The Star’s high school athletes of the week (April 9)
Miyah Hightower
▪ SCHOOL: Bonner Springs
▪ YEAR: Junior
▪ SPORT: Soccer
Hightower scored seven goals in Bonner Springs’ 10-0 rout of Ottawa last week. Six of her seven goals came in an eight-goal first half for the Chieftains, who improved to 2-0 with the victory.
| Kathleen Gier, kgier@kcstar.com
Jake Purl
▪ SCHOOL: Park Hill South
▪ YEAR: Senior
▪ SPORT: Baseball
Purl was simply dominant in a start last week against Platte County. In fact, he was perfect. Purl fired the first perfect game in program history in a 4-0 win on April 1. He struck out 14 batters during the seven-inning gem.
| Sam McDowell, smcdowell@kcstar.com
This story was originally published April 9, 2015 at 6:28 PM with the headline "The Star’s high school athletes of the week (April 9)."