Fall Roundup: Sept. 10-17

Park Hill South Boys Cross Country
…took third place in the Platte County Invitational last week with 129 points. Tucker Melles led the Panthers with his fourth place time of 17:00. Gus Whitman (7^th), Keyan Lunders (14^th), Lendon Calhoun (47^th), Jacob Bowlin (57^th), Eli Williams (58^th), Matt Robbins (59^th), Isaac Frieden (61^st), Tristan McCoy (66^th), Chase Whorton (73^rd), Keaton Murray (80^th) followed and rounded out the Panthers field. They compete at Grandview Thursday.

Park Hill South Girls Cross Country
… placed fifth as a team at last week’s Platte County Invitational. Madeline Homoly led the Panthers with her 15^th place time of 20:55. Following her were teammates Erica Guzman (24^th), Lizzy Jurries (28^th), Audrey Rothers (38^th), Charlie McFarlane (42^nd), DeDe O’Toole (55^th), Sophie Hardin (65^th), Olivia Ortiz (71^st), and Hanna Walsh (72^nd). They compete at Grandview Thursday.

Park Hill South Girls Golf
… placed sixth out of 19 teams in the Sedalia Tournament last Monday. Lindsey Gile medaled and led the Panthers in scoring. They followed that up later in the week by beating Lee’s Summit West and Liberty. Gile medaled once again with a 5+ score of 32. The Panthers have one more tune-up against Liberty, Liberty North, and Ray-Pec this week before competing in the conference tournament Monday morning.

Park Hill South Boys Swimming 
…defeated Lee’s Summit North and Kearney in a double dual last Tuesday. Chase Riekhof recorded a state qualifying time in the 200 freestyle.

Park Hill South Boys Soccer

…added two wins to their season total last week before losing a tough double overtime match to Liberty Thursday. Jordan Lindsey, Dylan Kintner, Brian Kissee, Daniel Herrejon, and Brody Bouillon all contributed goals in the Panthers’ 5-0 victory over St. Joe Central to begin the week. The next night Bouillon would serve it up to his teammate Dillon Anderson for a corner kick assist to lift Park Hill South over Staley 1-0. Mark DeJesus and Heath Turner shared both of the week’s shutouts.

While the Panthers, now at 6-2-0 on the year, weren’t able to prevail in their overtime match with Liberty, they feel the previously two goals they had called back were unfortunate and left the team with an unsettling feeling. Nonetheless, Park Hill South looks to a tough week ahead as they play four games in five days with Park Hill Wednesday, Ruskin Thursday, Olathe East on Saturday, and Lee’s Summit West next Monday.

Park Hill Boys Swimming

…took second place in the Park Hill Invitational over the weekend with a team score of 280 points. Although it was a distance second to Rockhurst’s impression 395.5 team points, the Trojans saw several quality performances including first place finishes in the 200 medley relay and Barry Chang’s performances in the 100 yard butterfly and 200 individual medley. Matt Wager (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle) and Vince Tutorino (100 butterfly) took second place while third place finishers including Joe Johnson (diving), Kyle Allen (200 individual medley), Jered Wager (500 freestyle), and the 200 and 400 free relays.

Earlier in the week, Park Hill defeated Liberty North and Lee’s Summit in a dual meet, but fell to the host-school, Liberty. The Trojans will compete in the Splash Out Cancer Invite in Springfield this weekend.

Park Hill Boys Cross Country

…finished seventh out of nine teams at the Blue Springs South Invitational at Lake Jacomo last weekend. Cainen Utt placed tenth with a time of 17:22 and led the Trojans. Nate Thomas (28^th), Cain Winebrenner (39^th), Riley Fahrenholtz (49^th), Hanok Tekle (50^th), James Adams (53^rd), and Graham England (56^th) rounded out the rest of the field for Park Hill.

Park Hill Girls Cross Country

…Mercedes Robinson led the Lady Trojans at the Platte County Invitational last week with her 14^th place time of 20:52. Kim Rau (23^rd), Brooke Bischof (53^rd), Gianna Tutorino (56^th), Paige Carey (60th), Madeline Mudd (73^rd), and Kaela Bacck (81^st) also competed for Park Hill.

Park Hill Softball

…continued a rough patch in their season over the weekend as they extended their current losing streak to nine games after an eighth place finish in the Platte County Invitational. The Lady Trojans’ losses in their four games were all within one or two runs including Liberty North 5-4, St. Joe Lafayette 5-3, Staley 6-5, and Oak Park 7-5. Keylee Burks and Audrea Allen led Park Hill in offense with five hits apiece in the tournament.

Coach Stuart Sullinger says while the current losing streak is not something the team is satisfied with, they remain optimistic.

“Times are tough right now, but the girls are starting to learn how to play together as a team,” Sullinger said. “I think we will turn the corner shortly.”

Park Hill plays Lee’s Summit West Wednesday before traveling to Columbia for the Kewpie Classic over the weekend.

Park Hill Boys Soccer

…improved to 7-1 on the year last week with wins over Ruskin 13-0 and St. Joe Central 9-0. The Trojans take on conference and across-district rival Park Hill South Wednesday night, which will be a matchup featuring two of the areas top teams so far early in the season.

 Park Hill South Girls Tennis
...improved to 4-1 on the year with an 8-1 victory over Fort Osage. Emily Jackson led the Panthers with an 8-3 victory in the top singles matchup. Emily and Shay Jackson also took the victory in the doubles matchup as well 8-2. Park Hill South finished seventh in the St. Joe Central Tournament to end the week.

They host Ruskin Thursday afternoon before playing in the Northland Invitational over the weekend.

 Park Hill Girls Golf
...won their second tournament of the year Monday and raised money for a good cause while in the process as they raised nearly $4,500 for cancer research on their way to a first place finish with a team score of 372 at the Oak Park Tournament. Adrianna Elliott won her first career varsity tournament with a score of 77 while Bailey Warlen came in third with a score of 86. Other Trojans who participated included Sydney Paulak (98), Jaque Yang (111), and Chloe Daily (127).

Park Hill competes in the conference tournament next Monday and will come into the competition as a strong contender to win the title.