Sports

Quentin Tarantino has rubbed off on me.

RICHMOND – Tyler Pyle’s high school baseball ended abruptly.

For a few magical days, a Richmond team and its parent league carried on with their sports season as the coronavirus spread.

RICHMOND – Dionte Marquez recently added another honor to his list of achievements as a high school athlete.

The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association named the Richmond senior to its 2019-20 Class 3 all-state boys team. He was the lone Ray County hoopster selected.

Marquez helped the Spartans win their first district boys basketball title in 48 years and their third straight

Missouri River Valley Conference East Division title. Richmond finished 25-4, falling to Monroe City in sectionals.

RICHMOND – The Missouri State High School Activities Association has limited what local prep sports coaches and athletes, including in Excelsior Springs and Richmond, can do while the spring sports season hangs in limbo.

HARDIN – Senior Carly Thacker still has a chance of being a repeat state hurdles champion.

HARDIN – Four Hardin-Central student-athletes received KMZU Dream Team honors in basketball.

RICHMOND – The boys Class 3 District 14 Tournament Player of the Year is a Spartan.