Sports 360: Spring Season

GIRLS SOCCER

Rival: Shawnee Mission West

Past Record: 2017–L  2016–L  2015–W

Game Date: April 5 / 7PM / SMSC

What will be your biggest challenge this year? “Our biggest challenge will probably be meshing as a team because we lost 11 seniors so a lot of our leadership is gone, and we have a ton of new faces,” senior Claire Long said.

Who’s your biggest rival this year and how does it compare to the past? “South and West are two teams we always want to beat and our biggest rivals,” Long said. “This year our bracket is set up differently, so the teams in our section are our biggest rivals.”

GIRLS SWIM

Rival: Lawrence Free State

Past Record: 2017–W  2016–W  2015–L

Game Date: May 9 / 4PM / LFS

What will be your biggest challenge this year? “We have a new coach this year so adapting to his training and connecting as a team is something we need to work on,” senior Hannah Mcphail said.

What makes Free State your biggest rival? “They didn’t have anyone graduate last year and have some good freshmen coming in,” Mcphail said. “We both have depth in our teams but they may have a couple more top swims at state than us at this point, but we are pretty equal.

BOYS LACROSSE

Rival: Rockhurst

Past Record: 2017–L,L  2016–L  2015–W

Game Date: April 20 / 7:30PM / SMN

What will be your biggest challenge this year? “Our biggest challenge will be not beating ourselves,” senior Milton Braasch said. “Meaning if we can do really well at the things we can control then we will give ourselves a great chance to win.”

What have you been working on to get ready for those tougher teams? “We started off season practices much earlier than we ever have this year so we got our fundamentals back and we will continue to build our team chemistry so we will be playing our best in May,” Braasch said.