COLUMBIA – The Blythewood football team’s no-huddle offense is still a work in progress—some pass drops, some overthrown passes, and a few big-play successes. With that said, the Bengals found their rushing attack in a big way in a 35-18 victory at Richland Northeast. Blythewood’s ground attack, which mustered 14 net yards in a season-opening […]
Bengal swimming hosts first home meet
August 31, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Bengal Swim teams opened their season at home on Thursday, Aug 24 at Columbia Country Club. Both the boys and girls teams took wins over Camden and Lugoff Elgin. The boys team also beat Gray Collegiate. Top performances for the Bengals were 200 medley relay: Gunner Norene, Will Crutchlow, Noah Broan, and […]
Bengals claim Silver Bracket title in preseason tourney
August 24, 2023 By
LEXINGTON – Blythewood’s girls tennis team got back into the swing of things at the Kathryn Kleckley Pre-Season Tennis Tournament on Friday, Aug. 18 and Saturday, Aug. 19. Blythewood dropped Friday’s evening match against Oceanside (5-1), but returned Saturday to defeat Chapin 4-2 in the last of pool play. The team entered the Silver Bracket, […]
‘No excuses,’ Blythewood heads back to work after week 0 loss to Ridge View
August 24, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A seasoned and deep Blythewood football team finally got to show what it could do for new head coach James Martin Friday night. Neither Coach Martin, nor the team, nor at least half of the packed house at District Two Stadium were very much pleased. The Bengals dropped passes, overthrew passes by a […]
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 […]
Beating All Odds in Blythewood
June 15, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Miami Dolphins cornerback Justin Bethel returned to Blythewood to host his Beating All Odds youth football camp last weekend. The camp, held last Friday for ages 8-14, was free for the first 100 campers that registered. Bethel also hosted a 7-on-7 high school tournament on Saturday for 16 area high schools. The weekend […]
BHS students receive Chamber scholarships
June 15, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Zachary Valsecchi, Jessica Whitlock and Asia Williams were each awarded a $2,000 scholarship during the Blythewood Chamber of Commerce’s Tuesday morning breakfast meeting Each of these recipients completed their careers at Blythewood High School graduating in the top three percent of their senior class. Having taken multiple AP classes and maintaining a S.C. […]
12 Bengals ink collegiate commitments
June 1, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School recently recognized 12 members of the Class of 2023 who have committed to continuing their athletic careers on the collegiate level. The group included athletes from six different athletic teams on campus. Benjamin Blackwell, son of David and Carolina Blackwell, announced his commitment to continue his baseball career at Coker […]
Blythewood ends season as 5A State Runner Up
May 25, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Game two of the 5A state championship baseball series featured an explosion of offense in the first two innings Wednesday night. By game’s end, River Bluff’s base running, combined with Andrew Vaughan’s relief pitching won the day and the series for the Gators. Two runs on a passed ball and a Blythewood error […]
Bengals take down Boiling Springs in Upper State Championship
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team put a clinic on believing Wednesday night. With Boiling Springs up 6-2 on the Bengals after the top of the fifth inning, it looked like whoever would win the 5A upper state championship would require two games to do it. The Bengals who returned to the dugout for the […]
