Sports

Former Richmond teacher and coach Ken Simmons did something June 8 during the Richmond High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony he had never done: introduce two inductees in an evening. First, Simmons introduced his daughter, Ashley (Simmons) Smith – one of three individuals inducted for athletic achievements not involving 11man football.

Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) varsity 8-man football coach Andrew Watson and his Aggies recently got to train where the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs sometimes train. On June 7-8, the Aggies participated in a multiteam camp at Missouri Western State University.

Monday’s losses to Braymer and Stewartsville/Osborn in summer-league play at Lawson provided Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball coach August Hoeper with additional reminders that his Bulldogs are undergoing a learning curve.

CARROLLTON – A change of pace helped Richmond conclude Monday’s River Valley Shootout play with a win, teammates Emma Hash, Candiace Claypole and Maya Griffin agreed. After leading Norborne 18-11 at halftime, the Spartans saw their lead shrink to 18-16 early in the second half and responded with a scoring tear.

Norman Bowman has won a race against time. For years, Bowman had attempted to get the 1962 Richmond varsity football team inducted into the Richmond High School (RHS) Athletic Hall of Fame, he said.

Jonathon Harris left Orrick High School as a state champion. Harris, who graduated May 12, won the boys 110-meter high hurdles at the Class 1 state track and field meet, held May 1718 at Jefferson City High School.

First, Richmond’s varsity baseball season hovered in limbo because of the weather. Then, it hung in limbo because of a deficit to Marshall.