Sports

Zachary Baldauf is wearing an additional coaching hat at Richmond. Baldauf, who took charge of the boys tennis program in the spring, is the Spartans’ new girls coach.

Perhaps the third season will be the charm for Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) as a varsity softball co-op program, in terms of wins and losses. NHC finished one game below .500 in each of its first two seasons, going 11-12 in 2023 and 11-12-2 last season.

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to PRO 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. After my recent scares of misplacing my phone and dropping my truck key in public places, I’m reluctant to go anywhere – even in my daydreams.

ZACH BALDAUF, coach of Richmond’s girls and boys prep tennis programs, hits balls to members of the high school girls team during practice at Maurice Roberts Park. Look for the Richmond News’ fall sports preview Aug. 29.

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Richmond’s girls golf program had a leg up on last year when it began fall sports practices Monday at Shirkey Golf Course, second- year coach Courtney Sisson acknowledged. When Sisson succeeded Murray Dennis as coach in 2024, she was hired late in the summer, she recalled.

Aug. 2 was a near-perfect day for me.

Orrick varsity coach Matt O’Dell continued resurrecting pieces of Orrick High School’s gridiron past when the Bearcats convened for their fourth and final week of offseason 8-man football camp.