BLYTHEWOOD (Feb. 21, 2017) – The Blythewood boys’ 74-71 victory over Lexington in the third round of the 5A playoffs Tuesday night was a closer game than they were used to playing. For the first time in a long time, the Bengals fell behind an opponent in the third quarter Tuesday night, when the Wildcats led […]
Lady Eagles Advance to Semifinals
February 21, 2017 By
SUMTER (Feb. 21, 2017) – The Richard Winn Lady Eagles went into the second round of SCISA Class A state playoffs looking to continue their winning trend. Despite Curtis Baptist’s late run in the fourth quarter, Richard Winn pulled out the close victory, 49-44, to knock out the No. 1 seeded Curtis Baptist. “I felt we […]
Newberry Knocks Off Lady Griffins
February 21, 2017 By
WINNSBORO (Feb. 21, 2017) – The Fairfield Central girls hoped to keep control of the basketball against Newberry Monday night. That hope was dashed within 90 seconds of play at the Fairfield Central gym, when four turnovers led to a 9-0 deficit. “I knew if we could cut down our turnovers, then we could have a […]
Lady Griffins Smash Southside
February 17, 2017 By
WINNSBORO (Feb. 17, 2017) – Just when the Southside girls looked to rally at Fairfield Central Wednesday, Tameisha Woodard came up from the post and took the ball away. Woodard led the Griffins with 19 points and 18 rebounds, and the diminutive power forward helped deliver a 54-28 second-round victory over the Tigers in the 3A […]
Blythewood Honors Black History’s Heroes
February 16, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Feb. 16, 2017) – The Blythewood Community celebrated and honored the heroes of its own black history on Saturday with a program at The Manor. Opening with a welcome from Mayor J. Michael Ross and Town Councilmen Larry Griffiin and Malcolm Gordge, the afternoon of entertainment and remembrance included performances by members of the Blythewood […]
Traffic Circle Talks Continue
February 16, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Feb. 16, 2017) – At the outset of Town Council’s Jan. 30 meeting, Councilman Malcolm Gordge reported that he had attended as an observer that morning a meeting between Chamber of Commerce members and Ben Lewis, Project Engineer for the Richland County Penny Sales Tax Ad Hoc Committee, the purpose of which was to discuss […]
Lady Griffins Bounce Broome
February 14, 2017 By
WINNSBORO (Feb. 14, 2017) – The Fairfield Central girls got off to a typically slow start against Broome in the opening round of the 3A state playoffs Monday. The Griffins’ defense forced the Centurions into an even slower start. Fairfield Central battled the basket for more than three minutes in the first quarter, before Tameisha Woodard […]
Lady Redhawks Douse Blue Flame
February 14, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Feb. 14, 2017) – The Westwood girls put the heat on Pickens from the tip-off Tuesday night. Staying with a full-court press in the first half and using a diamond-and-one defense under the net, the Redhawks got easy points off of steals early on and rolled to a 58-28 victory in the first round of […]
Planning Commission Splits on Rimer Pond Road
February 9, 2017 By
COLUMBIA (Feb. 9, 2017) – A Richland County lobbyist who said he was hired by Hugh Palmer, the father of Richland County Planning Commissioner Patrick Palmer, addressed the Commission Monday afternoon to convince members to vote to recommend Rural Commercial (RC) zoning on 5.23 acres on Rimer Pond Road. The property is owned by Hugh Palmer. […]
Lady Redhawks Cruise to Win
February 8, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Feb. 8, 2017) – The Westwood Lady Redhawks (18-4, 7-2) needed a win tonight to continue their chase to secure second place in Region III 4A. Westwood did just that, defeating the South Pointe Lady Stallions 54-40. The Lady Redhawks went into halftime leading 30-20 as Westwood’s Unique Drake led all scorers with 14 points. […]
