I never saw an authentic covered bridge until Clint Eastwood directed and starred with Meryl Streep in “The Bridges of Madison County.” Genuine covered bridges in these parts are as rare as hens’ teeth. Several years ago, though, I came across the real deal: a covered bridge up in northern Greenville. It was late afternoon […]
A Real Homecoming
September 26, 2013 By
A special event will be held during halftime at Blythewood High School’s football game on Friday night. The school and Richland District 2 will honor the former athletes of Blythewood’s historic Bethel High School. It seems hard to believe now, but in the early 1950s and 1960s, school integration had not yet taken place and […]
Board Paves the Way for Bank
September 26, 2013 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town’s Architectural Review Board voted on Monday evening for conditional approval for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for a building the First Community Bank plans to construct at the corner of Blythewood Road and Main Street (Highway 21) in downtown Blythewood. B & D Auto Sales currently operates on the property. The […]
Lady Bengals Top Westwood
September 25, 2013 By
Blythewood junior CliRae Bourke checks for alignment and speed on a difficult par saving putt. The Lady Bengals golf team out-shot the Lady Redhawks Sept. 19, 200-266 at Crickentree. Blythewood’s Felicia Finney led the charge, shooting a 41 to earn the medal. Elizabeth Holliman dropped in a 59 for the Lady ‘Hawks to lead Westwood. […]
Lady Griffins Edge Region Rivals
September 25, 2013 By
FCHS-4 Pelion-3 (Tuesday) Singles Ashley Bailet (PHS) d. Daija Davis (6-4, 6-3) Bre Cole (FC) d. T. Braziel (6-2, 6-2) Desta Pauling (FC) d. A. Miller (7-5, 6-2) Chanel Burns (FC) d. Nicole Williams (6-1, 6-2) Tessa Kell (PHS) d. Ashonte Woodard (6-4, 6-4). Doubles (1) FC: DQ (2) Moesha Young/Cora Foster (FC) d. Carrie […]
Lady Bengals Top Brookland-Cayce
September 25, 2013 By
BHS – 5 B.C. – 1 (Monday) Singles: Abby Truitt (BH) defeated Madison Conwell (4-6, 7-5, 1-0) Erica Zippel (BH) d. McKenzie Ouzts (6-0, 6-4) Mikaela King (BH) d. Brooke Smith (5-7, 6-3, 1-0) Elle Hoffman (BH) d. Kendal Scheller (4-6, 6-4, 1-0) Baily Lee (BH) d. Sydney Braughton (6-3, 6-2) Doubles: Libby Mathias/Kaitlyn Byrum […]
The Put-Back –
September 25, 2013 By
Fairfield Central’s Mesha Boyd (6) puts one back against C.A. Johnson Monday as Jessica Douglas (13) stands ready. The Lady Griffins dropped the Lady Hornets 3-1 (25-15, 25-19, 22-25, 25-23) for their first win of the season. Tuesday, the Lady Griffins fell at Eau Claire 3-0 (20-25, 23-25, 23-25) in region play. Fairfield hosted Keenan […]
Lady Bengals Knock Off RNE
September 24, 2013 By
COLUMBIA – The Lady Bengals of Blythewood are smiling and have every right to be after sweeping away the Lady Cavaliers of Richland Northeast in three sets Tuesday night (25-14, 25-14, 25-13). The Lady Bengals seemed to be too much for the Lady Cavaliers delivering a total of 42 kills and 45 digs. “It was […]
Griffins Batter Union County
September 23, 2013 By
UNION – For the second time in three weeks, the Fairfield Central Griffins avenged a 2012 loss, this time belting the Union County Yellow Jackets 35-11 at Union County Stadium. The Griffins exploded for 20 unanswered points in the third quarter, fueled by a defense that killed three consecutive Yellow Jacket drives with interceptions by […]
Vikings Edge Redhawks
September 23, 2013 By
COLUMBIA – The injury-plagued Westwood Redhawks took on the Vikings of Spring Valley High school on Friday night at Harry Parone Stadium in Columbia. The greatly improved Redhawks have done themselves proud so far this season against mostly 4A schools, even coming off victorious against the Richland Northeast Cavaliers at this same venue. However, facing […]
