Sports

Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) varsity 8-man football teammates Sam Barnett and Brody Fifer are confident that a week off from team activities won’t affect them or their fellow Aggies.

Richmond’s offseason training for high school football got cut short. On July 30, the Spartans were scheduled for a few hours of limitedcontact scrimmaging at Tiger Stadium with Lawson; Winnetonka, a Kansas City-based school; and Excelsior Springs, the event host.

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. I find myself wanting to learn more about two area coaching legends – one who passed recently, one who passed more than a decade ago.

It’s time to tweak a common metaphor among coaches and athletes: “This is a marathon, not a sprint.” I recall at least one Major League Baseball manager comparing a season to a marathon years ago when I covered Major League Baseball – and still cared about it.

This year’s Triple Divot was a time to carry on traditions. It also was a time to try something new.

Spartans tennis coach Zachary Baldauf is getting in some more offseason training with his potential netters before Richmond enters its dead period for athletics Saturday. Baldauf is set to conclude his morning sessions Friday at Maurice Roberts Park.

Tennis players Dantin McBee and Aiden O’Dell recently set aside their rackets to test their marksmanship. O’Dell and McBee, who are members of both the Millville 4-H Club and the high school boys tennis program at Excelsior Springs, competed in shooting sports at the Ray County Fair in Richmond.

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. I need to thank the “Tartan Army” again.

Richmond underclassmen Savion Webb and Ryan Sharp were eager to do some football scrimmaging this week. Webb, Sharp and their fellow Spartans were slated for some scrimmaging Tuesday with Pleasant Hill at Pleasant Hill.