Early season growing pains are expected from any group that loses their top six hitters and starting setter from a year ago.
The crucial part to growing pains is the growth that should inevitably...
Baseball fans are used to waiting.
Wednesday night’s quarterfinal game between West High and the Pleasant Valley Spartans provided no shortage of anticipation before and after the first pitch.
The...
Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
• July 13, 2019
If you’ve been following sports news, you know that the FIFA 2019 Women’s World Cup matches began in France on June 6 and the match for world champion took place Sunday, July 7. In that game, the United...
Those who left will surely regret it, while those who stayed will surely never forget what they saw.
The Trojans and Little Hawks put on a show in one of the most highly-anticipated matchups of the...
If you’ve been paying attention to the West High softball team this summer you may have noticed an unfamiliar word displayed on posters, hats and t-shirts.
The word is “mudita” and it has become...
As Charlie Stumpff untied his cleats for the final time as a high school baseball player he was quickly presented with two life paths: get a desk job or work as a high school baseball coach and teach PE....
Settling into the blocks before the biggest race of a lifetime, serving a match point or preparing for a penalty kick shootout. The outcome of these moments can define an athlete’s season and plenty...
Alyssa Skala, Yearbook Managing Editor
• May 18, 2019
The West boys soccer team played against the Liberty soccer team on May 15. The Trojans were leading 6-0 before the game was eventually cancelled at halftime due to lightning. The game will not be rescheduled...
Every spring and summer, the best high school basketball prospects in America tour the country to play in tournaments against one another. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the organization that supports...
Kody Pudil, assistant wrestling coach, has a vision in mind for girls wrestling at West High. After observing wrestling coaches from other schools build their own girls wrestling programs, Pudil has taken...
Imagine not eating a single morsel of food from sunrise to sunset. In some cases, even drinking water is prohibited. Now imagine having to go through that process every day for an entire month. Fasting...
