Sports

Ray County has a champion racer in its midst. His name is Xandyn Taylor.

Brady Hyder and Madix Hutchings got heroes’ sendoffs Tuesday afternoon from their Richmond High School classmates, faculty and administrators. With a drum corps leading the way, Hyder and Hutchings were paraded through the school halls before leaving for Columbia to compete Wednesday and Thursday at the Class 2 state high school wrestling tournament at Mizzou Arena.

 

Maybe I’m not as sick of football as I had thought.

Or maybe I’m more of an Australophile than I had thought.

As you’ll recall, I recently wrote a column expressing my desire to watch baseball of the non-Major League Baseball variety. One of my reasons was fatigue from following college football. Another was my fatigue from following pro football. But after streaming a few videos, I find myself wanting to engage with the gridiron game again – and wanting to explore Australian culture again.

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FLYING LIKEAN EAGLE Bryer Farnan has the opportunity to continue playing football. The Richmond senior has signed to play for Central Methodist University in Fayette.

LEXINGTON – When Gabe Johnson went to the free throw line for the last time in Richmond’s Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC)-East Division meeting with Lexington, time and the scoreboard were on his side.

LEXINGTON – Physically, Adilyn Swope might not have felt much like shooting free throws around 8 p.m. Feb.

Northwest Gymnastics competed in the Cupid Classic at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, KS. Xcel-Platinum team member Logan Chapman (Lawson) took the gold medal on bars (9.175), beam (9.275).

Hardin-Central is approaching a 20-win season in varsity girls basketball. The girls were 17-6 overall and had won seven of their last eight entering the final week of the regular season.