Elms Earns Legacy Award

Congratulations to East Buchanan girls basketball coach Cori Elms, who was recently recognized with the John Wooden Legacy Award for Missouri from the National High School Basketball Coaches Association (NHSBCA). The award, in its first year, honors coaches that demonstrate excellence on the court and in the classroom as an educator, giving back to the game of basketball. With Elms are East Buchanan graduate Audrey Elifrits (left) who completed the MBCA Mentoring Program, and East Buchanan student Laken Stallard (right), who was honored with the MBCA’s Student Assistant Award.

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er and Jackson Lewis, and the youthful talent of Rylan Langton. Braddy helped spur the Tigers to a 30-game winning streak, a nine-week run as Missouri’s top-ranked Class 2 team, and a thirdplace finish at the state championship.

On the way, Braddy swept up All-District, All-Conference and AllState Honors.

“He just brings the energy to any room he steps in,” said Plattsburg head coach Twydell Love, Jr. “It’s contagious on the floor and off the floor. We needed some personality with our group and I thought that was one of the biggest things that was eye-popping to us this year.”

Braddy said that his year at Plattsburg meant a lot to him, especially sharing

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The next day, Lutheran Kansas City also managed to shutout the Tigers, winning 2-0. Despite the loss, Hunter Risch was great on the bump, giving up just four hits in six innings while striking out seven batters.

The bats woke up on Thursday, April 27, as the Tigers swatted the Penney Hornets 11-2 in Hamilton, Mo. Brown, Keegan Gudde and Zach Annis each scored two runs. Jackson Lewis knocked in a pair of RBIs with a run scored. Gavin Carter earned the victory, striking out nine batters while giving up three hits in five innings. Wyatt Moran allowed just one hit while striking out three batters in two innings of relief work.

Plattsburg followed it up with an 11-1 win against University Academy on Fri- day, during which Jackson Lewis was two-for-four with five RBIs and three runs scored. Hunter Risch and Keegan Gudde each scored a pair of runs and Braden Brown knocked in two RBIs.

The Lathrop Mules knocked around West Platte for a 6-1 victory on Tuesday, April 25, at LHS. Keaton Coots struck out three batters and allowed three hits in four innings, while Dylan Smith gave up three hits in three scoreless innings while working around four walks. At the plate, Mason Mudd scored a pair of runs and both Coots and Brendan Fine added RBIs. Coots, Ethan Noll, Griffin Schrunk and Shane Dodd each scored a run.

Two days later, Lathrop came up on the short end that year with Coach T. “It’s a great community,” he said. “There was a lot of love shown all year, on and off the court. There have been packed-out houses and a great vibe. Everybody kind of rocks out together. Everybody treats you like family. It’s all one. It was a great year being here and it’ll forever be a part of me.” of a wild seventh inning, as the Mules and North Platte Panthers combined for six runs. North Platte (which entered the inning leading 5-2) was able to escape with a 7-6 victory. Grady Miller allowed six hits and four walks while striking out four batters in five innings. He allowed just one earned run. the long jump (5.81 meters), and Chase Meers won the discus with a throw of 44.67 meters and placed second in the shot put (13.58 meters). Clark Scott was third in the high jump (1.65 meters).

Cole Chapman and Griffin Schrunk contributed a run and an RBI, each.

The Mules ran into a buzzsaw on Friday, as Richmond held them to just two hits in a 4-0 loss. Ethan Noll was otherwise strong on the mound. He allowed only three hits and two walks while striking out six batters in seven innings. Lathrop suffered from five errors in the field.

The Bulldogs were strong outside of the field events, too.

The 4x800M relay team (Paxton, Conroy, White, Hensley) won the conference championship with a time of 8:44. Aidan Hensley was second in the 1600M run (4:58) and Carson White finished third in the 800M run (2:11). Both the 4x100M relay (Brown, Klein, Pendleton, Ray – 46.2 seconds) and 4x400M relay (Conroy, Paxton, Johnson, White –3:39) placed third.

The East Buchanan girls were led by Rilyn Sherwood, who continued to add to her young-but-impressive resume. The sophomore won both the triple jump (10.91 meters) and long jump (5.17 meters) while adding third in the javelin (34.8 meters).

Freshman Brooklyn Johnson took the conference crown in the shot put (11.32 meters) and was second in the discus (33.94 meters). Laney Wilmes was second in the javelin (35.52 meters) and Kaylynn Engnes was third in the high jump (1.4 meters).

The Lathrop boys were fifth and the girls sixth in the team standings on Saturday.

Scott Abbott earned the Mules’ lone individual KCI title, winning the high jump at 1.8 meters. Brody Spear was second in the triple jump (11.67 meters) and third in the 110M hurdles (17 seconds). Jared Gaskins was second in the discus (42.49 meters) and Jacob Gaskins was right behind him in third (40.82 meters).

Autum Nichols won the conference championship in the discus for the Lady Mules with a throw of 34.62 meters. Avery Patton narrowly missed out on the high jump title, placing second by clearing 1.55 meters. The 4x400M relay (Clapp, Schrunk, Seeley, Beane) placed second with a time of 4:22, while both the 4x200M relay (Brassfield, Beane, Clapp, Patton – 1:52) and 4x800M relay (Brassfield, Seeley, Schrunk, Beane –11:09) were third.

In her very first KCI Conference track meet, Plattsburg freshman Letecia Howard impressed, winning the high jump (1.55 meters), finishing second in the 400M (1:00), and helping both the 4x200M relay (Bingham, Schmitten, Parra, Howard – 1:49) and 4x400M (Schmitten, Howard, Parra, Nelson – 4:20) to first-place finishes. Alexis Meyer was third in both the shot put (9.74 meters) and the discus (29.08 meters).

Isabella Parra placed second in the triple jump (10.32 meters) and Allyson Elliot took third in the pole vault (2.59 meters).

All told, the Lady Tigers’ efforts earned them fifth place in the team standings with 86 points. The Plattsburg boys, meanwhile, were seventh in their division with 36 team points.

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(Right) East Buchanan thrower Chase Meers won the discus on Saturday with a rocket of a throw that traveled 44.67 meters. His discus title helped East Buchanan to place second in the KCI Conference standings, just half a point behind champion West Platte. brett adkison | the leader dale was second in the 400M run with a time of 52.26 seconds and was a member of the second-place 4x100M relay team (Stockdale, Bingham, Braddy, Dow), which finished in 44.97 seconds. Trystin Miller added a thirdplace finish in the 300M hurdles with a time of 45.33 seconds.