LAWRENCE, Kan. – Several personal and school records fell over the weekend at the 101st KU Relays, but there was only one victory from the Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill entires.

A four-run rally in the fifth inning helped the Harrisonville baseball team defeat its county rival April 9, ending a four-game skid in the series.

Although no school records were broken Friday, the Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill track and field teams combined to win most of the events and set many personal bests at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational.

Dakota Essenpries is loving her first year as a college gymnast, and she’s about to compete at the highest level this week. The 2023 Adrian graduate will be with her University of Arkansas team when it competes Thursday at the NCAA Championships semifinal session in Fort Worth, Texas.

As “Field of Dreams” taught us, if you build it, he will come. The often misquoted line of “If you build it, they will come,” makes more sense when it comes to girls or women’s sports.

While the Adrian boys track and field team had a strong performance at the Midway Invitational last week, the Midway girls squad may have itself one of the best quarter-milers in the state.

Just a week after breaking her own school record once again, Harrisonville sophomore Paige Cribbs did it again. This time, she demolished her previous mark.

With his team heading into a pair of home games, Harrisonville girls soccer coach Dan Coleman feels good about where his squad is at before it enters a stretch that contains five conference contests.

Less than two weeks into her sophomore campaign, Harrisonville’s Paige Cribbs improved the school record she set last year.

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has announced its class and district assignments for the spring sports.

Wildcats split games The Harrisonville baseball team played a pair of one-run games last week, and came away with opposite results. On March 27, the Wildcats won 4-3 at Holden. It was their …

PECULIAR — Brooke Beck is on her way to rewriting the Pleasant Hill track record, and her junior season just began.

A pair of Harrisonville alumni ended their indoor track and field seasons successfully at their respective national meets.

The Harrisonville baseball team is coming off its best season in five years, but it will have a lot of new faces on the diamond this spring.

Harrisonville junior Kayleigh Norris has kicked off her track season the way she ended it last year – breaking records and taking home gold medals.

Similar to other girls teams at Harrisonville this year, the Lady Wildcats soccer team is going to look much different than it did a year ago when it begins the season next week.

PLEASANT HILL — Expectations are once again high surrounding the girls soccer team, which is about to begin the 2024 season.

With the spring sports season just around the corner, it’s time look at the track and field athletes from the area and who has a chance to turn some heads and make a splash on the state stage in May.

The Pleasant Hill girls basketball team wasn’t able to avenge a 40-point loss from earlier in the season, but it gave district runner-up Nevada a scare in the district tournament semifinals last week.

Harrisonville didn’t score in the first quarter as turnovers and missed shots piled up. It was too much to overcome. Sion won 67-37, ending Harrisonville’s season.

Last week, the Lady Wildcats played Pleasant Hill for their senior night. They took control of the game in the fourth quarter and won their fourth-straight game in the series. Harrisonville won 43-31.

The two rivals played close for a little more than a quarter before the Wildcats pulled away and never looked back. They eventually ran away with the game, winning 66-37.

Last week, the Adrian sophomore stood atop the Class 1 state podium after making school history. She became Adrian’s first female state medalist and state champion when she won the 235-pound title in Columbia.

All 11 Lady Wildcats who played Monday scored in the 68-17 blowout win over Center.

Harrisonville beat Center for a second time this season, winning Friday’s game 58-37. Five Lady Wildcats scored at least seven points in the win.