Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• February 13, 2021
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...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• February 11, 2021
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...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• February 10, 2021
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...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• February 6, 2021
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...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• February 4, 2021
Bringing sports back to West High has been one of the most challenging things the athletic department has had to deal with over the past several years. In hopes of keeping athletes, coaches, and fans safe,...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• January 29, 2021
In the first game back after a two-week shutdown for the boys basketball team, the Trojans struggled to lock into their first game back against Xavier and fell short against the Saints 40-47 on Jan. 29.
Xavier...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• January 24, 2021
Four hundred and fifty-seven wrestlers.
That's nearly five times the number of wrestlers that competed in the first state wrestling tournament back in 2019, and the number has been growing ever since....
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• January 22, 2021
Every January BJ Mayer's squad faces the Little Hawks for what has become some of the best basketball in the state over the years. The Trojans have been able to steal only two out of the last five matchups,...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• January 21, 2021
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, it's no secret that wrestling is by far one of the hardest sports to social distance. Only a couple of days into their season the Trojan wrestling program found themselves...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• January 14, 2021
Coming off another dual meet win at Linn-Mar just two days ago, Byron Butler's squad was looking for more as they hosted Cedar Rapids Washington at the Coralville Rec Center Jan. 14. The boys swim team...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• January 12, 2021
As one of the only few West High winter sports remaining when it comes to COVID-19 quarantines, BJ Mayer’s squad came into the night hoping to get back in the win column after dropping three straight...