ERHS Demolishes Northwestern; Bowie Next

The Raiders had a good prac--, I mean, game today against Northwestern, beating the Wildcats 7-2. Next week ERHS battles defending state champion Bowie Bulldogs. The game will be at 3pm on Tuesday, October 6. WEAR WHITE!!

Goals:

Michael Beard - 2

Jeff Hopper - 2

Ramone Cameron - 2

Adam Quigley - 1

Bowie in a week!!....but first there's Northwestern

Yeah we're all eagerly awaiting next Tuesday when Bowie comes to town, but there is another matter at hand first. Both the boys and girls travel to Northwestern tomorrow afternoon. If the boys win they will carry a three game winning streak to the Bowie game. The girls have not lost since the Roosevelt Invitational at the start of the season.

ERHS Loses Close Game to Rival Wise

By Christon Quashie

Staff Writer

The Raider

In a defensive game, the Dr. Henry A. Wise High Pumas pulled out with a win in a close and competitive match up against the Eleanor Roosevelt High School Raiders on Friday afternoon.

With many people at Eleanor Roosevelt to witness two of the top teams in the county facing off, the anticipation of this much-hyped game was felt all around.

Also two of the top defenses in the county the Pumas and Raiders lived up to their much talked about defense. The teams headed into halftime 0-0, as there were lots of big hits and great tackling.

Looking for offensive, Wise marched down the field in the 3^rd quarter and scored, but failed on the conversion, which put them in the lead 6-0.

Recovering a fumble in the opening minutes of the 4^th quarter, the Raiders looked to capitalize on the turnover, but were unable to. Still playing aggressive defensive, the Raiders did not allow the Pumas to score on a crucial 4^th quarter drive where the Pumas drove down the field led by a powerful running attack.

With 2:09 left and the ball on the 7-yard line, sophomore quarterback Shawn Petty fumbled the football and Wise recovered. Not giving up, the defensive got the ball back for the Raiders offensive with 20 seconds deep in their own territory. After a couple of impressive catches, time simply ran out on the Raiders comeback, as the Pumas won 6-0.

Although the team lost, Raiders football coach, Thomas Green was “not disappointed” in his team’s performance and he also says this game can “work in our favor.”

As for the rest of the season, senior running back, Richard Aiyegoro simply states, “we [are] not losing anymore.” Co-leading tackler, senior Dominic Shepard believes it is back to the weight room and the team needs to continue to “work hard.” Other leading tackler Cornelius McDonald knows he needs to work on getting his “stamina right,” and with a serious look on his face, McDonald says he will “continue to be a dog on the field.”

The Raiders look to get back on the winning track against the Duval Tigers on October 3^rd at 2 PM.

Boys Soccer Comes from Behind Against DuVal

The ERHS boys soccer team played DuVal today and beat the Tigers 2-1 in come-from-behind fashion. After going down 1-0 the Raiders got goals from Jeff Hopper and Roderick "Insert last name," who just got called up from the junior varsity team.

With Bowie coming to town in just over a week, ERHS looks to build momentum as they face the Northwestern Wildcats in a road contest on Tuesday. Junior midfielder Rene Pizarro knows not to get too excited for Bowie. "[I'm] very pumped, but we have to take it step by step." Pizarro will be questionable for Tuesday's game due to his ankle. He says his focus for the next few days will be to get his ankle healed to be able to play against the Wildcats.

UPDATE: Good news for Roosevelt. Senior Robbie Stewart, who has missed the entire season so far due to his back, might be able to play either this week against Northwestern or the following week against Bowie. Huge plus for the Raiders.

Wise Defeats Roosevelt

Wise beat ERHS for a second consecutive time on Friday, 6-0. Last year's score of 12-6 and this year's score shows how evenly-matched these teams are defensively. The Pumas got the best of the Raiders again and this time shut them out. Let's see how ERHS comes back from this next Friday at Duval.

