Sports

Body Fall high school sports are underway in Missouri. Or at least fall sports practices are.

Body Three initiatives will appear on the Nov. 5 statewide ballot after a sufficient number of signatures were gathered, according to Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.

Body Cyrus Jackson could say he made a game-saving tackle Monday. But he couldn’t say he made a gamewinning tackle.

Body The Richmond varsity softball program’s latest Midnight Madness practice to mark the start of fall sports training was a homecoming of sorts – and a family reunion of sorts.

Body A schedule change helped boost the Richmondbased Dolphin Swim Team’s roster this summer, according to second-year coach Trish Fields. The Dolphins held evening practices in 2023, when they had 35 swimmers, Fields said Aug. 1.

Body For wide receiver/defensive back Nolan Quick, Richmond’s summer high school 11-man football training ended on a positive note. The Spartans wrapped their offseason training Aug.

Body PREP 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 still love hearing the rapid-fire clicks of a camera shutter.

Body School was in session in a sense Monday morning, when Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans convened on the high school campus for the first day of a two-day, single-team camp.

Body Like many other Americans, particularly Midwesterners, members of the Norborne Hardin-Central softball programs are making weather-related schedule adjustments this week. Originally, the Aggies were slated to hold team camp sessions 5-7 p.m.

Body On July 26, Orrick coach Kirk Thacker and his Bearcats headed to the upper northwest corner of Missouri to prep for the varsity 8-man football season. That day, the Bearcats participated in a multiteam camp at Tarkio, hosted by East Atchison High School.