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Raiders edge Scots
LAURINBURG — Richmond Senior ran its winning streak to 16 straight with a 3-1 win over Southeastern Conference rival Scotland Thursday night. The Raiders (19-2, 10-0) scored once in the sixth and two times in the seventh to break a 1-all tie to pull out the victory. Jessica Steen opened the game-winning rally with a single before being lifted for pinch runner Kelsey Mabe. Jennifer Steen dropped down a sacrifice bunt to move Mabe to second...
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File Photo John Pittman, left, and Colt Auman combined to win the Southeastern Conference doubles titles over teammates Brandon Ingram and Andrew Balzer.
Auman, Pittman win SEC crown
LAURINBURG — It was an all-Richmond final in the Southeastern Conference doubles title match. Top-seed Andrew Balzer and Brandon Ingram versus third-seeded Colt Auman and John Pittman. In the end, Auman-Pittman edged their teammates 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) to pull out the championship. Both teams qualified for next week’s 4A East Region in Fayetteville. “I sat back and chilled during the finals,” Richmond coach Paula York said. “I told both tea...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Cierra Bowden is greeted at home by her Richmond Senior teammates after hitting a solo home run against Pinecrest.
Raiders flash ‘O’ in rout
SOUTHERN PINES — All that was missing from Richmond Senior’s conference-clinching victory was a no-hitter. And Summer Jacobs just missed hurling the no-no. The Raiders clinched the Southeastern Conference regular season title and home field advantage throughout the postseason with a 11-0 win over Pinecrest Tuesday afternoon. Jacobs lost her no-hit bid to the leadoff hitter, Anna Bridgman, in the bottom of the sixth inning en route to the ...
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File Photo Richmond Senior starting pitcher Cody Leviner had two hits to help his cause against SEC rival Pinecrest.
Raiders keep on rolling
SOUTHERN PINES — The streak continues. The Richmond Senior baseball stretched its hot stretch to 19 games with a 9-4 win over Pinecrest Tuesday night. With the victory, the Raiders improve to 19-1 on the season and 9-0 in the Southeastern Conference. Cody Leviner picked up the pitching victory. Leviner allowed four hits, three earned runs and struck out five. The Raiders pounded out 14 hits to support Leviner. Jeremy Smith had a team-hi...
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File Photo Doodle Jacobs is hitting .429 overall this season and .667 in Richmond Senior's eight conference games.
Richmond looks to wrap up strong spring
ROCKINGHAM — One team has clinched a Southeastern Conference regular season championship and home field advantage throughout the state 4A playoffs. The other is one win or a Scotland loss away from doing the same. Not a bad spring for the Richmond Senior baseball and softball teams. And both are riding long winning streaks into tonight’s contests at Pinecrest. The softball team has captured its last 14 games and are outscoring the oppos...
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Bennie Howard
Patriots blank Raiders in SEC matchup
SOUTHERN PINES — The Richmond Senior girls soccer team’s playoff hopes may have been dealt a fatal blow Monday night. Pinecrest scored four second-half goals en route to a 5-0 victory and hand Richmond its second straight loss. The Raiders are now 2-6-1 in the Southeastern Conference and 5-8-1 overall. “This is a big improvement compared to the first time, 8-0,” Richmond coach Bennie Howard said. “We played an inspired game. I told the gi...
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Shawn Stinson|Daily Journal Richmond Senior's Cierra Bowden drove in the game's initial run with a single in the bottom of the first.
Another clincher: Raiders blank Pirates to grab share of SEC title
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond Senior coach Wendy Wallace is always nervous on Senior Night because of the possible distractions associated with the event. Wallace didn’t have any worries this time around as Richmond clinched at least a share of the Southeastern Conference regular season championship with a 2-0 victory over Lumberton Thursday night. “Tonight was a big win for us,” Wallace said. “We had a big defensive night. We had two errors that...
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File Photo Jeremy Smith scored two runs to help lead Richmond Senior to a victory over Lumberton.
Richmond locks in home field advantage
ROCKINGHAM — Jeremy Smith scored twice and Bradley Brown and James Buie combined to stymie Lumberton’s offense in Richmond Senior’s 4-2 win Thursday night at Raider Field. The victory clinched the Southeastern Conference regular season title for the Raiders and it was the team’s 18th straight since a season-opening loss to Terry Sanford. Richmond also guaranteed itself home field advantage throughout the state 4A playoffs with the champions...
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