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The Richmond Observer – Sports Report: Boys Soccer Games Postponed; Baseball fundraiser in progress

ROCKINGHAM – The Richmond Senior High School football team has postponed two of its three games it missed this week.

According to the COVID-19 logs as a team that started last Monday, the Raiders had to postpone their games against Sandhills Athletic Conference opponents Union Pines and Lee County.

The team had to cancel its non-conference game against Butler.

Head coach Chris Larsen said the Raiders will be able to catch up on the two SAC games and end the regular season next week.

The Raiders (4-11, 2-7 SAC) begin their originally scheduled home game against rivals Scotland High School (2-14, 0-10 SAC) on Wednesday October 20th.

Union Pines (4-11-2, 3-6 SAC), a team that defeated Richmond earlier this season, will visit the Raiders on Thursday October 21st. Both the Scotland and Union Pines games start at 7pm

Richmond will then end its regular season in Lee County on Saturday, October 23 at 5:00 p.m.

Raider Baseball Launches Annual Fundraiser

The Richmond baseball program has been running fall workouts for the past few weeks, and with it comes its annual fruit sales fundraiser.

Head coach Rob Ransom said anyone interested can purchase a selection of packages online, but there will be additional shipping costs for home delivery.

If you want to take part, you can also buy from a raider baseball player. The fundraiser is now open and will run until November 9th.

Click here to view the online fundraiser.