Trojans run into playoff roadblock

After battling through district play and eventually coming out on top as district champions despite being an underdog, the Park Hill boys soccer team fought rainy and windy conditions last week to hold on for a 1-0 victory over Liberty in the state sectionals. The win set the Trojans up for a quarterfinal matchup Saturday against Lee’s Summit West, a team they had split their conference season series with 1-1 and fell runner-up to in the final league standings. Both meetings between the Trojans and Titans this season were one-sided games for the victor, but their quarterfinal matchup would end up resembling parts of both.

“The first two games were really lopsided. They dominated us and were clearly the better team, then we really dominated them when we played here. So tonight was really a good combination of those two,” Park Hill coach Dustin Sollars said.

A trip to the Final Four at stake, the game was a naturally physical contest with the stands full at the Park Hill District Athletic Complex. While the Trojans held the time of possession through a good part of the game, a Lee’s Summit West shot from Alex Brown snuck through the grasp of Park Hill goalkeeper Mason Fannin with ten minutes left in the first half to put the Titans up 1-0 before halftime. Park Hill would again be on the offensive side in the second half, but despite a barrage of shots and opportunities, the Trojans could not convert. Two offsides penalties in the final minutes took away Park Hill scoring opportunities, one of which negated a goal.

“We were just pounding them with shots at the end and they just kept hanging out, but I mean they earned the right,” Sollars said.

In the end though their lone goal in the first half would be all the Titans would need to take a 1-0 victory and advance to St. Louis next weekend, ending the Trojans’ unlikely end of season run. Even with the disappointing loss, Park Hill’s presence as one of the lone teams still playing in the metro area is a testament to their success and an accomplishment few thought would occur back when the season started in August after losing a large part of last year’s quarterfinalist team.

“A lot of people thought we weren’t supposed to be good, no one thought we’d be here,” Sollars said. “We were supposed to be sub .500, but we were a late goal away from a conference championship, we won districts, advanced past sectionals. They accomplished everything last year’s phenomenal team accomplished. They represented themselves and their school well."

Trojan heading West(on)

The Park Hill Lady Trojans basketball team hasn’t even stepped on the floor for a regular season game in the 2011-2012 season yet, but one of their senior leaders and starting point guard Kyleesha Weston has already made one of the biggest moves of her senior year. Last week, Weston signed a letter of intent to play basketball next year at the University of Colorado where she’ll take her athleticism and love of defense to Boulder to battle against PAC-12 schools for the Buffaloes.

“Kyleesha’s love for the game and dedication to her sport has put her in a position to play at the next level,” Park Hill head coach Aaron Neeser said. “Colorado sees a young lady that is athletic and highly skilled with the ball.”

Being a division one basketball recruit described as ‘playing bigger than her listed height’ and being ‘the ultimate team player’, it may be hard to believe Weston has only been playing the game since eighth grade, but once she took to the game there was no looking back. She soon joined a club team, the MoKan Eclipse, to improve her skills and face tougher competition. As her mother Lisa says, Kyleesha wasn’t always one of the better players on the team.

“Kyleesha was behind most all the other players since they had all been playing basketball for years, but this didn’t stop her. She kept at it,” Lisa Weston said. “Practicing long hours, not being able to hang out with friends, missing out on proms and school functions, she was willing to do it all, in order to reach her goal.”

It was an offseason tournament in the fall before her junior season, which led her to meeting Colorado head women’s coach Linda Lappe, who had some solid advice to offer the young point guard.

“Colorado came into the picture my junior year. They told me they thought I was a great player, but that I should probably work on my dribbling. So I would go home and dribble for two hours a day,” Kyleesha said.

The words sparked motivation which produced for Park Hill last season as Weston put together an impressive resume of stats including game averages of 15.4 points, 3 assists, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals making her one of the top prospective recruits in the country.

“By June when AAU was in full force Coach Lappe came out to watch me and said she was impressed. That’s when our relationship really started to come along,” Kyleesha said. “It really just came down to having such good chemistry with the coaches and really the whole staff.”

What attracted Weston to Colorado to start with? While many who grow up watching Big 12 schools on television someday dream of playing for those same schools and despite interest from Kansas State and Missouri, Weston wanted to branch out to something different.

