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KANSAS CITY – In the month of April, the only baseball team who has been able to beat Platte County (11-9) was Staley (15-6) on April 18.
KANSAS CITY – When Platte County and Park Hill matched up at Tiffany Greens Golf Course, the Trojans came out with the victory on April 17.
VIRGINA BEACH – Getting the chance to spend the offseason wrestling against some of the top competition in the country, North Platte freshman Cooper Kirkham took eighth place in the National High School Coaches Association Championships on April 7.
DEARBORN – Spending the last 11 months remembering the 4-3 loss to Plattsburg in the 2023 Class 2 District 15 Baseball Tournament, North Platte (12-2) was able to get revenge on April 18.
PARKVILLE – Staying undefeated during the regular season is tough and the Park Hill South girls’ soccer team (13-1) had its first loss of the spring against Lee’s Summit (7-2-2) on April 11.
WESTON – It took nearly a decade’s time, but the West Platte baseball team (12-5) finally surpassed 10 wins in a season.
NORTH KANSAS CITY – The only team that Platte County (5-6) lost to in the North Kansas City Girls’ Soccer Tournament was the eventual champion as Kearney (6-6) came out on top in the semifinals on April 19.
KANSAS CITY – Bryson Augustyn was the MVP when he helped lift the Park Hill baseball team (7-13) past rival Park Hill South (9-8) 4-0 on April 9.
HAMILTON – The North Platte baseball team (11-2) was nearly flawless when they moved to 3-1 in KCI Conference play on April 11.
PLATTE CITY – Taking on some early season competition against larger schools can be tough and for the Platte County baseball team (8-8), that resulted in seeing only three wins through 11 games.
PLATTE CITY – Coming off the first loss of the season, the Platte County boys’ tennis team (7-1) bounced back with an 8-1 win over Staley (0-5) on April 10.
DEARBORN – West Platte has familiarity at the North Platte track and field and that was apparent when the Blue Jays swept the Panther Invitational on April 15.
WESTON – Following a shutout KCI Conference loss, the West Platte baseball team (9-4) moved over .500 in conference play by beating Plattsburg (8-11) on April 11.
KANSAS CITY – So far this season, the Park Hill boys’ tennis team (9-0-1) has yet to falter as a tie to Park Hill South (4-2-2) in the Trojans’ doubles tournament on April 10 has been the closest thing to a defeat.
PARKVILLE – In the aftermath of 80 minutes of scoreless rivalry soccer through regulation, it only took Park Hill South (9-0) 73 seconds of extra play to send Park Hill (1-6) home with its third overtime loss of the season on April 2.
ATCHISON – West Platte trackletes Miles McHenry, Julia Pattison, Addison Bailey and Sam Baker all walked away with individual gold medals from the Atchison Invitational on April 4.
CAMDENTON – The Laker Wood Bat Baseball Tournament was a competitive one with Park Hill (5-10) and Park Hill South (8-5) both going 2-1 at Camdenton High School on April 5 and 6.
PLATTE CITY – Facing an early season losing skid, the Platte County girls’ soccer team (2-4) turned four straight defeats into two consecutive triumphs with 15 goals scored.
DEARBORN – Meeting up with similar records at the time, the North Platte baseball team (7-2) rattled off 13 hits opposed to one by West Platte (5-3) en route to the 9-0 win on April 4.
TIFFFANY GREENS – Out of the 17 golf teams competing in the Darren Floyd Memorial Tournament at Tiffany Greens Golf Club, Park Hill and Park Hill South finished in third and fourth places ahead of 12th place Platte County on April 4.
KANSAS CITY – Like many seasons in the past, Platte County, Park Hill and Park Hill South competed in the Staley Relays – an early season track and field meet that focuses on relays instead of individual races – on March 29.
SMITHVILLE – The track and field season has officially begun as North Platte and West Platte had some early competition at the Smithville Invitational on March 28.
DEARBORN – Coming off a one-run, 11-inning heartbreaking loss against Lawson (9-1), North Platte played stellar baseball through two innings against St. Joseph Christian (3-1) before a thunderstorm caused a postponement on April 1.
KANSAS CITY – Being outscored 40 to 23 through the first seven baseball games of the year isn’t ideal, and that’s how the spring started off for Park Hill (3-6).
PLATTE CITY – Deciding to partake in the early season Platte County Girls’ Soccer Invitational worked out well for Park Hill South (4-0), which walked away with a first-place finish.
PLATTE CITY – The host school of the Platte County Girls’ Soccer Invitational opened the season without a win through three games for the second straight year.
PARKVILLE – Taking an early 3-0 lead and looking to snap a three-game losing skid at the time, the Platte County baseball team (2-5) let that lead slip away and Park Hill South (5-3) came out on top, 4-3, on March 20.
PLATTE CITY – Eight teams came to compete in the Platte County Boys’ Tennis Invitational with Park Hill South taking second place, followed by Park Hill and Platte County tying for third place on March 20.
KANSAS CITY – Park Hill kicked the spring off with a second-place finish, right ahead of Park Hill South, in the KC Metro Boys’ Golf Showdown at Swope Park Memorial on March 18.
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