West provides extracurricular programs in the performing arts, athletics and academics (
Science Olympiad).
Performing arts West's drama program has performed musical and non-musical shows, such as "Little Shop of Horrors" (Fall 1995), "The Music Man" (1988),
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
Grease, ''
Singin' in the Rain, Cinderella, "
A Midsummer Night's Dream"
(Spring 1993), "As You Like It
" (Spring 1994), "Romeo and Juliet
" (Spring 1995), "The Orange Splot
" (Spring 1996) and others. The drama program participates in the Central Wisconsin Educational Theatre Alliance, a group of local high school drama teachers and students that presents more challenging productions. With funding from grants, community donations, and the profits from past performances, the organization is able to produce plays and musicals on a larger scale than is possible at the high school level. Past shows include Peter Pan, Cats, Les Misérables, Romeo and Juliet, and The Phantom of the Opera''.
Music The school
music department teaches
choral music,
orchestra, and
band. There are four choirs: freshmen, men's choir, women's choir, and concert chorale, and a select, extracurricular group known as the master singers. The choral music program has been producing Pop Concert in the spring for over five decades. This
revue of
pop,
rock,
country, and
Broadway music from all periods was shown on
Wisconsin Public Television in 2014. Bandstock, a fall production of the band program and some of the choirs, is a performance with a professional rock band and light show. It started as a collaboration between local rock bands and the band program.
Sports Wausau West High School is in the
WIAA Division 1 bracket. A school rivalry exists between the two Wausau High Schools, East and West, who both compete in the
Wisconsin Valley Conference. During the "Log Game", the annual football game between the two schools, the schools play for possession of the traditional log. (The concept of the "log" comes from the fact that Wausau was once an important logging center.) The boys' soccer teams compete for the Wausau Rock each fall. The two schools also compete in ice hockey for possession of the Kuehlman Cup. The teams also compete, along with Mosinee and D.C. Everest, for the Marathon Cup in ice hockey. Sports include: •
Ice hockey - Head coach, Pete Susens, is the all-time winningest coach in Wisconsin high school boys' hockey history. State runner-up 2009–2010, state champion in 2011. Conference champions in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. •
Wrestling - state runner-up in 2006–2007, state champion in 2007–2008, team state runner up in 2008–2009, state champion in 2012–2013 •
Cross-country running •
Football - won first post-season football game in 2007. •
Curling- state champion in 2009 (Girls), 2010 (Boys), and 2011 (Girls) •
Baseball • Girls'
swimming •
Volleyball •
Nordic skiing •
Alpine skiing •
Soccer - Conference champions 2005, 2019 (boys) •
Track and field •
Golf •
Lacrosse - third place at state in 2007 •
Basketball - state runner-up in 1981, conference champion 2008–2009 •
Tennis • Dance team • Intramural Volleyball • Intramural Bowling • Intramural Basketball • Robotics
Athletic conference affiliation history •
Big Rivers Conference (1970–1973) •
Wisconsin Valley Conference (1973–present) ==Notable alumni==