Sports

Body Jonathan Kinder, Orrick’s new varsity girls basketball coach, needed to find a way to get his Bearcats some game-like reps this summer. Thanks to Hardin-Central, he found one.

Body ST. JOSPEH – Zander Stevinson finished his 8-man football career a winner.

Body Denver Douglas, Brody Fifer and their Hardin-Central boys basketball teammates got a confidence boost Monday afternoon.

Body Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans had a change of format for this week’s 7-on-7 scrimmages at Excelsior Springs. And Persell, for one, was a fan of the change.

Body to PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. I’ve put my pickleball-related/musicrelated/ travel-related bucket list on hold.

Body New Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball coach August Hoeper made sure some of his younger Bulldogs got some game-style reps Monday in summer-league play at Lawson. “We have 12 kids coming to this Lawson league and it’s hard to sub in those other seven guys off the bench.

Body Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker was pleased with what his Bearcats accomplished during their junior high and varsity team camp last week.

Body On Tuesday, Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans got to face opposing schools for the first time in months, albeit under different conditions than the regular season.

Body When Orrick began its first summer 8-man football camp for the junior high and varsity programs Monday on the school practice field, Tucker Greer was thrilled to put on a helmet and shoulder pads and engage in some limited hitting.

Body New Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball coach August Hoeper and his Bulldogs faced bigger competition the second week of summer-league boys basketball in Lawson – both in terms of school size and bodies on the court.