SMNW LADY COUGAR BASKETBALL

The Lady Cougars had an incredible and magical season in 2011-2012. With the Lady Cougars going a combined 60-15 at all high school levels of the program!

The great folks at the Shawnee Dispatch have an updated article about the Lady Cougar's fantastic season! Click below to read all about it!!

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/mar/07/sm-northwest-girls-lose-maize-first-round-6a-state/

The Lady Cougars lost  to the #2 Maize Eagles in the 6A State Tournament in Wichita, 51-31. Maize jumped out to a 13-4 lead and the Lady Cougars never recovered.

The Lady Cougars completed the most successful season in a number of years at SMNW, making it to the state tournament for the 1st time in 8 years and finished the season 16-7, eclipsing the combined record of the last 4 years of 16 - 68. Check below for the link to the Shawnee Dispatch's article and coverage of the game.

The Lady Cougars would love to thank all of the fans, students, parents and supporters for the excellent and amazing support through out the season and for making the trip to Wichita to cheer us on. It was an awe inspiring sight and meant so much to our girls, our team and our program. Thank you all!!

Click Below for the Shawnee Dispatch's article:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/mar/07/sm-northwest-girls-lose-maize-first-round-6a-state/

The 6A State Tournament brackets have been released and the Lady Cougars will face off vs one of the very best teams in the state of Kansas, the 20-2  #2 Ranked Maize Eagles.

The game will be at Koch Arena on the campus of Wichita State University at 4:45 PM Wednesday March 7th.

Please make the trip and support this amazing group of Lady Cougars!!!!

Click below to see the entire 6A State Tournament Bracket!!!

6A State Tournament Bracket 2012

The Lady Cougars basketball program capped a very exciting week with a thrilling overtime victory over the SM West Lady Vikings 53-49 last night to punch their ticket to the 6A State Tournament in Wichita.

The week started off with the Lady Cougars begin selected as the Hy-Vee Team of the week with hundreds and hundreds of supporters and fans voting for SMNW.

Then the Lady Cougars won a tough, hard-fought 1st round substate game vs SM North. Playing each other twice in four days led to a thrilling and close game that the Lady Cougars won 43-40 to propel themselves into the substate championship game for the first time in a number of years.

And that game did not disappoint as the Lady Cougars stormed back from a 12 point deficit to send the game to overtime and pull out a stunning 53-49 victory.

Stephen Montemayor of the Shawnee Dispatch was there for all the exciting action and you can read his story by clicking below.

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/mar/02/sm-northwest-girls-win-sub-state-final-comeback-se/

Thanks to the tireless efforts of SMNW and Lady Cougar Basketball fans, The Lady Cougars were selected as the Hy-Vee Team of the week!. The program was given a very nice award and was featured on the 10 pm sports on KCTV 5. Click the link below to see the video footage!!! Congratulations Lady Cougars!!!

http://www.kctv5.com/category/210172/hy-vee-high-school-team-of-the-week

The Lady Cougars swept SM North for the second time this season with all 3 SMNW teams winning. The Freshmen and Sophomore teams were forced to combine their teams because SM North did not have enough players for separate Freshman and Sophomore teams. The combined forces of Lady Cougar Freshmen and Sophomores proved to be up to the task winning 36 to 16.

The Freshmen squad led by Coach Jim Ratzlaff had an outstanding season going 16-1. The team showed heart and courage all season long and even as players got moved up to varsity, these Lady Cougars kept improving and kept winning!

The Sophomore team led by Coach Ken Summers also had an outstanding season finishing 14-4. The best sophomore record in many years!!!

The JV Lady Cougars led by Coach Rachel Taege and Coach Erin Barnett finished 14-3 despite being one of the youngest teams in the Sunflower League.

Just an amazing and outstanding job done by these coaches and young ladies! Exciting things are coming for all of these terrific and hard working Lady Cougars!!

The Varsity finished the regular season 14-6 and the Shawnee Dispatch has had some great articles to share about SMNW. Please click below to go to their website and check them out!!

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/feb/22/smnw-girls-prepare-seasons-finale/

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/feb/24/sm-northwest-girls-now-await-coin-flip-no-1-sub-st/

The Lady Cougars lost the coin flip with Blue Valley North so SMNW is the #2 in the BV North substate and will host the SM North Lady Indians Wednesday Night, Feb 29th at 7 PM.

The Lady Cougars would like to invite all SMNW friends, family and fans to come fill the gym with Cougar Pride!!!!

The Lady Cougars had another four game sweep Friday night on Lady Cougar Senior Night and Youth Night! Senior Night honored the Lady Cougars outstanding class of seniors:

Players Mary Slattery, Katie Biggers, Jess Johnson, Sarah Schmidt and Managers: Taryn Vogel, Audrey Johnson and CeCe Robinson.

It was a fantastic evening and we will update the Youth Portion of the night very soon!!

The Freshman Girls’ BB team held Leavenworth scoreless until the 4th quarter and cruised to an easy victory and improved to 14-1. 

