Spring Roundup: May 7-14

Park Hill Boys Track

…finished in second place as a team last weekend at the Class 4, District 8 track meet at Staley. Park Hill racked up 111 points, second to Liberty’s 147. Bringing home first place finishes were Cain
Winebrenner in the 800 meter run, Dondrell Hardiman in the 300 hurdles, and the 4x800 relay team. Coming in as runners-up were Devon Belew in the 400 meter run along with the rest of the Trojan relays, the 4x100, 4x200, and 4x400 teams. Logan Chevalier and Neal Sampson earned third place finishes in the pole vault and long jump, respectively. Rounding out the Trojan sectional qualifiers was Devonte Thornton, who placed fourth in the high jump.

Park Hill Girls Track

…placed fifth out of 12 teams at the district track meet last weekend.  Several athletes finished in the four and will advance to the sectional meet this weekend. They include Katie Ebbrecht, Brook Bischof, Jo Grauberger and Chelsey Lewis in the 4 x 800 relay, Kim Rau in the 1600 and 3200 meter run, Mercedes Robinson in the 3200 meter run, and Taylor Cofield in the pole vault and the triple jump.

Park Hill South Boys Track

…Cody Kildow, Joe Spencer, and Max Rodgers will be advancing to the sectional meet this weekend after quality performances during the Class 4, District 8 track meet at Staley High School last weekend. Spencer placed first in the pole vault posting a height of 13’ while Rodgers took second and Kildow placed second in the discus with a throw of 150’ 11”. Just missing out on qualifying for the sectional meet was the 4x100 relay team.

Park Hill South Girls Track

…saw mixed results in their Class 4, District 8 track meet last weekend with only three events qualifying to move on to the sectional meet this weekend. Morgan Keesee took fourth place in the discus while Blake Reser placed third in the triple jump. the 4x200 relay team of Chandler Termini, Reser, Jordan Hammand, and Sydney Minnis also placed fourth. The Panthers had a handful of athletes that just missed out on qualifying for the next round including Audrey Rothers in the high jump and Reser in the long jump.

Park Hill South Girls Soccer

…earned a one seed in the Class 3, District 15 tournament this week. They will receive a first round bye and play Wednesday when they will face the winner of William Chrisman/Winnetonka.

Park Hill South Boys Tennis

…came up just short of a team district title last week when they fell 5-4 to North Kansas City. They advanced to the title match with a 5-3 win over Winnetonka earlier in the week. While the Panthers’ team season is over, their top singles player, Zack Royle will continue on to the state tournament next weekend after his shutout victory in the title match of the individual bracket over the weekend. Royle, who advanced the furthest in the state tournament in school history last year as part of the doubles bracket, will be looking to leave his mark this year in the singles bracket where he has gone undefeated so far this season.

Park Hill Baseball
…roared into district play with one of their top performances of theyear last weekend as they defeated St. Joe Central in the first round8-0. Zach Anderson’s first inning home run gave the Trojans two runs to start the game. It would be all pitcher Dalton Moats needed to defend their lead as he held Central to four hits in six innings.Their semifinal matchup with Staley would be a much different game though as the two took a 1-1 tie into extra innings before Staley scored the decisive run in the bottom of the eighth.

Park Hill South Baseball
..repeating the result they got from two weeks ago, the Panthers narrowly defeated North Kansas City 7-6 in the first round of the Class 4, District 15 tournament last weekend. They advanced to play Winnetonka Monday afternoon where this time they fell on the wrong side of a close contest, falling 8-7 in the district semifinal.

Park Hill Girls Soccer

…ran away with a 5-0 win over Oak Park in the first round of district play over the weekend. Contributing with goals were Olivia Nowakowski, Jordyn Galvin, Maggie Lanham, Kaitiln Moran, and Allie Simpson. Park Hill advanced to take on top-seeded Liberty Monday, but could not overcome the Blue Jays 2-0 halftime lead as the defending state champs end the Trojans' season by a score of 3-0. Park Hill concludes the 2012 season with a final record of 12-15.

Park Hill South Boys Golf

 Matt Barry and Nick Schleisman's state experience from last year proved to be beneficial after their performance in the first day of the Class 4 State Tournament Monday. After one round, Barry and Schleisman find themselves tied for 20th place, having shot a score of 78 on the first day of the two day tournament. They started Tuesday only eight strokes behind the leader.