BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Bengals batted around in the first inning to jump out 5-0 and went on to defeat the Irmo Yellow Jackets 10-0 Tuesday night at Blythewood in six innings. “We got a couple big hits early and that relaxed us a little bit,” Blythewood head coach Barry Mizzell said. “We got Drew […]
‘Hawks Let Early Lead Slip Away to Dreher
March 17, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Redhawks’ baseball squad was in the hunt Friday for their first win of the season. But after a promising start, Westwood saw an early 2-0 lead melt away, falling to the Dreher Blue Devils 7-2 in their home Region IV opener. Dreher’s senior hurler Seth Kays looked shaky in the Friday […]
Local Bill Mends District Lines
March 14, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – After nearly three years of disenfranchisement, District 5 once again has representation on the Fairfield County School Board of Trustees, thanks to a piece of special legislation signed by Gov. Nikki Haley on March 4. The bill (S1002), introduced by Sen. Creighton Coleman (D-17) in the State Senate on Feb. 5 and Rep. […]
Nature: Top Secret
March 13, 2014 By
This day trip may present the most interesting place of all for a simple reason: Few people are allowed to see it. My history with the place goes back 28 years. One July day in 1986, a self-assigned writing project took me to the Savannah River Site. And what a site! It covers more than […]
‘This is My Home’
March 13, 2014 By
Woman Shocked to Learn of Town’s Plans to ‘Take’ Property BLYTHEWOOD – During the past year, the Ball Field Committee of Mayor J. Michael Ross has discussed ways to increase the number of fields at the Blythewood Park Rec Center as well as build new fields on 8 acres that Richland School District 2 owns […]
Bengals Take Tourney Title
March 12, 2014 By
Sights Set on 2014 Run LEXINGTON – The Blythewood Bengals are rolling into the 2014 season in the same form they ended their 2013 campaign: sheer domination. After falling to an all too familiar foe in Lexington High School in the first round of the Red Bank Invitational tournament by the score of 4-2, the […]
Boyd, Griffins Topple Richard Winn
March 12, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – A Herculean solo smash by Richard Winn Academy catcher Austin Knox straightaway over the center field fence and a two-out bases loaded walk plating Elijah Tucker put Fairfield Central’s starting hurler Chris Boyd and the Griffins in an early 2-0 hole in Tuesday night’s crosstown showdown. But after tossing 30 pitches and issuing […]
Baughman Wins Council Seat
March 12, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Two newcomers to Blythewood politics faced off Tuesday with Eddie Baughman taking home the prize almost 2-1. Baughman’s 60 votes topped write-in candidate James Arnold’s 33. With a low turnout of approximately 6 percent, the special election primarily attracted voters from the candidates’ home precincts. Baughman, who lives in the Lake Ashley area, […]
Streets of Gold
March 6, 2014 By
Two hours of back roads and about 98 miles will take you to McCormick, where the second-richest vein of gold in South Carolina history was discovered. In February 1852, William Burkhalter Dorn discovered gold where McCormick sits. The Dorn Gold Mine in McCormick is one of the more important gold mines in South Carolina. Dorn […]
Back to Back: Lady Eagles Survive OT to Take Title
March 3, 2014 By
SUMTER – A flickering scoreboard, a whistle-happy first half, a frozen clock with less than a minute to go and an improbable, desperation 3-point bomb to send the game into overtime piled drama on top of drama in Saturday’s SCISA 2A girls’ state basketball championship. But when the dust had cleared, the Richard Winn […]
