The Platte Perspective

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Winter Roundup; Feb. 13-19


Park Hill Girls Basketball
…completed their regular season with two conference wins against Lee’s Summit West and Ruskin to improve their record to 13-10 overall. Park Hill took a 24-6 lead in the first half against Lee’s Summit West and held it through the end of the game as they won 55-36. Kyleesha Weston scored 23 points and Micalla Rettinger scored 11.  The Lady Trojans scored 18 points in each of the first two quarters to build another impressive halfime lead 36-9 over Ruskin and wouldn’t look back as they secured the 51-20 victory. Weston led in scoring with 18 points while Dominique Broadus contributed 15 points.

They compete against St. Joe Central in the district semifinals Wednesday evening at Park Hill.

Park Hill Girls Swim
One of Park Hill’s ace swimmers all season, senior Brynn Guardado, completed her senior season at the state swim meet last week. She placed eighth in both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle events.

Park Hill South Girls Swim
…finished eighth in the 200 yard medley relay last weekend at the state swim meet. Members of that team included Mariah Bryant, Rachael Norfleet, Helen Yeater, and Miranda Henderson. The 200 freestyle relay placed ninth which included Olivia McLain, Henderson, Shannon Brouk, and Bryant. Yeater also finished 15th in the 100 butterfly.

Park Hill South Boys Basketball
…despite losing a close game to Belton by a score of 52-51, Park Hill South ended their regular season with a 60-51 win over Winnetonka to improve to 17-8 on the season. They were led in scoring by Payton Meek with 22 points.

Park Hill and Park Hill South were competing in the district semifinals as The Citizen went to press Tuesday evening.

Park Hill Boys Basketball
…ended their regular season on a five game losing streak, capped off last week with losses to Truman and Grandview. Hanging close in the first quarter, Truman outscored the Trojans 22-10 in the second quarter on the way to a 65-55 win. Connor Farmer led in scoring with 16 points for Park Hill. Grandview jumped out the gate early and led the entire way as the Trojans fell 73-51 in their finale. Santo Smiraldo posted 14 points for Park Hill as they end their regular season with a 6-17 overall record.

Park Hill and Park Hill South were competing in the district semifinals as The Citizen went to press Tuesday evening.

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