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Spartans think pink

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

Richmond didn’t wear its usual red or white jerseys on Oct. 6, when the Spartans fell to Lexington 3-0 at Lexington in varsity volleyball action.

SPORTING HER dark pink jersey, Richmond senior Kelly Jaggars rears back to hit Tuesday night against visiting Lafayette County of Higginsville.

RICHMOND SPORTS NOTEBOOK

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK Kennedy Wrisinger achieved a hat trick Monday. With her performance that day in the Class 2 District 4 Tournament at Moila Golf Course in St.

Steele coolly collects game-winning TD pass as Spartans win thriller

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

For one moment, around 9:30 p.m. Oct.

RICHMOND QUARTERBACK Donivin Williams, No. 3, gives a low five to lineman and fellow senior Jack Gogue after Williams’ last-second TD pass to Eli Steele puts the Spartans ahead of Holden 24-20 Oct. 7 at Spartan Stadium. A two-point conversion run by Aidan Ivison then provides the final points of Richmond’s Missouri River Valley Conference East Division victory. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

Richmond volleyballers go 1-1-1, take third at Carrollton

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

CARROLLTON – Richmond varsity volleyball coach Crystal Turner had high hopes for her Spartans for the Carrollton Tournament. “We took second there last year and I’d really like to see us win out this year,” Turner said Sept. 29.

WITH SPECTATORS and her teammates watching, senior Kelly Jaggars leaps high to attempt a kill shot during Richmond’s third-place match with Brookfield Oct. 1 in the Carrollton Tournament. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

Thacker preps ’Cats for emotionally charged meeting with NHC

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

If Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker had his say, his undefeated Bearcats wouldn’t play Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) Friday night at Norborne. Or any day or night of the week.

CALLED ON to do the lion’s share of the running after Jaxon Miller suffers a minor hamstring pull, Orrick senior Zander Stevinson carries the football during the Bearcats’ Sept. 30 homecoming victory. SOPHIA BALES | Staff

Aggies prepping for rivalry clash with undefeated Bearcats

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

It’s rivalry time for Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) in varsity 8-man football – and time to get reacquainted with an old coach. The Aggies (2-4 overall) will face undefeated Orrick Friday at Norborne.

Spartans rebound from Week 5 loss with Week 6 blowout

3 years ago By Shawn Roney

The Spartans took out some of their frustrations from their 18-12 Week 5 loss to Lafayette County of Higginsville during their Sept. 30 homecoming game with Carrollton.

RICHMOND SENIOR running back Aidan Ivison plows ahead during the first half of the Spartans’ 64-0 Sept. 30 homecoming win over Carrollton — his only half of action, as he helps the Spartans build a 56-0 halftime lead so that he and the other starters can rest the second half. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

Spartans, with mended QB, fall to Huskers

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

HIGGINSVILLE – Richmond varsity coach Nick Persell and senior quarterback Donivin Williams agreed after Richmond’s 18-12 Sept.

BACK FROM a shoulder injury, Richmond senior quarterback Donivin Williams scrambles and tries to avoid being sacked early in the Spartans’ 18-12 Sept. 23 road loss to Lafayette County of Higginsville in Missouri River Valley Conference East Division action and a battle of the unbeatens. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

Aggies face ‘kind of similar opponent’ after homecoming loss

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

When it came to treating last week’s homecoming game like any other varsity 8-man football game, Norborne Hardin-Central (NHC) did about as well as one could imagine, considering it was “a crazy week, with lots of stuff going on,” Aggies coach Andrew Watson said.

AGGIES QUARTERBACK Zach Deitch, No. 2, displays his running skills Sept. 23 at Hardin-Central on a night when he also throws for 200-plus yards. TARA ATLIS | Staff

Orrick’s O-line stampedes over Mustangs; Bearcats roll

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Orrick’s offensive line has a fan in Bearcats coach Kirk Thacker. “My offensive line is just absolutely fantastic,” Thacker said Monday by phone.

THE BEARCATS do up down exercises Tuesday on their practice field as they work toward their goal of posting a perfect season. They’ll attempt to take another step toward that goal Friday night, when they host Sweet Springs/ Malta Bend for homecoming. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

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