No luck for Shamrocks; Griffins win big

COLUMBIA – Fairfield Central notched its second region win with a 49-20 thump of Eau Claire last week. TyQuarius Shannon had four touchdowns as the Griffins took down the Shamrocks 49-20 on Friday. Fairfield Central held Eau Claire to 379 total yards of offense, allowing just 81 rushing yards. The Griffins, now 2-1 in region […]

Eagles run at region meet, girls claim first place

NEWBERRY – Richard Winn’s cross country runners returned to school Monday morning with some new hardware. Claiming the top three finish spots in the girls’ race in the Region Championship meet at Newberry on Saturday, the Eagle team claimed the Region title; the boys finished in third place. Richard Winn’s girls dominated the top positions […]

Sumter holds off Blythewood

BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood football team did everything it could to snap its losing ways, but in the end Sumter held out to deliver a 47-34 loss to the Bengals. Quarterback James Veasey threw a season-high five touchdown passes and was 18-for-24 in passing for 214 yards with one interception. He also had 21 carries […]

Miracle finish for Westwood in 34-28 2OT victory

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood football team was about as down and out as a team could get Friday night. Yet, the Redhawks came away with a double-overtime 34-28 Homecoming victory over Lugoff-Elgin at District Two Stadium. On the last play of regulation, Westwood (6-2, 3-1 Region 5-5A) was down 21-14, but the Redhawks dug deep […]

BHS, WHS run in Coaches Classic

NEWBERRY – Blythewood and Westwood runners got a taste of their competition at the Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic in Newberry on Saturday. Blythewood raced in the International Division; Westwood competed in the Championship division. Blythewood’s Jacob Powell finished 5th at 15:49 out of 260 runners in the International Boys division.  Luke Hurley from Boiling Springs […]

Blythewood mistakes hand West Florence victory

BLYTHEWOOD – When opportunity knocked, the West Florence football team answered at Blythewood Friday night. The Knights jumped on four Bengals turnovers in the first half and held on to beat Blythewood 21-7. West Florence had just 98 net rushing yards and 63 passing yards on the night, and punted the football 10 times in […]

Richard Winn clinches second place region finish

WINNSBORO – Following a 3-0 loss to SCISA A Region III leader Cambridge Academy on Oct. 2, Richard Winn’s volleyball team claimed a 3-1 win on the road at Wardlaw to cement itself in second place in the region. Stepping away from region play, the Eagles split games with SCISA A Region II opponent Jefferson […]

Westwood shuts out Spring Valley

BLYTHEWOOD – Carrington Carter threw two touchdown passes to Jayden Boyd and Quentin McGill rushed for two touchdowns as Westwood (5-2, 2-1 Region 5-5A) shut out Spring Valley (2-6, 0-4) Friday. Muhsin Yakubu’s field goal put the Redhawks up 3-0. Later, Carter shovel passed to Jayden Boyd, who completed the 44-yard catch-and-run play to the […]

FC drops region game to Chester

CHESTER – It was a battle for region standings in the Fairfield Central/Chester 321-rivalry last week, but it turned into a series of unfortunate events for the Griffins as Chester claimed the 29-16 win. Fairfield Central’s first touchdown of the night was called back due to a penalty, then Chester induced a fumble on its […]

Bengals, Redhawks place at state meet

COLUMBIA – Blythewood’s boys and girls swim teams took part in the 5A Division I state swimming championships at the University of South Carolina’s Sol Blatt Natatorium Thursday. J.L. Mann’s boys and girls team won the 5A Division 1 state championship. The boys team won state with 423 total points, topping second-place Ashley Ridge’s 336 […]

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