SUMTER – Blythewood’s girls basketball program takes some new hardware into the new year – crowned champions of the District 9 Officials Christmas Basketball Tournament. Junior Chase Thomas was named tournament MVP after tallying her ninth double-double of the season. In the three-game stretch, she averaged 26.6 points, 14.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists. The Bengals […]
BHS, WHS students give back to community
January 2, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Students at Blythewood and Westwood High Schools shared their love of helping others with people throughout the Midlands and beyond this year through Richland Two’s service projects. The annual fundraisers also benefit the students, who are able to practice valuable leadership and service skills. Each year students at all five of the district’s […]
Blythewood girls make history
January 2, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s girls wrestling program opened their season on Dec. 5 and cemented themselves in the program’s history books – hosting the first girls dual match in school history that day against White Knoll. The Bengals, ranked sixth currently, defeated White Knoll 65-12. Sophomore Khloe Ortiz dominated at 110lbs. Junior Zoey Pyatt […]
Bengals cleaning up at meets
January 2, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School boys’ wrestling team opened the season on Dec. 4 with a sweep at home of Dreher, Swansea, and Brookland-Cayce high schools. They dominated with 60-18 win over Dreher, 57-17 win over Swansea, and a 66-12 win over Brookland-Cayce. The Bengals claimed third place out of 23 teams at the Hornet […]
BHS athletes ink college commitments
November 21, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Athletic Department celebrated the college decisions of 4 Bengal athletes on Wednesday morning. The seniors of the Class of 2025 will graduate in the spring before taking their talents to the collegiate level. Kristen Galloway, daughter of Daniel Galloway, announced her signing with McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland to continue her […]
Bengals make clean sweep of region
November 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School has two new region champions on the cross country course. Both the boys and girls team claimed region titles last week in the SCHSL 5A Region 5 championship at Westwood. Blythewood’s boys’ team finished in first out of seven teams with a score of 38. Spring Valley finished in second […]
Jackson lifts Ridge View over Blythewood
November 7, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Friday night’s Blythewood and Ridge View football game at Blythewood’s District Two Stadium was a mess of penalties, punts, and lost opportunities. Almost lost in the barrage of yellow laundry and high-soaring footballs was Khristian Jackson’s effort at keeping the Blazers a few steps ahead of the Bengals. The sophomore wide receiver returned […]
Bengals roll to Round 3
November 7, 2024 By
NOTE: After publishing this story, a decision was made to push the Thursday evening match to early afternoon on Friday at 2:00 because of weather conditions. BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s girls’ tennis team finished the regular season with a 15-4 record and a ranking of 12th out of 52 teams in the 5A SCHSL […]
Bengal volleyball falls to Lexington, ending playoff run
November 7, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After closing out the regular season with a 3-0 win at home over Sumter on Oct. 22, Blythewood entered the 5A Division 1 state playoffs as a seven seed. They faced No.10 Dutch Fork in the first round on Oct. 31 and came away with a 3-2 win. Dutch Fork claimed the first […]
Bengal boys end historic season
November 7, 2024 By
SPARTANBURG – Blythewood High School’s boys’ volleyball team ended their inaugural season with a 3-0 playoff loss to defending 5A state champion Dorman. Blythewood (No.4) faced Byrnes (No. 4) to open the playoffs on Oct. 30. It was another night that the Bengals made history, taking their first program playoff win with a 3-1final. They […]
