COLUMBIA – ‘Tis the Holiday Season, and that means it’s time for the annual release of The State’s All-Midlands High School Football Team. Westwood defensive back Dermonti Romney earned first team honors with 52 tackles and three interceptions. Romney was just one of a slew of Westwood, Blythewood and Fairfield players to earn All-Midlands honors. […]
Bengals, Griffins, Redhawks earn All-Midlands Honors
Blythewood football coach fired
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Bengals will be looking for another head football coach this offseason. First year football coach Brian Smith was relieved of his duties after the Bengals finished the season 3-7 and missed the playoffs. “It’s a business at this level,” Smith said, “and I realize that. You’ve got to win and I […]
Bengals Fend Off Redhawk Rally
BLYTHEWOOD (Sept. 12, 2016) – Shortly after the second quarter began, Jordyn Adams had nowhere to go to—until the fourth quarter. The Blythewood quarterback had run for a touchdown and passed for another to put the Bengals up 14-0 over crosstown rival Westwood Friday night. Then, as if the Redhawks had shut off a faucet, Adams […]
Bengals Blister Griffins
WINNSBORO (Sept. 5, 2016) – The Fairfield Central Griffins suffered their first loss Saturday night in a 35-14 blowout at the hands of the rival Blythewood Bengals. The Bengals struck first courtesy of a 35-yard rushing touchdown by quarterback Jordyn Adams. If the name Jordyn Adams sounds familiar, you may be an ESPN fan. Adams recently […]
Wildcats Maul Bengals, End BHS Playoff Run
LEXINGTON – The Blythewood Bengals headed into round 2 of the Class 4A/D2 state playoffs hoping to avenge their Sept. 4, 21-20 home loss to the Lexington Wildcats. The Wildcats had other plans as they ended the Bengals season, 30-13. Blythewood jumped out of the gate on their opening possession as Osei Thomas exploded for […]
Turner’s Last-Second Kick Saves Bengals
BLYTHEWOOD (Nov. 21, 2015) – Blythewood almost let its first home playoff appearance since 2012 fall into the loss column Friday night. Almost. The Bengals built a 26-13 lead after a 13-7 first-quarter deficit, but two late-game North Augusta touchdowns put Blythewood down 27-26 with 1:45 to go at District 2 stadium. Blythewood took the ball […]
Bengals Hold Off Vikes
COLUMBIA – What was going to be the Region IV-4A opener over a month ago turned into a season finale Thursday that determined playoff seeding for both Spring Valley and Blythewood. The Vikings, getting ready for the 4A Division I bracket, came within one possession of setting the 4A Division II Bengals on the road […]
Bengals Obliterate Blazers
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood took the ball on the opening possession against Ridge View Friday night, and promptly fumbled the ball away. The Bengals spent the rest of the game making up for that mistake, hitting the end zone with a vengeance in a 63-12 victory over District 2 Stadium housemate and Region IV-4A rival Ridge […]
Second Half Feeding Frenzy Boosts Bengals
BLYTHEWOOD – On a night when Blythewood High School recognized 26 seniors on its football team, the Bengals used a 28-point third quarter to blow open a tight game at halftime, as the Bengals rolled 59-21 over the Demons of Lugoff-Elgin Friday night at District 2 Stadium in Blythewood. “We got every kind of break […]
Mitchell’s Record-Setting Night Drives Hawks Over Bengals
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood offense against Region IV-4A rival Blythewood Friday night centered on Rudy Mitchell. It wasn’t that Mitchell sparked the offense or made the right run at the right time. Mitchell was the Redhawks offense in a 35-31 victory over the Bengals. Mitchell carried the ball 41 times and rushed for a school-record […]