BLYTHEWOOD – Yes, the Blythewood football team’s home opener at Richland District Two Stadium happened. The Bengals may well let that description stand for their 33-7 defeat Friday night to a resurgent Fort Mill team that won the most games in a season in eight years. Blythewood’s offense, which had scored 70 points in their […]
R2 announces Teacher of the Year finalists
September 4, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Four teachers in Blythewood-area schools have been named as Richland School District Two Teacher 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year finalists. Meredith Blocker, Elisabeth Luck, Abigail Taylor, and Joy Walker are four of the five finalists for the district award. Meredith Blocker teaches Spanish and is Chair of the World Language Department at Blythewood […]
US News & World Report ranks BHS #26 in SC
September 4, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School was recently recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the most outstanding high schools in the state of South Carolina. Blythewood was ranked as the top school in Richland School District Two and as #6 in the Columbia metro-area high schools, and #26 in the state. According […]
Bengals fall in close one at Midland Valley
September 4, 2025 By
GRANITEVILLE – On the road Friday, Blythewood (1-1) held a 28-12 lead going into the fourth quarter before the Mustangs (2-0) rallied for 19 points and got within 36-31 in the final two minutes of the game. Then, Xavier Geter completed the game-winning touchdown pass to Cameron Gleaton at the 1:11 mark for the Mustang […]
Bengals rally past Nation Ford for season-opening road win
August 28, 2025 By
FORT MILL – Last year, Blythewood’s season was marked by near misses. The Bengals went 4-0 in nonregion games, but finished the season 6-5 after dropping four Region 5-5A games and a road playoff loss to Clover. Three of those losses by seven points or less. Going into this year, a revamped Bengals team hit […]
LSU bests Coastal for CWS win; Cowan, Dooley await MLB Draft
June 26, 2025 By
OMAHA – The national championship battle in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. between the Coastal Carolina and LSU baseball teams played out in less than 24 hours last weekend. When it was in the books, LSU won their eighth national championship with a best-of-three series sweep of the Chanticleers, who made their second […]
Bengals fall to Lexington in upper state title series
May 29, 2025 By
LEXINGTON – Two days after an unfortunate 4-3 loss at home to Lexington to open the 5A Division 1 upper state series, the Blythewood baseball team (24-7) saw its season come to an unfitting end at Lexington (21-9-1) in a lopsided 15-3 defeat in six innings to the Wildcats in the best-of-3 series. “They had […]
Bengal boys track & field finishes 3rd at state meet
May 22, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – Saturday at Spring Valley’s Harry Parone Stadium, the Blythewood boys finished third with 75 points. Champion Ridge View had 91 points and runner-up Spartanburg finished with 87.5 points. Santana Wright won the only gold for the Bengals when he threw the discus for a first-place 51.85 meters. Harrison Knight placed fourth in that […]
BHS fall to Lexington in game 1 of Upper State series
May 22, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The runs came early for Blythewood and Lexington in the opening game of the 5A Division 1 upper state championship series Tuesday night at Blythewood stadium. The 2024 5A champion Wildcats and Bengals scored two runs apiece in the first inning. Lexington added a run in the second inning, another in the third, […]
Blythewood heads to Dist. 1 5A D1 title game
May 15, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – J.L. Mann got off to a great start against the Blythewood baseball team Tuesday night. Once starting pitcher Bowman Rummel settled in, the Bengals got off to a better start. Blythewood bested the Patriots’ 2-run first with a five-spot in the bottom half of that inning, and held on with defense and timely […]