Busy Friday

3 games on Friday. The football team will try to avenge their loss to Wise in the playoffs last year as they face the Pumas at 3pm at home. Down the street at Duval around the same time, the girls soccer team will play the Tigers followed by the boys team at 5pm.

Final score 4-0 raiders

Game over. Final score 4-0 Ragin Raiders

Chris Bonnell scores! He sprinted to the ball and beat the goalie cleanly

Rene scores. 3-0 roose

Darius scores! Great run by him and Oscar and Darius shot across his body on the top left corner. 2-0 Ragin Raiders

Halftime. 1-0 Roose

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Adam as goalie

Will Fisher just missed point blank

Chris Bonnell is back in the game as mid. He took Adams number 6 jersey

And Quigley has replaced Chris as keeper

This Wise goalie can not kick. It looks like a punt

Quigley is warming up in goalkeeper uniform. Thatd be something

1-0 Raiders

Nothing too much going on right now. Everyone seems to be in cruise control

Here live at the Wise game. Kallas said the first 11 guys to show up at the field get to start. Lets see what happens

Wise Tomorrow for Soccer Teams

The varsity soccer teams come back home tomorrow against Henry Wise. The boys have the early game this time (3:30pm) and the girls have the late game (5pm). Everyone SHOULD be at the field supporting their team, but if extenuating circumstances come up I will be blogging from at least the boys game tomorrow. So come check the blog around 3:30 and keep refreshing for constant updates!

Mitch Kempisty Touchdown

ERHS Football Continues Shut-out Streak

Through three games this season the football team still has not allowed a point. Yesterday the Raiders crushed High Point 57-0 on the road in Beltsville.

Week 1: @ Bladensburg - 49-0

Week 2: vs. Laurel - 14-0

Week3: @ High Point - 57-0

ERHS 120 - Opponents 0

Soccer @ High Point - Recap

Both the boys and girls were at High Point today. The girls got another clean sheet, 6-0, while the boys were beaten 2-0. The boys are now 3-3 on the season and are coming home for their September 22 match against Wise.

Ramone Cameron Goal Against Laurel

Doubleheader Against Laurel: Recap

Today was a home game for both the boys and girls soccer teams. They both played Laurel and both won. The boys game was played in pouring rain, maybe the reason it was so low scoring.

Boys: 2-1

Girls: 8-0

Weekend Scores

Okay enough boys soccer stuff. Here are the results of a couple other games from this weekend.

Girls soccer blanked Bladensburg 9-0 on Friday. I mean, I know Bladensburg is bad but goodness.

Football beat Laurel 14-0. 14-0? After last week's 49-0? Offense needs to step it up, defense continues to look as strong as last season.

Raiders Lose to Kenwood in Final

Roosevelt lost the final of the Glen Burnie Boys Soccer Invitational 3-2 against Kenwood. Kenwood scored a late equalizer and then took the game in extra time. The Raiders next game will be their home opener on Tuesday against Laurel.

Raiders Bounce Back Against Meade

After Tuesday night’s heartbreaking loss to Chesapeake, the Eleanor Roosevelt High boys soccer team rebounded at the Glen Burnie High Boys Soccer Invitational Saturday. The Raiders won 3-0 in their first game against Meade.

Roosevelt got goals from junior Rene Pizarro, sophomore Awa Dulleh, and senior captain Adam Quigley. The first two goals were scored on quick breaks after clears from the Raiders’ defensive zone. Some excellent passes allowed for one-on-one’s between the forward and the goalkeeper.

Quigley’s goal came on a penalty kick after streaking Jeff Hopper was fouled from behind near the goalkeeper’s box. The captain went 1 for 2 in PK’s for the game.

