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Happening Now •Honor Roll: Students earn ice cream sundaes during lunch periods in the commons today or Wednesday •Library: Will be closed after school and no after-school tutoring will take place after school today •Parent/Teacher Conferences: Final day 4-7:30 p.m. tonight at WHS
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•Spanish Club: Members will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in A-154. All current Spanish students welcome. •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet at 7:20 a.m. Thursday in A-136. •Track and Field: Athletes and a parent/guardian will meet at 5:30 p.m. March 2 in the commons. Athletes need to attend a meeting at 3:15 p.m. March 3 or 7:30 a.m. March 4.
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maham Shah and Carter Keller Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . Kendall McMahon Staff: Josh Freese, Isiah Fetrel, Erin Thompson, Jenson Amdahl, Jared Gully, Matt Farniok, Madi Forseth, Elizabeth Nachtigal, Lauren Olson Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Wiley Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . .Hannah Smith 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
By Madi Forseth and Libby Nachtigal arrior boys basketball team members traveled across town to Roosevelt High School Saturday for a regularseason ending match-up with their cross-town Metro Conference rivals, and came home with a 52-48 win to end the regular season at 16-4. Leading the way was junior Jack Talley with 14 points. Sophomore Zach Heins added eight in the win. Next up for the varsity boys is District 2AA play as they begin a quest for a State AA title. First up on their schedule is Round 1 of districts March 1 as they likely face the winner of a Harrisburg vs. Yankton play-in game. Final district standings will not be established until tonight. Senior Sam Siganos said the win was a good way to end the regular season. “It’s awesome that we ended the season so well,” Siganos said. “But now everybody’s record starts over at 0-0, and we have to take one game at a time and play like it’s our last.” In sub-varsity action, Roosevelt came out on top in the JV game 52-51. The sophomore team won 53-49 and both freshman teams were victorious, with the freshman A winning 76-65 and freshman B winning 57-54 Saturday.
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Post-season action begins March 1 at WHS
•Today’s lunch: Corn dog, mac and cheese, broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, beef fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
•Seniors: Sign-up for the year-end party now—follow “Senior Class Party” link at WHSBooster.com. •Students: Who took the PSAT can pick-up results in the counseling center.
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Boys beat Roosevelt to end regular season
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Photo by Josh Jurgens jurgensdigitalmedia.com DRIVE—Junior Angel Arroyo drives to the basket as Roosevelt sophomore Christophe Bwanya tries to defend Saturday.
WHS No. 1 in both polls for first time Both the boys and girls basketball teams are No. 1 in the final regular season poll, out today, as the boys defeated previous No. 1 O’Gorman and both teams racked up wins over Roosevelt in the past week.
Boys Basketball
1. WHS (7) 16-4 35 2 2. O’Gorman 15-5 27 1 3. Huron 16-3 21 3 T4. Aberdeen Central 13-4 10 4 T4. Watertown 14-5 10 5 Also receiving votes: Roosevelt 2
Girls Basketball
1. WHS (4) 18-2 31 1 2. Aberdeen Central (2) 18-1 26 2 3. O’Gorman (1) 17-3 25 3 4. Lincoln 15-5 15 4 5. Brandon Valley 13-7 6 5 Also receiving votes: Harrisburg 2
Key: (First place votes) / Power Points / Last Week’s Rating
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Girls basketball team beats Riders
Warriors end regular season as No. 1 with 18-2 record
Photo by Hannah Smith CONFER—Sophomore Trevor Schmidt, along with his parents Jeff and Jennifer, conduct a conference with teacher Guadalupe Lueck about his progress in Spanish III Monday. Spring parent/ teacher conferences conclude from 4-7:30 p.m. today at WHS—freshman parents begin in the library, others in the gymnasium hallway.
By Erin Thompson Warrior girls basketball team members defeated crosstown-rival Roosevelt 58-51 in a hard-fought game Saturday. The Warriors trailed the Rough Riders 29-27 at the half, but fought back for
Honor Roll students earn ice cream By Jenson Amdahl and Jared Gully Warriors who were named to the honor roll for good grades during first semester will earn ice cream sundaes courtesy of the Renaissance Committee today or Wednesday at WHS. The treats will be offered during lunch periods in the
commons. Students should bring their certificates with them when they claim their sundaes. Sundaes need to be eaten in the commons, and not taken into hallways or classrooms. Senior Jared Fox said he is pleased to be honored. “It’s nice to be rewarded for my hard work,” Fox said.
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Photo by Josh Jurgens jurgensdigitalmedia.com S H O OT — So p h o m o re Taylor VanderVelde puts up a shot Saturday.
the win. Four seniors led the team, scoring double digits. Sydney Arrington had 16 points, Maddie Wiley and Carly Knutson both had 13 and Anna Goodhope had 12. Knutson said she was happy about the win. “It was a little closer than we wanted it to be in the second half,” she said. “But we were able to pull through in the fourth quarter and come out on top.” This was the final game of the regular season for the Warriors as they ended at 18-2. In sub-varsity action the Warriors swept all games, with the JV winning 59-36, sophomores 59-43, and freshmen 40-31. The Warriors now head into District 2AA play ranked No. 1 in both the district and in Class AA. The Warriors will host the winners of the district playin game Monday.
Abe Lincoln secretly arrives in D.C. History.com (TNS) On Feb. 23, 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington, D.C., amid secrecy and tight security. With seven states having already seceded from the Union since Lincoln’s election, the threat of civil war hung in the air.
Our History Allen Pinkerton, head of a private detective agency, had uncovered a plot to assassinate Lincoln when he passed through Baltimore on his way to the capital. Lincoln and his advisors disagreed about how to respond to the threat. Some, including Pinkerton, wanted Lincoln to slip secretly into Washington, which would mean skipping an address to the Pennsylvania legislature in Harrisburg. Lincoln did not want to appear cowardly, but felt the threats were serious. Lincoln agreed to the covert arrival. With Pinkerton and Ward Hill Lamon, his former law partner, Lincoln slipped out of the hotel in Harrisburg on the evening of Feb. 22. He wore a soft felt hat instead of his customary stovepipe hat, and draped an overcoat over his shoulders and hunched slightly to disguise his height. The group boarded a sleeper car and arrived in Baltimore in the middle of the night. A myth arose that Lincoln had dressed as a woman to avoid detection, but this was not the case. He did draw considerable criticism in the press for his unceremonious arrival. Northern diarist George Templeton Strong commented that if convincing evidence of a plot did not surface, “the surreptitious nocturnal dodging…will be used to damage his moral position and throw ridicule on his Administration.” Lincoln later regretted the caper and commented to a friend: “I did not then, nor do I now believe I should have been assassinated had I gone through Baltimore…” Regardless of how he had arrived, Lincoln was safely in Washington, ready to assume the difficult task ahead.
