Sports

ODESSA – Sophia Farnan could finish her high school track and field career with a state medal. Farnan, who graduated this month from Richmond, qualified for the Class 3 state meet Saturday at Jefferson City High School by placing third in the girls javelin at the Sectional 4 meet May 22 at Odessa.

NIXA – Dylan Comstock finished his high school boys golf career as a state champion. Comstock, who graduated earlier this month from Orrick and has signed to play men’s golf at Park University in Parkville, shot a 146 to win the individual title at the Class 1 state tournament, held Monday and Tuesday at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa.

HIGGINSVILLE – Four area athletes are headed to the Class 1 state track and field meet. Orrick and Hardin-Central each qualified two athletes for the competition, slated for Saturday at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.

RICHMOND – Timmy Hamilton will play his final rounds of high school boys golf at a course that holds special meaning for him. Hamilton, who graduates Sunday from Richmond High School, will play in Class 2 state competition, slated for May 17-18 at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club in Bolivar.

CLEVELAND – The Bulldogs have found “a shiny diamond” in junior sprinter Korbin Pugh, Hardin-Central varsity track coach Kirk Thacker said. Pugh’s late-season performances in the boys 100-meter dash prompted Thacker to give him that designation.

CLEVELAND – May 8 was hardly a great javelin-throwing day, Orrick junior Blake Buchanan said after competing in the boys javelin that afternoon at the Class 1 District 7 track and field meet on the Midway School District campus.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On May 17-18, Dylan Comstock will play in his last state high school boys golf tournament. And there will be one other Orrick Bearcat there with him.

LEXINGTON – Shortly after running the anchor leg to give Richmond the win in the boys 400-meter relay April 29 at the Bill Hamann Invitational, senior Adrian Church flung the relay baton in the air while standing on the Lexington High School football field.

RICHMOND – Timmy Hamilton’s golf game clicked the last three holes of his round at the Richmond Boys Invitational. “I’d played bad enough up until that point that I was just like, ‘OK, I’m just going to kind of finish it out,’” Hamilton, a Richmond senior, said.