FormsRAPID RUN ATHLETICS
Rapid Run offers a multitude of sporting teams for our 7th and 8th grade students. Many of these teams are open to all who are willing to practice and give 100% effort. There are three seasons throughout the year. The fall sports season includes cheerleading, volleyball, football, cross-country, golf, and girls’ tennis. The winter sports season includes cheerleading, boys and girls basketball, wrestling, wrestlerettes, and swimming and diving. The spring sports season includes boys’ tennis and track and field. Athletic Director: Mr. Sowders
CHEERLEADING
This sport requires hard-working and dedicated seventh and eighth graders. Cheer season starts in July and runs all the way through February. Cheerleaders not only cheer and dance for football and basketball games, they also help promote school spirit with pep rallies and after-school pump up gatherings for all sports. The cheerleaders can usually be found supporting RRMS on a sideline, but whenever you see them around school they are always proving they bleed a real color, Red, by being true Rams fans! Coach: Mrs. Motsinger
VOLLEYBALL
Rapid Run offers volleyball for 7th and 8th grade girls.
Tryouts are held in August and practices are held immediately after
school each day. GMC matches usually begin in late August. The teams
will have 2 or 3 matches a week until the conference tournament in early
October. There is a participation fee and students must be academically
eligible to participate. 2010 Calendar
Coach: Mrs. Brooks, Mr. Whipp
FOOTBALL
7th and 8th grade boys are invited to participate on the Rapid Run football teams. Players are taught the fundamentals of the game while learning how to function as a team. Anyone interested and willing to work hard is encouraged to come. 7th and 8th grade is a great time to start playing the game of football. The season begins in August while games usually start in early September. Middle School football includes one game a week in the GMC for seven weeks. There is a participation fee and students must be academically eligible to participate. 2010 Calendar
Coaches: Mr. Sowders, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Meldon
BOYS GOLF
7th and 8th grade boys have the opportunity to participate
on the boys golf team. Tryouts are held in August and practices are
held at local golf courses and driving ranges. The season lasts 6 weeks
beginning in early September. There are 3 matches a week and a practice.
Team members are expected to be available for all practices and matches.
There is a participation fee and students must be academically eligible
to participate.
Coach: Mr. Chenault
GIRLS GOLF
7th and 8th grade girls play on a combined Oak Hills
team with Bridgetown and Delhi. Tryouts are in early August. All girls
who make the team must have passed 75% of their classes from the previous
quarter. This is a fall sport and the team competes in the GMC Conference.
There is a participation fee.
Coach: Mrs. Breen
BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS
7th and 8th grade students play on a combined Oak Hills team with Bridgetown and Delhi. Girls’ tennis is a fall sport and boys play in the spring. This is a competitive team with tryouts held to choose the squad. Both teams play in the GMC Conference. There is a participation fee and students must be academically eligible to participate. Girls’ Coach: Mr. Vanderveen Boys’ Coach: Mr. Harvey
CROSS COUNTRY
Boys and girls participate on a combined Oak Hills
team. Practice begins in early August. The team has a full schedule
of matches including Saturday events. All participants must be academically
eligible and there is a participation fee.
Coaches: Mr. Anderson
and Mrs. Coster
WRESTLING
Offered to all 7th and 8th grade boys. The team participates
in several tournaments along with weekly matches. There is a participation
fee and students must be academically eligible to participate.
Coach: Mr. Richards
WRESTLERETTES
This is a group of students that supports the wrestling
team. All 7th and 8th grade students who are interested in wrestling
are eligible to participate. The duties of the wrestlerettes include
keeping team and individual scores, operating the clock, and generally
running the wrestling matches. We also do lots of cheering for our Rapid
Run wrestlers. There is a participation fee and students must be academically
eligible to participate.
Coach: Mr. Harvey
SWIMMING AND DIVING
7th and 8th grade students participate on a combined
Oak Hills team with Bridgetown and Delhi. Practices and matches are
held at OHHS. All participants must have passed 75% of their classes
from the previous quarter. There is a participation fee.
Coach: Ms. Gould
BASKETBALL
Rapid Run offers basketball for any 7th and 8th grade student interested in tryouts for the team. Tryouts are held in late October or early November. The teams participate in the Greater Miami Conference and play 13 games during the regular season followed by a post-season tournament. All participants must be academically eligible. There is a participation fee.
Girls’ Coaches: Mr.
Sowders
Boys’ Coaches: Mr. Roberts and
Mr. Tribble
TRACK AND FIELD
Track and Field is a spring sport available to all
7th and 8th grade boys and girls interested in participating. Practices
are held daily (Monday-Thursday) from 2:30-3:45. There are several events
available from the one mile run to the shot put. Track is a team sport
that also focuses on individual achievement. There is a participation
fee and all athletes must be academically eligible.
Coaches: Mr. Sowders