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Erosion could lead to closing of Longtown Road East that runs over Lake Columbia dam

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Griffins Spoil Redhawks’ Debut

James Denton / August 25, 2012

Winning pretty isn’t everything. Winning is. The Griffins proved that Friday night, overcoming 120 yards in penalties and less than 60 yards in the air to extend a cool welcome to high school football to the first-year Westwood Redhawks, 34-7 in Winnsboro. “I thought our kids came out and did the things we knew we […]

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Final Tune-Up –

DeAnna Robinson / August 24, 2012

The Fairfield Central Griffins had their last preseason shakedown run last week against Ridge View at the Lugoff-Elgin Jamboree. The Griffins were down 7-0 before stormy weather suspended play. The Griffins open at home tonight (Aug. 24) against Westwood High School. Season tickets and parking decals for the 2012 Fairfield Central High School football season

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The Race for Number One

Lucas Vance / August 23, 2012

Bengals Have Wealth of Talent at QB Position Heading into the 2012 football season Blythewood head coach Reggie Kennedy has dealt with the task of choosing a starting quarterback. Kennedy had three seniors to choose from: Kylin Binn, Joe Britt and Travis Palmer. All three have shown potential during scrimmages and practice but one player

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USC Equestrians open season at Blythewood’s One Wood Farm

Cory Burkharth / August 23, 2012

USC equestrian coach Boo Major has announced the Gamecocks’ 2012-2013 schedule that features two meets against the defending NCEA national champions and the addition of an SEC Championship. With the addition of Texas A&M to the Southeastern Conference, the SEC added a conference championship for the sport of equestrian starting with the upcoming season. This

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Allen, former Bengal named to academic.athletic honor roll

James Denton / August 23, 2012

Parker Allen, a College of Charleston Golf team member, was named to the Southern Conference Athletic Academic honor roll for the second year in a row. Allen is a rising junior at CofC and was a member of the Blythewood High School 2010 4A State Championship team. He is the son of Janice and Spencer