Sports

KANSAS CITY – After Richmond’s 76-47 season-ending loss to St. Pius X of Kansas City March 7, coach Brent Behler, and guards Nolan Quick and Dryden Hendrix agreed on something: The Spartans should’ve played in a nailbiter beforehand.

A recent act by Bryer Farnan might be the start of a relationship between Richmond High School and Central Methodist University (CMU) when it comes to athletics. Farnan, who’ll graduate in May from Richmond, has signed a letter of intent to play football at CMU, an NAIA-affiliated school in Fayette, where he plans to study business.

Ray County has a champion racer in its midst. His name is Xandyn Taylor.

Brady Hyder and Madix Hutchings got heroes’ sendoffs Tuesday afternoon from their Richmond High School classmates, faculty and administrators. With a drum corps leading the way, Hyder and Hutchings were paraded through the school halls before leaving for Columbia to compete Wednesday and Thursday at the Class 2 state high school wrestling tournament at Mizzou Arena.

 

Maybe I’m not as sick of football as I had thought.

Or maybe I’m more of an Australophile than I had thought.

As you’ll recall, I recently wrote a column expressing my desire to watch baseball of the non-Major League Baseball variety. One of my reasons was fatigue from following college football. Another was my fatigue from following pro football. But after streaming a few videos, I find myself wanting to engage with the gridiron game again – and wanting to explore Australian culture again.

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FLYING LIKEAN EAGLE Bryer Farnan has the opportunity to continue playing football. The Richmond senior has signed to play for Central Methodist University in Fayette.

LEXINGTON – When Gabe Johnson went to the free throw line for the last time in Richmond’s Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC)-East Division meeting with Lexington, time and the scoreboard were on his side.

LEXINGTON – Physically, Adilyn Swope might not have felt much like shooting free throws around 8 p.m. Feb.