Pronouns: he/him
Grade: 10
Years on staff: 2
What is your favorite candy? Swedish Fish.
Who is your favorite musician? Edvard Greig or Gustav Mahler.
![Smiling in a sea of Longhorns, Fox 2 reporter Ty Hawkins joins junior Darren Young during the morning Oct. 3 pep rally. The last time West was featured in this segment was 2011. “[I hope people see this and think] if you come to [Parkway] West, you will have the time of your life because there are so many fun activities to do that make it feel like you belong here. I was surprised so many people attended, but it was a lot of fun,” Young said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Edited2-1200x798.jpg)
![Leading the senior team in a game of tug of war, senior Max Hurley pulls hard on the rope. Hurley is a member of the varsity football team and was interviewed by Fox 2 News about his hopes for the future. “We had fun. We had all the seniors lined up on one side versus the juniors and it was a lot of fun [to] compete with our other friends on the junior side. We eventually won,” Hurley said. “It felt good. Some of [the] stronger guys on the football team went up to the front [because] we felt that it was a strategy to help us win.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_4016-1200x799.jpg)
![Jersey on and energy up alongside teammates, senior Dashawn Horskins runs through a line of cheerleaders and Longhorn Line dancers across the football field at 6:30 a.m. Horskins wore his jersey to get in the spirit for the upcoming home football game against Lindbergh. “[It was] cool to be there early [in the] morning [and] see classmates,” Horskins said. “I tried to tell my team to get everybody [to] get louder.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_3757-Enhanced-NR-1200x799.jpg)
![Sophomore Izzy Macapanpan lines up with her Longhorn Line teammates to prepare for the camera on the football field. Macapanpan and the team were invited to perform at the pep rally. “I’ve been on the high school dance team since freshman year, but I’ve been dancing since I was three years old,” Macapanpan said. “All the girls are really nice, and we’ve all become really close this year. [Being on TV] was a big thing because the dance team had never really been featured on the news like we were today.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_3727-Enhanced-NR-1200x799.jpg)
![Dressed professionally in a suit and tie, sophomore Eric Thomas cheers with the crowd at the pep rally on Oct. 3. Thomas held up a Fox 2 News poster and celebrated his first time being on the news. “It was pretty interesting, because I've never seen a news crew in person before. Seeing their giant camera set up was pretty cool. The atmosphere was super energetic, which [was] definitely my favorite part, “ Thomas said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC8175-Enhanced-NR-1200x799.jpg)
![Talking with Fox 2 News reporter Ty Hawkins, senior Shea O’Connell represent the varsity cheer team during a live interview. This is O’Connell’s last year cheering with the team. “It felt really amazing just knowing that my team trusted me enough to represent them. I enjoyed [being] able to share the bond between the cheer team because I've been cheering with some of these girls for for seven years and some of them for three years. I loved being able to do this with [my] amazing friends on the team,” O’Connell said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC8157-Enhanced-NR-2-1200x921.jpg)
![Standing in front of the camera and next to Fox 2 News' Ty Hawkins, senior and varsity football player JaMont Brooks represents the varsity football team. As captain and outside linebacker, Brooks was one of four students selected to be interviewed live for the broadcast. “Overall, it was just a crazy experience being on the news. Even when I get older, I’ll tell my kids or grandkids I was on the news. My mom sent me a picture of me on the news [saying] ‘Oh my gosh, that’s my son.’ The Parkway West community felt amazing this morning. Everybody showed up at 6 [a.m.] and [will] show up 6 [p.m.] tonight too. Any time I go into a game, I go up there with the mentality that we’re going to try our best, and even the times we struggle, [I’ll] keep my head up,” Brooks said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC8122-Enhanced-NR-1200x799.jpg)
![Senior Kamori Berry walks across the field during halftime at the Homecoming football game on Sept. 12. During the pep assembly earlier that day, she was pronounced Homecoming Queen. “I thought it was nice that the crowd [started] cheering right away. I know [my friends] were really excited for me, and my family was happy because typically non-white people don't win,” Berry said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC7046-Enhanced-NR-1200x798.jpg)
![”The cello, I see it as an extension of myself. [When] I'm having a good day, I find it really easy to just sink into the music, [and] feel connected to the piece. If the piece I'm playing is happy, then I feel happy, and if the piece is slow paced or something sad, then I can feel that emotion. [Playing] forces me to be patient, and that has really improved the way I talk with other people, whether it's in an argument, or I'm trying to make a point. [To me], the most rewarding part is perfecting a piece, so that it's unique to you and no one else can replicate it.” - Isaah Kandula, 9](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/DSC_6652-Max-Chung-1200x798.jpeg)
![Leading the varsity football team, no. 4 player and junior Billy Lipscomb runs on to the field through two lines of marching band members. Varsity played against Pattonville on Oct. 18, marking the last home game of the regular season. “[The game] went well. I felt like I could have done better, but we executed the win. So that's all we needed,” Lipscomb said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_0114-copy-1-1200x803.jpg)
![“Sports [can] teach you a lot of things, and playing on the team can teach you leadership. When you're working with a bunch of guys, you’ve got to know what's best for the team, and you've got to do whatever is best for the team. Commitment is a big part of sports. Some days, you don't want to show up to practice, [but] you have to do it because it's what's best for the team. You just [have] to be committed. You [gain] better relationships and you make a lot of friends when you play sports. You're spending at least two hours a day with those people, so you build really strong relationships with your teammates. If you put in the work, you're bound to get better.” - Henry Wild, 12](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/4edc5735-3dad-4150-ac6f-3ee8ba65d2b5-1200x803.jpg)