Scrimmage Kicks off Basketball Season

Sydney Brown and Matt Bice

December 6, 2019

The boys and girls basketball teams held scrimmages on Monday, pitting their varsity teams against the JV teams and the C teams against the D teams. Both teams are optimistic for the coming seasons, hoping to improve from last year. Last year, the boys varsity had a record of 12-10 while the girls var...

Boys Soccer Takes State Title

Matt Bice, Editor-in-Chief

November 12, 2019

Boys soccer won the Kansas state championship this past Saturday against Blue Valley West with a score of 2-1. The first goal being scored by junior Henry Curnow and the second by senior Jony Munoz. “It’s a great feeling, it’s just unforgettable and unbelievable," junior Ryan Sauter said. "Three ...

Football Faces Mill Valley in Regional Round of State Playoffs

Brendan Ulmer, Writer

November 8, 2019

Today at 7 p.m., the varsity football team heads to Shawnee to suit up to face the Mill Valley Cougars in the regional round of the state tournament. Coming off of a comfortable victory over Topeka Seaman, spirits are high on the home front. “It’s gonna be a really good game,” quarterback A...

Fall Sports Highlights

Sydney Brown

November 8, 2019

Boys Varsity Soccer Wins Regionals, Advances to State

Brendan Ulmer, Writer

November 6, 2019

As the leaves fall from the trees and their season winds down, the soccer team find themselves proud of their performance and excited about the future. “Yesterday's game, we won 5-0 [against Olathe East],” Elijah Ochoa said. “It’s the result that we really wanted after hard training over th...

Photo Slideshow: Varsity Girls Golf Regionals

Sydney Brown, Managing Editor

October 23, 2019

  Last Monday, Oct. 14, girls varsity golf competed at regionals at Sunflower Hills Golf Course. Six golfers went in hopes of making it to the KSHAA state championship which took place Monday and Tuesday this week. Freshman Liz Lyons, sophomore Lauren Richey, and junior Bailey Basham all made...

Analysis: The Search for the Lombardi Trophy

Olivia Eisenhauer, Writer

October 17, 2019

Coming into this season, myself, along with many other members of the Red Sea were predicting the Chiefs going to the Super Bowl. But with the Chiefs dropping the past two games, what happens to this hope? The Chiefs have a record of 4-2 and still leading the AFC West, but things need to change if Ka...

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...

Varsity Boys Soccer Kicks Off the Season

Sydney Brown, Writer

September 18, 2019

On Saturday, Sept. 7 the varsity boys soccer team competed at the annual Fat Cat Tournament. As their first tournament of the season, it was a chance to get back into the swing of the season. They lost to Blue Valley West, the hosts of the tournament, by a game of 2-2 decided by penalty kicks in o...

West Volleyball Girls Kick-off New Season with Scrimmage

Abi Cantu, Photographer

September 6, 2019

Winners and Losers of the 2019 NFL Draft

Peyton Carley

May 12, 2019

The 2019 NFL Draft was held in Nashville, Tennessee from April 25-27. And despite this year lacking the flashy players and quarterback class that last year had, it is still an exciting time as teams use this as their final offseason push to shape their starting squads. And while some hit home runs wi...

The NBA is Becoming About Me, Not We

Peyton Carley

May 11, 2019

Let me start this off with a question. In any sport, would you rather be the best player in the league, but never win a championship, or be more of a role player on your team and win multiple championships in your career? I can’t answer that for you, it’s a matter of what you want to be remember...