Another Year, Another Victory
Caroline Christensen, Staff Writer
May 31, 2019
Cari Naanep '19 dominated the court once again at the girls state tennis championship in Bettendorf, bringing home the state title for a second year in a row. She is the first tennis player in Johnston history to win state tennis in singles, ending her season with 24 wins and zero losses. Naanep beat...
Charlie, Cameron, Evan, and Joel Drafted the Best NBA Teams of All Time
Charlie Pattinson, Cameron DeRoos, Evan Newcomb, and Joel Kellar
May 30, 2019
On a normal day in Newspaper, three other staff writers and I thought it would be a fun idea to draft all-time NBA teams. This came about when Joel Kellar joked that Damian Lillard was a top five point guard of all time. We rolled dice for draft order and spent about 30-40 minutes on it and chose based o...
Boys and Girls Varsity Track Compete at State
Joel Kellar, Staff Writer
May 24, 2019
Boys and girls varsity track competed at the state meet Thursday, May 15 through Saturday, May 17. The boys shuttle hurdle relay placed 17th with a time of 1:03.21. Kyle Schneider '19 started the relay, Tyler Kronlage '21 ran second, Max Roquet '21 ran third, and Caden Haggerty '22 anchored the relay. Sam...
Rugby
Riley Anderson, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
Rugby is a relatively new sport. It has been in Iowa for 15 years and in the school for three years. Rugby is not a school sanctioned sport and for it to be one, the process will take five years. Rugby is not well renowned in the US it is extremely popular around the world, but for it to be a school s...
Chris Yao vs. The World
Cecilia Allemagne, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
Senior Chris Yao leaves high school having had an extraordinary career. The B & W caught up with him to talk about being a National Merit Scholarship winner and one of the Top 10 Scholars in Iowa, getting accepted to Yale and qualifying for state tennis for the third time. INTERVIEW Cecilia: What led you to ...
Boys Soccer beats Des Moines North 6-0 on Senior Night
Evan Newcomb, Sports Editor
May 14, 2019
The boys' soccer team celebrated senior night with a 6-0 drubbing of Des Moines North on May 3. This senior class was lead by team captains midfielder Erik Catus '19 and defender Mitchell Hermon '19. Goalkeeper Eduard Stancu '19, defender Matthew Morris '19, attacker Joey Reyes '19, defender Colin...
