This weekend, programs across Westside placed well in their perspective competitions. Check below to see how your favorite teams at Westside did.

State Swimming
Both boys and girls varsity swimming headed down to the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln in order to partake in the State Meet. Overall the girls placed 5th in the state and the boys placed 15th. Individual scores are listed below:

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:
9th place- Team of Maggie Kroeger, Peyton Stover, Grace Porter and Hannah Miller
Girls 200 Yard Free Style:
1st place- Elizabeth Amato-Hanner
10th place- Ashlee Wigness-Lindaman
11th place- Savanna Couillard
Girls 200 Yard IM:
10th place- Grace Porter
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:
10th place- Ashlee Wigness-Lindaman
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle:
11th place- Savanna Couillard
12th place- Kylene Abraham
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle:
8th place- Grace Porter
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
4th place- Team of Elizabeth Amato-Hanner, Kylene Abraham, Savanna Couillard and Hannah Miller
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke:
1st place- Elizabeth Amato-Hanner
14th place- Maggie Kroeger
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke:
11th place- Peyton Stover
Girls 400 Yard Medley Relay:
3rd place- Team of Elizabeth Amato-Hanner, Kylene Abraham, Savanna Couillard and Grace Porter
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:
9th place- Team of Sammy Kupka, Danylo Serednytsky, Paul O’Dell and Max Peterson
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:
16th place- Paul O’Dell
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
14th place- Team of Danylo Serednystsky, Max Peterson, Jacob Andrews and Jimmy Esola
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke:
12th place- Sammy Kupka
15th place- Paul O’Dell
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke:
16th place- Danylo Serednystsky
Boys 400 Yard Medley Relay:
13th place- Team of Sammy Kupka, Jimmy Esola, Cameron Port and Paul O’Dell

Boys Districts Basketball
On Saturday the boys varsity basketball team hosted the first game of their district vs the Millard North Mustangs. The Warriors won 67-50. They will play tonight at 7 p.m. vs the Papillion- LaVista Monarchs at home.

Speech
The Varsity Speech team competed in the National Qualifier this weekend at Millard West. Westside’s Naomi Samuels qualified for the National Forensics League National Tournament to be held in June in Kansas City. Congratulations Naomi!

Art
The art department took home 98 regional awards this past weekend at the Scholastic Art Fair. Gold Keys, the top award given at the event, were awarded to the following artists:

Wala Albahrani
Alexis Bergin (Three Gold Keys)
Joseph Butler
Casey Callahan
Madelyn Calvert
Erin Darby
Stephanie Dong
John Ficenec
Blair Goldstein
Bennett Hellman (Two Gold Keys)
Dominiqu Hocij
Wenrui Lin (Two Gold Keys)
Camile Messerley
Alex Neumann
Mancy Phan
Emily Reece (Two Gold Keys)
Jenny Solheim (Two Gold Keys)
Augusta Thacker
Samir Tharani
Catie Thull (Two Gold Keys)
Nata Ward (Two Gold Keys)

“Westside’s success can be contributed to the variety of classes they offer for art,” said senior Catie Thull, “We have so many more opportunities here at Westside than else where.”