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Monday, 12 November 2018 12:33
Hamlet girls cross country brings home conference championship; boys finish second
Written by Kyle Pillar
LAURINBURG - For the first time since middle school cross country began four seasons ago, the Hamlet Middle School Lady Red Rams are conference champions.
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Saturday, 10 November 2018 19:55
BREAKING: Richmond earns No. 2 seed in West and first-round bye in 4AA state playoffs
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - The road to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4AA football state championship at Duke University’s Wallace Wade Stadium will run through Mallard Creek High School in the West Bracket -- but it has the potential to run through Richmond County as well.
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Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:00
Raiders complete perfect SAC record with 41-0 win over Purnell Swett; await playoff brackets
Written by Kyle Pillar
PEMBROKE, N.C. - The Richmond Senior High School varsity football program marked another goal off its 2018 checklist Friday on the road at Purnell Swett High School.
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Friday, 09 November 2018 09:21
JV Raiders score season-high 58 points to cap off perfect season
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - The Richmond Senior High School junior varsity football team saved its highest scoring performance for the regular season finale against Sandhills Athletic Conference opponent Purnell Swett High School Thursday.
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Thursday, 08 November 2018 21:11
Raiders not overlooking Purnell Swett as they try to close out undefeated SAC season
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - The Richmond Senior High School football team clinched its first conference title since 2010 last Saturday in a highly-anticipated matchup against archrival Scotland High School -- but the season isn’t done for the Raiders.
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Thursday, 08 November 2018 00:00
Rockingham football defeats Anson for western division title
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - As the middle school football regular season draws to a close, the Rockingham Middle School Rockets are the Southeastern Middle School Athletic Conference western division champions.
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Thursday, 08 November 2018 00:01
Xavion Lindsey: The Official Richmond County Male Athlete of the Week
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - Xavion Lindsey, a junior on the Richmond Senior High School football team, has been named the eighth Official Richmond County Male Athlete of the Week for the 2018 fall sports season.
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Thursday, 08 November 2018 00:00
Raider soccer season recap: program "headed in the right direction" following Larsen's first year as head coach
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - It was an “exciting” 2018 season for the Richmond Senior High School varsity soccer team in the words of first-year head coach Chris Larsen.
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Wednesday, 07 November 2018 00:01
Evan Hudson: The Official Richmond County Male Athlete of the Week
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - Evan Hudson, a senior on the Richmond Senior High School soccer team, has been named the seventh Official Richmond County Male Athlete of the Week for the 2018 fall sports season.
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Tuesday, 06 November 2018 23:02
"MATTer of Opinion" Sports Column: What's next for Carolina basketball?
Written by Matt Harrelson
Nobody likes to "keep it in the family" quite like North Carolina -- evidence being that the school hasn't had a head men's basketball coach who wasn't previously a UNC player or assistant since Frank McGuire left in 1961. Every coach since, starting with Dean Smith, has had ties to…
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Tuesday, 06 November 2018 00:01
JV Raiders earn third-straight conference title with 35-6 win over Seventy-First
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - The Richmond Senior High School junior varsity football team completed the Raider football program Sandhills Athletic Conference championship sweep Monday with its win against Seventy-First High School.
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Tuesday, 06 November 2018 00:00
Lady Raiders show "a lot of effort" in first preseason scrimmage against Uwharrie Charter
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - Even though it was just a scrimmage Monday, first-year Richmond Senior High School girls varsity basketball coach Teddy Moseley was excited to be out on the court for his team’s first action of the season.
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Monday, 05 November 2018 00:00
Richmond athletics begin transition to winter sports season
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - The first full week of November is a time of transition for Richmond Senior High School student athletes, as the majority of the fall sports teams are finished and the winter sports teams are heating things up.
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Sunday, 04 November 2018 00:36
No. 3 Raiders roll Fighting Scots 23-8 to claim SAC conference title and end seven-year skid
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - Something that has been eight years in the making, and perhaps the last two and most important under the direction of head football coach Bryan Till, came to fruition Saturday night as the Raiders are once again regular season conference champions.
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