Upcoming events
  • Seniors vote on faculty speaker later this week
  • Boys soccer tournament- March 29th-30th @West
  • Women of Troy relays- March 26th home@4:30
  • Chamber ensemble concert- March 28th- Band room@7:00
  • Senior poets: send poems to Mr. Robins
  • College fair Wednesday in Cafeteria
  • Girls soccer vs. North Scott- Tuesday JV@5:30 V@7:00
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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

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Second national signing day

Second national signing day

Morgan Schmitt-Morris and Lexi Shaffer February 4, 2016

Wednesday, Feb. 3 marked the second National Signing Day for West High's seniors this year. Friends and family gathered in the cafeteria after school to eat treats and show their support as eleven athletes...

Wests late comeback tops Kennedy

West’s late comeback tops Kennedy

Aaron Carter and Sarah Longmire February 2, 2016

The boys basketball team came back late in the fourth quarter to defeat Cedar Rapids Kennedy 42-39. West trailed all game until that point in the fourth quarter. Kennedy’s three point shooting, specifically...

Doyle and Brands lead Trojans at MVC’s

Doyle and Brands lead Trojans at MVC’s

Leah Dusterhoft, Art editor, Sports Producer, and Designer January 31, 2016

Donovan Doyle ’16 and Nelson Brands ’18 led the West High Wrestling team Saturday night at the Mississippi Valley Conference Championships, hosted by Cedar Rapids Prairie High School. But a conference...

Boys and girls team takes on City at home

Boys and girls team takes on City at home

January 10, 2016

Both the boys and the girls basketball teams played City and home Friday, January 8. In the girls game, City took home the victory 70-67 in double overtime. The boys steadily led throughout the game, and...

Third times the charm

Third time’s the charm

December 11, 2015

The Coralville Recreation Center begins to fill up with a swarm of high school boys around 4:15 every day. The swim team files in and prepares for another day of practice.  This year’s team, however,...

National Signing Day and other committed athletes

National Signing Day and other committed athletes

November 12, 2015

After school on Wednesday, Nov. 11, the cafeteria looked a bit different than normal. On one side of the cafeteria tables were lined up, stretching from wall to wall, each table filled with balloons, colorful...

Eat to compete

Eat to compete

Aaron Carter, Writer and Sports Editor November 6, 2015
In the world of competitive sports everything counts; every push-up, sit-up, hour of sleep, extra mile, and even what you eat. West Side Story investigates the diets of athletes in different sports.
Max Brown `17 hugs senior player Yeshuwa Hicks `16 after the last game of the season against Bettendorf.

Trojans lose second round playoff

Leah Dusterhoft, Art editor, Sports Producer, and Designer November 3, 2015

Monday was the last night the 2016 seniors would put on their pads and gold helmet and take the field together. The Trojans suffered a 43-18 loss to number two ranked team, the Bettendorf Bulldogs....

Cross country teams finish season at state meet

Cross country teams finish season at state meet

Gabby Skopec, Sports Editor November 2, 2015

The boys and girls cross country teams both ended their seasons Saturday, October 31 at the State Championship meet. The boys team finished in 8th place, led by senior Patrick Karanja who finished in...

Homecoming 2015 recap

Homecoming 2015 recap

Allie Biscupski, Online Managing Editor October 14, 2015

Want to relive homecoming? Scroll down to go relive everything from spirit week to the homecoming game. West celebrated homecoming with a spirit week, where everyone dressed up for a different theme...

Powderpuff 2015

Powderpuff 2015

Sarah Longmire, Photo Editor September 30, 2015

by Leah Dusterhoft Junior and senior girls battled during the annual Homecoming Powder Puff flag football game on Thursday, September 24th. The game resulted in a pair of ripped shorts and a ripped...

Girls swim team comes together for gold out

Girls swim team comes together for gold out

September 29, 2015

Compiled by Allie Biscupski The girls swim team went against Dubuque Wahlert Catholic High School last Tuesday at the Coralville Recreation Center. The girls came together for a gold out swim meet,...

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