BLYTHEWOOD – Kendall Parker dominated on the mound in Tuesday night’s 10-0 win over Sumter. Parker picked a complete game shutout, surrendering no runs on four hits over five innings, striking out one and walking none. Kailey Shannon picked up an RBI double in the first inning. Lauren Hardy and Parker followed with doubles in […]
Bengals sting Yellowjackets
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood softball bats didn’t waste any time laying the aluminum to Irmo Tuesday night. In their Region 5-5A opener, the Bengals banged out 13 hits and took advantage of four Irmo errors. When the game was cut off in the third because of the 15-run rule, Blythewood walked off with a 15-0 […]
Lucas voted The State’s Player of the Year
COLUMBIA – Landon Lucas made quite the impression on the baseball diamond this season, and for his hard work, earned the most fan votes for The State newspaper’s Player of the Year. Lucas held an excellent .390 average with six home runs, 31 RBIs and went 5-1 on the mound with a 2.29 ERA. Lucas’ […]
Future Ballers
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s softball team held its annual youth summer camp June 11 – 13. Campers in grades 1 through 8 received instruction from current and former players and the Bengal coaching staff.
River Bluff ends Bengal playoff run
IRMO – Emily Babbitt’s first-inning line-drive down the leftfield line escaped the reach of River Bluff left fielder Kendal Shealy Monday afternoon. The hit to open the action in the 5A District VI Tournament game was strong and far enough for Babbitt to circle around the bases. Her inside-the-park home run gave Blythewood a 1-0 […]
Walk-off single pushes Green Wave past Bengals
SUMMERVILLE – Senior Audrey Pope’s walk-off single sent Sarah Barnhill across the plate in the 10th inning to give the Green Wave a 6-5 victory over Blythewood in the Class AAAAA Softball playoffs. Summerville (21-6) hosted the Bengals April 28 for the second playoff game for both teams. The victory gives the Green Wave home-field […]
Bengal and Redhawk softball players are Midlands stat leaders
COLUMBIA – Westwood and Blythewood baseball players were not the only ones who were well-represented in the Midlands’ stat leaders. Lady Bengal Kendall Parker’s two home runs were good enough to earn her spot on the list, and she led all hitters from the Blythewood and Fairfield areas. Her teammate Sammy Hall notched a top-15 […]
Dutch Fork bests Blythewood softball
BLYTHEWOOD – The Lady Bengals fell to Dutch Fork 4-11 in the April 10 conference matchup.
Lady Bengals take down Wildcats
BLYTHEWOOD – Sammy Hall’s bouncer back to the mound barely got past the grasp of Lexington pitcher Allie Light. And with that RBI single up the middle, so did the Blythewood softball team Tuesday night. With the game tied at 3 with one out in the bottom of the seventh, Hall’s single drove in Emily Babbitt, who […]