Today's Sports

Tyler Russ might be considered a late bloomer when it comes to go-kart racing.

In a sport where many competitors first get behind the wheel as young as 5- or 6-years-old, the Chiefland 17-year-old, who goes by the nickname ‘The NightCrawler’ on the track, only got started three years ago.

But that hasn’t slowed Russ’ fast rise in the sport, if his first foray into a state series this year is any indication.

For the first time in half a decade, Chiefland is searching for a new head football coach.

On Tuesday, Dec. 6, the school dismissed Aaron Richardson, who was at the helm for five seasons, leading the program to a 24-24 record.

The Indians finished 3-5 in 2016.

“They let me know they were going in a different direction, and I kind of understood,” Richardson said. “Anytime a team is underperforming, or performing badly, us, as head coaches, we kind of know when things could happen.

A meaningless basket at the buzzer by Trenton was the only field goal scored in the final 2:20 of play in a meeting between the Tigers and visiting Chiefland in boys’ district hoops action last Friday.

Fortunately, for the Indians, they entered that span with a small advantage, thanks to a bucket by Keshawn Smith off an assist by River Lundy with two-and-a-half minutes to play. From there, CMHS made four of its final six free throws to fend off Trenton with a 45-42 win.

The win lifted the Indians to 2-0 in District 1A-7 play, and 2-2 overall.

The standing ovation Pat Telgen received at the Chiefland Middle High School football and cheer banquet was a fitting encapsulation of what the senior linebacker and offensive lineman has meant to the Indians football program.

At Monday’s award event, he was presented the night’s top honor, the ‘Heart of an Indian’ award, which head coach Aaron Richardson described as the team’s “overall MVP.”