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Jake Anderson 18 celebrates after Jayson Barnes 18 shot a 3-pointer and made the score 40-19 on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Boys defeat City

January 24, 2018
Paige Beckner 18 scours the court for open team members on Jan. 23, 2018.

Girls fall to City

January 24, 2018
Patrick McCaffery 19 dunks the ball during the second quarter and increases Wests lead to 15 on Sat., Jan. 20. When asked about what it was like playing at the U.S. Cellular Center McCaffery said, “There’s a bit of a shock factor when you go out there for warm ups, but usually it doesn’t take long to get over that and focus on the game.”

Trojans travel to US Cellular Center

Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
January 21, 2018
iPhone X vs Nikon D3300

Camera or iPhone?

Ken Wilbur, Podcast Editor
January 21, 2018
The team reacts in celebration after Lauren Zacharias 19 increased the lead for the Trojans to 49-34 on Friday, Jan. 19.

Women of Troy narrowly defeat the Prairie Hawks

Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
January 21, 2018
Left to right: Ben Jaeger ’18, Brandon Burkhardt ’18, Noah McCarragher ’19 and Carson Baldes ’19 dance with West High’s varsity show choir, Good Time Company.

Show choirs perform at “Dollars for Scholars”

Anjali Huynh, Print Managing Editor, Co-Copy Editor
January 17, 2018
Brayden Adcock 19 pressures Cael Schmitt 20 as Schmitt brings the ball to Wahlerts basket on Friday, Jan. 5.

Boys basketball crushes Wahlert at home

Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
January 6, 2018
Dante Elridge 19 runs by a Prairie defender to set up his shot.

Boys basketball improve to 6-0

Sean Brown, Photographer
December 22, 2017
Pals pose together with their new t-shirts. Photo by Mayra DeVries, used with permission.

Be the change

Emma Brustkern, Print Entertainment Editor
December 22, 2017
Aside from counseling, Greg Yoder  occupies himself with other activities.  “I actually am a camera operator for Iowa basketball games [...] we provide the in-house feed for the big screen so students may see me there.” said Yoder

Greg Yoder

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
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