Sports

Last week, Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) varsity 8-man football coach Andrew Watson had to walk a tightrope, metaphorically speaking. Watson and his staff had to prepare the Aggies to face Missouri Highway 10 rival Orrick.

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got her flowers Tuesday – and a swag bag. To commemorate Senior Night, Bozarth was honored with flowers and other gifts before the Spartans’ Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC)-East Division varsity girls tennis dual with Knob Noster at Maurice Roberts Park (see also page 6).

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Like previous weeks during his tenure of coaching Richmond varsity 11-man football, Nick Persell gave his Spartans a word for this week to help them prepare for Friday’s road meeting with Lafayette County of Higginsville.

Richmond’s first varsity girls tennis dual this week was no lopsided affair. On Monday, the Spartans hosted Cameron in nonconference play at Maurice Roberts Park.

STILL UNDEFEATED Nobody has found a way to top Richmond in varsity softball yet this season. The Richmond softballers were 11-0 overall and 2-0 in Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC)-East Division play entering Thursday’s MRVC East road meeting with Holden.

For Richmond senior Karoline Dooley, her final season of high school girls golf is less stressful than it might’ve been. That’s because Dooley has a plan for her life – and golfing career – after the season ends.

Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell had coached his son Carson before Sept. 11, but there was something different this time: The younger Persell was making his first-ever varsity quarterbacking start.

Richmond girls golf coach Breann Battagler and her varsity Spartans handled a heatwave and their competition in their opening week. Combining to shoot a 198, the Richmond girls won their Sept.