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Richmond Hill sweeps Bryan County in basketball doubleheader
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Richmond Hill High School swept Bryan County in a basketball doublehader Tuesday night in Pembroke.

The Lady Wildcats (8-1) won the girls game 60-44 behind 21 points from Aliyah Johnson -- who scored her 1,000th career point in the game -- and 16 from Keisha Durham. Diamond Mcgirt had 21 to lead the Lady Redskins (3-2), currently ranked No. 9 in Class A.

In the nightcap, Alex Cruz scored 14 points to lead Richmond Hill to a 73-51 win over the Redskins. James Williams added 13 points and Zach Stegner had 10 for Richmond Hill (4-2). Bryan County's Jaylen Rawls scored five points in the first quarter to help the improved Redskins (0-4) jump out to an 8-0 lead in the first period. Rawls finished with a game-high 19 points.

Read more on these games in Saturday's Bryan County News. 

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All-Region picks for spring sports announced
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Richmond Hill placed several players on their respective All-Region teams in Region 2-AAAAAA for tennis and soccer after all four teams made it to their respective state tournaments this spring.

In girls’ soccer, first-team selections were Grace Kiser, Ruthie Riley, Carly Vargas and Ellie Filamonczuk. Honorable mention went to Bella Martinez. Arianna Page and Lexi Merry.

For boys’ soccer, Joseph Petrino, Agboade Sobowale, Roman Alvarez, Trever Blitchington and Cristian Marquez made first team.

For girls’ tennis, Hannah Yontz, Megan Bausch and Stephanie Harter all made the second team at singles, as did the doubles team of Bailey Lopata and Caren Bausch.

For the boys, Jackson Martin was first team singles and Alec Shermer was second team singles. Zach Sewell received honorable mention.

The All-Region baseball teams were announced earlier this month. You can find that information at: http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/97/article/53381/.

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