From the season’s opening kickoff to the final gun, the Platte County High School football team from Platte City was out to run it back in 2025. The Pirates did just that on Friday night, locking down ...

The architect of Platte County football’s back-to-back high school state championships is stepping down as head coach ... and crossing the state line for his next challenge. Bill Utz, the Pirates’ ...

In the final game of his high school career, four-star quarterback Rocco Marriott guided his Platte County Pirates to an overtime victory against Carthage to win the Class 5 Show-Me Bowl for the ...

Platte County travels to Kirkwood for a high-stakes postseason matchup on Saturday. This is a single-elimination playoff game between the Platte County Pirates and the Kirkwood Pioneers at Kirkwood’s ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Carthage Tigers pushed the undefeated Platte County Pirates harder than any team has this season, but fell a few yards short, falling 34-28 in overtime in the MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl ...

KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County. Share your story idea with Tod. Senior safety Mogie Walkingstick enjoyed a dream end to his high school career Friday as ...

Kirkwood’s Jacob Eberhart, left, is wrapped up by Platte County linebacker KJ Stallings. Kirkwood lost to Platte County in a Class 5 Missouri state semifinal football game at Kirkwood High School in ...

Defending Class 5 state champion Platte County won its 27th consecutive game by knocking out Kirkwood in the state semifinals. Kirkwood players Seron Stimage, left, and Quinn Millikan combined to ...

Carthage High School heads up to Missouri Western State University on Friday for the Class 5 state football championship game in St. Joseph. The team will meet the Platte County High School Pirates at ...

The state semifinals arrive this week with several unbeaten teams still holding their ground and a handful of red-hot contenders crashing the party. Missouri’s Top 25 tightened again after another ...