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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Hunter Parks is swarmed by her teammates at home after hitting the first of her two home runs against Harnett Central.
Raiders muscle past Trojans
ROCKINGHAM — The week-long layoff did wonders for Richmond’s offense. The Raiders pounded out 13 hits, including three home runs, to roll past Harnett Central 11-0 in five innings in the opening round of the state 4A playoffs. Richmond advances to face West Johnston, which knocked off Cape Fear 2-1. “It was good to hit the ball,” Richmond coach Wendy Wallace said. “Plus we had a couple of big home runs. We were able to execute and move so...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior pitcher Nic Bullard is 8-0 on the season, tossed six shutouts and at one point in the season had a scoreless streak of 37 1/3 innings.
Raiders set to start playoff march
ROCKINGHAM — What will Richmond Senior do for an encore during this season’s 4A state baseball playoff run? Last year, the Raiders opened the postseason with three straight shutouts and allowed a single run in their fourth game against Ashley to reach the East Region final series versus the eventual state champion, Middle Creek. “We have allowed 26 runs in 24 games,” Richmond coach Ricky Young said about this season’s pitching staff. “Goi...
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File Photo Richmond Senior outfielder Cierra Bowden has slugged a team-leading four home runs this spring.
Richmond opens postseason at home
ROCKINGHAM — Don’t think about Richmond Senior winning 17 of its last 18 games. Also, ignore the fact they captured the Southeastern Conference regular season championship. According to coach Wendy Wallace, all of this is tossed out the window now that it is playoff time. “All week in practice we have talked about how we did our job in the regular season to get a No. 1 seed,” Wallace said. “Now we need to refocus and take it one game at...
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File Photo The Richmond Senior baseball team will have home field advantage throughout the 4A state playoffs because of conference seeding priority.
NCHSAA reveals playoff brackets
ROCKINGHAM — For the first two rounds of the 4A state playoffs, the Richmond Senior baseball and softball teams may find themselves battling the same opponent. Both teams will open the postseason at home against Harnett Central 7 p.m. Friday. The victors will have a second round matchup next week against the winners of the West Johnston-Cape Fear contest. This year, neither of Richmond’s squads battled Harnett Central, the No. 5 seed from...
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File Photo Richmond Senior softball coach Wendy Wallace guided her team to the regular season Southeastern Conference championship.
To schedule or not to schedule: Richmond coaches face dilemma during void
ROCKINGHAM — Seven days. This is the amount of time between games for Richmond Senior’s baseball and softball teams. It is also the longest any of the squads have gone this season without facing an opponent. In the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals, the top-seeded Miami Heat lost its opening game with the Chicago Bulls following an eight-day layoff. Richmond baseball coach Ricky Young and softball coach Wendy Wallace don’t believe their...
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Stinson: Small change may mean big things
The latest North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors meeting wrapped up last week and the main focus was on new policy centered around transfers. There was another small issue which will begin to be enforced in the fall which could have a more of an impact on Richmond Senior athletics. While it was nice to have a statewide transfer policy etched in stone by the NCHSAA as the board of directors voted to enact a 365...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior coach Ricky Young congratulates Bradley Brown after his solo home run in the bottom of the first against Scotland.
Raiders blank Scots for SEC title
ROCKINGHAM — If Bradley Brown listens to his coaches’ advice, Richmond Senior’s opponents in the playoffs may have a hard time keeping the junior in check. Brown went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs batted in to lead the Raiders to a 2-0 victory over Scotland Friday night in the Southeastern Conference tournament title contest. The win was the 23rd in a row for Richmond. “In the last game against Pinecrest, I was looking for mor...
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File Photo Richmond Senior's Summer Jacobs had a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth against Scotland.
Scotland snaps Richmond’s streak
ROCKINGHAM — It took 10 innings to decide the Southeastern Conference softball tournament championship. After taking a one-run lead in the top of ninth and watching it vanish in the bottom half of the frame, Scotland tacked on two in the 10th to hold on for a 5-3 win over Richmond Senior Friday night. The loss snapped the Raiders’ 17-game winning streak, but Richmond Senior coach Wendy Wallace believes it could be a good thing heading int...
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File Photo Richmond Senior's Nic Bullard has two wins against SEC rival Scotland this season.
Raiders, Scots meet for Round 3
ROCKINGHAM — Been there, done that. This phrase may be uttered several times tonight on the Richmond Senior campus. For the second time in eight days and third time this season, the Richmond baseball and softball teams will take to the diamond against Southeastern Conference rival Scotland. Unlike the previous meetings in the regular season, these battles are for the SEC tournament championships. Even though there aren’t any playoff imp...
