The Ridge View boys and Blythewood took big steps toward a region championship on Saturday.
RV boys used a big first-half in defeating Blythewood , 64-52, in a matchup of too-ranked teams in Class 5A. Korie Corbett
scored 20 points and Yale Davis added 15 points for the Blazers.
Ridge View
(17-7, 10-0) leads the Blazers by 1 ½ games in the Region 5-5A standings and can clinch the region title with a win over Sumter on Tuesday or in the rematch against Blythewood on Friday.
RV led 42-23 at halftime and were up by as many as 27 points in the second half.
On the girls side, Blythewood rallied from an early deficit to defeat the Blazers, 59-45 and take over first place in the region. The Bengals (24-1, 11-0) lead RV by a game heading into the final week of the regular season.
Blythewood wins the region with a RV loss at Sumter on Tuesday or with a win over them on Friday.
Chase Thomas
led Blythewood with 29 points and India Williams
had 16. Williams, a junior, went over 1,000 points in her career during the game.
Other highlights from this weekend’s games include
▪ Braysen Stockman became Ben Lippen’s all-time leading scorer on Saturday, The junior went over 2,000 points for his career, breaking the school’s all-time mark of 1,996.
▪ Keenan boys clinched the region championship with a 56-43 win over Fox Creek .
▪ River Bluff and Dutch Fork
boys picked up wins headed into Tuesday’s showdown. River Bluff leads DF by a game in the region standings. If River Bluff wins on Tuesday, it will win the region title. The Gators won a thriller against the Silver Foxes, 49-48, on Jan. 28 .
▪ Hammond boys rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Heathwood Hall, 48-33.
Girls Basketball Scores
Saturday
Blythewood 59, Ridge View
46
B: Chase Thomas
29, India Williams
16, Hightower 9, Waters 3, Guerrero 2. RV: Anasia Harvey
14, Robinson 9, Ferguson 6, Smith 6, Lewis 3, Carter 2, Banks 2, Johnson 2, Willingham 2
Ben Lippen
51, Hammond 36
BL: Laney McEntire
26
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Friday
Lower Richland
64 Lakewood 35
LR: Chi’Nya Isaac 27 Mikayla Foster 14 Taelor Hiller 11
Dutch Fork
45, Lexington 31
DF: Michaela Fairwell
12, Lee 8, Niles 8, Crumlin 6, McCree 6
Westwood 66, Lugoff – Elgin 23
W: Alexander 22, Britt 18, Cummings 9, Omiere 8, Heath 5,
Chapin 64, River Bluff 47
Camden 80, York 15
C: Shanaryah Wright 20, Harmony Jefferson
20, Morgan Champion
18, Braylin Mungo
17
White Knoll 43, Irmo 29
AC Flora 54, Dreher 38
Ridge View
74, West Florence 24
Heathwood Hall 73, Hammond 32
HH: Lauren Jacobs
34, Sabreya Monsanto 20, Gore 6, Hayes 6, Jenkins 5, Pope 2. H: Sami Campbell
12, Hailey Inman
10, Campbell 6, Thompson 2, Miller 2
Keenan 58, Fox Creek 25
Gilbert 58, Brookland- Cayce 49
Gray Collegiate 51, South Aiken 17
Thursday
Northside Christian 45, Cardinal Newman
40
NC: Evie Godfrey
20, Campbell Childers
16
Boys Basketball Scores
Saturday
Ridge View
64, Blythewood 52
RV: Korie Corbett
20, Yale Davis 15, Cooper 9, Staley 5, Vankallen 5, Smith 4, Moore 2, Mack 2, Wylie 2. B: TJ Lewis 23, Tyler Stephens
11, Sims 4, Little 4, Davis 3, Hill 2, Jones 1, Moore 1.
Hammond 57, Ben Lippen
39
H: Jaiden Haltiwanger
14Jackson Ross 13, Mekhi Smith Brown
13, Daylin Haltiwanger
10BL: Braysen Stockman 16
RVPostgame
Friday
Ridge View
80, West Florence 43
RV: RJ Davis 15, Korie Corbett
11, Van Kallen
9. Horton 9, Y. Davis
8, Staley 7, R. Mack
5, Cooper 3, Moore 6, Smith 3, Wylie 2, J. Mack
2
AC Flora 54, Dreher 33
River Bluff 63, Chapin 43
RB: Dax Avery 12, Yasir Cromer
17, Stallard 3, Cooper Jones 12, Young 6, Brockington 2. C: Tyson Ray
13, Reese Jolley
11, Bradyn Francis
10.
Blythewood 68, Sumter 44
B: TJ Lewis 35, Tyler Stephens
16 S: BJ Brown 29
Irmo 64, White Knoll 38
I: Christian Brown
17, Jaden Rivers
15, Antwoine Pierce
14, Johnson 7.
Dutch Fork
70, Lexington 47
DF: Bryson Taylor
24, Caleb Garner
15, Samajae Govan 14, Justus Bell
13. L: Channing Wood
16, Kyler Hazenwinkel 10
Keenan 56, Fox Creek 43
K: Broderick Anderson
20, Brian Sumpter
19, Zyion Jones 10, Caughman 4, Jacques 2, Simmons 5
Camden 61, York 48
C: Jahmarie McLeod 23, Williams 9, Haunert 9, Green 8, Jones 6, Meagley 4, Loney 2.
Hammond 48, Heathwood Hall 43
H; Jackson Ross
14, Jaiden Haltiwanger
14, D. Haltiwanger
7, Smith-Brown 6, Goddard 4, Saunders 3, HH: Tristen McCleary
16, Deuce Claxton
12, Hunter 5, Pertile 5, Nichols 3, Morris 2
CA Johnson 59, Lamar 45
CAJ: Tony Odom
21, Milton McCray
17
Richard Winn
52, Anderson Christian
44
Columbia 49, Chester 40
Brookland- Cayce 97, Gilbert 53
BC: Isaiah Oree
20, Nate Hughes
17, Beckett Riley 14, Isaiah Daniels
12, King 8, Finch 8, Jones 6, Edwards 4, Richardson 4, Weeks 2
Lugoff – Elgin 50, Westwood 47
Gray Collegiate 69, South Aiken 40
GC: LJ Britt 12, Quan McDuffie
14
Thursday
Northside Christian 75, Cardinal Newman
63
NC: Hilton Dessasure 19, Jaylen Weaver
18, Dalton Gadson
11. CN: Luis Echevarria
37, Wade Marsh
11
Gray Collegiate 92, Gilbert 49
GC: Jayden Rowe
18, LJ Britt 14, Levi Nall
13, Quan McDuffie
11
February 8, 2025 | State, The: Web Edition Articles (Columbia, SC)
Author/Byline: Staff Reports, The State | Section: high_school