RAY COUNTY – One area varsity softball team survived the first round of districts. One did not. Richmond’s season ended with a 6-1 loss to Macon Tuesday at Chillicothe in the Class 3 District 8 Tournament. The Spartans finished 14-15 – their first losing season since 2018, when they finished 11-14. The district appearance followed an Oct. 9 appearance in the Benton Tournament in St. Joseph. Richmond went 2-2, defeating Bishop LeBlond of St. Joseph 5-0 and East Buchanan 6-1, and falling to Polo 10-7 and Savannah 5-4. Hardin-Central, on the other hand, advanced to the Class 1 District 12 semifinals with an 8-3 win Tuesday over Hale/Bosworth at Norborne. “It was kind of ugly,” Doyle, a Richmond High School graduate, said. The tone of the ballgame would have been different if Monday’s rain had not affected the field, coach Brandee Doyle and senior Abby McNelly agreed. “I do feel, if the field … (were) more level and drier, we would’ve been better offensively,” McNelly said. “We…