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The Student News Site of West Brunswick High School

The West Wind

The Student News Site of West Brunswick High School

The West Wind

Super Bowl Review

Super Bowl Review

Jordan Thomas, Sports Editor Feb 20, 2024

The Swifties aka the Kansas City Chiefs, have won the 2023-2024 Super Bowl. The team finished 11-6 through the regular season, despite it being an “underwhelming” season for the team, Mahomes and the...

The 5 Cs are five crucial characteristics an athlete needs in order to not only perform well, but also to be coachable.

The 5 C’s in sports

Amadis Levasa, Staff Writer Feb 20, 2024

Commitment, communication, concentration, control and confidence: these 5 C’s are crucial in shaping not just an athlete's physical abilities, but their mental toughness too. "Overall they're good...

A swimmer breaking through the water as they try to take the lead.

January 18th Swim Meet

Kelsey Swain, Staff Writer Jan 26, 2024

Friends and family walking into the Brunswick Community College indoor pool awaiting a fun and thrilling meet, chlorine was in the air and wet floor signs spread around. Many smiles and cheers filled around...

NFL Top 5 Mid Season Rankings

NFL Top 5 Mid Season Rankings

Jordan Thomas, Creative Content Member Nov 3, 2023

With the 2023-2024 NFL season coming to its midway point, this year has already been a crazy one. With broken records, rookies showing out, and teams starting to come together, here are my top five NFL...

West Brunswick warming and stretching back up during halftime being fully prepared.

10/27 Varsity Football vs South Brunswick

Jordan Thomas and Courtney Weston Oct 31, 2023

Senior night is always a bittersweet moment for everyone, especially the students who spent years pouring everything they have into their sport or passion. On Friday, October 27th seniors from cross country,...

Sophomore, Autumn Wyatt, looking up at the ball about to serve.

How Much is Too Much? Sports Injuries

Grace Kitchen, Staff Writer Oct 6, 2023

On every athlete's mind is the potential of being hurt, but what injuries would be career-ending injuries? A few professional athletes like Nick Chubb, Damar Hamlin, and Aaron Rodgers have been injured...

Is Cross Country different from Track?

Is Cross Country different from Track?

Jordan Thomas, Creative Content Member Sep 26, 2023

Is Cross Country different from Track and Field? Cross Country: Cross country is a very hard sport to play, mainly because of the long distance running and the heat that comes with the season. Even...

Being county champs is great, but these three teams get an opportunity to win a much bigger title.

Playoff Bids

Amadis Levasa, Staff Writer May 16, 2023

Getting the news that you’re going to the playoffs is a fantastic announcement every team wants to experience. Three of our spring teams got to experience the remarkable feeling this spring season after...

Senior Lauren Nelson, running down the field.

4/25 Varsity Women’s Lacrosse VS New Hanover

Kelsey Swain, Staff Writer Apr 28, 2023

It's senior night, the last scheduled home game of the season. Our women's lacrosse team is ready to hit the turf and battle it out against New Hanover. Both teams are having fun on the side of the field,...

The boys huddled together and started hyping themselves up. They started getting ready to start their comeback in the second quarter.

4/6 Varsity Men’s Lacrosse vs Laney

Amadis Levasa, Staff Writer Apr 15, 2023

On a beautiful night before spring break begun, our men's lacrosse team went up against the Laney Buccaneers on our own turf. The game begun at 7:03 with Senior Tyler Cameron starting off the game with...

Sophomore Kaylee Williams ready to hit the ball.

4/6 Varsity Women’s Softball VS Hoggard

Kelsey Swain, Staff Writer Apr 8, 2023

When everyone else was enjoying spring break, our softball team had one more task to complete. Our ladies had to take care of business on the diamond against Hoggard. The Trojans came ready to fight but...

West team lined up on the field listening to the national anthem.

3/21 Varsity Women’s Lacrosse vs North Brunswick

Kelsey Swain, Staff Writer Mar 24, 2023

The women's varsity lacrosse team showed what they could do on March 21st. Their hair was flying in the wind as they ran the ball to the goal. The grass got kicked up as they picked up speed throughout...

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