Sports 2016-17

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August 21, 2016

Page Updated: May 21, 2017

 

 

 

  Recent Newspaper Articles  

from local sources that feature interesting, fun stories and news about our school, from the Kansas City Star, Shawnee Dispatch, SMNW.com (Northwest Passage) and other publications.

 

Hint:  Click on the underscore link to open the news story

 

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May 20, 2017 ~  Hailey Brull won her second straight 6A Title at Topeka in the 100 yard Butterfly with the time of 56:39 seconds.  Hailey is a three time 6A Champion... 2015 ... 100 yard Breaststroke ... 2016 & 2017 ... 100 yard Butterfly.

 

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Feb 3, 2017 ~  Coach Van Rose's Hall of Fame induction ceremony at half time during the Boy's  Lawrence Free State & SM Northwest game.  Congratulations Coach Rose!

(Induction Ceremony starts at the 36:55 marker) 

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Jan 19, 2017 ~ SM District Television will broadcast Hall of Fame Night on February 3rd. This is an evening you will want to be a part of, whether in person or via SM Television. Two great games, with the girls tipping off at 5:30 p.m., boys at 7:00 p.m.
Game culminated with half time activities (of the boys' contest) when Coach Van Rose becomes the first inductee into the SMNW Athletic Hall of Fame. An evening you want to mark on your calendar. Thank you SM Television for your support of this evening.

 

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First Member of SMNW Athletic Hall of Fame

Come join SMNW in honoring Coach Van Rose, who will be the first inductee into the SMNW Athletic Hall of Fame. Coach Rose has served as a member of the faculty and coaching staff since the opening of SMNW in 1969. As head cross country coach he has won 34 state championships with nine runner-up honors at the state championships. In addition he has 14 individual Kansas State championship titles in cross country. Several other accolades have bestowed Coach Rose throughout his tenure.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please join us as we honor this icon with his induction on February 3, 2017 at halftime of the boys basketball game vs Lawrence Free State.

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Jan 3, 2017 ~  Lady Cougars suffer their first loss to Olathe South Lady Falcons.... Our Lady Cougars are rated #2 in 6A and the Lady Falcons of Olathe South are #5 in 6A.  Boys get the win!

SMNW Cougars (4-2)  52  ~  Olathe South Falcons  47

Lady Cougars  (5-1)  27 ~  Lady Falcons (4-1)  39

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2017/jan/04/smnw-boys-top-olathe-south-lady-cougars-suffer-fir/

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Dec 9, 2016 ~   SM Northwest boys Swim and Dive team finished 11th at the Olathe Swim and Dive Invite

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/10/smnw-11th-smn-15th-olathe-swim-and-dive-invite/

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Dec 10, 2016 ~   SMNW Cougars wrestlers finished 10th in the Cougar Invitational, however junior Jerad Habben and sophomore Charles Brockmann stay undefeated so far this season, Habben 11-0 and Brockmann 10-0.

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/11/habben-brockmann-lead-smnw-cougar-invitational/

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Dec 9, 2016 ~   SMNW boys basketball suffer their first loss to Washburn Rural

Washburn Rural Junior Blues  55  ~  SMNW Cougars  (3-1)  50

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/10/boys-basketball-roundup-st-james-rolls-championshi/

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Dec 9, 2016 ~  Girls traveled to Topeka and stayed perfect after their first four games, take on SM South at home next.

SMNW Lady Cougars  (4-0)  54  ~  Washburn Rural Lady Junior Blues 42

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/10/girls-hoops-roundup-smnw-stays-perfect-beats-washb/

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Dec 7, 2016 ~  SMNW Cougars stay undefeated !

