BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Wrestling opened the season with two wins last Wednesday against Sumter and Airport high schools. Matt Clack (126), Ty Hass (132), Caleb Ely (138), Morgan Marshall (152), Eric Montgomery (160), Satchel Holloway (182), Zion Jackson (195) and Breland Johnson-Darby (220) each picked up wins in their weight classes for a 45-36 win […]
Blythewood tips off season at AC Flora
COLUMBIA – The Blythewood girls went 1-1 in the AC Flora Tip-Off last week. Blythewood faced tournament host AC Flora in Saturday action and put the Falcons away with a 39-33 final. A tight first quarter left the Bengals on top with a 14-10 lead, but Blythewood extended it to 22-13 at the half. Flora […]
Bengals find footing in Schlotzky’s Tip-Off
COLUMBIA – Blythewood basketball went 2-1 in last week’s Schlotzky’s Carolina Thanksgiving Tip-Off at Keenan High School. The Bengals faced Johnson High School on Tuesday and came away with a big 77-25 win. After a big first half, Blythewood entered the third quarter with a 35-7 lead. Johnson had its biggest offensive quarter in the […]
Hardy named Coca-Cola Scholars semifinalist
COLUMBIA – Kristian Hardy, a senior at Blythewood High School, was named a Coca-Cola Scholarship semifinalist. The Coca-Cola Scholars Program scholarship is an achievement-based scholarship awarded to graduating high school seniors. 150 Coca-Cola Scholars are selected each year to receive this $20,000 scholarship. Out of 93,000 applicants nationwide, Hardy is one of 22 semifinalists from […]
Stronger
SPARTANBURG – Blythewood High School’s Lady Bengal Strength Team competed in the South Carolina High School Strength Coaches Association’s Female State Strength Meet at Dorman High School on Nov. 16. Over sixty girls competed from nine schools, and Blythewood’s Claudia Watson won top honors. Kalei Swanier placed fourth.
Bengals Honored
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School inducted its first Athletic Hall of Fame class on October 31 in a banquet at Columbia Country Club. The inaugural class of honorees included Nicole Quinlan Durig (class of 2008 – volleyball and track), Jeff Scott, second from left, (first varsity football coach; first AAA state championship), Richard Mounce (class […]
Blythewood falls short in fourth
LAURENS – The Blythewood football team’s regular season ended on a low note, with Spring Valley topping the Bengals 42-21 to knock them back into an at-large bid in the upper state bracket of the Class 5A playoffs. Blythewood may have backed into the postseason, but once at Laurens District 55’s K.C. Hanna Stadium, the […]
Bengals ink collegiate commitments
BLYTHEWOOD — Blythewood High School recognized eight members of the Class of 2020 as they announced their plans to continue their careers on the collegiate level during the early signing period. Lauryn Coleman, daughter of Marcus and Angel Coleman, announced her signing with the Bethune- Cookman University to continue her volleyball career on the collegiate […]
Blythewood XC heads to Qualifiers
COLUMBIA – Blythewood Boys Cross Country took second at last week’s Region 4-5A Meet, finishing with an average 18:11 time, just behind Spring Valley. Christian Pearson was the first Bengal finisher with a time of 17:13.33, good enough for third place. Daniel Turnipseed finished in seventh with a time of 17:55.26, and Michael Stevens finished […]
Vikings squeeze by Blythewood
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood had a chance to right its late-season slump Friday night. The Bengals looked to shake off a tough 23-20 loss at Lugoff-Elgin last week, and a win over Spring Valley at District Two Stadium would give the Bengals a third seed in the Class 5A playoffs that start next week. Unfortunately for […]

















