Sports

HIGGINSVILLE – Richmond varsity basketball coach Kaylee Vantrump saw improvement in her Spartans during their 42-24 loss to Odessa Monday night in the Husker Classic. Vantrump, however, would like to see more improvement.

Orrick varsity girls basketball coach Jonathan Kinder shared some information with his Bearcats after their 35-26 victory Nov. 30 over visiting Southwest of Livingston County.

Chris Harbison got a thrill the night of Nov. 30.

will have a shorter distance to travel for his second bowl game appearance than he did for his first. Elliott, a 2022 Richmond graduate, will play for New Mexico State University in the New Mexico Bowl.

Richmond’s Elijah Sanders has the chance to finish his senior wrestling season the same way he finished his junior season: as a state champion. Sanders won the Class 1 157-pound title in February, giving the Spartans their first state champion since 2008.

Tommy Burton, Hardin-Central’s new varsity girls basketball coach, found he didn’t have to do much refresher work with his Bulldogs when preseason practices began in late October. “When the (winter sports) season came around, we were … full go,” said Burton, a Hardin-Central alumnus, following a Nov.

Hardin-Central had a coaching turnover between varsity boys basketball seasons. The Bulldogs, however, had little player turnover.