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Platte County's girls basketball team saw its season come to an end Tuesday, March 11, in a hard-fought 53-47 loss to No. 3 state-ranked St. Teresa's Academy in the Class 5 District 8 championship at Pirate Fieldhouse.
Over the past three years, there has not been any Missouri girls basketball player to dominate in the way that Park Hill South's Addison Bjorn has.
Four Platte County basketball basketball players have been named to the Kansas City Suburban Conference White Division all-conference teams.
The best boys and girls basketball players from the KCI Conference were selected to the all-conference teams for this season.
On the back of a dominant defensive performance, the No. 2 ranked Park Hill South girls basketball team defeated Park Hill with a 54-23 victory in the Class 6 District 8 semifinal at Staley High School on Saturday, March 8.
No. 2 seed Platte County is still dancing inside Pirate Fieldhouse after taking care of business in the Class 5 District 8 girls basketball tournament against Van Horn on March 6 and a tough Smithville team on March 8.
In sports, the phrase ‘sacrificing your body for the team’ is often used, but rarely does it play out as dramatically as it did for Park Hill guard Lydia Keller.
The Platte County boys basketball team's season came to an end on Wednesday, March 5, after a Class 5 District 8 quarterfinal defeat on the road against Pembroke Hill.
The Park Hill boys basketball team’s season came to an end Friday night, March 7, with a 79-52 loss to top-ranked Oak Park in the Class 6 District 8 semifinal at Oak Park High School.
The North Platte Panthers (25-4) used a late offensive roar to take down Nodaway Valley (25-3) in the Class 2 state tournament on Tuesday, March 4, in Dearborn, MO.
After an invincible regular season campaign, the Park Hill South girls basketball team is hunting for its second district title in the last three years.
Three area wrestlers earned medals at the 7th Girls MSHSAA Wrestling Championships in Class 2 from Feb. 28 through March 1 in Columbia, Mo.
The Park Hill girls basketball team is hitting their stride at just the right moment, charging into postseason play with season-defining momentum.
West Platte High School boys wrestler Cuin Vincent had a memorable run in his sophomore season, placing sixth in Class 1 at the 95th Boys MSHSAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday, Feb. 27, at Mizzou Arena.
In remarkable comeback fashion, the No. 5 state-ranked North Platte girls basketball team won its second straight district title after a 62-58 victory at North Platte High School against University Academy Charter.
Park Hill and Platte County were both represented on the 120-pound gold-medal stand at the 95th Boys MSHSAA Wrestling Championships held Feb. 28 and March 1 at Mizzou Arena.
The Park Hill South girls basketball team kept their undefeated record intact last Thursday, Feb. 20, when they ruined Park Hill’s Senior Night and five-game winning streak with a 66-49 rivalry win.
The Park Hill Trojans boys basketball team led most of the night last Friday, Feb. 21, en route to completing the season sweep of longtime rival Park Hill South with a 70-59 victory.
Jaxson Shute and Evan MacCuish are Class 3 District 4 champions for the Platte County boys wrestling team and are among the Pirates’ 10 state qualifiers.
Park Hill South’s girls swim and dive team are the Missouri Class 2 State champions — again.
A year after losing the conference title to Lathrop, the North Platte girls basketball team got their revenge on home court as they clinched a share of the KCI Conference title with a 47-35 victory on Friday, Feb. 14.
District champion Giada Cucchiara led Platte County as three girls advanced past the Class 2 District 4 Wrestling Tournament last weekend.
The Platte County girls’ basketball team got the bad taste out of their mouths of an earlier home loss with a convincing conference win over Ruskin 70-16 on Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Pirate Field House.
The Park Hill South Panthers’ basketball team ran into a ranked Benton Cardinals team at the 2024 St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame High School Holiday Hoops Classic on Friday, Dec. 20, at the St. Joseph Civic Arena, with the Cardinals coming out on top 74-50.
The Park Hill South girls’ basketball team slugged out it with the Benton Cardinals for much of the contest before pulling away late in a 78-66 win on Friday, Dec. 20, at the 2024 St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame High School Holiday Hoops Classic at St. Joseph Civic Arena.
The Platte County Pirates’ basketball team had to come from behind to beat Belton 58-55 to get the first win at home this season on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Five of the area’s wrestling teams competed at the regional KC Stampede Classic, which featured teams from as far away as Texas.
The Platte County girls basketball team fought back but fell short in the end in a 60-57 home loss to Benton (St. Joseph) on Monday night, Dec. 16.
After getting walloped in the KCI Conference Tournament semifinals versus the eventual champion, the West Platte Blue Jays responded by beating rival North Platte 48-41 to claim the third-place trophy on Saturday, Dec. 14, at East-Buchanan High School.
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Sports can be cruel and unforgiving, especially in the postseason. The No. 2 state-ranked Park Hill South girls basketball team felt that harsh reality on Tuesday, March 11, when the previously undefeated Panthers lost their first game— a defeat that ended their remarkable season.