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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
Pictured left to right Linda Brewer, Susan Hancock, Lori Scolaro, Janet Butler, Patty Knudson, Valarie Wentworth and Kathleen Burkett.

Teachers prepare for their final farewells

Madelyn Christiansen, Staff Reporter
April 2, 2021
Boys soccer sat atop the podium in 2009 and 2015, bringing home two State Championships. In 2007 and 2009, the girls soccer team won State, but has been even more dominant in recent years as they added three more trophies to their collection in 2013, 2015 and 2019.

A strive to thrive

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
March 25, 2021
Senior Forward Evan Meyersick celebrates a quarterfinals win after his game-winning shot Tuesday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Wildcats beat Lincoln Pius X 47-45.

Millard West Boys Basketball vs Lincoln Pius X 3.9.21

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
March 12, 2021
Junior Annabelle Harshbarger uses the DoorDash app to order breakfast using contactless delivery. “I like to order from DoorDash because it’s easy and super convenient.”

Students dashing door to door

Madelyn Christiansen, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2021
A tense, hard-fought battle with the second-ranked Fremont Tigers resulted in a devastating loss for the Wildcats, putting an end to their season. “Going into that game, we were definitely the underdog,” head coach Erik Johnson said. “We took them down all the way to the final minutes, before we ultimately ended up losing that game.”

Wildcat woes

Evan Vaslow, Staff Reporter
March 3, 2021
Junior Nathan Ray using Zoom for his virtual competition. for DECA.

DECA takes a turn with Zoom

Madelyn Christiansen, Staff Reporter
February 25, 2021
Senior Kaden Williams wrestles Creighton Prep’s Pierce Johnson on Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

2021 NSAA State Wrestling Championships

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
February 24, 2021
Junior Charlie Nosal wrestles Alexander Ramirez of Omaha South during the 2021 NSAA State Wrestling Championships on Wednesday, February 17th.

Wildcat Wrestling falls short of Finals

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
February 24, 2021
HOSA members volunteering for past blood drives, helping donors sign in and get registered. “We have not had our HOSA students volunteering at the drives this year,” HOSA sponsor Jeanne Meyer said. “All blood drives have been off-site so our West students did not ‘work’ the blood drives like they have in years past, however, they still volunteer their time in recruiting donors.”

A different take to on-site blood drive

Michelle Zhang, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2021
Noah Blair for Millard West wrestled hard against his opponent Angel Mejia from Fremont. Blair was able to pin Mejia for the win, adding to the Wildcats success throughout the dual. “Overall I think our team performed great, we won our last dual of the year and I cant wait to see what districts hold for us this weekend followed by the state next week. Of course we were happy in the moment with our win, but we came back with that winners mentality the next day, there’s always room for improvement and we all know it.”

Wildcats take down the Tigers

Joseph Ebmeier, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2021
The Wildcats beat Lincoln East 60-57 on Saturday, January 30th, improving their record to 12-3.

Millard West vs Lincoln East Boys Basketball 01.30.21

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
February 5, 2021
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