BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School golfer Caroline Hawkins claimed medalist honors during the Lady Bengal Invitational earlier this week. Hawkins, a junior, shot a 136 in the two-day event, which was held at Columbia Country Club on Monday, Aug. 19 and Tuesday, Aug. 20. A.C. Flora’s Merrit Barbrey, a junior, and senior Claire Green of […]
8U Bombers off to hot start
August 22, 2024 By
LEXINGTON – Blythewood’s newest travel baseball team, the 8U Bombers, finished second in their first (ever) tournament over the weekend. Kneeling (l-r): Amos Sims, Landon McIntyre, Owen Lorick , Grant Bellville, and Kody Schwartzbauer. Standing: Witten Wilson, Colton Phillips, Kash Holland, Joshua (JJ) Sharpe, Sullivan Sloan, Kayden Strong and Maddox Olver. The team is coached […]
Chamber hosts WHS, BHS coaches, ADs
August 15, 2024 By
Battle For the Axe Set for Sept. 20. This Time it’s a Region Battle. BLYTHEWOOD – With Westwood’s and Blythewood’s athletic programs in the spotlight at Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce Meeting, fall—and footballs will soon take to the air. Athletic Directors Barry Mizzell of Blythewood and Garrett Knight of Westwood opened for their football coaches […]
Chicago Bulls’ Julian Phillips returns to host youth camp
August 15, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Current Chicago Bulls forward Julian Phillips, a former Blythewood High School basketball standout, will return to his roots next week to host a one-day youth camp at Blythewood High School. The co-ed instructional camp, for children in grades K5 – 9, will be Saturday, Aug. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To […]
Boyd is AAU Junior Olympic Gold Medalist
August 8, 2024 By
GREENSBORO, NC – Jayden Boyd wrapped up his summer with new hardware. Boyd, a junior at Fairfield Central High School who competes with Team Blaze, an AAU track and field team out of Columbia, made a name for himself at the AAU Junior Olympic Games July 27 – Aug. 3. Boyd claimed two gold medals […]
Former Westwood standout goes pro
August 1, 2024 By
Russell Jones Jr. Heads to Europe to Play for Neuchatel SWITZERLAND – Russell Jones Jr. closed out his college career last March on a mildly sour note, but now he’s awaiting an August flight to Switzerland, where he will suit up for Union Neuchatel Basket in the Swiss Basketball League. “It’s just a blessing to […]
Blythewood’s Coach’s Pitch All-Stars finish World Series run
August 1, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Coach Pitch All-Stars, competing as the South Carolina All-Stars, finished out a long run in the Diamond Youth CP World Series in Orangeburg last weekend and finished in third place. “Winning the state was always the goal, and to have a chance at winning the world series was great,” Blythewood All-Stars […]
Honoring the All Stars
July 25, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Town Council members honored Blythewood Youth Baseball League’s Coach’s Pitch All-Star team Monday night following the team’s state championship win in the Diamond Youth Baseball (DYB, formerly the Dixie Youth) in Walterboro earlier this month. They begin play as South Carolina All-Stars in the DYB World Series this weekend in Orangeburg. Pictured […]
Blythewood baseball alum’s summer experience took a detour in The Netherlands
July 25, 2024 By
THE NETHERLANDS – When summer comes around and college baseball season comes to an end, players usually fill wooden-bat league rosters, or just go home till the fall semester cranks up. Following that routine, left-handed pitcher Davis Wright wrapped up his career at Spartanburg Methodist and planned to head to Western Carolina in the fall. […]
Rec Dept. to host free youth football camp Aug. 7-8
July 25, 2024 By
Registration Open for Fall Sports WINNSBORO – A new school year is on the horizon, and so is Fall sports season. Fairfield County Parks and Recreation is hosting a Free Youth Football Camp for ages 8 – 12 on Wednesday, Aug. 7 and Thursday, Aug. 8. Camp will be held at Fairfield Middle School’s practice […]
