SPARTANBURG – Blythewood baseball ended their quest for the elusive 5A state title on Tuesday with an 11-3 loss at Dorman. Blythewood trailed 2-1 after an inning of play. Dorman plated three runs in the third, but Blythewood whittled the lead to 5-3 in the top of the fifth. A six-run fifth inning sealed the […]

BLYTHEWOOD – Big hits continue to elude the Blythewood baseball team. Against Dorman in the first game of the District 3 tournament, the Bengals bats failed to connect at the right moments, while the Cavaliers scored two runs in the fifth and four more runs in the seventh to defeat Blythewood 7-1. “It’s sad, it’s […]

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 – 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  – 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), […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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. […]