Raiders lose shootout to region foe in finale

Redan’s 2008 football team may have finished its season 2-7-1, but it ended its year scoring 57 points against Greenbrier. Unfortunately for the Raiders, Greenbrier scored 59 points and got the win. It was the Wolf Pack’s first Region 2-AAAAA win of the season. A week earlier, the Raiders’ last hope to make the playoffs ended as well as their two-game winning streak in a 42-13 loss to M.L. King. Justin Sims had a 17-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7 in the second quarter, but the Raiders could not convert on several other trips into Lion territory. Miles Gooch added a touchdown reception late in the game. … At the girls Class 5A Cross Country Championships, Soyong Smith finished 100th with a time of 21:59, while Ashley Averette came in 129th (22:51) and Kenosha Holden finished 131st (22:54). Smith ran a 21:38 to come in third place at the Region 2-AAAAA Championships. Averette finished eighth in the region meet with a time of 22:21. Malcolm Smith was the top Redan finisher at the boys region meet, running a 21:56 to finish 38th.

 

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