BLYTHEWOOD – Last week, The Westwood Redhawks girls’ basketball program secured The Turkey Shootout Championship and Unique Drake was named tournament MVP. They parlayed that success into a successful home opener on Tuesday night against White Knoll. White Knoll was only able to score double digits in one quarter, and the Redhawks blasted them to […]
Ridge View edges Redhawks in 4th
COLUMBIA – Westwood struggled through region 3-4A, but rebounded for an at-large bid in the playoffs and upset Belton Honea-Path in the first round. The win set up a rematch with the Ridge View Blazers. The Blazers beat the Redhawks 28-7 in their first meeting, but this one came down to the wire. Ridge View […]
Redhawks take down top-seeded Bears
HONEA PATH – Westwood slipped into the four-seed for the South Carolina High School League 4A State Playoffs, and their first round matchup had them pitted against the number-one seeded Belton-Honea Path Bears. The Redhawks defense put a clamp on Belton-Honea Path all game long, and Cam Atkins’s two touchdowns sparked Westwood to a 20-3 […]
Redhawks clinch playoff bid
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood Redhawks clinched their at-large berth into the 4A South Carolina High School League playoffs with 29-0 statement win over the South Aiken Thoroughbreds. The win improved the Redhawks final record to 6-4 and sets them up with a first round playoff match on the road against Belton-Honea Path on Nov. 9. […]
Cross Country State Meet
COLUMBIA – Paul McCants brought home the top placing for any Redhawk, Griffin, or Bengal at the State Championship Cross Country meet over the weekend. McCants’s time of 16:30.33 was good enough for 13th place. Alan Deogracias was the highest finisher for the Bengals and he finished in the 22nd slot with a time of […]
BHS in top 20% of SC SAT test takers
BLYTHEWOOD – While Blythewood High School seniors taking the SAT hovered just below the state average, the school ranked near the top in the number of test takers. Blythewood High placed in the top 20 statewide at 71.1 percent, ranking 16th out of 230 schools, with 335 of 471 seniors taking the test, according to […]
Playoff run ends for Redhawks
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood’s volleyball squad landed a number one seed in their bid for a championship and had a first round bye. After taking the first two sets against Daniel High School in the second round, Westwood couldn’t close the match and fell 15-25, 23-25 and 10-15 in the last three and their championship quest […]
WHS, BHS XC headed for state
COLUMBIA – The Westwood and Blythewood boys cross country teams both turned in top ten performances at their respective State championship qualifiers. The Bengals placed fourth as a team and Alan Deogracias led the way with a third overall finish. The Redhawks wrapped the sixth spot, and Paul McCants was the top Westwood runner with […]
Westwood shuts down RNE
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood tried and narrowly missed getting a Region 3-4A victory over the past month. In a game moved up to Thursday because of incoming thunderstorms Friday, the Redhawks finally put a region win in the standings. Christan Horn had seven catches and for 105 yards and two second-half touchdowns as Westwood blew past […]
Redhawks named to Shrine Bowl
SPARTANBURG – Cam Smith, Westwood’s standout defensive back, recently celebrated his invitation to the All-American Bowl, and now his name officially been added to the roster for the 82nd annual Shrine Bowl game. Smith is joined by his fellow Redhawk teammate Cortes Braham. Braham has been a reliable target all year and has racked up […]