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Hoggard selected to board
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond Senior football coach Paul Hoggard just added another position to his resume. Hoggard was installed as a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors and started his four-year tenure at the conclusion of Wednesday’s meeting. The NCHSAA by-laws state of the 20 members on the board of directors, there has to be at least one coach or athletic director and no more than two from each cl...
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Raiders take 4th in SEC meet
SOUTHERN PINES — Paced by Travis Newton’s victory in the 200-meter dash, the Richmond Senior boys track team placed third in the Southeastern Conference championship meet Wednesday. Newton finished with a time of 22.17, edging Purnell Swett’s Brett Godwin by .4 seconds. Newton was also third in the 100-meter dash, clocking in at 11.16. For his efforts, the SEC coaches selected Newton as the league’s running events MVP. Jordan Richardson w...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior second baseball Adam Sweatt tries to turn a double play while Pinecrest's Dylan Wallace tries to break it up.
Error propels Richmond to SEC finals
ROCKINGHAM — Ricky Young learned a valuable lesson when he was a young coach. One which helped his Richmond Senior baseball team pull out a 2-1 victory over Pinecrest in the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals Wednesday night at Raider Field. With runners at the corners and one out, Pinecrest attempted a pickoff play to get the lead runner. The throw from Matt Epley sailed over third baseman Joe Cirigliano’s head, allowing pinch...
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File Photo Jessica Steen had two hits, including a double to drive home the game-winner, in Richmond Senior's win over Pinecrest.
Raiders topple Patriots
ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond Senior softball team needed a little bit of good fortune to keep its winning streak alive. After watching a three-run cushion evaporate late in the contest, the Raiders scored the game-winner in the bottom of seventh to pull out a 4-3 victory over Pinecrest in a Southeastern Conference tournament semifinal contest Wednesday night. Cierra Bowden singled with two outs in the seventh and Richmond coach Wendy Wallace...
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File Photo Richmond Senior No. 1 singles player Colt Auman lost in straight sets to Hoggard's Noah Milliken.
Hoggard mauls Richmond in opener
ROCKINGHAM — Hoggard’s 150-minute bus ride to Rockingham was longer than its match against Richmond Senior. The Vikings blanked the Raiders 6-0 in less than an hour in the opening round of the state 4A Dual Team tennis playoffs Tuesday afternoon. Hoggard won two of its singles matches 6-0, 6-0 and only lost 10 games total. Hoggard will advance to face Millbrook, which eliminated East Wake 6-0, next week. Broughton upended Southeastern Con...
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File Photo Summer Jacobs and the rest of the Richmond Senior softball team were forced to wait until Wednesday for its SEC tournament semifinal contest.
Rain pushes back SEC tourney
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond’s baseball and softball teams first step to win the Southeastern Conference tournament titles to match their regular season championships will have to wait a day. Rain in the area over the weekend forced the postponement of the first round matchups between Hoke County-Purnell Swett and Lumberton-Pinecrest in baseball as well as Hoke-Lumberton and Purnell Swett-Pinecrest in softball. Those games were originally slated t...
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Updated SEC tournament schedules
Baseball All games at 7 p.m. Tuesday No. 6 Hoke County at No. 3 Purnell Swett No. 5 Lumberton at No. 4 Pinecrest Wednesday Hoke-Purnell Swett winner at No. 2 Scotland Lumberton-Pinecrest winner at No. 1 Richmond Friday Championship at highest seed Softball All games at 7 p.m. Tuesday No. 6 Hoke County at No. 3 Lumberton No. 5 Purnell Swett at No. 4 Pinecrest Wednesday Hoke-Lumberton winner at No. 2 Scotland P...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior's Jeremy Smith, right, steals second after West Johnston's Jack Sherrill, center, was unable to cleanly field the throw.
The streak continues: Raiders tame Wildcats for 21st straight win
ROCKINGHAM — If there ever was a game which could end Richmond Senior’s winning streak, this was the one. The Raiders had wrapped up the regular season Southeastern Conference title a week before, battled two of their biggest rivals in the past three days and faced a relatively meaningless nonconference contest to close out the regular season. Even with a handful of its starters given the night off, Richmond stretched its winning streak t...
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SEC Tournament pairings
Baseball All games at 7 p.m. Monday No. 6 Hoke County at No. 3 Purnell Swett No. 5 Lumberton at No. 4 Pinecrest Tuesday Hoke-Purnell Swett winner at No. 2 Scotland Lumberton-Pinecrest winner at No. 1 Richmond Thursday Championship at highest seed Softball All games at 7 p.m. Monday No. 6 Hoke County at No. 3 Lumberton No. 5 Purnell Swett at No. 4 Pinecrest Tuesday Hoke-Lumberton winner at No. 2 Scotland Purne...
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