SPORTS BRIEFS

LITTLE RAIDER OF THE SWAMP

Rice Consolidated Independent School District elementary students are invited to run through the tunnel leading the Varsity Raiders football team onto the field. Interested students should wear blue and be at the gate by the tunnel at 7:05 p.m. each Friday home game. Game admission fees still apply.

RICE HIGH SCHOOL WELCOMES NEW COACH 

Rice High School has welcomed Troy Lumpkin as a new U.S. history teacher and a coach for football and basketball. Lumpkin received education from George Mason State University and previously lived in North Pole, Alaska.