SMNW Cougars  (3-0)  69  ~  Wyandotte Bulldogs  42

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/09/basketball-roundup-st-james-smnw-boys-remain-undef/

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Dec 6, 2016 ~   Boys & Girls Hoops win their home opners

SMNW Lady Cougars (3-0)  36 ~  Mill Valley Lady Jaguars  31

SMNW Cougars (2-0) 51 ~ Mill Valley Jaguars  (0-2) 44 

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/07/smnw-girls-hoops-holds-mill-valley-36-31/

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/07/smnw-boys-basketball-pushes-past-mill-valley-51-44/

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Dec 3, 2016 ~  Boys Swim & Dive team finished 5th in District Meet

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/04/smn-third-smnw-fifth-district-swim-and-dive-meet/

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Dec 3, 2016 ~  SMNW Girls basketball squad win at the Blue Valley Shootout

SMNW Lady Cougars  (2-0)  36  ~  Blue Valley Tigers  27

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/04/girls-basketball-roundup-smnw-tops-blue-valley-sm-/

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Dec 3, 2016 ~  SM Northwest's standout junior Molly Born finished 23rd overall with the time of 18:06.6 minutes at the Nike Nationals 5,000 meter girls' high school meet at the Glendoveer Golf Course in Portland, Oregon. 

(The first link is a wonderful replay video of the race... note not all runners were wearing school colors or school names ... some were wearing names from their region and there were runners that were wearing school names due to their team qualifying for National team title, Molly Born is wearing an orange top with Heartland on her chest and bib# 15 at the 23 second, 2:38 minute, 9:08 minute,12:25 minute & the 20:23 minute mark are good views of Molly)

http://nxn.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=13&do=videos&video_id=188974-Girls-Race-Webcast-Replay-Nike-Cross-Nationals-2016

The second link.... you must be a paid member to view the article

http://ks.milesplit.com/articles/pro/198011

Molly Born's XC career profile page on Athletic.net

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=7556999#/L0

Congratulations MOLLY!

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Dec 1, 2016 ~  SM Northwest's girls basketball team makes the Kansas City Star as a team to watch this season.  They should be!  Several pieces from the last year's Kansas 6A runner-up squad returning for another run at a State Championship.  Should be a FUN season!

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/high-school/article118294188.html

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Dec 3, 2016 ~  Great start for the new basketball season for both the boys & girls with wins over SM West

SMNW Cougars (1-0)  58  ~  SM West Vikings (0-1)  54

SMNW Lady Cougars (1-0)  54 ~ SM West Lady Vikings  (0-1)  32

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/03/petersen-cougars-power-past-vikings-54-32/

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/dec/03/oleson-cougars-hold-vikings-58-54-season-opener/

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Received word from our Gregg Amos that SMNW's former athletes and coaches will be concerned for the NEW Shawnee Mission Northwest Athletic Hall of Fame. The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to be EXCLUSIVE, not inclusive, while honor...ing deserving recipients from one of the following areas: (1) a former student, (2) a coach, or (3) a deserving individual. Attached is a full criteria and nomination form. If you would like to nominate someone fill out link below

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13iqzf6D2iBrdj_JtPRMZ5wOxVyqNcfcgtNeQPLmrwYE/viewform?ts=57f3a862&edit_requested=true

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Nov 13, 2016 ~ SMNW’s Born wins Nike Cross Nationals Heartland Regional title

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/nov/13/smnws-born-wins-nike-cross-nationals-heartland-reg/

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Oct 30, 2016 ~   SMNW Cougar junior Molly Born wins her second straight 6A Girls Cross Country state title.  Girls finishing 4th overall.   

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/oct/31/state-cross-country-roundup-mill-valley-boys-girls/

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Oct 22, 2016 ~  SMNW girls volleyball advance to state with wins over Olathe East

 and Olathe North.

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/oct/23/volleyball-roundup-st-james-smnw-punch-tickets-sta/

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Oct 22, 2016 ~  Boys and Girls XC teams finish 2nd at the Regional Meet on Saturday,

junior Molly Born wins the Girls 6A Regional title.

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/oct/24/cross-country-roundup-st-james-sm-north-girls-win-/

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Oct 21, 2016 ~  Cougars football lose to Olathe North with three key turnovers in the Red Zone.  Will face #3 seeded SM East Lancers in the first round of the 6A playoffs.

