A preview of spring sports

Last year’s record: 17-4 Next game: double-header against Bishop Ward at 3&2 on Tuesday, March 29 Coach’s perspective: “[Our goal is] to be playing our best baseball when we go into regionals. Hopefully pitching will be a strength this year.” —head coach Jeff Strickland Returning player’s perspective: “I am most looking forward to see how much our team grows an...

Last year’s record: first at league First meet: at Lion's Gate Golf Course on Monday, March 28 Coach’s perspective: “[Our] goals are to enjoy playing golf and get better each day. Hopefully we play well on tournament days.” —head coach Drew Walters Returning player’s perspective: “I’m just excited [beacuse of] how we are really young and … we’re playing really ...

Last year’s record: second at regionals First game: against Olathe North at home on Tuesday, March 29 Coach’s perspective: “My goal as a coach is to do as well or better than last year. As far as a team, we always choose our first goal to be having a winning record, the second goal is to win league and the third goal after that is to go as far as possible in the postseason.” — head c...

Last year’s record: 15-7 Next game: Double header against Bishop Ward at 3&2 on Thursday, March 24 Coach’s perspective: “I want us to play hard and to our abilities every day. Every game, regardless of who we’re playing, I want to put the best team out there. I want to continue to improve. We’ve improved a lot so far, and I want to continue to get better every day. W...

Last year’s record: 10 individual qualifiers for state Next meet: at Shawnee Mission Northwest on Monday, April 4 Coach's perspective: “I’m looking forward to seeing the sheer number that we have, and we’ve got so many swimmers that are different ranges. We have some that have been swimming their whole life, and we have some that never swam before. Just in the few short weeks w...

Last year's results: 3rd at regionals First meet: Tuesday, April 29 in Topeka Coach's perspective: "My goals for the whole team are to have fun, make new friends [and] build on existing friendships, demonstrate great sportsmanship and become better at playing tennis. For the varsity six-man team, it is also to win the regional tournament this year. For [juniors] Alec Bergeron and Andrew...

Last year's record: Third at state   First meet: Leavenworth Invitational at home on Tuesday, March 29 Coach’s perspective: “My goals are the same every year. It’s not about winning for me. It’s about helping each kid meet their potential … and basically to have them be goal set and work really hard to try to achieve those goals, not to take shortcuts, and to be motivated b...

Last year’s record: ninth at state First meet: Leavenworth Invitational at home on Tuesday, March 29 Coach’s perspective: “It’s like I tell the parents every year at the parent meeting, coach Dunback and I do, that No. 1, we want our kids to achieve their potential. That’s the most important thing. Whatever it is, and that’s our job — is to find what event that they can ex...