ROCKINGHAM — A member of the Richmond Senior High School football team is featured in The Richmond Observer’s weekly feature story after a great game.
The Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of the Week presented by Rockingham NC Self Storage is running back Jordan Bostick for the Raiders.
Bostick led a strong ground game that found holes in the Myers Park High School defense, which helped the team finish its non-conference schedule with a win and a 2-2 record overall.
Bostick got his first career honor. He has played varsity for the Raiders for three years and is hoping for a big senior year.
Athletic Profile: Jordan Bostick
Year: Senior
Fall sport: Football
Position: Running Back
Varsity experience: 3 Seasons
Other sports: Track and Field
“CLASSROOM CREDITS” WITH JORDAN BOSTICK
While Bostick works hard on the football field, he also does extra work in the classroom. He is an honors student at his high school and also goes to Richmond Community College part-time.
Bostick is still taking Math 143 and Spanish 112 at RichmondCC as the fall term speeds up. He is taking Health Science II and Weight Training Honors at Richmond.
Bostick’s weighted grade point average right now is 3.29. He is going to take two more classes at RichmondCC in the spring.
“GROUND GAME” WITH JORDAN BOSTICK
The Raiders went back and beat Myers Park 21–10 in Week 4, scoring all of their points without being matched in Friday’s home game.
Richmond counted on Bostick’s work out of the backfield a lot when they played the ground game. He ran 15 times with the ball, gaining 121 yards and scoring two scores.
Bostick ran for an average of 8.1 yards per carry and scored more running touchdowns than any other game in his career. He was only one run away from tying the high score he set in a single game the week before.
Bostick also caught a pass that went for 11 yards and helped the team win.
With 11:22 left in the fourth quarter, Bostick scored a touchdown on the ground from five yards out, giving Richmond a 14–10 lead.
In the last few minutes of the game, Bostick ran for a score from 32 yards out after Richmond’s defense picked off a pass. There was 1:28 left and the score was 21–10.
Friday at 7:30 p.m., Richmond (2-2) will play Southern Lee High School (2-1) in the first game of the Sandhills Athletic Conference season.