District Activity Highlights

Football
North Kansas City 22
Ruskin 20

In the Hornets first win of the season, quarterback Zac Benintende had 11 completions for 122 yards. Running back Kyle Washington had 13 carries for 103 yards and two touchdowns. Nick Stockdale returned a punt 60 yards for a touchdown and had a 2-point conversion.

Oak Park 14
Platte County 26

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Staley 3
Kearney 21

Winnetonka 0
Lee’s Summit West 30
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Girls Golf
Winnetonka’s Emma Windham finished 1st in the White Conference tournament held Sept. 27 at Paradise Golf Complex. Emma shot a 90, leading the pack of 27 golfers from seven schools.

Soccer
Oak Park Varsity Soccer had a busy week! Here are their final results:

Sept. 22
Oak Park 1
Liberty 4

Oak Park’s goal was scored by Rajko Radovic.

Sept. 27
Winnetonka 0
Oak Park 2

Diego Rodriguez and Dylan Drambour scored goals for the Northmen. Goalkeeper Matt Ebinger recorded the shutout.

Sept. 28
Oak Park 4
Grandview 0

Goals were scored by Milorad Milic, Pierre Francois, Armando Moreno and Rajko Radovic. Andrew Fishel was in goal and recorded the shutout.

Softball
The Lady Hornets Varsity Softball team had two wins in two games this week! In a double-header against Ruskin, North Kansas City dominated both games. In just three innings, the Hornets recorded shutout scores of 18-0 and 17-0. MacKenna Nolan pitched and won both games. With all players swinging the bats, hitters are too many to list. See below for individual results from stellar performances.

Maggie Brooks
Game 1: 2-for-2 scoring two runs and three RBI’s. She hit for a single and a triple.
Game 2: Three RBI’s

Jordan Knox
Game 1: 1-for-3 with three RBI’s and a single.

MacKenna Nolan
Game 1: Two RBI’s
Game 2: One RBI

In the second game, Jazmyn Holt and Autumn McMullin each had two RBI’s.

Swim/Dive
North Kansas City’s Griffin Schmitt qualified for state this past weekend in the 500 Free with a time of 5:05.92. The Hornets placed 7th out of 20 teams at the North Kansas City Schools Invitational. The team travels to Raytown this Friday to compete in the Eubank Invitational.

The Staley Swim and Dive team placed 3rd at the North Kansas City Schools Invitational this past weekend. The 200 Free Relay of Alex McIntyre, David Maynard, Jordan Milhon and Andy Herdman, and the 400 Free Relay of Alex McIntyre, David Maynard, Jordan Milhon and Nathaniel Vawter qualified for state. The Staley boys have now qualified all three relay teams for state competition.

Tennis
The Oak Park Girls Varsity Tennis team had a successful week. On Monday, they beat Staley 5-4. On Tuesday, they defeated Platte County 7-2. With the wins, the girls clinched the conference title. This is the team’s first conference title since 2003. The Varsity record stands at 10-2, with the JV record being 11-1.

Volleyball
The Lady Griffin Volleyball team ground out a win against conference foe Fort Osage Sept. 23. In addition to fighting off a tough Fort Osage team, senior Shelby Corkill became the 13th player in Missouri history to go over the 1,000 career kill mark.
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