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Happening NOW •AP Students: Meet to discuss tests during reading period today in auditorium •No Warriors Read Together: Today •Creekside Singers: Lakota drumming group performs during lunch periods today in auditorium •Debate: State Tournament today and Saturday at Aberdeen Central High School •Boys Basketball: District 2AA Championship vs. Lincoln 7 p.m. tonight in gym—doors open at 6 p.m. •Show Choir: At the Viking Cup competition Saturday at Omaha, Neb., North High School 8 a.m.—Natural Selection JV 11:40 a.m., Classic Connection varsity 5:05 p.m., finals to follow •Early Start: 7:30 a.m. Monday at WHS, school done 12:30 p.m. with teacher in-service to follow
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, corn •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
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Girls bowling team takes second at state tournament Aaron Johnson named captain of All-Tournament Team
By Joey Wehrkamp and Caden Goetschius irls varsity bowling team members captured second place at the state tournament Feb. 26 at Empire Bowl. The varsity boys ended in sixth place, losing to both Lincoln and Roosevelt. Senior Aaron Johnson was named captain of the AllTournament Team for the second year in a row. Johnson said it was a bittersweet experience at the state tournament. “It was nice to be named captain of the AllTournament Team, again but it was disappointing to lose so early in the tournament,” he said. The girls lost to Roosevelt early, then fought their way back in the double-elimination tournament all the way to the championship where they fell to Roosevelt again 3-1.
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Photo courtesy Emily Byllesby ON A ROLL—Members of the second place girls team include (L-R) seniors Erikka Heptig, Maggie Bowie and Emily Byllesby; juniors Sam Huber and Alex Rote and sophomore Adrianna Spaethe.
Group Meetings
Girls secure place in state tournament
•Boys Soccer: Players will meet for an open-field from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Avera Sports Institute. •FCA: Members will meet for a movie night at 6:45 p.m. Sunday at 1100 N. Vail Drive.
Warriors take District 2AA with 44-32 victory over Harrisburg
Other Reminders •National Honor Society: Junior and senior application forms are due by 4 p.m. Friday—available in the student services office. NOW Friday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Nase and Peyton Stenzel Assistant Editor: . . . . . . . . . . . Thayer Smith Staff: Caden Goetschius, Kane Miedema, Tyler Olmstead, Joey Wehrkamp, IvaJane O’Brien, Addison, Sannes, Nora VanAartsen 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. WHSNOW.COM Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service
Photo by Peyton Stenzel HOIST THAT TROPHY—Warrior girls basketball team members celebrate their District 2AA win with the plaque commemorating the victory shortly after Thursday’s win. By Thayer Smith and Nora VanAartsen In an intensely close District 2AA championship game, the Warrior girls slipped away in the fourth to secure a spot
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in the State AA Tournament Thursday night at WHS. Senior Anna Goodhope sealed the 44-32 win, banking a 3-point shot in with 45 seconds remaining. Warrior Nation Events
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The Warriors pulled-down 37 rebounds and Harrisburg 27. The Warriors frazzled the Tigers by putting their lead scorer in foul trouble early. Sophomore Taylor VanderVelde brought in nine rebounds off the bench. Senior Sydney Arrington led the team in points with 15 and was one rebound away from a double-double. “It was nice to end the seniors’ last game in the WHS gym with a district championship,” Arrington said. “We worked very hard and we still have a way to go before the tournament starts.” This win puts the Warriors in place to be the No. 1 seed in the State AA Tournament as they go for their third consecutive championship March 17-19 in Sioux Falls. All WHS News
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Boys host Lincoln for trip to state tonight at WHS By Tyler Olmstead It’s the boys varsity basketball team’s turn to try to win a district title tonight as they host the rival Lincoln Patriots for the District 2AA Championship at 7 p.m. tonight in the gym. WHS won both regularseason match-ups with the Patriots on Jan. 14 and 28, winning 65-50 and 56-54. Tonight’s game could be a close one, as well, and the team is looking for a large, supportive crowd.
The winner of tonight’s game will punch their ticket to the State AA Tournament March 17-19 in Sioux Falls. “We need to come out ready to play tonight,” senior Sam Siganos said. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students with no activity passes allowed. Ticket booths and doors will open at 6 p.m. Fan dress theme for the Warrior faithful tonight will be Black-Out.
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School begins at 7:30 a.m. Monday, dismisses at 12:30 p.m. By Taylor Nase and Addison Sannes WHS students will begin the school day a little earlier than usual Monday. School will begin at 7:30 a.m.—a full hour earlier than most Mondays—and be released at 12:30 p.m. due to teacher in-service. Each class period will be shortened to approximately 40 minutes with a 15 minute reading period. Fourth and fifth period will run at the same time—any
students with classes both periods should check with teachers to confirm what class to report to. As a result of the early start/release schedule, no lunch will be served to students and no NOW will be published on Monday. Teachers will continue their day at 1:30 p.m. with a staff meeting followed by two 45 minute in-service sessions focusing on literacy and students who are learning English.
It would be really nice to get out of town With the school year slowly dragging on and my weekly routine continuing to stay the same, my need for a vacation has hit an all-time high. As fun as it is to go to school five times a week and soccer practice three times a week Hear me. . . with workouts and clubs randomly thrown in between, getting out of town is Peyton Stenzel on the top of my priorities list. I’ve noticed that this is the time of year that everyone seems to gather up their family and go somewhere tropical to get away from the bipolar weather in this land called South Dakota. Although my family has decided not to go on any late
winter vacations this year, I was secretly hoping that one of my friends would invite me to tag along on their get away—I’ve been wanting to go to Mexico lately. I would even be willing to hide in their suitcase, if that’s what it takes to get there. At this point I would do just about anything to take a walk on the beach or swim in the hotel pool. There’s nothing better than having the freedom to do whatever you want with your day and knowing there’s nothing you have to get done. I’d even send postcards to all my friends back home. So if anyone has any extra baby-sitting money just laying around and would like to donate to my vacation fund, that would be greatly appreciated. I could pack my bags in under thirty minutes and be on the next flight out of here, no problem at all. Just let me know when and what suitcase to hide myself in! Senior Peyton Stenzel is still bitter Morgan Moe didn’t smuggle her on her vacation.
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Gravitational waves detected for first time By Franco Ordonez McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) WASHINGTON — Scientists who have spent decades peering into outer space announced earlier this month they have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in spacetime that Albert Einstein long ago predicted.
Science Friday Gravitational waves, often said to look like ripples in a pond, are able to answer questions about the creation of astronomical phenomena and disturbances, such as the merging of black holes, collision of neutron stars, supernova explosions and more. Gravitational waves were discovered by physicist Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, 100 years ago. All of Einstein’s theory had been proven except for the presence of gravitational waves, but that all changed recently. Einstein was right, said Rainer Weiss, a professor of physics emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “His equations have worked so well, in ways he never could have imagined,” Weiss said. The discovery might be one of the major scientific discoveries in decades, just as important as Galileo and his telescope 400 years ago, Weiss said. “As we open a new window into astronomy, we may see things we’ve never seen before,” Weiss said. The waves were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, which has facilities in Hanford, Wash., and Livingston, La.
