BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s 2019-2020 choir leadership team are, from left, Kofi Springs, Ashlynne Smith, Kristian Hardy, Marvin Boyd and Erin Adams.
Mattox signs with Francis Marion
FLORENCE, SC – Francis Marion University (FMU) baseball coach Art Inabinet has announced the signing of junior college transfer and third baseman Todd Mattox of Winnsboro. Mattox, who recently played at USC Lancaster (USCL), will have two years of eligibility at Francis Marion. He will begin attending FMU this fall. Mattox batted .285 with six […]
Sparkleberry Scholars
BLYTHEWOOD – Meredith Covert, left, Sarena Romriell, Lucy Fischer and Alex Canini, Blythewood High School seniors, were each awarded $1,000 scholarships from The Sparkleberry Fair, held annually in northeast Columbia. Covert will attend the University of South Carolina, Romriell will attend Clemson University, Fischer will attend Clemson University’s Honors College and Canini will attend Limestone […]
Burnsed Scholarships
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School (BHS) softball players Kendall Parker, Grace Campbell and Taylor Fulmore received the inaugural Sydney Burnsed Scholarship. Presenting the award are Sydney’s parents, Shelley and John Burnsed and BHS principal Matthew Sherman, far right. Sydney, a former BHS softball team member, died in an auto accident in March 2018.
Bengals fall to Dutch Fork in title game
COLUMBIA – For the better part of a season, the Blythewood baseball team made a living out of guts and pulling victory from defeat. In the deciding game of the best-of-3 5A state championship series Friday night at the Columbia Fireflies’ Segra Park, the Bengals fell one round of the bases short of clinching a […]
Redhawks, Bengals compete at State
COLUMBIA – Qualifying track and field athletes from Westwood and Blythewood high schools headed to Spring Valley High School May 10 – 11 for the State Finals. In a show of consistent growth, Westwood boys track finished third overall, their third top five finish in as many years. The Redhawks scored 51 total points, finishing […]
Blythewood claims Game 1 of the 5A championship series
BLYTHEWOOD – Zach Bailes’ last hit in his home ballpark was a bouncer up the middle that barely made it to the outfield. For the Bengals, that little hit Bailes cracked with two out in the bottom of the ninth was the shot heard ’round the Midlands. Bailes hit a 1-0 pitch hard back to […]
Bengals head to Upper State Championship
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s baseball team rode into the 5A upper state championship game as gracefully as Zach Bailes ran home on a wild pitch against J.L. Mann Saturday afternoon. With the score even at 5, the bases loaded and Nate Hinson at the plate, Patriots relief pitcher Dylan Howard fired the ball low and away […]













