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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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Paige Albright

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor

(she/her) She is a senior this year, and she is also the Co-Managing Editor and Podcast Editor for web this year. In her free time, you can find her at practice for the West High Dance Team or at Nolte academy taking dance classes. She really enjoys reading, biking, and spending time with her friends!

All content by Paige Albright
No Cap Recap is a sports podcast with editors Paige Albright and Zoe Smith

No cap recap: a golden reflection

Paige Albright and Zoe Smith
May 30, 2023
High School the Playlist

High School the Playlist

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 24, 2023
The sun shines on the intersection of East Market Street and Linn Street, where the ICON Academy campus sits.

New arts hub takes root in Iowa City

Paige Albright and Audrey Parrish
May 24, 2023
The shuttle hurdle team celebrates their win on the podium after the finals.

A successful state

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 24, 2023
Jordan Caperon 23 races the 100 meter wheelchair.

MVC champions and now onto state

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 14, 2023
Aidan Jacobson 24, Todd Rent 24, Izaiah Loveless 24 and Moustafa Tiea 25 take a victory lap after winning the distance medley relay.

Track teams take on Drake

Paige Albright and Erinn Varga
May 2, 2023

Boys team results

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 2, 2023
Community members welcoming refugees to the U.S.

A warmer welcome

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 28, 2023
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

Welcome to the madness

Zoe Smith and Paige Albright
April 13, 2023
Senior Asher Overholt cheers on West high runners in the open 1600-meter race.

Into the outdoors

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 10, 2023
Life after a trojan: from state titles to the national stage

Life after a trojan: from state titles to the national stage

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 5, 2023

Boys track moves outdoors

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
March 28, 2023
Iowa legislature bans schools from using anti-racist texts

Iowa legislature bans schools from using anti-racist texts

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
March 24, 2023
Plastic Relations preforms at WildWood Saloon as the second act in a three band showcase last Saturday.

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Teachers Mr. Frese and Mr. Harding sing a duet together.

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No Cap Recap is a sports podcast with editors Paige Albright and Zoe Smith

No cap recap: winter sports in hindsight

Paige Albright and Zoe Smith
March 2, 2023
A thorny Valentine’s Day

A thorny Valentine’s Day

Paige Albright, Ashlyn Brady, and Eleanor Weitz
February 16, 2023
The dance team hits their ending pose of their pom routine during prelims at the Advent Health Arena.

Final destination: West High dance team at nationals

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
February 8, 2023
Lunar new year in the Iowa City community

Lunar new year in the Iowa City community

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
January 22, 2023
Life after a Trojan: from West to master of the digital canvas

Life after a Trojan: from West to master of the digital canvas

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
January 19, 2023
The risk of reporting

The risk of reporting

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
January 9, 2023
The team and their coaches, Kayla Drow and Maddy Floss 18, pose in front after competing their pom routine.

Road to Nationals: Dance team takes on UDA regionals

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
January 9, 2023
Name, Image and Likeness allow collegiate athletes to gain profit off of partnerships with brands and companies.

A fatal balancing act: New power adds pressure to stressed college athletes

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
December 8, 2022
The West High Dance team hits the ending position for their pom routine that placed fourth.

Road to regionals: recapping dance team state

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
December 7, 2022
Wests best Thanksgiving stories

West’s best Thanksgiving stories

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
November 28, 2022
No Cap Recap is a sports podcast with editors Paige Albright and Zoe Smith

No-cap recap: 2022 fall sports review

Paige Albright and Zoe Smith
November 16, 2022
The dance team has practice with a guest coach the morning before their competition.

West High dance team starts their road to state

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
October 28, 2022
Graphic depicting the travel routes women in states with abortion bans could be forced to take.

The new underground railroad

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
October 11, 2022
West and City clash during the second half of the Battle for the Boot game on Friday, September 23.

Homecoming showdown for the Battle for the Boot

Zoe Smith and Paige Albright
September 27, 2022
Senior Mayowa Dokun 22 hypes up her volleyball team for the Trojan Games.

Homecoming spirit week announcements

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
September 15, 2022
West high club fair 2022

West high club fair 2022

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
September 12, 2022
Life After a Trojan: from West High to hospitals abroad

Life After a Trojan: from West High to hospitals abroad

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 27, 2022
Caden Noeller 22 hands off too Asher Overholt 23 during the 4x800 meter relay.

Trojans head to state

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 18, 2022
Aidan Jacobsen 24 runs down the runway during the long jump

Trojans compete at annual Drake Relays

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 5, 2022
Photos courtesy of James Hall

Life After a Trojan: Sugar Bear’s legacy continues

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 27, 2022
The covers of books that are being challenged in the state of Iowa depicted in a literary jail.

