Fall Roundup: Sept. 26 - Oct. 1

Park Hill Volleyball
…followed up two early week losses with a victory over St. Joe Central to close last week. The Trojans are now 9-11 overall and currently second in conference play. Facing top competition in Blue Springs and Park Hill South, Park Hill fell 14-25, 14-25 to the Wildcats before sticking close to Park Hill South in the first set, but falling 22-25 and then losing again in the second set 17-25. Jenny Riddle continues to lead in offensive for the Trojans with her team high 282 assists and 18 aces. Lindsay Grace leads the team in hitting percentage with .277 while Halley Knudson’s 168 digs is tops so far going into the month of October.

“We played two of the best teams in the state and I think we did real well. Our big picture is districts,” head coach Lindsey Hood said. “The girls are really hustling in practice. It gets hard at this point in the season when you have so many games, it gets tedious, but they’re staying focused with the tasks at hand.”

Despite battling injuries including a concussion to Katie Reichert and the loss of Angelica Pasek to a hand injury for the year, Park Hill looks to finish the regular season strong and start anew with districts.

“It just starts a new season, doesn’t matter if we’ve lost to someone during the regular season. It’s do or die,” Hood said.

Park Hill Boys Soccer
…split their two games last week dropping a 2-0 game to Lee’s Summit West before coming back with a 5-0 victory over St. Joe Central. Timmy Hay, Neal Sampson, Zach Stuhlman, Alec Fiest, and Chris Walker scored for the Trojans. Sampson accounted for three assists while Chris Zdvorak added another. Dustin Sollars recorded his 100th victory as head coach of the Trojan soccer team Monday with a 2-0 victory over Platte County. Goals were scored by Hay and Chris Zdvorak. Park Hill is now 8-7.

Park Hill South Girls Golf
… won the Suburban Conference White Division last week. Lindsey Gile medaled along with receiving first team all-conference honors with teammates Kelli Mulligan and Savannah Kutz.

Sydney Sanders made second team all-conference and Elizabeth Brown was honorable mention.

They followed that performance up with a third place finish in the district tournament with their 395 team score. All of South’s golfers qualified for the sectional tournament at Longview this week. Mulligan, Gile, Kutz, and Sanders all received all-district honors.

Park Hill Girls Golf
…placed second in the Suburban Conference Red Division, their 387 team score left them short of the conference title by just five strokes. Anna Kloeppel’s 89 was good for a medal and second place individually. Adrianna Elliott finished fifth with her 96. They followed it up with another solid performance in the district tournament, placing second with a team score of 388 behind Liberty. Kloeppel and Elliott finished fourth and fifth respectively with their 88 and 90. Bailey Warlen shot a 98, good enough for ninth place. Their top four team finish qualifies the entire squad for the sectional playoff round at Longview Golf Course Wednesday before the state tournament October 17th and 18th in Sedalia.

Park Hill South Softball
…split the final two games of their regular season last week as they lost a 11-4 game to Staley despite a Courtney Land homerun before bouncing back to beat William Chrisman. Makayla Walker recorded the victory and was assisted with a three-run homer from Mallory Land, Corinne Listenbee’s home run, and Floor Welling’s two for two afternoon. Park Hill competes Wednesday against William Chrisman again in the first round of the Class 4, District 15 tournament.

Park Hill South Girls Tennis
…concluded their regular season with two convincing victories against Fort Osage and Blue Springs South, both by an 8-1 score. The Lady Panthers started team district play Tuesday as the top seeded team. They hope to play Wednesday the winner of the North Kansas City and Liberty semifinal match-up.

Park Hill South Volleyball
…continued their unbeaten streak last with three wins against Belton (25-10, 25-5), Park Hill (25-22, 25-17), and Fort Osage (25-17, 25-21).

Park Hill South Boys Soccer
…secured two conference victories before heading off to St. Louis for the Gateway Classic last weekend. A 4-0 win over Belton was aided from goals by Tyler Easton, Alex Weatherly, Jordan Lindsey, and Derek Braun. Heath Turner recorded the shutout. South’s 4-2 win over Fort Osage improved the Panthers’ record to 8-4-1 going into the weekend. Lindsey, Alex Weatherly, Adam Weatherly, and Brady Bouillon scored on the Indians.

Park Hill Girls Tennis
…ran away with their final victory of the regular season last week as they shutout Truman by a score of 9-0. Suzanne Barth won every set in her top singles match winning 6-0, 6-0. Barth coupled with Anna Karasiewicz repeated that performance in their doubles match with the same score 6-0, 6-0. The victory signified another consecutive conference championship for the Trojan tennis program. Park Hill will head into the postseason and the Class 4, District 16 tournament this week as the top seed.

Park Hill South Girls Cross Country
…finished 23rd in the KC Metro Classic over the weekend. Top finishers included Lizzy Jurries in 71st place, Madeline Homoly in 104th place, Audrey Rothers in 117th. Raven Jennings finished 162nd, Kerry Maas 168th, DeDe O’Toole 171st. and Danielle Black 193rd. They’ll participate in the conference meet this weekend.

Park Hill Girls Cross Country
…took 15th in the KC Metro Classic last weekend. Kim Rau finished 30th as the Trojans top runner. Other athletes included Emma Gaiser (101st), Libby Lund (105th), Brooke Bischof (106th), Maddie Bischof (141st), and Gianna Turtrino (143rd).

Park Hill South Boys Cross Country
…placed 13th in the KC Metro Classic. Tucker Melles was the Panthers top finisher in 27th place followed by Lendon Calhoun (49th), Mason Homoly (98th), Peter Thomas (103rd), Barrett Hudson (145th), and Jacon Bowlin (167th).

Park Hill Boys Cross Country…placed 14th in the KC Metro Classic last Saturday. Joe Walton was the Trojans top placer at 10th. He was followed by Nathan Huffer (60th), Kainen Utt (81st), James Adams (140th), Jon Steven (148th), and Hanok Tekle (149th).