The sophomore team defeated Leavenworth 47-38 improving their record to 14-3.  Leading scorer was Lindsey Unrein with 20 points.

The JV team jumped out to a commanding 21 to 4 lead and cruised to a 56 to 12 victory.

Sophomore Olivia Sanders scored 12 and Freshman Tatum Graves had 11.  Sophomore Jessi Sprang and Freshman Arielle Jackson had 9 each and Sophomore Mikala Modiri had 8. 

The Lady Cougar Varsity jumped out to a 35-12 halftime lead and finished with a  53-38 victory. 

Senior Katie Biggers led the way with 13 points. Sophomores McKayla Ross and Mia Woodward each had 9 points, Senior Jess Johnson had 7 and Sophomore Amanda Hoelting had 6. 

A special thank you to all our amazing fans for turning out in force for Senior/Youth Night to help lead us to victory!!

The Shawnee Dispatch has an article about the game, please reach it by clicking below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/feb/17/seniors-trio-3-pointers-leads-smnw-past-leavenwort/

The Lady Cougars went on the road Tuesday night to Lawrence to face off with the very talented and state ranked Free State Firebirds!.

SMNW's own Valentine's Day Birthday girl, Senior Sarah Schmidt scored the first 13 points of the game for the Lady Cougars on her way to a big 18 point 14 rebound game!

The Shawnee Dispatch has an article from the Free State perspective which you can reach by clicking below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/feb/15/sarah-schmidt-leads-cougars-win-against-free-state/

SM East seems to have the Lady Cougars number this season and they pulled out another two game sweep.

In the Junior Varsity game, it was a close wire to wire affair and the Lancers had a big 4th quarter to overcome a 4 point SMNW lead after 3 to win 39-34.

Freshman Arielle Jackson had 7 points for the Lady Cougars, Freshman Brooklyn Wagler and Sophomores Jessi Sprang and Meghan McCluskey each had 5. Freshmen Carrie Mulder and Tatum Graves chipped in 4 a piece. Freshman Tracy Monahan had 2 and Junior Elissa Ojeda and Sophomore Mikala Modiri each had 1.

The Varsity Lancers also broke open a very close game with a big second half to knock off the Lady Cougars 59-45.

The Shawnee Dispatch was there for all the action, you can reach their story by clicking below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/feb/11/sm-northwest-girls-hit-road-block-against-sm-east/

The Lady Cougars had a good night Tuesday sweeping the Olathe North Eagles in the JV and Varsity games.

In the JV game, The Lady Cougars had a balanced scoring attack and jumped out to an 11-4 1st quarter lead. Things tightened up in the second quarter as neither team had much success offensively and battled to a 4 to 4 tie which gave SMNW a 15 to 8 half time lead.

But the 3rd quarter was a different story as the Lady Cougars outscored the Eagles 19 to 7 and coasted to a 49-22 victory.

Freshman Arielle Jackson led all scorers with 9 points, Freshmen Carrie Mulder and Brooklyn Wagler added 7 a piece, Freshman Tracy Monahan and Sophomore Mikala Modiri each had 6 points, Sophomore Meghan McCluskey had 4 and Freshman Tatum Graves had 3 and Sophomore Mia Woodward had 1.

In the Varsity Game, SMNW outscored Olathe North just a little bit in each quarter to win 47-36. The Shawnee Dispatch has a quick write up on the game you can reach by clicking below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/feb/08/shawneesports-roundup-smnw-boys-girls-sweep-olathe/

The Lady Cougars picked up a two game sweep Tuesday night vs the visiting Olathe East Hawks.

In the Junior Varsity game, SMNW broke open a close game with a big 4th quarter run to defeat Olathe East 53 to 39.

Freshman Arielle Jackson led the way with 13 points, Freshman Tatum Graves had 10 points and Sophomore Meghan McCluskey added 8. The JV is now 9-1.

In the nitecap, The Lady Cougars battled the 6th ranked Olathe East (10-3) down to the wire and pulled out a dramatic 59-57 victory. Sophomore McKayla Ross had 19 points and senior Sarah Schmidt had 15.

The Lady Cougars improved their record to 10-3.

The Shawnee Dispatch has a short write up about the game you can reach by clicking below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/feb/02/smnw-girls-get-elusive-win-against-olathe-east-tra/

Senior Katie Biggers was selected as one of the Kansas City Star's Athlete's of the Week!

A very impressive and well deserved honor!!!

Click the link below for the full write up and details from the Kansas City Star!

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/26/3394639/athletes-of-the-week-for-jan-27.html

The Photo is provided by Shawn Haley of Haley Photography!!!

With amazing senior leadership and stellar play, the Lady Cougars captured their first Truman Tournament Championship Saturday in a number of years!

The Lady Cougars battled their way past Lee's Summit West and Lee's Summit North to reach the championship game vs the host Truman Patriots.

