Richmond’s 2025-26 varsity boys basketball season doesn’t begin Dec. 2, when the Spartans open the regular season and their Missouri River Valley Conference-East Division schedule against visiting Carrollton, according to veteran guard Nolan Quick. It’s already underway. Specifically, the season began May 28, when the Spartans held the first session of a three-day program camp in the high school gym, Quick said. Brent Behler, who’s entering his second season as head varsity coach, was pleased with the opening session. “Lots of new faces,” Behler said May 29. “Happy where the program’s headed.” The session showed that effort is an issue the team must address during the season, Quick said. “I think we did well yesterday,” he said May 29. “I just would like more effort – more than the day before, every day.” On Monday, the Spartans saw how their effort compared with other schools in summer-league play at Lawson. Both their varsity and junior varsity squads had two games scheduled…