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
March 25, 2021 By
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
March 25, 2021 By
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
March 18, 2021 By
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
March 18, 2021 By
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 […]
Bengals, Redhawks open 2021 at Diamond Invitational meet
March 11, 2021 By
COLUMBIA – Returning to action after an extended 2019 COVID break, Blythewood and Westwood track and field teams took to Lower Richland High School on March 6 for the Diamond Hornets Invitational. The Blythewood girls were a highlight of the day, finishing second place in team scores out of 22 teams. Blythewood boys finished fourth […]
Redhawk wrestler Drake Lesher to compete in state individual meet
March 4, 2021 By
GREENVILLE – For the second year in a row, Redhawk wrestler Drake Lesher is headed to the SCHSL State Individual 4A Championship. Lesher was one of five wrestlers from Westwood who competed in the Upper State meet at Eastside High School over the weekend. Lesher, who wrestles in the 195 class, pinned his first quarter […]
WHS girls fall in first round to Travelers Rest; Blythewood boys fall at Mauldin
February 25, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood’s girls basketball team’s playoff run came to an abrupt end Saturday afternoon, thanks to the hot shooting of Travelers Rest’s Mallory Bruce and the tenacity of the Devil Dogs under the nets. The Redhawks, fresh from winning their fourth straight Region 4-4A championship, ran right into Bruce, whose 22 points boosted Travelers […]
Wings to Wolves
February 25, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood offensive lineman Lance Wilson officially committed to play football at Newberry College earlier this month. In a statement on Twitter, Wilson said that playing college football has always been his dream, and his coaches at Westwood High School helped open that door for him.
Westwood girls, Blythewood boys ready for postseason play
February 18, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood’s girls basketball team didn’t waste any time with Lugoff-Elgin Friday night, scoring 32 points to the Demons’ 2 in the first quarter and cruising to an 80-18 victory. The win clinched the Region 4-4A championship for the fourth straight year for Westwood (10-3, 8-1). “We’re very fortunate to be in that position […]
