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SMNW

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SMNW

Volleyball

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Sophia Ragan September 22, 2025

Junior Bo Bronson chose volleyball in third grade and stuck with it ever since. As she’s grown up with the sport, Bronson’s played in school and club as well as working out daily for the sport.  “It’s...

Yelling in excitement, senior Ada Heller, juniors Taylor McCarthy, Reanne DeBose and Audrey Bennett and sophomore Vivian Keiffer celebrate after DeBose scores a point Nov. 1 at Tony’s Pizza
Events Center. The Cougars won two out of the three matches
against the Trailblazers.

Do Your Job

December 2, 2019

Eleven volleyball players lay in a circle around the center of the Auxiliary Gym on Oct. 26.  “Please help us win,” junior Taylor McCarthy whispered. She kissed the cougar head in the middle...

A Bunch of Sisters

Emily Alexander and Stella Grist November 6, 2019

        The varsity volleyball team relies heavily on the skills of a younger group of players this season.          With three freshmen, three sophomores, three juniors and two seniors,...

Photo by Maddy Manning

Volleyball Preview

September 5, 2016

Last Wednesday the volleyball team started their season with a tough loss to Blue Valley North. Head coach Susan Specht was proud of her team’s effort during their first performance. “I thought we...

Photo by Nick Kahtava

The final countdown

October 22, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gymnastics - The gymnastics team will finish up this weekend at the Kansas State Championships in Newton, KS The gymnasts competing are Celeste Gordon, Samantha MacAuley,...

Gallery: Powderpuff Volleyball

Gallery: Powderpuff Volleyball

November 9, 2012

Junior and senior boys played powderpuff volleyball in the auxiliary gym on Nov. 9. Photos by Nate Compton [vc_gallery type="flexslider_slide" interval="5" onclick="link_image" img_size="full" images="11004,11002,11003,10999,10998,11000,11001,10997"...

Volleyball sets up for Sub-state

Volleyball sets up for Sub-state

October 16, 2012

[vc_column_text width="1/2" el_position="first"] photos by Mikala Compton and Clara Davison On Oct. 11, the varsity volleyball team hosted a quad in their home gym. The team played against Blue Valley,...

Fall Sports Wrap-Up: Volleyball

Fall Sports Wrap-Up: Volleyball

November 9, 2009
Coming off of a tough loss in state competition last year, the team knew they had to come back stronger this year. They knew every team was going to look at them as one of the...
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