Winning a national title is something players like Taiwere are reminded of every day, with national championship banners hanging up at either end of the school gym.
"When we come into the gym we can really feel the history of the people who have won a national championship and it inspires you to get a national championship up on the wall," Taiwere said.
It is the first time the school has had two teams qualify for the boys division one competition at the nationals, which features the best 32 high school teams in the country.
Taiwere said while a lot of the senior B team players were looking to move into the A team next year, they were certainly not going down just to make up the numbers this week.
"I am looking forward to getting more experience and playing with a higher calibre of opposition, and hopefully I will improve," he said.
"If we can make some upsets," said Taiwere, "like take some sets or even a game off some of those high up teams, then that is what we are going down for."
Western Heights senior A boys coach Paora Morrison, who won a national title when he was a pupil at the school, said it would be a tough competition this week.
"If we play our best we have a chance but it is not going to be easy," he said.
This year was for re-building, Morrison said, as there were only three Year 13 players in the A team and lots of younger players.
The school's senior A girls team will be competing in the senior girls division.
During its history, the school has also won five junior boys national titles, one senior girls title and one junior girls title.
