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Seven Bengals qualify for state wrestling championships
BOILING SPRINGS – The Blythewood Bengals wrestling program qualified seven total wrestlers—five men and two women—for the 5A State Championships. Following a solid performances at the Upper State Qualifiers in Boiling Springs, these athletes are now headed to Florence to compete for the ultimate prize. The BenGALS Make Their Mark The women’s program will be […]
Mixed playoff results for Blythewood, Westwood
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood boys (10-16) finished 4-8 in the Region 5-5A and fell 57-48 at Clover (18-8) Tuesday night in the opening round of the 5A Division 1 playoffs. Last year, the Bengals came from behind to defeat Dorman in the 5A Division 1 upper-state championship game, then fell to Ridge View in the […]
Griffins battle back to edge Liberty in playoff thriller
WINNSBORO – It wasn’t how they started, it was how they finished that defined the Griffins on Monday night. In a tough opening round of the state playoffs, Fairfield Central overcame a double-digit halftime deficit to secure a 48-46 win over the No. 3 seeded Liberty Red Devils. For much of the first half, it […]
Third quarter surge carries Westwood to 66-23 win
BLYTHEWOOD – From the tip-off, a dialed-in Westwood girls basketball team dominated Conway at the Castle Tuesday night. In the opening round of the 5A Division 2 playoffs, the Redhawks jumped to a 17-2 lead by the end of the first quarter, overcame a lapse in the second half, and rolled to a 66-23 win […]
Scholar Athlete of the Year
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central senior Krishi Patel, center, was recognized at the Griffins’ basketball game last week for being named WACH Fox’s Scholar Athlete of the Year. A multi-sport athlete at Fairfield Central, Patel is a member of the Griffins’ football and soccer teams. The award is a part of WACH Fox’s Friday Night Rivals […]
Eagles sweep region tourney, set sights on SCISA state title
GREENWOOD – If there were any doubts about who ruled the region this year, the Richard Winn Academy Eagles erased them in dramatic fashion this past weekend. After clinching the regular-season region title early last week, the Eagles claimed the Region Tournament Championship, punctuated by a buzzer-beater in the finals. The Eagles’ journey to the […]
Bridge Creek Teacher of the Year
Blythewood resident Susan Schmid was named 2026-2027 Teacher of the Year at Bridge Creek Elementary School last week. Schmid, pictured with her husband Marty, serves as the school’s Response to Intervention (RTI) Program Specialist.
Kenny’s Corner: Who Are Those Buildings Really For?
After my last column about the 27 vacant county buildings, someone left a comment that stuck with me. They didn’t argue about whether the buildings exist. They asked something sharper: Who are those buildings really for? One commenter said they closed their business, tore down a quarter-million-dollar building piece by piece, and moved their family […]
The View from 95: A Lady of Yesterday in a World of Tomorrow
My children are not like me. They understand electronics. That’s a good thing! They don’t go to church. That’s a bad thing. They eat food from foreign countries. That is a questionable thing. Maybe it will just take time for them to get more like me. After all, I turned into my mother when I […]
Ted Donovan Lybrand
Ted Donovan Lybrand of Blythewood, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2026 after a long illness. He was born April 23, 1947 in Columbia, S.C. to Raymond Lybrand and Doris Eastman Lybrand. After joining the army, he received training in numerous sites before participating in intelligence operations in Vietnam, Taiwan, and Korea as part of the […]
