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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Riverview Basketball Volunteers At Habitat Sarasota Home

The Riverview High School Rams traded dribbling basketball to dabbling paint for a good cause Saturday afternoon.

The Riverview High School Rams basketball team gave a new meaning to "playing in the paint" Saturday morning when they helped paint a Habitat For Humanity Sarasota home. While it was fun for players, it wasn't necessarily playing though, as the teenagers spent hours applying coat after coat on walls, trims and molding at 4227 Larkin St. "I think building a house would have been really cool, not gonna lie, but I'm cool with the painting aspect of it," said Lex Sayre, an 11th grader and member of the Rams. "Keep it simple." The team volunteered in exchange for a team sponsorship from the Havener Financial Group of Janney Montgomery Scott, which it's equally as thankful for. "I mentioned to them that we really, really wanted to do a community…

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Johnson's Rams Snap Skid

Playing its first home game of the 2011 season and its first regular-season home game under head coach Todd Johnson, the Riverview High football team snapped a three-game losing streak Friday night.

Final: Riverview 36, Braden River 7 Recap: Capitalizing off eight Braden River turnovers, host Riverview gave alum Todd Johnson his first victory as a high school head football coach Friday night. The Rams took a lead they would never relinquish when freshman Karon Higdon capped an 11-play, 78-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run. A little more than two minutes later, Evan Potoka booted a 27-yard field goal on the final play of the first half. Although Riverview intercepted four passes and recovered four fumbles, it had difficulty holding onto the football. Quarterback Tater Williams recovered his own fumble and ran for a 1-yard touchdown to give the Rams a 19-7 lead. Wide receiver Jeremy Jones registered a touchdown by recovering …

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