Athleteof the Week
The District announces its player of the week awards for September 19th
Durrell Calhoun
Northeast High School
KANSAS CITY, MO. – In only the fourth week of announcing player of the week honors, this was the most competitive as the Kansas City, Missouri School District and the Interscholastic League announced today that Durrell Calhoun of Northeast High School, Brian Townsend of Westport High School were selected co-player of the week for football while Juan Vargas of East High School, and Mohamed Awyes of Northeast High School were selected player of the week for soccer, and cross country respectively, for the week of September 19th.
“This is a good problem to have, in that there were many players who could have won, based on stats alone,” said Kimble Anders, the District’s athletic director. “The coaches voted and we had our first co-winners.”
Calhoun, a fullback, rushed for 72 yards on only seven carries and scored a touchdown, but did his damage on defense where he had seven tackles, one quarterback hurry and a forced fumble in the leading the Vikings to their second win of the season, a 45-21 win over Van Horn.
Townsend, a running back led Westport to their first win of the season, a 14-0 win over Lincoln Prep rushing for 69 yards on 23 carries and scoring two touchdowns. Blue Tigers head coach Roger Franks called Townsend, “a beast on the playing field who was hard to stop or slow down.”
Other nominees included Central’s Trayvon Gordon (255 passing yards, three touchdowns) and Xavier Herring (11 carries, 123 rushing yards).
Vargas scored seven goals as the Bears (7-1) went 2-1 last week. The District’s first two-time winner and his teammates will be honored this Saturday by the KC Wizards, during the team’s home game against the Colorado Rapid. He has scored 23 goals in eight games so far this season.
Awyes, a senior, won the Les Fields Fellowship Run on Monday with a time of 12 minutes, 46 seconds for two miles and is the first boys cross country award recipient. He placed fifth in the Swope Park Stampeded Saturday with a time 18 minutes, 25 seconds for 5K.
Anders will present the awards to the student-athletes on Tuesday.
For more information please contact Andre Riley, District Communications Specialist, (816) 442-9337
Or Darren L. Smith, Senior Media Relations Specialist, (816) 668-4210
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KCMSD Chief of Staff Dr. Jeff McDaniel & William Cuffee Chief of Staff Dr. Jeff McDaniel, East Principal Tom Herrera, Alejandro Romero, East Soccer coach Narwarrior Mackey
KANSAS CITY, MO. – The Kansas City, Missouri School District and the Interscholastic League announce today that William Cuffee of the Northeast High School and Alejandro Romero of East High School was selected player of the week for football and soccer, respectively, for the week of September 4th.
Cuffee, a junior, plays both quarterback and defensive back for the Vikings (1-1), and led his team to its first victory of the season (matching last year’s total), with a 12-8 win over the Westport Tigers.
Romero, a junior, scored a total of seven goals in the Bears (2-0) two victories last week against Renaissance Academy and Springfield Central. Against Renaissance he scored five goals in a 13-0 victory and two goals against Springfield Central in a 4-1 win.
Dr. Jeff McDaniels, the chief of staff for the District will present the awards to both student-athletes on Wednesday.
For more information please contact Andre Riley, District Communications Specialist, (816) 442-9337
Or Darren L. Smith, Senior Media Relations Specialist, (816) 668-4210
The District announces its player of the week awards for September 11th
KANSAS CITY, MO. – The KansaCity, Missouri School District and the Interscholastic League announced today that Juan Vargas of East High School, Christina Pratt and Darnay Sessions, both of Lincoln Preparatory College Academy were selected player of the week for soccer, volleyball, and football respectively, for the week of September 11th.
Vargas, scored nine goals in keeping the Bears undefeated at 5-0. The Bears defeated Hickman Mills 10-0 (six goals scored), Cristo Rey 4-1 (two), and Alta Vista 5-1 (one).
Pratt, a junior, is the first volleyball recipient for the District. Last week she had 35 kills, 18 in the Spikefest tournament, 12 serve aces and a pass average of 87%, while scoring 35 points in the tournament. She is instrumental in the Lady Blue Tigers (12-0) being undefeated thus far.
Sessions, a junior running back for the Blue Tigers (0-3), scored two touchdowns in the team’s 52-33 loss Friday to KCK-Sumner. He scored on runs of one yard and 11 yards, respectively.
Kimble Anders, the new Director of Athletics for the District will present the awards to the student-athletes on Tuesday.
For more information please contact Andre Riley, District Communications Specialist, (816) 442-9337
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Kawnn Parrish
Northeast High School
KANSAS CITY, MO. – For the first time ever, the Kansas City, Missouri School District and the Interscholastic League will be announcing a weekly player of the week recipient for each sport to honor what their student-athletes do on the playing field.
The award, which comes from the players being nominated by their head coaches and submitted to the athletic department, will be announced every Monday and will cover the previous week’s activities.
The District is proud to announce that the first player to receive the award will be Kawnn Parrish of Northeast High School. Parrish, a two-way player for the Vikings (0-1) at wide receiver and defensive back, scored two touchdowns in the Vikings 42-14 loss to the Hogan Rams Saturday night. However, he scored both touchdowns, on a kickoff return and a fumble recovery, with a broken arm. He also had an astounding 29 tackles (20 assisted, 9 solo). Parrish also scores in the classroom, sporting a 3.5 GPA.
“Mr. Parrish is the very definition of what is called a student-athlete, performing on the field, but more importantly, in the classroom and I congratulate him on being our first recipient,” said Dr. John W. Covington, superintendent, who will be presenting the award to Parrish on Tuesday.
For more information please contact Andre Riley, District Communications Specialist, (816) 442-9337
or Darren L. Smith, Senior Media Relations Specialist, (816) 668-4210
