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Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

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Militzy Gremillion-Llanos 22 bumps the ball in a game against Hendrickson on Oct. 16.

Freshman Volleyball Vanquished By Vipers 2-0

Kamille Galloway, Opinions Editor October 25, 2018

In their Homecoming game, the freshman volleyball team lost to their opponents, the Vandegrift Vipers, on Oct. 19. The game began in the small gym with a lot of energy from both teams and the crowd....

McKayla Ross 22 hits the ball to the Rangers.

JV Orange Volleyball Crushes the Vista Ridge Rangers 2-0

Audrey Lemen, Index Manager October 25, 2018

On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the Lady Warriors attacked the Vista Ridge Rangers in only two sets to win their last game of the season. Starting off the set with a bang, the Rangers served the ball and the...

Varsity Volleyball Ends Senior Night On A High, Looks to Playoffs

Varsity Volleyball Ends Senior Night On A High, Looks to Playoffs

Caera Learmonth, Executive Editor October 24, 2018

On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the varsity volleyball team crushed the Vista Ridge Raiders 3-2 in a match that qualified the team for playoffs. The game was also Senior Night, and began with each senior player...

The team comes together after earning a point during the first set.

JV White Volleyball Bitten By Vipers 2-1

Caera Learmonth, Executive Editor October 21, 2018

On Friday, Oct. 25, the JV White team fought against the Vandegrift Vipers, falling 2-1 despite their best efforts. “We definitely got into our groove as a team and we played well,” Bella Garcia...

Caroline Suter 19, Audrey Quesnel 20, and Kenzie Beckham 21 attempt to defend the Vipers serve.

Varsity Volleyball Falls To Vandegrift 3-0 on Parent Night, Homecoming Game

Nima Ashtari, Community & World News Editor October 21, 2018

On Friday, Sept. 20 the varsity volleyball team entered their home court for their Homecoming game to battle the Vandegrift Vipers, who are ranked first in the district, in a three set showdown that...

McKayla Ross 22 blocks an opponents spike.

JV Orange Volleyball Wins A Nail-Biter Against Vandegrift 2-1

Vikram Joshi, Horizon Editor in Chief October 21, 2018

On Friday, Oct. 19, the Warriors won a tough match against the Vandegrift Vipers by a final score of 2-1. In the first set, the Warriors came out strong, taking the lead 8-2. Yet the Vipers fought...

Seniors Will Clitheroe and Zach Hoover grab onto a Vandegrift offensive player while Connor Cooper 20 rushes over to help.

Varsity Football Unable To Complete Rally on Homecoming Night, Fall 21-12

Sourav Dhar, Sports Editor October 20, 2018

Coming off a bye week, the varsity football team took on Vandegrift looking to break out of their recent losing skid, but fell to the visitors with a score of 21-12 on Homecoming night. Although the...

Nima Ashtari 20 paces right behind Pablo Lomeli Lluis 21.

Cross Country Falls Short of Regionals By Eight Points

Nima Ashtari, Community & World News Editor October 15, 2018

On Thursday, Oct. 11, the Cross Country team competed in their final meet of the season, the highly anticipated RRISD District meet. Held at Old Settlers Park, all nine schools from the 13-6A athletic...

Anjali Devireddy 19 returns the serve of her Vandegrift opponent.

Varsity Tennis Secures District Title

Claire Janson and Emily Lu October 12, 2018

Varsity tennis dominated in the District 13-6A Team Tennis Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 10. The team won on the home courts with a score of 10-3 against Vandegrift High School, adding another district...

Erin Fagan 22 hits the ball.

JV Orange Volleyball Defeats the Cedar Ridge Raiders 2-0

Anouka Saha, Opinions Editor October 11, 2018

The JV Orange volleyball team defeated the Cedar Ridge Raiders 2-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 9. “My girls did a really great job of just being consistent across the board,” JV Orange coach Amber Hall...

Kenzie Beckham 21 pushes the ball over the net.

Varsity Volleyball Falls to the Cedar Ridge Raiders 3-2

Audrey Lemen, Index Manager October 11, 2018

The varsity volleyball team faced off against the Cedar Ridge Raiders on Tuesday, Oct. 9 in a killer battle which ended with a 3-2 loss for the Lady Warriors. As students walked in, they got tickets...

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