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Meet West Highs FIRST Girls Wrestling Team

Meet West Highs FIRST Girls Wrestling Team

Lydia Parkhurst, Reporter February 28, 2023

The 2022-2023 school year is the first year West High has had an official girls' team. As this season comes to an end let's take a look back at the girls who made this team happen with the support of coach...

Teacher of The Week: Mr. Fisher

Teacher of The Week: Mr. Fisher

Lydia Parkhurst, Reporter December 19, 2022

John Fisher is West High schools teacher of the week for the week of December 12. Mr. Fisher has been teaching at West for seven years and teaches Algebra I. When Mr. Fisher is out of the classroom he...

Breaking the Stigma: Womens Wrestling is Sanctioned

Breaking the Stigma: Women’s Wrestling is Sanctioned

Lydia Parkhurst, Reporter October 27, 2022

Women's wrestling is a growing sport. While West High currently has a small team, it grows each year. I started wrestling my freshman year, when there were only two other girls on the team at the time,...

Staff Member Of The Week: Mrs. Taylor

Staff Member Of The Week: Mrs. Taylor

Lydia Parkhurst, Reporter September 30, 2022

The very first staff member of the week for the 2022-2023 school year is Mrs. Ashley Taylor. Mrs. Taylor is a PBDA (performance-based diploma academy) math teacher and has been teaching for 10 years. With...

Sahara Williams sports her jersey for the 18U 3v3 USA girls basketball team during her parade.

Sahara Williams Honored in Hometown Hero Parade

Lydia Parkhurst September 9, 2022

Sahara Williams, a senior at West High, just returned to Waterloo after playing 3x3 women's basketball for Team USA at the U18 World cup in Hungary and winning a gold medal. Upon her arrival home, she...

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