WHS postpones games after 14 players told to quarantine

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood football team will not play tomorrow night—or next week. The Redhawks have rescheduled Friday night’s home game against Dreher and next Friday’s game at Irmo. In last Friday’s 34-17 victory at Lugoff-Elgin, 12 varsity players came into contact with a Lugoff-Elgin player who had tested positive for COVID-19. Those 12 players […]

Eagles hold off Crusaders in second half

LAURENS –  – Zack Taylor rushed the ball 40 times for 272 yards and four touchdowns as Richard Winn outscored the Crusaders by a 54-32 margin on Friday evening. The Eagles moved to 6-0 this season as Laurens Academy fell to 3-3. Richard Winn and Laurens combined for 12 touchdowns in the game with eight […]

Westwood competes at Pelion

LANCASTER – Westwood Redhawks competed at Pelion last Wednesday. The boys made a 9th place finish overall of 21 teams. Will Tyndall led the Redhawks in 28th place with a 18:30 finish, followed by Joe Eberlin at 18:40 and Aidan Keck at 19:01. Bryce Strickland and Caden Henderson also finished under 20 minutes. Katelyn Williams […]

Griffins move to 2-0

HOPKINS – Senior running back Will Barber rushed for a 116 yards and two touchdowns as the visiting Fairfield Central Griffins defeated Lower Richland High School by a 28-18 score on Oct. 2. The Griffins improved to 2-0 with the victory while Lower Richland dropped to 0-2 in 2020. Fairfield rushed for 148 yards as […]

Westwood defeats Dreher, Irmo

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood volleyball has hit a 2-0 win streak after wins over Dreher High School last Thursday and Irmo High School Tuesday. The Redhawks took Dreher 3-0 with a tight 25-22 win in the first set, but blowout wins in the second and third. Westwood put down the Blue Devils 25-13 and 25-14 to […]

Blythewood falls to Northwestern in home opener

BLYTHEWOOD – The lack of practice time in the COVID-19 – affected high school football season showed in Blythewood’s Region 4-5A opener against Northwestern Friday night. Passes fell short. Footballs fell from hands at key moments. And the Trojans’ two fourth-quarter scores did the Bengals in in a 19-7 defeat at District 2 Stadium. “It’s […]

Redhawks take down Ridge View, Irmo

BLYTHEWOOD – After defeating Ridge View 6-0 last week, the Redhawks fell 0-6 to AC Flora on Wednesday in a make-up match from earlier this season. Westwood bounced back on Tuesday to take down Irmo 4-2. Picking up singles wins were Kyndall Ragins (6-0, 6-0), Meera Rogers (6-4, 6-0), Sara Haeflinger (6-4, 6-7(7-3), 10-4) and […]

Bengals are Threepeat Region Champs

BLYTHEWOOD – It’s a Threepeat for Lady Bengals tennis. They finished region play Tuesday night with a 5-1 win over Spring Valley to secure their third consecutive region championship. Hannah Myers (6-0, 6-1), Sophie Carlton (7-5, 3-6, (10-6)), Emma Carlton (6-1, 6-0), Rachel Truitt (6-1, 6-0), and Elizabeth Crawford (7-5, 6-2) picked up singles wins. […]

Blythewood falls to Rock Hill, takes down Spring Valley

ROCK HILL – Blythewood fell in a tight 3-1 match at Rock Hill High School last Thursday. The Bengals fell behind early with a 21-25 first set, followed by a 25-17 loss in the second set. With a momentum shift, they took the third set with a decisive 25-14 win, but came up short with […]

Westwood High School reschedules football games

COLUMBIA — Westwood High school will reschedule two varsity and two junior varsity football games against Dreher High School and Irmo High School On Monday, October 5, 2020, 12 student athletes were placed on quarantine for 14 days after the school was notified that an athlete from the opposing team at the October 3 football […]

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