Onaga USD 322 - Onaga | Havensville | Wheaton

Last week, WIBW announced its latest Scholar Athlete of the Week, and it was Onaga's own Tatum Lara! Tatum is a three-sport athlete for Onaga. He's been having a tremendous senior year in athletics, having been named 2nd Team All-League as a defensive lineman in football, he followed that up with a second straight state wrestling tournament just this past weekend. He will now begin golf this week. Tatum is also involved in many other activities and has taken on several leadership roles in them as well. He’s a part of KAYS as vice president, FFA as vice president, O’Club as the Treasurer, STUCO as Senior Class representative, and is also a member of the Shiny Star 4H club as president. He plans on attending K-State where he’ll study Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise Management, and has maintained a 3.8 GPA while excelling in all of those other activities. His being named the WIBW Scholar Athlete of the Week also puts him in the running for a $2,500 scholarship. If you'd like to see the video of his honor from the evening news, follow the link below. Congratulations Tatum on this incredible honor! https://www.wibw.com/2024/02/22/scholar-athlete-week-tatum-lara/

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The Kansas Association of School Boards in coordination with USD 322 is conducting an online survey to seek input on desired characteristics of the new superintendent. The survey will take approximately five minutes to complete and can be accessed at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/USD322SS until noon Friday, March 1, 2024.

Spring sports practices begin today, which means games will be coming up in just a couple of weeks. To get ready for baseball season, follow the link below to get your gear. You'll find shirts, hoodies, pants, shorts, baseball essential gear, even blankets, phone covers, and more! Orders will be sent to the school and dispersed from there. Get them in this week, as the online store closes on Friday! https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/DPGP7eSBD7

After several event-filled weeks of activities, we now shift to spring sports with practices beginning this week!

Here are last week's PE award winners! These students had an outstanding week showing good teamwork, sportsmanship, participation, and hustle! Kindergarten-Vayda Valburg 1st grade-Jaycee VanDonge 2nd grade-Bryson Kolterman 3rd grade-Brinley Bean 4th grade-Kemper Wheeler 5th grade-Chastity Bailey

Landon Koelling is the final wrestler still going at the state tournament, and he's on his way to a medal in the final day of the three-day tournament. The senior is now 3-1 in the tournament after yesterday, where he came away with a 15-6 decision over McLouth's Justin Patz (21-10) in the consolation bracket's second round, then beat Erie's Seth Welch (29-5) in the quarterfinals. Today, wrestling began about 10 minutes ago and Landon will be wrestling in the consolation semifinals in a few minutes. He is taking on Blake Buresh (35-6) of Phillipsburg and a win means he will be in the 3rd place match later today, while a loss would put him in the 5th place match. As always, you can follow live results or watch the meet live by visiting the wrestling team's page on the district website, a link for which can be found below. Good luck today Landon! GO BUFFALOES!!! HS WRESTLING https://www.usd322.org/page/girls-and-boys-wrestling

Postseason play continues today for winter sports, as wrestling is in the second day of the state tournament and the girls basketball team plays their opening round of sub-state. Landon Koelling and Tatum Lara both won a match and lost a match yesterday, and now are in the second round of the backside of their respective brackets. Wrestling got underway within the last hour in Salina, and both have matches coming up shortly. If they win, they will continue wrestling throughout the afternoon. You can keep up on live results, as well as watch their matches live by visiting their team page on the school website. A link for the page is below. The girls basketball team is heading back to Troy this evening after wrapping up their regular season there on Monday. Onaga enters as the #5 seed with the Trojans being the #4 seed. You can check out the entire sub-state bracket and much more by heading over to their team page, a link for which can be found below. Good luck to Landon, Tatum, and the girls basketball team today! GO BUFFALOES!!! HS GIRLS BASKETBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/girls-basketball HS WRESTLING https://www.usd322.org/page/girls-and-boys-wrestling

Day one is in the books for Onaga's wrestlers, as both won a match and lost a match. In the 138 pound weight class, Landon Koelling beat Joel Abell from Minneapolis by a 5-3 decision. Then, in the quarterfinals, he fell to Lukas Zodrow (35-2) from Decatur Community High School in a 6-0 decision. That moves him to the backside of the bracket, where he will now battle for a 3rd place finish. His next match will be tomorrow against Justin Patz (21-9) from McLouth. In the 285 pound weight class, Tatum Lara was pinned in his first match to Brody Chambers (35-3) of Southeast of Saline. That moved him to the backside of the bracket, where he faced Ethan Ranes (19-22) from Jayhawk-Linn. Tatum pinned him in less than a minute, sending him on to the next round where he will also be battling for 3rd place. His opponent has yet to be determined, but will be by the end of the night. Good luck tomorrow boys! GO BUFFALOES!!!

