Hathaway Sets State Record

Olathe Northwest senior Reagan Hathaway entered her last regular season game vs Olathe North with 14 home runs looking to make history. After being walked in the 1st inning, Hathaway stepped up to the plate in the 2nd with the bases loaded and hit a bomb into right field.

This grand slam gave Hathaway the record with 15 home runs, however she wasn't done yet. In the 2nd game of the night, Hathaway hit a monster home run to right field, giving her 16 on the season. 

She also hit a hard line drive to the first baseman who couldn't handle it, which allowed her a single. In her final at bat of the night, Hathaway got intentionally walked, that ended her going 3 for 3 on the night. 

Hathaway not only holds the record for the most home runs held in a season, but she also is tied for the most home runs held in a game with 3. 

The Ravens ended their regular season 18-2 and will host Regionals this Tuesday at CBAC.

Congratulations to Hathaway and the rest of the team on their great season.  

To visit the Raven Softball teams website, go to: http://www.onwravens.net/softball/

To see the Ravens bracket for the State and Regionals tournament, visit: http://www.kshsaa.org/index.cfm

David Boschma: The Journey to State

As the school year winds down, the tennis team's is just beginning. Sophomore, David Boschma prepares for the post-season as tennis heads for state. Boschma with partner Andrew Buyle have qualified for the 6A State Tennis Tournament with a record of 21-5. 

Tennis started for Boschma just over a year ago when Coach Slaven asked boys to play.

"Coach Slaven asked kids if they wanted to play JV last year and I thought it would be fun so I decided to do it," Boschma said. "I wanted to do something different and try something new and it turned out to be a great experience."

Boschma has only been playing tennis for two years, and this will be his first time playing and qualifying for State. He takes this as a great accomplishment considering he has only been playing tennis for over a year.

This season, the boys tennis team also won the Sunflower League ending Shawnee Mission East's 27 year streak.

"Winning the Sunflower League was totally unexpected," Boschma said. "This has been a great journey and it has been a lot of fun for me recently and so winning that was really exciting."

Boschma and Buyle became partners this year and have built great chemistry only losing 5 games together. Their key to winning is playing their game, having fun, and not taking anything too seriously.

"Andrew's a very funny guy who doesn't take anything too seriously," Boschma said. "We have a lot of fun on the court and we keep things calm and relaxing."

Boschma hopes to place in the top half at State and have a fun rest of the season. He also hopes to end the year on a high note and continue to keep winning.






Come out and support Boschma, Buyle, and the rest of the team as they take on State starting May 15 at CBAC.


To check out the tennis website, visit: http://www.onwravens.net/tennis/

Thanks to the ONW 2015 Yearbook team for getting these pictures.

OLAX Stays Undeafted

The Olathe Northwest/East lacrosse team, OLAX, keeps their streak going of 9-0. With the win over Northland, OLAX is now ranked first in the LAKC league. OLAX won 18-6 and plays Shawnee Mission East this Thursday.

Senior Lineup

Austin Turley

Ethan Wall with a behind the back goal

Senior, Scott Taylor plays defense

Freshman, Grant Lanning playing defense

OLAX bench

Midfielder, Colin Cope

Goal by Junior, Cole Strauss

Junior goalie, Billy Wilson

Sophomore, Austin Turley

Scott Taylor doing the face-off

Junior, Colin Cope with the goal

Cole Heier celebrating his goal with Ethan Wall

Attack, Cole Strauss

OLAX breakdown

Visit their website at: https://olax.shutterfly.com/

Sunflower Softball Showdown

This past weekend, the Lady Raven softball team headed to their first tournament as a school team, going 4-0. This tournament held high school teams from all over Kansas and Missouri, which allowed ONW to play teams they don't normally play.

"Playing in this tournament was fun and it allowed us to get more wins vs out of conference teams" Hathaway said.

The first day the Ravens took on Blue Valley North and the Lansing Lions. ONW hit a total of 8 home runs, hit by Natalie Hamm, Mady Young, Kami Zimmerman, Reagan Hathaway, and Kaity Kukowski. Hathaway had 4 of those home runs and went 5 for 7 at the plate with 9 RBIs and 1 triple. She homered in 4 consecutive at bats, including a grand slam. The Ravens had a tremendous offensive day and ended up winning both games, beating Blue Valley North 14 to 4 and Lansing 17 to 3.

In the second and final day of the tournament, ONW took on Blue Valley Northwest and Blue Valley Southwest. The Ravens had a shutout and beat BVNW 10 to 0, with Aubree Herrin as the pitcher. In the last game of the tournament, ONW took on BVSW and beat them 8 to 4, making this their hardest and closest game. Although this was the only game, ONW played all 7 innings, but it still was no challenge for the Ravens. Hathaway got her 5th home run of the festival, making that 9 total for the Ravens on the weekend.

"Getting all these home runs gives us more self-assurance as a team," Hathaway said. "Beating all these teams gives us confidence going into the rest of the season because we are beating out of conference teams and we took care of the two teams we needed to beat."

Hathaway hopes for the rest of the season are to sweep Olathe North and Olathe South and to win to win the Sunflower League title so that they can host Regionals.

To watch the first day of the tournament highlights, check out this video:

To see the Lady Ravens schedule and website, check out: http://www.onwravens.net/softball/