ROCK HILL – It was a night of bad breaks and tough calls. Blocked kicks, muffed punts, untimely penalties and an even less timely turnover. Yes, Week Zero had a little bit of everything, including a dramatic 94-yard kickoff return by Derambez Drinkard that proved to be the game winner for the Bengals, who found […]
Bengals, Hawks Shine in Final Preseason Tune-up
August 20, 2015 By
IRMO – On Saturday the Westwood Redhawks participated in a Richland vs. Lexington football jamboree. Several teams played each other, and the score was kept cumulatively, with the Lexington Schools outpointing the Richland schools 77-63. Westwood was in the last pair of schools to play. Their opponent was the host team, the Irmo Yellow Jackets. […]
Greenwood Knocks ‘Hawks from Championship Chase
November 22, 2014 By
Greenwood-16, Westwood-0 BLYTHEWOOD – On the heels of the program’s first ever Class 4A playoff win last week, the Westwood Redhawks suffered a letdown Friday night in front of their home crowd by a score of 16-0 to the Eagles of Greenwood. Westwood head coach Rodney Summers wasn’t shocked his squad fell to Greenwood, […]
Dawggone: Newberry K-O’s Griffins in Semifinals
November 22, 2014 By
Newberry-16, Fairfield Central-3 WINNSBORO – It had been 42 days since the Griffins of Fairfield Central last faced down the snarl and drool of the Newberry Bulldogs, and back on Oct. 10 it was all Fairfield Central, who ran roughshod over Newberry, taking the bite out of the Dogs on their home turf and locking […]
Second-Half Surge Lifts Redhawks into Round 2
November 18, 2014 By
WHS-34, Colleton County-10 BLYTHEWOOD – Friday Night, after a shaky first half, the Westwood Redhawks came back and outplayed the Cougars of Colleton County High School by scoring 21 unanswered points to take the first round of the Class 4A/Division 2 playoffs, 34-10. “In the playoffs you can throw record books out the window,” […]
Bruins Burst Bengals’ Bubble
November 18, 2014 By
S. Florence-39, BHS-7 FLORENCE – Despite holding a slim lead at the end of the first quarter, the Blythewood Bengals gave up 36 unanswered points to South Florence Friday night as the Bengals watched their Class 4A/Division 2 championship aspirations vaporize in a 39-7 first round defeat. Nick Jones’ three touchdown passes and a 126-yard […]
Eagles Advance to State Title Game
November 17, 2014 By
RWA-56, Andrew Jackson-14 WINNSBORO – Two weeks ago, Richard Winn traveled to Andrew Jackson Academy for their regular season finale with an undefeated record. The Eagles left with their first loss of the season, 46-34, ending their 14-game win streak. Friday night, the Eagles got their revenge with a 56-14 win over the Confederates, paving […]
Griffins Advance to Upper State
November 15, 2014 By
Fairfield Central-34, Strom Thurmond-7 WINNSBORO – For the third time in three weeks, and for the second straight week in Class 2A/Division 1 state playoff combat, the Fairfield Central Griffins Friday night were pitted against a potent offense piloted by a dead-eye gunslinger. And for the third time in three weeks, the Griffin defense took […]
‘Hawks Blank Vikes, Lock Up 4th Seed
November 10, 2014 By
WHS-34, SVHS-0 BLYTHEWOOD – On Friday night, the tough and stingy Westwood defense shocked the Vikings of Spring Valley High School by stopping them cold. At the final buzzer, the Redhawks prevailed 34-0 in a win, which many thought would be a closer contest than it was. The win did more than just rack up […]
Eagles Advance to Round 2
November 10, 2014 By
RWA-60, SJC-34 WINNSBORO – The Eagles of Richard Winn Academy kicked their championship run off Friday with a dominating 60-34 win over St. Johns Christian Academy. “I was very happy with our performance tonight after the loss last week,” RWA head coach Dan Dickerson said. “We had to make sure we had the boys’ attention […]
