Between coaching the football team, teaching weights class and monitoring lunch, Linn Hibbs doesn’t have much free time. However, he is managing to balance all of these things during the first...
These teachers were selected by the football captains this week to wear their jerseys. The players chose these teachers as a way of honoring them for being special people in their lives....
Northwest took to the field Sept. 16 to play the Olathe Northwest Ravens 2–0 after suffering two tough losses to SM East and SM West. The Cougars’ quarterback Colton Dirks returned after not playing...
It was a scene that was missed by high school football fans for months. The marching band playing school songs, teenagers and proud parents flooding the stands wearing their school colors. The stage was...
The Cougars opened the season by winning the four out of their first five games of the year. After a loss to the highly-esteemed Rockhurst Hawklets, the Cougars fell into a winless streak that lasted until they destroyed the SM South Raiders in a 7-0 blowout.
Coming into the season, the football team expected to secure their third consecutive playoff berth since coach Aaron Barnett took over the program in 2006. Even with the loss of some key offensive players to...
It is one of the accomplishments every senior class that goes through Northwest wants to be remembered for: beating SM North all four years. “It's great for those guys to finish with a win," Coach Aaron Barnett said, "I’ve said that it's been a long time...
After a a tough loss against Shawnee Mission West last week, the football team looked to get their playoff aspirations back on track against a rebuilding Lancer program under new head coach Chip Sherman.
The story of the year for Northwest has been their struggling offense in the games against the top teams in the Sunflower League. First against Olathe North early in the year. Then the loss to Lawrence Free State in which they...
Earlier this season, after repeated helmet-to-helmet contact at football practice, junior Jake Todd knew something wasn’t right.“It hurt so bad,” he said. “It felt like there was a knife sticking into my brain.” Todd had suffered a concussion...
![Juniors Tad Lambert and Lily Reiff watch swim footage Jan. 19 in Room 153. Lambert and Reiff were editing their swim recap for Cougar Roundup. “[KUGR] is such a great environment for creativity but also to form amazing friends,” Lambert said. “KUGR has become like a home for me and I feel like I’ve gotten super close with so many other members.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ejohnson_KUGR_7-900x600.jpg)
