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Monday, Jan. 16, 2017

Vol. 22 • No. 80

First-Day Schedule

Warrior basketball teams split games in Brookings

Happening Now •Freshman Basketball: vs. Lincoln 6 p.m.—boys at WHS, girls at Lincoln •Wrestling: Middle school/freshman meet 6 p.m. at O’Gorman •Senior Class: Party parent planning meeting 7 p.m. in library

Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: French toast, scrambled eggs, refried beans •À la carte lines: Pepperoni hot pocket, taco fixings, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings •Drama Club: All members will meet at 3:30 p.m. today in the Little Theatre. •Chess Club: Members will meet at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday in A-136.

Other Reminders •Student Council: Election petitions for potential new members are now available in the student services office. They are due back Jan. 27. Candidates must attend a lunch-time information session Jan. 26 or 27. •Pictures: For the HonorFest video can be submitted using Instagram hashtag #whshonorfest2017 now. Send questions or submit photos to director Matt Schuldt at his e-mail, [email protected]. •CTE: Academy will hold an informational open house 5-7 p.m. tonight at the school, 4700 W. Career Circle. NOW Monday Staff

Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Kubik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Mitchell Waddell Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Owen Alvine Staff: Taylor VanderVelde, Taylor Ruud, Wendy Roseles, Ethan Hays, Alex Barron, Molly Cozad, Daxton Bonnewell, Chloe Legal Editors-in-chief . . . . . . . . . . Carson Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Maham Shah Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service

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Girls outscore Bobcats 13-4 in overtime for win

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By Alex Barron arrior varsity girls basketball team members defeated the Bobcats 63-54 in overtime Saturday in Brookings. In a game where the lead changed nine times, it all came down to an overtime performance in which the Warriors dominated, outscoring Brookings 13-4 in the extra period. Junior Taylor VanderVelde and senior Maham Shah both put up double-doubles in the game, consisting of 13 points each and 12 and 10 rebounds, respectively. Shah had mixed feelings about the win. “It was pretty close throughout the whole game, but we managed to pull through,” Shah said. “We have some things to improve on for the game this Thursday.” Senior Kelsi Kearney also stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, a rebound, an assist, two steals and a block for the 7-2 Warriors. In sub-varsity action, WHS won the JV 50-41, the sophomores won 57-28 and freshmen won 43-26. WHS hosts Watertown Thursday.

Uttecht has 12 points, three assists in boys loss By Wendy Rosales and Taylor Rudd Warrior varsity boys basketball team members lost to the Bobcats 61-50 Saturday in Brookings. Brookings out-scored the Warriors 38-24 in the second half to claim the 11 point win. Brookings was led by senior Devin Coughlin who picked up 25 points off 17 WHS turnovers. For the Warriors, junior Logan Uttecht had 12 points, two steals, three assists, and a total of five rebounds and senior Isaac Goeman had 10 points in the loss. In sub-varsity action, the JV fell to Brookings 86-56. Both freshman teams won, the A Team 59-46 and B Team 57-35. The Warrior sophomores also won 71-55. Coach Craig Nelson said the team did not play a full game. “We got off to a really good start,” Nelson said. “We moved well on offense. In the second half, we broke down defensively. Brookings had really good shooters that made us pay.” The Warriors travel to Watertown Thursday.

Lorenzini captures second

Warriors finish Harrisburg Invite in fifth place By Mitchell Waddell Warrior wrestlers competed in the Tiger Invitational Saturday in Harrisburg, earning fifth place overall with 136 team points. Aberdeen Central won the 11-team event with 252 team points. The Warriors had good placement, putting nine wrestlers in the top six at the event. Senior Alex Lorenzini had the top placement for the Warriors, placing second in the

heavyweight division. He fell to senior Ryan Parker of Dakota Valley by a fall in 1:06 in the finals of the class. Lorenzini said the tournament went well, overall, for the Warriors. “We had a lot of good wins that got us into placing which showed us what we need to work on in the upcoming practices leading up to the tournament Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon,” Lorenzini said. In other individual results,

senior Jacob Wagner placed third at 170 pounds, junior Alex Stoneall fourth at 126, freshman Simon Tiede fourth at 138, senior Jack Bren fourth at 145, senior Thomas Vissers fourth at 220, sophomore Tupak Kpeayeh sixth at 160, sophomore Sam Quiah sixth at 182 and junior Brody Etrheim sixth at 195 pounds. The Warriors are next in action at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon Classic Invitational.

