BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s girls wrestling program opened their season on Dec. 5 and cemented themselves in the program’s history books – hosting the first girls dual match in school history that day against White Knoll. The Bengals, ranked sixth currently, defeated White Knoll 65-12. Sophomore Khloe Ortiz dominated at 110lbs. Junior Zoey Pyatt […]
Bengals cleaning up at meets
January 2, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School boys’ wrestling team opened the season on Dec. 4 with a sweep at home of Dreher, Swansea, and Brookland-Cayce high schools. They dominated with 60-18 win over Dreher, 57-17 win over Swansea, and a 66-12 win over Brookland-Cayce. The Bengals claimed third place out of 23 teams at the Hornet […]
Bengals secure most wins in program history
February 1, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s mens varsity wrestling team continues to make strides. After dominating Spring Valley 81-0 and No.14 Pelion 59-16, the Bengals became the winningest team in program history. Now 22-8 on the season Blythewood looks to add more wins to their record in the 5A State Playoffs. Senior captain Rylan Madison also […]
Bengals claim Upper State
February 1, 2024 By
SPARTANBURG – Blythewood Girls Wrestling team dominated the Upper State Championships over the weekend. The Bengals won nine of their first ten matches at Boiling Springs High School. Head Coach Paul Watson said the rookie wrestlers performed the best they have all year. While Kami Burma (147lbs), Emma Hursey (122lbs), Kylee Kee (117lbs) and Audra […]
Redhawks, Bengals compete at Silver Fox Invitational
December 21, 2023 By
IRMO – Westwood and Blythewood wrestlers hit the mats in Irmo on Dec. 9 at the Dutch Fork Silver Fox Invitational. Blythewood’s team finished in second place out of 15 teams competing.
Blythewood’s Tiyanna Mack wins first girls wrestling State title
March 2, 2023 By
ANDERSON – Was Tiyanna Mack destined to make history? Whether it was fate or pure willpower, Mack, a sophomore at Blythewood High School, cemented her place in Bengal and South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) wrestling history on Feb. 26 as she claimed the 132lb state title in the first ever SCHSL sanctioned Girls’ State […]
Bengals claim County Championship
January 26, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – Blythewood’s wrestling team was crowned champions in the inaugural Richland County Championships held at Cardinal Newman High School on Saturday Jan. 21. Dominating the Team Points to win the overall first place trophy, the Bengals also had lots of individual winners. Placing first and claiming individual championships were Rolland Boisvert at 106 pounds, […]
BHS finishes second in Clash at Castle
January 19, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s wrestling team got back on track this weekend, placing second in the Westwood’s Clash at the Castle Duals. The Bengals went 3-1 on the day to move to 13-8 on the season. The day began against South Aiken; the most critical match saw 126lbs Giovanni Williams pin his opponent in the 3rd […]
Blythewood wrestling poised to make some noise
December 22, 2022 By
NORTH AUGUSTA – As Blythewood wrestling wraps up the year at the North Augusta Rumble on the River Tuesday and Wednesday, the Bengals look to kick off the new year with a strong season on the mats. The Bengals got off to a 7-1 record in duals going into the Dec. 14 match against Westwood, […]
Westwood, Blythewood wrestlers finish strong in individual tourney
March 3, 2022 By
ANDERSON – Westwood senior Drake Lesher, wrestling in the 195-pound weight class, finished in second to a Greenwood wrestler at the 4A individual state meet. Lesher defeated a West Florence opponent in the quarterfinal and won his semifinal match against South Florence by a second round pin. “I’m am so proud of this young man […]
