The Trojans won the 4A state track meet on May 19 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. They won their second state championship with 75 points, outscoring second place Cedar Falls by 25.5 points. In addition to winning the state championship, senior Charlie Rogers won the 400m hurdles, the 110m hurdles and the 4×200 team [...]
Success in Full Bloom
An idea is like a garden. With a little love and nurturing, it can bloom into something fruitful and grand. For four Roosevelt girls, an idea sprouted up at the end of last school year sometime between science class and recess. Sixth graders Sadie Widmer, Aisha Kazembe, Isabelle Gray and Aleysia Kolyvanova, along with the [...]
Horn Student Idols
See who these Horn Elementary students look up to: “A doctor because they help pepole that need to do something.”-Prateek Raikwar, 12 “My parents because I want to be successful like them.”-Nina Elkadi, 11 “My parents because they are doctors and I want to be a doctor.”-Deniz Ince, 10 “My parents because they teach me [...]
Women of Troy place 11th at state xc
The Women of Troy placed 11th at the state cross country meet Saturday, October 29th with 228 points. Junior Molly Leveille was the top finisher for West High, placing 12th with a time of 14:29. Following Leveille was Pombie Silverman ’13 and Ashlynn Yokom ’14, placing 16th and 35th, respectively.
Girls XC place third at CRI
The West High girls varsity cross country team placed third overall at the Cedar Rapids Invitational Sept. 8th at Noelridge Park. The Women of Troy produced 91 points after team champions Iowa City City High (49 points) and Marion Linn-Mar (61 points). According to head coach Mike Parker, the team was fairly pleased with the [...]





