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From soccer fields to the speedway

Photos by Julianne Tripp Hillian/ Richmond Free Press | 8/28/2025, 6 p.m.
At an event hosted by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation with sponsor Gainbridge, participants rotated through skill stations for passing, …
Ahmel, 5, kicks a ball through a race car tire at a soccer clinic Friday, Aug. 15, at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond on Bainbridge Street in South Side.

At a soccer clinic hosted by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation with sponsor Gainbridge, participants rotated through skill stations for passing, dribbling, shooting and scrimmaging. The Gainbridge Super League, a Division I professional women’s soccer league, was the primary sponsor of Justin Haley’s No. 7 Chevrolet ZL1 for Richmond Raceway’s Saturday night NASCAR Cup Series race on Aug. 16. 

Standing from left: Ahki, 8; Bryn Shane, program coordinator at the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation; and Josiah, 9. Sitting: Wallace, 8; Neiko, 4; and Carter, 8.

Haley and the league also donated a set of signed race tires to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.  

Wallace, 8,  Carter, 8 and Neiko, 4, take part in a soccer clinic Friday, Aug. 15, at the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Richmond on Bainbridge Street in South Side.