PLACES TO GO Around the Neighborhood Pages 2-3
WEST SIDE STORIES Karen Kocher
INSIDE Back to School
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VOLUME 38 ISSUE 8 - SINCE 1986
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WESTWOOD WAVES By Trey Kolhausen
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The Westwood Waves definitely attacked the competition this season. They finished their summer league season UNDEFEATED in 2025. They were 7 and 0, the Waves got 1,211 best times, had 117 undefeated swimmers, achieved 207 BRONZE, 193 SILVER and 143 GOLD motivational time standards. All Waves enjoyed an exciting celebration of the season at our awards banquet in June. After the award presentation and slideshow/video in Westwood’s dining room, the party moved to the pool area, where there was a water slide that the swimmers really enjoyed, the fun “bouncy house” was out for the swimmers to jump, then the swimmers did a raft race, a greased watermelon race and a relay where the swimmers put on heavy clothes and had to swim to the other side and pass off the clothes. The finale was a Westwood popular, as always, Soda Scramble. What a fantastic celebration highlighting a successful season. At the Waves Banquet, Hayes Newberry received the coveted Price Malone Award for outstanding sportsmanship and leadership. The award is given to an 11 & up swimmer who is a team leader on the Waves. Hayes is an excellent athlete/student and all the
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swimmers on the team look up to him for advice, swimming help, and “fun.” In the past, Hayes received the Most Improved Award, Coaches Choice Award and Most Outstanding Swimmer award for 6 years in a row. Most deserving of his Price Malone Award, for sure, and we salute HAYES for a great accomplishment. Again, this year, Westwood Waves hosted a GRAND PRIX swim meet. This was our swim league’s CHAMPIONSHIP swim meet. The league was divided into the Blue Team and the Gold Team. Westwood was part of the blue team along with Austin Country Club and the Hills Country Club. The gold team was Westlake Country Club, Barton Creek Country Club and Western Hills Athletic Club. 8 & under swimmers competed and the BLUE team trailed the GOLD team at the beginning of the meet, then the lead changed hands, and finally we ended the meet TIED 283 to 283. 9 & over swimmers competed on a different night and the BLUE team BEAT the GOLD team easily. Way to go BLUE!
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High Point awards were given out at the GRAND PRIX event in all age groups. Julia Van Houten and Andy C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 5
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