Senior Spotlight: Winter Sports

"I started swimming in 7th grade doing an intermediate team just to learn all the strokes and then in 8th grade, I started to go to some meets but it wasn't anything crazy and then I started swimming in high school. I really started trying my junior year because I was doing out-of-season weights and other stuff. I will miss the team. Not practice."

"I started my freshman year without any experience going into this sport. It was also new to the coaches as well since they have never coached a dwarf before, so it was a new experience to all of us. The next year, however, was a whole different experience with new coaches helping me figure out what works and what doesn’t. Year after year, I got better not only as a wrestler, but got mentally st...

"I’ve been playing basketball for as long as I can remember and growing up it was always my favorite sport to play. The sport has brought me many unforgettable memories from when I was young and playing with my elementary school friends all the way up to high school basketball for Olathe West. Some of my favorite memories with Olathe West were beating Olathe Northwest 2 years in a row, winning Subst...

"I started bowling with my grandpa when I was young, I've been bowling for almost 9 years just off and on. I like to bowl for fun, I play a lot of sports and it is just another thing to do. I stopped playing other sports and decided to focus on bowling because it is fun and easy and something to do during the winter. I am definitely going to miss coach Palm, me and him have connected throughout the y...

"I started wrestling as a freshman with a group of friends to just do something new. And wrestling had just been sanctioned in Kansas so it was new for everyone. It took me a while for me to get out of my comfort zone to feel 100% comfortable with the sport. Both coaches and athletes were getting used to the sport and as time passed it became natural. I spent numerous days working to get better and ...

"I started basketball I think when I was in third or fourth grade, and I was doing it along with other sports. It wasn't like my main sport, but I kept playing, and I played club and then I played for my middle school. I played for Pioneer Trail and I really enjoyed it there. Even though it wasn't super competitive, we weren't that good. I still enjoyed it, helped like leading and then when I came in...