SUMTER – Westwood’s football team traveled to Sumter and blistered Lakewood 42-0 Friday night for Stephen Burris’s first victory as the coach of the Redhawks (1-1). Up 14-0 after a quarter of play, Westwood led the Gators (0-2) 35-0 at halftime. They added one more score in the third quarter for the 42-0 final. Westwood […]
AC Flora tops Westwood in season opener
August 28, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – First-game trials and mistakes showed at Memorial Stadium Thursday night. In a game that included a 30-minute lightning delay at intermission, the Westwood football team struggled to put any offense at all together in the first half in a 30-19 loss to A.C. Flora. First year Westwood head coach Stephen Burris, who led […]
Westwood awarded $5K for Friday Night Lights
August 14, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The lights are shining even brighter at Westwood High School this season. The Westwood Redhawks have been awarded a $5,000 grant from T-Mobile as part of the company’s national Friday Night 5G Lights initiative — a $4 million effort aimed at uplifting small-town football programs and spotlighting the dedication of student-athletes and coaches […]
Westwood names Burris as next head coach
March 13, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood High School announced Stephen Burris as its next head football coach in a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Burris coached at 1A Lamar for the last 2 seasons, winning a region championship in 2023, leading the Silver Foxes to 9-4 records and third-round playoff appearances in both years. Before then, Burris worked as […]
Second-half defense lifts WHS over Socastee in playoff win
November 21, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood football team’s offense was lacking at key moments in their 5A Division 2 playoff opener Friday night. Luckily for the Redhawks, the defense put in a clutch second-half effort to beat Socastee 34-14 for its first playoff victory since 2019. Westwood (6-5) is in the lower state bracket and travels to […]
Bengals, Redhawks open playoffs
November 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood and Blythewood football teams wrapped up the regular season Nov. 1 and after an open date last week, prepare to take on first round opponents in the Class 5A playoffs. Blythewood fell 21-7 to second place Ridge View (6-4, 5-1) in their Region 5-5A finale, and finished 6-4 overall and 2-3 […]
Sumter lays out Westwood
November 7, 2024 By
SUMTER – Kam Fortune rushed for 111 yards and three touchdowns and John Peoples had 120 rushing yards and two scores as the Sumter football team rushed past Westwood 65-28 at Sumter Memorial Stadium Friday. The Gamecocks (9-0, 5-0 Region 5-5A) had 437 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns. Quarterback Franklin Richardson was 5-for-5 in […]
West Florence defense contains Redhawks in 13-8 win
October 31, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood football team’s defense blanked West Florence for three out of four quarters Friday night. The Knights’ two quick scores from backup quarterback Kielan Thomas, within one minute early in the second quarter, were all they needed to hand the Redhawks a 13-8 loss at District Two Stadium. Thomas made touchdown runs […]
Redhawks rally past Lugoff-Elgin
October 24, 2024 By
LUGOFF–Angelo Rios walked out of the locker room at Lugoff-Elgin without his pads Friday night. The Westwood sophomore stood maybe 5 feet, eight inches in the shadows of an emptying stadium, his 160-some-pound frame almost lost in the post-game darkness. Behind him, the muffled sounds of his teammates sounding off in the locker room, celebrating […]
WHS shuts out Vikings during Homecoming
October 17, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood’s Quentin McGill scored two touchdowns and racked up 134 all-purpose yards as the Redhawks shut out Spring Valley 26-0. Angelo Rios and Jovan Howard had touchdown runs, and the Redhawks defense made three interceptions. Westwood (4-3, 2-1 Region 5-5A) travels to Lugoff-Elgin (3-5, 0-4) Friday. The Demons fell 50-0 at Ridge View […]
