Local winter sport student-athletes honored

Citizen Staff

Several varsity student-athletes from the five high schools in Platte County received postseason awards for their efforts during the winter sports seasons. Those honored included:

Platte County

boys basketball: Jacob Hardie, all-state team, all-conference team, all-district team, KKWK all-region team, KMZU all-dream team, Mo.-Kan. all-star game selection and NWMO all-star game selection; Bryce Brownsberger, honorable mention to the all-conference team, Class 4 all-district team, KKWK all-region team and NWMO all-star team selection.

Girls basketball: Taylor Johnson, all-state team, all-district team, all-conference team, all-Kansas City Star first team, all-region, MVP for Lady Pirates offense; Taylor Sellars, all-conference, MVP for Lady Pirates defense; Kirsten Clemens, newcomer of the year; Brooke Babcock, coaches award; Kelsey Knox, all-conference team, all-district team, all-region; Cacy Williams, all-conference.

Wrestling: Collin Tolliver, first team all-conference; Cody Poos, first team all-conference; Zach Gifford, first team all-conference; Joey McLain, first team all-conference; Jason Barmann, first team all-conference; Brock St. Louis, first team all-conference; Blaine Conner, first team all-conference; Jared Burns, second team all-conference; Brett Poos, second team all-conference; Taylor Smith, second team all-conference; Jourdan Karsten, all-conference honorable mention; and David Miller, all-conference honorable mention.

Park Hill

boys basketball: Justin Leathers, all-state team, all-conference team; Chris Nsenki, all-conference; De’Aris Flint, all-conference team; Brady Kreitzer, honorable mention all-conference.

Girls basketball: Katy Plummer, all-conference first team, all-district first team; Laura Bennett, honorable mention all-conference, honorable mention all-conference; Emma Gossett, honorable mention all-conference; Kyleesha Weston, honorable mention all-conference.

Wrestling: Alan Waters, Missouri State High School all-class wrestler of the year; Mike Tuck, Missouri State High School all-class assistant coach of the year; Bill Erneste, Missouri state High School all-class head coach of the year.

Park Hill South

boys basketball: Tyler Keesee, all-conference team; Christian Hildenbrandt, all-conference team; Rocky Benson, honorable mention all-conference; Matt Robaska, honorable mention all-conference; Anthony Perry, Class 5 coach of the year.

Girls basketball: Courtney Stout, first team all-conference, first team all-district; Jenna Disselhoff, honorable mention all-conference; Stephanie Griffith, honorable mention all-conference; Haley Shelton, honorable mention all-conference.

Wrestling: Chase Gray, Adam Weatherly, Jimmy Carpenter and Dean Frazier, all-conference.

West Platte

boys basketball: Shannon Hayden, first team all-conference, all-district team; Kaleb Collier, honorable mention all-conference.

Wrestling: Jacob Hochard, honorable mention all-conference.

North Platte

boys basketball: Cody Hays, first team all-conference.

Girls basketball: Emilee Buckler, all-district coaches team, first team all-conference, all-district sportswriters team; Kaitlyn Jameson, honorable mention all-conference. Wrestling: Taylor Green, first team all-conference; Nathaniel Conant, honorable mention all-conference; Jake Day, honorable mention all-conference; JT McAuley, honorable mention all-conference.