COLUMBIA – With three wins and a 3-1 shootout, Blythewood girls’ soccer team claimed the program’s first ever Viking Cup over the weekend. The preseason tournament featured Bengal action against Clover, West Ashley, Wando and Bishop England. Blythewood opened play with a 1-0 win over Clover on Feb. 27 from a Caroline Powell score. Keeper […]
Bengals land high playoff seeds
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood girls’ basketball team fell 55-47 at arch-rival Ridge View Friday night, but clinched a share of the Region 5-5A championship, their first since 2008, which was also a share of the title. Sharon Walters scored 13 points to lead Blythewood. India Williams had 12. Chase Thomas, the Region 5-5A Player of […]
Four Bengal girls to wrestle for state title
FLORENCE – Blythewood girls’ wrestling wrapped their team season in the third round of the SCHSL 5A playoffs with an 8-3 record. Up next, four of those wrestlers will compete for an individual state championship. Seniors Tiyanna Mack and Abby Ely and juniors Audra Petroff and Kennedy Mitchell will head to Florence Civic Center Feb. […]
Seven Bengals qualify for state
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s boys’ wrestling program made history again last week – sending the most qualifiers to the State Championships in school history. “Couldn’t be more proud of these men,” Head Coach Paul Watson said. “All the hard work, the months of grinding, the weight control…and look at em now, competing for Individual […]
Bengals come up short in tight Upper State title bout
BLYTHEWOOD – “So proud of this group, which will go down as the greatest wrestling team so far in the history of this school,” said Blythewood wrestling head coach Paul Watson following the Bengals’ two-point loss to Boiling Springs High School in the Upper State match last Wednesday. “Most wins, went the furthest of any […]
Bengals finish season as top-4 in state
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood opened the dual wrestling Championship tournament at White Knoll High School on Saturday, Feb. 1. The Bengals, a four-seed, faced 13th-seeded North Augusta in the first round. Blythewood dominated with a 66-9 final, and followed with a second round match against the hosting White Knoll squad. White Knoll, a five-seed, defeated Hilton […]
Williams joins 1,000 point club
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School sophomore India Williams is the newest member of the Bengals’ 1000 point club. Williams put up 16 points in the team’s win over Ridge View on Saturday. Williams tallied 349 points in 26 games her freshman season and 233 in 22 games in the 2023-2024 season. This season, Williams helps […]
Bengal girls pick up win #24, boys fall to RV
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood and Ridge View’s Saturday matchup provided plenty of entertainment—four of the top Region 5-5A teams clashing in a late-season matchup with region championship implications. It was a game two weeks into the making. Originally scheduled for Jan. 21st, the matchup was delayed because of the Midlands snowstorm. The game was set for […]
Bengals beat L-E, West Florence
BLYTHEWOOD – Tyler Stephens scored 20 points to lead the Blythewood boys basketball team to a 50-34 victory at Lugoff-Elgin Friday night. The Bengals (19-3, 8-1) followed up with a 69-34 win over West Florence (1-18, 0-9) Tuesday night. T.J. Lewis scored 26 points to lead Blythewood. In the girls game Friday night, juniors India […]
Four Bengals qualify for state championships
BOILING SPRINGS – After spending Friday in Boiling Springs at the Upper State Championship, four Bengal wrestlers have qualified to compete individually at the SC High School League state championship. This is the second year that the Blythewood girls wrestling program will send four to compete. With a more veteran squad this year – two […]