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West Side Story
The student news source of Iowa City West High

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Emma Stammeyer 24 eyes are on the ball preparing to block.
Digging into the volleyball season
Elena Garcia Van Auken, Podcaster, Reporter • November 28, 2022
Iowa City Wests varsity cross country team line up at the starting line and prepare to run.
A run down memory lane
Rosemary Timmer-Hackert, Print Opinion Editor • November 24, 2022
Girls on fire
Girls on fire
Lily Prochaska, Print Sports Editor • November 17, 2022
No Cap Recap is a sports podcast with editors Paige Albright and Zoe Smith
No-cap recap: 2022 fall sports review
Paige Albright and Zoe Smith • November 16, 2022
Daniel Robinson 24 dunks at the boys open gym on Oct. 27.
From the sidelines: a peak into West basketball's 2022-2023 season
November 16, 2022
Jade Roghair 23 prepares for her leg of the 400 freestyle relay at the regional swim meet Oct. 5.
Girls' swimming places 6th at state
Yaya Orszula, Assistant Sports Editor • November 15, 2022
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The 2021-2022 WSS print staff. Front row: Aria Khalil, Soomin Koh, Athena Wu, Hanah Kitamoto, Jack Alden, Sachiko Goto, Zoey Guo, Jane Lam, Rosemary Timmer-Hackert, Miguel Cohen Suarez Middle row: Zaira Ahmad, Kailey Gee, Caroline Mascardo, Katherine Shoppa, Maya Chu, Heidi Du, Krisha Kapoor, Defne Bayman, Caroline Barker, Kamakshee Kuchhal, Ella De Young Back row: Will Cheng, Xiaoyi Zhu, Lilly Graham, Eva Jordan, Sila Duran, Ruba Ahmed-Abdelmutalab, Lily Prochaska, Misha Canin, Owen Aanestad Not pictured: Grace Huang, Ginger McCartney, Sofia Wells-Lu, Helen Zhang

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(she/her) Audrey is a senior and has been on the West Side Story staff for 3 years. She is the Copy Editor for the WSS website this year. For fun, she likes to spend time with friends, read, write and...

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The West High Math Team poses with their plaque.
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Ashley Seo 23 discusses past ideas that they can reuse for winter fundraising.
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Opinion
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