Nick O'Dwyer Player Profile

Track and Field is like no other sport. Not only is it one of the oldest sports still practiced today, it is one of the few sports that doesn't use a ball but instead consists of athletes running.

Nick O'Dwyer, a Junior at Olathe Northwest is one of the athletes that runs track.

O'Dwyer had an unconventional way of starting track. O'Dwyer didn't start running track just because he was interested but he also had some motivation from a friend.

"In 4th grade I had a bet with a friend that if he did football, I would do track," O'Dwyer said.


Since 4th grade O'Dwyer has come to fall in love with the sport continuing to participate in events like the 100 meter, 200 meter, and the 4x1.  O'Dwyer posted times like 11.5 seconds in the 100 and 23.5 seconds in the 200.


O'Dwyer does multiple activities to help get him ready for his upcoming event.

"I do a lot of stretching, then I will jog around the track 4 or 5 times, and then finish off stretching again," O'Dwyer said.

O'Dwyer has his own personal motivation to do well, but he also has motivation from a close family member, his mom.

"She used to run track in high school and she is very passionate about track, she would be my biggest motivator," O'Dwyer said.

O'Dwyer's self motivation comes from wanting to make state in track and the hope of continuing his track career after high school in college.

"I would like to run track at KU, and maybe Pitt State, or Wichita State," O'Dwyer said.

It is evident that O'Dwyer goes in to every meet wanting to perform at his best not for himself and his teammates. O'Dwyer has found a sport that he genuinely loves and will continue to play for as long as he can.

For track info visit: http://www.onwravens.net/track/

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

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ONW vs. Blue Valley Baseball Recap

Dirt, Sweat, and Ground Balls. That is what the Ravens were looking forward to when they were heading into the River City Baseball tournament.

The Olathe Northwest Ravens traveled to Lawrence to compete in the River City tournament. In the first game of the tournament the Ravens played against the Blue Valley Tigers.

Austin Hansen pitched for the Ravens and he squared off against Tanner Fox for the Tigers.

The Ravens drew first blood when Brooks Walker singled in the bottom of the first. Austin Hansen then came up to the plate and singled which pushed Walker home giving Hansen the RBI.

The Tigers would not being going down without a fight however in the bottom of the 5th Sean Reardon doubled of of Hansen and drove in the only run of the game for the Tigers.

In the end it was the Ravens that took the W, when Austin Hansen was walked in the top of the Sixth. Hansen then advanced to second when Saige Killion grounded out. Miles Smits drove Hansen in with a base hit giving the Ravens a go ahead run. That lead lasted the rest of the game lifting the Ravens to victory.

It was a heavily defensive battle as Austin Hansen pitched the entire game and struck out 8 batters Tanner Fox pitched just six innings where he walked three batters, struck out 8, and gave up 2 runs. Fox took the loss in the game.

"Thursday was a great day for Austin Hansen." said coach Setter

Austin Hansen continues to prove why he is the Ravens ace with this victory.

The Ravens played in the second round of the tournament on Friday where they played against Blue Springs. 

For more results and upcoming events in Raven Baseball visit the ONW website:

http://www.onwravens.net/baseball/varsity/

Girls Softball vs Lawrence High School

The Olathe Northwest softball team took on the girls of Lawrence High last Tuesday. The Ravens defeated the Lions 13 - 9.

Senior, Reagan Hathaway 

Maddie Boland, Halle England and Natalie Hamm in the dugout

Kaity Kukowski

Shayna Espy with a bunt

Reagan Hathaway giving the Ravens their first run of the game

Mady Young and Claire Anderson

Halle England and Natalie Hamm both with runs in the first inning

Kami Zimmerman

Mady Young at bat

Catcher Reagan Hathaway

Kami Zimmerman

http://www.onwravens.net/softball/

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/