Sports

CONCORDIA – Orrick softball fans got to see the Bearcats display their 2024 jerseys in their last game of 2023. The Bearcats wore the black jerseys with yellow letters and numbers on May 5, when they fell to Kingsville 17-1 in four innings in the Class 1 District 8 Tournament at the Concordia Ballpark Complex.

With the postseason quickly approaching, Richmond varsity baseball coach Nick Persell sees his Spartans peaking at the right time. “We all knew early that … there would be some growing pains with some inexperience on our team and it would take some time for us to work some of that out.

MOVING ON Some Hardin-Central athletes will make a road trip Saturday to Plattsburg. They’ll make the trip to compete in the Class 1 Sectional 4 track and field championships.

Brett Terry did not have to wait long to get his second dual win as Richmond’s boys tennis coach. On April 27, also Senior Night, the Spartans edged Carrollton 5-4 at Maurice Roberts Park – 15 days after they had cruised past Cameron 8-1 to get Terry victory No.

CARROLLTON – Kaylee King’s win in the girls 110-meter high hurdles Monday at the Missouri River Valley Conference East Division championships in Carrollton gave her a chance to monitor her progress in the event.

CARROLLTON – Richmond can claim another Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC) East Division title. This time, it’s in middle school boys track.

Richmond coach Murray Dennis couldn’t fault his Spartans for lack of consistency when they played in the Richmond Invitational April 28 at Shirkey Golf Course. Of the four Spartans whose individual scores counted toward the team score and the team’s five total varsity golfers, three had even splits for the front nine and the back nine.

CARROLLTON – When Richmond sprinter Genevieve Didier received the baton for the final leg of the girls 1,600-meter relay at the Bruce Finlayson Invitational, she and her fellow Spartans were in a close race with Lafayette County of Higginsville. When she finished her leg, they weren’t.