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

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Jordan Caperon 23 races the 100 meter wheelchair.

MVC champions and now onto state

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor May 14, 2023

The now MVC champions are looking to their biggest meet of the season, the IHSSA track and field championship. After winning the MVC meet last week at City High, the boys track team had a successful state...

Senior Jayden Shin plays a singles match during a home meet on May 3rd, 2023.

Tennis teams headed to state

Zoe Smith, Editor-in-Chief May 11, 2023

Trojan tennis has a tradition of dominating throughout the state, and this year is no different. Both teams have competed in the district and regional competitions over the past week, hoping to punch their...

Mason Van Waning 23 leads the pack during the start of the 800 meter run.

Boys track Drake bound

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor April 24, 2023

West High has seventeen athletes and 11 events heading to Des Moines this coming weekend for the 113th annual Drake Relays. Track athletes across the state have been training to either be top 16 to 24...

Recruiting Trail with Camille Gretter and Emily Elizalde

Alaina Greenlee, Video Editor April 23, 2023

In the first dual episode of Recruiting Trail, learn about Clemson University Rowing Commit Emily Elizalde and Drake University Rowing Commit Camille Gretter as they retell their recruitment. All starting...

Referees and athletes discuss the benefits and difficulties with reffing today in the Midwest region.

Where’s the whistle?

Ella De Young, Print Managing Editor April 21, 2023

From California to Minnesota, New Hampshire and Indiana, news stories nationwide detail a shortage of officials for various sports at different levels within the past year. Iowa is no exception — a noticeable...

Aidan Jacobsen 24 and Austin West 18 discuss how their collaboration on the track has aided both of them.

Austin & Aidan

Gianna Liu and Lily Prochaska April 21, 2023

When one door closes, another one opens. This is the mindset Aidan Jacobsen ’24 carried into his sophomore high school track season after an injury caused him to shift paths.  “I always saw basketball...

Luther College commit Jay Mascardo ’23 prepares to hit a backhand during her match at the girls tennis meet against Liberty High on the West High tennis courts April 18.

Girls tennis dominates against strong Liberty High team

Ella De Young and Lilly Graham April 19, 2023

Following a tough 2-7 loss to Cedar Rapids Washington April 17, the girls tennis team bounced back with a win over cross-town rival Liberty High at the West High tennis courts April 18. Both teams had...

Sasha Postnikov 23 serves the ball during the first match of the season.

In the swing of things

Zoe Smith, Editor-in-Chief April 18, 2023

West Side Story: How long have you been playing tennis? Sasha Postnikov: I have been playing tennis since I could walk. My sister is older than me, so I was always on the court. but I started taking...

A girl prepares to snap the football.

A fumble for equality

Yaya Orszula, Sports Editor April 17, 2023

While most people think the increasing number of states sanctioning girl's flag football is a push for equality while ensuring the safety of players, it is the opposite. As girl's flag football continues...

Seniors Jannell Avila, Mitch Frey, Anna Prouty, Meena Tate, Carolyn Pierce and Jay Mascardo (not pictured) signed their National Letters of Intent April 12.

Six athletes sign to compete at schools nationwide

Ella De Young, Print Managing Editor April 13, 2023

For the last signing day of the 2022-23 school year, six star athletes, representing four different sports, gathered in the West High Cafeteria to sign their National Letters of Intent after school April...

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