West Side Welding recently competed in the their first virtual SkillsUSA State competition. Despite the changes necessary to compete this year, the Welding Fabrication team of Barrett Smith, Brenton Knapp and Jared Cothern still brought home gold! Tanner Fife won gold and Asa Carr won bronze in the welding competition. Congratulations to the boys and Randy Carr!
Congratulations to senior, EmaSue Thompson! EmaSue is the daughter of Lance and Shelly Thompson. She will be missed on the Lady Eagles Softball Team! Good luck on your future!
Congratulations to the Lady Eagles Softball team for earning conference champs! The ladies will play Friday at 4pm in the district tournament. Way to go girls!
Congratulations to West Side Lady Eagle, Kamryn Sutterfield, on being selected to the Arkansas Basketball Coaches Association top 5 along with being selected for the Arkansas Activities Association All Star Basketball game.
CORRECTION: All games will be played as scheduled in the district softball and baseball tournament today except the Norfork-Calico Rock baseball game. It will be rescheduled at a later time.
The district baseball and softball tournaments begin today at West Side.
SOFTBALL: 4 p Shirley v. Norfork, 6 p Calico Rock v. Rural Special.
BASEBALL: 4 p West Side v. Concord, 6 p. Norfork v. Calico Rock. The semifinals begin tomorrow at 4 p.m. The finals are Friday.
STAR STUDENT-EMMETT BROWN
Emmett Brown was all smiles when he received his award and water bottle from SRO Crispell. Emmett is in Mrs. Jennifer's 2nd grade and was selected for demonstrating respect to others. Congratulations, Emmett!
Reminder that West Side Anglers and SOAR will be sponsoring a fishing derby on Saturday, May 1st at 149 Section Line Rd from 2-7pm!
STAR STUDENT: FAITH OLIVE
Congratulations to Faith Olive for being selected as the Star Student in Mrs. Wanda's 4th grade! Faith received a certificate and a water bottle filled with goodies for demonstrating respect to her classmates. Keep up the good work, Faith!
The West Side Senior Boys and Girls competed in their first 1A-2 Conference Track Meet yesterday. Congratulations to the Senior Boys which finished 2nd as a team overall! Top 5 individual results are posted here as well. Way to go Eagles!
Girls High Jump - 4th Sidney Severns
Girls Triple Jump - 4th Katie Davis
Girls 100m Dash - 5th Katie Davis
Girls 1600m Run - 5th Hope Lockley
Girls 400m Dash - 3rd Sidney Severns
Girls 3200m Run - 2nd Kadence Dilks (State Qualifier)
Boys Triple Jump - 5th Brenton Knapp
Boys Shot Put - 4th Ruston Holt, 5th Brenton Knapp
Boys Discus Throw - 2nd Brenton Knapp (State Qualifier), 4th Ruston Holt
Boys 4x800m Relay - 1st (State Qualifier)
Boys 100m Dash - 1st Travis Gentry (State Qualifier), 5th Carson Stark
Boys 4x200m Relay - 2nd (State Qualifier)
Boys 1600m Run - 1st Dax Hipp (State Qualifier)
Boys 400m Dash - 2nd Jake Ballard (State Qualifier)
Boys 800m Run - 1st Asa Carr (State Qualifier)
Boys 200m Dash - 1st Travis Gentry (State Qualifier)
Boys 4x400m Relay - 1st (State Qualifier)
A huge thank you to Johnny & Linda Bittle for donating the use of their pond for the upcoming fishing derby! This event would not be possible with you!
STAR STUDENT: WHITNEY COOK
Mrs. Whitney's 1st grade Star Student is Whitney Cook. She received an award and water bottle filled with goodies from Officer Donald Crispell for showing respect to her classmates. Way to go, Whitney!
Attention families of current 7-8th graders: We are very excited to announce that West Side students and parents are getting the opportunity for an educational tour to Washington, D.C. and Mt. Vernon on July 30-August 2, 2022. Please join us on Tuesday, May 4th at 6:30pm via Livestream for a 25-minute informational meeting where each traveler will be eligible for an Early Bird Scholarship of $300!
To join the meeting, simply click this link: https://vimeo.com/event/886336/eb69633830
Ashton Klepko and Kamryn Sutterfield have been selected as West Side High School's recipients for the 2021 Governor's Scholastic Honors Day! This is an annual event that highlights academic achievement throughout the state. Two seniors from each high school are chosen who best represent excellent academic achievement. Congratulations to both of you on your success!
Thank you FL Davis Building Center for your donation to the West Side SOAR/Angler's Fishing Derby on May 1st!
Family Market has donated two free pizza coupons for the West Side SOAR/Angler Fishing Derby scheduled for May 1st. Thank you for your support!
STAR STUDENT: JO MAEZ
SRO Crispell present a certificate and goodie-filled water bottle to Jo Maez for demonstrating respect in the classroom. Jo is in Mrs. Polly's 1st grade. Congratulations, Jo!
West Side 6th graders recently visited with Mr. Mark Lewis and some of his band students to see what high school band is like and ask any questions that had about the program.
The West Side Eagles defeated Bradford 20-3 earlier this week on the road. They also picked up a win against Junction City (12-2) at home on Thursday. District Tournament begins April 28th at West Side.
The Lady Eagles have had a busy week in softball action. Their only loss for the week was 2-4 against ICC on the road. They have won three other conference games: Concord (4-2) Shirley (5-0) and Norfork with a forfeit. The ladies are 11-2 for the season in conference play with only one remaining game left before district next week.
