Author: Ross Martin

Platte County wins 3 of 4 home duals, locks up BVW dual tournament title in busy week

The momentum seemed to build in three successive home dual victories only to end with a deflating loss to Fort Osage on Thursday night. Platte County’s 38-29 comeback win earlier in the evening didn’t hold as much meaning after the 44-29 defeat in Suburban Conference White Division action. The seniors held a wrestles-only meeting in […]

Cruce, Benford lead Platte County’s group of consolation finalists at KC Classic

Platte County senior Ashleigh Cruce and junior Ronnie Benford made a pair of consolation finals each and led a strong showing of top-16 finishers in this past weekend’s KC Classic at Gladstone Community Center. The Pirates scored 24 points and were 16th out of 20 teams in another exceedingly strong field. Cruce continued a strong […]

Carr, Ayers break out on offense to lead Platte County to rout of Truman

The points piled up early and provided Platte County plenty of preliminary positives and paved the path to a 53-38 victory over Truman in Monday’s Suburban Conference White Division matchup. The Pirates entered off of a trio of potentially demoralizing losses to top-tier teams the week prior but showed the continued resilience of a mostly […]

Platte County finishes 4th at Kearney’s Bulldog Classic after stopping skid

In by far the longest second of a so-far difficult season, Platte County endured the uncertainty and finished off a much-needed victory. The Pirates went back and forth to earn a 71-67 victory over North Platte in a Bulldog Classic pool game Wednesday at Kearney High School with junior Jordy Moore hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer […]