Springing Into Action
Grace Malone ’14: The Amazing Grace
Ever since she was young, Grace Malone has been playing and dominating every sport that she could get her hands on. Whether it be soccer, track, softball, swimming, or gymnastics, Malone has been highly active and working hard to make herself one of West Side’s most prominent athletes. “She’s just really hard-working, and always positive […]
Charles Vaughan ’17 is making a splash
While the extent of many freshmen’s worries consists of figuring out where their classes are, Charles Vaughan ’17 is focused on state medals, school records, and cementing his name into the West Lafayette swimming history book. Vaughan, a Central Catholic transfer, said that his start in swimming came in the form of a safety precaution on Lake Freeman. “I almost fell in the lake […]
Lorelei Turner’15 bounces back
Lorelei Turner’15 is dedicated to her sport and fought through injuries in order to keep playing. Turner is a starting player on the basketball team. Her sports career was temporarily slowed down by a torn ACL her freshman year, but that didn’t stop her from coming right back to the game. “I love the game, I […]
Featured Athlete: Carson Cruea
Carson Cruea ’13 was raised to play baseball. He first began to play at age three when his parents signed him up to play tee-ball with the Lafayette Youth League. Since then, Cruea has loved the sport. “I love baseball about as much as Lil B the Based God loves rapping,” compared Cruea. Fifteen years from […]
Featured Athlete: Gaurav Mittal
Gaurav Mittal ’13 is a golf prodigy. Golf is a lot more complicated than just whacking a ball with a stick. Even with the many complex and varied golf swings, Gaurav Mittal ’13 has nearly perfected this tricky sport. Mittal started playing golf at age seven when his dad bought him his first club. “I […]
Duvall defines dedication
As a fourth grader, John Duvall ’14 began to wrestle for the first time. He joined the clubs at Happy Hollow when his current head coach Mr. Roseman suggested he go out for wrestling. At the time Mr. Roseman was Duvall’s fourth grade teacher. “He told me to join [wrestling] because I was big and at the time they […]
Colonis flies through water
When Brandon Colonis ’14 was six years old, his local swimming club needed an extra swimmer for their relay team. He decided to join and hasn’t stopped swimming since. Brandon moved to West Lafayette when he was eight years old and joined Boilermaker Aquatics. With the exception of playing football in junior high, his main […]
Tasha Baker defines RDP
If you don’t know who Tasha Baker ’13 is, just look for the volleyball player jumping the highest and screaming the loudest out on the court after every winning point. The senior captain’s pride and enthusiasm for the game is always evident. Baker began playing volleyball back in junior high and is now in her […]
stanback shoots for success
Justus Stanback’13 can be intimidating at times because of his 6’8″ frame but you can bet that it helps him on the basketball court. With his big and limber body, he can drive into the paint and shoot above most of the opposing players. “He brings size, you can’t teach that, and he is a […]
