Sports

HIGGINSVILLE – Richmond junior Conner Teat had several reasons to celebrate Feb. 27.

ORRICK – On Feb. 26, Orrick senior Ethan Wilson and his fellow Bearcats enjoyed the sweet taste of winning a second straight district boys basketball title when they defeated Southwest of Livingston County 62-52 at Norborne.

RICHMOND – Varsity softball coach Staci Maddux’s Spartans received recognition from the Missouri High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches’ Association for knocking their grades out of the park last fall.

HARDIN – Kirk Thacker received a surprise over the winter. Thacker was named the KMZU Football Dream Team’s Coach of the Year for 8-man football.