Sports

On July 13, Orrick varsity girls basketball coach Jonathan Kinder and assistant coach Chase Sims noticed a change in their Bearcats.

When Richmond’s 2022 varsity 11-man football season ended in November, Chris Webb couldn’t wait to put on his uniform again. “(I) just (wanted to) be on the field and get back with the boys – get back to playing football,” he said.

Of the three summers Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) varsity coach Andrew Watson has led the Aggies’ 8-man football team camps, the first camp this summer has been the best, he said, in terms of comprehensiveness.

On June 22, Libby Fifer, Hannah Finley and their Hardin-Central varsity girls basketball teammates did something they hadn’t done before: They participated in a combined practice. For a few hours that afternoon, the Bulldogs hosted Orrick (see also June 30 issue).

The varsity 8-man football schedules for Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) and Orrick have been posted on the Missouri State High School Activities Association website. Orrick (11-1 in 2022) will open at 7 p.m.

ST. JOSEPH – Years from now, when J.W. Doyle and Kobe Gibson reflect on participating in the 2023 Missouri 8-Man Football Coaches Association All-Star Game, they’ll probably remember how they were part of a 22-20 comeback victory by the Green All-Stars.

Richmond varsity football coach Nick Persell and his Spartans are ready for a break. They’re about to get one.

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.

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

Denver Douglas, Brody Fifer and their Hardin-Central boys basketball teammates got a confidence boost Monday afternoon. With Hardin-Central’s 40-13 thumping of Albany and 44-26 victory over Stewartsville/Osborn in the Barker Center, the Bulldogs finished summerleague play at Lawson.