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Busy schedule sees Mother Lode League play begin
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The varsity Riverbank football team advances the ball early in the first quarter of Mother Lode League football in the Angelo Novi Stadium on the RHS campus, on Friday, Sept. 20. Here, Wayne Reyes, 8, is the ball carrier, looking to get to the outside edge and turn the corner to advance the ball. Ric McGinnis/The News

League play began for Riverbank sports teams in their new Mother Lode League this past week, with lots of home games for the local teams.

 

Bruin Football

Boys gridiron action finally returned to the RHS Stadium on Friday, Sept. 20, when the Calaveras Red Hawks came to town to begin Mother Lode League competition.

While successful in the preseason, getting two wins by shutout, Riverbank fell in the home league opener. After scoring the first touchdown to go up 7-0, the Bruins were ultimately overwhelmed by the Red Hawks, 55-7. They play at Summerville in Tuolumne County this Friday, Sept. 27.

 

Flag Football

The Lady Bruins hosted the Aspire Langston Hughes Academy from Stockton on Tuesday, Sept. 17, rolling to a 14-0 victory, scoring a TD in each half, in Southern Athletic League play. They then fell short, 46-15, at Hughson, on Thursday last week. They were to play at Millenium in Lathrop on Tuesday, then travel Thursday, Sept. 26 to take on Mariposa County.

 

Lady Bruin Volleyball

The netters hosted the Lady Bears from Summerville High School in Tuolumne County on Thursday, Sept. 19. Getting stretched to a five-game match, they fell 3-2, in Mother Lode play. Riverbank lost the first, 22-25; won the second, 25-19, and the third, 25-21; then lost the last two, 21-25 and 3-15.

This week, they were to play at Linden on Tuesday, and travel to Big Valley Christian for a Thursday match, Sept. 26.

 

Bruin Teams

The cross country runners are to compete in the Mother Lode League’s first meet on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 25, in Linden. Girls golf is to play at the Mother Lode League Mid-Year Tournament at Greenhorn Creek Golf Course in Angels Camp.

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Lady Bruin Raquel Jimenez, 10, hangs on to a pass that led to a Riverbank touchdown in a flag football game on Tuesday, Sept. 17. It was the first of the 2024 Southern Athletic League season, with RHS hosting Aspire Langston Hughes Academy from Stockton. Riverbank won, 14-0. Ric McGinnis/The News
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Lady Bruin Mia Perez bumps a serve in varsity girls volleyball play on the home court on Thursday, Sept. 19. They hosted Summerville’s Lady Bears, falling in five, 3-2, in Mother Lode League action. Ric McGinnis/The News
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Riverbank High cross-country runners make practice laps around the all-weather track in the stadium on the RHS campus. Sometimes, they practice running distances through town, others, like here, they run around the track. Ric McGinnis/The News