CHAPIN – After rain ended the final two matchups at the Aun & McKay Classic in Chapin on Friday, Fairfield Central hit the field Saturday morning for two quarters of play, one against Chapin High School and Gray Collegiate each. After falling to Gray Collegiate 14-6 in the first quarter, the Griffins topped Chapin 12-0 […]
Summer of Champs
July 7, 2022 By
HOPKINS – Fairfield Central topped the class at Lower Richland’s second annual Diamond Hornet 7-on-7 Shootout on Thursday, June 30. Fairfield Central is set to open their 2022 football season at home against Carvers Bay on August 19.
Griffins Ink College Plans
March 10, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Three Fairfield Central student-athletes signed their letters of intent on Wednesday, March 2. Pictured at left, Stephon Gadsden, quarterback for the Griffins, made his plans to play football at South Carolina State University official. According to stats on Maxpreps, Gadsden averaged 99 passing yards per game and 65.2 rushing yards per game in […]
Golden Hurricanes storm Fairfield
November 10, 2021 By
PIEDMONT – Fairfield Central fell 45-13 at Wren in the first round of the 3A upper state playoffs Friday night. With the Griffins down 10-0 on a Lucas Reid field goal and a 50-yard touchdown run from Malachi Hill, Stephon Gadsden connected with Trent Boyd for a 7-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. The […]
Griffin standout returns for Homecoming
October 21, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – A former Griffin standout, Orlando Ruff, who went on to play in the National Football League, showed up at the Fairfield Central High School homecoming game Friday night. To the delight of many old friends and NFL fans, Ruff spent time visiting and posing for photos before, during and after the game. A […]
Griffin Royalty
October 21, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central High School crowned Homecoming King Trenton Boyd and Queen Amaria Jones, pictured center with Principal Tracie Swilley, at halftime of last Friday’s homecoming game. Also pictured are Freshman Princess Catori Peay and Prince Steven Gadsden; Sophomore Princess Kindal Bagley and Prince Alvin Wilson, III; Junior Princess Chanelle Woodard and Prince Kensley […]
Griffins crush Mid-Carolina
October 21, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – After being shut out for two straight Region 4-3A football games, Fairfield Central poured it on against Mid-Carolina Friday night in a 60-6 victory. Among other scores, Trent Boyd had a 68-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Stephon Gadsden, and Gadsden found Tyderian Grier on a swing pass that Grier converted to an 83-yard […]
Griffins shut out by Chester in rivalry game
October 14, 2021 By
CHESTER – Fairfield Central was shut out on the road in Chester last Friday 31-0, marking the Cyclones’ largest margin of victory in the series and the first shutout of the longtime rival. Fairfield Central went three-and-out on the opening drive of the game, and was flagged for the first of several unsportsmanlike penalties. The […]
Diamond Hornets blank Griffins
September 30, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – There was little drama at E.K. McLendon Stadium Friday night. Lower Richland simply traveled to Fairfield Central’s home field and blanked the Griffins 28-0. “Hat’s off to them,” Fairfield Central head coach Demetrius Davis said about Lower Richland. “They came in here and beat us up pretty good.” The Diamond Hornets (2-0 Region […]
Griffins hold off Redhawks in final seconds
September 16, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – From Noah Jennings’ 80-yard touchdown return on the opening kickoff to Camron Brown’s pass that fell incomplete in the shadow of the goal posts in the final four seconds, the Westwood football team kept coming at Fairfield Central Friday night. The Redhawks, who went two weeks without games and had just one practice […]
