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Richmond varsity softball coach Staci Maddux prefers not to wait until the Spartans’ final regular-season home game to honor her seniors. “If it would start to be rainy and (games) get rained out, then you don’t get to have your Senior Night,” Maddux said.

The Kansas City Chiefs weren’t the only metro area football team that used a fourth-quarter pick six last week to secure a home win while sporting red jerseys. About 24 hours after Jaylen Watson’s 99-yard interception return for a touchdown had helped the Chiefs defeat the Los Angeles Chargers 27-24 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Richmond secured an 18-7 win over visiting Van Horn in part with a pick six by senior Bailon Stockton.

Amid all the pomp and circumstance of homecoming activities this week, the Aggies are being businesslike as they prepare to face Braymer/Breckenridge in varsity 8-man football at 7 p.m. Friday at Hardin-Central, according to Norborne Hardin-Central coach Andrew Watson.

The Spartans had to get through some pre-match jitters to get their first varsity volleyball win this season, senior outside hitter/defensive specialist Sarah Brungardt, junior setter Allison Coats and Richmond coach Crystal Turner agreed.

The fans who saw Richmond thump Marshall 48-21 Sept. 9 in varsity 11-man football at Spartan Stadium might’ve wondered if they were seeing the Spartans running a new offense.

OAK GROVE – Richmond didn’t need much time to score on Oak Grove, particularly during the first half. The Spartans ran 12 first-half plays from scrimmage.