Indoor Track and Field Season Preview

The 2023-2024 Indoor Track & Field season is quickly approaching as the team gets ready to begin their conditioning period of the season. With 33 returning athletes and 11 new athletes coming into the season the coaching staff is excited to get started. Our Raiders will have their first competition on December 9th, and after a strong Indoor season last year, the team will look to take another step forward during this winter season.

The first meet of the season will take place at the Birmingham Crossplex Center in Birmingham, AL on December 9th, 2023 at the Holiday Invitational for our Varsity team. The Junior Varsity team will have their first meet at the Birmingham Crossplex on January 4th at the Middle School Meet #2.

The team will be participating in 6 Varsity meets and the Junior Varsity team will be participating in 3 meets. The team is excited to get started and ready to hit the road to the Birmingham Crossplex.

Under second year head coach, Briana Huff, the Raiders look to be a force to reckon with this season. With many key members returning this year, the Raiders will count on that experience to lead them throughout the season.


Wrestling Season Preview

As wrestling season gets underway, we had a chance to catch up with first-year head coach, Matthew Stroe. With no wrestling team last year, Coach Stroe is looking forward to the ability to create a wrestling culture here at Randolph.

Coach Stroe had this to say about the season, “I have a great coaching staff, that truly loves being on the mat with our wrestlers and they have helped me through the reboot of the wrestling program here at Randolph. I would love to say I want to win every dual and tournament we enter, but that is not realistic this year. What I want from our wrestlers is for all of them to build a no quit mentality and a toughness that is second to none.”

The Raider wrestling team is a very young team. 12 out of the 19 wrestlers are 9th grade and below. There are only a few wrestlers with any on the mat experience, but they have stepped up and have taken on their appropriate roles as leaders of this team. They know what it takes to get on the mat and perform at a high level of intensity. They bring that with them to our practices and will carry that over to our tournaments and the regular season.

These student-athletes have an opportunity to build something special. They have the ability to establish the Randolph wrestling culture, one which will be the foundation for years to come.


Randolph Athletics: Fall Sports Awards

On Monday, November 27, the Randolph Raiders Athletic Department presented their annual Fall Sports Awards. Awards were presented to member of Cheer, Band, Cross Country, Dance, Football, and Volleyball. We would like to congratulate all of our student-athletes on their athletic success this fall season. Below is a full list of student-athletes that received awards for the fall season.

Cheer
Most Valuable Player
Dariya Evans

Most Valuable Teammate
Sophie Zeller

Cross Country Girls
Most Valuable Player
Anna Ragsdale

Most Improved Player Award
Miriam Tidwell

Coaches Award
Meredith Walker

Cross Country Boys
Most Valuable Player
Evan Shields

Coaches Award
Wright McManus

Pillar Award
Jasper Howse

Dance
Most Valuable Teammate
Paxton Bryan

Pillar Award
Frances Wiginton

Football
Coaches Award
Roan Campbell

Offensive MVP
William Mitchell

Defensive MVP
William Collins

Volleyball
Most Valuable Player
Maggi Peyton

Most Valuable Teammate
Sofie Bynum

Band
Most Valuable Player
Nathan Beck


Wrestling: Fall Brawl Recap

The Randolph Raiders Wrestling team competed in the Fall Brawl hosted by Huntsville High School. This was the second match of the season under new Head Coach Matthew Stroe.

The competition was limited to student-athletes in the 7th-9th grades. The team finished 10th out of 15 teams entered in the competition.

Individually, Garison Ward won his first match of the season and placed 6th overall. Weitian Zhang placed second overall in his class and Carter Freeman took home first place honors in his class.

Coach Stroe was very pleased with the overall performance of his team and had this to say “We scored 57 team points and ended up in 10th place overall. We only took 5 wrestlers to this invite. It was great for our young wrestlers to compete.”


Raider Basketball Begins Area Play

Boys Basketball

Westminster is the 3-time defending area champion, were state runners-up last year, and have a new head coach, Kendrick Epps. They lost several key players from last years team.

West Limestone is coached by Justin Taylor, who has taken them to 5 Elite 8s, 3 Final Fours and were 2015 State Champions. They return a few key players, but lost 3 seniors from last year.

JPII has a new coach, Hayden Hatfield. They return their entire team from last year. Had no seniors.

Coach Hatfield had this to say about the start to our season, "We have had a great start to the season against several tough teams from across North Alabama.” Hatfield also spoke about our upcoming area game, “We are looking forward to taking some momentum from winning a few close games into area play starting this week vs. Westminster. Some tight games have gotten us prepared for what should be a very competitive area, where any of the 4 teams can win on any given night. The area is going to come down to who wants it the most and who is willing to sacrifice the most to get the job done."

Stat Leaders so far this season:

Points: Grant Enfinger 16.4 PPG

Rebounds: Grant Enfinger 6.6 RPG

Assist: Theo Reischauer 2.0 APG

Steals: Grant Enfinger 2.4 SPG

FG%: Tyler DeOrio 73.3%

3PT%: Grant Enfinger 37.5%

FT%: Grant Enfinger 81.3%


Girls Basketball

The Lady Raiders will begin Area Play on Thursday, November 30 at home against the Westminster Christian Wildcats.

Coach Barringer had this to stay about the season and the start of area play, “We haven't had the start to the season that we had hoped for, but 4 of our 7 losses have been by 1-2 possessions. Our area is going to be very evenly spread out and we have a chance to get our first area win in over 6 years.”

Coach Barringer also previewed the upcoming area game against. Westminster Christian. “Westminster will be extremely disciplined and not beat themselves. They are led by Junior Forward Ella Anderson. She is 5'11 and is very skilled. We will have to keep her in check. The recent surge of Madison Moore (11 points in our last game) has helped give our offense some much needed assistance. I feel we are very prepared to make a statement on Thursday night.”



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Whether it be Band, Cheer, Dance, and Football on Fall Fridays, Basketball and Cheer on Winter Weekends, or Baseball, Soccer, and Softball on Spring Weekends, the Garth Campus is where the Randolph Community comes together to have fun while cheering on our Raiders! The Raider Rally News will keep you informed regarding all of our Varsity programs. #OneRandolph