DUNCAN – Only one point separated Blythewood and JL Mann girls at the Upper State championship meet last Friday, but that point was all the Bengals needed to clench the top spot. Blythewood advances to the State Meet, set for Friday at Spring Valley High School. Among those competing are Hailey Duncan (100m and 200m), […]
Redhawks ink plans for college
May 19, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A crew of Westwood senior athletes made their college plans official last Wednesday. Malaysia Tucker signed with College of Charleston. Tucker was a flyer for Westwood’s Competitive Cheer team. She is the daughter of Furman and Gail Allen. Tucker is a member of National Honors Society and an A/B Honor Roll student. Will […]
WHS girls top region, look to state
May 19, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood hosted the Region 4-4A meet on May 4 and almost pulled top finishes in both boys’ and girls’ scores. The Westwood girls topped Lugoff-Elgin, Dreher, AC Flora and Irmo to take the region title with a score of 150. Lugoff-Elgin finished second at 125. Westwood’s boys finished in second with a score […]
Gregg Martin faces 10 more sex crime charges
May 12, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood photographer Gregg Martin faces 10 new charges including kidnapping and promoting prostitution after being arrested last week for a second time for sex crimes. He was booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Martin was first arrested April 8, 2022, after deputies received a report of him taking inappropriate photographs of […]
Westwood baseball, softball end benchmark seasons
May 12, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball and softball teams watched their benchmark seasons come to an end last week. The Westwood baseball team was eliminated in the District 3 upper state tournament with an 11-1 loss in six innings at Westside Thursday. The Westwood softball team went 1-2 in its District 3 tournament, with its final […]
Blythewood softball eliminated from 5A state playoffs
May 12, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood softball team rallied back into its elimination game in the District 4 tournament against Nation Ford Monday night, to the point where the Bengals had the tying run at first base with two out. After Josie Smythe singled to right field, Maya Van Zyl came up to the plate. She connected […]
Bengals ‘poised & under control’ in post-season
May 12, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team’s focus continues. The Bengals wrapped up the 5A District 4 tournament in a snap Monday night with an 8-1 victory over Nation Ford. Next comes the upper state tournament. Blythewood, at 28-1, No.1 in the state in the SCBCA rankings, and ranked ninth in the nation in the latest […]
Eagles move to semi-final game
May 12, 2022 By
Since publishing this story, Richard Winn defeated Dorchester 4-3 in Wednesdays Upper State game to advance to the SCISA A State Title Series. The series will be a best-of-three, to be played Monday, Tuesday and Saturday, if needed. Opponent and location have yet to be announced. See our May 19 issue for a detailed story […]
Griffins dropped from playoffs
May 12, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Everything seemingly clicked for the Griffins in Thursday’s elimination game against Berea. The Griffins took a 16-1 win in just four innings to advance to a Saturday elimination game against Pendleton. Pendleton took an early lead, putting two runs on the board in each of the first two innings. They added eight in […]
Bengal softball heads to postseason
May 5, 2022 By
LEXINGTON – In getting ready for Wednesday’s home matchup against Nation Ford to open the District 4 upper state tournament, Blythewood finished out the regular season with a 6-5 loss at River Bluff in eight innings April 27, and a 2-0 shutout victory over A.C. Flora Monday. Blythewood (16-6) trailed River Bluff 4-3 going into […]
