Sports

Body The men’s World Cup has awakened the dreamer in me again.

Body Jaxon Ahart looks to test himself against other metro area prep tennis players next week. Ahart, a Richmond underclassman, is set to compete in the Summit Slam, scheduled for July 7-9 in Lee’s Summit.

Body to PRO I’m not as apathetic as I thought. The “Tartan Army” and the U.S.

Body As the Richmond News reported, the 2026 class of the Richmond Spartan Athletic Hall of Fame included members of the 2003 varsity football team and standout prep athletes of the 1980s.

Body Many Richmond sports fans are used to seeing Adilyn Swope on basketball courts. In a few months, they might have opportunities to see her on tennis courts, too.

Body HIGGINSIVLLE – The newcomers to the high school girls basketball program at Richmond are getting some tastes of competition a few months before their 202627 season begins. As the Richmond News reported June 5, the Spartans participated in a late-May shootout at Lawson.

Body After a record-breaking 2026 track and field season at Richmond, Malikiah Tharp is looking to 2027 – to a point. With fall sports practices set to kick off in August, Tharp said June 1 that he’s spending his summer break focusing on his fall sport – football.

Body The 2003 varsity football team provided bookends for the 2026 Richmond Spartan Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Dan Lanning, a member of that squad, was the first of six individuals inducted during the June 6 event, held in the Richmond High School commons area.

Body Latimer Cavanah and Brody Farnan are back on the links roughly two weeks after Richmond’s varsity boys golf season ended.