GILBERT – The Westwood baseball team snapped a 7-game losing streak with a 9-7 victory over Newberry Saturday afternoon in the Sandlapper Classic playing out at Gilbert High School. The Redhawks built a 6-0 lead before the Bulldogs got a run across in the bottom of the fourth. Westwood made it 9-1 with a 3-run […]
Redhawk soccer drops a pair to region foes
BLYTHEWOOD – Redhawk soccer hosted Irmo last Thursday. Westwood took an early lead behind a Tyler Jackson goal. The sprinting goal was set up by a well-placed goal kick from freshman Cullen Henderson and a glancing header into the open field by senior Zyere Lee. Unfortunately, the early lead was short-lived as Irmo responded to […]
WHS baseball, softball fall to Lugoff-Elgin
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball team fell 11-1 in six innings at Lugoff-Elgin, while the Westwood softball team lost 10-0 in five innings to the Demons Thursday night. Liam Ginnery went 2-for-3 and Zach Gore doubled for Westwood baseball. Jada McConnell got the only extra-base hit for Redhawks softball, a double. Westwood baseball and softball […]
Spring Artisans Market
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood High School baseball booster club partnered with Blythewood Farmers Market again for their annual Spring Artisans Market fundraiser. The event featured over 60 vendors, food, and bluegrass music. Pictured above, a customer checks out goods from Moxie Creations.
Lugoff-Elgin shuts out Redhawks
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball bats were once alive and making contact earlier in the season. Lately they’ve been swinging their way back to the dugout. Lugoff Elgin was the latest team to confound the Redhawks offense. Three Demons pitchers struck out a combined 14 Westwood batters, and the Redhawks stranded eight baserunners—four in scoring […]
WHS soccer suffers first region losses
COLUMBIA – The Redhawks dropped a lopsided contest at A.C. Flora last Tuesday, which was played with only one official. This unusual and questionably illegal circumstance actually robbed the Redhawks of their greatest defensive strength, but was a good learning experience for the team as they continue to build the program. On Thursday night, the […]
WHS softball drops 3rd straight
BLYTHEWOOD -The Westwood softball team lost its third straight game Tuesday night, a 12-2 loss to Lugoff-Elgin in five innings. The Demons put five runs on the board in the top of the first inning. The Redhawks got two runs back in the bottom of that inning, but Lugoff-Elgin added a run in the third […]
Redhawk baseball falls to Flora
COLUMBIA – The Westwood baseball team fell 2-1 to A.C. Flora Tuesday night. The Redhawks gave up a run in the first inning and another in the third. They still gave themselves a chance to win in the bottom of the seventh. Liam Ginnery led off that inning with a single and scored the team’s […]
Westwood softball tops Falcons 4-3
COLUMBIA – The Westwood softball team notched its first Region 4-4A victory Tuesday with a 4-3 win at A.C. Flora. The Falcons got on the scoreboard first with a run in the bottom of the first, but the Redhawks got a run in the second and scored three runs on no hits in the fourth […]
Redhawks defeat White Knoll, fall to Mid-Carolina
BLYTHEWOOD – Not only did Westwood soccer pick up a win over White Knoll last Thursday, a goal by senior Kaylee Damsen made school history. Damsen scored Westwood’s first ever female goal on a boys team, and she did it within the first 15 seconds of the game. Westwood put in two more goals in […]