Fall Roundup: Sept. 5-10

Park Hill Boys Soccer
...did not have a very encouraging week as they suffered four losses. Earlier in the week they dropped two close games to Oak Park (3-2) and Liberty (2-1). All three goals for Park Hill came from Matt Russell. They then traveled to Springfield where they were dealt their final two losses over the weekend Glendal (1-0) and Kickapoo (3-2). The Trojans battled Kickapoo to a 2-2 tie which sent the game into overtime before they scored the winning goal in the second overtime. Park Hill's goals were accredited to Russell and Shane Belew. They are now 1-6 on the season and will host Ruskin on Wednesday before playing at North Kansas City Thursday night this week.

Park Hill South Girls Golf
... defeated Pembroke Hill besting their 206 team score with 185 at the Kansas City Country Club. Lindsey Gile medaled in the competition. The Panthers brought home a pair of fourth place finishes in the Richmond and St. Joe Central Tournaments. They'll play in the Platte County Invitational and Lee's Summit West Classic this week.

Park Hill Girls Tennis
... traveled to Columbia last week hoping to bring back a victory, but weren't able to as they were downed 7-2. In a conference matchup to end the week, they successfully blanked Lee's Summit West 9-0. (plays South today, have asked for individual scores from last week as well.)

Park Hill South Girls Tennis
... beat St. Joe Central in a 6-3 victory last week. The Panthers top four singles players all brought home victories including Adele Royle's 10-3 win over Logan Taylor and Marie Gehrke's 10-4 win against Katie Brinkley. Emily Jackson defeated Brooke Shionenan 10-4 and Katie Smith pulled out a close 11-9 win over 11-9. Royle and Gherke put South well on their way to sealing the dual victory with their 10-3 win in the doubles portion.

Park Hill Girls Volleyball
... recorded their first win of the season last week with wins in straight sets against St. Joe Central. They dropped a game later in the week against Lee's Summit West before heading into the Winnetonka Tournament. They came out of their opening games in pool play with a 1-2 record improving their record to 2-6 on the season. Although early in the year, Park Hill is fighting key injuries to Angelica Pasek and Katie Reichert for what is a relatively young team.
"It's still kind of a building year," coach Lindsey Hood said. "Right now we're fighting some injuries.We're just trying to figure out where everyone fits still.

In terms of strengths and weaknesses, the Trojan Volleyball sees the handful of seniors of the team as something they'll lean on in terms of leadership while Hood says serving is something they need to improve on to be successful. Halley Knudson and Haley Vernon led the team in digs with 23 a piece coming into last weekend's Winnetonka Tournament. Knudson also leads in aces with four. They host North Kansas City Thursday before participating in the day-long Lee's Summit North Tournament over the weekend.

Park Hill South Girls Cross Country
.... placed third in the Bishop Miege Invite behind Olathe East and Lansing. The Panthers top finisher was Audrey Rothers who finished 14th with a time of 17:45. Followed by Rothers were Kerry Maas (17th), Lauren Blair (19th), Raven Jennings (21st), Danielle Black (25th), Madeline Homoly (27th), and Erica Guzman (28th).

Park Hill South Boys Cross Country.... placed second to Olathe East in the Bishop Miege Invite, but it was freshman Tucker Melles taking home a first place finish for the Panthers. Landon Calhoun at 14th, was the next closest Panther followed by Mason Homoly (17th), Peter Thomas (20th), Keaton Murry (23rd), Chase Whorton (26th), and Alex Gross (32nd).

Park Hill Girls Cross Country
.... came in third as a team at their meet in the Ray-Pec Invite over the weekend. Kim Rau was the Trojans top finisher with her sixth place finish. Other finishes for Park Hill included Brooke Bischof at 16th, Emma Gaiser at 17th, Maddie Bischof at 23rd, Maggie Lanham at 26th, Abby Muller at 27th, and Libby Lund at 30th. They will compete next in the Wildcat Invitational in Blue Springs over the weekend.

Park Hill Boys Cross Country
... Joe Walton came in second at the Ray-Pec Invite last Saturday as did his Park Hill overall as a team behind host school Ray-Pec. Coming in behind Walton in tenth place was Kainen Utt, James Adams in 14th, Nate Thomas in 15th, and Jon Steven in 18th place. They will compete next in the Wildcat Invitational in Blue Springs over the weekend.

Park Hill South Soccer
... started off last week with a 3-0 victory over William Chrisman, their second shutout in a row at the time. A trip to Springfield left them with a sour taste in their mouth over the weekend as they were defeated by Springfield Kickapoo 3-2 and then by Springfield Glendale 3-1. Tyler Easton and Chris Blevins scored for the Panthers against Kickapoo while Kintner added the lone goal against Glendale. The Panthers are now 2-3-1 on the season with a home game against Winnetonka Thursday.

Park Hill South Softball
.... slipped to 6-6 on the year after going 1-3 last week. They started the week off with a win against Raytown 3-2 before dropping the next three games to Belton (4-0), Raytown South (4-1), and Park Hill (9-2). Coach Josh Walker doesn't think his team is where it should be at this point in the season, but believes it will come together if they're able to improve on their early season mistakes and get healthy after a string of injuries.

"The hitting hasn't held up because we're not making adjustments to the pitching," Walker said. "We've struggled, but we'll be alright."


Park Hill Softball
... rattled off three wins last week to improve to 7-3 on the season. The Trojans' bats remained active in a 16-6 win against St. Joe backed by three hits each from K.K. Rettinger and Bethany Sullinger. Cierra Ellis, Keylee Burks, and Lindsey Horstmann added two more apiece including Ellis' homerun. Makenzie Porter allowed gave up one earned run in four innings. Nikki Moss and Sullinger contributed three hits in an 8-1 victory over Lee's Summit West. Porter put in five innings resulted in no earned runs. It was the usual suspects again to end the week with a 9-2 victory against Park Hill South. Adding additional support was Samantha Snodgrass's two hits, Lexi Santoro's round-tripper and a hit from Katherine Lawrence. Porter recorded the win with a complete game. The Trojans have home games Ruskin and Truman this week before playing in the Platte County Tournament over the weekend.

"Our hitting up and down the line up has been a nice surprise," head coach Stuart Sullinger said. "Our approach has been consistent and smooth as we are hitting a lot of balls up the middle. When you put pressure on the other team, good things happen."

Park Hill Girls Golf
... continues to see quality results in their early season. The Trojans placed fifth in the Blue Springs South Tournament at Lakewood Oaks. Adrianna Elliott placed second overall with her 89. Anna Kloeppel tied for fifth with a 92. They placed second in St. Joe Central Tournament towards the end of last week. Kloeppel and Elliott both medaled with their scores of 86. Park Hill as a team shot a collective 377. They play against Winnetonka and Fort Osage on Thursday.