The Blythewood Bengals football team (5-1) flexed their muscles Friday night in Aiken (2-4), beating the Green Hornets 49-7. Blythewood moved up and down the field as they piled up the yardage for a season-high 423 total offensive yards. Aiken head coach Carey Johnson knew his defense had a tough task in front of them. […]
Eagles Break into Win Column at Ridge Christian
September 27, 2012 By
The Richard Winn Eagle soared to a big victory, 63-42, Friday night, as they recorded their first win of the season on the road in Summerville against the Ridge Christian Paladins. The RWA offense took advantage of every single possession in the first quarter to post points on the scoreboard and jumped out to command […]
Redhawks Could Turn Sluggish Season Around Against Chapin
September 27, 2012 By
First-year varsity football programs are always a mystery – new coaches, new kids, new facilities, a new system of offense and defense – and it typically takes a season or two for everyone to get familiar with everyone else. The success enjoyed by the Blythewood High School Bengals in their first season was the exception. […]
Griffins Overpower Braves in Cheraw
September 22, 2012 By
The Fairfield Central Griffins wrapped up their pre-region schedule Friday night with an impressive 43-8 win over the Braves at Cheraw. The victory lifts the Griffins to 3-2 on the year and redeems them from last week’s loss to Union County, when 40 points just wasn’t enough against the high-powered Yellowjackets – but for a […]
Bengals Baffle Bruins
September 17, 2012 By
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 […]
Spring Valley Punishes Redhawks
September 15, 2012 By
Big plays by Spring Valley and some costly penalties and turnovers by Westwood combined to hand the Redhawks their fourth straight loss to start the 2012 season, 43-7, at Westwood. Coming off a loss to Blythewood High School last Friday, Westwood Redhawks head coach Rodney Summers said he was looking for a big improvement from […]
Griffins Fall to Union County in Shoot-Out
September 15, 2012 By
The Union County Yellowjackets found a defensive stop when they needed one the most and scored the go-ahead touchdown with just under 5 minutes to go in the game to win a back-and-forth seesaw slugfest at Fairfield Central Friday night, 42-40. The ‘Jackets hung 594 total offensive yards on the Griffins’ defense, but saw 150 […]
King tops half century mark at RWA
September 11, 2012 By
The King Academy Knights literally “made a night of it” as they routed the Richard Winn Eagles at their home nest Friday, 56-14. The Knights from Batesburg came into the game with a 3-0 record, averaging over 60 points per game to their opponents’ 19. On the other side of the spectrum, the Eagle team […]
Belton hat-trick puts Griffins back into win column
September 11, 2012 By
Is football big in Fairfield County? One look at the full visitor’s stands in Chester on Friday will confirm that it is. The visiting fans that came to cheer on the Griffins greatly outnumbered the Cyclone’s home crowd, and they did not go home disappointed, as the Griffins toppled Chester 18-7. Coming off a painful […]
Redhwaks Come up Short to RNE
September 1, 2012 By
Coming off a loss to Fairfield Central last Friday, Redhawks head football coach Rodney Summers said he was looking for “improvement; to control the game better and to run the ball more.” He most certainly got improvement as Friday night’s game was much closer and closer even than the score reflects. Still, the ‘Hawks suffered […]
