WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Central Griffins beat back a third-quarter Crestwood charge Friday night, outdueling the Knights 38-21 at E.K. McLendon Stadium. The Griffins had amassed a 28-6 lead going into the half, but the Knights, propelled by top-rated running back Ty’Son Williams, used a short field after a partially blocked Stanley McManus punt […]
Defense Leads Lexington Over Bengals
September 5, 2014 By
LEXINGTON – Lexington needed every one of Slade Carroll’s rushing yards at Wildcat Hollow Friday night. In a defensive battle against Blythewood, Carroll bullied his way through for 188 yards on 28 carries and the game’s only two scores in the Wildcats’ 13-0 shutout of the Bengals. “We told them to stay the course […]
Toys in the Attic . . .
September 5, 2014 By
Title Trophy Turns Up After 54 Years in Exile RIDGEWAY – The Ridgeway Cardinals, the former Ridgeway High School’s 6-man basketball team, made their town proud in 1935 when they brought home the state championship trophy for Class C schools. “It was the only time Ridgeway High School had ever won a state championship and […]
Fall Basketball League Seeks Players, Coaches
September 4, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Regan Roberts Youth Basketball League is looking for players and coaches for its co-ed basketball league from first through 12th grades. This league fills up fast, so don’t delay. There are six age groups with four teams per age group. The first 32 players for each age group will be accepted. Practices are […]
Lady Bengals Dump Lexington
September 3, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Lady Bengals volleyball squad bounced back from a first set setback Tuesday night to chase the Lady Wildcats back to Lexington, 3-1 (2-25, 25-10, 25-17, 25-21). The Lady Bengals were led by Bijonae Jones’s 27 serves, 10 aces, 18 kills, 20 digs and 10 serve receives. Also stirring the pot on […]
Redhawks Hammer RNE
September 2, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood Redhawks were able to keep their home-field winning streak alive Friday night by clobbering the Cavaliers of Richland Northeast, 38-6. Further, the ‘Hawks showed their opponents that last Friday’s 46-point shutout of River Bluff was no fluke and that the Redhawks are one of the toughest teams around. Last year’s […]
Bengals Topple Blazers
September 1, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Bengals of Blythewood high school were very disappointed in their season debut versus Rock Hill last week and vowed to make a better effort against their arch rivals, the Blazers of Ridge View High School. The Bengals were led by their junior quarterback David Isreal’s 216 yards passing and two touchdowns […]
Eagles Blast Generals
September 1, 2014 By
CHARLESTON – The Richard Winn Eagles took to the long road to Charleston on Friday to face the Cathedral Academy Generals in a hot and muggy night of football. While the Generals went up early, the Eagles battled back to dominate with a 56-28 win. The General struck first with a 52-yard touchdown pass […]
Griffins Blank Cyclones
August 30, 2014 By
CHESTER – After coming up on the short end of the double overtime stick last week, the Fairfield Central Griffins hurled a shutout against their arch-rivals, steamrolling the Cyclones at Chester Friday night 29-0. In an eerie flashback to last week’s 29-28 2OT loss at Brookland-Cayce, Friday night’s scoreboard also lit up for the […]
Bengals Finish Strong in N.C. Meet
August 27, 2014 By
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Blythewood High School boys’ cross country team kicked off the 2014 season Saturday with a strong showing at the highly competitive Providence Invitational in Charlotte. The race featured four of the top five teams in N.C., as well as the top ranked team in S.C. Blythewood placed 15th overall, which was […]
