COLUMBIA – Just under a week after setting a new personal and school record in the 100m dash, Tydarion Grier broke it. Grier upped the record with a new time of 10.76 to take fifth place in the 100m dash at Ridge View’s Twilight Invitational on March 31. Grier’s run wasn’t Fairfield’s only highlight of […]
WHS softball tops Ridge View
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood softball team fell to Lugoff-Elgin 11-2 Thursday, but closed out a 3-1 home victory over Ridge View Tuesday night. Against the Demons, Jada McConnell went 3-4 with a double and an RBI, but Lugoff-Elgin scored six runs in the fifth inning to go up 9-0. Westwood got their two runs in […]
Bengals ease past Spring Valley
BLYTHEWOOD – Spring Valley may have been first to have a run cross the plate Monday night, but the Blythewood baseball team kept the runs coming in a 10-1 victory, the Bengals fourth straight win at home. Landon Penfield scattered six hits through five innings, striking out six to claim the win. He also hit […]
Redhawk, Bengal track stars shine at Twilight Invitational
COLUMBIA – Brianna Rodriguez, the UCF commit and 4A defending champion in four events, set a new PR in 100m hurdles at Ridge View’s Blazer Twilight Invitational on March 31. Rodriguez took first place in 100m hurdles with a time of 14.07. She also claimed first in 400m hurdles at 1:02.40. Westwood’s only other top […]
Eagles extend streak to 14
ROCK HILL – In their first seven-inning game since March 14, Richard Winn baseball found a more for-midable opponent in York Prep than their previous six games. The Eagles took a 2-0 win over York Prep on Monday, narrowly keeping their undefeated record intact. With veteran right-hander Landon Caulder on the mound for the Eagles […]
Griffin softball knocks off Shamrocks
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central softball picked up their third and fourth wins of the season in a Tuesday double-header against Eau Claire High School. The Griffins took an 18-11 win in game one and followed up with a 16-11 win. Myah McMillian and Zendora Jeter combined for three innings from the mound in the first […]
Blythewood softball goes 6-1
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood softball team crammed seven games in six days over the past week, going 6-1 in that span. The Bengals beat Nation Ford 4-3 March 29, went 4-1 in a weekend softball tournament, defeated Spring Valley 9-6 in returning to Region 3-5A play Tuesday night. Along the way, head coach Jordan Atkinson […]
Redhawks Honored
Jessica Woods, above, was named Player of the Year by Richland County Recreation Commission. Woods and Arden Conyers, both Westwood High School student-athletes, participated in the Carolina Classic All-Star games over the weekend. The boys South Carolina team won 118-98 over North Carolina; the girls SC team lost to NC 85-56.
Griffins set new school records
BLYTHEWOOD – Following Hank White’s March 18 school best time of 4:39.79 in the 1600m run at the Sumter Gamecock Invitational, three more Griffin track and field runners have broken school records during the Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic at Westwood High School on March 24. The Griffins competed with 24 area high school at the […]