COLUMBIA – The 2022-2023 Westwood High School basketball season turned out to be head boys coach John Combs’ last season. Combs will be the new athletic director at Spring Valley, replacing Jeff DiBattisto, another former Westwood boys basketball coach. “Spring Valley was my first job and where I started teaching and coaching after I left […]
Bengal baseball reaches Upper State Championship
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Pitching, defense, and timely hitting pushed the Blythewood baseball team into Wednesday’s 5A upper state championship game. The Bengals (23-6) opened the upper state tournament with a 6-2 win over Boiling Springs May 10. That win set up Ben Blackwell’s complete-game 1-hitter in a 1-0 victory over T.L. Hanna Saturday. Against Boiling Springs, […]
Eagles dominate in Game 1 of SCISA A title series
May 16, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Ten-run-mercy rule games are hard to come by in state final baseball series. When a team as hungry as this year’s Richard Winn Academy squad readies for its plate appearances, mercy is more the rule than the exception. The Eagles jumped all over Jefferson Davis Academy in the first game of the best-of-three […]
BHS alum Greiner retires from MLB
May 11, 2023 By
Former Blythewood and University of South Carolina standout Grayson Greiner announced his retirement from baseball this week. In a May 8 Twitter post titled “I’ll miss you baseball,” 30-year-old Greiner included a statement of thanks to family, teammates, coaches, trainers and friends. Along with the two-page statement, he posted action photos of his time with […]
BYBSL wraps Spring season
May 11, 2023 By
If there were a hidden treasure in the dirt surrounding second base on Field 2 at Blythewood Park, it would have been discovered during a Wee Ball game this Spring. The Blythewood Youth Baseball and Softball League’s youngest players often gave in to temptation at second base… after all, a red dirt treasure is hard […]
Eagles to play for State title
May 11, 2023 By
BATESBURG – An 8-2 win over region foe King Academy on Tuesday night cemented Richard Winn’s return to the SCISA A title game. The program finished as State Runner-Up in the 2022 season with their only losses coming in the title series to Dorchester Academy. So far, 2023 has read as a similar story. The […]
BHS baseball wins Dist. 4 championship
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Landon Penfield’s bat was in the right place at the right time Monday. It didn’t hurt that two Spartanburg fielding errors helped the Blythewood first baseman and relief pitcher clear the bases in the fifth inning. “I just tried to put a good swing on it and score one run,” Penfield said. Penfield’s […]
Bengal softball reaches Dist. 2 championship game
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After falling 11-1 at Lexington in the District 2 Tournament Friday, the Blythewood softball team rebounded with a 9-4 win over Boiling Springs in an elimination game at Blythewood Monday night. Lauren Hardy went 3-for-4 with a home run as well as pitched a complete game against the Bulldogs, scattering eight hits and […]
WHS baseball season comes to an end
May 11, 2023 By
HILTON HEAD – The Westwood baseball team (8-12) managed to snag an at-large bid and a No.12 seed in the 4A Lower State Bracket 1 tournament, but ended the season with losses to No.5 South Florence and No.4 Hilton Head last week. The Redhawks managed one hit—from Xavier DeJesus—in a 10-0, 5-inning loss to the […]
Griffin baseball, softball end playoff runs
May 11, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – After dropping a one-run 1st round game to Liberty in the SCHSL 2A state tourney, Fairfield (11-10) fell to Fox Creek 7-1 on Thursday, ending their playoff run. Leading 2-1 in the top of the fifth with two outs, Fox Creek plated five runs in the frame to extend their lead 7-1. Graeme […]