The books that instill fear

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 4, 2022
Balancing the court

Balancing the court

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
March 5, 2022
West High dance team takes on nationals

West High dance team takes on nationals

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
February 22, 2022
Life After a Trojan: From Arganbright Auditorium to center stage

Life After a Trojan: From Arganbright Auditorium to center stage

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
January 21, 2022
A man protesting the military coup in Sudan holds the American and Sudanese flag in his hand while addressing the crown at the Pentacrest in downtown Iowa City on Oct. 30.

Sudan’s fight for democracy

Mishka Mohamed Nour and Paige Albright
November 9, 2021
17.8 million people in the United States still do not have access to fresh produce, and many more do not have the funds to pay for fresh foods regularly.

Growing change

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
November 4, 2021
The second Monday in Oct. is nationally recognized as Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day.

Celebration conundrum

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
October 12, 2021
The American flag hangs in a West High classroom on Sept. 7.

A deeper look into Afghanistan’s ongoing conflict

Laney Prelle and Paige Albright
September 23, 2021
West High weekly wrap: Sept. 17th

West High weekly wrap: Sept. 17th

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
September 17, 2021
West High Weekly Wrap: Sept. 10

West High Weekly Wrap: Sept. 10

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
September 12, 2021
West High Weekly: May 25th

West High Weekly: May 25th

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
May 26, 2021
Rising stars: Gabby Moniza 24 and Erinn Varga 24

Rising stars: Gabby Moniza ’24 and Erinn Varga ’24

Paige Albright and Annie Schwartz
May 15, 2021
This episode of Life After a Trojan features Nate Kaeding 00.

Life After a Trojan: From Trojan Field to SoFi Stadium

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 7, 2021

All men are created equal… does not just apply to men

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
March 31, 2021
Principal Mitch Gross poses for a picture outside his office on March 23.

‘Interim’ tag dropped from Principal Gross’ title

Paige Albright and Owen Aanestad
March 24, 2021
Seung-Min Kim covered President Donald Trump extensively.

Life After A Trojan: From the West newsroom to the White House press room

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
March 2, 2021
Abigail Buckwalter 01 talks a career in marketing and being a lifelong learner.

Life After a Trojan: A forever student

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
February 26, 2021
Zach Wahls 09 discusses his path to become and Iowa State Senator.

Life After a Trojan: From West High to a voice for the people

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
February 11, 2021
Students share their opinions of the attack on the Capitol.

A nation divided: Students reflect on the Capitol attack

Bess Frerichs, Tosh Klever, Paige Albright, and Gwen Watson
February 8, 2021

Significance

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
February 8, 2021
Iowas civil rights history is more storied than one may suspect.

The unknown history of Iowa, the radical star

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
February 5, 2021
WSS staffers Paige Albright 23 and Jack Harris 22 give their unsolicited advice.

Our unsolicited insight

Paige Albright and Jack Harris
January 4, 2021
Wests student-athletes have varied opinions about whether sports should proceed in the midst of a pandemic.

In-person versus online schooling: Student-athletes weigh in

Alex Carlon, Abby McKeone, Paige Albright, Annie Schwartz, Emma Hall, and Sidney Nash
January 3, 2021
Emily Hughes 86 reflects on her journey from being a West High student to becoming a lawyer.

Life After a Trojan: from student to teacher

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
December 26, 2020
Anjali Tanna 86 may have started out at West High, but she ended up with a successful career as a musician.

Life After a Trojan: from high school halls to concert halls

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
December 6, 2020
Breese in 1996 with the Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4.

Life After a Trojan: from Iowa City to soaring to new possibilities

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
November 22, 2020
Court packing is a political ploy, used to shift the views of the Supreme Court.

Crowding the bench

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
November 21, 2020
Katie Milani 23 poses in her Rockette uniform. Milani became a Radio City Rockette after attending Park Point University.

Life After a Trojan: from the halls of West to Radio City Music Hall

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
November 2, 2020
Part two of West Side Radios conspiracy theories series explores QAnon.

West Side Radio: conspiracy theories podcast episode 2

Paige Albright and Renee Gould
November 1, 2020
WSS staffers Paige Albright 23 and Renee Gould 22 discuss and debunk popular conspiracy theories.

West Side Radio: conspiracy theories

Paige Albright and Renee Gould
October 4, 2020
Life After a Trojan: from West High to Silicon Valley

Life After a Trojan: from West High to Silicon Valley

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
September 27, 2020

Trojans split with Little Hawks

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
July 11, 2020
Collin Leavy 20 attempts to tag a City High runner at home plate July 10.

West baseball and softball face cross-town rival City High

Camille Gretter and Paige Albright
July 11, 2020
Iowa City Mayor Pro Tem Mazahir Salih speaks at the Speak Up, Speak Out event. African American and people of color are dying not just by the police. They are dying mentally, they die emotionally, she said.

Second Speak Up, Speak Out event held at Pheasant Ridge

Hanah Kitamoto, Caroline Mascardo, and Paige Albright
June 6, 2020
The spring feeling has got all of us from small to large stretching to get out and stretch.

[Photo] Signs of spring

April 10, 2020
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