Fall Sports Highlights

This year's tennis team ended their season with a second-place finish in the league, and many other individual placings. Placing 13th in league last year, the team jumped up to second with Ashley Jacobson placing 2nd in singles, Isabelle Yanes and Megan Geyer placed eighth in doubles and Cache Goracke and Autumn Jones finished with a 10th place finish on doubles. “A new group of girls came in, freshmen an...

The varsity boys soccer team has finished out their regular season with a record of 15-1. Winning the Sunflower League and Regionals, the team advances to the state championship Friday. This last Tuesday, they beat Olathe East 5-0 which put them straight into the championship. “Next game is going to be hard, the team is good and they’ve done pretty well in the state so far,” junior Henry Cu...

Varsity girls golf this year made it all the way to state with three qualifiers. They also ended the season with placing fourth in the sunflower league.  “We had a lot more people try out this year which was very noticeable,” sophomore Lauren Richey said. “ Really good improvement from everyone individually, with practices during the off season our scores were looking a lot better and especia...

Olathe West varsity football has made it through the season and on to the postseason. The team advances from the game last week with a record of 6-3 from the season.  In comparison to last year's varsity team, there have been some major changes to the team as far as wins and playing. “As a team, we have gotten a whole lot stronger, our coachability has gone up too and just our level of play as w...

Olathe West volleyball wrapped up their season for 2019 last night with their banquet. The varsity team made it to substate, winning their first match but losing the second to Gardner. “The season went really well we had a way better record than we did the past couple of years and I think we’ll continue to improve,” senior Ellie Wiltanger said. The owls finished their season with a record ...

The Olathe Schools all join together for practices during the season. Olathe West's team this year had many placings at competitions throughout the season.  “We had everyone coming to practice all the time, and we had great support for all the meets,” Junior Mackenzie Juneau said. Juneau had placed many times at competitions, at the Sunflower League competition she placed fifth on all around, an...