Sports

Body SMITHVILLE – Richmond senior Hannah Norris is done with golf. She announced her retirement Tuesday shortly finishing her round at the Class 1 girls state tournament, held on “The Posse” course at Paradise Point Golf Course at Smithville Lake.

Body RICHMOND – Jude Rumbaugh paced Richmond’s runners at the Missouri River Valley Conference East Division boys cross country meet Wednesday at Richmond Middle School. The senior placed fifth in the 3.1-mile race in 18 minutes, 30.9 seconds.

Body KNOB NOSTER – Annual Bell Game tension rises to a new, heart-pounding level as Richmond and Lexington prepare to face off across the hashmarks Friday for more than who holds the bell.

Body ORRICK – The Bearcats’ 78-22 Oct. 16 home loss to North Shelby was “one of those snowball games,” Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Eric Fairchild said.

Body HARDIN – An 11th-hour cancellation of an Oct. 16 road meeting with Northwest of Hughesville/Sacred Heart left Norborne Hardin-Central without a team to play.

Body NORBORNE – Hardin-Central’s softball season is over. The Bulldogs concluded their season with an 8-0 loss to the Braymer/ Breckenridge co-op Oct.

Body RICHMOND – A strategic adjustment is one reason why Richmond senior Hannah Norris has one more high school girls golf tournament to play. Norris will play in the Class 1 state tournament Oct.

Body RICHMOND – COVID-19 knocked more than two dozen players from the Richmond High School football roster before the Spartans’ Oct. 2 game, varsity coach Nick Persell said.

Body ODESSA – Kayden Bowman’s senior season of varsity softball at Richmond “was definitely an adjustment,” she acknowledged.