Fresh faces for the season
January 17, 2012 • Joey Anguiano
“The bowling team will have a lot of new faces for the upcoming year due to graduation,” Head Coach Nick Harris said. With tryouts just finishing on Fri. Dec. 2, the team has time to build chemistry and get to know each other, which can be the key to a good season. “The boys team should be a lot... Read more »
Five new starters for the new season
January 17, 2012 • Joey Anguiano
When the girls basketball opened their season away at St. Theresa’s in Missouri on Fri., Dec. 2, with a 49-35 loss, the team had a different look after losing four of last season’s starters to graduation, and one, senior Kylee Kennedy to an injury from volleyball season. With starters junior Danielle... Read more »
Building one of the best
January 12, 2012 • Joey Anguiano
The wrestling team is going to be very young during the upcoming season, but it will still have very high expectations. “My goals for the team are to have over a 3.0 GPA as a team, to win a Centennial League Championship, a Regional Championship, and a State Championship,” Wrestling Coach Chad Parks... Read more »
Hard work is the key to a great season
January 12, 2012 • Joey Anguiano
“Hard work will be the key for us to have success this season,” Head Coach Pat Buchanan said. Losing all the starters from last season, the boys basketball team will be rebuilding in the upcoming season, but the expectations will still be high. Although losing the five starters isn’t always a... Read more »
Strong Finish
March 17, 2011 • Andy Hecker, Senior Sports Editor
One year after winning the state championship for bowling, the girls bowling team never seemed to have an off day. They dominated at every meet and always finished well. That is until they had to defend their title at this year’s state tournament. For the first time in what seemed like forever, the... Read more »
Ending at state
March 17, 2011 • Cassidy Reynolds
The Shawnee Heights wrestling team had a very successful year. Placing first in many tournaments and having an overall great year, they won Centennial League for the first time in school history and got second at regionals. Even though the wrestling team did great at tournaments the big highlight of... Read more »
The final buzzer
March 17, 2011 • Andy Hecker, Senior Sports Editor
It was not just another game against Highland Park for the Heights boys basketball team on March 3. It was a sub state and for more than half of the team, it was the last game they would play against the Scots, and it was the last game those seniors would ever play. Highland Park dealt the T-Birds a... Read more »
Fighting to the finish
March 17, 2011 • Andy Hecker, Senior Sports Editor
The whole season, the Heights girls could depend on their offense to save them if they got into trouble. But when the Lady T-Birds needed it the most, in the state tournament, their offense abandoned them. In the State tournament from March 9-12, the T-Birds started off well. They won their first round... Read more »