A nearly double-digit lead entering the fourth quarter disappeared quickly Friday night and the Pleasant Hill girls basketball team was unable to upset the top seed in the district tournament.
Following a lopsided loss Saturday afternoon, it’s now been 12 years since the Harrisonville boys won a district basketball championship.
The Archie girls basketball season ended last week after its deepest postseason run in 26 years.
COLUMBIA — Pleasant Hill senior Victor Schmalz capped his revenge tour with his arm raised and a state championship medal last week at Mizzou Arena.
COLUMBIA — Immediately after Rylie Ingrassia’s hand was raised as state champion, she pointed to the sky in honor of her late grandfather.
Eight boys wrestlers will be competing in the state tournament this week, beginning Wednesday morning in Columbia.
ARCHIE — A large early lead by the Harrisonville boys team shrunk to 10 points in the third quarter before the visiting Wildcats blew open the game and won their eighth-straight game.
ARCHIE — Junior Reagan Tenholder calmly walked to the free throw line and sank a pair of foul shots with only a couple of seconds on the clock to give her team a home win Friday night.
The Adrian girls wrestling team came incredibly close to finishing runner-up as a team at the Class 1 District 3 Tournament in Buffalo on Saturday.
The four area girls wrestling teams will be competing Friday and Saturday against 34 other schools for just 56 spots at Class 1 state meet later this month in Columbia.
ARCHIE — For the fourth year in a row, the Harrisonville boys basketball team headed home with a tournament championship.
ADRIAN — The Lady Blackhawks ran away with the Ozark Highlands Conference title last Thursday after winning four weight classes and finishing second in seven more.
Nevada did everything it could to take Harrisonville junior Jaxton Chrostowski out of last week’s game, but it didn’t work.
Area high school basketball teams had another week of mixed results.
On Monday night, the Lady Blackhawks placed third and had seven wrestlers finish in the top five of their weight class at the Sam Martin Invitational in Plattsburg.
It was another successful football season in the area with a pair of teams advancing to the state quarterfinals or semifinals, and with that came a handful of individual awards from 8-man to Class 4.
Harrisonville High School soccer coach Dan Coleman has been named the Missouri Class 2 Region 4 (Kansas City/Northwest Missouri) Coach of the Year, recognizing his leadership, dedication and impact on student-athletes throughout the season.
Pleasant Hill senior Victor Schmalz was the lone local wrestler to win a championship Saturday at the tournament in Harrisonville.
DREXEL — Moving the annual William D. Gordon Holiday Classic earlier in the calendar by a few weeks didn’t change the outcome of what’s become a winter tradition.
DREXEL — The Bobcats won two of three games at their home tournament last week, but they were just a few points shy of advancing to the championship game for a second-straight year.
LEE’S SUMMIT — For the second year in a row, the Pleasant Hill girls basketball team was defeated by University Academy in the championship of the Eagle Invitational.
LEE’S SUMMIT — The Harrisonville boys basketball had to wait two weeks to play since losing its season opener, but it rebounded with a pair of wins last week at the Eagle Invitational.
What the Harrisonville girls basketball team lacks in height, it arguably makes up for with quickness, defense and experience.
Harrisonville boys basketball coach Jeff Langrehr admittedly isn’t a big fan of opening the season a week before Thanksgiving, but he is optimistic about his squad despite a double-digit loss on the road.
ARCHIE — Despite windy conditions and key injuries that decimated its offensive and defensive lines, the Whirlwinds came within three points of returning to the state championship game for third year in a row.