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RICHMOND – Coach Nick Persell knew his Spartans needed to win at least one of this week’s games with Holden for an outright Missouri River Valley Conference East Division varsity baseball championship.

WARRENSBURG – The Spartans are Missouri River Valley Conference East Division Tournament champions again in boys golf. Led by an 85 (+15) by senior Reece Wrisinger, Richmond shot a combined 360 – 16 strokes lower than runner-up Knob Noster – to claim the tournament title Monday at Mules National Golf Club.

HIGGINSVILLE – A flesh wound could not stop Richmond senior Evan Vandiver from winning the boys 800-meter run Tuesday at the Missouri River Valley Conference East track and field championships at Lafayette County of Higginsville.

RICHMOND – A seventh-inning rally Tuesday, capped by Jack Gogue’s monster walk-off RBI hit and celebratory bat and helmet flips, put the Spartans a game closer to clinching the Missouri River Valley Conference East Division baseball title.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The wind befriended Kaylee Pugh at last week’s Mineral Water Classic when the Richmond sophomore ran her leg of the 400-meter relay. Taking the baton from leadoff runner Abrey Oldham, Pugh zipped down the straightaway.

RICHMOND – Richmond coach Murray Dennis wished his Spartans would have given the three seniors on their varsity boys golf team a better sendoff Monday. Monday was Senior Day, with the Spartans facing Knob Noster and Orrick in a triangular at Shirkey Golf Course.

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RICHMOND – Golf coach Murray Dennis watched his Spartans sweep Tuesday’s Missouri River Valley Conference East Division varsity triangular with Lafayette County of Higginsville and Lexington while playing once again in subpar weather.