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Miguel Paredes Reyes

Miguel Paredes Reyes, Sports Director

Miguel is a junior and in his second 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 Cracker Barrel 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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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.

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.

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
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