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Miguel Paredes Reyes

Miguel Paredes Reyes, MWHS Wildcat News co-Editor-in-Chief, co-Striv Executive Producer

Miguel is a senior and in his third year of Advanced Journalism. He is on the varsity swim team, and also does club swimming in the off-season. Originally born in Caracas, Venezuela, he is fluent in both English and Spanish. When he’s not working as a server at Hy-Vee he is either watching sports, swimming, or hanging out with friends. He is hoping to continue journalism all throughout high school and hopefully in college and have a career in it.

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MWHS Wildcat News 10.22.21

October 22, 2021

Spilling onto the music scene

October 21, 2021
Due to COVID the student section had been gone for some time. In its return they’ve made national headlines, being featured on many verified sports accounts like ESPN, Overtime, the Checkdown and USA Football. “It is nothing but school spirit in the student section,” senior Brooke Sliva said. “Sometimes it gets a little crazy, you bump into the person next to you and by the end of the game your voice is completely gone.”

Back and better than ever

October 12, 2021
Junior Alanna Bankston scores a kill to add to the Wildcats lead. Bankston scored seven kills on the night to add to her season total of 202 kills. “Our motivation going into the game was we wanted to get it over in three,” Bankston said. “We haven’t swept many teams lately, we wanted to control the game from the start. That’s what really kept us in the game and made sure we played our best game.”

Sweep on senior night

October 12, 2021

MWHS Wildcat News 10.01.21

October 1, 2021

Viral vandalism

September 23, 2021

MWHS Wildcat News 09.17.21

September 16, 2021

Patriots claim Q Street

September 16, 2021
Sophomore wide receiver Jackson Williams goes up for a tough catch against the Mustangs. The Wildcats would go on to win the game 56-31. We really used the momentum of the crowd to get us going, Williams said. Theyre a tough opponent to go up against and Im happy for the team to get our first win.

Taming the Mustangs

September 15, 2021

MW v MN Varsity Football Highlights

September 9, 2021

MWHS Wildcat News 09.03.21

September 3, 2021

Wildcats get rained on by the Storm

September 1, 2021

Competitors FALLing into the season

August 24, 2021

The final improvisation

May 19, 2021

Senior Sign-Off

May 18, 2021

Senior strums strings from scratch

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

May 10, 2021

The final stretch

April 23, 2021

Clawing away at the Patriots

April 15, 2021
Freshman Alyssa French plying a solid offensive role in a 5-2 loss to Papillion La-Vista South. She had one goal.

LadyCats fall short against the Titans

April 14, 2021

Springs sports make a comeback

March 31, 2021

Wildcats claw their way through the season

March 19, 2021
Millard West vs Millard North state basketball 03.12.21

Millard West vs Millard North state basketball 03.12.21

March 16, 2021

A shot towards normalcy

March 11, 2021
Freshman Quinten Nelson swims in the 200 Freestyle Relay. The relay placed in 6th at the State Championship. “We asked a lot of him this season,” head coach Jamie Bowcott said. “Swimming a very important relay in his freshman year, with the whole team expecting a lot from you is a lot of pressure, but he delivered.”

Ending off a peculiar season

March 9, 2021
Lauren Newton places 33rd in the state after the Metro Conference meet. The following summer she was diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and dashed her hopes of swimming state her junior season.

Delaying the inevitable

March 2, 2021

The greatest showMAN

March 1, 2021
Senior Dominic Humm leads the team to a 10 point victory against Millard South. Humm had 13 points including one three-pointer. Overall, it was a fun game, Humm said. It’s always a good feeling to go out and beat your rival team, especially twice in one year. The game started off a little rocky, but we took control of it in the second half and came out on top.

Double domination

February 23, 2021
Senior Dominic Humm leads the team to a 10 point victory against Millard South. Humm had 13 points including one three-pointer. Overall, it was a fun game, Humm said. It’s always a good feeling to go out and beat your rival team, especially twice in one year. The game started off a little rocky, but we took control of it in the second half and came out on top.

Double domination

February 5, 2021
Freshman Ryleigh Brooking takes 2nd place in the 500 Freestyle at the Gretna Dual meet. Brooking broke her previous season best with a time of 6:17.49.

A stroke towards success

February 3, 2021

Dynamic Duo

January 14, 2021
Senior Mia Olson places third in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:08.80. Olson was the top scorer for the Wildcats with six total points. “We were all in better moods this time around than for previous meets,” Olson said. “We have a lot of seniors this year that the younger girls can look up to and learn from. They are all great role models and have a great work ethic.”

