West Henderson Basketball Preview
By: Cooper Hughes As fall sports are coming to an end, it is time to start looking forward to winter sports. When thinking about the winter sports season, basketball seems to be the first sport that comes...
State Champion Falcons: The Lady Falcons Track Team’s Road To State
By: Cooper Hughes Going into the 2022 spring women's track season, athletes had very high hopes. Coming off of successful cross country and winter track seasons, West Henderson felt this was their year to...
Falcons Fly High at Enka and AC Reynolds Band Competitions
By: Emory Atwell Bands from all over Western North Carolina joined together for the Enka Land of the Sky Festival on September 24th, as well as the Cedar Cliffs Classic Band Tournament hosted by A.C. Reynolds...
West participates in holiday spirit week
This week at West is holiday spirit week. Students can dress up to show some spirit for the upcoming holiday season. The winter themes for each day are as follows: Monday and Tuesday are Tacky Winter Wear,...
County provides students with Chromebook cases
Following students returning to school in person under Plan-B, it was announced on Oct. 14 that carrying cases for Chromebooks would be available for students. Students returning to school have been given...
Science Olympiad places 2nd at regionals
West Henderson’s Science Olympiad club came in 2nd place in their regional competition last weekend, on Saturday, Feb. 22 at UNC Asheville. “I just think you get to feel super proud of yourself after...
Sophomore wins MVP of swim conference meet
On Saturday, Jan. 18 the West Henderson swim team let out a roar of applause for sophomore Ava Kilpatrick as she won MVP of the Western Mountain 3A conference swim meet. The meet took place at the Buncombe...
Jerry Moore visits football team on Friday, Oct. 25
Jerry Moore, Appalachian State University’s former head football coach, visited the West Henderson football team on Friday, Oct. 25, at 12:30 p.m. to motivate the team before their home game against...
Review: Latin Flame
Latin Flame, situated in Horse Shoe Plaza, provides an affordable and unique dining experience for nearby residents. The Mexican and South American inspired restaurant is open all days of the week except for...
Junior qualifies for regional tennis tournament
Junior Kiki Still represented West Henderson and won the singles title in the Girl’s Tennis Tournament and Regional Qualifier that took place on Oct. 9 and 10. She competed against various players from Enka,...