BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood head coach Mike McDerrmott has been saying all year that this year’s Redhawks are a team that needed to invest in good diamond habits and staying patient while the young team gets adjusted. Consider last week an obstacle successfully attained. After Richland Northeast powered past an unarmed Westwood team in a 16-0, […]
Redhawks finish fourth at Richland County Championships
HOPKINS – Westwood boys track and field clinched a fourth place finish out of nine teams in last week’s Richland County Championships at Lower Richland High School. Robert Johnson finished first place in 400m dash with a time of 49.69. Westwood’s 4×400 meter relay team of Riggs Dash, Jonathon Backstrom, Robert Johnson and Charles Ashley […]
Fresh off season’s first victory, Westwood blanked at RNE
BLYTHEWOOD – The Westwood baseball team finally scored its first victory of the season Thursday, an 11-5 romp over Irmo at the Westwood baseball field. The Redhawks were looking to follow up with another victory on the road at Richland Northeast Monday night, but the Cavaliers bats wouldn’t stand for it. RNE burst out to […]
Westwood falls at Irmo, Dreher
IRMO – Down 7-4 at Irmo Monday night, Westwood picked up two runs in the top of the sixth to get to within one run of tying the Yellow Jackets. Unfortunately for the Redhawks, Irmo starting pitcher Nick Keisler and his reliever Jesse English worked a clean seventh inning and the Yellow Jackets escaped with […]
Redhawks soccer falls to Irmo
Westwood dropped Tuesday’s conference game to Irmo. The Yellowjackets took a 1-0 win over the Redhawks, now 1-7 in conference play.
Ragins to compete in All-Stars
LEXINGTON – Redhawk Tennis standout Kyndall Ragins was recently named to the North-South All Star team. Raggins is the first athlete in Westwood’s tennis program’s history to be selected as an All-Star. Ragins will compete in the All-Star match on May 22 at River Bluff High School.
Redhawks Take Down Dreher
Westwood softball defeated Dreher High School on Monday night. They are set to travel to Dreher for game two on Friday. First pitch is set for 6:00.
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 […]