For the second straight week, pomp and circumstance will be part of a Richmond varsity 11-man football game.

Friday night, the Spartans will honor their 12 seniors when they host Holden. Wide receiver/defensive back Malikiah Tharp, who’ll be among the seniors honored, doesn’t expect the pregame ceremony to distract him or his teammates from being ready for the Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC)-East Division meeting to follow. In fact, he expects the Spartans to handle the potential distractions involving the Senior Night ceremony this week even better than they handled last week, when they hosted Carrollton for homecoming – a game that has “a lot more distractions,” according to Tharp.

“We’ve just got to focus on what’s most important and go out there and play,” he said.

Richmond handled the distractions surrounding homecoming by defeating Carrollton 52-16. The Oct. 2 MRVC East win was “awesome,” said offensive/defensive lineman Brody Farnan, who was crowned homecoming king (see rel…