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fumble. It was scooped up by Jessie Upson

and returned for a 34-yard fumble re- covery and touchdown.

The PAT missed and the lead was 20-0.

Less than two minutes later, fol- lowing an Upson interception, Diggs split the Hitchcock secondary for a 36- yard touchdown run on third and seven. The score was 26-0.

Later in the second quarter with 5:45 to go, Diggs again found paydirt on a 20-yard run behind some excel- lent blocking up front.

Milentz kicked the PAT good for a

huge 33-0 lead. Following another Bulldog turn-

over, the Raiders again capitalized on a 36-yard field goal by kicker Milentz.

That score gave the undefeated Raiders an already blow-out lead of 36-0.

The second half saw more of the same as the defense scored again as linebacker Dant6 Fuller scooped up a fumble caused by Michael Spears and sprinted 78 yards for another Rice touchdown at 6:52 in the third.

Milentz's PAT again was good, adding to a big Raider lead, 43-8.

This TD followed Hitchcock's

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only score on a fake punt at 7:53 in the third quarter.

Diggs scored one more time in the third quarter on a 10-yard ramble be- hind crushing blocks from Powell and Cranek.

Milentz's PAT was again true for a 50-8 lead.

The last score for Rice came when reserve tailback Bennie Glover pun- ched it in from one yard out for a touchdown.

Milentz added the kick, ending the game at 57-8.

Defensive Player of the Game honors went to three players.

Roark recognized Jessie Upson (six tackles, one recovery, one inter- ception, three passes batted down and a touchdown); Jermal Wright (eight tackles, including two sacks, three tac- kles behind the line and several big hits); and Michael Cooper (five tack- les, one fumble caused, one fumble re- covery and one interception).

Quentin Whitfield added five tackles.

Cleveland, Tyreance Dabney, Trent Korenek, Spears and Jason Godley all had strong performances defensively.

After such a dominating perform- ance, Coach Roark had good things to say.

"We really turned our intensity up a notch tonight. It was nice to finally play at home. I'm proud of the effort we gave.

'That was the first time this season that the "real" Raiders showed up. I expect it to continue and even improve

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in the following weeks. Our shut-out streak ended, but we're not about set- ting records. We're aboutplaying well and trying to win ballgames.

"Our staff did a great job in prepar- ing the kids with excellent game plans on both sides of the ball. They work very hard and deserve some credit."

The state-ranked Rice squad hits the road again this Friday for a district clash with Needville.

Game time is at 7:30 p.m. Come support the Raiders as they

cruise toward school history.

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Upcoming Raider Action!

Date Team, Place & Time Thurs., Oct. 4 Raider F football at Needville, 5 p.m. Raider Jr. High football at Needville, 5 p.m. Raider JV vs. Needville, Here, 7 p.m.

Friday., OcL 5 Lady Raider volleyball at Needville*, 4:30 p.m. Raider varsity at Needville*, 7:30 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 11 Raider Fish vs. Wharton, Here, 5 p.m. Raider JV football at Wharton, 7 p.m.

District competition

RMC hosts 5th Golf Classic Rice Medical Center hosted its 5th

Annual RMC Classic Saturday, Sept. 22, with 80 participants turning out to play, undeterred by the showers.

The proceeds of the tournament will be split between the Rice Medical Foundation and the RMC Employee Volunteers and will go toward new surgery equipment and renovations.

Plans are underway for next year's 6th Annual RMC Classic.

We thank the community for its overwhelming support.

The winners of the 5th annual clas- sic were:

First flight, first place: Glen Sun- derman and Coy Sunderman; second: Brock Ashby and Mike Clement; third: Ben Perez and Randy Ahlsch- lager.

Second flight, first place: Larry Broesche and Stephanie Sunderman; second: Emie Frnka and Willie An- derson; third: Steve Epps and Jack Mann.

Third flight, first place: J.R. Tho- mas and Cal Birdsall; second: Les Krancher and Danny DeQueant; third:

Chris Hyek and Robert Biernat. Fourth flight, first place: Jeff

McDonald and Tim Speer; second: Joe Lee Perez and Howard Wilkerson; third: Warren Struss and Sid Struss.

