Sports

Body Controlled aggressiveness on defense is a focal point for third-year Richmond varsity girls basketball coach Kaylee Vantrump and her Spartans.

Body Like Richmond’s previous varsity boys basketball coach, the Spartans’ new coach has a history of winning.

Body Like his teammates, Richmond senior Travis Cardwell will start this high school boys wrestling season competing in his home gym. And like wrestlers at Richmond and other schools, Cardwell hopes his season will end in Columbia, where the state tournaments are held.

Body In some ways, the second season of Jonathan Kinder’s stint as Orrick varsity girls basketball coach is like his first. During a preseason interview, Kinder estimated he would lead a nine-girl roster – or as he put it, “similar numbers to last year.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS In terms of progress, Orrick’s varsity boys basketball program is miles ahead of where it was around this time last season, according to secondyear coach Chris Harbison.

Body August Hoeper is expecting “some struggles” in his second season of coaching Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball. “We just have to take it game by game,” Hoeper said.

Body Coach Tommy Burton has seen progress in Hardin-Central’s varsity girls basketball program since taking the helm in 2023. That progress started with himself, he suggested.

Body Come on inside, kids and sports fans! We’re playing indoors for a while! For many of the programs the Richmond News covers, winter sports are underway. Hardin-Central and Orrick each started their varsity boys and girls basketball seasons recently.

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