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Richmond softballers rout Lexington in short workday

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

LEXINGTON – Explosive third and fourth innings helped ensure Richmond’s varsity softball team wouldn’t have to labor long on Labor Day. Leading Lexington 1-0 after two innings, the Spartans ripped off six runs in the third and nine more in the fourth and finished with a 16-0 Missouri River Valley Conference East Division-opening road win.

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Vick honored as ’Cats claw Cougars

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

After two weeks of varsity 8-man football, the sporting press is placing Orrick among the state’s elite football programs. The Week 3 media poll, posted Monday online, ranked the Bearcats 10th.

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Aggies rebound from Week 1 loss, rout Orioles in home opener

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) varsity 8-man football coach Andrew Watson liked the way his Aggies rebounded from their season-opening loss to Sweet Springs with their 70-28 thumping of Concordia Sept. 2 at Hardin-Central.

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Scott experiences ‘learning curve’ as she leads H-C cross country

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

Jenni Scott finds herself in new territory coaching Hardin-Central cross country this fall. At Carrollton High School, Scott was a distance runner, she recalled.

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RHS kicks off fall sports with Meet the Spartans

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

On Aug. 25, vehicles poured into the parking lot around the Branded Outdoor Theatre, as folks got glimpses of Richmond High School’s fall sports student-athletes.

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Spartans have opening win to show for marathon bus ride

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

STE. GENEVIEVE – Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell made a prediction about the bus ride home after the Spartans’ 61-25 season-opening win over New Madrid County Central Aug. 27 at Ste. Genevieve High School.

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Consistency, ‘little things’ hurt Aggies in loss to Greyhounds

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

Norborne Hardin-Central’s (NHC’s) 50-22 season-opening loss to Sweet Springs/Malta Bend Aug. 26 on the road provided the Aggies lessons on the importance of consistency and executing the subtleties of varsity 8-man football.

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Sparked by perceived slight, ’Cats romp past Saints

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

The Bearcats “had a lot to prove” when they opened their varsity 8-man football season Aug. 26 at St.

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‘People are recognizing’ gridiron Spartans as they start season

3 years ago By Shawn Roney Sports Editor

Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell knows his Spartans have targets on their backs after their Class 2 state semifinal run in 2021. “We’ve had enough success in the last two years – two or three years even – that people are recognizing us, and they certainly know who we are,” Persell said Aug.

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Wrisinger, Gregory eye return trips to state in girls golf

3 years ago By Shawn Roney Sports Editor

This fall, Kennedy Wrisinger hopes to complete a hat trick in varsity girls golf: She hopes to qualify for state competition for the third time. The Richmond senior qualified for state in Class 1 in 2020 and 2021.

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