ROCKINGHAM — Following a career performance, a member of the Richmond Senior High School football team makes an appearance in The Richmond Observer’s weekly feature series.
Jordan Bostick, a running back for the Raiders, has been named the Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of the Week presented by Rockingham NC Self Storage.
Helping close the program’s non-conference schedule with a win and a 2-2 overall record, Bostick helped lead a powerful ground game that found the weaknesses in the Myers Park High School defense.
A three-year varsity player for the Raiders who is looking to have a breakout senior season, Bostick earned his first career recognition.
Athletic Profile: Jordan Bostick
Year: Senior
Fall sport: Football
Position: Running Back
Varsity experience: 3 Seasons
Other sports: Track and Field
“CLASSROOM CREDITS” WITH JORDAN BOSTICK
A grinder on the gridiron, Bostick also puts in the extra effort in the classroom. He’s an honors student at the high school who is also involved in dual enrollment at Richmond Community College.
As the fall semester barrels on, Bostick is taking Math 143 and Spanish 112 at RichmondCC. At Richmond, he’s enrolled in Health Science II and Weight Training Honors.
Currently, Bostick has a 3.29 weighted grade point average. In the spring, he will take two more classes at RichmondCC.
“GROUND GAME” WITH JORDAN BOSTICK
The Raiders responded in Week 4 with a 21-10 victory over Myers Park, scoring all of their points unanswered in Friday’s home game.
Resorting to the ground game, Richmond relied heavily on Bostick’s efforts out of the backfield. He rushed the ball 15 times for 121 yards and two touchdowns.
Averaging 8.1 yards per carry, Bostick set new personal single-game career-highs in rushing yards and rushing scores. He was one carry away from tying his single-game high, which he set a week before.
Bostick also caught one pass in the victory, which went for 11 yards.
Scoring a five-yard rushing touchdown, Bostick helped give Richmond a 14-10 lead with 11:22 left in the fourth quarter.
With the game nearing its final minutes, Bostick broke loose for a 32-yard rushing touchdown following one of Richmond’s four defensive takeaways. That touchdown made it 21-10 with 1:28 to go.
Richmond (2-2) will open Sandhills Athletic Conference play at Southern Lee High School (2-1) Friday at 7:30 p.m.
“RAPID RESPONSE” VIDEO WITH JORDAN BOSTICK
The Richmond Observer will publish two more Official Richmond County Student-Athletes of the Week next week.
