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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...