Sports

Body ST. JOSEPH – Blake Buchanan’s official last high school football game was what he called “definitely a thing to remember.

Body Richmond 1-Ellis Farms “came a long way” this softball season, according to Carleigh Stamper, the ballclub’s hardswatting catcher.

Body Coach Kirk Thacker had to do less selling and less teaching of fundamentals during Orrick’s varsity 8-man football camp last week than he did when the Bearcats began offseason training last summer.

Body KEARNEY – Richmond got a taste Tuesday morning of what its passing attack might be like this varsity football season with Donivin Williams leading the offense.

Body RICHMOND – Last week, Spartans varsity football coach Nick Persell got a look at some of the athletes who might be in his program in a few years. Persell led the Future Spartan Football Camp for grades K-6, held May 31-June 2.

Body RICHMOND – Allie Clubine Castilleja gave her dad an early birthday present: her induction into the Richmond High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Starting with his junior year at Richmond, Jacoby Johnson chased the boys 400-meter dash record. On May 27 at Adkins Stadium, during his final high school track and field meet, Johnson overtook the record.

Body ODESSA – A chilly, windy day proved no match for Richmond’s Dayne Loftin when he ran the boys 110-meter high hurdles May 21 in Class 3 Sectional 4 competition at Odessa. Loftin, who just finished his junior year at Richmond, won the event in 15.3 seconds.

Body ODESSA – When Mackenzey Peach suffered an ACL tear last summer in high school softball, it left her wondering about her future in track and field. Flash forward to May 2022 and she is still competing in track – at least for one more meet.

Body ORRICK – A major connection to Orrick’s 2020 Class 1 state quarterfinal run, and back-to-back district titles in 2019 and 2020 in boys basketball is gone. Coach Matt Brownsberger announced in April he was leaving Orrick to teach and coach in Warsaw.