Sports

HIGGINSVILLE – Richmond varsity girls basketball coach Kaylee Vantrump watched her Spartans fight through illness when they faced Oak Grove Dec. 10 in the Husker Classic third-place game in the Lafayette County C-1 east gym.

LEXINGTON – Richmond’s secondplace finish in boys wrestling Dec. 10 at the Tom Hayes Dual Tournament at the Lexington high and middle schools gives coach Cody Hogan cause for optimism about the rest of the season.

CONSOLATION Both Orrick varsity basketball teams were relegated to the consolation bracket of last week’s I-70 Conference Tournament, hosted by Santa Fe and Sweet Springs. The Orrick boys finished sixth.After opening Dec.

A first-quarter timeout seemingly provided the spark Hardin-Central needed to claim a 69-50 Dec. 1 homeopening win over Tri-County in varsity boys basketball.

The day before Hardin-Central’s meeting with Tri-County in varsity girls basketball, coach Brent Behler had some advice for his Bulldogs: He told them to stay out of their own heads and stay in the moment.

PLATTE CITY – Drew Hawkins is racking up the highway miles. First, the Hardin-Central junior visited Indiana for the 95th National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention & Expo, as the Richmond News reported Oct.

A 62-16 Senior Night thumping of Santa Fe Oct. 21 at Simmons Field put varsity coach Kirk Thacker and his Bearcats in an elite group in Orrick football history.

LEXINGTON – The Bell stays in Richmond for at least one more year. Sparked by their defense, the Spartans thumped the Minutemen 45-0 Oct.

Varsity runners at Richmond and Hardin-Central have one more race to run this cross country season. Or maybe two.

The high school varsity football program isn’t the only one in Richmond that is nicknamed the Spartans and in a championship hunt.