…brought home two conference victories last week with a 2-0 win against Lee’s Summit West and a 1-0 against Truman. Devon Belew and Matt Russell contributed the Trojans two goals against Lee’s Summit West with the help of assists by Neal Sampson and Zach Stuhlman. Russell scored the lone goal against Truman. Park Hill lost 3-0 against Columbia Rockbridge to end the week. With victories against St. Joe Central and North Kansas City in this week’s final regular season games, the 11-10 Trojans can improve their 9-1 conference record for a share of the conference title. Park Hill will take on the second seeded Park Hill South Panthers on November 1st in the district semi-final in St. Joe.
Park Hill South Boys Soccer
…suffered two tough overtime losses last week as they prepare for the district play which starts next week. The Panthers took Oak Park to double overtime, but fell 5-4 before battling Fort Osage later in the week where they were unable to edge Fort Osage. Park Hill South finishes their regular season against Belton and Raytown South this week. Brody Bouillon continues to lead Park Hill South in goals with 13 on the year while he, Alex Gonzalez, and Alex Weatherly lead in assists. The 14-8-1 Panthers, ranked second coming into districts will take on the third seeded Park Hill Trojans in the semi-final on November 1st in St. Joe.
Park Hill Girls Tennis
…were one set away from playing for a state title last week. After fighting through the bracket, the Trojans came up against Parkway Central in the semi-finals. The team score was 3-3 coming out of the singles portion of the competition after Brooke Barnard, Kaylin Lake, and Abby Peoples secured wins for Park Hill. The Trojans would split the first two matchups in doubles, but in the end it would be Parkway Central pulling away with the decisive fifth victory when the Colts took the third of three sets. Park Hill would finish in fourth place after being defeated in the third place matchup with Lafayette 5-2.
Individually, Suzanne Barth advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles bracket with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Kickapoo’s Kasey Matthes in the sectional round before falling to Lafayette’s Haleigh Chobanian by a score of 6-4, 6-3. Brooke Barnard and Kaylin Lake were eliminated in the sectional round when they were defeated by St. Joseph Academy’s Ell Bisig and Olivia Conway 7-5, 6-1.
Park Hill South Girls Tennis
…was knocked out of the Missouri State Tournament in the sectional round by St. Theresa’s Academy 5-2. Adele Royle and Marie Gehrke were also unable to advance past the sectional round as they were defeated by Branson’s Taylor Johnston and Lucy Givens.
Park Hill Girls Golf
…wrapped up one of its most successful seasons in some time last week with three golfers participating in the state tournament. Senior Anna Kloeppel concluded her senior year by earning a state medal with an eighth place finish after a 83 shot performance. Freshman Adrianna Elliott shot a 90, good enough for 33rd place while senior Bailey Warlen finished in 68th place with her 98.
“Anna shot her best score of the year at State…that is an amazing accomplishment considering we have not played the course, the pressure involved with the state competition, weather issues and the level of play. Several golfers that we have competed against throughout the year did not compete as well at state,” Coach Tari Garner said.
Kloeppel will move on to compete in college next year, but has not made a decision on where yet. After hitting some obstacles her junior year, it was bittersweet for her coach to see her go out as a senior with so much success.
“I had tears of pride as I walked with her the last three holes that completed the State competition. She will have much success because of her work ethic and her attitude about life. We had some bumps in the road last season and she took that experience and used it to fuel her determination in the offseason and throughout this year’s competitive season,” Garner said.
Park Hill Boys Cross Country
…for it being his first season running cross country, senior Joey Walton has had quite a season and he continued it last weekend as he took second place in a competitive field at the district meet in Liberty. While the Park Hill track and cross country teams are just getting to know how strong of a runner he is, Walton will be turning in his running shoes after graduation as he enters the U.S. Navy.
“I didn’t know much about him coming into this season. Everyone said he was pretty good and has an amazing work ethic. It comes so natural to him, I don’t even think he’s tapped into his full potential as a runner,” Coach Jon Davis said.
Park Hill finished fourth as a team, qualifying for the sectional meet next weekend at Longview Lake. Behind Walton were fellow teammates Nathan Huffer (16th), and Kainen Utt (21st) who will advance to sectionals next week. For Utt, it represents an improvement from last year as he was one place away from qualifying last year when he took 31st. Other Trojan finishers included Jon Steven (39th), Nate Thomas (44th), Hanok Tekle (54th), and Mark Prose (67th).
Park Hill Girls Cross Country
…finished sixth in their district run last week. Kim Rau led the team with her fifth place finish. Emma Gaiser followed with her 29th place finish. Both will compete in sectionals next weekend. Other finishes included Abby Muller (31st), Mercedes Robinson (35th), Libby Lund (38th), Maddie Bischof (39th), and Gianna Tutorino (58th).
Park Hill South Boys Cross Country
…Tucker Melles led Park Hill South at the district meet in Liberty last weekend with his fifth place finish. As a freshman Melles has led the Panthers most of the season and has not only set a strong bar to match for his teammates, but himself.
“He’s very mature. Everytime I say he’s going to do something, he somehow surpasses it. I told him I think he can get top ten (next week), but we’ll have to see,” Coach Brad Banning said. “He’s steady as a rock and never really gets too excited. He puts his mind to something and just does it, so I don’t really have to coach him up or anything.”
Finishing behind him was Lendon Calhoun (20th), Peter Thomas (22nd), Mason Homoly (40th), Jacob Bowlin (45th), Keaton Murry (53rd), and Westley King (69th). The Panthers finished in fifth place, just shy of advancing as a team to the sectional meet last week. Melles, Calhoun, and Thomas will compete individually in sectionals.
Park Hill South Girls Cross Country
….will run as a team this weekend in the sectional meet at Longview Lake after qualifying in the district race last weekend. Their third place finish was led by Lizzy Jurries’s ninth place finish. Panthers advancing to sectionals included Madeline Homoly (15th), Erica Guzman (25th), and Lauren Blair (28th). Other finishers for Park Hill South were Raven Jennings (36th), Audrey Rothers (45th), and DeDe O’Toole (48th).
“They’ve all had strong showings throughout the year, but been real steady up to this point so I told them they needed to hit it out of the park today, not think too much about it, and run as fast as you can,” Coach Pam Jurgensmeyer said. “We’re really happy especially since it was such a toss up on which teams would advance.”
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