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Thursday, 14 June 2018 01:04
Richmond Softball Season Recap: "unfinished business" despite record-breaking 2018 campaign
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - In February, Richmond Senior High School’s head softball coach Wendy Wallace sat at a picnic table near the Lady Raiders’ softball field and made it clear that her team’s primary objective during the 2018 season was to win the program’s first state title.
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Thursday, 14 June 2018 00:59
Top Sports Story No. 8: Raiders' offense explodes as freshman quarterback Caleb Hood ties school record against Scotland
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - The Richmond Senior High School varsity football team is already hitting the practice field for the upcoming 2018 season. But before the Raiders get too far ahead, they come in at the No. 8 spot in the ROSports department’s Top 10 Sports Story list from the past school…
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Thursday, 14 June 2018 00:34
Richmond Rattlers summer development league kicked off Wednesday
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - One most iconic pairings in sports is summertime and baseball -- and for Richmond Senior High School’s head baseball coach Ricky Young, it’s the best time to start preparing for the not-too-distant 2019 junior varsity and varsity baseball season.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 22:19
Top Sports Story No. 9: Bennie Howard earns 500th career win on senior night against Scotland
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - Continuing its Top 10 sports story countdown from the 2017-2018 school year, the ROSports deparment brings the second installment by highlighting one of former Richmond Senior High School’s head soccer coach Bennie Howard’s many career accolades.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 00:14
Top Sports Story No. 10: Lady Raiders tennis earns program's first postseason win
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - In the first installment of the ROSports department’s Top 10 Sports Stories from the 2017-2018 school year, the No. 10 moment comes courtesy of the Lady Raiders tennis team.
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Monday, 11 June 2018 02:56
ROSports Report: top 10 sports stories of the year; volleyball workouts begin Tuesday
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - As the Richmond Observer did following the close of the 2017 calendar year with its top new stories, the ROSports department will be releasing its top 10 sports stories from the 2017-2018 school year.
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Monday, 11 June 2018 02:52
Richmond football ups intensity of summer workouts by adding five 7-on-7 competitions
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - As the promise of summer break is now here, the Richmond Senior High School football program isn’t slowing down and is heating up its intense summer workout and practice schedule.
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Thursday, 07 June 2018 00:00
Lady Raiders nab conference-best five All-SAC selections; Way earns Player of the Year honors
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - The Sandhills Athletic Conference announced its 2018 All-SAC team Monday, and just like they dominated their conference opponents during the regular season, the Richmond Lady Raiders headlined the 23-player team with a conference-best five selections.
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Wednesday, 06 June 2018 00:01
Teddy Moseley returns to Richmond basketball as Lady Raiders head coach
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the Richmond Senior High School athletics department, and Richmond County native Teddy Moseley is the newest installment to the revolving door of coaching changes around campus.
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Wednesday, 06 June 2018 00:00
Richmond basketball to host Raider Classic jamboree on June 15 and 16
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - Minutes after his team lost to Scotland High School in the opening round of the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament on February 13, first-year head coach Donald Pettigrew said he was already looking forward to building up and improving the Raiders varsity basketball program for next season.
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Tuesday, 05 June 2018 07:00
Greyson Way's "penny war" raises $4,100 to benefit local girl with cancer
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - At the end of April, Richmond Senior High School junior softball player Greyson Way set out on a “strike out” mission -- but it was one away from the diamond.
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Monday, 04 June 2018 00:00
Richmond football and cross country summer schedules announced
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - As the 2017-2018 academic year wraps up this week with graduation set for Friday at Richmond Senior High School, several athletic programs are already ramping up for the upcoming fall sports season.
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Monday, 04 June 2018 00:01
Ashleigh Larsen officially named RSHS' head volleyball coach; "excited" to pursue her dreams
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM - When she moved to Richmond County from Long Island, N. Y., just before the start of the 2012 school year to teach mathematics, Ashleigh Larsen visited a Richmond Senior High School volleyball summer workout.
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Friday, 01 June 2018 00:02
Taylor Parrish: The Official Richmond County Female Athlete of the Week
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM – Taylor Parrish, a junior on the Richmond Senior High School softball team, has been named the final Official Richmond County Female Athlete of the Week for the spring sports season presented by McNair Auto Sales.
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