For Trent Thompson, Richmond is like home. Thompson, a former high school and college baseball player, is Richmond’s new varsity softball coach. He succeeds Staci Maddux, now the Richmond Middle School assistant principal. He joins the Spartans after a stint at East High School in Kansas City. “I’m glad to get out of that area,” he said. “I had tried to recruit two years in a row (for) softball. Got new equipment, couldn’t get enough girls out.” By contrast, Richmond reminds Thompson of Nevada, a town of about 8,000 in southwestern Missouri, where he graduated from high school – and where he briefly played for the Nevada Griffons, a summer baseball team for college-age players. “Kind of similar country,” Thompson said. Attitudes toward softball in Richmond also remind Thompson of Nevada. “You can tell the girls want to be here,” Thompson said. In addition, Richmond softball parents are supportive, according to Thompson. “Such a nice thing,” he said. And unlike Thompson’s…