The Blythewood Bengals baseball team (20-4, 10-0) defeated the Blazers of Ridge View (12-10, 3-7) on Monday night 7-1. With the win the Bengals finished the regular season undefeated in Region IV-4A play. Blythewood earned their seven runs off 12 hits. In the first inning Ridge View spotted the Bengals two errors in the infield […]
Boo Major named SEC Coach of the Year
April 19, 2013 By
South Carolina equestrian coach Boo Major, of Blythewood, has been named SEC Coach of the Year. Major was voted Coach of the Year by her peers in the Southeastern Conference last week. “This is a very humbling moment for me and I am honored to be named SEC Coach of the Year,” Major said. “While […]
Redhawks suffer back-to-back losses
April 17, 2013 By
The Westwood Redhawks baseball team (2-14, 0-8) was at home last Friday to take on the number one team in Region IV-3A, the Falcons of A.C. Flora (8-5, 7-1). In addition to being the top team in the region, Flora is also the top ranked team in the state in all of class 3A, and […]
Softball: WHS comes up short despite historic shot
April 17, 2013 By
History was made during Tuesday night’s Westwood High School softball game. Prior to Tuesday’s contest with the Lady Bulldogs of Camden, no Westwood softball player had hit a home run at the Westwood softball field. Krista Beaudry changed all that when she smacked the ball to left field, clear over the head of left fielder […]
Saturday Momentum Fails to Carry Over to the ‘Burg
April 17, 2013 By
After taking SCISA Class 3A Heathwood Hall to the woodshed Saturday, the Richard Winn Academy Nine continue to find themselves behind the goose egg in region play, getting edged out in the final inning at Spartanburg Day School Tuesday. The Eagles held a 6-4 lead going into the bottom of the seventh, having tacked on […]
Lady Bengals One Win Away from Region Title
April 17, 2013 By
The Blythewood Lady Bengals softball team (18-3, 8-1) continued their winning ways on Tuesday by completing the season sweep of Richland Northeast (0-9). Blythewood defended their home field defeating the Lady Cavaliers 8-0 off a lights-out pitching performance by Ellen Cordova backed by solid defensive play. After the game Blythewood head coach t Ware was […]
Bengals Clinch Region Pennant
April 17, 2013 By
The Blythewood Bengals baseball team (19-3, 9-0) clinched the region pennant Tuesday night and remained undefeated in Region IV-4A play with an 8-1 victory over the Cavaliers of Richland Northeast (10-8, 6-3). It was the 14th straight win for the Bengals who swept the season series with Richland Northeast. Back on March 26 Blythewood shutout […]
Go Speed Racer: Blythewood teen burning up the motor mile
April 13, 2013 By
What goes over 100 miles per hour on its side and travels across the Southeastern United States in a lightening streak of color? I bet you didn’t answer a 13-year-old boy! But that is exactly what Joshua Jovi of Blythewood does for fun. Jovi, a seventh-grader at Blythewood Middle School, competes in the WERA Motorcycle […]
New Schools Delayed to Fund Pet Project
April 11, 2013 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In 2008, voters in Richland School District 2 passed a $306 million bond referendum for certain specified projects, including the construction of several new schools in Blythewood. Now it seems some of those specified projects in Blythewood are either on the block or delayed for the purpose of freeing up funds for a […]
Touring the Old South
April 11, 2013 By
There’s an old road that makes for a great Sunday drive, SC Highway 261. You’ll see historic sites; feel you are in the mountains, yet feel you are at the coast. More than that, you’ll come across the ghosts of history. Best of all, it’s about an hour’s drive southeast. An historical marker greets travelers, […]
