Photos: Class 5 MSHSAA Track and Field Championships
Platte County competed in the Class 5 MSHSAA Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City.
Platte County’s historically accomplished senior class goes out on difficult note
An accomplished era came to an unfitting and truly unexpected conclusion this past weekend. Inclement weather and delays hampered the Class 5 MSHSAA Track and Field Championships with nearly all of Friday’s competition eventually canceled, forcing an abbreviated and reformatted schedule for Saturday at Jefferson City High School. Almost all preliminaries were nixed in favor […]
Photos: Class 5 Sectional 4 (girls)
Platte County competed in the Class 5 Sectional 4 meet Saturday at Lee’s Summit North High School in Lee’s Summit.
Benninghoff finally, officially takes down school record that stood for 43 years
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Platte County cleared new bars and quickly negotiated literal hurdles in Saturday’s Class 5 Sectional 4 meet. In the end, only of three returning state qualifiers earned a repeat trip with senior Adi Benninghoff removing any potential future asterisk with an emphatic school record while winning the 100-meter hurdles race in […]
Christopher weathers unique drama, heads back to state in 4 events for 2nd straight year
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Ty Christopher eventually became a state qualifier in four events for a second straight season but not without surviving the tests of a far-from-ordinary series of circumstances. Platte County’s star senior’s races included two false starts and a disqualification, and he didn’t totally avoid the drama and accompanying swings in emotion […]
Photos: Class 5 Sectional 4 (boys)
Platte County competed in the Class 5 Sectional 4 meet Saturday at Lee’s Summit North High School in Lee’s Summit.
Platte County pulls away from Kearney, heads back to playoffs
Despite missed opportunities early, Platte County still delivered the first blow then provided the big response necessary when challenged late. Now, the Pirates have officially reentered the playoffs with a chance to defend last season’s state title. Platte County never trailed and pulled away late for a 7-3 victory over rival Kearney in Saturday’s Class […]
Platte County ends up 1 win shy of ending playoff drought
KEARNEY, Mo. — There were no late dramatics this time around, but the result proved just as difficult to reconcile. Platte County went into Wednesday’s Class 3 District 8 championship game looking to reverse the result of the same matchup in the same round a year earlier but with an almost entirely reset roster. Instead, […]
Platte County finishes 4th at state in Class 2 for 2nd straight season
Platte County dropped both the semifinal and third-place match of the Class 2 MSHSAA Tennis Championships on Friday, ultimately settling for a second straight fourth-place state trophy. However, players and coaches didn’t have to look far to find consolation in achievement. The boys tennis program becomes just the third in school history to earn three […]
Photos: St. Pius X 5, Platte County 0
St. Pius X advanced to the state playoffs with a 5-0 victory over Platte County in the Class 3 District 8 championship game Wednesday at Kearney High School in Kearney.