BLYTHEWOOD – Julian Phillips hasn’t played an organized basketball game since February, when the 6-8 power forward’s Blythewood Bengals walked off the court in an 83-52 second-round playoff loss at Dorman. The COVID-19 pandemic nixed his and every other high school athlete’s spring and summer competitive play. Instead of playing Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), Phillips […]
Bengal grads commit to colleges
July 2, 2020 By Leave a Comment
BLYTHEWOOD – Two more recent Bengal baseball graduates have committed to continue their baseball careers at the collegiate level. Utility player Michael Gregory committed to University of South Carolina Sumter on May 6. Jansen Stokes followed later in May with a commitment to North Greenville University. “Michael is a very talented player who had some […]
Setzler to head BHS Soccer
July 2, 2020 By Leave a Comment
BLYTHEWOOD – The Richland School District Two Board recently approved former Cardinal Newman assistant Robby Setzler to become the new boys soccer coach at Blythewood High School. Setzler, who replaces Peter Wittig, will become the third coach in the program’s 15-year history. “I want to welcome Robby Setzler to the Blythewood High School Boys Soccer program,” […]
Strobel to play at FMU
July 2, 2020 By Leave a Comment
SUMTER – Recent Blythewood High School graduate Vance Strobel verbally committed to play soccer at Francis Marion University (FMU) in June. “We are excited to announce our newest men’s soccer player, Vance Strobel,” FMU Mens Soccer tweeted. Strobel, a four-year starter and two-time team captain for the Bengals, tallied 12 goals in his 40-game career […]
Kivett, Bengals boys tennis eager for 2021
June 25, 2020 By Leave a Comment
BLYTHEWOOD – First-year coach Jessica Kivett thought that the roster size would be her biggest concern for the Blythewood boys’ 2020 tennis season. “We were really were struggling to get players,” said Kivett, in her first head-coaching role after Brenda Warnow retired. “Two of our seniors were new to the team. We had some new […]
Blythewood golf already gearing up for 2021
June 11, 2020 By Leave a Comment
After his girls golf team closed out a 5A state championship last fall, Blythewood head golf coach Jason Minkel had high hopes that the boys would at least make a decent run for the state title in the spring. “Last year we definitely underperformed,” Minkel said about his boys’ team. “We were looking for a […]
Bengal girls poised for banner season, may be on hold till 2021
June 4, 2020 By Leave a Comment
The Blythewood girls track and field team had kicked the 2020 season off in fine form—for one week. “My season expectations for them are always high,” head coach Aleshia Hawkins said. “We knew we could win our region, so our goal was to be in the top five in the state. I think we were […]
Young BHS team keeping up and in shape in spite of season loss
June 4, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Jason Warren’s first season as head track and field coach for the Blythewood boys team proved to be all of one week in the field. Even so, Warren, who coached several sports in North Carolina before moving down to Blythewood to be on the football coaching staff as well as serve as the wrestling coach […]
Movin’ On Up
June 4, 2020 By Leave a Comment
GEORGETOWN – Former Blythewood High School Principal Keith Price has been named Superintendent of Georgetown County School District. Shown with him are his wife Janet and three of their four daughters – Micah and Amanda on the left and Camryn on the right. Daughter Lauren was unable to attend due to a previously scheduled advanced […]
State Fair names scholarship recipients
May 28, 2020 By Leave a Comment
COLUMBIA – Seniors Sheldon Johnson, Fairfield Central High School, and Emily Sparrow, Blythewood High School were recently awarded The South Carolina State Fair’s Ride of Your Life Scholarship. The $6,000 scholarships are awarded at an annual rate of $1,500 and are based on academic and extracurricular achievement, communication skills, need, and completeness of the application. […]
