BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team may still struggle at times to string together some timely hits, but at Spring Valley Friday night the Bengals didn’t need hits to clinch a 4-2 come-from-behind win. Blythewood (18-6, 11-3 Region 3-5A) got four runs off of two Vikings errors, two walks, and aggressive baserunning in the top […]
Blythewood baseball tops Rock Hill, Spring Valley
April 18, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Getting runs across was an issue with the Blythewood baseball team in a 6-2 loss at Rock Hill April 10. When the Bengals hosted the Bearcats Friday night at Bengals Park, driving in runs was not a problem. Blythewood overcame a 2-0 deficit, then Landon Penfield drove in three runs with a sixth-inning […]
Blythewood falls in SCDI title game, finishes 3-1
April 11, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team enjoyed a good run as the host team of the South Carolina Diamond Invitational—until the last two innings. The Bengals (14-5, 7-2), who won the SCDI trophy for the last three years, beat Northwestern, South Florence and Chapin to get into the championship game against Lexington. The Wildcats (18-6), […]
Bengal baseball falls, opens SCDI Wednesday
April 4, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD -The Blythewood baseball team (10-4, 6-2) went into Spring Break with an 11-10 Region 3-5A loss Friday at Clover. The Bengals trailed 10-8 going into the top of the seventh inning when Landon Penfield smacked a 2-out double with Amare Counts and Sammy Franklin on base, scoring Counts. Franklin scored on a wild pitch […]
Bengal baseball posts two wins apiece over Nation Ford, Clover
March 28, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team (9-3, 5-1 Region 3-5A) extended their winning streak to five games with two wins over Nation Ford last week, Monday’s 5-1 victory at Clover, and Tuesday’s 4-2 win over the Blue Eagles at Bengals field. On Monday, with the Bengals up 2-0 in the top of the sixth inning, […]
Bengal baseball edges Nation Ford
March 21, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team rallied for a 10-9 victory at Nation Ford Monday night at Bengals Park. Blythewood (6-3) got the game tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Amare Counts led off the bottom of the sixth with a double. His courtesy Runner Porter Rummel moved to third […]
Bengal baseball off to strong start
March 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – From the beginning of the 2024 baseball season, Blythewood seems to have picked up right where it left off from last year, despite coaching and personnel changes. Gone are seven seniors who led the team to the 5A state championship series against River Bluff. Gone also is the team’s interim coach, Dolan Crolley. […]
Bengals ink college plans
February 15, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Five Blythewood High School seniors announced their plans to continue their athletic careers on the collegiate level on National Signing Day, joining five Bengals who had previously announced their decisions. Christian Foster, son of Greg Foster, Tara Tutt, and Derrick Tutt, announced his intentions to continue his soccer career at Virginia State University […]
Bengals to host youth baseball camp Oct. 21
September 28, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s baseball coaches and players will host a baseball for youth ages 7 – 13 on Saturday, Oct. 21 at Bengal Field. The camp, which runs from 9 a.m. – 11 p.m., will include sessions on pitching, catching, fielding and hitting. Register by Oct. 18 at https://gforms.app/kNy7PjX. Cost is $50 and […]
Poole tapped to head BHS baseball
June 15, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School announced last week that it will tap Travis Poole to be the new head of its baseball program. “Welcome to Bengal Nation, Coach Poole!” a statement said on Blythewood’s athletic twitter account. “Blythewood High School would like to welcome Coach Poole to Bengal Nation after 20+ years of coaching in […]
