• 12/16: Pajama + stuffed animal day
  • 12/17: Jersey day
  • 12/17: Girls basketball vs. Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys basketball @ Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys swimming @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/17: Band concert in Arganbright Auditorium
  • 12/18: Pink out day
  • 12/19: Throwback Thursday
  • 12/19: Boys wrestling @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/19: Girls wrestling @ Solon
  • 12/20: 2 HOUR EARLY RELEASE
  • 12/20: Ugly sweater day
  • 12/20: Boys and girls double-header vs City
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The student news source of Iowa City West High

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The student news source of Iowa City West High

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Maddy Smith

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor

(she/her) Maddy Smith is a senior at West. This will be her third year on staff. She is the online Features and Visuals editor. She enjoys music, photography, and traveling.

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The West seniors are moving forward and entering life as high school graduates.

Favorite student recipes

Favorite student recipes

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
May 15, 2020
10 ways to support local businesses

10 ways to support local businesses

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
May 10, 2020
Revisiting childhood books

Revisiting childhood books

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
May 6, 2020
The coronavirus has been affecting numerous of people around the world.

Effects of COVID-19 on the University of Iowa

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
April 17, 2020
How the coronavirus is affecting seniors

How the coronavirus is affecting seniors

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
March 24, 2020
Things to do while quarantined

Things to do while quarantined

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
March 20, 2020
Prospect of lacrosse at West

Prospect of lacrosse at West

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
March 7, 2020
Maddi Logsdon '21 is involved with West High Dance Marathon for more fighters.

Maddi Logsdon ’21

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
February 11, 2020
Mayowa Dokun '22 is exhausted, but holds her hand up in victory after her first win of her wrestling career.

The progression of the girls’ wrestling team

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
January 18, 2020
Karen Meyer poses by the stairwell near her classroom Monday, Dec. 16, before returning to teach her Algebra II Honors class.

[Photo] The winter blues

December 22, 2019
Math teacher Karen Meyer looks toward a student coming up the stairs, greeting him as he passes.

[Photo] Inspiring the next generation

December 26, 2019
Amelia Stevens '23 and Emily Elizalde '23 joined West High's first girls wrestling team, gearing up with their game faces.

[Photo] Wrestling with stereotypes

Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
December 23, 2019
Ava Davis '22 hooks her opponent's leg during her first match on Dec. 16 at City High.

First girls wrestling meet a success

Joe Goodman and Maddy Smith
December 17, 2019
Mayowa Dokun '22 is exhausted, but holds her hand up in victory after her first win of her wrestling career.

[Photo] Two sides of wrestling

January 25, 2020
Head coach Justin Koethe was a three-time state qualifier at West.

Nicolo Schianchi '22 comes up behind coach Chris Clegg during his first game of the night during Men's League on Dec. 6 2019.

[Photo] The Men’s League experience

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 15, 2019
Gun violence in America

Gun violence in America

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
December 11, 2019
Renee Gould '22 standing in the library during AFT Tuesday the Dec. 10.

[Photo] Why ongoing gun control debates are done wrong and won’t stop gun violence

Renee Gould, Opinion Editor
December 10, 2019
Vest and Ingersoll Weng

[Photo] Rising stars: Emma Ingersoll-Weng ’22 & Avery Vest ’22

Caroline Chandler, Assistant Sports Editor
November 23, 2019
National Diabetes Day

National Diabetes Day

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
November 15, 2019
The secretaries of West High pose as witches this Halloween. "All the departments do their own thing, so we have to do it too," says Brianna Dusterhoft, Athletic Secretary.

Halloween characters of 2019

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
October 31, 2019
Photo from Pexels.com used with permission

Spooky season specials

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
October 30, 2019
The marching band playing at halftime during the West vs. Rams game on Sept. 20. The Trojans lost that game 23-21.

[Photo] Shoultz replaces warning bell with marching band

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 25, 2019
The team celebrates after scoring a point against Dubuque Wahlert on Oct. 8 at West High.

[Photo] Volleyball team drops match to Dubuque Wahlert

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor
October 9, 2019
Tate Crane '20 lines up before the offense runs a play against Linn-Mar at the homecoming game at Trojan Field on Oct. 4.

[Photo] West loses to Linn-Mar 28-12

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor
October 5, 2019
Seth Cheney '23 fights to the finish during the boys home cross country meet at Ashton Cross Country Course on Oct 1. Cheney finished 45th in a time of 18:17.

[Photo] Trojans battle Prairie Hawks, humidity in home cross country meet

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor
October 1, 2019
Teammates Salima Omari '20 and Phoebe Burt '21 stand side by side as the only girls on the 2019 Varsity football team.

Phoebe Burt '21 and Salima Omari '20 stand side by side as the only two girls on the football team.

[Photo] Gridiron Girls: West’s female linemen

Paras Bassuk, Photographer
September 24, 2019
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Athletes all over the world have pre-game or pre-meet rituals that they can never break in fear of jinxing the outcome of their event, and West High athletes are no different.

[Photo] Two schools, one city

Wylan Gao, Reporter
September 25, 2019
Victory for female athletes

Victory for female athletes

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
July 13, 2019
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