Fall Roundup: Sept. 12-17

Park Hill South Boys Soccer
….improved their record to 5-4 on the season and edged above the .500 mark for the first time this season after three convincing conference victories last week. Brody Bouillon, Tyler Easton, and Adam Weatherly teamed up to put in scores against Raytown South in a 3-0 shutout. Heath Turner added his second shutout of the week in a 5-0 win against William Chrisman on the heels of Adam Weatherly’s three-score hat trick and additional scores from Andrew Gonzales and Jordan Lindsey. Bouillon scored two goals and Gonzalez added a third in a 3-0 victory over Winnetonka. Mark DeJesus was credited with the shutout. Coach Joe Toigo said his team is improving, but will experience a real test this Thursday when the play Liberty.

Park Hill Volleyball
….went 2-0 last week with conference wins against Truman and North Kansas City. Lyndi Plattner leads the team with 55 kills while Haley Knudson leads with 39 digs in conference play over four games. The Trojans advanced to the quarterfinals of the Lee's Summit North tournament before falling to the host school 25-16, 25-17. They are 7-8 overall coming into play this week.

Park Hill Softball
…is hitting on all cylinders at the midway point in their season. They increased their record to 10-3 with conference victories against North Kansas City (10-0), Ruskin (15-0), and a big momentum boasting win against Truman (3-1). Audrea Allen pitched no-hitters against North Kansas City and Ruskin while Bethany Sullinger, KK Rettinger, Samantha Snodgrass, Keylee Burks, and Katherine Lawrence contributed to the Trojans’ offensive bombardment. Allen and Mackenzie Porter teamed up to hold Truman to one run as Park Hill’s win brought them to the top of the conference leader board. Rettinger had a triple and two of the Trojans’ three runs.

Coach Stuart Sullinger says the quality of the defense is an area which he didn’t expect to be as solid as it has with an impressive .963 fielding percentage, but believes the combination of centerfielder KK Rettinger and shortstop Bethany Sullinger provide for one of the city’s best one-two punches offensively along with contributions from Sam Snodgrass and Nikki Moss. Pitchers Makenzie Porter and Audrea Allen are beginning to hit their stride with their control and challenging batters. Overall, Sullinger says it’s been a complete team effort.

“I know when I mention specific players, I leave someone out,” Sullinger said. “That’s too bad because every girl is doing all they can to make us successful. It has been good start. I believe if we keep doing the little things right, the rest of the season will take care of itself: one pitch at a time.”

Park Hill South Volleyball
…two points is all that separated Park Hill South Volleyball last weekend from back to back tournament victories on consecutive weekends. After securing an easy 25-13, 25-8 win against Raytown during the week in their only scheduled match, the Panthers traveled to the Lee’s Summit North Tournament.

Much like they did previously in the Winnetonka Tournament, South sailed through pool play and into the championship bracket. There, they advanced past Rock Bridge (25-15, 25-16) and onto the semi-finals where they defeated Liberty for a second time in as many weeks when, after dropping the first set, South came roaring back for a (19-25, 25-16, 25-21) victory to put in into the title match against host school, Lee’s Summit North. In a competitive three-set match, Park Hill South eventually battled to a title game victory and tournament championship by a score of 25-20, 21-25, 25-23.
The Panthers are now 16-1 with a game scheduled at William Chrisman Thursday before matchups against Belton and Park Hill early next week.

Park Hill South Softball
….secured two conference victories last week against William Chrisman (14-0) and Fort Osage 7-0). The Panthers had 20 hits including two triples against Chrisman while Makayla Walker threw a one-hitter. Madison Price pitched for the win against Fort Osage. Jordin Woodward was three-for-three with three runs batted in while Mallory and Courtney Land went two-for-two.

Park Hill Boys Soccer
…added three wins to their conference record last week with victories against Truman, Ruskin, and North Kansas City. Timmy Hay scored two goals while Devon Belew added another in their 3-1 win over Truman. Hay added a hat-trick with three goals against Ruskin in the Trojans 10-0 win. Matt Russell, Alec Fiest, and Chris Zdvorak scored two goals apiece. Blake Barnard also scored. Mason Fannin recored his second shutout of the week with a 3-0 win over North Kansas City. Zach Stuhlman, Hay, and Belew scored for Park Hill. Parker Melott contributed five assists in the three game span. Park Hill is now 4-6 on the season with Blue Springs at home on Wednesday.

Park Hill Girls Tennis
…Park Hill girls tennis rattled off two 6-3 victories last week. The first win came against St. Joe Central with top singles player Suzanne Barth defeating Logan Taylor 6-2, 6-0 to jumpstart the Trojans. She teamed up with Anna Karasiewicz to defeat Central’s doubles team 7-5, 6-0. Park Hill went on to beat Oak Park in much the same way as Barth defeated Oak Park’s Ali McDaniel 10-2 before her and Karasiewicz beat McDaniel and teammate Jenna McDaniel 10-5.
Over the weekend, they competed in the Liberty Tournament where they placed third behind Rock Bridge and Kickapoo. They host North Kansas City and Ruskin before competing in the Suburban Northland Tournament this weekend.

Park Hill Girls Cross Country
…finished lower than they would have hoped for at the Platte County Invitational last week with their eighth place finish out of ten teams with complete finishes. Kim Rau placed 35th with teammate Brooke Bischof shortly behind in 36th. Other finishers include Emma Gaiser (39th), Abby Muller (43rd), Maddie Bischof (47th), and Gianna Tutorino (54th). They compete in the Rim Rock Classic this weekend.

Park Hill Boys Cross Country
…finished 17th out of 20 with 458 team points at the Platte County Invitational last week. The Trojans top two finishers were Hanok Tekle at 74th and Mark Prose at 94th. Over the weekend, they competed in the Blue Springs Invitational where Riley Fahrenholz finished fourth overall. Nathan Huffer (18th). Kainen Utten (27th), Joey Walton (45th), Jon Steven (56th), and Nate Thomas (57th) rounded out the Trojan results as they placed fifth out of 12 teams.They compete in the Rim Rock Classic this weekend.

Park Hill Girls Golf
Park Hill girls golf third overall in the 18 team field at the Truman tournament Monday with a team score of 378. Adrianna Elliott tied for second with a score of 85 while Anna Kloeppel finished in 13th and Tara Patneau came in 15th.

Park Hill South Girls Cross Country
...finished fifth out of nine teams at the Blue Spring Invitational last weekend. Lizzy Jurries was the Panthers top finisher with a time of 21:39, good for 17th place. Other Panthers finishing included Lauren Blair (25th), DeDe O'Toole (26th), Audrey Rothers (27th), Raven Jennings (34th), and Kerry Maas (39th). They compete at Grandview this Thursday.

Park Hill South Boys Cross Country
...finished sixth at the Blue Springs Invitational last weekend with Tucker Melles leading the way as he came in at 13th place. Lendon Calhoun (23rd), Peter Thomas (41st), Mason Homoly (47th), Jacob Bowlin (61st), and Eli Williams (66th) completed the Panther field of runners. They compete at Grandview this Thursday.