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Happening NOW •Track and Field: Varsity Metro Conference Meet 3 p.m. today at O’Gorman •Boys Tennis: vs. Lincoln 4 p.m. today—varsity and JV at WHS; JV-B at Lincoln •Baseball: Freshmen/sophomores vs. West Central 5 p.m. today at Harmodon Park and vs. Harrisburg 1 p.m. Saturday at Legion Park; JV vs. O’Gorman 5 p.m. today at Harmodon Park •Special Olympics: Track and field practice 2 p.m. Saturday at WHS
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Cheeseburger, french fries, peas •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Spanish Club: Members will meet for their Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at 3:10 p.m. today in A-154. All current and former club members welcome. •Drama Club: Officers will meet at 3:10 p.m. Monday in the Little Theatre.
Other Reminders •Link Crew: Is now accepting applications for next year’s group that will lead freshman orientation. See the link in e-mail to apply by Wednesday. NOW Friday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Anderson and Sydney Stallinga Assistant Editor: . . . . . . Maddie VanderFeen Staff: Rachel Boer, Kylee Haub, Hailie Schock, Megan Nolan, Erika Lehan, Shoniya Stonehouse, Alejandro Martinez, Logan Barber, Abdisa Baneta 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. WHSNOW.COM Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service
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Program design team earns second place at SDSU contest Trio earns scholarships, prizes with new app
By Kylee Haub team including seniors Colin Rasmussen, Adam Stammer and Mitchell Wilbur took second place in this year’s South Dakota State University (SDSU) Computer Program Design Competition held on the campus in Brookings April 6. Competitors use logical thinking and problem solving and high school math and science skills to create an app. The team’s prize-winning project was a “Find My Phone” application. The second place prize included a maximum $750 scholarship for each team member who enrolls and remains in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at SDSU, electronic goodies for each team member and a plaque for the team coach. “I’m very proud of how hard the team worked, they spent a lot of times working and collaborating together to make a great product,” coach Mark Emry said.
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Photo courtesy Mark Emry PROGRAM—WHS’s programming team of (L-R) seniors Mitchell Wilbur, Colin Rasmussen and Adam Stammer pose with Steve Hietpas, head of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (far left), and Lewis Brown, Dean of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering (far right) at SDSU.
Tennis team sweeps Madison 9-0 Warriors host tough Patriots at 4 p.m. today on WHS courts
By Maddie VanderFeen and Sydney Stallinga Warrior boys varsity tennis team members traveled to Madison High School Thursday where they swept the Bulldogs 9-0, winning all singles and doubles matches. Senior Elliot Hartwig said he was satisfied. “We played really well, both in singles but especially in our doubles matches,” Hartwig said.
Today, the Warriors will brave cold conditions as they take on the undefeated Lincoln Patriots beginning at 4 p.m. Varsity and JV matches will take place on the WHS courts, and the JV-B will play on the Lincoln High School courts today. The boys have been preparing for the past couple of weeks to take on their cross-town rivals, senior Nic Gregg said. “We have been putting in
a lot of work at practice and matches,” Gregg said. “I am looking forward to use that momentum to thrust us forward, now that we have found our mojo.” The Metro Conference Tournament is also a week away May 6 at McKennan Park, which is the first big step toward the State Meet which will also be held here in Sioux Falls at locations including WHS May 18-20.