The Shawnee Dispatch and Pete Logan, of course were there to cover all the exciting action. Click Below for their incredible coverage:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/jan/20/smnw-girls-advance-truman-tournament-final/

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/jan/22/sm-northwest-girls-win-truman-tournament-improve-9/

And as a bonus, The Kansas City Star covered the Championship Game and click below for their story!!

http://varsity.kansascity.com/custom/article&news_id=5482

It had been a long time since The SMNW Lady Cougars Basketball Team had advanced to the winner's bracket in the Truman Tournament. But that streak came to an end last night in impressive fashion as the Lady Cougars defeated the Lee's Summit West Titans 66-22.

The Shawnee Dispatch has covered the action. For their story click the link below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/jan/16/smnw-girls-open-truman-tournament-major-way/

There was some exciting basketball at SMNW Friday night. The JV Lady Cougars jumped all over the visiting SM South Raiders outscoring them 25 to 10 in the first quarter on their way to an easy 59 to 34 victory to keep their record at a perfect 8-0.

Freshman Brooklyn Wagler led the way with 14 points, fellow freshman Tatum Graves added 12 and freshman Tracy Monahan and junior Elissa Ojeda chipped in 8 a piece for very balanced Lady Cougar scoring.

The Varsity played an exciting down to the wire game against the Lady Raiders but couldn't quite pull it out in the end losing 58-53.

The Shawnee Dispatch's Pete Logan was there to cover the action. Read his article by clicking the link below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/jan/14/missed-free-throws-make-difference-smnw-girls-loss/

The Lady Cougars basketball program sent four teams to Lawrence Monday and Tuesday and came away with four wins!

The Freshmen Lady Cougar won a close battle with the Lady Lions 29-26.

The Sophomores led from start to finish and defeated Lawrence, 48-18.

The JV jumped out to a 38-3 lead and coasted to a 61 to 25 victory. Freshman Carrie Mulder had 13 points for SMNW.

The Varsity also picked up a Sunflower League road victory by blowing open a close game and winning 48-21.

The Shawnee Dispatch has some great pictures from the night and a short write up and you can reach by clicking below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/jan/10/sm-northwest-girls-basketball-continues-hot-streak/

The Lady Cougars have been a busy bunch! With Holiday practices and a New Year's Lock-in, SMNW hadn't played any games since December 16th. Of course with school back in session that changed fast and the Lady Cougars were more than ready!

First up for SMNW was the Incredible Freshmen and Sophomore teams who swept SM West for the 2nd time this season.

The Freshmen won a gritty tough battle finally overpowering the Lady Vikings 31-18.

The Sophomore Lady Cougars quickly jumped out to an 22-0 lead and never looked back on their way to a convincing 44-19 win. Jessi Sprang lead the scoring with 13 points and Lizzy Stithem added 8.

The JV squad also jumped out to an impressive lead 21-9 and coasted to a 36-19 victory. The Lady Cougars had outstanding balanced team scoring with Freshman Tracy Monahan with 9 points, Freshman Arielle Jackson and Sophomore Mikala Modiri with 8 a piece and Freshman Carrie Mulder had 3 and Sophomores Meghan McCluskey, Mariah Smith and Freshman Tatum Graves each had 2 points and Freshman Brooklyn Wagler added 1.

The Lady Cougar Varsity battled from start to finish against a very physical Lady Viking team and much like the first game it was extremely close from start to finish. But SMNW were fortunate to make a few plays down the stretch to pull out the win, 48-40.

The Shawnee Dispatch's Amazing Pete Logan was there to record all the exciting action! You can read his report by clicking below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2012/jan/06/smnw-girls-pull-away-late-west/

The Lady Cougars Basketball Program celebrated the New Year in style with a party/lock in at Good Shepherd this New Year's Eve.

Over 35 players, parents, coaches and family enjoyed a lot of good food, games, friendship and had an awesome time.

Special Thanks to Rebecca Slattery and Cat Johnson for staying awake all night and making this special event possible! And thanks to all the parents and family that brought all the amazing food and treats for our Incredible Girls!!! A great time was had by all!!!!

The Lady Cougars had a very successful Friday and Saturday vs the SM South Raiders winning 3 out of 4 games and losing one by 3 points.

The JV squad broke open a close game in the 3rd quarter winning 36 to 24.

The Freshmen team had another dominating performance Saturday at SMNW, defeating SM South 48 to 13.

The Sophomore Lady Cougars followed suit breaking open their close game in the second half winning 56 to 17. Holding SM South to only 7 second half points.

The Varsity Lady Cougars had a dramatic see-saw battle that saw them storm back from down 13 to have a shot to tie the game at the buzzer but it wasn't meant to be. SMNW lost 55-52 and the Shawnee Dispatch covered all the action! Click below for details!

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2011/dec/16/south-holds-smnw-girls-late-rally/

The Shawnee Dispatch, who does an amazing job covering not only Lady Cougar Basketball but our entire area, have published a very nice article by the outstanding Chris Wristen about our Lady Cougars! Click Below to Read All About It!

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2011/dec/13/after-years-struggling-life-good-smnw-girls/