The Trojans and Panthers are in different conferences, but the Park Hill and Park Hill South softball teams had players perform well enough to receive all-conference honors.
Grace Woods celebrates after hitting a home run during the season. Woods was selected as 1st team all-conference catcher and 2nd team all-district catcher in 2021.
Park Hill South is in the red division, while Park Hill is in the gold division in the Kansas City Suburban Conference. The Panthers had four players make the 1st team in the red division.
Park Hill South senior Jolie McMinn was selected to the all-conference 1st team as a catcher. McMinn had 42 hits, including 8 home runs, and 39 RBIs on the season.
Madeline NeSmith posted a 7-4 record on the season as a pitcher and earned a spot on the 1st team in the Red Division Conference. The sophomore struck out a team-high 43 batters on the season, while posting a 3.64 ERA.
Annabelle Winter was the last Park Hill South infielder to make the all-conference team as the senior had 21 putouts and 20 assisted outs. On offense, Winter finished her final season as a Panther with 26 hits and 21 RBIs with a .306 batting average.
Kara Hagen was the sole Panther outfielder to make the all-conference 1st team when the senior posted 23 putouts on defense and 34 hits and 12 RBIs on offense.
For Park Hill, Grace Woods was 1st team all-conference catcher and 2nd team all-district catcher. Nia Muniz earned 2nd team all-conference pitcher and 2nd team all-district utility player.