Cancelled Spring Sports, and their Seniors
Sydney Brown, Editor N Chief
May 4, 2020
Recently, Kansas students found out that they would not be returning to school for the rest of the year. With this news, spring athletes had to say goodbye to their seasons which had not even started. For seniors, this meant letting go of a season most of them waited to play for years. ...
Makayla Rivera Lays the Foundation for Future Girl Wrestlers
Riley Keiter, Writer
May 4, 2020
Like other high schools, West has offered wrestling as a boys sport, but this year introduced girls wrestling as well. However, their season was anything but novice, as many girls advanced to place in multiple tournaments. Most notably was freshman Makayla Rivera, who placed second in the girls’ first K...
That ’50s Kid
Caché Goracke, Editor N Chief
February 21, 2020
You might’ve seen him in the hallways. The kid with the leather boots and the snake on his back. Or maybe you’ve seen a kid with numerous bottles of buffalo sauce and you thought to yourself, ‘why’? Junior Matthew L. Goans, or as he likes to be called, Sssauce, says that few people actually k...
One Step at a Time
Olivia Eisenhauer, Writer
December 23, 2019
As far as sports are concerned, basketball is well known for its injuries caused by contact, such as ankle sprains or pulled hamstrings. But, this wasn’t the case with senior Maddy McGavran. “It wasn’t contact," McGavran said. "I was basically just turning around.” During her sophomore...
Beating Cancer and Filling Stockings
Caché Goracke, Editor and Chief
December 11, 2019
Breast Cancer took her grandmother. That was the reason her father became a diagnostic radiologist, as well as the reason she went to get a mammogram the moment she felt something was off. After several hours of waiting for the mammogram's results, the nurse came in and told her she had to go home. ...
Out-of-State Pursuit
Allysa Moore, Contributing Writer
November 7, 2019
Friday nights in Kansas oftentimes consist of attending a varsity game and then wandering around Walmart until being asked to leave. That's why senior Ellie Steere cannot wait to get out of Kansas. Along with many other kids, Steere believes that Kansas is boring. “There’s nothing really to do...
Band Concludes Marching Season with Many Achievements
Brendan Ulmer, Writer
October 30, 2019
There’s a team of students here at Olathe West that a group of nationally certified judges believe to be perfect at their activity. A group of students who perform with such gusto, their presence can be felt half a mile down the road. A group of students who often practice before, during, and after schoo...
Volleyball Seniors Share Reflections
Olivia Eisenhauer, Writer
October 15, 2019
Just before the night of Oct. 10, senior night, the five seniors being honored reflected on their years as an Owl. The seniors honored included Ellie Wiltanger, Bethany Allison, Katie O’Keefe, Olivia Goebel and Dominique Loveless, each one ranging in two to three years of commitment to the program si...
2019 Homecoming Royalty Profiles
October 14, 2019
Voting is done, royalty has been chosen, and the dance has happened. The homecoming court represents the people whom each grade feels represents Olathe West the best. Each member of the court shared a little bit about themselves.
Carrying the Colors
Caché Goracke, Editor-in-Chief
October 4, 2019
When Athletic Director Pat Butler, approached Detective Brent Groves about getting a group of students together to present the flags at the boys state tennis conference last spring, Groves decided to take it a step further. “I’ve been in the military,” Groves said. “I went to military school as ...
Roid Rage
September 11, 2019
For any given high school sport, practices are daily and are expected to go two or more hours after school. This might seem like enough of an opportunity to improve strength and performance, but there are high school athletes who find that just practicing isn’t enough and go about strengthening them...
Trafficking Right Under Our Noses
September 11, 2019
Human trafficking: a term that is heard more often recently. An industry that is quite a mystery to most people. There is so much more beneath the surface than meets the eye. As recent as March, 2019, Fox 4 KC inteviewed a woman sharing her surviving story from human trafficking. Loni Kuriakose had...
Caché Goracke, Editor in Chief
May 8, 2020
We’ve been in quarantine for a while now, and still, I have yet to experience total boredom. For the...
May 5, 2020
During the coronavirus quarantine, many have turned to Netflix for entertainment. One of the most popular...
How Shutdown has Evolved in Kansas
May 5, 2020
A little over a month ago, on March 11, the Sprint...
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