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Boys Lacrosse Prepares for Spring Season

Cami Santa Anna and Maliah Hawkins Mar 19, 2017

Tryouts for junior varsity and varsity spring sports recently concluded. Each tryout participant has to meet the sport’s standards in order to make the team, as they all require hard work and dedication from both the coaches and players. This is especially...

Goalkeeper Lindsay Freewalt during a West Potomac 2016 soccer season game

Senior Season for Spring Sports

Claire Callahan and Bella DeMaso Mar 5, 2017

The spring sports season always accompanies the end of the school year, but for this year’s graduating class, it marks the end of their high school career too. For some, participation in student athletics has significantly shaped their four years at...

West Potomac Girls' Basketball Dominates Mount Vernon

West Potomac Girls’ Basketball Dominates Mount Vernon

Drew Taylor and Armaghan Faisal Feb 8, 2017

The West Potomac girls’ basketball team played the Mount Vernon basketball team on Friday, February the 3rd, dominating with a final score of 61-35. The spectators were thrilled by this unforgettable game, especially since the Wolverines had almost...

Winter Track and Field Districts

Winter Track and Field Districts

Natalie Terwilliger and Sophie Anderson Feb 4, 2017

As the winter sports season closes, winter track begins the most competitive aspect of the season: district competitions. Runners race in a variety of events, some of which include 100 meter dash, 4x200 meter relay, 500 meter dash, 3200 meter, and many...

West Potomac Girls Basketball Youth Night

West Potomac Girls Basketball Youth Night

Natalie Terwilliger and Sophie Anderson Jan 24, 2017

Save the date, because this Friday is the West Potomac girls basketball youth night. The Freshman, Junior varsity, and Varsity teams will be playing the competitive W.T. Woodson High School. Festivities will kick off at 5:45pm for the start of the Junior...

West Potomac Boys Varsity Basketball Defeats West Springfield 63-46

West Potomac Boys Varsity Basketball Defeats West Springfield 63-46

Dixon Class Jan 22, 2017

On Thursday, January 19th, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., the varsity basketball game between West Potomac(H) and West Springfield(A) began. West Potomac up to this point was 13-2, with their only two losses being single-digit games. West Springfield on the other...

Freshmen Gymnasts Reflect on First Competitions

Freshmen Gymnasts Reflect on First Competitions

Claire Callahan and Bella DeMaso Jan 20, 2017

The West Potomac gymnastics team competed at Lake Braddock on Wednesday in front of dozens of fans — a relatively new experience for freshmen with the team for their first season. “Gymnastics has helped with my first year of high school because...

Girls Basketball Team Wins Holiday Tournament

Girls Basketball Team Wins Holiday Tournament

Spencer Bao and Jason La Kier Jan 16, 2017

West Potomac’s Girls Basketball Team won the Joe Cascio Holiday Tournament with a victory against the Potomac School team. The tournament championship game took place Friday, December 30, at Falls Church. West Potomac player Ty Taylor was proclaimed...

West Potomac Flips into a Bronze Medal at Local Gymnastics Competition

Jasmine McGee, Reporter Jan 12, 2017

On Monday December 9 the West Potomac Gymnastics team faced four tough competitors: Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Yorktown, and McLean, in a tournament style event. Bella DeMaso, a freshman at West Potomac on the gymnastics team who participated in the...

All About Erging

All About Erging

Madison Davis and Shahtaj Ali Jan 3, 2017

November 28th marked the first day of winter conditioning for many sports, introducing to crew members, the ergometer. What originally started off as a medieval torture device slowly became a way for rowers to train when conditions prevent rowing on the...

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Surprisingly Successful Football Season Screeches to a Stop

  The 2016 football season came to an end this past Friday at James Madison High School in a 21-14 defeat. WPHS and Madison were neck and neck throughout the playoff game before Madison pulled ahead and finished with three unanswered touchdowns...

A Look at the "Battle of the Highway: West Potomac v. Mount Vernon"

A Look at the “Battle of the Highway: West Potomac v. Mount Vernon”

This past Friday, the West Potomac varsity football team faced off against long-time rival Mount Vernon in a head-to-head battle for a playoff spot, with the Wolverines snagging a victory of 45-14 over the Majors. The rivalry between West Potomac...