WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Griffins hosted the Chester Cyclones on Friday night in a Region 4-3A contest that went down to the wire, and ended in walk-off fashion. CJ Simmons had a pivotal sac-fly in the bottom of the seventh that allowed to Taylor Truesdale to score final run in the Griffins’ 11-10 victory. Montavious […]
Griffins score big against Keenan
March 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Central Griffins were involved a region double-header on Tuesday night. The Griffins dominated region 4-3A foe Keenan to the tune of 17-2 in game one and 17-0 in game two. The Griffins took a 5-2 lead in game one after the first inning. Keenan couldn’t contain the Fairfield Central bats in […]
Griffins end season
May 3, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Griffins suffered a 0-11 loss to Palmetto in the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs, and were left with a win or go home game Thursday against the Broome Centurions. After a thrilling seven innings and a near 10-run comeback for the Griffins, Broome escaped with a 13-11 win. The […]
Griffins retire jersey, honor seniors
April 26, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Griffins hosted Batesburg-Leesville Friday night in their regular season finale, but it was not the result the Griffins wanted before they head into the playoffs. The Panthers went up early, and errors hurt the Griffins’ chances of keeping the game close. Batesburg came out on top 17-4 after five innings. Prior to […]
Local baseball players lead Midlands’ stats
April 26, 2018 By
COLUMBIA – The baseball and softball regular seasons have reached their conclusions, and that means the State recently released their season-ending Midlands stat leaders. Blythewood and Westwood are well-represented. Blythewood’s Landon Lucas led Midlands in home runs with six, and his teammate John Lanier was a few spots behind with three. Brady Carson, and Ben-Lang […]
Griffins blast Raiders in three
April 19, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Keenan Raiders rolled into Fairfield last week looking for a season defining win, but instead all the Raiders found were the powerful Griffins’ bats. Keenan scored four runs in the first two innings, but could not keep up with the Griffins’ frantic pace, and Fairfield won easily, 19-4. Sophomore pitcher Jimmy Reid […]
Griffins avenge Eagle loss
March 29, 2018 By
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
March 29, 2018 By
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,” […]
Griffins shut out Caps
March 22, 2018 By
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 […]
Griffins struggle in early season
March 15, 2018 By
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 […]
