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WBND Falcon JH Girls Track 2023

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Front (l-r): Emma Elmore, Brielle VanFleet, Kaitlyn Kipp, Jillian Nickel, Ellie McCullum. Second: Emersyn Hopkins, Kyleigh Kniffen, Bianca Thomson, Faith Gibb, Sophia Blindt, Brenna Shafer. Third: Amaziah Twillie, Rose Carlson, Bella Drew, Ava Fruehling, Orayana Gonzalez, Kaylee Webb, Kinsey Cameron. Back: Caydence Roberts, Head Coach Joel Illian, Asst. Coaches: Natalie Vandenberg, Eric Walechka, Head Coach Mike Radloff. Not pictured: Keria Ferguson, Andrea Reynolds, Emmerson Sherwood.
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2023 Falcon COED Relays

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WBND’s Travain Donaldson hands baton to Grant Boal in the 4×100 meter relay at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 in West Burlington.
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WBND’s Ady Lamm hands baton to McKenna Marlow in the 4×100 meter relay at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 in West Burlington.
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WBND’s Jace Figuereo runs the 400-meter hurdle event at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 in West Burlington.
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WBND’s Owen Gulick edges Mediapolis’ Anthony Isley in the 200-meter dash at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 in West Burlington.
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WBND’s Kennedy Ritter competes in the 1500-run at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 at West Burlington.
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WBND’s Mason Watkins clears the high-jump bar at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 at West Burlington.
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WBND’s Laci Felkins competes in the long-jump at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 at West Burlington.
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WBND’s Addi Brockway competes in the long-jump at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 at West Burlington.
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WBND’s Addi Brockway competes in the long-jump at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 at West Burlington.
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Danville’s Carter Fesler and Jackson Shacklett run in the 3200-meter run at the Falcon COED Relays Thursday April 6, 2023 at West Burlington.
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Falcon Relays 2023

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2023 West Burlington – Notre Dame Varsity Girls Track Team

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Front (l-r): Brynn Logan, Elise Oleson, Amiya Davis, Lauren Summers. Second: Mgr. Emmerson Jackson, Kennedy Ritter, Nadiya Jones, Logan Kelley, Anna Engberg, Antoinette Stanford, Carolina Perez-Romero. Third: Jaedyn Pence, Maddy Knapp, Ady Lamm, Addison Reid, Taryn Snodgrass, Grace Nichols, Emma Warth, Hanna Fruehling. Fourth: Alexis Brookhiser, Lacie Felkins, Aijah Twillie, Olivia Ritter, Addi Brockway, McKenna Kipp, Chloe Wenzel, Kaylie Peterson, Mgr. Emma Harris. Fifth: Lillian Chavez, Keira Harper, Logan Skerik, Addi Cardin, Elyana Evans, Lillian Taylor, Alexia Breuer, Mgr. Gwen White, Mgr. Payton Washburn. Back: Coaches Corey Lamm, Ryan Ritter, Marc Moad, Ben Gulick, Head Coach Mike Gurius. Not Pictured: Hadley Augustine, Chloe Brueck, Nevaeh Howard, Nadia Jones, McKenna Marlow, Ava Parkins, Lucy Parkins, Raina Sherman.
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2023 West Burlington – Notre Dame Varsity Boys Track Team

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Front (l-r): Lyblie Christofferson, Owen Gulick, Brian Newberry, Hunter Lillie, Parker Lau, Jace Figuereo, Jack Riley, Travain Donaldson, Carsen Jones. Second: Dylan Kipp, Caden Schwenker, Anthony Moad, Lance Steinhoff, Sage Eggar, Jayden Gorman. Third: Gavin Abellana, Gavin Chavez, Bridge Anderson, Jack Drew, Levi Fletcher-Bates, Mason Watkins. Fourth: Layton Diewold, Eli Oleson, Landry Haberichter, Logan Hamma, Mike Hadden, Fifth: Head Coach Corey Lamm, Coaches: Ryan Ritter, Marc Moad, Ben Gulick, Mike Gurrius. Back: Managers: Payton Washburn, Gwen White, Emma Harris, Emerson Jackson. Not Pictured: Shay Stephens, Colby Booton, Darius Johnson, Gediyon Boal, Grant Boal, Jordan Nupp, Adrian Benson.
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Equity: The Thief of Human Potential

by Thomas Sowell


Thomas Sowell is an American author, economist, and political commentator who is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Thomas Sowell is the author of more than 45 books (including revised and new editions) on a variety of subjects including politics, economics, education and race, and he has been a syndicated columnist in more than 150 newspapers. Sowell was born in segregated Gastonia, North Carolina, to a poor family, and grew up in Harlem, New York City.

Due to poverty and difficulties at home, he dropped out of Stuyvesant High School and worked various odd jobs, eventually serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.

Afterward he took night classes at Howard University and then attended Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1958. He earned a master’s degree in economics from Columbia University the next year and a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago in 1968.

In his academic career, he has served on the faculties of Cornell University, Amherst College, Brandeis University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and, currently, Stanford University. He has also worked at think tanks including the Urban Institute.

Since 1977, he has worked at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy.
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Congratulations Falcons on record setting season!

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Front (l-r): Nolan O’Hern, Ayden Figuereo, Zachary Webb, Mason Watkins, Brady Martin, Jace Figuereo, Parker Lau, Hayden Vandenberg.
Back (l-r): Head Coach Ryan O’Hern, Asst. Coach Mike Radloff, Anthony Moad, Quincy Collins, Seth McGinity, Brock Thuleen, Conner Bush, and Manager Cole McGinity.
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W.B.’s Ryan O’Hern will be next Humboldt AD

Ex-Eagle Grove, ICCC standout will replace retiring Greg Thomas July 1

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Ryan O’Hern coaches the West Burlington boys basketball team this past season. O’Hern, a former Eagle Grove all-stater and Iowa Central basketball player, will be the new activities director at Humboldt.

CLICK HERE for the complete article about Coach Ryan O’Hern as printed in The Messenger Newspaper from Fort Dodge, Iowa.

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Falcons fall one point short of State, 54-53

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West Burlington’s Brady Martin (1) drives the lane as Pella Christian’s Aiden Stoltz (15) defends during Substate final Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Pella Christian Eagles edged West Burlington Falcons, 54-53.
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West Burlington’s Jace Figuereo (3) with a layup during Substate final Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Pella Christian Eagles edged West Burlington Falcons, 54-53.
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West Burlington’s Mason Watkins (24) drives past Pella Christian’s Tysen De Vries (3) during Substate final Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Pella Christian Eagles edged West Burlington Falcons, 54-53.
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West Burlington fans cheer on their Falcons during Substate final Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Pella Christian Eagles edged West Burlington Falcons, 54-53.
Iowa High School Class 2A’s Substate-6 final, Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Pella Christian Eagles edged West Burlington Falcons, 54-53.
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W.B. Falcons top Albia in District-11 final

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West Burlington’s Jace Figuereo (3) in the paint against Albia in District-11 final at Davis County High School in Bloomfield, Iowa, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Class 2A’s sixth-ranked Falcons defeated Albia 49-32. Figuereo was the game’s top-scorer with 16-points.
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West Burlington’s Mason Watkins (24) shoots a jumper in district-11 final at Davis County High School in Bloomfield, Iowa, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Class 2A’s sixth-ranked Falcons defeated Albia 49-32. Watkins contributed 12-points for the sixth-ranked Falcons.