BLUE SPRINGS — Warrensburg junior Gabby Hoke spent most of Friday, April 12, waiting. The Lady Tigers pole vaulter spent nearly five hours trying to stay warm at the Gary Parker Invitational in a sleeping bag nestled among the poles watching the boys event and the other 21 female jumpers.…
Lazing on the Bud Hertzog Stadium pole-vault pit before practice April 16, KC Lightfoot seemed almost nonchalant about reaching a major milestone. Lightfoot certainly wasn’t blasé when it happened, not after the Lee’s Summit senior cleared 18 feet for the first time in his remarkable career April 12 during the…