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by Lauren Simons
Girls varsity bowling took first at their last two meets.
The first meet was on Feb. 3 against Bishop Miege and KC Washington.
The second meet was on Monday, Feb. 8, which was against Kansas City Christian.
The top score was by Brittany Ball, sophomore, with a 487 series.
The boys varsity placed second at their meet on Feb. 3.
At their following meet they finished in first place.
Eric Dace, captain of the boys team, successfully achieved the high series at both of those recent meets.
The JV team, at their most recent meets, took second at both.
The team has been showing themselves to be very successful and having new talents discovered.
”Bowling isn’t a sport; it’s a skill. You have to have talent. It isn’t something you can just practice until it’s perfect,” Hallie Rogers, senior girls captain, said.
The team is now preparing themselves for the upcoming JV and varsity regionals tournaments.
“We have been practicing almost every day after school. We should be more than ready for the competition,” Mandy Browning, senior, said.
The location of the regional tournament has not been announced yet, but it will be on Feb. 27.
Garrett Hayhow, senior, looks to improve on his seventh place finish at state last year.
The state tournament will be on March 4 and 5 at Northrock lanes, in Wichita.
by Joey Leoni
The still undefeated Lady Falcons have shot past all their competition, including their last game on Feb. 4, when they beat Shawnee Mission South by 20 points.
Now the girls basketball team is looking toward the future, especially the Sunflower League and state tournaments.
With the team’s past history of games, the goal looks as if it is a soon-to-be reality.
“As a team we have the big goal of being state champs and to do well in the sub-state competition,” Kelsey Balcom, senior, said.
On Jan. 21, the team played rival school Olathe North and had an overwhelming victory with a score of 62-37.
On Jan. 25, the team produced another win over Olathe Northwest with a final score of 69-33.
“I couldn’t be any prouder, but we have too many things to get better at to be overconfident,” Coach Steve Ingram said.
Yet, the team has a way of bringing home the wins.
In the game on Jan. 28, the team played Hayes and again came away victorious, winning 75-37.
In the finals of the McPherson Tournament on Jan. 30, the Falcons beat the host team 52-38.
“We are all very happy, but we still have a lot to accomplish,” Natalie Knight, junior, said.
The team is looking forward to their upcoming games on Feb. 25 against Olathe East, and the sub-state on March 3 and 5.
Balcom has fears of the teams’ upcoming game at Lawrence Free State, which has two extremely tall and hard working players. Yet, Ingram is ready for the challenge.
“We just need to focus and prepare for our next opponent,” said Ingram.
by Cameron Gunter
On Feb. 5, the varsity boys basketball team moved their record up to 11-1 with a 58-55 victory over Shawnee Mission South.
They went up against a team coached by Brett McFall, who is the son of former Olathe South boys basketball coach John McFall.
The Raiders were led in scoring by star player Will Spradling, who had 40 out of the 55 points that they scored during the course of the game. Spradling was nominated as a McDonalds All-American player only minutes before tip-off.
After trailing most of the game, the Falcons came back during the fourth quarter to bring the score at 55-55 with less than a minute left in the game.
At the end of the fourth quarter, Olathe South had the ball with a couple seconds left on the clock. D.J. Cole, junior, took the ball down the court and put up a three point shot to win the game.
After the victory over SMS, the team took a 49-34 victory over Shawnee Mission West on Feb. 9, increasing their record to 12-1. The varsity team continued their season against Olathe North on Friday, Feb. 12 and Olathe Northwest on Saturday, Feb. 13. Both games ended in victory for the boys moving them up to 14-1.
ONW had beaten Leavenworth, the only team that the team has lost to. “We thought it would be a close game but we came out and took care of business,” Cole said.
Upcoming games are Shawnee Mission East on Feb. 16, Lawrence Free State on Feb. 19, Shawnee Mission Northwest on Feb. 23, and Olathe East on Feb. 26. After that, the team will play in sub state.
Marquis Addison, senior, said the team hopes to make a state reappearance, and that the fans come out to support them
by Brad Schultz
As the boys swimming and diving season comes to an end, the Falcons have but two tournaments left.
The state tournament prelims are on Feb. 19 and the state tournament medal round on Feb. 20 in Topeka.
The team qualified for state in two individual events and three team relays. Taylor Marlow, senior, qualified in the 100-yard butterfly, and Cameron Snethen, junior, qualified in the 200-yard individual medley. The team relays are the 200-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle, and 400-yard freestyle.
Over the course of the season, Coach Arvel McElroy has seen individual improvements in most all team members.
“The team members have shown great individual improvement, and the most improved might be Mitchell Skidmore,” McElroy said.
Skidmore, senior, qualified for state as a part of two of the three relays.
The state tournament this year will run as a 6A only format, as opposed to years past where it was run as an all-class tournament, making it much more difficult to succeed. As a result, the field looks to be not as tough as it has been in the past.
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