By Lorrie Ham Mound Westonka High School is proud to name senior Melissa Drill as the 2020 recipient of the Athena Award. Candidates for this “outstanding female athlete” award must demonstrate excellence in individual or group sports. Drill is a three-sport White Hawks athlete, participating in volleyball, basketball and softball. “Melissa is a great representative
By Wade Clarke The White Hawks volleyball team soared into Delano on Tuesday last week. They started a little slow, but then caught fire and defeated the Tigers handily in three games. Senior Melissa Drill had five blocks, and senior Emma Mack had a nice showing with eight digs. Junior Carissa Richie and senior Sydney
By Wade Clarke Last week was a tough one for the MWHS volleyball squad. Now some of you might think that since I write about the volleyball team for the newspaper, that I actually know what I am talking about. That is not really the case. I am just a dad with a little free
By Wade Clarke The Mound Westonka White Hawks volleyball team is officially on a roll. They started out 5-1 in non-conference play. The White Hawks defeated Maranatha, then fell to Woodbury and beat Providence Academy. All three of those games were at home in the “Hawks’ Nest.” The White Hawks were clearly a stronger team
By Wade Clarke The Mound Westonka volleyball team opened its season Aug. 23 at a tournament in Howard Lake. So far, the White Hawks are doing well, and if they win a couple more games, we will have to say that they are on a tear. The White Hawks came out swinging at Howard Lake
By Becca Neuger Mound Westonka High School is proud to name senior Jennifer Schaible as this year’s Athena Award recipient. Candidates for this “outstanding female athlete” award must demonstrate excellence in individual or group sports. Schaible has been a standout athlete on the White Hawks basketball, volleyball and softball teams throughout her high school career.
By Lorrie Ham Juniors Chloe Kantola and Connor Prok have been selected as the Mound Westonka High School recipients of the Minnesota State High School League’s ExCEL Award. ExCEL—Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership—is a unique recognition program designed exclusively for Minnesota high school juniors who are active in school activities, show leadership qualities and
By Tera White In the Section 5AA volleyball tournament, Mound Westonka came in as the sixth seed and sat out the first round with a bye. In the second round, the White Hawks beat Breck at home on Oct. 26 in three games. On the road Oct. 30 at Rockford, the teams battled with some long
By Tera White The Mound Westonka High School volleyball team ended the regular season with a victory in four close sets at New London-Spicer on Oct. 15. With an overall 10-12 record, the White Hawks were 4-5 in the Wright County Conference West. Playing more student-athletes from the bench has added depth to the team
On Oct. 4, the Mound Westonka High School volleyball team celebrated its seven senior student-athletes (pictured above, from left): Grace Bowe, Maddy White, Grace Elling, Jennifer Schaible, Isabel Speakman, Melanie Musselman and Ellie Skogsberg. The MWHS band played, creating a rousing atmosphere. Wearing pink earned free admission to the game. The proceeds of “Dig Pink”
