After taking down Waterloo West on Monday, the sixth-seeded girls basketball team faced off against the Dragons of Johnston for a trip to the state championship. The last time BJ Mayer and the Trojans...

After a regular season filled with uncertainty, BJ Mayer and the girls basketball team came into their seventh state tournament appearance as a team looking for something more than a win: revenge. Coming...

In the world of sports, there’s no in between.  The ball is either in or out. You make the shot or miss it. You win or lose. Even the way sports teams are categorized is firmly rooted in the binary:...

Six foot nine Pete Moe ‘22 is easy to spot in the hallways, regardless of the recently crowded West High halls. Knowing almost no one beyond his new teammates on the basketball court, Moe found himself...

Wells Fargo Arena bound. For the first time since 2018 after winning the 5A state championship, BJ Mayer and the girls basketball team are headed back to Des Moines for the state basketball tournament...

When parents first sign their children up for a recreational soccer league or for tennis lessons, kids probably don't think of it as much more than an activity that takes up a couple of hours of their...

Coming off one of their biggest wins of the year on Saturday against a highly ranked Liberty team, the Trojans were looking to stay hot and come up with a win at home against the 11-7 Warriors. Cedar...

Different pool. New team. Same goal. With the state meet moved to Linn-Mar due to COVID-19 restrictions at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City, and many teams experiencing unpredictable...

For the second year in a row, Athletic Director Craig Huegel and the boys wrestling team welcomed area schools to the West High gym for the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 3A District 5 wrestling...

Coming off their first conference win of the year against Jefferson on Tuesday, the boys basketball team was looking to turn around their shortened season tonight in another Mississippi Valley Conference...

West Side Story: When did you start playing basketball?  Kareem Earl: I started playing basketball when I was 3 years old. My dad used to coach and train other basketball players so I was always with...

After not being able to practice or compete for two weeks, BJ Mayer and the girls basketball team faced off in a non-conference affair with talented 4A favorite Fort Madison (14-1). Mayer's squad didn't...