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The Student News Site of West Forsyth High School

The Zephyr

The Student News Site of West Forsyth High School

The Zephyr

Chris Van Kleeck

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer

Chris Van Kleeck is a junior first-year sports writer for the Zephyr. Van Kleeck is a member of the football and baseball team as well. In his free time he enjoys hanging out with his friends, listening to music, and living life to the fullest. He plans on playing football and majoring in journalism in college.

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A Brotherly Love: The Henson family’s battle against cancer

A Brotherly Love: The Henson family’s battle against cancer

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer May 2, 2022

Sometimes bad things happen to good people. It’s inevitable, but the only thing that can really be controlled is your reaction to the situation. Last March, senior Parker Henson would receive news that...

Athlete of the Month: Campbell McClain

Athlete of the Month: Campbell McClain

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer February 15, 2022

Greatness has been the standard for the women's basketball team. Over the last six years the girls have accumulated a total record of 100-24, including a ’19 state championship. With senior center Caroline...

Aquavian Rush

Athlete of the Month: Aquavian Rush

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports writer January 28, 2022

High school changes people. For better or for worse, everyone's four years of awkward pre-adulthood will be filled with growth. Your circle of friends will constantly be shrinking and growing, as it's...

Athlete of the Month: William Rodriguez

Athlete of the Month: William Rodriguez

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer November 29, 2021

The men's soccer team's senior night matchup against R.J. Reynolds was the Titans’ 20th game of the season. They had won an impressive total of 17 of those games, but even more impressively, they did...

Top of the Titans: The best five athletes in West Forsyth history

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer October 21, 2021

Over the last 60 years, West Forsyth has proven to be a powerhouse of athletic talent; and has produced some of the area's most notable and successful competitors. Nationally ranked 5-star defensive ends,...

Athlete of the Month: Elizabeth Nye

Athlete of the Month: Elizabeth Nye

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer September 21, 2021

Sit down at a girls volleyball home game from start to finish and there are a few things you will quickly grow accustomed to: the smell of sweat marinated with popcorn and Mountain Dew, the satisfyingly...

Moses Fleetwood Walker was a legendary baseball player who was lost in the history books

The Forgotten Trailblazer

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer February 11, 2021

President Gerald Ford felt the need to implicate a specific month to call upon the public and “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area...

Varsity baseball player and future UNCG Spartan, Banks Cox, the third generation of Division 1 baseball players in the family.

Good Things Come In Threes: Cox commits to play D1 baseball

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer October 21, 2020

It would be an understatement to say baseball runs in the Cox family. The game has been beloved by the family for more than half a century. Bob Cox was a catcher and pitcher for the Carolina Tar heels...

Shut up and listen

Chris Van Kleeck, Sports Writer September 18, 2020

On Feb. 18, 2018 ABC reporter Laura Ingraham tells NBA superstar LeBron James to “shut up and dribble” on live television in response to James speaking out on police brutality. Fast forward two years,...

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