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Evans drives the ball onto the fairway. Although it wasn’t her best round she believes she will be able to perform better. “I think to improve overall I will have to make sure I can strike my clubs pure a majority of the time,” Evans said. “I cant be making silly mistakes that cost me too many strokes.”

Girls Golf begins Tournament season

Joseph Ebmeier, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2020
The Athletic Leadership academy meets once every month to build upon their goal to elevate the culture. During these sessions, various companies including STRIV visit to help work on leadership skills.

Elevating the culture

Jasmine Hermosillo-Padilla, Editor-in-Chief Catalyst Online
September 23, 2020
The Millard West boys varsity team starts the race out strong. The Wildcats’ were able to start this race strong which allowed them to stay up front the entire race. “The start is one of the most crucial parts of the race, and could be argued the most important part,” Marshall said. “A good start is needed in order to get a good placement because being out in the front of the pack allows for better pacing, and it is easier to pass people ahead of you when you arent in a large group.”

The strong run continues

Joseph Ebmeier, Staff Reporter
September 21, 2020
Posters were painted and hung on each players front door. The team wanted to surprise the seniors with an assortment of items and snacks as well. “We painted the football stripe and design on the brown paper bags”, senior Phoebe Rackliffe said. It’s always a fun time with the team when we make different things like this.

A senior surprise

Paige Fortney, Staff Reporter
September 18, 2020
Junior Sam Kirchner(left) and sophomore Joey Hartnett(right) are coming up the final stretch of the course. They ran with each other throughout the race, pushing each other to go faster and stay up front. “I think we had a nice pack,” Kirchner said. “Our top 5 were within 7.99 seconds of each other, and our goal was 15 seconds. I am very happy with that.”

Covid conference meet

Joseph Ebmeier, Staff Reporter
September 4, 2020
During the pandemic, students are being restricted from attending different sports events. The administration is allowing limited people into some of the games, and other sports will have no attendees.

Sports distancing

Garrett Wilcoxen, Staff Reporter
September 4, 2020
With COVID-19 lurking, AAU Spectators must wear a mask and families must stay separated. You can see the gaps between each section of families. The spectators section is quite emptier due to fear of spread of the virus. Tournament heads also broadcast most of the games on the live stream company BallerTV so spectators can still support from home.

AAU tournaments to continue during pandemic

Dominic Humm, Staff Reporter
August 28, 2020
Former Millard West baseball player and current Nebraska freshman Max Anderson and senior Corbin Hawkins celebrate a home run hit by Anderson in a 6-3 win against Westside in the second round of the metro tournament. Millard West won this game, but ended up losing round 2 of the Metro tournament. “My favorite game was when we beat Westside at the end of the year,” head baseball coach Steve Frey said. “They were the most talented team we played this past summer and it was well pitched by Jaxson Cahoy and we played our most complete game of the summer.”

A different summer

Jonathan Willis, Striv Executive Producer
August 27, 2020
The girls soccer team hung up 13 posters honoring all of their seniors and their dedication to the sport.

An unexpected goodbye

Jasmine Hermosillo-Padilla, Online Editor
May 7, 2020
Seniors Seth Claybourne, Reagan Koza and Alexa Koza met with Athletic Director Lance Smith on Zoom Wednesday morning to discuss their plans for the future and the cancellation of the spring sports season.

Virtual Signing Day

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
April 29, 2020
Junior, Nasser Nabulsi defends the Westside Warriors from the goal by trying to reverse the ball with the help of midfielder alum Trevor Green.

The future of high school sports

Cody Bennett, Sports Director | Executive Striv Producer
April 19, 2020
Junior Tyler Matrangos still tries to run and train every single day despite his season being canceled.

The grind doesn’t stop

Miguel Paredes Reyes, Assistant Sports Director
April 16, 2020
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