1-0 to start the day! Senior Landon Koelling just won his first match at the state wrestling meet in Salina. He now moves on to the quarterfinals, which he will wrestle in tonight. Senior Tatum Lara is getting set to hit the mat for his match, which is coming up in about 10 minutes. You can watch it live by following the "State Live Stream" button on the team's page on the district website. A link to the page can be found below. HS WRESTLING https://www.usd322.org/page/girls-and-boys-wrestling

Postseason play has arrived, as the high school basketball teams enter sub-state tournaments this week. The girls will play their first-round game tomorrow night in Troy, but the boys hist the hardwood tonight at Bishop-Seabury. Tipoff is set for 7:00pm in Lawrence. You can check out the sub-state bracket, and much more by visiting the team's page on the district website, a link for which can be found below. Good luck tonight boys! GO BUFFALOES!!! HS BOYS BASKETBALL https://www.usd322.org/page/basketball-boys

The state wrestling tournament begins today, and both of Onaga's qualifiers will be wrestling twice today in Salina. The meet began at 9:00am this morning, but our boys won't hit the mat until after the 3-2-1A boys first round starts at 5:15pm. A schedule for the next three days is attached. You can also check out the brackets and results, as well as watch the meet live by clicking on the associated links on the team's page on the school website. A link to the page is below. Good luck to Tatum and Landon today! GO BUFFALOES!!! HS WRESTLING https://www.usd322.org/page/girls-and-boys-wrestling

PATHS chocolate bar fundraiser has been extended to Leap Day, Thursday, February 29th!

Please join us this morning at 10:30am, as we send off wrestlers Landon Koelling and Tatum Lara to the state wrestling tournament in Salina. The two seniors will start in the elementary school and make their way up to through the school, eventually ending at the north gym entrance. After the walk through the school, the entire student body will meet the wrestlers in the auditorium where the cheerleaders will lead us in a pep rally. Please come join us as we celebrate Tatum and Landon and wish them well on their way to state!

At 2:00pm this afternoon, senior Rylie Honas will be signing her Letter of Intent to Baker University. Rylie will be joining the cheerleading team there next fall on scholarship, where she also plans to major in education. We will have a signing day event in the commons area at 2:00pm, with pictures and cake to follow to celebrate Rylie's accomplishment. Congratulations to Rylie, we know you'll do great things next year and beyond!

The sophomore class of 2026 is beginning a fundraiser by selling Butter Braids! Classes have sold these the last two years and if you haven't had one, you are missing out. They will be selling them for the next two weeks to raise money for the class, so you can talk to any of the sophomore class students, or follow the link below to order yours today! https://store.myfundraisingplace.com/5261641f-4cc5-48e6-bb46-15a46aa37c15

Today was the Oregon Trail League championship for junior high scholars bowl, and for the second straight year, it was a clean sweep for Onaga! Just like last season, the 7th and 8th grade teams both brought home the league title, making it four golds in two years. An amazing accomplishment and extremely rare feat for the scholars bowl program, which is coached by Mrs. Thomas. Congratulations again to the junior high teams! GO BUFFALOES!!!

Winter sports postseasons are in full force this week with the basketball teams beginning sub-state tournaments, and the wrestling team headed to state. Here are the activities for the week!

It's state wrestling week, and Onaga has two that qualified this past weekend for the state meet in Hays. Seniors Landon Koelling and Tatum Lara will both begin their final state meet on Friday and the meet will continue into Saturday. If you'd like to order a state wrestling t-shirt, follow the link below. Orders must be placed today, and they will be available for pickup before they head to Hays on Friday. Congratulations again to Landon and Tatum, and good luck this weekend! GO BUFFALOES!!! https://onagastatewrestling2024.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Mr. Figge's Agricultural Communications class started a fundraiser this semester, with their main goal being to create a survey which they learned about during the class. Last week, they "Quacked" Mrs. Kramer's kindergarten class, and Mr. O'Dell's office. To keep the ducks, $15 dollars must be paid, and the class plans to "Quack" many more. The money received will be donated to the Pottowatomie/Wabunsee County Library's Onaga branch. The class of 2024 has pledged to match the raised money. A great way to bring classroom learning to real-world experiences, and all for a great cause!