Sports

Body RICHMOND – Timmy Hamilton will play his final rounds of high school boys golf at a course that holds special meaning for him.

Body CLEVELAND – The Bulldogs have found “a shiny diamond” in junior sprinter Korbin Pugh, Hardin-Central varsity track coach Kirk Thacker said. Pugh’s late-season performances in the boys 100-meter dash prompted Thacker to give him that designation.

Body CLEVELAND – May 8 was hardly a great javelin-throwing day, Orrick junior Blake Buchanan said after competing in the boys javelin that afternoon at the Class 1 District 7 track and field meet on the Midway School District campus.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On May 17-18, Dylan Comstock will play in his last state high school boys golf tournament. And there will be one other Orrick Bearcat there with him.

Body LEXINGTON – Shortly after running the anchor leg to give Richmond the win in the boys 400-meter relay April 29 at the Bill Hamann Invitational, senior Adrian Church flung the relay baton in the air while standing on the Lexington High School football field.

Body RICHMOND – Timmy Hamilton’s golf game clicked the last three holes of his round at the Richmond Boys Invitational. “I’d played bad enough up until that point that I was just like, ‘OK, I’m just going to kind of finish it out,’” Hamilton, a Richmond senior, said.

Body RICHMOND – Dylan Comstock summed up his round of golf April 30 at the Richmond Boys Invitational this way: rough front nine, better back nine.

Body LEXINGTON – Blake Buchanan’s best boys javelin throw April 29 at the Bill Hamann Invitational at Lexington High School was a “solid throw,” Orrick varsity coach Paul Giffin said. “Not a pr (personal record),” Giffin said.

Body RICHMOND – The Spartans were stingy defensively during their latest homestand. In sweeping four varsity baseball games at Southview Park, the Spartans allowed only five runs.

Body KINGSVILLE – Orrick’s first win this varsity softball season was one for the record books. With their 37-23 April 21 road win over Kingsville, the Bearcats claimed the fifth spot on the state’s all-time list for most runs scored by one team in a game.