Sports

OAK GROVE – A sense of urgency fueled Richmond in the final set of the Spartans’ 3-0 season-ending loss in varsity volleyball Oct. 20 at Oak Grove.

Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) will get another crack at Sweet Springs/Malta Bend in varsity 8-man football. The Aggies (4-5) will face the Greyhounds at 7 p.m.

ST. JOSEPH – The Spartans were a better varsity softball team at season’s end than they had been at its beginning.

A schedule change didn’t throw off Norborne Hardin-Central’s (NHC’s) performance on the gridiron Oct. 13 against Northwest of Hughesville/ Sedalia Sacred Heart in 8-man football action, J.W. Doyle and Anakin Grayson agreed.

With Orrick’s 60-30 Oct. 14 home win over North Shelby in varsity 8-man football, Bearcats coach Kirk Thacker achieved a milestone.

On Tuesday night, Sara Brungardt, Kelly Jaggars and Alli Powell got to experience playing a regular-season volleyball match in the Richmond High School gym for the last time. With their teammates, the three seniors played Cameron to close the regular season.

KNOB NOSTER – Like Richmond’s 64-0 thumping of Carrollton in Week 6, the Spartans’ 48-0 Oct. 14 rout of Knob Noster allowed some younger players to get some second-half game reps.

The Oct. 7 meeting at Norborne between Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) and undefeated Orrick in varsity 8-man football was a reunion of sorts for Orrick coach and former NHC coach Kirk Thacker.

LEXINGTON – The general consensus among Richmond and Hardin-Central cross country runners about the Battle of Lexington Invitational, staged Oct. 8 on the Lexington High School campus, was this: It was a great date and place to run.

Richmond and Hardin-Central both advanced through the first round of district softball. A 1-0 win over St.