Pirates
hammered at
William Jewell event
by Ted
Brewer
Landmark
reporter
The Platte County Boys’ Basketball team entered
the William Jewell Christmas High School Tournament as
underdogs. They were forced to go up against much larger
schools that included Liberty and Park Hill South.
In their first game of the tournament, the 3-5 Platte
County team had to take on the 7-1 Liberty Blue Jays.
Liberty had the number one seed in the tournament, while
Platte County was seeded ninth.
Liberty dominated the game, setting the tone for the
rest of the game by outscoring Platte County 17-9 in the
first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Pirates could not pull any
closer to Liberty. The Blue Jays put up 18 points compared
to the Pirates 9 points. This gave Liberty a 35-18 halftime
lead.
Platte County was able to put up 14 points in the third
quarter, but Liberty still outscored the Pirates with
19 points of their own.
Liberty broke the game open in the fourth quarter. They
outscored Platte County 28-7.
The final score of the game was 82-39.
The leading scorers for Platte County included senior
Mitch Black with 14, junior Sean O’Connor with 8
points, junior Kyle Richter with 6, junior Travis Frogge
with 4, freshman Zo Riley with 3 points, and juniors Mark
Dudley and Brent Parker both had 2 points apiece. O’Connor
led the team with two three-pointers.
The loss to Liberty sent Platte County into the losers
bracket to face the Park Hill South Panthers.
The 6-2 Panthers took an early lead that the now 3-6
Pirates could not recover from. In the first quarter,
Park Hill South overwhelmed the Pirates, outscoring them
22-4.
The Pirates played the Panthers neck and neck in the
second quarter as the Pirates and Panthers both scored
12 points. This gave Park Hill South a 34-16 halftime
lead.
Park Hill South continued to control the game in the
third quarter of action as they outscored the struggling
Pirates 14-9.
The Pirates tried to rally back in the fourth quarter,
but they could not catch the Panthers, despite outscoring
the Panthers 19-7.
Park Hill South won the game by a final score of 55-44,
which meant that they would advance to the next round,
and that Platte County was out of the tournament.
The leading scorers for Platte County against Park Hill
South included Black with 15, Frogge with 10, Riley with
7, Richter and junior Taylor Seerdorf with 4 points apiece,
and Parker and junior Brian Connel both had 2 points each.
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