…after a thrilling overtime conference victory against Ruskin earlier in the week 48-44, the Lady Trojans found themselves on the wrong end of an overtime result to end the week against North Kansas City 53-48. Kyleesha Weston had nearly half of Park Hill’s points in both games with standout performances of 24 points and 22 points, respectively.
Park Hill was 9-8 coming into Monday’s opening round North Kansas City Tournament game against Park Hill South.
Park Hill South Girls Basketball
Thinking a conference loss in January might have ended Park Hill South’s hopes of a league title this season, the Lady Panthers came storming back into the picture last week with two wins, one of which was an upset of conference leader Raytown. Down by more than twenty points going into the third quarter, South went on a 22-7 run in the fourth quarter to edge the Blue Jays 57-33. Jessica Lee was a big part of that comeback with ten of her team leading 20 points coming in the final quarter. She pulled in eight rebounds and show 12 of 16 from the free throw line. Madeline Homoly contributed ten points and six rebounds.
“It was truly an outstanding night for her,” Coach Jenny Orlowski said of Lee’s night.
Traveling to Raytown South later in the week, Park Hill South pulled out a close 39-37 win without point guard Samantha Roy. Not having their top leader had its drawbacks as the Panthers didn’t feel they ever quite reached their rhythm. Mackenzie Stout led with nine points. A win, nonetheless, South went into the North Kansas City tournament Monday facing Park Hill.
Park Hill South is now 12-6 with a 6-3 conference record, currently putting them in third place of the league as they head down the stretch run of their regular season record.
Park Hill South Wrestling
brought home a second place finish in the Liberty Invitational last weekend with a combined 292.5 team points. Park Hill South was second to Kearney, who dominated the tournament and took nine of the 14 first place medals. Coming home with individual tournament titles were Chase Gray at 182 and Nick Gillespie at 195 who both went 7-0 on the day. Kenrick Cook (170) and Jimmy Carpenter (132) fell in their title matches finishing as runners-up. Brett Rounkles (132) placed third while Ryan Proffitt (138) and Adam Weatherly (145) placed fourth in their weight classes. Park Hill South is off this week before they compete in a tri-dual against Winnetonka and Liberty Tuesday before preparing for the all-important district tournament at Ray-Pec next week.
They are now 11-3 in duals on the year with their final two conference meetings coming against Belton and Winnetonka.
Park Hill Wrestling
…dominated in their only competition last week as they defeated Ray-Pec and Liberty in convincing fashion. The Trojans beat Ray-Pec 69-3 and followed that up with a 71-6 win over Liberty.
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