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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

West Highs ultimate frisbee team poses for a photo after their practice Mar 6.

Ultimate frisbee team growing in competitiveness, inclusivity

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor March 24, 2020

You’ve probably thrown a frisbee around with your friends.  Maybe you tossed it up into the wind and sent the disc flying down the street, or underestimated your curve and nailed an innocent bystander...

Fabian Brown 21 runs a relay during a track meet.

COVID-19 transforms landscape of spring sports

Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief March 21, 2020

On March 16, the Iowa High School Athletics Association and Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union announced that all Iowa high school sports have been suspended until April 13. This news has mainly impacted...

Ankenys Braxton Bayless 20 goes up for a layup during the state quarterfinal on March 11.

Bayless puts Ankeny past Trojans in state quarterfinal

Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief March 11, 2020

The boys basketball team’s 10th consecutive trip to Wells Fargo Arena wasn’t as long as they hoped. The Trojans fell to Ankeny 68-54 in the 4A Quarterfinal on Wednesday afternoon in Des Monies. Even...

Student-athletes hold a position during the yoga session on Sunday, Mar. 8.

Stretching the limits

Ken Wilbur, Podcast Editor March 8, 2020

Club West has sponsored an instructional yoga series for student-athletes on Sundays during the spring. The program aims to help athletes increase their flexibility and mobility while also proactively...

Prospect of lacrosse at West

Prospect of lacrosse at West

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor March 7, 2020

Over the years, the variety of sports at West has changed drastically. In 1969, the only female sports offered were tennis and track, with the boys having football, wrestling, track, tennis, swim and dive,...

No Cap Recap is a sports podcast with sports editor Yaya Orszula and staffer Anna Gibson.

No cap recap: state championship edition

Joe Goodman and Owen Aanestad March 6, 2020

What a winter sports season it has been for West High athletics. The boys wrestling team produced three individual state champions in Will Hoeft '20, Hunter Garvin '22 and Graham Gambrall '21 in addition...

The ICCSD has seen an increase in the number of intradistrict transfers since the opening of Liberty High in 2017.

Transfers on the rise for West athletics

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor March 5, 2020

It’s almost an unspeakable phrase in Iowa high school sports: transfer. Whenever a student-athlete transfers to a new school, particularly without changing their residence, rumors and speculations...

Nick Pepin 20 and his teammates celebrate as they advance to the state tournament in their win over Pleasant Valley on March 3.

Boys basketball team advances to their 10th consecutive state tournament

Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief March 4, 2020

Ten straight. There is only one school in the state that has made 10 consecutive state tournaments in Iowa High School Basketball history and that is Iowa City West. Future Hall of Famer Steve Bergman...

Grahm Goering 21, Even Brauns 20, and Marcus Morgan 21 celebrate a Nick Pepin 20 and-one against Ottumwa on Feb. 28.

Boys basketball team advances to substate final

Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief February 28, 2020

In what seemed to be a sea of red, the boys basketball team started on their road back to Wells Fargo Arena in the substate semifinals on Friday. The Trojans with the help of some big runs defeated Ottumwa...

West High athletes share their nicknames and their origins.

Nifty nicknames

Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief February 22, 2020

West Side Story takes a deeper look into the 20-year history of sports uniforms at West High.

Beneath the jersey: the 20-year history of sports uniforms at West

Joe Goodman and Natalie Katz February 20, 2020

Forest green and Vegas gold.  The colors that so classically represent West High athletics, or at least are supposed to. For athletes competing under the West High name, having a high-quality...

Cora Saunders 20 shoots a free throw while playing Kennedy on Feb. 19.

Women of Troy beat Kennedy in first regional game

Camille Gretter, Online Editor-In-Chief February 20, 2020

The Women of Troy won their first game on the road to a regional championship and state tournament birth by beating Cedar Rapids Kennedy 55-44 on Feb. 19. The girls basketball team picked up their second...

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