Fall sports preview

With a new coach at the helm, the varsity football team looks to recover from a 2-7 record last season. After previous head coaching experience and a 3A state title a game appearance  under his belt at Hesston High School, Clint Rider said he aims to create a winning atmosphere to build the future of BVNW football. “I think the important thing for us this year is establishing a culture, and ho...

After narrowly missing out on a 6A state appearance last year, the boys varsity soccer team looks to bounce back in the 2017 season. Head coach Rick Pribyl believes this year can be better than the last with a little tweaking of the team. “We reload, that's all we can do,” Pribyl said. “We hope we got better, and we adjust some things.” Senior Blake Perott enters the 2017 season with hig...

After a successful 8th place finish at state to end the 2016 girls golf season, the team looks to aim for a higher finish led by an experienced senior group and head coach Ken Thomas. Thomas, being a process-oriented coach, creates opportunity with each golfer by looking to improve the team as a whole. “It’s not where you start at the beginning of the season but it’s where you end up at the...

After a strong 2016 season that concluded with a third place finish at the state tournament, the girls tennis team aims to pick up right where they left off. Head Coach Ted Fabiano has a feeling that this team can compete for a state championship.   “We have some great new players, and the returning players have really worked on their game from last season”, Fabiano said, “I feel good about ...

Coming off of a tough loss in the first round of substate in the girl’s volleyball 2016 season, head coach Molly Haggerty hopes to recover this year and create a shot at making the state tournament. “We obviously want to be in the top three in the EKL,” Haggerty said. “We always want to be able to bring home a substate championship and make a trip to state. So I think a realistic goal for...

The cross country team comes into the season looking for a team trip to the state meet. Senior Eric Gawlick, who raced at state individually last year, said he believes this achievement is accomplishable so long as the team continues to put in the work during practice. “As a team, I think our goal is to make it to state,” Gawlick said. “We definitely do have the talent, it’s just how muc...