Sports

ORRICK – Zach McGill is taking a fundamentals-oriented approach in his firs season as Orrick’s varsity girls basketball coach. “All aspects of the game, we need to work on – and that’s just part of being young and having minimal numbers right now with COVID going on,” McGill said Nov.

HARDIN – Morgan Bishop is new to being a head Hardin-Central varsity basketball coach, but not to coaching Hardin-Central basketball. Bishop moved up to varsity from the junior high program.

As prep winter sports get underway, I am filled with wonder. Not Buddy the Elf-like awestruck wonder that has me thinking, “Wow, winter sports are here!” More like a befuddled wonder that has me thinking, “I wonder what it will be like covering winter sports in a COVID-19 world.” There are specific issues I wonder about, too, as I enter this strange, new sports world.

NO. 59, Tanner Bennett, is out front to plow the field against Chillicothe. A step behind him, Reuben Long also clears the way for quarterback Keyshaun Elliott’s run through the defense. On this play, Elliott carries in the winning score from 29 yards out. Elliott throws or runs for seven touchdowns, breaking Richmond’s single-season TD record as the Spartans score the most points in three years in their 62-35 playoff win.

RICHMOND – A seesaw playoff battle marked by five first-half lead swaps that left the Spartans holding a scanty 24-21 lead against Chillicothe turned into a fourth-quarter romp, as Richmond’s offense cranked out the most team points in three years to capture a 62-35 win.

HARDIN – COVID-19 has ended Norborne Hardin-Central’s varsity 8-man football season. NHC coach and Richmond High School alumnus Kirk Thacker stated Nov.

Poor Gregg Williams. That thought crossed my mind before my beloved Kansas City Chiefs faced the winless New York Jets, for whom Williams serves as defensive coordinator.