After Pizarro’s quick strike the Raiders offense seemed to be in cruise control as they let the Mustangs get in scoring position on several occasions. The defense was outstanding for ERHS as they cleared nearly ever Meade opportunity. There were a few close calls, though, including a shot that slipped out from ERHS goalkeeper Stephen Sexton’s grab and was picked up by a Mustang forward. As he worked to get the ball under control junior Oneal Cunanan pounced and cleared the ball for the Raiders. The play was reminiscent of senior captain Harif Balogun’s big clear against Bladensburg in the opener.

After this tournament the Raiders will finally come home for their opener against Laurel. This game also marks the first county game since the opener a week ago. The home fans will get to see their Raiders, who will come home with a winning record, for the first time on Tuesday.

Article in The Gazette

I guess the team's becoming pretty popular around town. Here's an article from The Gazette about the boys against Bladensburg. It's focused on Awa, they say he scored the second goal when it was clearly Jordan that scored. Oh well, it's good press. Looking forward to more publicity as the season goes on.

Awa scores to make it 2-0

Awa's goal

Game over. Final score 3-0 Ragin Raiders. Goals by Rene, Awa, and Adam

Awa is off with an injury. Tried to beat the keeper to the ball and tripped

Ball slipped through Stephens hands. Meade forward couldnt find the goal behind him. Stephen came back and pounced on the ball. Great save

Great ball movement between awa and jeff. Save by keeper

My goodness what a game. Stephen just gave up a huge rebound but Oneal was there to clear it away from the shooter. That was a SURE goal. Like Harif before

Penalty on hoppers shot. Adam scores on the pk

Raiders just cant seem to get it to their offensive zone. Shot by Meade goes wide. Halftime. 2-0 Roosevelt

Ive been getting number 12 Jordan confused with mike beard. My bad

Another great play by hopper and beard. Save by the goalie

Seems like michael beard is playing in a forward position

Defense looks solid. Hopper with a close miss on a breakaway

Goal by Awa. 2-0

Stephen and the defense made great saves to stop lots of shots just now

Just got to the games. And Rene just scored against Meade

Glen Burnie High School Boys Soccer Invitational

More out-of-county matchups coming up for the boys as they travel to Glen Burnie this Saturday for the GBHS Boys Soccer Invitational. They will play three teams: Glen Burnie, Kenwood, and Meade starting at 9am.

Roosevelt vs. Chesapeake

The boys lost to Chesapeake today 4-3. Striker Awa scored two goals for the Raiders and Rene Pizarro added another goal. Chesapeake scored in the final minute of the game to break a 3-3 tie. The Raiders were missing captain and goalkeeper Chris Bonnell and defenseman Harif Balogun for this game. Stephen Sexton started at goalkeeper. Chesapeake went 12-3-1 last season.

More detailed ER @ Bladensburg recap on DigitalSports

I was told to submit all of my writings to DigitalSports, and they approved my Bladensburg piece. Here's the link.

Offense Goes Wild as ERHS Football Crushes Bladensburg

Speaking of season openers against Bladensburg, the Roosevelt football team demolished the Mustangs 49-0 on Saturday. This is a huge win for a team that was expected to be weak offensively this season after losing great talent from the 2009 class. Next game is the home opener next Saturday at 2pm against Laurel. Tell your friends...

Roosevelt vs. Bladensburg: Clean Sheet to Start Things Off

If there wasn't reason enough to be excited about this team and this season, now there is another. ERHS blanked Bladensburg 2-0 in the 2009 season opener. Goals were scored by senior Adam Quigley and junior Jordan Horelien. Captain and goalkeeper Chris Bonnell had a clean sheet.

This is the first time the Raiders have beaten the Mustangs in years. Next game is out-of-county against Chesapeake on Wednesday, September 9th.

Bonnell and fellow senior Harif Balogun will miss the game as they will be in Wyoming on a research trip.

Season starts tomorrow!!

Friday, September 4th, 2009

3:30pm

ERHS @ Bladensburg

Will have score and recap shortly after the end of the game. Photos and videos will start when the team comes home against Laurel.