Athletics
Westside High School is home of the Rams. The school's colors are Maroon and Gray. The main rival of the Westside Rams is cross-town T.L. Hanna Yellow Jackets. The Head Football Varsity Coach is Ted "Lucky" Luckadoo. He has been the head football coach at Westside since 1984. Westside has only had three head football coaches in Varsity over the years. William Roberts was the Head coach from the 1950s- late 1970s. Bill Swinger became Head Coach at that time and was replaced by Ted Luckadoo in 1984. Westside also had a long-time Head Basketball Coach named John Moore. He led the Rams from the 1960s-early 1990s. Westside has won many State Championships in Football, Baseball, Basketball and Track.
In 2004, a team from Westside, composed of Dennis Martin, Brandon Brown, Martez Brown and Mauricus Brown, set the National High School record in the rarely run 4x110 Hurdle race.
Westide High School has teams in 16 different sports:
- Football (Varsity, JV, C-Team)
- Boys Basketball (Varsity, JV, C-Team)
- Girls Basketball (Varsity, JV)
- Wrestling
- Volleyball (Varsity, JV)
- Swimming
- Boys Cross Country
- Girls Cross Country
- Boys Tennis
- Girls Tennis
- Boys Soccer (Varsity, JV)
- Girls Soccer (Varsity, JV)
- Boys Golf
- Girls Golf
- Baseball (Varsity, JV)
- Softball (Varsity, JV)
- Track and Field.
- JROTC Raider Team
- Football
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