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October 24, 2012 • COMPLETE COUNTY COVERAGE • Page B1

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 16Oct. 29-Nov. 1 • @ Platte County

Oct. 29 game • 5 p.m.

No. 3 Savannah vs. No. 5 St. Joseph BentonOct. 30 games

No. 1 Smithville vs. No. 3 vs No. 5 winner, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Platte County vs No. 4 St. Joseph Lafayette, 7p.m.

Final • 6 p.m. Nov. 1

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 16Oct. 27-Nov. 1 • @ Staley

Oct. 27 game • 2:30 p.m.

No. 3 Staley vs. No. 5 SJ Central, 4 p.m.Oct. 27 game • 2:30 p.m.

No. 2 Park Hill vs. No. 4 Oak Park, 5 p.m.

No. 1 Park Hill South vs, winner of No. 3 vs. No. 5winner, 6:45 p.m.

Final • 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1

DISTRICT SOCCER

LEE STUBBS/Citizen Photo 

Platte County’s Austin Gilbert stiff-armed his way past a Raytown South defender during last Friday’s 25-13 win that

locked up both the conference title and No. 1 seed in the Class 4 District 8 tournament for the Pirates.

The itizen’s

SPORTSW  LY

Football playoff brackets set 

LEE STUBBS

C ITIZEN  E DITOR 

Coming into this season, there were plenty of questionmarks surrounding the Platte County High School foot-ball team.

At the top of the list was this: how were the Piratesgoing to fill the void left by the loss of 17 starters, partic-ularly all-everything quarterback Krae Kelso? Not fardown the list were questions about the Platte County run-ning game and itsdefense.

Consider allthose questionsanswered andwith an exclama-tion point, to

boot.Platte County

d e f e a t e dRaytown South25-13 last Fridayat PiratesStadium andimproved to 7-2on the season.With the win, thePirates wrappedup their firstS u b u r b a nConference Blue Division championship and also earnedthe top seed in the Class 4 District 8 standings. PlatteCounty will play host to eighth-seeded St. Joseph Bentonin the first round of the state playoffs at 7 p.m. Thursdayat Pirates Stadium.

Senior lineman Trent Sluder said he and his teammateshave proven the Pirates are for real.

“People had doubts at the start of the year about us –no matter what, there are always doubters,” Sluder said.

EXCEEDING

EXPECT TIONS

JASON LAWRENCE

C ITIZEN  S TAFF 

The regular season is over andevery game is now a must win asWeek 10 kicks off district play.

Platte County drew the top seed inthe Class 4 District 8 tournamentafter going 7-2 and winning theSuburban Conference Blue title. ThePirates host St. Joseph Benton (1-8) at7 p.m. Thursday. The Cardinals comeinto the game on a seven game losing

streak after picking up their only winAug. 31 against Grain Valley.If the Pirates win, they would face

the winner of the Liberty North-St.Joseph Lafayette game Oct. 31 atPirates Stadium. Platte County lost to

Liberty North 33-22 Oct. 5.The Class 4 District 8 champi-

onship game will be played Nov. 5with highest remaining seed hosting.

West Platte and North Platte drewthe No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the Class1 District 7 bracket and could meet inthe second round if both teamsadvance. The Bluejays (5-4) hostOrrick (1-8) at 7 p.m. Friday while thePanthers (4-5) host Mid-Buchanan (2-7) at 7 p.m. Thursday.

North Platte defeated Mid-Buch,

which is currently on a three-gamelosing streak, 34-0 Sept. 7. Orrickpicked up its first win last week.

The Jays and Panthers would meetin the second round Oct. 31 inWeston with a spot in the district

championship game Nov. 5 at stake.Park Hill South claimed the No. 3

seed in the Class 5 District 8 tourna-ment by knocking off fifth seededPark Hill in the annual King of theHill game last week.

The Panthers (5-4) host Oak Park(1-8) Thursday at 7 p.m. while ParkHill (3-6) travels to St. Joseph CentralFriday for a rematch of their 32-29Oct. 12 loss to the Indians (5-4).

The PH South-Oak Park winnerwould head to Kearney for a match-

up with the Bulldogs (6-3) Oct. 31while the Park Hill-St. Joe Centralwinner would travel to face No. 1seed Staley (7-2) Oct. 31 with spots inthe Nov. 5 district title game on theline.

Platte County’s run to conferencetitle, top district seed has been

 impressive... and surprising

Platte Co. soccer seniors

set sights on district titleJASON LAWRENCE

C ITIZEN  S TAFF 

With just one game left in the regular

season, the Platte County soccer team’sseniors are looking to cement their legacyas one of the best classes to come throughthe school, and if nothing else, be knownas good leaders.

“We definitely want a district title,”senior captain Brandon Geiger said. “Wewant to beat Smithville and we want toshow that we were leaders. We haven’t hadgood leadership in the past, so that’s theonly legacy I want to leave behind – thatI was a good leader.”

The leadership aspect was one headcoach Ashlyn Brantley thought might betougher than it actually has been.

“It can be a lot of leaders trying to take

over, but it’s actually been really good thisseason,” Brantley said. “The team hasneeded it. They’ve led very well through-out the season.”

This is Brantley’s first class of playersshe has coached all four years, and she saidit is going to be a little sentimental whenthe season comes to a close and she has tosay goodbye to her 12 seniors.

Nine of those seniors have played since

D ISTRICT  V OLLEYBALL  U NDER  W  AY 

Platte County

outside hitter

Karlye Horn

went up high to

spike a shot

down against

Staley in the

sixth seeded

Lady Pirates’ 2-1

loss to the No. 3

seed Falcons in

their first round

Class 4 District

16 gameMonday night at

Liberty North.

Platte County

finished the

season with a

16-11-5 record.

V O L L E Y B A L L

ROUNDUP, B2.

JASON LAWRENCE 

Citizen Photo 

See SOCCER, PAGE B4

See PIRATES, PAGE B4

PH SOUTH ISKING OF THE HILL

JASON LAWRENCE/Citizen Photo 

Park Hill South’s Ronnie

Bertlesmeyer added a TD run in the

Panthers’ 45-17 win, SEE PAGE B3.

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