Todd Mattox racks up post-season honors at FMU

FLORENCE, SC – For the third time this post-season, Francis Marion University senior third baseman Todd Mattox has garnered All-Region recognition, this time from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings. Mattox received first-team All-Southeast honors. ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First-Team selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. II All-Americans were to […]

Randy Kelly brings home 1st for Bengals

COLUMBIA – Blythewood High School standout Randy Kelly took home first place in boys High Jump at the 2022 SCHSL 5A State Championships, his second claim of the title in as many years. Kelly’s 6-10.00 jump easily beat out second place Canii Tucker of Fort Dorchester’s 6-04.00 in the 2022 state meet. Kelly also took […]

Holmes, Mosley take first and second at State

HOPKINS – In the 3A state meet at Lower Richland High School Saturday, Fairfield Central’s Sharmelle Holmes (pictured above) had a day. Holmes took gold in the 100 dash (11.81), silver in the 200 dash (24.73), and silver in the long jump (16-08.50). Griffin standout Joshua Mosley took second place in the 3200 meter run […]

Redhawks finish 2nd in state

COLUMBIA – Westwood’s girls track and field teams made the most of their time at Spring Valley’s Harry Parone Stadium Saturday night. On Saturday, while Greenville took home 4 gold medals and 11 top-3 finishes overall and won the 4A state championship with 102 points, Westwood won 5 gold medals and had 7 top-three finishes […]

Bengals finish 2nd in state

COLUMBIA – Blythewood’s girls track and field teams made the most of their time at Spring Valley’s Harry Parone Stadium Friday night. On Friday in the 5A state meet, Blythewood battled with J.L. Mann for the top spot on the podium. Only when three field events came in did the Patriots edge the Bengals and […]

Blythewood’s title dreams dashed in Fort Mill

FORT MILL – The Blythewood baseball team won 30 games for the first time in its history, but with a 2-1 loss at Fort Mill in a pitchers duel in the upper state championship game May 18th, the Bengals’ storied season came to an end. Both Fort Mill’s Matthieu Curtis and Blythewood’s Davis Wright pitched […]

Bengals commit to continue careers

BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School recognized 18 members of the Class of 2022 Wednesday who have committed to continuing their athletic careers on the collegiate level. The seniors are slated to gradu- ate from Blythewood High School on June 1. Jaylin Allen, son of Chanetta Williamson, announced his commitment to play football at St. Andrews […]

Richard Winn comes up short in title series

EHRHARDT – Landen Johnson crushed Richard Winn’s hopes of forcing a third game in the SCISA 1A championship series Tuesday. Besides pitching a complete-game five-hitter and striking out seven, the beefy Johnson slammed a solo home run and batted in two runs in Andrew Jackson Academy’s 7-1 victory over the Eagles at Marshall Kirkland Field […]

Bengals stay alive with walk-off win over TL Hanna

Since this story was published, Blythewood lost Wednesday’s elimination game to Fort Mill 2-1. The Bengals season ends at 30-3; Fort Mill advances to the State Championship series. See The Voice’s May 26 edition for a complete story on Wednesday’s game. BLYTHEWOOD – Justin Flemming didn’t have a remarkable night at the plate for most […]

Griffin standouts head to state meet

HOPKINS – Though Fairfield Central’s track and field teams didn’t qualify to participate in the 3A state meet, the program will be represented by four individual athletes and the boys’ 4×800 relay team. Sharmelle Holmes will compete in three events – the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash and long jump. Tamerra English will […]

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