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 […]
Griffins avenge Eagle loss
WINNSBORO – Jake Clyburn (5) hurries to beat the Griffin pickoff attempt in last week’s crosstown matchup. The Griffins avenged their early season loss to the Eagles with a 9-2 win.
Griffins get revenge on Cyclones
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Central Griffins were routed 17-4 on Friday night by the home-fielded Chester Cyclones, but on Tuesday the Griffins had a shot for retribution when they hosted Chester. Despite falling behind 3-0 after the top half of the first inning, Fairfield got their redemption with a tough fought 7-5 victory. “I’m speechless,” […]
Lady G’s capitalize on Columbia errors
WINNSBORO – The Lady Griffins hosted Columbia Tuesday, and it quite the night for the Griffins. Wild pitches, errors and timely hitting propelled Fairfield to an easy 19-3 win in just three innings. Columbia surrendered five hits to the explosive Griffin bats in the first, including an Amari Jones home run. The Griffins led […]
Griffin soccer falls to Buford
WINNSBORO – Antonio Aguilera Martinez leads the Griffins’ charge up field in their Monday matchup against Buford. Buford bested the Griffins 6-0.
Griffins shut out Caps
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Central Griffins could not have asked for a much better performance than they got on Tuesday night in their 16-0 rout of the Columbia Capitals. The Griffins’ bats put up eight runs in the first and eight more in the second to put the Caps away in three innings. Starting pitcher […]
Lady G’s take down cross-town rivals
WINNSBORO – The Richard Winn softball squad did not travel far to battle Fairfield Central, and what started off a low scoring game quickly shot into offensive fireworks. The Griffins used a massive run streak in the sixth inning to pull ahead and snag a 18-13 over their crosstown opponents. Fairfield bagged a couple of […]
Griffins struggle in early season
WINNSBORO – Last week the Griffins suffered a rough 1-13 loss to crosstown foes Richard Winn Academy. The young Fairfield squad kept it close as they searched for their first win against Camden, but rough fifth and seventh innings helped the Bulldogs wrap up an 8-2 victory. “We’ve got a lot of young young baseball […]
Lady Griffins rout Capitals for first win
COLUMBIA – Tuesday evening, the winless Fairfield Central Lady Griffins traveled to Columbia High for their first conference matchup. Hungry for their first win of the season, the Griffs made it more like a mismatch, crushing the Caps 25-4 in 5 innings. “I hope we can re-focus tonight. We had a really bad game against […]
Westwood soccer shuts out Griffins
BLYTHEWOOD – Both the Westwood girls’ and boys’ soccer program broke into the win column with big wins at the expense of the Fairfield Central Griffins. The Westwood ladies ran up a 12-0 victory, while the boys were not far behind with a 9-0 win.