BLYTHEWOOD – It wasn’t pretty at times, but the Blythewood Bengals were able to outlast the Westwood Redhawks to notch their first win of the season, 24-17 Friday night at Westwood. The Bengals improve to 1-2 on the season, despite a scuffling Redhawks’ defense that held their offense to only seven total yards in the […]
Bengals Baffle Bruins
Friday night at District Stadium in Blythewood the Bengals prevailed over the Lancaster Bruins 21-12 to improve to 3-1 on the year. Lancaster came into the game having lost their last two and was desperate for a win, but Bruins head coach Bennie McMurray knew they had their work cut out for them. “Coach Kennedy […]
Lady Bengals Wrap up Winning Road Trip
The Blythewood Lady Bengals volleyball team was on a roll last week, taking to the road for two tough non-region games. On Sept. 5 they defeated White Knoll in Lexington 25-23, 25-17, 19-25 and 25-15. Abreia Epps and Meredith Jones led the way with 18 and 16 kills respectively. BiJonae Jones and Gabriela Martinez were […]
Boys Cross Country: Top 20 Finish for BHS in Classic
Blythewood High School junior Mike Lantz finished third overall in Saturday’s Coaches Classic cross country meet at Sandhills with a time of 15:57. Lantz was one of only five runners to break the 16-minute mark on the day. Blythewood’s Thomas Whiddon (18:20), T.J. Kirby (19:43), Hunter Jarvis (19:44) and Ben Connor (20:15) helped the Bengals […]
Lady Bengals Sweep ‘Hawks in First Meeting
The Blythewood High School Lady Bengals brought their killer offense to Westwood High to play a best-of five match against the injury plagued Lady Redhawks Monday night. The Bengals reigned victorious in three games, 25-5, 25-7 and 25-18. “We knew Westwood was not 100 percent today. We knew we could control the game, offense, defense, […]
College Cash
Blythewood High School seniors Andrew Hochhalter, left, Hannah Gable and Boone Benson were each awarded $1,000 scholarships by the Blythewood Rotary Club at its May 24 meeting. Hochhalter, the son of Bryan and Karen Hochhalter, will attend Southern Wesleyan University in Central, S.C. He is an Eagle Scout, played soccer, was active in his church […]
Bennett, Benson take top honors at BHS graduation
Two Blythewood girls will take top honors at the graduation ceremonies of Blythewood High School tomorrow night. JulieAnne Bennett has been named valedictorian and Bria Benson, salutatorian. Both girls received numerous scholarships. Bennett is the daughter of Dianne and Lawrence Bennett of Blythewood and plans to attend the Honors College of the University of South […]