CHAPMAN – The Lady Griffins began the Class 3A state softball playoffs with a tough 15-3 loss to Palmetto, which set them up with Saturday’s road elimination game against the Chapman Panthers. Fairfield took an early lead, but Chapman controlled the rest of the game and sent the Griffins packing with a decisive 12-1 beating. […]
Griffins end season
May 3, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Griffins suffered a 0-11 loss to Palmetto in the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs, and were left with a win or go home game Thursday against the Broome Centurions. After a thrilling seven innings and a near 10-run comeback for the Griffins, Broome escaped with a 13-11 win. The […]
BHS soccer beats South Florence, WHS and FCHS eliminated from playoffs
May 3, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Lady Bengals soccer team opened their bid for a 5A championship run with a 7-1 win against South Florence in the opening round playoff matchup. Loranna Austin pulled out the hat trick, Lauren Hendra netted two goals and Claudia Watson also added a goal. The Blythewood boys also pulled out a […]
Griffins retire jersey, honor seniors
April 26, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Griffins hosted Batesburg-Leesville Friday night in their regular season finale, but it was not the result the Griffins wanted before they head into the playoffs. The Panthers went up early, and errors hurt the Griffins’ chances of keeping the game close. Batesburg came out on top 17-4 after five innings. Prior to […]
Local baseball players lead Midlands’ stats
April 26, 2018 By
COLUMBIA – The baseball and softball regular seasons have reached their conclusions, and that means the State recently released their season-ending Midlands stat leaders. Blythewood and Westwood are well-represented. Blythewood’s Landon Lucas led Midlands in home runs with six, and his teammate John Lanier was a few spots behind with three. Brady Carson, and Ben-Lang […]
Lady Griffins honor seniors
April 26, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Lady Griffin seniors China Woodard, Amari Jones, Tameshia Woodard and LaQuaja Chappell commemorate their final home contest.
Bojangles Track and Field Classic
April 19, 2018 By
COLUMBIA – This weekend at the Bojangles Track and Field Classic, the Westwood Redhawks 4x100M brought home gold and, in the process, set a new state record. The team of Torran Goings, Dermonti Romney, Montre Miller and Trini Feggett clocked a 40.96, and nearly finished an entire second ahead of second place Fayette County. The […]
Griffins blast Raiders in three
April 19, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Keenan Raiders rolled into Fairfield last week looking for a season defining win, but instead all the Raiders found were the powerful Griffins’ bats. Keenan scored four runs in the first two innings, but could not keep up with the Griffins’ frantic pace, and Fairfield won easily, 19-4. Sophomore pitcher Jimmy Reid […]
Lady G’s crush Keenan
April 19, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central softball hosted the Keenan Raiders for a double-header on Monday. The Lady Griffs prevailed, 15-0 and 18-5. The weather was sunny but cold and very windy at game time. The Griffin’s head coach, Jessica Seibert was unfazed. “We actually like it like this. We certainly prefer it over really hot weather,” […]
Redhawk and Bengal ballers named to All-Midlands Team
March 29, 2018 By
COLUMBIA – The State recently released their choices for their 2017-18 All-Midlands basketball teams, and both the Blythewood Bengals and Westwood Redhawks were well-represented. Westwood’s Russell Jones Jr. and Unique Drake earned first team honors. Drake average 21.5 points per contest and Jones finished the season at nearly 17 points a game. Robert Braswell earned […]