Longest drive honors went to Coy Sunderman who received golf at The Falls for two.

Bobby Dominque garnered Clos-

est to the Hole honors and was awarded a putting green.

During the drawing held at 12:30 p.m., Bruce Levey won a Callaway putter, while at the 6 p.m. drawing, Michael Duarte won a Goldsmith golf bag.

Highest scorers were Bill Phillips and Steve Henderson.

Some of the participnats in the 5th Annual Rice Medical Center Golf Classic are pictured here. From left, Ben Perez, Randy Ahlschlager and Glen Sunderman. Photo Courtesy of Noble Anderson

8th Graders' football season starts off rough The Rice Raiders 8th grade foot-

ball team kicked off their season against the Brazos Cougars Thursday, Sept. 13.

The Raiders played hard but mis- takes kept them out of the game. The final score was 22-16.

The young Raiders battled Colum- bus in their second game.

Columbus scored twice against the Raiders' defense early in the game.

Going in at halftime, the Cardinals had a 12-0 lead.

Late in the third quarter, the Cardi-

nals scored again, making the score 16-0.

The only Raider touchdown came with three seconds left in the game when Jeremy Hill connected with Ro- bert Johnson on a 15-yard pass.

The two-poin: conversion was stopped by the Cardinals' defense.

The Raiders' touchdown made the final score 16-6.

Offensive standouts for the Co- lumbus game were Hill who ran for 75 yards and Derrick Frazier who had 26 yards rushing.

Defensive standouts were Hill, 10 tackles; Chris Cobia, six tackles; Ryan Cason, five tackles; and Luke Shimek and Hunter Smith, four tackles each.

The Raiders then hosted the Hitch- cock Bulldogs in their home opener.

The Bulldogs proved to be unstop- pable for the Raiders in their first dis- trict ballgame of the season. The final score was 46-0 in favor of the Bull- dogs. The loss to Hitchcock brings the Raiders to a 0-3 start on the season and 0-1 in district.

Offensive standouts for the Hitch-

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cock game were Hill with 95 yards rushing and Shimek with 30.

On defense, Hill had seven tack- les, Frazier and Cobia each had three.

The Raiders travel to Needville this week to take on the Bluejays.

JV Raiders rip Bulldogs, 42-0

The JV Raider football team im- proved its record to 4-0 with a 42-0 win over the Hitchcock Bulldogs last Thursday in Hitchcock.

The offense rolled up a total of 334 yards and the defense got its second shutout of the year.

On the first possession, the Raid- ers went 41 yards on four plays with Charles Huffman scoring from 12.

The two-point conversion was no good, making the score 6-0.

On the Raiders' second score, Jer- maine Williams stuck one in from 25 yards.

Stephen Moore add the two-point conversion on a keeper around the left end to make the score 14-0.

On their third possession, Zach Kloss punched in a touchdown from two yards out.

The two-point conversion was good on a pass from Moore to Bran- don Jenkins, making it 22-0.

The Raiders scored again right be- fore halftime on a five-yard touch- down pass from Moore to Robert Shaw.

The two-point conversion was no good, making the halftime score was 28-0.

At the start of the third quarter, the Raiders again struck from 22 yards out on Williams' second score.

Joe Lee Perez added the two-point conversion to make the score 36-0.

The Raiders then added a late touchdown on a 10-yard scamper by Derland Sanford.

The two-point attempt was no good, giving the Raiders a 42-0 win as they dominated both sides of the ball.

Leading rushers for the Raiders were Huffman, 13 carries, 114 yards; Sanford, 10 carries, 78 yards; and Williams, five carries, 68 yards.

Defensive standouts for the Raid- ers were Kloss, Shaw, David Saenz, Billy Shaw, Ed Thomas, Marcus Woods, Sanford, Stuart Ray, Cleve Scott and Jenkins.

The next contest for the Raider JV will be this Thursday, Oct. 4, against Needville.

There will be two games this week with the Freshmen starting at 5 p.m. and the JV starting at 7.

Come and support the Raiders this Thursday night

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