The Racine Raiders held two successful mini-camps on consecutive Saturdays, May 3 and May 10. Each camp was attended by between 40 and 50 players, both rookies and veterans. Many veteran players are still playing indoor football and plan on returning to the team once their season is done in mid-June.
Players were run through routine position drills and also ran some organized plays in seven-on-seven drills.
The Kane County (Ill) Eagles ended the Raiders North American Football League (NAFL) playoff run early Saturday night by beating the Raiders 48-17 in front of nearly 2,000 extremely disappointed fans at Historic Horlick Field. The Raiders now must decide whether they will enter the United States Football Association (USFA) Midwest Football Tournament, which they won in 2006 by beating the Detroit (Mich) Seminoles.
The Racine Raiders are once again offering three, $500 scholarships to deserving Racine-area high school seniors in 2008. The scholarships are based on a number of criteria, including: ACT score, grade-point average, class rank, involvement in school programs, involvement in community activities, future goals, and need.