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INDEPENDENCE – Van Horn’s defense made it difficult for Richmond to get something going offensively, coach Nick Persell acknowledged after his Spartans’ 29-12 Sept. 15 road loss in varsity 11-man football.

Richmond nearly staged a comeback victory over Wellington-Napoleon in varsity volleyball. Trailing 24-14 in the third set of the Sept.

Orrick 8-man football fans might see some players in different positions than usual Friday night, when the Bearcats host Northwest of Hughesville for homecoming. They also might see a different offense than usual.

In Week 4 of the varsity 8-man football season, Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) showed it could take away the football. Often.

When Jayden Allnutt and her fellow Spartans got a bit of a scare during the final set of their Sept. 7 road varsity volleyball match with Orrick, they knew what to do.

An attitude change helped Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) cruise to a 70-34 win Sept. 8 over Slater at Hardin-Central, Denver Douglas and Jaden Barrett agreed.

Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker and offensive/defensive lineman Tucker Greer are confident the Bearcats will get their fortunes reversed. The Bearcats are 0-3 entering Friday’s home meeting with Braymer/ Breckenridge – the first-ever 0-3 start for Thacker in a coaching career that has included leading Hardin-Central’s 8-man program and then the Norborne Hardin-Central 8-man co-op, he said.