Eagles open region with wins

WINNSBORO – Richard Winn’s girls’ basketball team dove in head first with a region game to open their season on Tuesday. The Eagle girls took a dominant win over Newberry Academy with a 43-10 final.  Richard Winn led 12-2 after a quarter of play, but stalled offensively in the second. They held a 19-3 lead […]

FC drops games to Lower Richland

HOPKINS – Fairfield Central took to Lower Richland on Tuesday for a non-conference matchup. Both teams fell to the Diamond Hornets. The Griffin girls opened the night with a good first quarter. They trailed 17-15 when the second quarter began, but the Diamond Hornets took charge from there. Lower Richland put up 25 more points […]

All Stars

Richard Winn Eagle football seniors (front, left) Anthony Armstrong, Landon Smith, Ben Clowney, junior Charlie Bonds (back left), and seniors Ethan Steward, Ryan Mills and Drew Spires participated in the SCISA 8-man North/South All Star game on Friday, Dec. 1. Richard Winn head coach Paul Brigman and the Eagle coaching staff assisted the North all-star […]

Eagles, Mavs face off in season opener

WINNSBORO – Richard Winn’s varsity boys basketball team opened their season by hosting Midlands STEM Charter School on Tuesday night. The Eagles took a 69-29 win over the young Maverick squad. Richard Winn’s top scorers were Drew Spires (29), Miller Stuck (9), Josh Tyndall (9), and Eli Smith (8). Midlands STEM was led by sophomores […]

Griffins play in preseason tournaments

BLYTHEWOOD – Fairfield Central’s girls basketball team found some preseason holiday action last week. The Griffins took to White Knoll for a two-day tournament on Nov. 24 and 25. They dropped a game to the hosting Timberwolves on Nov. 24. White Knoll held a 21-15 lead after a quarter of play and would extend it […]

BHS girls show big in scrimmage

LEXINGTON – Competing at the annual South Carolina Wrestling Officials Association (SCWOA) scrimmage, the Blythewood’s girls had the largest team in attendance. Four Bengals went undefeated in the pre-season scrimmage: senior Liz Veguilla (126 lb); returning 132 lb State Champion Tiyanna Mack went 4-0; Abby Burns went 4-0 (120 lbs); and junior Abby Ely. With […]

Banners & Bling

Brianna Rodriguez and Ticora Gaskin returned to Westwood last week to receive their individual State Championship rings and hang their Gatorade Player of the Year banners at The Castle. Rodriguez continues her track and field career at the University of Central Florida; Gaskin continues her career at Campbell University.

Central District Champs

WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Parks and Recreation’s 10U tackle football All-Star team defeated Chester 20-14 in the South Carolina Athletic Program’s Central District championship at York High School on Monday, Nov. 27. Fairfield County’s 12U All Stars is also set to compete for the same title against Chester.

Bengals make history

COLUMBIA – For the first time in Blythewood High School’s history, the Bengal Competitive Cheer team placed in the top five at the SCHSL’s Class 5A State competition. The Bengals had an overall score of 303.5 for a fourth place finish at Saturday’s season-ending competition at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia. Chapin High School took […]

A top-20 finish

NEWBERRY – Despite a cold and rainy morning, Griffin front-runner Hank White pulled a 17th place finish out of 113 runners at the SCHSL Class AA State meet on Saturday at Newberry College. White’s 17:20.27 finish was one second faster than his AA qualifier time last week and three seconds faster than his time on […]

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