“Being in the different division with the PAC-12 and playing the different schools,” Weston said. “I watch basketball and the Big 12 all the time, so it was a chance to get out there and do something different.”

Getting ready to start her senior year at Park Hill, Weston says she is fortunate to have gotten her offer as early as did and have the chance to accept it before the season started.

“I wanted the decision to be less stressful during the season for me and my teammates because I didn’t want to be missing practices or games, and I just wanted to get it out of the way. I talked to my mom, dad, and coaches and they said if you’re ready to make that commitment then go for it,” Weston said.

With her decision behind her, she’ll have the chance to look forward to the future ahead while also spending time focusing on having a quality senior season with her teammates who she’s very close to

“We want to go out and play the best we can. We want to stay close as a family because we’re really tight as a team. This year we’re going to be strong and fast, just need to keep improving on that in practice. I think that would be great for this season,” Weston said.

Panthers take fourth at state swim meet

Park Hill and Park Hill South both competed in the state swim meet in St. Peters last weekend, but it was the Park Hill South coming home as the big winners with their fourth place finish, tying for the best finish in school history after racking up 173 total team points.

The Panthers placed high in most of the 12 events, but were led by second place performances in the 200 free relay and 400 free relay made up of swimmers Spencer On, Alex Heuton, Daniel Day, Jacob Fisher, and Liam Huffman. Huffman and Day added more to South’s points coffer when Day placed fifth in the final 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly races while Huffman placed fourth in the 200 freestyle and fifth in the 100 freestyle. The 200 medley relay team added a sixth place finish. Spencer Moran placed 10th in the diving portion of the competition.

Park Hill did not perform as highly as they would have liked with a total of 14 team points, but did see quality performances from the 200 medley relay team which placed 15th while Matt Wagner placed 16th in the backstroke. Connor Shene placed ninth in diving.

Underdog Trojans win district title, third in a row

Coming into this season, Park Hill boys soccer coach Dustin Sollars knew his team would face some obstacles if they wanted to match what they had accomplished the previous two seasons. In 2009 and 2010, the Trojans won district titles and advanced to the quarterfinals both years, advancing to the state semifinals in 2009. After losing a good portion of that experienced and talented squad to graduation, it would have been easy to write 2011 as a rebuilding year, but a 2-1 victory over Oak Park last week in the district title game has given Park Hill its third consecutive district championship and sets them up with a meeting with Liberty this week in the state sectionals.

“Being back in the playoffs means a lot. Losing that group last year hurt and as a result no one expected anything out of us,” Sollars said. “I think this year’s group took that to heart and really played with a chip on their shoulder for a while. We had bouts of immaturity along the way where we let down and gave up games, but that's what happens when you go from a very senior laden team to a new bunch.”

Park Hill seeded third coming into district play with a 12-11 record was an underdog unlike previous years. Going to double overtime in their first round game against Park Hill South with each tied at 1-1, it was Neal Sampson scoring the game winning goal to advance the Trojans to the title game against Oak Park. The Northmen who had gone through an incredible regular season racking up a 21-3 record faced Park Hill in the first week of the season in two matchups where the Trojans pulled out one victory before Oak Park came back a couple days later to beat Park Hill in what began the Northmen’s tear through their schedule. In the end it would be the Trojans not just taking the season series with a 2-1 win, but also giving them their third straight district title on the heels of goals from Shane Belew and Chris Walker.

“We were the last team to beat Oak Park before their streak,” Sollars said. “Beat them on a Saturday, turned around and lost on Tuesday. We began and ended their streak.”

The Trojans will be in a similar position for redemption this week against Liberty as Park Hill fell to the Blue Jays in a close 2-1 match earlier in the season. Sollars thinks it was a game they should have won and hopes their improvement throughout the season will give them the added advantage they need to make their third trip to the quarterfinals.

“We hit the post a couple times but just had trouble finishing,” Sollars said. “We like to think we've gotten better at finishing, but I'm sure their defense has improved very much since that second week of the season.”

For this year’s team, who may not have come into the year considered a threat, their accomplishment comes in the form of securing a part of school history in being the first team to win three district titles in row since the program’s start in 1980.

“This year’s group figured it out along the way as opposed to when the season started. And that's fine,” Sollars said. “They set their own goals and one of them was to get back to the quarterfinal game. And the exciting part is that they’re not satisfied yet.”

