Mercedes Nearhood, Staff Writer
May 24, 2019
On Tuesday, May 7th West Branch High School took home 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place overall, along with 2nd place overall for the middle school teams, for the Envirothon competition. The A team including Ayden Gutierez, Morgan Emigh, Quinten McGuire, Thomas Kovalick, and Derek Yingling called the Enviro"mentals", took home 1st place overall and Quinten McGuire took home 1st place in forestry. This team will be advancing to states at the end of May. They also took home the otter for the 12th time! The...
Noah Fry, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
The 2019 band and choir concert dates have been moved to May 22, 2019, due to changes in the music department. This is a band AND choir feature. On May 22, 2019, the band and choir concert will be at 7 p.m. Many changes have been made to the arrangement of the songs featured to adapt to the new plan for the music department. The concert will feature Jr High Band, Sr High Band, Jazz Band, Jr High Choir, Sr High Choir, and Show Choir. Students from grades 7-12 have been working very hard to...
Kaitlyn McGonigal, Staff Writer
May 15, 2019
On Saturday, May 4th Mr. Matson took his PA History students to the abandoned mining town of Peale. The trip was able to provide more knowledge on the history and impact the area had on Pennsylvania, and the United States. Mr. Matson discovered the town in his early years of teaching when two students did a presentation on Peale. Eventually, Mr. Matson began teaching his PA History class about Peale and included coal mining terminology and other research to give his class a better understanding...
Carrie Peterson, Advisor
May 8, 2019
1st Place - John and Esther 2nd Place - Ayden and Corrin 3rd Place - Eddie and Allie
Photo Courtesy of Phil Wood
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Mercedes Nearhood, Staff Writer
May 24, 2019
On Tuesday, May 7th West Branch High School took home 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place overall, along with 2nd place overall for the middle school teams, for the Envirothon competition. The A team including Ayden Gutierez, Morgan Emigh, Quinten McGuire, Thomas Kovalick, and Derek Yingling called the Enviro"mentals", took home 1st place overall and Quinten McGuire took home 1st place in forestry. This team will be advancing to states at the end of May. They also took home the otter for the 12th time! The...
Photo Courtesy of Rich Murawski
Emma Miller high fives Sarah Betts.
Anna Diviney, Staff Writer
May 15, 2019
Emma Miller has been chosen as the Warrior Watch‘s Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending on 5/11/19. Emma and the West Branch softball team started with two major losses against Penns Valley and Juniata Valley this week. The team needed a win against the Curwensville Tide to make it to district playoffs coming up. During the game, Miller showed impressive skills with both hitting and pitching. She gave up only 2 hits the whole game while pitching, having power over the other team. Emma...
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Cody Cox gets ready for the pitch in a game against Tyrone.
Ayden Gutierrez, Author/Editor
May 15, 2019
Cody Cox has been selected as the Warrior Watch's Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending on 5/12/19. Cody had three hits in two games last week against Juniata Valley and Northern Cambria. Cody has been a presence at the plate all year long, as he has batted eight runs in. On the mound, Cody is 1-1 in seven appearances. Cody has done a tremendous job at first base, as he has digged many throws out of the dirt as well. "Baseball requires a lot of hard work," Cody Cox said. I have realized...
Photo Courtesy of Shan Kartimosham
Lauren running the 200 meter dash.
Ayden Gutierrez, Author/Editor
May 9, 2019
Lauren Timblin has been selected as the Warrior Watch's Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending on 5/5/19. Lauren competes with the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay team. Recently the 4x400 team broke the school record as they finished with the fastest time by any other West Branch relay team. Lauren has made a large impact on the relay team in just her first season of competing. "Relay is an event that involves multiple people, so it's a complete team effort," Lauren said. "It's a tremendous...
Noah Fry, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
The 2019 band and choir concert dates have been moved to May 22, 2019, due to changes in the music department. This is a band AND choir feature. On May 22, 2019, the band...
Elijah Williams, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
It’s here!! The announcement everyone has been waiting for!!! The West Branch Warrior Marching Band has a Summer Director. The director is Mr. Brandon Houtz. Mr. Houtz...
Elijah Williams, Staff Writer
April 27, 2019
Calling all Musician, Majorettes, and Silks!! The Great West Branch Warrior Marching Band is in dire need of more participants. After graduating 11 seniors the numbers have...
Noah Fry, Staff Writer
April 26, 2019
There has been a lot of confusion about what has been going on with WB's Music Department lately. A meeting was held on Friday, April 26th, 2019 to clear up the uncertainty. For...
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Sam Fry, Staff Writer
April 26, 2019
Americans are interested in the world around them. There are many different sources of media that provide the viewer with the type of information they are looking for. There are multiple outlets in which media is consumed...
Noah Fry, Staff Writer
April 23, 2019
Senioritis - A supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school or college, characterized by a decline in motivation or performance. However, is Senioritis real? Abby Tincher, an academic advisor at Southern...
Mercedes Nearhood, Author
March 10, 2019
Depression is a far-spread epidemic that is often overlooked that affects teens and adults worldwide. In fact, 16 million Americans deal with depression every year. But at West Branch alone, in a survey done in 2017, 29.7%...
Noah Fry, Author
February 24, 2019
Most students in high school are guilty of procrastination. In fact, most people are. The definition of procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something. Specifically, procrastinators purposely search...