The Van Horn boys soccer team had a berth in the district championship in its hands.

Trent Sifuentes was using his head Monday.

Holden wasn’t willing to let its playoff hopes slip away Thursday night. And Oak Grove paid the price.

The starting goalkeeper scored the first goal and the backup keeper got a shutout.

Julie Crowell, who has been the Van Horn High School boys and girls cross country coach the past two years, has a new title at the Independence high school.

For a team that came into its Class 3 District 15 volleyball match against Odessa at Excelsior Springs with just two wins on the season, the Oak Grove Panthers surely didn’t play like it.

Zach Stark’s three touchdowns helped the Lee’s Summit football team (3-6, 1-1) claim a 31-16 decision over Joplin (4-5, 0-2) in a Class 6 District 7 game at Lee’s Summit.

Van Horn proved it can win a soccer game with standouts Carlos Contreras and Carlos Borders not scoring a goal.

Dos Carlos.
The moniker bestowed on the high-scoring, talented soccer playing duo at Van Horn High School known by their given names of Carlos Borders and Carlos Contreras has caught on in the Eastern Jackson County area for their abilities to not only find the net but control the offensive area of the field for the Falcons, who are 9-10 heading into tonight’s “All-City” showdown against Fort Osage at Independence All School Stadium.

Sometimes things are never what they appear to be.