Fall Sports Preview

Coming off a volleyball season riddled with Covid-19 restrictions and an elimination in the first round of the playoffs, head coach Molly Haggerty and senior Ellison Gracik said the team is ready to get back in the game and take this year’s state championship.  “We really hope to go to state this year. I mean we practice six out of seven days a week and don’t put in all this effort just t...

The boys varsity soccer team is kicking off the BVNW fall sports season with their game against Blue Valley North Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the DAC. Senior captain Yousif Radhi said the team has been looking forward to the game for a long time as it is an annual tradition and one of the most exciting games of the year. “Friday is a special game because we’ve been on a 4-0 streak the past four y...

After a change in head coaching for the team, the cross country runners had some adapting to do. Last year was Ian Frazier’s last year as head coach. Now, Elizabeth Warren has stepped up to head coach after being an assistant for four years.  Warren said Frazier taught her many strategies, workout plans and philosophies to carry on with the team. Warren said she believes this will be another ...

A shortened season last year limited the Huskies to five regular-season games. However, the team won more games than they had in 11 years and added a playoff win, also the first in 11 years. Head coach Clint Rider said it felt great to win in the playoffs and beat teams they had not beat in a long time. “We beat some teams we hadn’t beaten before and we broke through in the playoffs,” Rid...

Led by senior co-captains Yeanna Moon and Nicole Hiemenz, the girls golf team is gearing up for the upcoming season. Both captains said the main goal for their team is to make it to the state tournament after coming up short last year.  “We performed really well this [past] year, we were hoping to go to state but unfortunately we did not, but we are hoping for redemption this year,” Hiemenz sai...