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Q & A

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A profile of WHS students

Editor’s note: The Warrior Q & A is a Sports weekly profile of Warrior students with the goal of helping members of the WHS community come to know each other better. Subjects are chosen by the Student/ Activity Leader of the Month Committee at WHS. Assembled by Carson Herbert

Page 2 Leah Barber

Freshman student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I want to attend South Dakota State University, then go to medical school, while also playing college volleyball. Eventually, I want to work at a hospital. •What are you involved in at WHS? I’m involved in volleyball, basketball, FCA, SALSA and track at WHS. •What is your favorite class this semester? My favorite class is geometry, because math has always been my favorite subject and it all just makes sense to me.



Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 Jack Glenn

Freshman student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to go to college—maybe South Dakota State University—and get a degree in the medical/mathematics field. •What are you involved in at WHS? I am currently involved in quiz bowl, but I am always looking for more things to get involved in. •What is your favorite class this semester? I actually have two favorite classes this semester—biology with Mrs. (Janet) Swier and accelerated geometry with Mrs. (Roxie) Ohlson.

Vegetables are OK, but fruit is where it’s at Last week, senior Daxton Bonnewell wrote about how veggies are the top underrated foods of all time. Well I’m here to tell you he’s wrong. Yup, he lied to you—in the NOW! The true underrated foods are fruits! Just think about it. When have you ever Hear me. . . had radish flavored ice cream or Jolly Ranchers? I know— Owen Alvine never! Nobody has vegetable flavored anything—it’s always fruits like watermelon, orange, lemon, etc. Fruits just all around taste better and are arguably more nutritious for you.

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Fruits like oranges, limes, and lemons provide great amounts of Vitamin C and other all-around health benefits. I bet you are all about to eat a piece of fruit for lunch today, aren’t you. Pass on the salad and eat an apple instead! You know what they say, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” How true is that? My personal favorite are citrus fruits. The same ones I talked about earlier that help keep you healthy this time of year like oranges, limes and lemons. But one that nobody really thinks about are clementines. They are like cousins of oranges, but a lot easier to eat. They peel like none other and the segments fall off each other without any effort. Their size means you can plop one in your mouth without breaking the thin skin so no juice squirts. So eat a piece of fruit today, my friends. Senior Owen Alvine has a special technique when eating a grapefruit.

Ice storm cripples roads By Jim Suhr (TNS) PHILADELPHIA, Penn.—Parts of the central U.S. grappled Saturday with a second day of road-glazing ice and braced for more of the treacherous, below-freezing wintry weather expected to close out the holiday weekend. The storm created travel headaches for many people who opted to go out despite pleas by authorities to stay put. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Interstate 40 was closed in two places in western portions of the state because of wrecks, including the jackknifing of several semitrailers in icy conditions in Caddo County. A 45-year-old Oklahoma City man died early Saturday after his semitrailer struck two others on icy I-40 in Custer County and then was hit by a car. The patrol is investigating the wreck. Saturday’s storm followed another a day earlier that dumped freezing rain from Oklahoma to southern Illinois. The National Weather Service said swaths of Kansas and Missouri — both broadly still under ice storm warnings Saturday — could see a third wave of sleet and freezing drizzle Sunday. Complicating matters were temperatures forecast in many cases to remain near or below freezing. Ice buildups of one-quarter to slightly less than a half inch were expected late Saturday and Sunday morning from southeastern Kansas to central Missouri. Lesser ice accumulations were forecast for Saturday around St. Louis. State troopers in Missouri and other affected states were pressing motorists to limit travel to only necessary outings, allowing road crews the space to treat the slippery mess.