Park Hill can't keep up in scoring dual

Park Hill (1-2) will look to recover Friday night against Truman (1-2) after a high-scoring affair which left the Trojans on the wrong side of a 46-24 loss to Lee’s Summit last week. Truman is coming off a close 19-15 loss to Park Hill South.  Truman, who only produced 121 yards of total offense last week, will present the first of several opportunities in the next couple weeks for Park Hill to get back on the winning track.

Park Hill jumped on the scoreboard first when quarterback Clay Ford connected with Lane Holmes for a 16-yard touchdown pass to put the Trojans up 7-0 early. Lee’s Summit would match that touchdown with one of their own to leave the teams tied 7-7 going into the second quarter.

Stefan McCarthy would put Park Hill up again 10-7 with a 19-yard field goal at the beginning of the second quarter. But Lee’s Summit would go on to score 20 unanswered points that would build a lead of 27-10 and eventually put the Trojans in a hole they could not dig out themselves out of. Ford would narrow the Trojans’ margin before halftime with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Arens. Lee’s Summit was up 27-17.

In the end, Park Hill was just able to stop Lee’s Summit nor answer their scoring. Lee’s Summit would build another lead of 20 point lead of 37-17 in the third quarter. Ford connected with Dondrell Hardiman for 16 yards and his third touchdown pass of the night early in the fourth quarter, but it would not be enough as Lee’s Summit would record a safety and touchdown in the final minutes of the game to widen their final margin of victory to 46-24.

Park Hill gained 357 yards of total offense on the night and was led by Ford who finished the evening 15 of 30 passing for 284 yards. He spread the ball to five different receivers, three of which recorded more than 75 yards of receptions including Lane Holmes (83 yards), Austin Truvillion (76 yards), and Anthony Arens (75 yards).