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Journey at the Tourney

Journey at the Tourney

Rachel Prate, writer/photographer September 26, 2022

Love all! But love means nothing, and tennis means everything. On Saturday, Sept. 24, the varsity girls tennis team took on multiple different schools in their home tournament. Some players said...

Trailblazing Female Athletes Bring Flag Football to Oak Park

Trailblazing Female Athletes Bring Flag Football to Oak Park

Lilian Everley, Writer September 21, 2022

This fall, the school district gave its female athletes the opportunity some had been waiting for since their childhood.  “I’ve always wanted to play football and being given the first opportunity...

Orie Returns to her Home Court

Jacob Eischen, writer September 17, 2022

University of Texas middle blocker and Oak Park alumnae Orie Agbaji stepped back onto the volleyball court, but no longer as a player, as a coach. Agbaji had no plans of coming back home to Kansas City...

Senior Aiden Kendrick is the Blue Blood for Cross Country. He said, "I was kind of shocked that I got it."

The New Bloods of the Blue Bloods

Rachel Prate, writer/photographer September 14, 2022

Are you ready to start the new year with new Blue Bloods? Be prepared, because Oak Park has got a brand-new group of Blue Bloods to start the 2022-2023 school year! Last year was the first year...

Football preps for fall season

Sharo Mahdi, Journalism 1 reporter May 25, 2022

Football season is right around the corner, that means a lot of things. Players, coaches, parents, schools and kids, all excited for a new season. “I am very excited; I can’t wait for these kids...

Chiefs: Bridging the generations

Rachel Prate, Journalism 1 reporter March 19, 2022

If you live in the Kansas City area, you have probably heard about a few popular names. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill, and a handful of others. And if you have lived in Kansas City...

Blue Bloods talk about their teams.

Blue Bloods set examples for future Northmen

Allison Vanderbeek, Journalism 1 reporter January 15, 2022

Have you seen the poster of smiles beaming with pride? Or seen high schoolers talking to excited elementary schoolers about being a leader? Then you’ve seen the new leaders, the Blue Bloods. “The...

Alumni coaches continue traditions, build stronger OP family

Lilian Everley, Journalism 1 reporter January 13, 2022

“Alright, split up baselines.” The conditioning head womens basketball coach Joe McKinstry calls to the team are not all that different from what his coach said to him in 1999. Alumni involvement...

C-team basketball wins season opener thanks to new facilities

Byron Rene Jurado Ortiz, Journalism 1 reporter December 21, 2021

The C-team boys basketball team dribbled, passed and shot its way to a home season opener victory with the help of its new gym. With the new basketball court the district built and the new shot clock in...

Rare freshmen footballers have big goals for next season

Sharo Mahdi, Journalism 1 reporter December 20, 2021

Football is for the tough, the ready-to-go kids. Freshman on the varsity football team is rare. This year, the football team had three freshman starters: running back Travon Pankey, safety Donavan Ross,...

Sutton signs, first D1 football since 2008

Sutton signs, first D1 football since 2008

Haydenn Gallagher, writer December 16, 2021

Senior Jett Sutton signed with North Dakota football on Wednesday. You can watch the live stream of the event at: https://gonorthmen.org/watch/?Archive=178&type=Archive According to athletic...

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