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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
“I really enjoy playing soccer and I want to go far with it. It's hard especially during my fall season because I was playing softball through school and club soccer for three teams. It was a challenge because a lot of weekends I was going out on tournaments, then coming back was really hard with the lack of rest and everything. I really want to go far and I want to go to college and play a sport in college. I know the next step is playing in high school and then playing in college and then just continuing on. You need to make sure that you're living life to the fullest. A lot of my challenges in sports are injury based and those are the hardest. You have so many people telling you that you shouldn't play because you should want to heal before you do. But the hardest times in my life are when I'm injured. When I can't play and then I feel like I'm letting down my team. But you have to take that step back though and realize if anyone else was in that situation you wouldn’t want them to possibly hurt themselves just to keep playing. You would want them to take care of themselves and get better.” - Stephanie Fussner, 9

Stephanie Fussner

Amelia Bothmann, CJ1 Writer • May 16, 2023

Cheering on their fellow poms teammates, sophomores Allie Byergo and Cameron Chandler attend a varsity boys basketball game Jan. 8. Because of their injuries, Byergo and Chandler were not able to participate in any dancing. “It's actually pretty fun to get to go to the games since not a lot of people can right now because of COVID-19,” Byergo said. “Ever since I've been injured, even though I haven't been able to dance, it's been really good to still be a part of the team and still be able to wear poms clothes and go and represent at games.”

Stuck on the sidelines: sophomores Allie Byergo and Cameron Chandler battle injuries

Elise Frost, Staff Writer • February 24, 2021

While practicing a dance on the football field, sophomore Cameron Chandler went to do a cartwheel into a split, when she heard a loud pop. Not wanting to believe something serious had occurred, she continued...

The Longhorn defense stops Afton during their game on Aug. 28.

Longhorns look to bounce back against University City

Matt Blake, Staff Writer • September 8, 2015
The Longhorns came out strong winning the first two games of the season; the first Longhorn Football team to do this in over a decade.
Senior lineman Kyle Freebesyser is one of five Longhorns who left Friday's game with an injury.

Two game win streak snapped by Summit

Bobby Connor, Staff Writer • September 8, 2015
Rockwood Summit beats Parkway West 35-7.

Sports cause a rise in overuse injuries

Sarah Burnham, Staff Writer • May 18, 2015
With the Spring sports season at its peak, and with an increasing number of students playing sports year-round, student athletes are facing injuries that keep them from being able to compete in their sport.
Pole Vautling to new heights

Pole Vautling to new heights

Claire Martin, Staff Writer • May 2, 2015
After being encouraged by fellow pole vaulter sophomore Jamie Poppen, freshman Kacie Bergh became a pole vaulter during track and field.
Junior Grace Gwin swings at the ball.

Athlete Spotlight: Grace Gwin

Lily Briscoe, Staff Writer • October 15, 2014
After a ten month recovery period from the first tear, Varsity Softball player junior Grace Gwin tore her ACL for the second time.