made the varsity squad all four of her
high school seasons. “After being put
on the varsity team freshman year, I
knew I had to stick with this program
and make the full commitment.” She
has excelled for the Lady Warriors ever
since her freshman year and this year
should be no different.
Other than basketball, Carpenter
also plays soccer and runs track. Her
favorite high school memory was winning three state titles in track and field
in one day. Yes, three. She won the 100
and 300 meter hurdles as well as the
title in long jump. “I honestly thought I
was dreaming,” said Carpenter.
After all that Carpenter has done
at the high school level she is ready to
move on to the next step. She has even
been recruited for Harvard University.
However, she has narrowed her college choices down to three: Stanford,
Indiana University, and Vanderbilt, in
that order of preference. She will not
be continuing her soccer or basketball
careers and has decided to compete in
strictly track and field wherever she
chooses.
In a few months she will be leaving
the small town of Topeka, Indiana and
Westview high school in her rearview
mirror. However, it is not without
sadness. “I will miss the close-knit
community aspect. The community,
especially the sports community, really
has your back,” she said.
In the future Carpenter has big aspirations, but does not seem to be concerned if they don’t pan out. “If I have
big success in track, I will be training
for the Olympics in the future. If it
doesn’t work out, I want to be working
with kids in some sort of health care
profession,” said Carpenter. She also
wants to start a family with her future
“hot husband” but says plans may
change. “You never know what is going
to happen,” she said.
Skyler Carpenter will be remembered and talked about at Westview
high school for a long time to come. It
may even reach folk lore at some point.
But for now, she’s content with leaving
her underclassmen with this sentiment: “Stay true to yourself, have fun,
and don’t dwell on your regrets.”
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Westview Boys Basketball
It’s that time of year again. The
time of year when the weather starts to
change to dreary, cold, and snowy days.
However, in this region of Indiana, we
have basketball to look forward to. You
can almost hear The Whistlers whistle
in the air.
After losing the core of their team,
the Warriors are going to look like a
much different team this year compared to last years squad that was a
win away from semi-state. The likes of
Justin Jantzi, Seth Wagler, Dom Neely,
Kurt Lambright, and Adam Castle will
be missed but the team still has a returning starter from last season, point
guard Brant Yoder. “It’s going to be
tough to replace players of that caliber
but I believe we have players that can
step up and fill their rolls,“ said Yoder.
Yoder is going to have to become
more of a scorer this year compared
to the last couple of seasons and he
should surprise a few people with his
ability to rack up points. Yoder will
have to take the lead of this inexperienced starting line-up if Westview
wants to have a legitimate shot to get
back to where they were last season.
Seniors Adrian Brandenberger, and
Jerry Schwartz should also emerge as
much better players than many may
think.
Westview will have a tough start to
the season as their second, third, and
fourth games are against Northridge,
Churubusco, and Northwood high
schools. They will have to play the first
six games without junior big man, Kyle
Miller. Miller was suspended after it
was ruled he broke team rules. The first
part of the Warriors schedule will be
very trying and without Miller‘s scoring ability, wins may be tough to come
by.
Senior Brant Yoder does not want
any excuses for any losses the team
may have. “My expectations for us is to
not lose a game. It may not happen, but
we will be trying every game. We need
to go out and play the best basketball
we can possibly play and be the best
team we can be by sectionals,” said
Yoder.
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