Fall Roundup: Oct. 31 - Nov. 5

Park Hill Boys CC
Park Hill’s Joey Walton finished his senior season at the Missouri state cross country championship last week with a ninth place finish clocking in with a time of 16:25. Walton came in just 31 seconds behind first place finisher Caleb Wilfong of Columbia Rockbridge.

Park Hill South Boys CC
Park Hill South freshman Tucker Melles has set a solid foundation for which to base the next three years of his high school career this season. Melles was consistently the top Panthers’ cross country runner this fall and capped off his first year with a top 50 finish in last week’s state cross country championship coming in 43rd with a time of 17:05.

"Tucker ran a great race at state and was the highest finishing frosh at state. Our team this year was very young. We are graduating one senior from our varsity so the next couple years should be good."

Park Hill Girls CC
Park Hill sophomore Kim Rau place 55th at the Missouri state cross country championship meet last weekend capping off her season as the Lady Trojans’ most consistent runner.

“It’s always an honor to take a runner to the big show of the season. I cannot thank Kim Rau enough for her hard work and dedication throughout this season,” Coach Jason Parr said. “It makes coaching so much fun when you have runners that see light at the end of tunnel and decide that they must finish strong and stay the course. If you were to ask Kim if she ran well she would tell you ‘No’. This just goes to show what kind of competitor she is each day.”

Park Hill Swim and Dive
Park Hill swimming came in second at the suburban conference red division last week with a total of 500 team points. They trailed conference champion Lee’s Summit West who racked up 569 points. First place finishes included the 200 individual medley relay, Matt Wagner in the 200 yard free, Vinnie Tutorino in the 100 butterfly, Matt Johnson in the 100 break stroke, and Wagner in the 100 backstroke. Also contributing with second place finishes were Garrett Wooldridge in the 200 individual medley, Barry Chang in the 500 free, Kyle Allen in the 100 breakstroke, Jared Alderman in the 100 yard backstroke, the 200 freestyle relay, and the 400 free relay. The Trojans will compete in the state meet in the Columbia this weekend.

Park Hill South Swim and Dive
… took the Suburban White Division title last weekend in dominating fashion as they placed first in every event they completed (disqualified in the 200 yard medley relay), compiling an impressive 625 team points, almost doubling their nearly competitor in Raytown with their 377 points.

Daniel Day brought home first place finishes in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly, Liam Huffman placed first in the 200 individual medley and 100 free. Spencer On took first in the 50 freestyle and second in the 100 butterfly. Tom Prinslow placed first in the 500 freestyle and second in the 200 individual medley. Caleb Siebert took second in the 500 freestyle while Chase Riekhof took second in the 200 freestyle. Jacob Fisher and Aubrey Churchman took first and second in the 100 backstroke. Travis Colpitts and Joe Richey brought home first and second in the 100 breaststroke. The 200 and 400 yard free relay teams also place first.

They’ll next compete for another coveted top finish at the state swim meet in Columbia this weekend.

Missouri shows us the good, the bad, and the ugly

Last week was an interesting week for the State of Missouri, particularly in the world of sports and politics. There was a little bit of everything, but probably best described as the good, the bad, and the ugly with the St. Louis Cardinals’ World Series victory, the Missouri state legislature’s inability to pass an economic development bill in its special session, and the University of Missouri’s ongoing saga on whether they’ll jump to the Southeastern Conference or stay in the Big 12. The one parallel between the three is we may be from the same state, but you’ll be hard pressed to find an area where all Missourians are on the same side of any one issue.

The Good
The Cardinals’ improbable month of September which had them trailing by more than 10 games before coming back to clinch a playoff spot. In October they advanced past Philadelphia and Milwaukee for an even more unlikely appearance in the World Series against Texas. Down three games to two, St. Louis staged a comeback (several, actually) in Game 6 that will go down in baseball history as a classic. Similar to the way things went in Game 7 for the Royals in 1985, Texas couldn’t overcome the leftover momentum the Cardinals’ had in their favor as St. Louis went on to win their second world title in six years.

As a kid, I was a Cardinals fan. Of course, second to the Royals. Mostly because they were in a different league and from Missouri, so my young mind thought it was a natural. But as I grew up, I began to see the very real rift that exists between Kansas City and St. Louis. It was on full display last week too, as all of a sudden you found some pretty loyal Texas Rangers fans in the area, evidence that remnants of the 1985 World Series are still alive and well in Missouri.