Olathe North Eagles  40  ~  SMNW Cougars (1-7)  28

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/oct/22/football-roundup-mill-valley-snaps-losing-streak-t/

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Oct 16, 2016 ~  Molly Born wins the Sunflower League X-C Meet at Rim Rock... Girls finished an overall 2nd place.  The Boys squad ... junior Michael Scott finishing 6th helping his team to a 4th place finish.

Shawnee Mission Northwest junior Molly Born (right) runs side by side with Free State senior Emily Venters during the first mile of the Sunflower League cross country meet Saturday at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. Born beat Venters by 41 seconds to capture the Sunflower League title

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/oct/16/smnw-girls-place-second-boys-take-fourth-sunflower/

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Oct 15, 2016 ~  SMNW Cougars football team was handed another difficult loss to the cross town Indians of SM North.

SM North Indians  61 (4-3)  ~  SMNW Cougars (1-6) 38

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/oct/15/sm-north-football-pushes-past-smnw-61-38/

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Oct 7, 2016 ~  SMNW Cougars get their FIRST WIN against the Raiders!

Shawnee Mission Northwest senior running back Xavier Perry breaks a run outside in the Cougars' 36-22 win over SM South Friday at SM North District Stadium.

SMNW Cougars (1-5)  36  ~  SM South Raiders  22

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/oct/08/football-roundup-smnw-football-earns-first-win-36-/

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Sept 23, 2016 ~   SMNW Cougars lose in another rout to Free State

Free State Firebirds  41  ~  SMNW Cougars  (0-4)  7

 http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/24/smnw-football-falls-free-state-despite-big-game-go/

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Sept 17, 2016 ~  Molly Born wins at the Heartland Classic with her personal-best time in the 5,000 meters

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/18/born-breaks-through-big-pr-lead-cougars-heartland-/

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Sept 15, 2016 ~   Cougars falls to Grandview

Grandview Bulldogs   50  ~  SMNW Cougars (0-3)  14

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/16/smnw-football-falls-grandview-50-14/

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Sept 15, 2016 ~   SMNW boys soccer edges Lawrence

Shawnee Mission Northwest senior Seth Bowman between two Lawrence High defenders after scoring a goal to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead in the first half in their 2-1 win Thursday over the Lions.

SMNW Cougars (5-1)  2  ~  Lawrence Lions  1

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/16/cougars-clip-lions-2-1/

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Sept 13, 2016 ~   Bad weather caused an impact on local soccer matches, however SMNW was able to win their match with Free State

SMNW Cougars  (4-1)  3  ~  Free State  0

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/14/soccer-roundup-inclement-weather-impacts-area-matc/

 

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Sept 8, 2016 ~  Boys soccer wins in Overtime to stay un-beaten!

SMNW Cougars (3-0)  4  ~  Mill Valley Jaguars (3-2)  3  

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/09/bowman-scores-twice-push-smnw-soccer-past-mill-val/

 

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Sept 3, 2016 ~ Shawnee Mission Northwest junior Molly Born launched her 2016 cross country campaign with a first-place finish at the Greg Wilson Classic Saturday at Johnson County Community College, and she did so with ease.

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Shawnee Mission Northwest junior Molly Born leads a pack of runners in the first mile of the Greg Wilson Classic Saturday at Johnson Country Community College. Born won the race for the second straight year with a 5,000-meter time of 17:57.3. Amber Reed (bib number 598) and Katie Kasunic (bib number 586) placed fourth and eighth, respectively, for SM North.

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/04/born-wins-greg-wilson-classic-leads-smnw-girls-xc-/

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Sept 2, 2016 ~   SMNW football falls in opener to Lawrence High, 50-20

SMNW Cougars  20    (0 - 1)  ~   Lawrence Lions   50   (1 - 0)

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/03/smnw-football-falls-opener-lawrence-high-50-20/

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Sept 1, 2016 ~  Cougars push past Mustangs, 3-2, in double overtime

SMNW Cougars  3    (1 - 0)  ~   Blue Valley North Mustangs  2   (0 - 1)

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2016/sep/02/cougars-push-past-mustangs-3-2-double-overtime/

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