BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood girls basketball team got the second half of the region schedule underway Friday night exactly the way they opened the region schedule on Jan. 2—by beating their crosstown rival Westwood. This time around, Chase Thomas scored 26 points, had 21 rebounds, and made 10 assists for a triple-double night. Kirsten Fulton […]
Hightower hits 1000th career point
January 22, 2026 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood senior Hayley Hightower hit a milestone in late December, scoring her 1,000th career point to cement her name in the Bengal basketball history books. Hightower is a four-year veteran for the defending state champion Bengal squad. She averaged 12.1 points per game as a freshman, 11 points per game as a sophomore, […]
Bengal girls down Ridge View, boys fall
January 22, 2026 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Up 14-6 after the first quarter, the Blythewood girls jumped to a 35-19 lead by halftime. The Bengals only managed 18 points in the second half, but held on to beat Ridge View 53-35 Tuesday night. The Bengals (15-4) win gave Ridge View (10-6) their first region loss of the season, putting Blythewood […]
Blythewood boys, girls sweep Chapin
December 18, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood boys basketball team never fell behind Chapin in a 56-52 victory Tuesday night, but a fourth-quarter defensive slide nearly gave the Eagles an opportunity to steal a win. Donovan Mickle led the Bengals with 13 points and Elijah Major scored 11, but the late-game slide that caused turnovers and defensive lapses […]
Bengal girls rain 3’s in win over Irmo, boys fall
December 11, 2025 By
IRMO – The Blythewood girls basketball team won its first state championship in March with a 62-56 victory over Summerville in the 5A Division 1 final. The 2024-2025 run of 28-2 was a testament to the players’ and coaches’ hard work. This season, the work continues as the Bengals look to continue the momentum into […]
Blythewood claims program’s first state title
March 13, 2025 By
FLORENCE – Around this time three years ago, the Blythewood girls basketball team finished the season 0-19. On Friday night at the Florence Center, the Bengals won the 5A Division I state championship with a 62-56 victory over lower-state champion Summerville. “Their hard work has definitely paid off,” second-year head coach Emily McElveen-Schaeffer said. “That […]
Bengals fall short of 5A D1 state crown
March 13, 2025 By
FLORENCE – One week after the Blythewood boys basketball team’s clutch win over Dorman for the 5A Division I upper-state championship, the Bengals season came to an unfortunate end Friday night at the Florence Center. Ridge View used a ferocious man-to-man defense throughout the game to keep the Bengals off balance, and used a 20-4 […]
Bengal girls and boys to play for 5A state titles
March 6, 2025 By
Girls break through for first semifinal victory in history FLORENCE – The Blythewood girls’ basketball team faced a difficult third quarter Saturday afternoon—until Sherron Waters launched a near-midcourt three-point shot that fell through the net at the buzzer. The senior point guard’s shot came seconds after Annie Gillam drained a 3 to give the Patriots […]
Blythewood boys down Byrnes and Clover; set to face Dorman Saturday
February 27, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood boys basketball team may have lost out to a region championship because of back-to-back losses to Ridge View, but the Bengals are making it up with a solid run in the 5A Division I playoffs. Third-seeded Blythewood (22-5) received a first-round bye and opened the postseason with a second-round 73-58 win […]
Blythewood girls top Byrnes, Rock Hill, head to Florence Saturday
February 27, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood girls basketball team is in rare territory. Three years after going 0-19, the Bengals won a share of the Region 5-5A championship, earned a first-round bye in the 5A Division I playoffs and beat Byrnes and Rock Hill in the second and third rounds. For the first time in school history, […]