The Bad
After several months of buildup, it seemed as if the negotiations and framework were in place for the Republican-dominated Missouri state legislature to use the special session to draft an economic development and jobs bill. After failing to do so in the five month long regular session from January to May, voters were led to believe the special session would allow elected officials to accomplish their top campaign priority in 2010: job creation and the economy. It was not to be, as the House and Senate were unable to reconcile their differences before finally deciding to end the special session empty-handed at a cost of nearly $280,000 to taxpayers.

As I mentioned back in August, Democrats have such a small presence in Jefferson City, their influence in any bill that goes through the House or the Senate is minimal, leaving the Republicans with what appeared to be a great opportunity to craft a bill almost completely to their liking. Governor Jay Nixon would be the only Democrat needing to approve, who was poised to sign a bill into law. The reality of this outcome is unfortunate because Missouri will now go another year without eliminating ineffective tax credits, no added incentives for companies to locate here, or new tools for existing companies to hire more workers.

Further proof politicians can battle their entire careers hoping to push the opposing political party from office, but if you can’t do anything with it when you finally do, what have you really gained? Democrats found this out on the national level after the 2008 elections and Republicans seem to be finding it out now after their 2010 gains on the state level.

The Ugly
While the residents of Missouri close to Kansas City seem to make up the largest contingent of Mizzou fans hoping the school holds onto hope the Big 12 can be reformed into a conference where all schools (not just Oklahoma and Texas) can thrive, a move to the Southeast Conference seems on the horizon. The rest of Missouri’s voice has apparently drowned out that sentiment by supporting the move.

Although the ending hasn’t played out, there’s the familiar feeling that if there was an ideal process or ‘right’ way to go through such a change, the University has proven it probably won’t follow that precedent. If in no other way, at least from a public relations point of view. With unnecessary press conferences, leaked reports, and anonymous story sources the school has made it harder on themselves than hoped for on the public front.

While Mizzou fans may get a little hot under the collar with each other over whether to stay or go, it’s likely nothing compared to the heat they’ll experience on the road finishing out a potential last season in the Big 12 with other schools’ faithful feeling understandably frustrated with the Tigers whose decision plays a role in their futures as well.

So no matter how mainstream you think you are, in Missouri there’s a good chance that if you want to get into an argument, there’s plenty of people willing and ready for the challenge. Just another example of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Fox faces Park on visitor’s side of the soccer field

October is traditionally a month of homecomings. Parades, dances, football games and the crowning of a queen. While those are the symbols and events typically associated with homecomings, it is sometimes the ones with less pomp and circumstance with the most meaning for those involved. This was the case recently during the American Midwest Conference college soccer game between William Woods and Park University as a small group of friends and family gathered to support former Park Hill soccer player and now William Woods assistant coach Zak Fox. The game was more than a rare opportunity for Fox to roam the sidelines of the same field he once played on during high school, but also a chance to compete against his former youth coach and Park University head coach Efrem Shimlis.

“It means even more now to coach against my old coach,” Fox said. “Just driving up to the stadium and realizing its all still here the way it was before is really cool.”

“He really likes being back here,” said Zak’s father Pride Fox, a Platte City business owner. “He likes that trip down memory lane.”

Growing up Fox fell in love with soccer at a young age and the coaching staff at Park University enhanced that by exposing him to the game by participating with the team. Fox’s mother Cathi pointed to the young ball boys on the field which reminded her of her son at their age.

“When Zak was little, just about that size,” she said pointing towards the boys on the sidelines, “he and several of his friends would come be ball boys for the Park games. I think they were in second grade. He has just loved soccer since he was four years old.”

Shimlis became the head coach at Park University in 2001, but prior to that he was an assistant coach and also coached the competitive youth team Fox played for. It was then when Shimlis became a huge influence and developed a close player-coach relationship with Fox that remains strong today.

“He’s one of my mentors,” Fox said of his former youth coach. “I stay in contact with him and we’ve talked quite a bit over the years,”

“I was telling him I have a picture in my office of him and the kids I coached when they were younger,” Shimlis said. “There were a lot of good kids on that team. I’m proud of him and so happy to see him.”

