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HIGGINSVILLE – The Spartans lost their way during the second half of their 70-52 loss to Lafayette County of Higginsville in the varsity boys third-place game in the Husker Classic, Richmond coach Brent Behler and senior guard Nolan Quick agreed.

Richmond sophomore Izzy Jenkins sensed she had the upper hand for her final wrestling match at the Excelsior Springs High School Girls Tournament.

didn’t need three periods to defeat his opponents when he wrestled for Richmond at the Steve Leslie Boys Invitational. In going 5-0 to win the 106-pound title at the Dec.

HIGGINSVILLE – Richmond’s March 8 meeting with Excelsior Springs was on the Spartans’ minds as they prepared to face the Tigers again Monday night in varsity girls basketball, according to Richmond coach Kaylee Vantrump.

With 5 minutes, 2 seconds left in Richmond’s Dec. 5 home opener with Winnetonka, senior Nolan Quick did something he’s often done during his varsity boys basketball career: He sank a threepoint shot.

High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. Prep girls wrestling has come so far in the past 20 years — or even within the past five years!

Richmond’s varsity boys wrestlers are picking up the pace in their march toward individual and team goals this week. The grapplers were scheduled to open the regular season with a dual Wednesday at Oak Grove.

Richmond is spending roughly the first two months of its regular-season varsity boys basketball schedule on the road. The boys opened 2025-26 Nov.