CAMDEN – Westwood’s boys and girls cross country teams each pulled third place finishes to open their seasons at the Battle of Camden on Saturday. Seasoned Redhawk runners Emma Ashley and William Tyndall each pulled first places finishes overall. Emma, a sophomore, topped all female runners in the nine-team meet with a time of 19:17.50. […]
Spring Valley bests Redhawks
COLUMBIA – Senior athlete Noah Jennings returned a fumble for a touchdown and Dylon O’Neal and Sanah Ferguson rushed for two scores, but it was not enough to stop Spring Valley from rushing past Westwood at Harry Parone Stadium Friday night. Spring Valley’s Evan Javis rushed for two touchdowns, Aden Jones rushed for a TD […]
Summer Work
HOPKINS – Westwood and Blythewood competed in Lower Richland’s second annual Diamond Hornet 7-on-7 Shootout on Thursday, June 30. Westwood is set to open their 2022 football season at Spring Valley on August 19. Blythewood will play at Ridge View on Aug. 19.
Smith returns to Westwood
BLYTHEWOOD – Former Westwood Redhawk and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vyncint Smith stopped by The Castle last week to speak with Westwood’s football team. Smith graduated from Westwood in 2014. In his senior season, he hauled in 31 receptions for 503 yards and four touchdowns. He also competed with the track team, helping lead the […]
BHS, WHS students graduated with millions in college scholarship offers
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood and Westwood High School seniors graduated on Wednesday. Macy Collins was named Blythewood High School Valedictorian and Caroline Nutter was named Salutatorian. Christina Stokes was named Valedictorian for Westwood High School and Thamia Davis and Jordan Love were named Co-Salutatorians. The top 10 BHS academic graduates at Blythewood are: Collins and Nutters, […]
Redhawks ink plans for college
BLYTHEWOOD – A crew of Westwood senior athletes made their college plans official last Wednesday. Malaysia Tucker signed with College of Charleston. Tucker was a flyer for Westwood’s Competitive Cheer team. She is the daughter of Furman and Gail Allen. Tucker is a member of National Honors Society and an A/B Honor Roll student. Will […]
WHS girls top region, look to state
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood hosted the Region 4-4A meet on May 4 and almost pulled top finishes in both boys’ and girls’ scores. The Westwood girls topped Lugoff-Elgin, Dreher, AC Flora and Irmo to take the region title with a score of 150. Lugoff-Elgin finished second at 125. Westwood’s boys finished in second with a score […]
Westwood baseball, softball end benchmark seasons
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball and softball teams watched their benchmark seasons come to an end last week. The Westwood baseball team was eliminated in the District 3 upper state tournament with an 11-1 loss in six innings at Westside Thursday. The Westwood softball team went 1-2 in its District 3 tournament, with its final […]