Sophomore Ella Roesch utilizes grit and God to win soccer championships
Claire LeDuc, Staff Writer
August 19, 2019
Looking at the field in front of her, sophomore Ella Roesch hears the first whistle blow in Saginaw, Mich. for the final game that week during the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships. Roesch’s Lou Fusz Soccer Club team is taking on Iowa Rush in the Championship game. Roesch’s team played f...
Senior Nolan Cosgrove scores a Division I spot as a goalie
Ella Mercer and Abbie Zensen
November 14, 2018
After three years of creating a name for himself in high school, senior Nolan Cosgrove has begun preparing for his future at the University of Tulsa. Since the age of five, Nolan has dreamed of playing professionally. Through years of training, he credits his supportive coaches and family for helping him ...
Girls soccer team poised for successful season
April 18, 2018
With a varsity record of 7-1 and a junior varsity record of 5-1, both girls soccer teams have high expectations for the rest of the season. “We really want to be undefeated for the season,” freshman and junior varsity player Claire Hardy said. “To reach that goal we are working a lot on foot sk...
Junior Moritz Riss adjusts to life as an American teen
Sophie Gulino, Convergent Media Writer
October 13, 2017
Although the vast majority of students live within twenty minutes of school, junior Moritz Riss had to cross an ocean from his home in Southwest Germany to attend Parkway West. Riss is a member of the Youth For Understanding exchange program; he found out about the program through his sisters, who also ...
Varsity soccer player Leul Mesfin takes his skills out of the country
Katie Spillman, Staff Writer
September 29, 2017
While other varsity soccer players are focusing on college, senior Leul Mesfin is taking extra classes and working to graduate early. Mesfin was offered the opportunity to play for the Chievo Verona academy team. “I got this offer from a club team in Italy. I spent last summer in London playing s...
Soccer prepares to beat the odds at districts
Sophia Ferretti, Convergent Media Writer
October 24, 2016
“I think it’s going to be a struggle, obviously, but I feel like we are going to peak at the right time, and I’m looking forward to playing in the big games and enjoying that experience,” freshman Landon Dupont said.
