BLYTHEWOOD – Timely hitting helped the Blythewood baseball team in the South Carolina Diamond Invitational last week—until it didn’t. The Bengals (14-6) picked up clutch 2-1 wins against Chapin and Boiling Springs Wednesday and Thursday, then on Friday bombed Dorman 17-7 in six innings to make the championship game Saturday night. There, Lexington (22-4) kept […]
Bengals ease past Spring Valley
April 6, 2023 By
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 […]
Bengals top Nation Ford, shut out Clover
March 30, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Timely hitting still eludes the Blythewood baseball team, yet on Monday night the time was right for Harrison Collins, who batted eighth in the order. With his team clinging to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth, Collins connected for a 2-out, 2-run home run over the left centerfield fence to […]
Bengals split with Fort Mill, Nation Ford
March 23, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team fell 6-5 at Fort Mill March 15, but beat the Yellow Jackets 8-5 Friday. The Bengals opened its 3-game series with Nation Ford falling to the Falcons 7-5 Monday. On March 15 at Fort Mill, the Yellow Jackets held a 6-4 lead and stopped a seventh-inning Blythewood rally for […]
Six Bengal seniors to continue careers in college
November 23, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Last Wednesday, Blythewood High School recognized six members of the Class of 2023 who committed to continuing their athletic careers on the collegiate level. Xavier Cuevas, son of Henry and Elizabeth Cuevas, announced his decision to continue his baseball career at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware. Cuevas, a utility player for head […]
BHS announces baseball interim head coach
August 25, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Last week, Blythewood High School announced that former assistant baseball coach Dolan Crolley had been named the team’s interim head coach for the 2022-2023 season. The announcement followed head coach Banks Faulkner’s resignation on August 4. Faulkner, who served as head coach of the Bengals for six years, accepted a position at Newberry […]
BHS’s Faulkner heads to Newberry as pitching coach
August 11, 2022 By
NEWBERRY – Banks Faulkner revitalized an already noted baseball program at Blythewood. After six years, the Bengals head coach is moving to the college level. Faulkner, who led the Bengals to 112 wins and a 5A state championship appearance in 2019 and has a 182-67 overall record with five region championships at three schools, was […]
Bengals head to Legion World Series with Camden Post 17
August 10, 2022 By
ASHEBORO, NC – Six Bengals from Blythewood High School’s baseball program and the rest of Camden Post 17 just claimed the 2022 Southeast Region Championship in Asheboro, NC on Saturday, Aug. 6, advancing the team to the American Legion World Series. Blythewood assistant coach and Post 17 pitching coach Justin Dorton, players Kevin Steelman, Jacob […]
Blythewood’s title dreams dashed in Fort Mill
May 26, 2022 By
FORT MILL – The Blythewood baseball team won 30 games for the first time in its history, but with a 2-1 loss at Fort Mill in a pitchers duel in the upper state championship game May 18th, the Bengals’ storied season came to an end. Both Fort Mill’s Matthieu Curtis and Blythewood’s Davis Wright pitched […]
Bengals stay alive with walk-off win over TL Hanna
May 19, 2022 By
Since this story was published, Blythewood lost Wednesday’s elimination game to Fort Mill 2-1. The Bengals season ends at 30-3; Fort Mill advances to the State Championship series. See The Voice’s May 26 edition for a complete story on Wednesday’s game. BLYTHEWOOD – Justin Flemming didn’t have a remarkable night at the plate for most […]
