Longhorn Round up

Student-athletes at Parkway West participated in our first session of Character Education training on Wednesday, October 2nd. Below are highlights from our time together.

The program they participate in is called AthLEADERship academy in Character education (AACE)

Session 1 focus was related to high standards.

AACE identifies 3 leadership standards

Compete Fiercely

Lead Boldly

Love strong

Using the 3 standards, students were asked to generate a list of characteristics that best fit into these 3 standards. When the list was created, students were then asked to identify the top characteristics they felt a good leader possesses.

Competing Fiercely: EFFORT & SPORTSMANSHIP

Leading Boldly: COMMUNICATION & RESPECT

Love Strong: PASSION & EMPATHY/INCLUSION

This activity really resonated with me. Students identified what they want to see in their coach each and every day.

We stressed to students that they are "Students of Influence." They were selected to be at these sessions for the impact they make within our school, teams and community.

Finally students were encouraged to use their "Authority of Influence," with teammates, classmates, and in their lives in general to best reach their potential as a LEADER at West High and beyond.

Our next session is December 4th, and I look forward to our next time together.

Come Join The Parkway West Wrestling Team 2024-2025

• Girl’s first day of practice is Monday November 4th

• Boy’s first day of practice is Monday November 11th

• There are no tryouts, just come to practice each day with a great work ethic and you will be on the team.

• Practices are Monday-Friday from 2:45-5:15 PM

• For practice you will need running shoes, wrestling shoes if you have them, comfortable clothes, and a water bottle.

• You will also need to have your Privit account filled out before you can practice.

The Girls Golf Team had a fantastic season!

JV finished with a record of 8-3. We got 2nd place in the Lindbergh Tournament where sophomore Alexis Padilla finished 1st place overall. At the JV Conference Tournament the team finished in 1st Place! Overall, the team played really well all season and everyone is already looking forward to next year!

Varsity finished with a record of 8-1-1. To start the season, we finished in 3rd place at the Webster Scramble. At the District Tournament, the team tied for 3rd place overall. Lydia Boles, Paige Hudnall, and Emma Ottman all qualified for the class 3 State golf tournament at Rivercut golf course in Springfield. At the State Tournament, Lydia finished in 22nd, Paige finished at 50th, and Emma finished at 34th. Lydia and Paige both also made 2nd Team All-Conference. Emma made 1st Team All-Conference and received our Sportsperson of the Year Award! Overall, it was a season filled with success and fun and we can’t wait for next year!

Varsity

This year's squad was led by 11 seniors. The Longhorns played some amazing hockey highlighted with beautiful passing combinations and strong finishes in the circle, with eleven different Longhorns contributing to 56 goals on the season. Varsity finished with an 11-10-1 record and a share of the Suburban Red Division Conference Championship. Bright spots include winning the inaugural 141 Cup (Best record against Parkway schools), and wins over Eureka and rivals Parkway South. In addition, Coach Callahan recorded her 100th win at the helm of the Longhorns with the team beating Whitfield 4-0 on October 16th. Thank you seniors for your dedication to the program over the past 4 years.

JV

This young squad with 13 freshmen and 5 sophomores grew tremendously over the course of the season. They finished the season with a 6-9-1 record with many of those losses being by only 1 goal. JV had notable wins over Westminster and Lindbergh and capped their season with a win over rivals, Parkway South!

The West High girls tennis team won the Red pool of the suburban conference. This is back to back conference championships.

Tennis season ended with a 12-4 record. The team won 2nd place at districts falling to a strong Ladue team. Mireya David & Shree Sikkal Kumar won 1st place in our district tournament as a doubles team. They traveled to Springfield to participate in the state tournament. They won 2nd place at the state tournament falling to a tough doubles team from Barstow.

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(pictured below) Senior night for girls tennis was Tuesday, October 1st.

Parkway West volleyball rounded out a great regular season and finished as Co-champions of the yellow pool in the suburban conference, tying with Lafayette.

(Pictured below) Senior night for girls volleyball was October 1st vs. Rockwood Summit

Students in the Parkway West band program have once again been very busy through the month of October. The marching band finished their competitive season with two exciting performances at the Park Hills Central High School contest. WHS placed third among twenty four competing bands and then again placed third in finals competition. Members of the concert and symphonic bands are preparing for the fall concert, which will be on Thursday, November 14th at 7:00pm in the WHS theatre. On Friday, October 25th members of our jazz band were guests of Jazz St. Louis and attended a lunch concert and clinic and had the opportunity to interact with professional jazz saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins. As always, learn more about the West bands at www.parkwaywestband.com

Team Blue Brains competed in the Parkway Central Robot Rodeo and came away with some impressive results.

Driver standing: 1st place, (Adam Thomas holding)
Auton standing: 3rd place, (Anish Jindal holding)
Overall standing: 1st place, (Umar Rafiq holding)

This puts Blue Brains as the current #1 rated team in the state! They are also currently rated in the top 20% in the US and World rankings.

West High has had 19 Choir students selected through audition for the
2024 St. Louis All-Suburban District Honor Choir. Of these students,
10 qualified for an All-State Choir audition. The students will
participate in rehearsals and an all-day clinic to prepare for the
concert on Nov. 2 at Pattonville High School. All-State Choir
auditions will also take place on that day. These students are listed
below and those with an asterisk have qualified for an All-State Choir
audition. Congratulations!

Tanishka Ashili
*Riley Creely
Zhi Davis
Emme Douglas
*Evelyn Fitzpatrick
Aagi Gudipati
*Kate Johnson
Ian Kavanaugh
Charlotte Lane
Grace Loethen
*Jack Mullen
Olivia Owens
*Spencer Rahm
*Jenna Rickelman
*Declan Ryan
*Emmett Vernon
*Ryan Vogelgesang
*Preston Wehrmeister
Trent Young