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Addison Wells

Addison Wells

Ali Parkhurst, Reporter March 10, 2023

Addison Wells has been playing softball for 10 years, since she was in third grade. Wells has played for the West High softball team for five seasons now, playing varsity for four of those years.  After...

Terez Smith

Terez Smith

Ali Parkhurst, Reporter March 10, 2023

Terez Smith has been playing football for seven years, four of them have been spent at West High. After being watched by multiple colleges, he committed to Iowa Central Community College.  Smith says...

Cassie Graff

Cassie Graff

Ali Parkhurst, Reporter March 10, 2023

Cassie Graff has been playing volleyball for about ten years, since she was in third grade. She has played volleyball at West for the past four years of her high school career.  After talking with...

Cece Moore

Cece Moore

Ali Parkhurst, Reporter March 10, 2023

Cece Moore has been playing basketball for over nine years, since she was in third grade. Moore has played varsity basketball at West High for all four years of her high school career, helping the Wahawks...

“I don’t like to fail, and I don’t give up. I focus on my team as a whole, not just myself because I know it takes the whole team to be successful,” says Schoepske.

Addyson Schoepske

Ali Parkhurst March 3, 2023

Addy Schoepske, #3 Addyson (Addy) Schoepske has been playing volleyball since she was eight years old when she started playing with the 10u Smash volleyball team. Schoepske plays Wave sand volleyball...

“I have not reached my full potential and I will need to do this in order to achieve my dreams,” says Kacher.

Payton Kacher

Ali Parkhurst, Reporter March 3, 2023

Payton Kacher, 113 weight class Payton Kacher has been wrestling for nine years, spending his summers at Iron Sharpens Iron (ISI) team wrestling camps. “All the matches I had during that time...

“I have played everywhere on the court and hope to continue to keep working hard to be the best teammate and player that I can be,” says Landers.

Allyson Landers

Ali Parkhurst, Reporter March 3, 2023

Ally Landers, #34 Allyson (Ally) Landers has been playing basketball since she was seven years old, participating in programs at the Sportsplex and being a part of a Junior Wahawks team. In fifth...

Abby Snyder

Abby Snyder

February 28, 2023

Sophia Witte: Why IB Art? Abby Snyder: I chose to be in IB Visual Arts because I noticed I wasn’t being as creatively ambitious as I was in the past and I figured enrolling in this program could potentially...

Emma Krgo

Emma Krgo

February 28, 2023

Sophia Witte: Why IB Art? Emma Krgo: To be honest, I did not plan on taking IB Art. I wanted to take history or music theory, but when scheduling conflicts prevented me from doing this, I decided to...

Jesse Alcorn

Jesse Alcorn

February 28, 2023

Sophia Witte: Why IB Art? Jesse Alcorn: I enjoy making art and I wanted to learn more about art at a high level.   SW: How long have you been artistic? JA: Since I was 5.   SW:...

Ian Sabanagic

Ian Sabanagic

February 28, 2023

Sophia Witte: Why IB Art? Ian Sabanagic: Because it's necessary for the IB Diploma.   SW: How long have you been artistic? IS: Never, I am just doing this class because it looked interesting,...

Sophia Witte

Sophia Witte

February 28, 2023

Wahawk Insider: Why IB Art? Sophia Witte: Last year I was in the full International Baccalaureate Diploma Program so I needed to either take the IB art class, the IB theater class, or double up on science…...

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