With a goal line stand and some groundand- pound offense, Richmond made sure Knob Noster didn’t stage a fourth-quarter comeback – and that the Panthers didn’t finish their varsity 11-man football season undefeated. Richmond led Knob Noster 24-14 in the fourth quarter of the Oct. 17 Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC)-East Division meeting, but the Panthers had the ball at the Richmond 1-yard line. Facing fourth-and-goal, Knob Noster gave the ball to running back Conner Morris. The Spartans stuffed the attempt. Taking over on downs with 3 minutes, 52 seconds remaining, Richmond ran out the clock to secure the 10-point win. Luke Gifford was credited with dumping Morris for a 2-yard loss to give Richmond (6-2 overall, 3-1 division) its final possession. “They had an unbalanced formation – they had a guard and a center, but they had no tackle,” Gifford recalled minutes after the victory. “So what we’re taught to do is slide over, and I was in the ‘A’ gap. And I just pinched and…