Author: Ross Martin

Platte County continues to stack wins with blowout of St. Pius X

Platte County may very well wish the holiday break didn’t hit. The Pirates pushed their winning streak to five with an emphatic 51-31 romp over St. Pius X on Wednesday at Platte County High School but now must wait until after the New Year to see if the momentum holds. With questions about consistent scoring, […]

Platte County’s turnaround continues with convincing wins over Smithville, Van Horn

Eric Mitchell would not want any one victory to define a turnaround. Still, Platte County’s first-year coach likely can’t deny the importance of Monday’s 45-34 victory over rival Smithville at HyVee Arena. The Warriors have been one of the most consistent programs in the state the past two decades, mostly under veteran Trevor Mosby’s exemplary […]

Platte County shows strength in capturing home invitational team title

Platte County didn’t put up attention-grabbing times and only won a single individual event but did show off the impressive depth on a talented roster while dominating the five-team Platte County Invitational on Saturday at Platte County Community Center North. The Pirates rolled up 560 points and bunched finishes over and over to top runnerup […]

Fernandez goes from unseeded to 4th place at always-tough KC Stampede tournament

Jake Fernandez took the long and difficult road to a second straight medal at Kansas City Stampede — through no fault of his own. Due to a quirk in the seeding process for one of the strongest and deepest tournaments in the country, Platte County’s junior defending state champion didn’t receive one of the 12-seeded […]

Platte County likely closes story on current home gym with rout of Kearney

Twice in the second half, Chandavian Bradley brought a tightly packed, boisterous crowd to hysterics with with a highlight reel dunk. Platte County’s star senior forward overcame early foul trouble to help put the finishing touches on a more-dominant-than-indicated 52-41 nonconference rivalry victory over Kearney on Friday night in the home opener at Platte County […]

Platte County doesn’t have a medalist but impresses in keep KC Stampede field

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Platte County took the lumps expected in back-to-back-back grueling, two-day weekend tournaments. Most recently, the Pirates didn’t have a top-six placer in the Kansas City Stampede at Bartel Hall Convention but finished 19th out of 44 teams, showing off the talent of a developing roster poised for more success down the […]