Sports

Body KNOB NOSTER – Annual Bell Game tension rises to a new, heart-pounding level as Richmond and Lexington prepare to face off across the hashmarks Friday for more than who holds the bell.

Body ORRICK – The Bearcats’ 78-22 Oct. 16 home loss to North Shelby was “one of those snowball games,” Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Eric Fairchild said.

Body HARDIN – An 11th-hour cancellation of an Oct. 16 road meeting with Northwest of Hughesville/Sacred Heart left Norborne Hardin-Central without a team to play.

Body NORBORNE – Hardin-Central’s softball season is over. The Bulldogs concluded their season with an 8-0 loss to the Braymer/ Breckenridge co-op Oct.

Body RICHMOND – A strategic adjustment is one reason why Richmond senior Hannah Norris has one more high school girls golf tournament to play. Norris will play in the Class 1 state tournament Oct.

Body RICHMOND – COVID-19 knocked more than two dozen players from the Richmond High School football roster before the Spartans’ Oct. 2 game, varsity coach Nick Persell said.

Body ODESSA – Kayden Bowman’s senior season of varsity softball at Richmond “was definitely an adjustment,” she acknowledged.

Body ORRICK – The memory of a lead that got away helped fuel the Bearcats during the second half of their latest meeting with Santa Fe. Orrick led 26-14 at halftime of the Oct.

Body HARDIN – On Friday, the Aggies will face a quarterback they have not faced before. But he reminds Norborne Hardin-Central varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker of one they have faced a few times.