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…
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After an embarrassing loss to Lawrence Free State last week, Cougar football recovers and defeats the Ravens 27-17. It was an incredible shock that the Northwest football team was shutout by Lawrence Free State 49-0 last Friday night. The question was…
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After a two game winning streak, Northwest football loses to Free State’s new dynamic duo 49-0.
Last year, Camren Torneaden and Chucky Hunter tore apart the Sunflower League with their read-option running attack. But with Hunter’s graduation the Firebirds were forced to break in new running back senior Kirk Resseguie.
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Cougar Football continues to take advantage of the team’s on their schedule crushing Leavenworth 34-0.
On a cool, wet Thursday night Northwest took care of business, defeating a struggling Leavenworth team in preparation for the heart of their schedule.
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After a tough loss last week, the Cougars dominated Lawrence 35-7 and improved their record to 2-1.
Playing in front of a Lawrence High fan base that was settling in to their brand new stadium, Northwest still looked a shaky in the first quarter struggling to move the ball efficiently and burning two timeouts in their [...]
