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High School and Middle School band event

November 13, 2019 • No Comments

On Sept. 20 at the Westlake football field, the marching band held their annual event and performed with the middle school bands from Hill Country and West Ridge. Before the...

Alum, family and friends gather in commons to celebrate 50 years of Westlake

Julia Franco, Head People and Places

November 1, 2019 • No Comments

Past Westlake graduates, their families and friends gathered together on Oct. 19 to recognize distinguished alumni, take a trip down memory lane and support the 50 years since...

Recent News Stories

Dr. L and the All Star Chaps perform at the Parker Jazz Club

October 30, 2019

Inside of the dimly lit Parker Jazz Club Oct. 28, six musicians sit around the green room in the back. The...

Third Democratic Debate recap

September 14, 2019

The third Democratic Debate took place Sept. 12 in Houston, TX at Texas Southern University. This time, only 10...

Jay Inslee drops out of 2020 presidential race

August 22, 2019

Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who ran a campaign focused entirely on the issue of combating...

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Columns

Michael Bloomberg considers presidential run, but should he?

Sarah Davis, Editor-in-Chief

November 10, 2019 • No Comments

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Friday that he could possibly be running for president as a Democrat. This news comes after he announced that he...

ACL 2019

November 8, 2019

Jaden Dupree: YouTube star

November 8, 2019

Beto O’Rourke drops out of presidential race

November 3, 2019

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Reviews

Rambo: The Last Blood

Bobby Duncum, Reporter

November 8, 2019 • No Comments

If you’re into violent action movies, I would highly recommend the movie Rambo: Last Blood (2019). I thought it was a great movie because there were many intense scenes...

Author Douglas Preston, tells the story of a true, hair-raising adventure

May 31, 2019

Long Shot review

May 22, 2019

The Last Summer adds to list of Netflix originals to leave viewers with more quetions than answers

May 13, 2019

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Sports

What to expect: Varsity football to face Cibolo Steele in first round of playoffs

Adam Jasper, Editor-in-Chief

November 14, 2019 • No Comments

Another year, another varsity football team heading into the playoffs full-steam ahead. With the first-round matchup tomorrow, I wanted to chime in with my thoughts on the...

Running game sparks huge victory for varsity football in final regular season game versus Bowie

November 9, 2019

In the final game of what was an intensive regular season, the Chaps did anything but lay back, using a huge offensive outbreak from running back juniors Zane Minors and Grey...

Senior class shines in spotlight as varsity football bests Anderson

November 1, 2019

This year’s senior group of 44 varsity football players was one of the first classes that head coach Todd Dodge was able to meet as seventh graders after taking the Westlake...

Varsity football dismisses Hays with clinical offensive performance

October 25, 2019

Head coach Todd Dodge emphasizes respect for the opposition in every game, and Hays certainly demanded such, coming into the Friday-night matchup 8-0 on the season. Despite...

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