ROCKINGHAM — Local high school athletics have been impacted by wintry weather for the second week in a row.
With much of the county still blanketed with snow following the weekend’s winter storm, some of Richmond Senior High School’s winter sports teams are seeing their schedules changed.
Updates announced for boys’, girls’ basketball
Athletic director James Johnson announced an updated schedule for the basketball programs Tuesday. Both teams’ games from last Friday and Tuesday have been rescheduled for later in the season due to weather.
The Raiders (14-5, 4-1 MSC) and Lady Raiders (9-8, 3-2 MSC) will now play Jack Britt High School on Monday, Feb. 16 (rescheduled from Tuesday) and make up last Friday’s games with Pine Forest High School on Friday, Feb. 20.
Up next for the Raiders and Lady Raiders will be a conference road trip to Hoke County High School this Friday. Tip-offs are slated for 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The JV Raiders (3-8, 2-3 MSC) will host Hoke County Friday at 6 p.m. and play an away game at Cheraw High School Saturday at 11 a.m.
Richmond’s JV girls’ basketball team (9-4, 4-0 MSC) will look to stay undefeated in conference play when it hosts Hoke County Friday at 5 p.m.
Bowling teams set for conference championships
The postseason has arrived for the Richmond boys’ and girls’ bowling teams, which will each bowl one day this week in the conference championship.
The Lady Raiders finished the regular season with a perfect 7-0 record and enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed with 31 points.
The Raiders went 4-3 during the regular season and collected 19 points in the standings. They’ll be the No. 5 seed.
Bowling at the Sandhills Bowling Center, both teams will compete in a team and an individual championship tournament.
Weather pending, the girls will compete Wednesday and the boys will bowl Thursday. Both events are scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.
Wrestling, indoor track and field prepare for postseasons
Richmond’s boys’ and girls’ wrestling and indoor track and field teams will spend the week gearing up for the postseason.
The NCHSAA 7A West wrestling regionals are slated to start next week. The Lady Raiders will begin Feb. 10 at Southwest Guilford High School and the Raiders will start Feb. 13 at A.L. Brown High School.
The indoor track and field teams are awaiting the NCHSAA state championship meet, as the top 12 student-athletes or relay teams in each event in each classification will qualify. The 7A state championship is set for Wednesday, Feb. 18, in Winston-Salem.
