Freshman Tessa Brocker left the first gymnastics meet of her 2025 season limping.
Her Achilles tendon had been bothering her for a couple of years, but it was starting to hurt worse and worse.
Her...
Freshmen Brooklyn Goilford and Emmet Hyter have been dating for nine months on March 10. The two have been friends since the summer before eighth grade, and have lived close to each other since elementary school. Hyter and Goilford hang out at each other’s houses whenever they can, watching movies and baking.
“If I had the money to go on dates, we’d be going on dates all of the time,” Hyter said.
In 1998, when they first met, he was Todd Boren and she was Deborah Lopez. They were both brand new teachers at Shawnee Mission Northwest. He taught freshman world geography, she taught freshman English....
Most high school couples don’t span all four years — but most high school couples aren’t seniors Emily Little and Jonty Harris-Webster.
With him being a football player and her being a cheerleader,...
Mar. 4, 2015.
That’s the day senior Kara Simpson remembers she was supposed to be getting a haircut.
She realized something wasn’t right while waiting to be picked up at her grandparent’s...
The road to D1 college baseball was certainly unorthodox for senior Brenden Lee, yet he will be on his way to the University of Evansville to play baseball next year. It was a long journey but he had gotten...
Junior Olivia Martz sat in silence at the South Carolina church. She sits like it’s a normal day, not like she's sitting in the pew attending her mothers funeral.
A few months before, Olivia’s mother,...
Last year, sophomore Colin Cummings stood in line for the water fountain. It was the final week of summer football conditioning, and the players had tubs of pre-workout in their hands. They were “dry...
It’s 2021.
Students were dragging themselves to school.
Teachers were pulling up their masks.
Everyone was just trying to get through the day.
And in room FL, as history and econ teacher...
History teachers, Rebecca Anthony and Todd Boren might never agree on women’s reproductive rights. For some people, a difference in opinion like that can split families in two, ruin friendships, or destroy...
Recently, The Northwest Passage held a poll to see who the students at Shawnee Mission Northwest would vote for president of the United States if they had the chance to — vice president Kamala Harris...
Senior Will Larsen’s feet pound on the concrete as he runs with seniors Easton Volk and Aiden Adkins during cross-country practice. Their arms are pumping, legs bounding, mouths gossiping about homecoming...
![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)
