Redhawk and Bengal ballers named to All-Midlands Team

COLUMBIA – The State recently released their choices for their 2017-18 All-Midlands basketball teams, and both the Blythewood Bengals and Westwood Redhawks were well-represented. Westwood’s Russell Jones Jr. and Unique Drake earned first team honors. Drake average 21.5 points per contest and Jones finished the season at nearly 17 points a game. Robert Braswell earned […]

Bengals beat Fort Mill in extra innings

FORT MILL – Blythewood made a long march to Fort Mill Tuesday night for a non-region contest with the Fort Mill High School Yellow Jackets, and it proved to be a sweet trip for the Bengals. Despite outhitting the Fort Mill by 10, it took Blythewood eight innings to swat the pesky Yellow Jackets. Bengals’ […]

Sherman named BHS principal

BLYTHEWOOD – Matthew Sherman was named the new principal of Blythewood High School at the March 13 school board meeting. Sherman is currently serving as an assistant principal at the school and will officially take his new position July 1. Sherman has served as an assistant principal in Richland Two for seven years, including three […]

This young Blythewood academic competes against all odds

Student athletes who win the title game in the last second of play or who make an unbelievable catch are celebrated, as well they should be. But we don’t always notice, much less celebrate, the great challenges and victories some of our community’s brightest students experience in their academic life, when they face Goliath, against […]

Blythewood falls to Dutch Fork

BLYTHEWOOD – John Lanier stays poised as he toes the mound in Tuesday night’s matchup against Dutch Fork. The Silver Foxes bested the Bengals 4-3.

Lady Bengals take down Wildcats

BLYTHEWOOD – Sammy Hall’s bouncer back to the mound barely got past the grasp of Lexington pitcher Allie Light. And with that RBI single up the middle, so did the Blythewood softball team Tuesday night. With the game tied at 3 with one out in the bottom of the seventh, Hall’s single drove in Emily Babbitt, who […]

Lady Bengals pick up win 5

BLYTHEWOOD – Claudia Watson (18) scrambles to gain possession of the loose ball. The Lady Bengals defeated the Timberwolves and picked up an 2-1 victory, their fifth win of the season. They will face off with region foe Spring Valley on Friday.

Blythewood stings Yellow Jackets

BLYTHEWOOD – Coming off a season-opening baseball tournament at Georgetown, Blythewood won big over Irmo in its Region V-5A opener Wednesday. Landon Lucas and Brady Carson both homered, and Ben Lang-Spittler 4-hit the Yellow Jackets as the Bengals cruised to a 12-2 victory in six innings at Blythewood Stadium. Lang-Spittler went 4 2/3 innings, striking […]

Bengals qualify for state history competition

COLUMBIA – BHS Honors Forum students competed in the National History Day Midlands Regional Competition in the paper category on Monday, March 5. The competition required participants to complete a 2,500 word original paper with 50+ sources referenced and be interviewed about their paper. Three Bengals were selected as winners of the paper category and […]

Local ballers earn All Star honors

LEXINGTON – The Bengals’ and Redhawks’ basketball programs are both coming off of stellar seasons, and even though they fell short of their championship goals, both squads will be represented at the North/South All Star game on Mar.17 at Lexington High School. Blythewood’s Jonathan Breeland was chosen to represent the South’s boys’ team. Breeland put […]

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