Sports

ST. JOSEPH – Years from now, when J.W. Doyle and Kobe Gibson reflect on participating in the 2023 Missouri 8-Man Football Coaches Association All-Star Game, they’ll probably remember how they were part of a 22-20 comeback victory by the Green All-Stars.

Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans are ready for a break. They’re about to get one.

Jonathan Kinder, Orrick’s new varsity girls basketball coach, needed to find a way to get his Bearcats some game-like reps this summer. Thanks to Hardin-Central, he found one.

ST. JOSPEH – Zander Stevinson finished his 8-man football career a winner.

Denver Douglas, Brody Fifer and their Hardin-Central boys basketball teammates got a confidence boost Monday afternoon. With Hardin-Central’s 40-13 thumping of Albany and 44-26 victory over Stewartsville/Osborn in the Barker Center, the Bulldogs finished summerleague play at Lawson.

Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans had a change of format for this week’s 7-on-7 scrimmages at Excelsior Springs. And Persell, for one, was a fan of the change.

to PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. I’ve put my pickleball-related/musicrelated/ travel-related bucket list on hold.

New Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball coach August Hoeper made sure some of his younger Bulldogs got some game-style reps Monday in summer-league play at Lawson. “We have 12 kids coming to this Lawson league and it’s hard to sub in those other seven guys off the bench.

Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker was pleased with what his Bearcats accomplished during their junior high and varsity team camp last week. “(We) got a lot done,” said Thacker, a Richmond High School alumnus, as camp was winding down June 16 on the team practice field.

On Tuesday, Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans got to face opposing schools for the first time in months, albeit under different conditions than the regular season. That morning, the Spartans participated in 7-on-7 scrimmages at Tiger Stadium – the first of three Tuesday 7-on-7 sessions scheduled this month.