Softball Recap: Blythewood Comes Up Short in High-Profile Game with West Florence

Blythewood faced West Florence in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Bengals fell 4-0 to the Knights. That makes it the first time this season the Bengals have let down their home crowd.

This is the second loss in a row for Blythewood and nudges their season record down to 14-4. As for West Florence, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-4.

Looking ahead, Blythewood will face off against Sumter at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Bengals 3.4, the Gamecocks 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for West Florence, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, an 18-0 victory against Spring Valley on the 4th.