Flowers, pair of sophomores help position Platte County 5th in tough Iowa field
Platte County went north to seek out a new challenge on the schedule and found one. The Pirates finished fifth out of 13 teams in the strong field of the Pella Invitational on Saturday at the Central College Course in Pella, Iowa. Times were not as fast as the season-opening Tim Nixon Invitational, but Platte […]
Postgame Interview: Brooks Hall, Sr., TE
Platte County senior tight end Brooks Hall put up team-highs of seven catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns in a 54-23 win over Grain Valley on Friday at Pirate Stadium.
Platte County beats rival Grain Valley by exactly 31 points for 2nd straight season
The margin of victory ended up exactly the same and the somewhat misleading final score came with additional similarities but also some new oddities. Platte County’s 54-23 victory over rival Grain Valley on Friday night at Pirate Stadium again included a running clock for a portion of the second half but ultimately didn’t fully reflect […]
Photos: Platte County Invitational
Platte County placed sixth out of eight teams in Friday’s Platte County Invitational at Platte County High School with three singles players earning medals for top-three finishes.
Big 1st inning, timely home runs for Shippee, Seifert allow Platte County to fend off Smithville
In what ended up an extravaganza of offense, Platte County survived for what could be an important 10-7 road win over Smithville on Tuesday afternoon. The two teams combined for 26 hits — three of them home runs — in the nonconference matchup of rivals at Smithville High School. Platte County never trailed after three […]
Mathews tallies Platte County’s lone goal in tough start to season at Park Hill Fall Classic
Platte County received a small preview of what might await in this year’s postseason during the first two games of the Park Hill Fall Classic then tried to take a positive away from the second half of a loss in the third and final round robin matchup Thursday at Park Hill District Soccer Complex in […]
Platte County ready to continue development after encouraging signs in season’s 1st tournament
Platte County expects the learning curve but found plenty of positives in Friday’s home tournament. The Pirates were sixth out of eight teams with three medalists while three players received their first big tests. Each team entered six singles and three doubles flights in brackets of shorter, one-set matches. “The girls competed well overall,” Platte […]
Platte County serves up back-to-back dominant sweeps to start conference play
Carissa Bacon knows the bigger challenges loom ahead — especially in the postseason — but that just makes every match, every set, every point more important to this year’s development. In Tuesday’s home opener, Platte County’s senior setter and rightside hitter led an exceedingly dominant 25-0, 25-1, 25-5 sweep of Ruskin in a Suburban Conference […]
Gutshall, Hokanson, all 3 relays post state-qualifying cuts in season-opening quad
Platte County freshman Grisham Gutshall wasted little time in posting an impressive time in Tuesday’s season-opening quad at Platte County Community Center North. The Pirates won 4 of 12 individual events overall and finished second out of four teams behind only Kearney. Gutshall posted the most impressive individual victory for Platte County, touching the wall […]
Season-opening scramble gives Platte County unique chance to pair up players
Platte County paired the present and the future at the top of the lineup in Tuesday’s trip to the season-opening Dottie Drukker Memorial Two-Person Scramble at Tiffany Greens Golf Course in Kansas City. With just six players on this year’s roster, the Pirates used senior returning state qualifier Grace Handke with freshman Naomi Loehner in […]