“It makes me feel old,” Shimlis joked when asked about Fox joining him in the coaching profession. “He’s loves the game and he’ll do fine. I’ve got a lot of respect for him and wish him all the best.”

Fox, a 2005 Park Hill graduate, played for two years at Neosho County Community College where he was a part of a conference championship team. After that he thought his playing days were over, but later received a call from former Neosho County assistant coach Nathan Mason, now head coach at William Woods, asking him to play for him. With two years of eligibility left, he had received the chance to continue playing the game he loved. He finished his senior year receiving several Player of the Week awards in the AMC before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 2011.

Having exhausted his college eligibility and knowing that playing at the pro level was a long-shot, despite several chances to tryout, Fox decided he wanted to stay in the game and pass his knowledge on to future players as a coach.

“I had a couple of chances to try out at places, but I just decided to hang up the boots. I knew my time was up,” Fox said of his decision. “Just anything to be around soccer. I live and breathe it, so anything to stay in it.”

“He couldn’t contribute anymore as a player, but thinks he can build people. He’s always liked building things since he was a little kid, so this kind of makes sense in the fact that he’s now building people,” Fox’s father said.

Fox is currently in his first season as an assistant at William Woods. He’s also working towards his master’s degree in education, a degree which parallels his interest in working with other people and passing his experiences onto others. While Fox still finds it frustrating not to be able to make a difference on the field, he hopes to take his coaching career to the next level once he receives his master’s. With the Kansas City region lacking major collegiate soccer programs, Fox would like to make his return home permanent someday, but knows his pursuit may first take him further away before it brings him closer.

“I’m not going to pass up any good opportunity,” Fox said. “If I can come back home I’d love it, but the higher the better, I mean it’s really ‘shoot for the stars’ right now.”

Even though the chilly October night left William Woods with a 1-0 overtime loss to the Park Pirates in front of a light crowd, the lack of publicity didn’t lessen the personal significance it had for those supporting their friend and family member whose presence may vary, but whose heart remains at home.

South falls short in district tiebreaker

Despite their thrilling 14-7 overtime victory two weeks ago against Winnetonka in district play, a first game loss to North Kansas City on October 15th came back to haunt the Park Hill South Panthers in their quest for a second straight playoff berth. With South’s 28-0 loss to Fort Osage last week in the last game of the regular season and Winnetonka’s 42-0 win over North Kansas City, the Griffons were able to get the point differential they needed to win the tie-breaker and secure a second place district finish sending them into this week’s regional playoff game against Truman.

Knowing the tie-breaker would likely not fall in their favor, the Panthers knew a win was the only way to completely ensure a playoff spot, but Fort Osage, with only one blemish, on their record coming into the season at 8-1 was a tough matchup for Park Hill South and it held true last week. Fort Osage quarterback Steven McBee had a standout night accounting for all four Indians’ four touchdowns on the night (three runs, one pass) while going 7 of 15 passing for 125 yards. The Indians spread their scoring out with a touchdown in each quarter.

While McBee provided the source for several big plays for Fort Osage, it was their defense that held Park Hill South to just 121 yards of total offense and created three turnovers. South running back Myles Hammonds, the Panthers’ leading rusher this season, was held to 25 yards on 25 carries.

Park Hill South ends the season with a 1-2 district record and 4-6 record overall.

Park Hill ends season, playoff streak

Recent history was not on the side of St. Joe Central last week in their district finale against Park Hill. The Trojans had eliminated Central from the playoffs the last three seasons and had advanced themselves the past six years in a row, but both changed last week with Central’s 28-6 win over Park Hill in the district finale. This clinched the Indians’ first playoff berth since 1995, leaving the Trojans with the particularly unsettling feeling of ending their season without a playoff appearance for the first time since 2004.

Both teams came out with the added enthusiasm of a playoff-like contest, but despite Central starting quarterback Darrin Dudley not being available due to a concussion, the Indians jumped ahead of the Trojans in the second quarter 10-0 after a 31 yard Sal Ingargiola field goal and 27-yard touchdown run from Corey Jackson.

“In a way, I think it helped them because they had to be more vanilla on offense and focus more on getting the ball to Jackson,” Park Hill coach Greg Reynolds said. “They used their physicality to their advantage on us.”

