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Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker and his Bearcats got defensive this week. Or rather, they focused on defense for their latest team camp.

A new area competitive softball program is already looking to expand. The program, the Ray County Firecrackers, launched this year with a 10-and-under (10U) team.

On July 13, Orrick varsity girls basketball coach Jonathan Kinder and assistant coach Chase Sims noticed a change in their Bearcats. In scrimmaging against Hardin-Central that day during a combined practice in the Orrick High School gym, the Bearcats were more confident than they had been during a June combined practice hosted by Hardin-Central, Kinder and Sims agreed.

When Richmond’s 2022 varsity 11-man football season ended in November, Chris Webb couldn’t wait to put on his uniform again. “(I) just (wanted to) be on the field and get back with the boys – get back to playing football,” he said.

Of the three summers Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) varsity coach Andrew Watson has led the Aggies’ 8-man football team camps, the first camp this summer has been the best, he said, in terms of comprehensiveness.

ST. JOSEPH – Years from now, when J.W. Doyle and Kobe Gibson reflect on participating in the 2023 Missouri 8-Man Football Coaches Association All-Star Game, they’ll probably remember how they were part of a 22-20 comeback victory by the Green All-Stars.

Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans are ready for a break. They’re about to get one.

Jonathan Kinder, Orrick’s new varsity girls basketball coach, needed to find a way to get his Bearcats some game-like reps this summer. Thanks to Hardin-Central, he found one.