BLYTHEWOOD – A couple of firsts, and one continued winning streak came about at the Westwood softball stadium Tuesday night. The Redhawks’ 10-0, 5-inning victory over Lucy Beckham marked the first time Westwood softball opened the 4A playoffs at home. For Makayla Drakeford, her fourth-inning 2-run blast marked her first home run of the season, […]
Blythewood softball finishes 2nd in region, opens playoffs
May 4, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood softball team (14-6) finished second in the Region 3-5A standings with a 13-3 victory over Spring Valley April 26, and closed out the regular season with a 4-1 win over A.C. Flora Friday. The second-seeded Bengals played host to No.3 Boiling Springs Wednesday in the upper state District 2 Tournament. The […]
Griffins fall to Liberty in 1st round of playoffs
May 4, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central’s baseball and softball teams hosted Liberty High School on Tuesday in the first round of the SCHSL 2A State Playoffs. The Griffin teams entered as #2 seeds in their district bracket, but both dropped games to Liberty. Fairfield baseball took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Liberty put […]
Bengals clench region championship
April 27, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team (16-3, 11-3 Region 5-3A) secured its fourth region championship in the last five years—with the Covid-shortened 2020 season being the exception—with a series sweep of Rock Hill last week. Having beaten the Bearcats 7-2 April 17, Blythewood followed up with a 10-0 5-inning home victory April 19 and a […]
Eagles win #19, inch to closer playoffs
April 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – The 17-0 Eagles hit the road last Friday for a region game in Batesburg against King Academy. They returned as the 18-0 Eagles, then followed that up with another win over King on Monday – both games ended via 10-run rule. Friday’s game got off to a slow(er) start (than usual). The Eagles […]
WHS softball sweeps RNE
April 27, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – April has been very good for the Westwood softball team. The Redhawks rode a five-game winning streak into Tuesday night’s doubleheader against Region 5-4A rival Richland Northeast, and swept the Cavaliers 20-1 and 12-0. Those wins, along with a 17-1 victory over Ridge View April 19, a 14-11 win over Irmo Friday, and […]
BHS softball finishes road trips 2-1
April 27, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood softball team (11-6) got two big wins on the road last week, an 11-0 shutout at Dutch April 19 and a 7-0 Region 3-5A win at Rock Hill Thursday. The Bengals fell 2-0 at Nation Ford in another region game Monday. Lauren Hardy pitched a 1-hit complete game at Dutch Fork, […]
Griffins win big over Keenan
April 27, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – Despite allowing three runs in the fifth inning, Fairfield Central defeated Keenan 15-5 on Friday. In the first inning, the Griffins got their offense started when Nygel Woodard singled on a 2-0 count, scoring one run. Fairfield put up six runs in the third inning. Nygel Woodard, Blake Gambrell, Kaden Diggs and Tyon […]
Redhawks beat Irmo, fall to RNE
April 27, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball team needed two wins against Richland Northeast this week to have an outside shot at a fourth place finish in Region 5-4A and getting a fourth seed in the 4A playoffs next week. The Cavaliers, securely in third place behind first-place A.C. Flora and second place Lugoff-Elgin, all but denied […]
Eagles fall to King
April 27, 2023 By
BATESBURG – Richard Winn fell behind King Academy 4-2 in the first inning last week and couldn’t recover. The Eagles dropped the region contest 17-2 in a four inning stretch. Caroline Tolbert and Peyton Patrick had the Eagles’ two hits on the day. The team is set to host Ben Lippen on Friday.
