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 […]
LAX is back
March 3, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Bengals girls hosted Spring Valley in their season opener last Wednesday. The Vikings escaped with a narrow 8-7 win. Blythewood dropped a non-region game to Nation Ford 7-10 on Monday, but rebounded back against Mid-Carolina on Tuesday, picking up their first win of the young season with an 8-1 final.
Bengals Clean Up Blythewood
March 3, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s Bengal Battalion spent the morning of Friday, Feb. 11 cleaning up Wilson Boulevard from Farrow Rd. to Blythewood Rd. as part of the Keep the Midlands Beautiful Adopt-a-Highway clean-up program. As a part of their physical training, 118 JROTC students picked up trash on roadside and placed it in 18 […]
Two Bengal wrestlers qualify for 5A individual championships
February 24, 2022 By
ANDERSON – Blythewood seniors Matt Clack (126-pound weight class) and Eric Montgomery (170) qualified for the Class 5A individual state championships held at the Anderson Civic Center Friday and Saturday. Clark took first in his weight class in the upper state tournament last weekend, while Montgomery took third. Eight wrestlers in each weight class will […]
Bengals drop region game to Ridge View
February 17, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood boys basketball team finished the regular season 9-14 overall and 3-5 in Region 4-5A after Friday night’s 77-56 loss at Region 4 champion Ridge View. The Blazers outscored the Bengals 20-14 in the first quarter and 16-12 in the second to take a 36-26 lead into intermission. Ridge View matched Blythewood […]
Making history on the mat
February 10, 2022 By
Bengal wrestling captain Matt Clack scored his 100th victory in the 5-A Region Duals. With a 100-22 overall career record, Clack, a senior, joins an exclusive club not only at Blythewood but in SC wrestling history. On Feb. 5, the Bengals, ranked 14, secured their first playoff win in school history, defeating #17 Ft. Mill […]
Spring Valley tops Blythewood
February 10, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – The Blythewood boys basketball team needed a win at Spring Valley Tuesday night to solidify a third-place finish in Region 4-5A, but also to right the ship as the Bengals near the end of region play. Instead, the Vikings won the lanes and held off a comeback as Blythewood fell 66-60. It was […]
Erin Zehner named BHS Teacher of the Year
February 10, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School is pleased to announce that Erin Zehner has been selected as the 2022-23 Blythewood High School Teacher of the Year. Zehner, who has taught honors English at Blythewood High for 8 years, was nominated and voted on by the faculty of Blythewood High. She is a Lead Teacher for the […]
Northwestern bests Blythewood
February 3, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Zeke Washington was hot after time ran out on the Blythewood basketball team Tuesday night at The Jungle. The Bengals head coach made his way to the locker room after his team’s 76-57 loss to Region 4-5A rival Northwestern, spent less than five minutes with his players, then left to join his coaching […]
Bengals win big despite Covid-affected lineup
January 6, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood boys basketball team played a range of tough teams over the holiday break. In the Lemon Street Classic in Americus, Ga., Dec. 18-21, the Bengals played three Georgia teams: Sumter (Americus), Salem (Conyers) and East Coweta (Sharpsburg). At the Chick Fil-A Classic played at River Bluff Dec. 27-28, they played Charlotte, […]
