Winter Roundup: Jan. 30 - Feb. 6

Park Hill South Girls Basketball
…after a disappointing loss to Park Hill in the first round of the North Kansas City tournament last week, Coach Jenny Orlowski described it as the worst game the team played all year. With that game in mind, the rest of the week the Lady Panthers stormed through their remaining two games by gaining convincing victories against Platte County and St. Pius X. Jessica Lee who has been a significant source of scoring of late for South scored 20 points in a 67-37 win over Platte County. Madeline Homoly one-upped that performance with a 23 point outing against St. Piux X the next night leading South to a 71-56 victory.

Park Hill South is now 14-7 and plays away games at Kearney and Fort Osage before concluding the regular season at home on February 16th against Raytown.

Park Hill Girls Basketball
…split their final two games of the NKC tournament. After a 43-32 win over Blue Spring South in which Dominique Broadus scored an impressive 20 points, the Lady Trojans squared off against the host school Hornets with a chance for the tournament title. Falling behind early, Park Hill wasn’t able to narrow the margin in the second half as North Kansas City came away with a 46-28 victory. Kyleesha Weston led the Trojans in scoring with eight points.

Park Hill improves to 12-9 on the season and plays a pair of road games against St. Joe Central and Lee’s Summit West before they conclude the season against Ruskin at home next Friday.

Park Hill South Boys Basketball
…with a close 66-62 conference victory over Fort Osage early last week, the Park Hill South boys enjoyed a deserving break for the rest of the week after winning five of their last six games. Now 15-6 on the season, the Panthers host Raytown South at home Friday, for a possible share of the conference title, and Belton next week before ending the regular season at Winnetonka on February 17th.

Park Hill Boys Basketball
…continued what has been an up and down season last week as they split their two scheduled games. Battling back from an early deficit, the Trojans came back in the second quarter to build a four point leading going into halftime. They would gradually build that to six and take away a 58-52 victory. Marcus Cross led in scoring 14 points while Keaton Anchors added 10 points. Plagued by turnovers, Park Hill was never quite able to pull even with North Kansas City last Friday as they fell 64-57.

Park Hill is now 6-12 on the season. They travel to Lee’s Summit West Friday and Truman Tuesday before wrapping up the regular season at Grandview next Wednesday.

Park Hill South Girls Swimming
….continued rolling through their season with a first place finish last weekend in the Suburban Conference White Division swim meet. They racked up 637 team points, pulling away from Winnetonka, who finished a far second with 390 points. Earning the Panthers first place points in the competition were the 200 and 400 free relay teams which included swimmers Olivia McLain, Miranda Henderson, Shannon Brouk, Mariah Bryant, Olivia Rea, and Samantha Burford. Also getting first place finishes were McLain in the 200 individual medley, Helen Yeater in the 100 butterfly, Bryant in the 100 backstroke, and Shannon Brouk in the 500 freestyle. Backing those performances up with second place finishes were Taylor Brouk in the 200 freestyle, Shannon Brouk in the 200 individual medley, McLain in the 100 butterfly, Henderson in the 100 freestyle, Samantha Scott in the 100 backstroke and Norfleet in the 100 breaststroke. Mariah Ramirez (200 IM), Henderson (50 free), Christina McOsker (diving), Dani Lake (100 butterfly), and Norfleet (100 free).

Park Hill South will compete in the state swim meet next weekend in St. Peters, Missouri.