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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior first baseman Jacob Sears had three hits in a fourth round matchup against Garner.
Step five: Richmond advances to East Region final series
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond Senior baseball coach Ricky Young knew his team was set to explode offensively, he didn’t know when it would happen. Although he did have an idea. “I kept saying once the weather got hot we would start hitting,” Young said. “Right now we are locked in to what our philosophy is.” The Raiders showed their coach is a clairvoyant as they reeled off 16 hits against three Garner pitchers in posting a 15-5 victory in five...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior's Drew Butler, right, celebrates after scoring with James Buie. The Raiders have won their last 26 games.
Mirror images: Raiders, Trojans share similar attributes
ROCKINGHAM — Two of the hottest teams will meet at 6 p.m. today at Raider Field. One is riding a 26-game winning streak, the other has won its last 22 contests. Both play solid defense, have strong pitching and get timely hits. “This is going to be good matchup,” Richmond coach Ricky Young said. “Neither one has that dominant velocity arm. We both have pitchers who want to get ahead of the hitters and make them swing at their pitch. The...
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Stinson: Young making the right calls at the right time
Having your ace fail to get out of the second inning and in a five-run hole is usually a recipe for disaster. Statistics show the home team has about a 10 percent chance of pulling out a victory, but that is what Richmond Senior coach Ricky Young and his team were able to accomplish in a 16-6 victory over Hoggard in the third round of the state 4A playoffs. The majority of the credit for the turnaround goes to the Raiders and their never ...
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Game time set for 4th round
Game time between Garner and Richmond Senior in the fourth round of the state 4A baseball playoffs is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Raider Field. The Trojans have won 22 straight games, while the Raiders have captured 26 in a row.
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior's Taylor McLean circles the bases after hitting a two-run home run, while Hoggard third baseman Miles Abernathy appeals to the umpires it was an out.
Raiders rally, stay alive
ROCKINGHAM — Forget about that pitchers’ duel as the marquee matchup between left-handed starters Nic Bullard and Bryan Sammons never developed. Instead the game became a battle of survival. After falling behind by five runs in the first inning, Richmond Senior responded with eight of its own in the fourth en route to posting a 16-6 six-inning victory over Hoggard Friday night at Raider Field. The win was the 26th straight for Richmond ...
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File Photo Richmond Senior pitcher Nic Bullard threw a one-hitter and struck out seven in last season's 8-0 win over Hoggard in the second round of the state 4A playoffs.
Battle of the lefties: Bullard, Sammons to lock up in pitchers’ duel
ROCKINGHAM — The third round contest between Richmond Senior and Hoggard looks like it should be a pitching duel between the Raiders’ Nic Bullard and the Vikings’ Bryan Sammons. Bullard is 9-0 on the season with a 0.31 ERA. The junior has 84 strikeouts in 68 innings. Sammons has posted similar numbers during his senior year. He is 10-0 with a 0.58 ERA and has 94 punchouts in 60 innings. “It should be a good game with two good left-handed ...
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Two Raiders to play in all-star game
GREENSBORO — Two members of the Richmond Senior football team will participate in July’s North Carolina Coaches Association’s East-West All-Star football game. The contest is set for July 24 at High Point’s Simeon Stadium. The game is usually contested in Greensboro at Jamieson Stadium at the campus of Grimsley High School. Due to a construction project on the stadium, NCCA officials were forced to move the game to a different venue. Offe...
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File Photo Richmond Senior's Colt Auman was selected as the Southeastern Conference's Player of the Year.
SEC announces all-conference tennis picks
ROCKINGHAM — The Southeastern Conference tennis coaches recently announced its all-conference selections. Richmond Senior, which finished tied for second with Lumberton with a 7-3 league mark, placed four players on the team. The Raiders’ top singles player, Colt Auman, was named as the SEC’s Player of the Year. Joining Auman on the squad were Brandon Ingram, Andrew Balzer and John Pittman. During the conference tournament, Auman and Pitt...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior's Shydamion Ellerbe will attend and play basketball for Sandhills Community College next season.
Ellerbe to play for the Flyers
ROCKINGHAM — Most of the time when a basketball player realizes they can play on the next level, it comes during a big scoring contest. Not so for Richmond Senior’s Shydamion Ellerbe. He talks about a defensive effort against the Southeastern Conference’s Player of the Year. “It had to be the home game against Hoke,” Ellerbe said. “There was all of this talk about how Tarique (Thompson) was going to score all these points and dominate. Co...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior right fielder Brandon Gibson slides in with his team's third run of the game in the Raiders' 3-1 win over West Johnston.
Safely into the 3rd round; Richmond downs West Johnston, advances to face Hoggard
ROCKINGHAM — Runners on second and third with one out. Normally this would be the right time for Richmond Senior baseball coach Ricky Young to call his favorite play — the squeeze play. Instead, Young decided to let Taylor McLean to swing away. The gamble paid off as McLean singled to left, scoring Jacob Sears. Brandon Gibson raced home from second on the play after West Johnston left fielder Adam Morrison bobbled the ball for an error....
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File Photo Ashton Davenport had two of the Richmond Senior's hits in a second round playoff loss to West Johnston.
Wildcats claw their way past Raiders
ROCKINGHAM — Going into its second round matchup, Richmond Senior knew its opponent was a strong-hitting team. West Johnston proved it. The Wildcats recorded nine hits en route to posting a 2-1 victory. The loss ends the Raiders’ season at 21-4. “That was the difference in the game,” Richmond coach Wendy Wallace said. “They hit the ball hard. They led off the game with a triple and it seemed like they had a runner in scoring position ev...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Cody Leviner is 5-0 with two saves and a 0.95 ERA this season for Richmond Senior.
Richmond, West Johnston meet for 3rd time
ROCKINGHAM — Even though the adage says it is tough to beat a team three times in one season, Richmond Senior is going to have to do it again if it wants to stay alive. Richmond has three wins against Pinecrest and Scotland this year. If it wants to keep marching towards a state championship, it will have to defeat West Johnston for the third time as well. The teams are set to battle 6 p.m. today at Raider Field. “It’s a blessing and a cu...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior's Bailey Coulthard is met at home by her teammates after hitting a first-inning home run against Harnett Central Friday night.
Raiders hope to break 2nd round curse
ROCKINGHAM — Now comes the tough part for the Richmond Senior softball team — moving past the second round. Since 2006, the Raiders are winless in four attempts to reach the third round. Richmond lost to Garner last season, Ashley in 2010, New Bern in 2009 and fell to this year’s opponent, West Johnston, in 2007. “I’m hoping break that this year,” Richmond coach Wendy Wallace said. “It’s not a streak I want to continue. We have been relat...
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Second round playoff time set for Richmond Senior
ROCKINGHAM - The times for Richmond Senior's baseball and softball second round playoff matchups with West Johnston have been set. The games are scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in Rockingham.
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Nic Bullard improved to 9-0 on the season after picking up the victory against Harnett Central in the first round of the state 4A playoffs.
Richmond blanks Harnett Central in opener
ROCKINGHAM — For the third straight season, the Richmond Senior baseball team opened the playoffs by shutting out its opponent. However, after the game, all coach Ricky Young wanted to talk about was the offense as the Raiders stormed past Harnett Central 9-0 Friday night in a first round 4A state playoff matchup. “I think we left the bases loaded something like four times tonight,” Young said. “This was the best we have hit the ball all ...
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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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