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Baseball: Finishing with a flurry

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Thursday, May 6. 2010
MCHS wins last seven games, just misses playoffs Turning in the jerseys while on a seven-game winning streak was a hard thing for a revitalized Madison County baseball team to do. With a 4-0 victory over Winder-Barrow last Wednesday (April 28) in their season finale, the surging Red Raiders (15-11, 12-8) ended the year one game out of fourth ... [Full Story »] 

MCHS golf girls finish eighth in Class AAAA

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Thursday, May 6. 2010
The Madison County High School girls’ golf team didn’t meet its goal of a top-five finish, but coach Doug Kesler offered his own take on the Lady Raiders’ eighth-place showing. “We had an Elite Eight finish I guess you could say,” he said. Led by Kelsey Hochstetler’s 90, Madison County shot a 183 Monday at Indian Mound Golf Course ... [Full Story »] 

Red Raiders reach round two

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Friday, April 30. 2010
The Madison County boys' tennis team defended its home court and earned a long-awaited spot in the second round of the state tournament in the process. The program qualified for its first Sweet 16 since 2006 by edging Whitewater 3-2 last Thursday (April 22) in Danielsville. The Red Raiders lost two of three singles matches but swept doubles ... [Full Story »] 

MCHS ladies back in Sweet 16 after brief hiatus

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Friday, April 30. 2010
Consider the Madison County High School girls’ tennis team back in familiar territory. The squad clinched a spot in the Sweet 16 last Thursday (April 22) after being knocked out in the first round last year. Shrugging off an April 16 loss in the region championship, the no. 2 seeded Lady Raiders (16-2) downed no. 3 seed Whitewater 4-1 in the ... [Full Story »] 

Baseball: Late-season surge

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Friday, April 30. 2010
Once looking like Region 8-AAAA castoffs, Madison County entered its season finale bidding for the playoffs. The team’s slim postseason hopes hung in the balance at press time Wednesday. Madison County was slated to play Winder-Barrow that afternoon. The Red Raiders (14-11, 11-8), who thumped Cedar Shoals 12-2 Monday, entered their final game ... [Full Story »] 

Hall accounts for all of MCHS’s points at region meet

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Friday, April 30. 2010
Alexis Hall won the Region 8-AAAA long jump last week with a leap of 17’5” en route to scoring all 21 of Madison County’s points. She added a fifth-place finish in the triple jump (34’.5”) and a third-place finish in the 100-meter finals. The Lady Raiders finished 11th in 8-AAAA. Hall will compete in the long jump in the state meet in ...

Lady Raiders run away with title

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Thursday, April 22. 2010
Boggs is 8-AAAA low medalist The Madison County High School girls’ golf team easily possessed enough firepower to win a region title without record-setting performances. But it got the career rounds anyway. Cortney Boggs shot a school-record 86 to earn 8-AAAA low medalist honors, and Kelsey Hochstetler added an 88 as Madison County won its ... [Full Story »] 

Title time?

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Thursday, April 22. 2010
MCHS boys’ track team shoots for first region championship The Madison County High School boys’ track team offered a bold prediction to first-year coach Jamie Sims when the squad met prior to the start of the season. “Our kids told me that I didn’t need to worry about being nervous as a new head coach and that they would win me a ... [Full Story »] 

Red Raiders stopped in title match

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Thursday, April 22. 2010
The Madison County boys’ tennis team didn’t win a region title this year but doesn’t plan to be strangers to the Region 8-AAAA finals. The Red Raiders, who fell 3-1 to Heritage Friday in the region title match, have a bright future ahead of them, coach Keith Strickland said. “We are very young and look forward to building on what we ... [Full Story »] 

Finals streak continues, but no trophy for MCHS girls

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Thursday, April 22. 2010
The Madison County girls’ tennis team achieved one major goal but didn’t have enough left in the tank to fulfill the other. The Lady Raiders (15-3, 12-1) ran their streak of consecutive region finals appearances — an often-referenced point of pride for the program — to 13 but appeared to be a little drained by the time it played ... [Full Story »] 
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