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Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell knows his Spartans have targets on their backs after their Class 2 state semifinal run in 2021. “We’ve had enough success in the last two years – two or three years even – that people are recognizing us, and they certainly know who we are,” Persell said Aug.

This fall, Kennedy Wrisinger hopes to complete a hat trick in varsity girls golf: She hopes to qualify for state competition for the third time. The Richmond senior qualified for state in Class 1 in 2020 and 2021.

Richmond varsity volleyball coach Crystal Turner and her Spartans are ready to defeat some Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC) West Division teams. “We want to take down Carrollton,” Turner said Aug.

Richmond’s cross country coaching staff has done some role reversal this season. Sara Dalle, the head coach the past two seasons, has switched from that position to assistant coach.

Richmond varsity softball coach Staci Maddux probably won’t lose sleep if circumstances force her to change her lineup this season. “We’re very deep in multiple positions,” Maddux said Aug.

The Bearcats are adding some defensive wrinkles in Kirk Thacker’s second season of leading Orrick’s varsity 8-man football program. During the first week of fall sports practices, the Bearcats were “learning two new defenses,” Thacker said during an Aug.

Varsity coach Andrew Watson has found a few reasons to be upbeat as he starts his second season of leading the Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) co-op 8-man football program. One reason is the turnout.

Hardin-Central softball coach Brandee Doyle and her Bulldogs won’t have much time to rest the first week of the regular season. As Doyle reminded the Bulldogs after their Aug.