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Old friend alert! Not sure if my former debate & AP Comparative Gov students still check twitter, if you do, be sure to watch David Smolansky on @NewsHour @kansascitypbs hopeful for democracy in Venezuela rather than another authoritarian that just ships oil to the right country.

Thank you to Mayor David Smolansky @dsmolansky and @irckc for visiting Staley this morning to share his story of fleeing the Maduro regime, raising awareness of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Venezuela, and taking questions from our students! @speechanddebate @SHSFalcons

"Private equity is turning what was once an affordable public good into a profit-extraction machine." @CapitolKVD testifies before House Committee on Education and the Workforce on how private equity is gutting youth sports👇

@KSeaboldt Sitting here at the game live, watching the replay on crown vision, just waiting for somebody—anybody—to come out and argue. I miss the game I grew up with. The theater of baseball was part of what made it great.

Who’s he gonna come out and yell at? Nobody on the field made the call.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Barta family and Smith Center as legendary Kansas HS football coach Roger Barta has passed away at the age of 79 as first reported by Kansas Pregame. “Someone here is the best football player on the team, and someone is the worst,” Barta said. “It’s time to forget about that. Let’s respect each other. When we respect each other, we’ll like each other. When we like each other, we’ll love each other. That’s when, together, we’ll become champions.” “One more thing, guys. We don’t talk about winning and losing. We talk about getting a little better every day, about being the best we can be, about being a team. And when we do that, winning and losing take care of themselves.” Roger Barta Smith Center Redmen 79 consecutive wins Under Barta, the Smith Center Redmen won eight state football titles, set the Kansas record for consecutive wins with 79 in a row, and complied a record of 323-68 from 1978-2012. Barta, a Kansas Sports Hall of Famer, retired in 2012 from SC. Smith Center was also the setting of New York Times best selling book by Joe Drape, “Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen”. Barta coached numerous players that went on to college football and even a couple to the NFL. Barta was born in Ellsworth in 1945 but grew up in Plainville. He graduated from FHSU and the University of Georgia. He also served as an assistant at Tonganoxie, Atwood and Wakeeney prior to taking the SC job. His son Brooks is also a Kansas coaching legend with the Holton program. The street leading to the football stadium was named “Roger Barta Way” several years ago to honor coach Barta’s Iasting impact. Info courtesy of Jake Dolezal, photo courtesy of the KSHOF #sportsinkansas

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Park Hill South is hiring teachers & coaches for 2025-26! Teaching Jobs: ELA, Math, Social Studies, Biology, & SPED. Asst. Coach Positions: football, boys & girls wrestling, track & field. Apply here: parkhill.schoolspring.com @MissouriScoop @missouriwrestle @missouri_sports

Big Conference win at NKC tonight. Congrats to ⁦⁦@AddisonBjorn⁩ on breaking the Career Scoring record of 1449. She finished the night with1454 points and we are still going.

Thank you @WINforKC for recognizing our 2024 State Championship Girls Swim & Dive Team and honoring Addison Bjorn with Rising Star Award! What a phenomenal program honoring female athletes across the metro! Go South! @ParkHillSouthHS

@WeAreParkhill science teacher Jen Damti was quite surprised when the @Chiefs and @HyVee awarded her with the VIP Locker Club Experience. Nominated by a fellow teacher for always wanting what is best for her students, Jen is known for her innovative lesson plans and her knack for breaking down tough concepts. She was selected from more than 2,500 nominees and will attend the Chiefs vs. Broncos game on Nov. 10. 🏈

@southsidescoop @ParkHillSchools @ParkHillSouthHS Nice work @southsidescoop !

Yesterday on the Scoop, we took a quick commercial break to review the new GoFan platform! @ParkHillSchools @ParkHillSouthHS

@PHSPantherFB team was out early this morning cleaning up @ParkvilleMainSt to prep for the upcoming Parkville Days parade! We💜 our community!

Had to rep @PHSSoccerKC and @PHSGSoccer1 in Buenos Aires today! The fans were out early — La Bombonera is going to be rocking tonight for a midweek game!

Three Panther Wrestlers take the mat this week in Fargo, North Dakota at @USAWrestling 16U/Junior Nationals! All wrestlers will compete for the chance to earn High School All-American status! #GRIT

Don’t forget! We have our youth camp July 9-11th. Open to everyone, no experience needed. Learn from the South Wrestling staff and current wrestlers. Register here to reserve your spot: forms.gle/eY3LXYkEgiABgc… #GRIT

We got some good seats to watch finals today before the whole place filled in, and Ben got a cool plaque! One more day of finals to end our week in Des Moines tomorrow. 🌽

We are proud to announce Coach Maxwell Sollars as the next head coach of our boys basketball program! Coach Sollars will host a meet and greet for basketball families tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the commons. Help us welcome Coach to the Panther family!

We kick off our middle school weights and conditioning program tomorrow and there is still plenty of room to sign up with the link below! We will start on the football field tomorrow at 10:00! forms.gle/Ujy94Hq6b3Jvm7…

Great start to our Youth camp with over 100 girls working on their game. Future is bright!!!

Join us in congratulating Kirk Henry of Park Hill South HS on being honored as the Doug Potts Right Hand Man award winner! This December, he will be honored at the Hall of Fame Banquet at the 2024 State Convention.

In addition to being able to share our beautiful facility with our community, it is nice to see our high school boys’ and girls’ players interacting with future generations of Panthers. Many of them attended our camps when they were in elementary and middle school.