Sports

ORRICK – Coach Eric Fairchild could think of a few reasons a 14-point halftime lead disappeared and his Bearcats lost 56-40 Oct. 2 to visiting Worth County/Northeast Nodaway County in varsity 8-man football action.

HIGGINSVILLE – The Spartans reap a harvest of points in their 54-34 win Sept. 25 over the perennial Missouri River Valley Conference East Division champion Lafayette County of Higginsville Huskers at Higginsville.

RICHMOND – Ray Countians Timmy Hamilton and Dylan Comstock got to test themselves against some of the country’s top junior golfers, and a few international junior golfers, last weekend. And in a pandemic-created twist of fate, they did so on their home course.

ST. LOUIS – As he has done since 2006, Richmond High School graduate John Rooney is handling radio play-by-play duties for the St.

ORRICK – Varsity volleyball coach Trevor Ballard made a vow after his Bearcats got swept 3-0 Monday by visiting Mid-Buchanan. “We’re going to be working a lot on our basics because we left basic volleyball behind tonight and it caught us,” Ballard said after the non-conference defeat.