BLYTHEWOOD – If you’re a senior citizen looking for fun and fellowship, you’ll find it every second Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillclimbers luncheon at Trinity United Methodist Church in Blythewood. After having the summer off, the 70 or so Hillclimbers and visitors spent a little extra time visiting and catching up on Tuesday […]
Old Man River
September 4, 2014 By
Experience the outdoors. Enjoy nature. Fish. Kayak and canoe, and walk the nature trail. You can do this and more at a stretch of river that reveals how many Southern rivers used to be. In older days a lot of hardworking inland farm families vacationed by the banks of shoals. It was their Myrtle Beach. […]
Lady Bengals Dump Lexington
September 3, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Lady Bengals volleyball squad bounced back from a first set setback Tuesday night to chase the Lady Wildcats back to Lexington, 3-1 (2-25, 25-10, 25-17, 25-21). The Lady Bengals were led by Bijonae Jones’s 27 serves, 10 aces, 18 kills, 20 digs and 10 serve receives. Also stirring the pot on […]
Redhawks Hammer RNE
September 2, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood Redhawks were able to keep their home-field winning streak alive Friday night by clobbering the Cavaliers of Richland Northeast, 38-6. Further, the ‘Hawks showed their opponents that last Friday’s 46-point shutout of River Bluff was no fluke and that the Redhawks are one of the toughest teams around. Last year’s […]
Bengals Topple Blazers
September 1, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Bengals of Blythewood high school were very disappointed in their season debut versus Rock Hill last week and vowed to make a better effort against their arch rivals, the Blazers of Ridge View High School. The Bengals were led by their junior quarterback David Isreal’s 216 yards passing and two touchdowns […]
Eagles Blast Generals
September 1, 2014 By
CHARLESTON – The Richard Winn Eagles took to the long road to Charleston on Friday to face the Cathedral Academy Generals in a hot and muggy night of football. While the Generals went up early, the Eagles battled back to dominate with a 56-28 win. The General struck first with a 52-yard touchdown pass […]
Griffins Blank Cyclones
August 30, 2014 By
CHESTER – After coming up on the short end of the double overtime stick last week, the Fairfield Central Griffins hurled a shutout against their arch-rivals, steamrolling the Cyclones at Chester Friday night 29-0. In an eerie flashback to last week’s 29-28 2OT loss at Brookland-Cayce, Friday night’s scoreboard also lit up for the […]
How Do You Like Them Apples?
August 28, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Sara McDaniels, 92, a life-long member of Round Top Baptist Church, has been organizing apple-picking trips to Hendersonville, N.C. every fall for the last 20 years. And it’s that time of year again for folks to sign up for the trip. While McDaniels’ early trips consisted mostly of members from her church, they […]
Rainbow Row
August 28, 2014 By
Drive 144 miles to Charleston. Wind your way to East Bay Street and proceed to 79 to 107 East Bay Street. There you’ll find Rainbow Row, the colorful and historic name for 13 colorful houses. North of Tradd Street and south of Elliot Street, that’s where you’ll find them. As you’ll see, the pastel paints […]
Bengals Finish Strong in N.C. Meet
August 27, 2014 By
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Blythewood High School boys’ cross country team kicked off the 2014 season Saturday with a strong showing at the highly competitive Providence Invitational in Charlotte. The race featured four of the top five teams in N.C., as well as the top ranked team in S.C. Blythewood placed 15th overall, which was […]
