Winter Roundup: Feb. 11-18

Park Hill Boys Basketball

…put up a tough fight against top-ranked Lee’s Summit West last week before falling 76-68. This was a significant improvement from an earlier week loss to Ruskin 64-43. The Trojans (3-19) will conclude their regular season Friday night with Senior Night against St. Joe Central. They come into the district tournament next week overall as an underdog and they will face North Kansas City in the first round on Tuesday. The winner of that game would advance to take on the one seed, Park Hill South, Friday evening.

Park Hill South Boys Basketball

…before pulling out a narrow 54-51 win over St. Joe Central, Park Hill South handed Lee’s Summit West its first conference loss of the season last week with a 63-51 win. Although the Panthers are a long shot in coming from behind to pass the Titans in the final week of the season for the conference title, they will be the top-seeded team at the district tournament starting next week.

The Panthers (17-6) will be the home team throughout the tournament and are scheduled to host the semi-final game on Friday, March 1^st against the winner of the North Kansas City/Park Hill match-up.

Park Hill Girls Basketball

…will take on Staley in the first round of district play next week Monday night. The Lady Trojans fell earlier in the season to Staley by a lopsided score of 59-25. If Park Hill is able to pull off the upset, they would face Park Hill South in the district semifinal February 28^th.

Park Hill South Girls Basketball

…will conclude their regular season this Thursday against Truman before going into the district tournament next week a one-seed. The Lady Panthers split their two games last week with a win over Lee’s Summit West 61-54 before losing a close contest to St. Joe Central 38-36.

Park Hill South (19-4) will host districts and play in the semi-final round Thursday evening against the winner of the Staley/Park Hill contest.

Park Hill South Girls Swimming

…brought home a top ten finish last weekend at the Missouri state swim meet with their 107 team points, which was good enough for eighth place among the 46 teams at the event. Topping the list for Park Hill South was the second place medal brought home by the 200 medley relay team of Tori Beeler, Anna Riekhof, Helen Yeater, and Olivia McLain. The Panthers were just one tenth of a second behind first place finisher Parkway West. The 200 freestyle relay of Abbie Moyes, Beeler, Riekhof, and McLain came in fifth.

Individual finishes for the Panthers included three placements in the 100 backstroke by Riekhof (4^th), McLain, (10^th), and Mariah Ramirez (14^th). Tori Beeler placed ninth in the 200 individual medley.

Park Hill Girls Swimming

…has a new state champion in Lauren Shaw. The senior who moved to Park Hill this year after placing second in two different events as a junior at Warrensburg last year, launched through the preliminary round in the 100 freestyle and clinched the first place medal with half a second between her and the next closest competitor. She would excel in the  100 backstroke as well with a second place finish.

Madison Heydinger placed 13^th in the 500 freestyle and was part of the 200 freestyle relay team of Lauren Shaw, Olivia Woods, and Rebecca Shaw that placed eighth.

Park Hill finished 14^th as a team with 63 team points.