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POSTSEASON TIME Richmond wrestling coach Cody Hogan and his Spartans are turning their focus to the postseason. The Richmond varsity girls are slated to compete Friday and Saturday at Kearney in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament.

Literally speaking, there wasn’t a lid covering the basket whenever Richmond shot from the field during its 4637 loss in the Richmond Winter Classic girls title game with Lawson. Metaphorically speaking, there was, Richmond coach Kaylee Vantrump, and teammates Adilyn Swope and Candiace Claypole agreed.

Rebounding hurt Richmond in its 61-40 loss to Bishop LeBlond in the Richmond Winter Classic boys title game, Spartans coach Brent Behler acknowledged. “When you let a good team shoot two to three times a possession, you’re going to struggle to win and we did that, consistently.

When Orrick needed players to make clutch plays in its 40-37 win over Hardin-Central in varsity boys basketball, Parker Floyd and Tucker Greer answered the call. Floyd first got the call when the Jan.

Richmond junior Genevieve Didier almost made a clutch game-tying free throw Monday night – less than a week after making some game-winning free throws. With 2.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Richmond’s meeting with Cameron and the Spartans trailing 57-55, Didier was fouled and awarded two foul shots.

‘A LOT OF GRIT’ Richmond wrestling coach Cody Hogan liked the character he saw from Liam Hyder at the 28th annual Alan Isom Invitational – and the week leading up to it. Competing at 126 pounds, Hyder fought his way to a division title at the Jan.

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For Richmond teammates Dryden Hendrix and Nolan Quick, winning the boys title for this year’s Lawson Invitational was a reminder to stay hungry and humble. “It’s cool to win this tournament, but we (have) got bigger goals in mind,” said Hendrix, a sophomore, minutes after the Spartans’ 74-59 Jan.