Sports

ORRICK – Varsity 8-man football coach Kirk Thacker and his Bearcats braved the elements to start this week’s practice schedule.

RICHMOND – Excited Richmond football players rushed to the end zone after the game and rang the Saluda Bell – their prize for winning the bi-county rivalry game against Lexington.

CAMERON – With Richmond’s 3-0 Oct. 23, season-ending road loss to topseeded Cameron in the Class 3 District 16 Tournament semifinals, varsity volleyball coach Crystal Turner hoped the Spartans saw in the Dragons the kind of program they can become.

KEYTESVILLE – Kelton Gordon had a reason to grin after Norborne Hardin-Central’s 88-40 road win Oct. 22 over Keytesville/Brunswick/Northwestern of Mendon.

ALMA – At halftime, Orrick coach Kirk Thacker gave his Bearcats his blunt opinion of how they played the first half of their Oct. 22 meeting with Santa Fe.

HENRIETTA – There is no domestic violence shelter in Ray County, a plan to establish one fell through, but the Ray County Sheriff’s Office helped to raise awareness about abuse with an event Oct. 23 and social media posts.

RICHMOND – The Knob Noster Panthers played like they expected to win when they took the opening kickoff and contested the game throughout the first half before Richmond adjusted and rolled to a 69-24 Oct. 15 homefield win.

BOLIVAR – For the second straight season, Richmond’s Kennedy Wrisinger was among the state’s top 50 girls golfers in Class 1. Wrisinger, a junior, placed 46th among 82 golfers at the Class 1 state tournament, held Monday and Tuesday at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club.

BRUNSWICK – Hardin-Central had to do some relocating to play what proved to be its last varsity softball game this season, a 12-2 Class 1 District 12 Tournament semifinal loss to Braymer/Breckenridge.