ROCKINGHAM — Getting hot in the lane when the Richmond Raiders needed it most, Jabari Douglas bowled the best matches of his career.
Finishing the regular season in a big way, Douglas has been named the Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of the Week.
This marks the first time in Douglas’ athletic career bringing home the honor. He’s a three-sport student-athlete who has bowled the past two years.
Athletic Profile: Jabari Douglas
Year: Senior
Winter sport: Bowling
Position: No. 3 bowler
Varsity experience: 2 seasons
Other sports: Football, baseball
“CLASSROOM CREDITS” WITH JABARI DOUGLAS Enrolled in classes at Richmond and Richmond Community College through the dual enrollment program, Douglas balances a full course load while staying involved in athletics year round. In his first semester as a senior, Douglas made the A/B honor roll between his four classes. He had As in Weight Training Honors (99) and Mathematics 143 (90), while earning Bs in English IV Honors (88) and Welding 131 (81). Currently on his final approach toward graduation, Douglas is taking two courses at RichmondCC and two classes at Richmond during the spring semester. With high marks in each class, Douglas is taking Spanish 111 and Welding 310 through the college and Economics and Personal Finance Honors and Weight Training Honors at Richmond. Following graduation, Douglas wants to attend Winston-Salem State University and pursue a business degree. His current weighted grade point average is 3.776. “KNOCKING DOWN THE PINS” WITH JABARI DOUGLAS Needing to make the most of its final two regular-season matches last Thursday, the Raider bowling team came away with a pair of wins over conference leader Southern Lee and Pinecrest high schools. Notching a 4-1 win over Southern Lee, the Raiders followed that with a 5-0 sweep of Pinecrest. The two victories moved the Raiders into third place in the Sandhills Athletic Conference standings. Part of a season-best performance by Richmond in the victory against the Cavaliers, Douglas was nearly perfect at the line in his eight frames. He closed out 7-of-8 frames (88%), rolling five strikes and two spares. Following that showing, Douglas was the team’s leading bowling against the Patriots. He rolled a single-match season-high six strikes and had one helper in his 10 frames. Head coach Chris Larsen moved Douglas to the anchor spot in the final game, where the senior bowled consecutive strikes and was one pin shy of recording the turkey. On the day, Douglas closed 14-of-18 frames for a .778 closing percentage, the best on the team. The Raiders (8-7) will compete in the team and individual SAC championship tournaments Thursday at the Sandhills Bowling Center. “RAPID RESPONSE” VIDEO WITH JABARI DOUGLAS The Richmond Observer will publish its Official Richmond County Female Student-Athlete of the Week Thursday.
