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Spartans begin prepping for 2025-26 campaign

Body Richmond’s 2025-26 varsity boys basketball season doesn’t begin Dec. 2, when the Spartans open the regular season and their Missouri River Valley Conference-East Division schedule against visiting Carrollton, according to veteran guard Nolan Quick.
BRICE DOME (left) looks to pass during a Richmond off-season camp session. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

Spartans make adaptations to stage camp

Body Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell, his assistant coaches and student volunteers had to compress this year’s version of youth camp. Typically, the annual camp runs three days.
ISAIAH DALLE (left) takes a handoff from Richmond assistant varsity football coach Michael Lee after a youth football camp is forced indoors because of inclement weather. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

RAY COUNTY SPORTS NOTEBOOK

Body CHAMPION Jacob Johnson ended his high school track and field career at Richmond as a state champion. Johnson, who formally graduated May 9 and has signed to attend and compete in men’s track and field at Pittsburg (Kan.
THE HARDIN-CENTRAL boys relay runners and their coaches display hardware they’ve won at the Class 1 state meet. Enjoying the triumphs are assistant coach Zac Smith (from left), Kalel Bowman, Max Clariday, Kaden McGinnis, Brody Fifer and varsity head coach Andrew Watson. COURTESY OF THE HARDIN C-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT| Submitted

RAY COUNTY TRACK NOTEBOOK

Body ONE MORE TIME Kaylee King and Jacob Johnson will represent Richmond High School one more time in track and field before attending the University of Central Missouri and Pittsburg (Kan.) State University, respectively.
KAYLEE KING, shown running in the girls 300-meter low hurdles at districts, will represent Richmond as a jumper this weekend at the Class 3 state meet. SHAWN RONEY | Staff
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