Author: Ross Martin

Platte County clips Savannah in memorable final home dual for seniors

Inclement weather forced cancelation of the expected senior night dual and postponed the festivities to Monday. Forced to break from a normal tradition, Platte County faced a tougher-than-normal competition while celebrating the careers and contributions of Gavin Nichols, Aaron Vaughan, Daniel Bunge, Quentin Miller and Jacob Isaacson. The circumstances made the 5-4 victory over visiting […]

Trio of all-conference performers lead Platte County to 2nd-place team finish

Josh Knickman picked the right time for a career-best round. Platte County ultimately didn’t have the collective scores to unseat Grain Valley in the Suburban Conference White Division Championships on Monday at Hoots Hollow Golf Course in Pleasant Hill. The Eagles grabbed another team title with all five players in the top seven. However, Knickman […]

Platte County runs, jumps, throws way to home invitational team title

Platte County knows to expect success on the track but wanted to develop some confidence in the field in the last tuneup before the Suburban Conference White Division Championships. With a field reduced to eight teams after some canceled in anticipation of inclement weather that did not materialize, the Pirates ended up winning six total […]

Platte County’s 4×800 looks part of state contender at home invitational

The top pieces went back into the 4×800-meter relay for Friday’s Platte County Invitational at Pirate Stadium, and the potential 0f an elite unit shone bright once again. Despite a limited field of eight teams due to weather concerns that didn’t materialize, Platte County’s team of junior Josh Fraker and seniors Kade Meinke, Andrew Johnson […]

Platte County still seeking optimal form, signature win to turn season’s tide

The final connections seem within reach but agonizingly elusive to this point in the season. Platte County suffered back-to-back shutout losses to quality Class 3 opponents this week, giving up too many quality chances and not creating enough on the other end. Park Hill scored once on each side of halftime on Tuesday at Pirate […]

Platte County unable to complete sweep of games in rain-shortened week

Don’t expect any lingering satisfaction of staying competitive with top Class 6 competition. Platte County expects to win, especially when holding a late lead, regardless of the opponent even while navigating a schedule with few reprieves. The Pirates were in the desired position Monday night against Liberty North only for mistakes uncharacteristic during a recent […]

Platte County shows reason for optimism in both big win, tight loss

Platte County started and finished another busy week with diametrically opposed results both potentially important to setting the stage for postseason success. A dominant 8-1 victory over Grain Valley on Monday at Platte County High School likely results in another Suburban Conference White Division title and the top seed in the upcoming Class 2 District […]