Spring Roundup: April 2-7

Park Hill South Girls Track

…has a new school record holder in the two-mile run as Lizzy Jurries clocked in a time of 12:15 as part of an across the board effort that led the Panthers to a third place overall finish at the Kearney Invitational last week. Tori Kerr took home first place in the discus while Morgan Keesee placed third in both the discus and shot put. Other third place finishes included Blake Reser in the triple and long jumps, Hannah Carlson in the 300 hurdles, Audrey Rothers in the 110 hurdles and the 4x200 relay performance from Jordan Hammond, Reser, Hannah Brown, and Sydney Minnis.

The Panthers will next see action when they host the Park Hill South Invitational on April 20th

Park Hill Boys Track

…broke out last week at the Jerry Crews Relays accumulating 127 points and second place finish out of eight teams. A number of athletes contributed throughout the field. Joe Walton racked up first place finishes in both the 800 and 1600 along with a third place finish in the 3200. Devon Belew in the 400 and Cain Winebrenner in the 1600 also racked up points for Park Hill with their third and fourth place respective finishes.

In the relays, Park Hill came up with three straight second place finishes in the 4x100, 4x200, and 4x400 relays. Lavonte Hickman, Corey Welch, Mike Williams, Kenyatte Harris, Jon Saucedo, John Harris, Anthony Arens, Dondrell Hardiman, Riley Fahrenholz, and Belew all participated in one or more of those races.

Also seeing significant success last week was Steven Clopine who finished third in the high jump and second in the pole vault along with Dondrell Hardiman (second in 300 hurdles) and Neal Sampson (second in the long jump).

Park Hill will next see action in the Gary Parker Invitational this Friday at Blue Springs.

Park Hill Girls Track

….saw significant improvement from their first meet of the season when they finished fifth out of eight teams with 67 team points last week at the Jerry Crews Relays at Staley. Highlighting the meet for the Trojans was sophomore Kim Rau who finished third in the 1600 and fourth in the 3200. She was also part of the 4x800 relay team including Katie Ebbrecht, Joanna Grauberger, and Brooke Bischof, which took third place. Also with good performances were Eleanor Parrot who placed third in the pole vault, Bailey Cation who just barely missed out on a second place finish in the high jump before taking fourth, and the 4x100 relay team of Quanisha Smith, Anesia Jamerson, Onjhana Davis, and Madison Ideker who took third place.

They will next compete Friday in the Gary Parker Invitational at Blue Springs High School.

Park Hill Boys Golf

Did not fare well in the hosting of their home tournament, the Darren Floyd Invitational, last week as the Trojans placed 11^th out of nearly 18 teams. Grant Brown led the Trojans with a 90 on the day as Park Hill accumulated a team score of 377.

They’re scheduled to play Park Hill South Wednesday afternoon at The National before going to the Liberty Invitational at Shoal Creek Thursday.

Park Hill South Boys Golf

…was in action on several fronts last Thursday as one squad participated in the Park Hill Darren Floyd Invitational while the other hosted Pembroke Hill and Truman at home. Matt Gandy led the Panthers with a 90 in the Floyd Invitational as the Panthers took tenth place. Nick Sobba’s 38 on nine holes earned him a medal as Park Hill South defeated Pembroke Hill (167) and Truman (179) with a team score of 158. They host Park Hill next week before taking part in the Liberty Invitational.

Park Hill South Boys Tennis

… made easy work of William Chrisman last week as they dominated the Bears in a 9-0 victory. Zack Royle defeated Nick Hurt 10-0 in top singles play while Royle teamed up with Jim Geary in doubles to beat Hurt and Shane Wilson 10-2.

The Panthers are scheduled to play North Kansas City and Fort Osage this week.

Park Hill South Baseball

…had several tough losses last week as they fell to Belton 10-0 in five innings before losing to Raytown South 4-1 and Liberty 9-3 later in the week. Max Laney accounting for the Panthers only run and just one of the team’s two hits against the Cardinals while Ty Elley hit a two-run home run against Liberty. Park Hill South is now 2-7 on the season and will play Winnetonk and Raytown this week.

Park Hill Girls Soccer

… won two impressive games last week against North Kansas City (6-0) and Ruskin (14-0). Park Hill improved to 3-5 on the year with the two victories. One thing coach Manny Catano hopes the Trojans can capitalize on more in the coming weeks is converting on scoring opportunities.

“We’re creating a lot of chances, we’re just not finishing them,” Catano said.

Regina Bolin, who scored three goals against North Kansas City, has been a pleasant surprise as one of their top goal scorers for Park Hill this season.

“Reggie is probably doing better than we expected coming into the season,” Catano said. “She was projected a starter, but not up front, she’s one of those players that can play a number of positions.”

They’ll next see action in the Smithville Tournament over the weekend.