COLUMBIA – The Blythewood boys finished in second place just behind Spring Valley at last weekend’s Region Championship meet, and the Bengal girls had a solid fourth place outing. Blythewood senior Alan Deogracias finished first place overall, and was among six Bengal runners in the top 20. Daniel Turnipseed’s time was good enough for the […]
FC Cross Country boys place 2nd in region
COLUMBIA – The Fairfield Central Griffins’ boys cross country team turned a solid second place finish at the Region 4-3A meet and five runners finished in the top 20. Malik Coleman was the top runner for the Griffins and had a fifth place finish. Sammie Robinson was a little over a second behind Coleman and […]
Bengals exorcise Demons
BLYTHEWOOD – Last week, the Bengals had a slight departure from their winning ways after a loss to the Sumter Fighting Gamecocks, but it was back to business as usual this week. Blythewood steamrolled the Lugoff-Elgin Demons on Friday night and did not let up on their way to a 31-7 blowout. The win improved […]
Chester ends Griffins’ streak
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Central Griffins looked to extend their winning streak over the Chester Cyclones to 10 years. Instead, the undefeated Cyclones did enough to upend the streak. Fairfield remained close on the Cyclones’ heels most of the game. Early in the fourth quarter Fairfield trailed 20-15, but Chester pulled away late for a […]
Redhawks named to Shrine Bowl
SPARTANBURG – Cam Smith, Westwood’s standout defensive back, recently celebrated his invitation to the All-American Bowl, and now his name officially been added to the roster for the 82nd annual Shrine Bowl game. Smith is joined by his fellow Redhawk teammate Cortes Braham. Braham has been a reliable target all year and has racked up […]
Lady Bengals clinch region
COLUMBIA – After falling 1-5 to AC Flora last Tuesday, the Lady Bengals clinched the Region 4-5A title with their Oct. 16 win over the Spring Valley Vikings. Erica Zipple defeated Kate McMillian 6-0, 6-1. Hannah Myers picked up a 6-2, 6-0 win and Sophie Carlton and Jordan Slagle followed with wins before Kinsey Todd […]
Redhawk XC brings first region title home
COLUMBIA – The Westwood Redhawks boys cross country team showed up for action at the Region Championship meet and brought their first ever region title home. The Redhawk girls placed third. Paul McCants was the top runner for the Redhawks and placed a second overall finish. Jordan Alexander-Coleman turned in a fifth place performance, and […]
Lancaster takes down Westwood
LANCASTER – Nothing like getting your kicks on homecoming night, even when it’s late, but sends the home crowd home happy. Lancaster High senior kicker Jacob Cato, in his final regular-season home game, drilled three field goals, his last from 25 yards out with 28.8 seconds, to lift the Bruins to an exciting 23-20 comeback […]
Lady Eagles end playoff run
MYRTLE BEACH – After a tough regular season schedule, Richard Winn volleyball took third place in Region I-A standings and in the Region I-A tournament on Oct. 13. The Lady Eagles defeated last-ranked Anderson Christian in the region tournament to advance to the semi-final match against Cambridge Academy. Cambridge, who had already defeated the Eagles […]
Richard Winn extends win-streak to four
BATESBURG – The Richard Winn Eagles were riding on three-game win streak heading into their matchup with King Academy, and their dominance continued. RWA exerted complete control over the Knights and soared to 49-0 win. Zack Taylor had a night to remember in the Eagles’ final regular season road game. He went 18 for 20 […]


















