After his girls golf team closed out a 5A state championship last fall, Blythewood head golf coach Jason Minkel had high hopes that the boys would at least make a decent run for the state title in the spring. “Last year we definitely underperformed,” Minkel said about his boys’ team. “We were looking for a […]
Bengal girls poised for banner season, may be on hold till 2021
June 4, 2020 By
The Blythewood girls track and field team had kicked the 2020 season off in fine form—for one week. “My season expectations for them are always high,” head coach Aleshia Hawkins said. “We knew we could win our region, so our goal was to be in the top five in the state. I think we were […]
Young BHS team keeping up and in shape in spite of season loss
June 4, 2020 By
Jason Warren’s first season as head track and field coach for the Blythewood boys team proved to be all of one week in the field. Even so, Warren, who coached several sports in North Carolina before moving down to Blythewood to be on the football coaching staff as well as serve as the wrestling coach […]
Bengal Girls Hoped for Season of Learning
May 21, 2020 By
This spring, the Blythewood girls lacrosse team was going to have a new look. The coronavirus pandemic put the Bengals’ plans aside, just for the time being. First-year head coach Margaret Roberson, who was the JV head coach and a varsity assistant for the last four years, wanted to get the team off to a […]
Facing Challenges the Blythewood Way
May 21, 2020 By
After a one-win season in 2019, Blythewood High School boys lacrosse head coach Jason Cuzzupe’s team finally turned the corner. When Cuzzupe took over the program three years ago, he knew he wanted to change the program’s culture – to really cultivate positivity among the players. The coaching staff bought in to the idea of […]
Bengals Fielded Experience
May 14, 2020 By
After 39 years of teaching, 25 years as a high-school soccer coach, and several other years as a club soccer coach, Peter Wittig was going to coach boys soccer for one last season in 2020. Six games into the season, though, Gov. Henry McMaster ordered all high schools closed because of the global coronavirus pandemic. […]
Bengals Miss Out on Big Year
May 7, 2020 By
The 2020 girls soccer season was set to be a big one for the Blythewood girls. After finishing a close second behind Region 4-5A winner Spring Valley, the Bengals finished 15-5-2 and 7-1 in region play. They reached the second round of the state playoffs before bowing out to Riverside. This spring offered an open […]
Bengals Softball… put on hold
April 30, 2020 By
The Blythewood softball field looked razor sharp this spring. “We spent a lot of time getting the field ready for this year,” head softball coach Jordan Atkinson said. “We had it laser graded and we felt like it was the best the field ever looked in its history. It was awesome.” Likewise, the Bengals softball […]
The season that never happened
April 23, 2020 By
Blythewood Council Honors Teams and Senior Athletes Life has changed. It’s different. The impact of the novel coronavirus has been felt across the world, the nation, the state and right here in Blythewood. And while our normal routines have dwindled into the distance, we are confident that our lives will return to what they were. […]
Blythewood Baseball: What Might Have Been
April 23, 2020 By
It was no secret among Blythewood players as well as coaches, players and reporters from around the state that 2020 was poised to be the year of the Bengals. Instead, because of the precautions taken because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 will go down as the season that might have been. Coming off a 2019 […]
