5 Lady Raiders advance to states
WILMINGTON — The Richmond Senior girls track team will send Harmony Jones, Adrianna Brown, Ralayah McRae, Nijulia Flowers and Taliah Wall to the 4A State Finals this Saturday at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.
Jones, Brown, McRae and Flowers finished second in the 4x100m relay at the 4A NCHSAA Regionals this past weekend, while Wall placed fourth in the 100m hurdles.
As a team, the Lady Raiders finished seventh overall.
Corissa Wall finished fifth in both the high jump and triple jump, Ralayah McRae placed sixth in the triple jump and Mya Holiday came in fifth in the 100m hurdles.
AC Rock to hold soccer tryouts
ROCKINGHAM — The AC Rock travel soccer team — affiliated with AC Sandhills out of Pinehurst — will hold tryouts next Saturday, May 28, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Richmond Senior High School soccer field. Tryouts will be for the U-15 team’s upcoming 2016-17 season.
“Our goal is to teach soccer at a higher level than they may get just playing recreation,” U-15 coach Pat Moss said. “We teach the technical and team aspect of the game. We play tournaments and showcases in North and South Carolina.”
Those who wish to tryout must have been born after the year 2002 and will need cleats and shinguards to participate.
For more information, call Pat Moss at 910-206-2820 or email [email protected].