Baseball team falls to Lincoln in high-scoring game By Kelsi Kearney and Lauren Green The varsity baseball team lost to the
Lincoln Patriots 15-12 Thursday at Harmodon, despite collecting 17 hits in
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Track teams list top performers of season EVENT..................GIRLS..............................................BOYS 100 M DASH.......Jacee Johannsen :12.6..................Ethan McKinney :10.7 200 M DASH.......Isabel Kinzer :26.8........................Ethan McKinney :22.6 400 M DASH.......Megan Etrheim 1:04.1..................Ethan McKinney :53.2 800 M RUN.........Kelsi Kearney 2:24.4.....................Bonheur Mvuyekure 2:05.34 1,600 M RUN......Kelsi Kearney 5:30........................Yonas Sadi 4:41 3,200 M RUN......Carlie Kray 12:05.6.......................Yonas Sadi 10:14.6 100/110 HURDLES....Isabel Kinzer :16.2..........................Warmbein/Walker :17 300 HURDLES......Isabel Kinzer :49.6........................Nate Freese :43.3 400 RELAY...........Kinzer, Petterson,............................Kpeayeh, Reisdorfer, ............................Johannsen, Ungang :51.5..............Thomas, McKinney :44.1 800 RELAY...........Kinzer, Ungang,...............................Kpeayeh, Reisdorfer, ............................Moen, Petterson 1:50.8.................Freese, McKinney 1:32.9 MEDLEY RELAY....Barber, Moen,.................................Kpeayeh, Burkhart, ............................VanderVelde, Etrheim 4:43.3.........Kearney, Bita 3:54.8 1,600 RELAY........Petterson, Etrheim,.........................Zahn, Woodall, ............................Kearney, Moen 4:18.......................Freese, Kearney 3:41.2
3,200 RELAY........Kray, DeBeer...................................Sadi, Mvyekure, ............................Juac, Kearney 10:07......................Zahn, Mohamud 8:27.9 LONG JUMP.........Bre Richardson 15’3.25”...............Shiloh Flannigan 20’8.5” HIGH JUMP..........Aubrey Miedema 5’4”....................Shiloh Flannigan 6’3” TRIPLE JUMP.......Bre Richardson 32’4”....................Shiloh Flannigan 41’10” POLE VAULT.........Jacee Johannsen 9’9”.................... SHOT PUT............Raylynn Rohrer 36’3”....................Will Farniok 46’8” DISCUS..................Raylynn Rohrer 113’10”................Thuro Reisdorfer 157’6” The Warrior track teams’ “Top Dawgs” is a listing of top performers by event for the season to date. Today’s results reflect the teams’ performance through the Legion Relays in Pierre April 21. The teams will be in action today at the Metro Conference Meet at O’Gorman.
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” A quote by Anais Nin. As you read this column, I am soaking up some rays in the Sunshine State at “The Happiest Place on Earth.” My agenda for the end of the school year is filled with many lasts, but also numerous Hear me. . . firsts. For the remainder of this week, you can find me Taylor Anderson humming “It’s a Small World” and impersonating Cinderella alongside seniors Maddie VanderFeen and Amy Walker. Upon returning to the Midwest, I will be working on
my “summer bod” at open houses until packing up and heading to Mexico at the beginning of June. Our neighbor to the south will be full of quality time with forever friends and our moms before we seek the newest “first” of all—college. This six month journey of mine will come to a conclusion in the most exciting location of all—Vermillion, South Dakota. Here I will embark on a “forever” type of journey and make the transition from a Warrior to a ‘Yote with my roommate to be, senior Emily VanBockern. No worries, though, Warriors—I may be off on a new adventure, but this journey we call life will unite us all once again next year at the State AAA Football Championship in my new home of Vermillion as the Warriors go for a three-peat! I will see you there. Senior Taylor Anderson says dome really IS home now!
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By Christopher Crockett Science News Today (TNS) Eeriness creeps in. Colors change and shadows sharpen. The last minutes before a total eclipse of the sun triggers a primal reaction, says astronomer Jay Pasachoff. “You don’t know what’s going on,” says Pasachoff. “But you know something is wrong.”
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Millions of people will encounter this reaction on August 21, 2017. That’s when a total eclipse of the sun will sweep across the continental United States. This will be the first eclipse to grace the country since 1979. And it will be the first since 1918 to bring a total, if temporary, blackout coast-to-coast. Its path will be roughly 120 kilometers (75 miles) wide. Created by the moon’s shadow, this so-called totality will pass through 12 states, from Oregon to South Carolina. Sioux Falls will have a good view, as the full effect passes just to the south through Central Nebraska. Researchers and the public alike have been gearing up to make the most of this rare spectacle. After all, U.S. communities won’t get another chance until 2024. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and our planet, casting its shadow on Earth. For someone sitting on Earth viewing the eclipse (with some kind of eye protection), it appears that the moon nearly blots out the sun. A total solar eclipse occurs about once every 18 months. Eclipse enthusiasts will travel from all over the world to experience up to nearly three minutes of midday twilight and glimpse the sun’s corona. The outer layer of the sun, it is an intensely hot, ionized gas, or plasma. During a total eclipse, this seldom-seen halo of light will frame the blacked-out sun.
