ERHS Boys Soccer Claims County Championship

The Ragin' Raiders continued their winning streak Wednesday as they beat the 3A/2A/1A champion Central 4-0 for the Prince George's County Championship. Goals were scored by Michael Beard, Adam Quigley, Oscar Campos, and Roderick.

Now ERHS looks ahead to the state tournament next week. Seeded third in the south region, the Raiders will play the winner of the Laurel/Oxon Hill game.

Soccer Playoff Draw Complete - ERHS 3rd Seed in South Region

The draw for the state soccer tournament was held midday today. The Raiders' boys soccer team will be seeded third in the south region and play the winner of the Laurel/Oxon Hill game. The entire bracket is here.

Bladensburg Loses to Parkdale; ERHS Guaranteed No. 1 Seed

The headline says it all. Bladensburg soccer lost to Parkdale this week and that means the Mustangs have 2 losses. ERHS has only one game remaining, against Suitland. The game likely will not count in the seeding process, but since the Raiders have only one loss on the season they will get the number 1 seed in the county 4A standings. They will play the top team from 3A/2A/1A for the county championship next Wednesday at High Point.

ERHS vs. Suitland Postponed

The final game of the season for the Raiders' boys soccer team has been postponed. There was some anxiety for the Roosevelt players on whether they would even get a CHANCE to play Suitland since there was talk that Suitland might disband due to their embarrassing season. The Raiders NEED this game to be played in order to have a chance for the top seed in the county and an opportunity to play for the county championship.

Score from Tuesday - Girls vs. Flowers: 3-0. Boys vs. Flowers: 1-0

ERHS Soccer Slips Past Parkdale; High Point Loses

Roosevelt came from behind to beat Parkdale today 2-1 after trailing at halftime 1-0. Also, Bowie beat High Point so that means the Raiders are in sole possession of the number 1 seed in the county! They play Flowers and Suitland to close the season...

Hopper Featured in The Gazette

Article on Jeff Hopper's mad throwing skills can be found here.

Jeff Hopper Scores

Rene Pizarro Close Call

Adam Quigley's Near Miss

State Champs Held Scoreless

In front of a record crowd at Roosevelt Field the ERHS boys soccer team played its best game of the season. This, too, against the defending Maryland 4A State Champion Bowie Bulldogs. The Raiders definitely looked motivated, as they used the home crowd to their advantage in shutting out the Bulldogs.

"There's no way to describe it, the crowd being there...awesome," said junior midfielder Rene Pizarro about the support given to the team by the fans. In what was expected to be a close, hard-fought game, Roosevelt dominated. Senior forward Michael Beard took a throw-in from fellow senior Jeff Hopper and headed it right into the goal to give ERHS an early 1-0 lead in the first half.

Early in the second half junior Teo Wilkening took a long lob pass that went over the goalkeeper and put it in the net easily. Later Hopper added some insurance as he put the Raiders up 3-0. ERHS goalkeeper Chris Bonnell was not as busy as expected. Bowie did not have many shots on target in the game as Roosevelt's defense stepped up.

The crowd was treated to an intense game two of the doubleheader. The girls team got an early lead on Bowie and looked like they would come out victorious. But in the second half the Bulldogs evened it up and the game went back and forth until the final four minutes.

Roosevelt senior Janice Johnson was fouled in the box and kicked the penalty shot into the top left corner of the net. But the goal was disallowed on a questionable call for a player stepping into the penalty box. Johnson took another shot, but this time missed high.

With the game still tied with just over a minute left a streaking Bowie player was knocked down close to the goalkeeper's box. Instead of a free kick, she was allowed a penalty shot one-on-one with the ERHS goalie. The Bulldogs scored and the Raiders did not have enough time to work with as Bowie pulled out another close game against the Lady Raiders.

ERHS Football Slips Past DuVal

The Raiders won a close contest at DuVal today, 28-22. ERHS travels to Oxon Hill next Saturday, with the Homecoming game being on the 17th against Bowie.

ERHS Soccer Downs Oxon Hill

The long trip to southern PG County did not phase the Raiders on Friday as they handled the Clippers 10-0 (Girls) and 8-0 (Boys). The boys team is now riding a four game winning streak into Tuesday's contest with Bowie, while the girls team has not lost since the second game of the season.

On a related note Bowie's boys team is on a two game losing streak (Parkdale and Bladensburg).