Sports

HIGGINSVILLE – For a few minutes, Haylee Weber’s three-point shooting gave Richmond a chance at keeping pace with Odessa during Monday night’s 60- 33 first-round loss in the Husker Classic on the Lafayette County C-1 campus.

HARDIN – Varsity girls basketball coach Morgan Bishop and her Bulldogs had little prep time for an unexpected opponent. Hardin-Central was slated to face Braymer on Dec.

HARDIN – An 11th-hour switch of opponents did not bother Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball coach Brent Behler. Like their girls counterparts, the Hardin-Central boys were slated for a Dec.

RICHMOND – The coronavirus pandemic is changing the number of players Richmond varsity boys basketball coach Kevin Jermain puts in the scorebook this season. Usually, Jermain has 15 Spartans suit up for games, he said Nov.

RICHMOND – The Spartans have an additional opponent this basketball season. During his first two seasons as Richmond’s varsity girls basketball coach, Chad Snyder and his Spartans saw themselves as their only opponent.

RICHMOND – Wrestling coach Cody Beck likes the resiliency his Spartans display. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Spartans had limited offseason reps, including some summertime open-mat sessions and preseason sessions during the fall, Beck said Nov.

HARDIN – The coronavirus pandemic has limited new Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball coach Brent Behler’s time with his Bulldogs.

ORRICK – Varsity boys basketball coach Matt Brownsberger could have a deep bench this season. As of Nov.

ORRICK – Zach McGill is taking a fundamentals-oriented approach in his firs season as Orrick’s varsity girls basketball coach. “All aspects of the game, we need to work on – and that’s just part of being young and having minimal numbers right now with COVID going on,” McGill said Nov.

HARDIN – Morgan Bishop is new to being a head Hardin-Central varsity basketball coach, but not to coaching Hardin-Central basketball. Bishop moved up to varsity from the junior high program.