Sports

Body ORRICK – Varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker “didn’t like” watching his Bearcats defeat Norborne Hardin-Central, he said. Specifically, Thacker disliked the final score: 80-34.

Body COLUMBIA – For the second straight season, Richmond is sending three Spartans to the Class 1 state girls golf tournament. Senior Tori Bowman and juniors Kennedy Wrisinger and Zalie Gregory qualified for the two-day tournament, slated for Oct.

Body CARROLLTON – History and myth suggest Menelaus, king of the Spartans, joined about two dozen other Greeks – enough for a small football team – who hid in a hollow horse to sneak through city gates to defeat the Trojans.

Body RICHMOND – The Spartans again validated varsity softball coach Staci Maddux’s faith in them to score runs Monday. Trailing 1-0, Richmond staged a three-run, fifth-inning rally and held on to defeat Cameron 3-1 at Southview Park.

Body NORBORNE – Coach Andrew Watson found a way to motivate his Aggies during halftime of Norborne Hardin-Central’s Oct. 1 meeting with Northland Christian.

Body ORRICK – Friday’s meeting with visiting Norborne Hardin-Central in varsity 8-man football will be difficult emotionally for Orrick coach Kirk Thacker, he acknowledged.

Body ORRICK –The 4-1 Bulldogs face a Missouri Highway 10 and Ray County rival, visiting Norborne Hardin-Central, following Orrick’s 56-8 Oct. 1 road loss to undefeated Worth County/Northeast Nodaway.