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Wednesday, 02 January 2019 00:00
Richmond athletics set to return to action for first time in 2019
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM — With the official start of 2019 in the books, Richmond Senior High School students are slated to return to the classroom Wednesday -- and with them, the return of winter athletics.
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Sunday, 30 December 2018 23:07
Sivels' biggest game to date leads Raiders to fifth-place finish at Hoopfest; Pettigrew earns second-team all-tournament
Written by Kyle Pillar
GASTONIA, N.C. — The Raider basketball team didn’t bring home the Ashbrook Holiday Hoopfest title like it did last week in the Anson Shootout, but it managed to close out the three-day tournament with its second consecutive win.
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Sunday, 30 December 2018 21:40
Young wrestlers impress despite Richmond's 1-4 record at West Stanly Duals
Written by Kyle Pillar
OAKBORO, N.C. — The Richmond Raider wrestling team wasn’t able to catch a break Saturday, as the current Christmas holiday hiatus forced the Raiders to compete shorthanded in the West Stanly Duals.
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Friday, 28 December 2018 22:29
McLaughlin's 7 double-overtime points lift Raiders past Berry Academy at Holiday Hoopfest
Written by Kyle Pillar
GASTONIA — It may have taken eight additional minutes of play Friday night, but the Richmond Raider basketball team won a double-overtime thriller in the second round of the Ashbrook Holiday Hoopfest in Gastonia.
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Friday, 28 December 2018 15:43
Raiders' efforts come up short in opening round of Ashbrook Holiday Hoopfest; fall to Huss 65-61
Written by Kyle Pillar
GASTONIA — Less than a week after claiming the 2018 Anson County Shootout holiday tournament title, the Richmond Raider boys basketball team traveled to Ashbrook High School Thursday to compete in the three-day Ashbrook Holiday Hoopfest.
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Wednesday, 26 December 2018 00:31
Joseph Nicholson uses "dominating performance" to win 113-pound championship at E.B. Memorial Clash at the Creek
Written by Kyle Pillar
CHARLOTTE — Richmond Senior High School junior wrestler Joseph Nicholson earned himself an early Christmas present last Saturday at the E.B. Memorial Clash at the Creek wrestling tournament at Mallard Creek High School.
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Tuesday, 25 December 2018 23:21
Raider bowling earns big win over Jack Britt; Lady Raiders swept
Written by Kyle Pillar
ABERDEEN — The Richmond Senior High School boys and girls bowling teams were the final teams to compete ahead of the winter break last Thursday at Sand Hills Bowling Center in Aberdeen.
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ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County’s landmark racetrack remains popular among NASCAR fans, according to a recent poll. Rockingham Speedway garnered half the votes on a Twitter poll released Thursday by NASCAR on NBC asking at which historic track fans would rather NASCAR return. The other two choices were North Wilkesboro or…
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Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:58
Rockingham Speedway leads locations in Twitter poll
Written by William R. Toler
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County's legendary racetrack is leading a poll on which former site NASCAR fans would like to see host a race.
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Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:46
Hamlet Middle School basketball sweeps Sandy Grove
Written by Deon Cranford
HAMLET – Hamlet’s Ryelan Lyerly scored a team-high 13 points in Hamlet’s 24-23 overtime victory over visiting Sandy Grove Middle School on Monday.
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Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:53
Garet Weigman to join Guilford College baseball following verbal commitment
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM — Exactly a week before Christmas Day, Richmond Senior High School’s Garet Weigman was spreading joy -- but in the spirit of verbally committing to college.
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Thursday, 20 December 2018 00:29
Richmond athletics boasts full holiday break schedule
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM — Thursday’s early dismissal from school marks the end of the 2018 school calendar for Richmond Senior High School students, but there are several Raider and Lady Raider athletic events scheduled during the holiday break.
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Thursday, 20 December 2018 00:32
Tatum Hubbard signs commitment letter to play soccer at Methodist University
Written by Kyle Pillar
ROCKINGHAM — With the Richmond Senior High School Lady Raider soccer team’s preseason workouts slated to begin in early January, senior Tatum Hubbard was expecting it to be the last go around of her playing career.
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Wednesday, 19 December 2018 00:01
Middle School Sports Report: Ellerbe and Rockingham basketball compete ahead of holiday break
Written by Kyle Pillar
RICHMOND COUNTY — Week two of the middle school basketball season got underway Monday as local teams were looking to pad their records ahead of the extended holiday break.
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