The Lady Panthers kicked off their season with a 47-41 win over Oak Park in the Winnetonka Invitational last week. Park Hill South fell in their following two games with a 55-38 loss to Kearney and then a 45-31 loss to Smithville. They come into this week with a 1-2 record and look to Winnetonka on Thursday.
Park Hill South Boys Basketball
…Started off the season with a close loss to North Kansas City 55-54. Hudson Welty led Park Hill South with 20 points while Anthony Woods scored 15 points. The Panthers came back to close the week with a victory against William Chrisman 56-44. Woods led in scoring with 17 points while Robert Lane added 13 points. They play in the McDonald’s Invite at Blue Springs next week.
Park Hill Girls Basketball
….Came out of the Belton Tournament with a 2-1 record after rattling off an impressive 62-30 win over Grandview and a 53-45 victory over Harrisonville. They fell in the title game to St. Joe Central 49-40. Kyleesha Weston averaged 17.3 points per game for the tournament while Shelby Blanchard added an average of 8.3 points. They’ll take on North Kansas City and Belton next week.
Park Hill Boys Basketball
…Opened the season with a 2-0 record as they ran over Staley by a score of 51-26. Smiroldo led the Trojans with 12 points. They followed that performance by pulling out a close 35-32 win over Oak Park. Marcus Cross led the team in scoring with 11 points.
Park Hill & Park Hill South Wrestling
It came down to the final match, but in the end it was Park Hill South pulling out a one point semi-final round victory over the hosting Park Hill Trojans by a score of 36-35 to advance to the first place dual against Kearney. Kearney would eventually take the Park Hill Invitational title leaving Park Hill South with a second place finish and Park Hill a third place finish in the Black Division. Park Hill South went 3-2 as a team for the tournament while Park Hill went 4-1. Winnetonka took the title in the Red Division. Park Hill travels to the Walsh Jesuit Tournament this weekend. Park Hill South will participate in the Lee’s Summit North Tournament.
Park Hill had several wrestlers do expectionally well in the tournament by going 5-0. They included Ke-Shawn Hayes (106), John Erneste (113), Colston DiBlasi (132), and Nolan Smith (285).
Park Hill South's Nick Gillespie and Alex Weatherly went undefeated with 4-0 records in the tournament. Two key matches for South against Park Hill both included comebacks when George Barth and Kendric Cook sparked the Panther rally late in the competition.
