Sports

Body After a record-breaking 2026 track and field season at Richmond, Malikiah Tharp is looking to 2027 – to a point. With fall sports practices set to kick off in August, Tharp said June 1 that he’s spending his summer break focusing on his fall sport – football.

Body The 2003 varsity football team provided bookends for the 2026 Richmond Spartan Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Dan Lanning, a member of that squad, was the first of six individuals inducted during the June 6 event, held in the Richmond High School commons area.

Body Latimer Cavanah and Brody Farnan are back on the links roughly two weeks after Richmond’s varsity boys golf season ended.

Body Richmond’s varsity girls basketball squad will have plenty of new faces when the 2026-27 season tips off in November, according to coach Kaylee Vantrump.

Body 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. My apathy as a sports fan is growing.

Body THE WAIT IS OVER Richmond has its second top-four team finish at state in boys track. Tallying 40 points, the Spartans placed second at this year’s Class 3 state competition, held May 22-23 in Jefferson City.

Body I’m torn again as a football fan. As you might recall, a few months ago, I pledged indifference toward the Kansas City Chiefs, a team I had loved for much of my life.

Body Richmond varsity coach Nick Persell had a new volunteer helping him run this year’s version of the Future Spartan Youth Football Camp – a former pro player and current minister.

Body CLOSE Richmond junior Isaac Kaylor nearly broke the top 50 at the Class 3 state boys golf tournament. Shooting a 162 overall, Kaylor finished in a four-way tie for 52nd at the two-day competition, held Monday and Tuesday at the Sedalia Country Club.