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Senior Cade Owens fired up after their second round matchup against Millard South. They won this game 4-3 off of an RBI single by junior Drew Borner in the top of the seventh.

Wildcats fall one game short

Jonathan Willis, Striv Executive Producer
May 21, 2021
This shows the top nine picks in this year's draft, with trades that occurred. The Miami Dolphins originally held the third overall pick, but traded it to San Francisco for pick 12, to which they also made a trade back into the top ten with Philadelphia, to select Waddle. Photo by Logan Moseley.

NFL Draft Recap

Logan Moseley, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2021
After defeating Omaha Central and Burke, the Wildcats advanced to the State Tournament where they’ll face the Lincoln East Spartans on Saturday, May 15.

Defense dominates Districts

Evan Vaslow, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2021
Junior Sadie Millard running in the 4x100 event. The Wildcats took home first place in this event with a time of 49.16 seconds. “Honestly winning metros was such a ‘team’ moment,” Millard said. “We all contributed so much and every point mattered. It was so cool and unbelievable being able to share that victory with my whole team.”

Running to victory

Jonathan Willis, Striv Executive Producer
May 10, 2021
The Millard West dance team holds up their 2nd place trophy at the National Dance Team Championship in Orlando, Florida. The team placed second in both jazz and hip hop routines. “Everyone put out their best performance,” sophomore Molly Kimmey said. “We took in all the considerations from the judges before the final dances and worked on them to make them even better the second time.”

Battling it out at the beach

Miguel Paredes Reyes, Sports Director
May 10, 2021
Senior Blake Skoumal, and Junior Adam Hahn were both fortunate enough to place high in the meet. Skoumal secured fourth place with a score of 71, and Hahn was not far behind in tenth, with a score of 75. “Overall I left about four shots out there,” senior Blake Skoumal said. “It makes me look forward to the postseason.”

Wildcats battle 13

Garrett Wilcoxen, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2021
The Wildcats pose for a picture and celebrate their District Championship after the game. This advances the team to state and they enter in an underdog role but still have an opportunity to take home the title. “At State, anything can happen. Sometimes you go as the underdog and end up winning big,” Aguirre said. “We have to go one step at a time with faith and confidence and try our best, if you do that there will be nothing to regret.”

Wildcats win District soccer

Joseph Ebmeier, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2021
Junior Drew Borner celebrates in a game against Gretna in the Metro Tournament. Millard West would win this game 6-1 to advance to play Millard South in the second round. “Most of us hadn’t really played varsity baseball so we had no idea what to expect,” Borner said. “I think we handled it very well. We went through lots of ups and downs, but played our best ball in the games that mattered the most.”

Looking ahead to the postseason

Jonathan Willis, Striv Executive Producer
May 6, 2021
The Millard West Trap Shooting club attended State in Doniphan, Nebraska. The team and coaches were all very proud of their wins at state this year.

Shooting their shot

Brooke Sliva , Staff Reporter
May 4, 2021
Senior Dustin Hatch shoots at state basketball. He played tennis his freshman year, football sophomore through senior basketball all four years and track all four years in order to achieve his Iron Cat award.

More than iron

Jenna Reynolds, Features Editor and Co-anchor
May 4, 2021
The team knew previously they played generally worse on this course than most. The fact they placed fourth at this rough course was a great milestone for the team. “Going into the tournament, the team knew that this has historically been one of our worst tournaments, and in years past we have not performed to our best abilities,” senior Blake Skoumal said. “I was insanely proud of the work the team and I put in, and how it showed here.”

Wildcats take fourth

Garrett Wilcoxen, Staff Reporter
May 3, 2021
Senior Kyan Lodice sizing up a pitch as it is on the way to the catcher’s glove. Lodice had the go ahead hit to the second basemen that led to the Wildcats winning the game. “Now that we are at the end of the season, I am very excited to see where this team is going to go,” Lodice said. “We are playing very solid baseball right now, and I believe there is good potential in this team to make a run in the state tournament.”

Wildcats get revenge

Jonathan Willis, Striv Executive Producer
April 30, 2021
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