seed in the Class 2A, […]
