Local baseball players lead Midlands’ stats

COLUMBIA – The baseball and softball regular seasons have reached their conclusions, and that means the State recently released their season-ending Midlands stat leaders. Blythewood and Westwood are well-represented. Blythewood’s Landon Lucas led Midlands in home runs with six, and his teammate John Lanier was a few spots behind with three. Brady Carson, and Ben-Lang […]

Redhawks pick up Irmo win

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood called upon an eighth grader to start on the mound against Irmo Monday night. John Janco answered. Janco pitched six-plus innings of 2-hit ball against the Yellow Jackets, and Westwood came up with enough run support to snap a seven-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory at Westwood Stadium. “That kid’s awesome,” head coach […]

Lady Redhawks blister Ridge View

COLUMBIA – The Westwood softball team made some errors that kept Ridge View alive in the early innings, but the Redhawks bats kept coming around in a 14-6 victory over their Region III-4A rivals Tuesday night at Ridge View. Westwood banged out 14 hits and more than made up for fielding gaffes that didn’t affect […]

Hawks on top

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood hosted conference foe South Pointe on Friday, March 23 and sent them packing. The Redhawks won 7-1.

Redhawks end tough week with loss to York

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood kept Friday night’s game against York close through six innings before York took their 4-0 lead into the seventh inning and blew the game open against their Region III-4A rivals. The Cougars sent 13 batters to the plate in a 9-run seventh to put the hammer down on a 13-0 shutout of […]

Redhawks drop conference game to RNE

COLUMBIA – Westwood had a chance to score some go-ahead runs in the top of the fourth inning at Richland Northeast, but the Redhawks weren’t so fortunate Tuesday night. Three Westwood batters struck out to end the inning, and the Cavaliers added four runs in the sixth to walk away with a 7-2 victory over […]

Redhawks split games in tourney

COLUMBIA – The Westwood Redhawks kicked off the Carolina Wings and Ale Invitational with a loss to Dreher but bounced back strong and finished with a 2-2 overall record in the tournament. After the tough loss, Westwood toppled Ben Lippen in a tight 8-7 win. Ethan Barton got it done with the bat and on […]

Three Redhawks sign on National Signing Day

BLYTHEWOOD – Three Westwood High School athletic programs were in the spotlight as three senior Redhawks announced their collegiate plans during the National Signing Day ceremony at Westwood. Montre Miller, son of Marion and Sonya Miller, signed to play football at Kent State University, NCAA Division I – FBS. The senior wide receiver is a […]

Barton signs with USCB

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood Redhawks’ baseball program received some good news to hang their hat on before the season even starts. Late last week, senior Ethan Barton signed his National Letter of Intent to play for the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. Barton has a career batting average of .303 and an on base percentage of […]

Demons Silence Redhawk Bats

BLYTHEWOOD (March 23, 2016) – The Westwood Redhawks hosted region opponent Lugoff-Elgin Tuesday night, but the Redhawks’ bats failed to make an appearance as they were handed a 7-0 loss. Westwood was haunted by strikeouts, getting rung up eight times on the night. “That’s been our problem the last three weeks, strikeouts,” Westwood head coach Jonathan […]

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