Platte County fills out lineup, rolls in season-opening dual
Platte County made the delayed start to the season still minus the majority of the expected lineup. No matter. The Pirates were dominant in a 56-20 victory over William Chrisman in a Suburban Conference White Division dual Wednesday night in Independence. The Bears won just three of the nine head-to-head matches. With about half of […]
Photos: Platte County Quad
Platte County hosted a quad with Kearney, Smithville and Savannah on Tuesday afternoon at Platte County Community Center North.
Platte County faces daunting move up to Class 4 in Burress’ final season as coach
The pieces were in place to make a run at fabricating the type of storybook ending that typically requires a predetermined script. Platte County returns eight qualifiers, three medalists, two finalist and a champion from last year’s fourth-place team in the Class 3 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships. Add in a group of experienced returners and a […]
Platte County notches 1st win of season, goes 1-2 in Winnetonka Invitational
Platte County notched the first win of a potential rebuilding season but continued to experience the rigors of an intentionally curated schedule providing challenges. The Pirates won the middle game of three in this week’s Winnetonka Invitational with a blowout of Central (St. Joseph) but dropped to 1-3 overall. Coming off of a season-opening loss […]
Platte County’s 5 medalists good enough for 7th out of 23 teams in season-opening tournament
Platte County showed the reasons to keep high expectations and anticipate the need for improvements during the opening week of competition. After dropping a dual to Kearney on Wednesday, the Pirates placed seventh out of 23 teams in the Jay Border Wars held Friday and Saturday in Jay, Oklahoma, with five medalists. The lineup included […]
Photos: Park Hill 49, Platte County 27
Platte County ended up sixth in the Winnetonka Invitational, which started with a 49-27 loss to Park Hill on Tuesday at Winnetonka High School in Kansas City.
Platte County’s revamped roster pieces together back-to-back wins at Savannah Invitational
Playing three games in three days while potentially still without a full complement of players, Platte County broke in a new roster and came away with one win in an annual trip to the Savannah Invitational. The Pirates opened with a loss to the hosts on Tuesday at Savannah High School, came back to blow […]
Photos: Kearney 69, Platte County 12
Platte County dropped a season-opening nonconference dual 69-12 to Kearney on Wednesday at Kearney High School in Kearney.
Hobbled and wobbled, Platte County survives OT thriller to capture 2nd straight state title
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The ball fluttered into the air, and an impressively raucous crowd at Spratt Stadium almost seemed to go silent at once. Carthage didn’t have a receiver immediately in the area, and a delayed celebration began in earnest with no reprieve coming this time. Platte County found a dramatic, legendary, deserved finish […]
32.5: Platte County ready to go the (short) distance in search of another state title
Platte County coach Bill Utz intentionally introduced a mysterious number before this season. The Pirates can finally interact with the true meaning behind the three digits with one decimal place on Friday afternoon. The buses depart from Platte County High School to travel exactly 32.5 miles for the Class 5 Show-Me Bowl against Carthage (12-1) […]