Sports

THE WAIT IS OVER Richmond has its second top-four team finish at state in boys track. Tallying 40 points, the Spartans placed second at this year’s Class 3 state competition, held May 22-23 in Jefferson City.

CLOSE Richmond junior Isaac Kaylor nearly broke the top 50 at the Class 3 state boys golf tournament. Shooting a 162 overall, Kaylor finished in a four-way tie for 52nd at the two-day competition, held Monday and Tuesday at the Sedalia Country Club.

A Richmond alumna provided the final run of Rockhurst University’s softball season. Kaylee Pugh, a 2024 high school graduate and sophomore at Rockhurst, swatted a no-out, right-field solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning of the Hawks’ 9-4 loss to McKendree University Sunday in NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Tournament action.

CHILLICOTHE – The day after graduating from Richmond High School, Cyrus Jackson celebrated by helping his alma mater qualify for sectional track and field competition in two relay races. He also helped set two school records.