Swimming, but make it virtual

December 11, 2020

NSAA tightens winter sports restrictions

December 8, 2020
Senior Dylan Fucik swims the 100 backstroke at time trials. Last season, he was a part of the record breaking 400 Freestyle Relay team. “I am mainly looking forward to competing again,” Fucik said. “We haven’t competed for eight months so jumping in and competing with other teams is what I’m most excited about.”

Diving into a special season

December 1, 2020

Senior commits to walk-on role at Nebraska

November 20, 2020

Your voice, your vote

November 12, 2020

English teacher receives national award

November 12, 2020

Sports Corner 10.20.30

October 30, 2020

Sidelined

October 14, 2020

Sanitary solutions

October 9, 2020
Junior Bella Bacon committed to the University of Iowa on September 1. On the season she has a .490 batting average, five runs and two grand slams. “Overall on the season I’ve been playing pretty well,” Bacon said. “I’m a very hard worker and a competitor at heart, so you’ll find me constantly putting in my best effort and looking on ways to improve.”

Hard work pays off

October 9, 2020
The defense played lights out during the game, with five turnovers on the night.

Bouncing back strong

September 15, 2020

Storm outscore Wildcats in season opener

September 3, 2020

New faces at West

August 27, 2020
Social studies teacher Tim Royers has known since the beginning of his teaching career he wanted to make a difference in the education system. He will have a chance to do so as he runs for the state legislature in the 2020 election.

Taking matters into your own hands

May 14, 2020

Quarantine Games

April 30, 2020
Junior Tyler Matrangos still tries to run and train every single day despite his season being canceled.

The grind doesn’t stop

April 16, 2020
Junior Jon Willis began commentating in his junior year of highschool and continues to pursue his dream of being a professional sports commentator.

From the field to the booth

April 15, 2020

Don Bacon visits Young Republicans

March 12, 2020
Senior Jordan Stalheim breaks Preston Lau’s school record with a time of 4:45.59.

Leaving a legacy

March 5, 2020
Senior Dalys Beanum tries to make a play against Central.

Overtime thriller in the jungle

February 28, 2020

Swimming towards state

February 25, 2020

Geiler vs. Geiler

February 5, 2020

Academic Dishonesty PSA

January 30, 2020
The boys varsity swim team take 3rd place and the girls varsity swim team take 6h place at the fifth annual Millard North Invitational.

Wildcats take over Mustang territory

January 29, 2020

Providing HOPE for cancer

January 14, 2020

Quality Times donate during annual Holiday Child

December 19, 2019
Sophomore Emily Gilbert goes a 6:42 in the 500 freestyle and dropping 45 seconds from her previous best time.

Diving into the swim season

December 16, 2019
Sophomore Gaby Massey sketches away in her notebook working on her next piece in her lengthy career as an artist. Massey has been an artist for the majority of her life starting out at a young age. “When I first started out I drew more cartoonish drawings because I was little and those were all I watched,” Massey said. “Then as I got older, my drawings got more realistic.”

Line by line

December 5, 2019
California Senator Kamala Harris wants to extend school hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. This would mean that the already tired students and teachers would have to stay for another three hours.

School: A full time job

November 26, 2019

Wildcats rolls over the Storm

November 14, 2019

All the way from Puerto Rico

November 7, 2019

Football playoff preview

October 30, 2019

Amelie hits the stage

October 15, 2019
Senior Hailey Reavis shot a 94 at the girls varsity golf A-1 District Tournament. “I did good, but I feel like I could improve my short game on the green,” Reavis said. “My chipping and putting hurt me in the end more than anything.”

Next Stop… State

October 10, 2019

Sports Corner 10.04.19

October 2, 2019

Sports Corner 09.20.19

September 19, 2019

Sports Corner 09.13.19

September 12, 2019
Senior quaterback Tristan Gomes trying to outrun a defender to score the touchdown. Gomes had four rushing touchdowns that night and was the only person on the team to score touchdowns Friday night.

Starting the season off right

September 6, 2019
Hanging on to his life, sophomore Dillon Von Freiberg receives treatment for Steven-Johnson Syndrome. Von Freiberg spent an entire month in the burn unit of the hospital where he wasn’t able to eat, drink, or move. “I had just gotten out of surgery, they had to put a feeding tube in me because everything including my mouth blistered,” Von Freiberg said. “I wasn’t able to eat food and I was passed out because of the meds they gave me.”

Surviving the odds

September 5, 2019

Introducing your 2019-2020 Wildcat Crazies

August 26, 2019
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