It was a Battle of the Birds when Olathe West duked it out withOlathe Northwest on Friday. The Olathe West Owls enjoyed a cozy 70-52 victory over the Olathe Northwest Ravens. The Owls pushed the score to 58-37 by the end of the third, a deficit the Ravens cut but never quite recovered from.
Despite the loss, Olathe Northwest still got an impressive performance from Gavin Popik, who went 7 of 11 en route to 21 points. That was a full 40.4% of Olathe Northwest's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Cash Christiansen was another key player, putting up 12 points.
Owls
| 01/17/25 @ Olathe Northwest | 70-52 |
| 01/14/25 @ Shawnee Mission West | 84-51 |
| 01/10/25 vs Olathe North | 69-60 |
The win was the third in a row for Olathe West, bringing their record for this year to 5-2. As for Olathe Northwest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-2.
Olathe West will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against North Kansas City at 7:00 p.m. on January 28th. Olathe West knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully North Kansas City likes a good challenge. As for Olathe Northwest, they will face off against Garden City at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Olathe Northwest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.5 points per game this season.
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