Sports

In his second season as Orrick varsity track coach, Kirk Thacker is doing something he didn’t have to do last season: share his athletes with another sport. Per a change in school district participation policy, student-athletes may play more than one sport each season.

Taylor Golden, Orrick’s new varsity softball coach, expects to benefit from a policy change this school year regarding athletics. For the first time at Orrick, students may participate in dual sports during a season.

squeezed into the top 50 in his most recent men’s golf outing. Comstock, the 2021 Class 1 state individual boys champion and an Orrick High School graduate, tied for 49th at the Oakwood Intercollegiate.

glove work has helped Missouri Western State University jump out to a 10-3 start this softball season. Weber, a 2020 Richmond High School graduate, was fourth on the team in putouts with 21 through 13 games.