De Soto sophomores start district girls lacrosse team
December 13, 2018
Filed under GENDER, Special coverage, SPORTS
A new district girls lacrosse team, open to all girls from Mill Valley and De Soto, will play their inaugural season this spring. The team was founded by DHS sophomores Kaitlin Torres and Kennedy Ebberts, who faced challenges just for the chance to start the team. “We did a lot of research and sent a lot o...
Gallery: Silver Stars dance team places first in lyrical jazz and pom at Kansas City Classic
December 10, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Top stories
Gallery: Boys swim finishes sixth at the Lansing Relays
December 3, 2018
Filed under BOYS SWIM, SPORTS, Winter
Boys swim places first in first meet of the season
November 28, 2018
Filed under BOYS SWIM, SPORTS, Top stories, Winter
The boys swim team competed in their first swim meet of the season against Olathe West and St. James on Tuesday, Nov. 27th. The meet took place at Mission Trails Middle School, where the team placed first overall with a total of 109 points. A relay team consisting of freshman Ryan Biven, junior Colby Beg...
Gallery: Cheer team places 14th at state competition
November 18, 2018
Filed under CHEER, SPORTS, Top stories, Winter
Gallery: Cheer squad receives second overall at Blue Valley Southwest
November 12, 2018
Filed under CHEER, SPORTS, Top stories
Jaguars lose to St. Thomas Aquinas in the sectional championship game
Katya Gillig, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief
November 10, 2018
Filed under FALL, FOOTBALL, SPORTS, Top stories
The Jaguars lost to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints 30-7 on Friday, Nov. 9 in the sectional championship game. The loss ended the Jaguars’ season with a final record of 7-4. Senior running back Cameron Young believes the season was a success, as the team was able to get better each week. ...
Jaguars take down St. James Academy to clench the regional title
Taylir Charest, JAG people editor
November 2, 2018
Filed under FALL, FOOTBALL, SPORTS, Top stories
The Jaguars took the regional title on Friday, Nov. 2, defeating the St. James Academy Thunder 24-7. The Thunder received the kick off to start the game and were forced to punt the ball away on the first drive. Senior defensive back Ben Hanson credits his defensive coach in training them f...
After moving to the 6A class, girls win first state cross country title in school history
Ally Nguyen, JagWire editor-in-chief
October 28, 2018
Filed under CROSS COUNTRY, FALL, SPORTS, Top stories
The girls cross country team won the school's first state title Saturday, Oct. 27 at Rim Rock Farm. Running in 6A for the first time, the team scored 41 points, and freshman Katie Schwartzkopf finished first with a time of over 20 seconds faster than the second place finisher. The boys placed f...
Jaguars win first round of playoffs against Topeka West
Katya Gillig, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief
October 28, 2018
Filed under FALL, FOOTBALL, SPORTS
The Jaguars defeated the Topeka West Chargers 49-10 in the first round of the playoffs on Friday, Oct. 26. With the win, the Jaguars will move on to the regional round of the playoffs. After a bad snap and an intentional grounding penalty by Topeka West, the Jaguars had the ball deep in Charger ter...
Boys soccer season ends with 3-1 loss to Shawnee Mission West
Ben Wieland, Jagwire opinions editor
October 26, 2018
Filed under BOYS SOCCER, FALL, SPORTS
Standing in the rain after the Jaguars’ 3-1 defeat at the hands of Shawnee Mission West on Thursday, Oct. 25, head coach Arlan Vomhof attempted to summarize exactly what happened. In the end, Vomhof just said “those things happen.” The Jaguars scored first with a header from senior team captain ...
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