BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood offense against Region IV-4A rival Blythewood Friday night centered on Rudy Mitchell. It wasn’t that Mitchell sparked the offense or made the right run at the right time. Mitchell was the Redhawks offense in a 35-31 victory over the Bengals. Mitchell carried the ball 41 times and rushed for a school-record […]
Turnovers Sink Blazers
October 20, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood Redhawks hosted the Ridge View Blazers Friday night at Richland 2 Stadium for a region football game. With Ridge View coming off a victory against the tough Dutch Fork Silver Foxes, it would seem like the Redhawks would have their hands full of Blazer; but it was not so, as Westwood […]
Mitchell, Hawks Decimate Demons
October 14, 2015 By
LUGOFF – The weather issues of the last several days caused the game scheduled for Friday to be moved ahead to Monday. The Westwood Redhawks travelled to Lugoff to play Lugoff-Elgin High School and came home a convincing 56-14 winner. League rules prevented the Redhawks from practicing during the week out of school, and instead […]
Mitchell, Hawks Dark and Stormy for Knights
October 7, 2015 By
FLORENCE — Home-field advantage hasn’t been much of a luxury for West Florence so far in 2015, but playing within the confines of Memorial Stadium for just the second time this season mattered little for the Knights against Westwood on Thursday night. The Redhawk offense pushed the gas pedal to the floorboard on its first […]
Wildcats Bust Westwood Win Streak
September 21, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Lexington Wildcats were firing on all cylinders Friday night, as they defeated the previously undefeated Redhawks by a score of 38-16. Westwood’s win-loss record now stands at 4-1. Lexington was apparently well prepared to avenge last year’s loss at Wildcat stadium, and left little to chance. Lexington head coach Josh Stepp said […]
Redhawks Dismantle Clover
September 8, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood Redhawk football team totally dominated Clover High School Friday night, winning by a final score of 42-14. The game was effectively over by the first quarter buzzer, as Westwood led 28-0 at that point. Last season, Clover almost defeated the Redhawks using their unusual “scrum” offense, as the Westwood coaches call […]
Hawks Rally Past RNE
September 1, 2015 By
COLUMBIA – Westwood High travelled to Parone Stadium in Columbia Friday to take on the Cavaliers of Richland Northeast High School. After a halftime deficit of 14 points, the Redhawks were red hot in the second half, defeating the Cavaliers by a final score of 30-20. The annual Richland Northeast game is a rivalry of […]
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, […]
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,” […]
