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Body HARD WORKER Kylie Holland “I am so proud of the hard work that she is putting in on the course,” Sisson stated Sept. 5 via email.

Body An injury to a team leader might have had a snowball effect in Orrick’s 42-0 Sept. 6 home loss to Paris.

Body Richmond varsity 11-man football coach Nick Persell hopes his Spartans get a wakeup call from their 41-6 season-opening loss Aug. 30 to visiting Harrisonville.

Body A drought is over for Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) varsity 8-man football coach Andrew Watson and his Aggies. By thumping Sweet Springs 76-18 Aug.

Body Courtney Sisson has her first win – and her second – as Richmond’s varsity girls golf coach. Led by Lyla Best, the Spartans shot a combined 188 to sweep their seasonopening triangular with Harrisonville and Clinton Tuesday at Twin Pines Country Club in Harrisonville.

Body The 2023 varsity 8-man football season left a nasty taste in the mouths of Orrick coach Kirk Thacker and his Bearcats. On Aug.

Body Richmond varsity coach Nick Persell and his Spartans won’t need to board a bus for a while this 11-man football season. The Spartans will open Friday by hosting Harrisonville – their first opener at Spartan Stadium since 2020.

Body Some area sports fans might recognize Richmond’s new varsity tennis coach more from his work on the basketball court than the tennis court. Former Hardin-Central boys and girls varsity basketball coach Brent Behler succeeds Brett Terry in leading the Richmond netters.

Body Some summer-league volleyball was what Richmond needed to be prepared for the fall varsity season, according to second-year coach Cody Hogan. Playing in a league in Lathrop, the Spartans faced “some really good teams up there,” Hogan recalled Aug.

Body For the first time in 16 years, Murray Dennis isn’t coaching Richmond High School golf. Courtney Sisson is one of the successors to Dennis, who retired in May after the boys season.