Park Hill narrowed the margin before halftime when running back Jordan Wang came out of the backfield to pull in an athletic sideline grab in the end zone for a 19-yard touchdown catch. Wang led Park Hill in rushing yards on the night with 98 on 20 carries. Up 10-6 at halftime, Central’s first drive in the second half resulted in a 35-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Jacob Kaiser to Nick Shores putting Central in the driver seat.

“If we get a stop there, then we’re feeling pretty good about the position we’re in,” Reynolds said.

Late in the third quarter, Park Hill’s defense created a scoring opportunity when Connor Samenus recovered a St. Joe Central fumble giving the Trojans the ball at the Indians 19-yard line. Several plays later the Trojans lined up for a 35-yard field goal attempt to narrow their deficit and, perhaps symbolic of the kind of night Park Hill had, the kick bounced off the side of the goal post leaving the Trojans empty-handed. Central’s next drive resulted in a three-and-out which left Park Hill with great field possession again, this time at Central’s 34-yard line. Park Hill’s first play of the drive, a bootleg pass from Trojan quarterback Tyler White, ended up in the arms of Central defender Dre Irvin who returned it 66 yards for a touchdown, putting the final touch on Central’s 24-6 victory over Park Hill.

“They (Central) did a really good job of taking away our trap game and forced us to throw the ball,” Reynolds said. “They can rush the passer really well. For the different looks we were seeing out of their defense, I thought we ran the ball fairly decent though.”

Late in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s game Park Hill senior Austryn Smith was treated and taken to the hospital by ambulance after being involved in an on-field collision which left him unconscious. He was released several hours later with no serious injuries or health concerns.

“It’s something we take very seriously and wanted to take every precaution,” Reynolds said.

The Trojans end the season with a 5-5 overall record.

Fall Roundup: Oct. 24-29

Park Hill Boys Soccer
…finished the regular season with a 12-11 record after a loss to North Kansas City 1-0 and a win in the finale against St. Joe Central 3-1. The loss to Park Hill was playing Park Hill South in the first round of district play in St. Joe as The Citizen went to deadline Tuesday night.

Park Hill South Boys Soccer
…clinched a share of the conference championship with Fort Osage last week with their two wins over Belton 3-0 and Raytown South 10-0. They’ll take a 16-8-1 record into districts this week after completing their conference record. Brody Bouillon continues to lead Park Hill South with 14 goals while Andrew Gonzalez has contributed 12 assists. Heath Turner has registered 90 saves this year as the last line of defense at goalie. They were playing Park Hill as of deadline Tuesday night in the first round.

Park Hill South Volleyball
…cruised through the Class 4, District 15 tournament last week without losing a set as they beat Truman 2-0 and then William Chrisman to claim the district title. They advanced to the sectional round of the Missouri state playoffs over the weekend where they ended their season with an earlier exit than they would have liked as they fell to St. Theresa’s in straight sets 25-16, 25-17 over the weekend. They end the year with an impressive 31-4 record having won both conference and district titles.

“We had a wonderful year and the team was amazing all year, on and off the court, and in the classroom,” Park Hill South coach Debbie Fay said. “I could not have asked for a better group.”

Park Hill Boys Cross Country
…Joey Walton led Park Hill and much the rest of the field once again in the state sectional meet last weekend as he placed fifth, advancing him to the state meet this weekend. As a team, the Trojans were not able to advance. Other Trojans competing included Nathan Huffer (36th), Kainen Utt (47th), Hanoh Tekle (75th), Nate Thomas (76th), and Cooper Gardner (77th).

Park Hill South Boys Cross Country
…Tucker Melles placed 26th in last weekend’s sectional meet, qualifying him to compete in the state meet this weekend. He led the Panthers field while Lendon Calhoun followed in 57th place and Peter Thomas finished in 62nd place.

Park Hill Girls Cross Country
…Kim Rau advanced to the state meet with her 28th place finish at last weekend’s sectional race. Emma Gaiser, the other Trojan competing, finished the race in 54th place.

Park Hill South Girls Cross Country
…finished in seventh place as a team at the sectional meet last weekend. They were not able to advance any individuals to the state meet as top finisher Erica Guzman finished in 53rd place. Following close behind were Audrey Rothers (55th), Madeline Homoly (56th), Lauren Blair (57th), Lizzy Jurries (59th), and Raven Jennings (65th).