WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central High School junior Jayden Boyd defended his long jump state title at the 2025 South Carolina High School League 2A State Championship meet on May 16. Boyd took first in long jump at the 7.27m mark, beating his 2024 jump by .32m. The jump was just shy of his personal-best 7.28m, […]
Griffin boys track and field wins second straight 2A title
May 22, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – The Fairfield Central boys track and field team faced competition Friday night from Philip Simmons, the 2024 3A state champions who came down to 2A this year. While the Iron Horses got close, the Griffins sprinted past them and claimed their second straight state 2A championship at Spring Valley High School. “We broke […]
Griffins compete at All-American Classic
April 17, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – Despite competing in only seven events at the All American track Classic at Spring Valley High School last weekend, Fairfield Central’s boys’ team tied for tenth place out of 83 teams. The boys’ 4×100 meter relay team took the Griffins’ only first place spot on the day. Fairfield’s team of Jamie Brown, Jayden […]
Griffins take on 5A powerhouses at Blazer Invitational
April 10, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – Fairfield Central boys’ track and field team had a strong finish at the Twilight Invitational at Ridge View High School on April 4. The class 2A Griffin boys, who competed only in five events, finished in sixth place out of 32 teams with a team score of 29. They finished behind 5A powerhouses […]
Grier, Boyd & White anchor Griffins at Coaches Classic
March 27, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Richland Two’s 5A powerhouse programs may have nabbed the top three spots of the Region 4 Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic track and field meet on Saturday at Westwood High School, but Fairfield Central’s boys claimed the four spot. Blythewood’s boys took top honors on the day with a team score of 100; Ridge […]
Griffins are back on the track
March 20, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Track and Field returned to the track March 1 for the Diamond Hornets Invitational. The defending boys 2A SCHSL State Champion Griffin squad showed up. With thirty teams competing from all levels, the Griffins claimed fifth place (behind 5A powerhouses Ridge View, Lugoff-Elgin, Blythewood and Dutch Fork). Tydarion Grier, Jayden Boyd, and […]
Fairfield’s Sharmelle Holmes Named SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week
January 16, 2025 By
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Former Fairfield Central High School standout turned University of Kentucky Track & Field athlete Sharmelle Holmes earned the Southeastern Conference Women’s Freshman of the Week award of the 2025 season, the league office announced Tuesday. Holmes earned the honor after her performance at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational last weekend where she […]
Sharmelle Holmes sees no limits
July 3, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Not only did Fairfield Central’s Sharmelle Holmes close out her high school career in a with nine SC High School League state titles, two new South Carolina records, and getting named SC Gatorade Player of the Year, but she did it while graduating with a 4.23 GPA and earning an Associate’s Degree […]
Celebrating the champs
May 30, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – A Congress Street parade in downtown Winnsboro on Tuesday honoring the state championship Fairfield Central High School boys’ track and field team was short but very sweet. Parked cars and pickup trucks lined the street through downtown as a good number of friends, family and neighbors turned out to cheer on the young […]
Holmes cements legacy in final meet
May 23, 2024 By
HOPKINS – Saturday was one for the books for Sharmelle Holmes… literally. Sharmelle Holmes ended her Griffin career on the highest note she could reach, bringing home three individual state titles from the SCHSL 2A State Championship track and field meet. But that’s not all Holmes accomplished on Saturday. The Fairfield Central standout sprinter and […]
