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Orrick 8-man football fans might see some players in different positions than usual Friday night, when the Bearcats host Northwest of Hughesville for homecoming. They also might see a different offense than usual.

In Week 4 of the varsity 8-man football season, Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) showed it could take away the football. Often.

When Jayden Allnutt and her fellow Spartans got a bit of a scare during the final set of their Sept. 7 road varsity volleyball match with Orrick, they knew what to do.

An attitude change helped Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) cruise to a 70-34 win Sept. 8 over Slater at Hardin-Central, Denver Douglas and Jaden Barrett agreed.

Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker and offensive/defensive lineman Tucker Greer are confident the Bearcats will get their fortunes reversed. The Bearcats are 0-3 entering Friday’s home meeting with Braymer/ Breckenridge – the first-ever 0-3 start for Thacker in a coaching career that has included leading Hardin-Central’s 8-man program and then the Norborne Hardin-Central 8-man co-op, he said.

To running back/defensive back Chris Webb, Richmond’s 48-26 loss Sept. 1 to visiting Oak Grove in varsity 11-man football was characterized by a good first half and a not-so-good second half.

Richmond High School graduate Keyshaun Elliott helped lead New Mexico State University defensively in its 58-21 thumping of Western Illinois University. Elliott, a sophomore linebacker, tallied seven tackles (six assisted, one solo) during the Sept.

FIRST WIN Mackenzie Ketterman has her first win as Orrick’s varsity volleyball coach. After opening Aug.

Giving up multi-run innings has hurt Richmond to start the varsity softball season, according to Spartans coach Trent Thompson and pitcher/infielder Elizabeth Wood. Thompson and Wood agreed that was the case Monday, when the Spartans fell to Lexington at Southview Park in Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC)-East Division action.