Spring Roundup: Apr. 23-30

Park Hill South Boys Golf
…blasted away the competition at the Class 4, District 8 golf tournament last week as they combined for a team score of 300, good enough to clinch them a first place finish and district title. Nick Sobba took first individually after shooting under par, the only person in the field to break par. Matt Barry and Nick Schleisman tied for fifth place, shooting four over par. Austin Dorrell (+5) and Luke Becker (+9) weren’t too far behind with seventh and eleventh place finishes, respectively.

“Our team score reflects on all of the players and how each of them played extremely well,” Coach Larry Torgerson said. “It was a great day, but now we have to refocus for Sectionals.”

All five Panther golfers qualified for the sectional tournament being played Wednesday at Winterstone Golf Course in Independence for the right to move onto the state tournament next week.

Park Hill Boys Golf
…shot a team score of 375 at the Class 4, District 8 golf tournament last week, good enough for a seventh place finish in the eleven team field. Adam Meisch led the way for Park Hill with a score of +15 and 18th place finish. Colby Buehler took 24th place with score of +20. Both will advance to the sectional tournament this week. Other scores for Park Hill include Jordan and Logan Lashbrook (+26) who both tied for 32nd while Andrew Butler came in 46th place with a score of +50.

Park Hill Girls Soccer
…went 2-1 in the Oak Park Tournament last weekend with a 3-1 win over O’Hara and a 2-1 win over Oak Park. The Trojans were led by two goals from Olivia Nowakowski and one from Regina Bolin. Karra Kennedy and Mackenzie Maxwell scored Park Hill’s two goals against Oak Park. A doubt overtime loss to Platte County from penalty kicks in the championship game accounted for the Trojans one loss. Park Hill is now 9-12 on the season with a game against Park Hill South scheduled Thursday.

Park Hill Baseball
…improved their record to 12-6 on the year after a 17-1 thumping of Ruskin to end last week with Ryan Winter driving in three runs on two hits along with a number of other Trojan offensive contributors. Earlier in the week Park Hill beat St. Joe Central 6-2 before hitting a two game skid against Liberty losing 12-3 and Lee’s Summit West 2-1 in eight innings.

Jake Jones is leading Park Hill is offense on the year with a .367 batting average and 13 RBI’s. Pitcher Dalton Moats continues to dominate on the mound. In his 34 innings, he’s recorded four wins, 61 strikeouts, and only given up one run.

Park Hill plays Kearney and Platte County at home this week before playing at North Kansas City Friday.

Park Hill Boys Track
…took first place in their own Park Hill Invitational last week with 127 team points as they tuned up for the Conference meet this week. First place wins included Anthony Arens in the 100 meter run, Devon Belew in the 400, Riley Fahrenholz in the 800, Joey Walton in the 1600, Kainen Utt in the 3200, Devonte Thornton in the high jump, Logan Chevalier in the pole vault, and Neal Sampson in the long jump. In addition to their first place finishes, Park Hill’s Kyle Pudenz and Nate Huffer took second and third, respectively, in the 800, and Cain Winebrenner placed second in the 1600.

The Conference meet will be held at Lee’s Summit West on Friday.

Park Hill Girls Track
…placed second behind North Kansas City in the Park Hill Invitational last week with 96 team points. Katie Ebbrecht and Joanna Grauberger took first and second respectively in the 800 meter run while Kim Rau and Mercedes Robinson did the same in the 1600. Other first place finishes included Robinson in the 3200, Bailey Cation in the triple jump, and the 4x800 relay.

Park Hill/Park Hill South Boys Tennis
…Zack Royle, who has been dominating in his junior season, continued that success last weekend at the Northland Tournament as he defeated Park Hill’s Mike Jones 10-2 in the title match of the singles bracket. Park Hill South’s doubles team of Jim Geary and Josh Robaska advanced to the title match of the doubles bracket, but fell to Liberty 10-6.

Park Hill and Park Hill South will play in the Brandon McPherson Memorial Tournament Wednesday on the Country Club Plaza before looking to district play next week.

Park Hill South Baseball
Park Hill South lost games against Fort Osage 7-6 and Raytown South 11-3 before pulling out a victory against Belton to end the week 4-1. The Panthers are now 7-14 on the season and continue to look for the right consistency to bring all parts of the game together for a winning combination. They play at William Chrisman Wednesday before hosting Winnetonka Friday afternoon.