RICHMOND – The final play of the Spartans’ 67-65 nail-biting win Monday over visiting Knob Noster was an if-you-blinked-you-missed-it moment. With 1.8 seconds left and the Missouri River Valley Conference East Division varsity boys basketball meeting knotted at 65, Knob Noster got the ball on its baseline following a Richmond turnover.
HARDIN – Alexis Yockel could sense the pressure when she went to the free throw line for the last time Monday. Yockel and her Hardin-Central teammates led Southwest of Livingston County 40-39 when she was fouled with 3 seconds left in the Class 1 District 13 varsity girls basketball meeting at Hardin-Central.
HARDIN – The Bulldogs’ Feb. 20 Class 1 District 13 Tournament meeting with visiting Santa Fe was not decided in the fourth quarter, when Santa Fe staged an 11-3 run and handed them a 55-43 season-ending loss, Hardin-Central coach Brent Behler and junior guard Mason Freece agreed.
ORRICK – When Dylan Comstock made a two-point shot with 6 minutes, 7 seconds left in Orrick’s Class 1 District 13 meeting Tuesday with visiting Norborne, the crowd erupted. Comstock’s bucket prompted the reaction not because it was a gamechanger.
RICHMOND – Future snow days could become online education days for Richmond students, based on students having access to Chromebook computers and the internet, Superintendent Greg Darling said. “We are working toward that,” he said.