Westwood gets playing time in SCDI, later falls to Dreher

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball team got in a lot of work at the South Carolina Diamond Invitational last week, but unfortunately narrowly missed getting a win. When the Redhawks took the field for the second half of Region 4-4A competition Monday night, they fell 10-1 to Dreher at the Westwood baseball field. The Redhawks […]

WHS named Safe Sports School

BLYTHEWOOD – For the 3rd time in Westwood High School’s brief history, the National Athletic Trainers Association has named the Redhawk Athletic Training Staff as a Safe Sports School. Westwood’s staff is headed by Heather Johnson and her assistant Ayesha Reyes.

Westwood hosts Irmo

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood track and field hosted Irmo High School last Thursday and pulled a number of first place finishes. Brianna Rodriguqez finished first in 100m dash (12.81) and in 800 meter run (2:29.74). Ticora Gaskin placed first in the 200m dash with a 27.71 time. Alean Robinson’s 1:11.49 time put her in first for […]

Market in the Park

BLYTHEWOOD – It was a fine day in Doko Park Saturday for the Blythewood Farmer’s Market and the Westwood High School to host the Spring Artisan Market. The park was full of vendors, shoppers and their dogs.

Cavaliers Best Redhawks

BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood fell by a 5-2 score in Monday’s region match against Richland Northeast.  The loss piggybacks on region losses to Irmo and Dreher high schools last week.  Westwood sits at 0-6 in the season and will face A.C. Flora on Friday and the second half of the season when they return from Spring […]

AC Flora shuts out Westwood in Region 4-4A opener

BLYTHEWOOD – A.C. Flora didn’t bring out the big bats at Westwood Monday night. Instead, the Falcons quietly built a 10-run lead on the Redhawks that drew the game to a close after six innings. Westwood starting pitcher John Janco threw three innings of one-hit ball, but over the next three frames Flora scored two, […]

Blythewood softball sweeps Westwood

BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood High School softball team got its offense going early in both games of a doubleheader at crosstown rival Blythewood Friday night. Each time though, the Bengals softballers took the runs and delivered a whole lot more. Blythewood rallied past the Redhawks’ early surge to deliver a 16-8 win in the first […]

Former Redhawk Russell Jones Jr. is headed to the big dance

Jones and the Eagles Will Face Villanova at 9:57 on Friday ROCK HILL – Russell Jones Jr.’s freshman year as a point guard for Winthrop College was almost a season to remember. Almost. The Eagles finished the 2019-2920 season 24-10 and claimed their 12th Big South championship with a 76-68 victory over Hampton, their second […]

Lesher Finishes Third in State

COLUMBIA – For the second time in three trips to the South Carolina High School League’s 4A Individual State Championship, Westwood wrestler Drake Lesher pulled a third place finish. Lesher faced a James Island opponent in the first round, and advanced to the semifinals with a 17 second pin. After falling to his Beaufort opponent […]

Happy to be here: Blythewood hosts Westwood for first time since March 2019

BLYTHEWOOD – Succinctly, the Blythewood baseball team eventually got around a strong pitching performance from Westwood’s John Janco, while three Bengals pitchers 2-hit the Redhawks in a 9-0 season-opening victory. What went unsaid—as the nation hopes to move out of the shadow of the Covid-19 global pandemic—was the joy of playing a game that mattered […]

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