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The Catalyst
The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
Trey Jochims

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter

Trey is a senior here at Millard West. This is Jochims’ third year on staff and is thrilled to continue Journalism. Jochims enjoys reporting sports here at Millard West. Jochims has won multiple awards during his time in Journalism.

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Senior Sam Whittaker is incredibly invested in the Millard West hockey, and has become close with the team. With his being close, he has developed somewhat of a bond with the crew. “Over time, a very deep connection came with covering that team and again that’s what made the final game so hard for me to keep it together emotionally on stream,” Whittaker said. “It means more than the world I got to experience and grow as a person with that team for that amount of time.”

[Photo] Sam’s story

Jacob Larson, Sports Director
April 21, 2025
Senior Neleigh Gessert dropped 27 points in the season opener against Millard North. Neleigh Gessert also led the team with seven rebounds and had three steals behind her sister who had four. “It was a good team win with everyone doing what was drawn up in our game plan”, Neleigh Gessert said. ”We definitely had moments of struggle on the offensive side of the ball, but that was mainly because it was the first game of the season for us. We were able to get hot at the right time and played great defense the whole night.” Photo by Lilly Stoops

Wildcats roll by the Mustangs

Trey Jochims, Managing Editor
December 9, 2024
Wildcats start 0-4 before going onto a five- game winning streak to find a way into the state playoffs. The Wildcats would lose in the first round to the Kearney Bearcats. “When game five hit, I felt like I was able to limit my mental mistakes, for,” said senior wide receiver Michael Coleman said. “ The team had to put in a lot of hard work as well to be able to go on a winning streak, especially after dropping the first four games to good teams.” Photo By Sam Whittaker

2024 football recap

Trey Jochims, Managing Editor
November 21, 2024
Senior Chance Roberts was able to record one interception in the shutout win against Lincoln North Star. Roberts and company kept the Navigators off the scoreboard multiple times late to seal the low scoring game on senior night. “As a defense we are all really close, so it is easy to play with and for each other,” Roberts said. “ Our coaches do a great job of keeping us focused on the goal. As a unit we understand what we have to do to win.” Photo By Chloe Vaughn

Playoffs still in sight for the Cats

Trey Jochims, Managing Editor
October 28, 2024
Senior Hayden Hart helps the Wildcats build momentum in key moments against Lincoln Southwest. The Cats win their second top five matchup this season at home. “The gameplay for the team was to trust one another and enjoy every given moment we have with each other on the court,” Hart said. “The season is slowly coming to an end so the opportunity to play with this team is also wrapping up so winning gives us the ability to play a few more games together.” Photo By: Lilly Stoops

Wildcats dominate the defending state champions

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
October 16, 2024
Senior David James Schiemann started in his third game of the season and looked for his first win of the season. The Wildcats were coming off a shutout loss to rival Millard South. “When we played Westside this week we were confident going into the game even though they were ranked first in the state," Schiemann said. “I thought that we played much better than we did against Millard South. It was a good bounce back week against a good Westside team and we are excited to play Creighton Prep after knowing what we can do.” Photo Taken By Chloe Vaughn

Wildcats fall to the Warriors

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
September 20, 2024
Senior Sierra Pokharel plays her third season on varsity. This year she was named as one of the team captains making it her 2nd straight year as a captain for the team. “One big thing that helps me deal with the pressure and expectations is to enjoy and experience it,” Pokharel said. “I know after the season is over I will give anything to go back to high school and play this kind of volleyball so although a lot of pressure is on me, it’s also a privilege and I would not want it any other way.” Photo By: Kaelyn Kozol

Wildcats fall short to the Warriors

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
September 11, 2024
Head Principal Dr. Greg Tiemann addresses the freshman on their first day of highschool on expectations of being a great student at the high school level. During the first day of school freshman attend their first prep rally and get welcomed into the high school by mainly well known faculty members. “ The purpose of this was to welcome the Class of 2028 to Millard West High School, introduce key staff members who will support them, and instill our core values of Positivity, Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence (Pride),” said Tiemann. “We want our students to embrace our school's culture, make the most out of high school, achieve their potential, and get involved. I was very proud of our Class of 2028 on how well they listened and I think as a whole they are off to a great start”. Photo Courtesy of Chloe Vaughn

One step closer to graduation

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2024

Senior Sign-Off 24

Sam Whittaker and Trey Jochims
May 16, 2024

Wildcats run rule Monarchs

Trey Jochims and Sam Whittaker
May 2, 2024

Wildcats take down the Monarchs

Blake Kahler and Trey Jochims
April 18, 2024

ACT Prep PSA

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2024

Wildcats fall short against Mustangs

Nathan Delaney and Trey Jochims
February 21, 2024

Car Safety PSA

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024

West celebrates French Week

Trey Jochims and Sam Whittaker
December 14, 2023

Volunteering PSA

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
November 21, 2023

New way of hearing

Trey Jochims and Sam Whittaker
November 8, 2023

Falling short in Lincoln

Nathan Delaney and Trey Jochims
October 19, 2023

Bullying PSA

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
September 29, 2023

Wildcats win on last second field goal

Logan Moseley and Trey Jochims
September 8, 2023

Schedule change

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
August 31, 2023
Show off the hard work

Show off the hard work

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
December 16, 2022

Stay in school PSA

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
December 12, 2022

Military PSA

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
December 5, 2022
Left Nathan Buroker, Right Carley Bailey In Advanced Journalism two Juniors are working on their story for the newspaper. “ I am currently working on a movie review on Black Panther Wakanda Forever,” junior Nathan Buroker said. “ I enjoyed writing this review because the movie was exceptional.

Opportunities are endless

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
November 17, 2022

MWHS 23: Road to glory

Logan Moseley and Trey Jochims
November 14, 2022

Standing in the hall of fame

Trey Jochims and Jacob Hargens
November 3, 2022
For their final home game of the season, the Millard West Wildcats (green) took on the Bryan Bears (white) in a senior night matchup. After the half, many of the younger players got more experience playing valuable snaps. “Just coaching up the younger guys and giving them pointers is big,” senior linebacker Reid Hazen said. “All you can really do (when not playing) is coach them up and try and help them out as much as you can.” Millard West will continue their five game win streak against Lincoln Southwest on Oct. 28, at Seacrest Field in Lincoln.

[Photo] Millard West beats down on Bryan

Logan Moseley, Broadcast editor in chief, Striv Executive Producer
October 28, 2022
Michael Coleman and Michael Jones on the sidelines for their first varsity game.

Welcome to Friday Night Lights

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2022
Photo taken By Trey Jochims

#Bekind

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
October 11, 2022

Wildcats dominate the Mustangs

Nathan Delaney and Trey Jochims
October 6, 2022

Future preparation

Trey Jochims and Ben Levra
September 28, 2022
Photo taken by Trey Jochims

Learning the ropes

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
September 22, 2022
Eliza Donley using her plan period to get grades into the grade book.

Changes to the calendar

Trey Jochims, Story Reporter
September 15, 2022

From teacher to teacher librarian

Trey Jochims, Colin Ribaya, and Ben Levra
September 12, 2022
Students work on homework in Mrs. Opitz room during Flex-Time

New year, new changes

Trey Jochims, Staff Reporter
September 2, 2022

A new way to walk the halls

Carley Bailey, Quinn Burton, and Trey Jochims
August 26, 2022
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