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Happening Now •AP Tests: Begin today in auxiliary gym—Chemistry and Environmental Science 8 a.m., AP Psychology noon •Girls Golf: City Meet 1 p.m. at Elmwood Golf Course, conditions permitting •Boys Tennis: vs. Roosevelt 4 p.m., conditions permitting—JV-B at WHS, varsity and JV at Kuehn Park •Baseball: Varsity and JV vs. Watertown; freshman/sophomore vs. Lincoln cancelled—reschedule date TBD •Volleyball: Open gym 5:15 p.m. in main gym •Booster Club: Monthly 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: Officers will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in the Little Theatre. •Renaissance Committee: Members will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in E-112.
Other Reminders •Link Crew: Is accepting applications through Wednesday for next year’s group that will lead freshman orientation. NOW Monday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Kubik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Mitchell Waddell Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Owen Alvine Staff: Taylor VanderVelde, Ethan Hays, Alex Barron, Molly Cozad, Daxton Bonnewell 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
Vol. 22 • No. 140
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Track teams compete at Metro Conference Meet
Thuro Reisdorfer takes first in boys discus throw
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By Ethan Hays arrior varsity track and field teams both took fourth place at the Metro Conference Track Meet Friday at O’Gorman’s McEneaney Field. The boys earned 53 team points and the girls 37. Lincoln won both divisions with 126 and 140 team points, respectively. The boys had several top three finishes in the meet, including senior Thuro Reisdorfer who won the boys discus with a throw of 144’ 11’’. Senior Ethan McKinney placed second in the 100 meter dash with a time of :11.25. McKinney had positive remarks following the meet. “We ran hard, and turned left,” McKinney said. Junior Shiloh Flanagan competed well in both the long and high jump, placing third in
long jump with a leap of 20’ 5.25’’, and earning second in high jump, clearing a height of 6’ 1’’. The boys also had three relay teams place in the top three—the 4 x 800, 4 x 200, and 4 x 100. Top performers for the girls team included freshman Jacee Johannsen, senior Isabel Kinzer and junior Raylynn Rohrer. Johannsen was able to capture second in the pole vault after clearing a height of 8’ 9’’. Kinzer was able to place third in both the 100 meter dash and the 300 meter hurdles, with times of :17.08 and :49.65, respectively and Rohrer came away with second in the discus with a throw of 110’ 08’’. The girls also took third in three relays—the 4 x 200, 4 x 400 and the sprint medley. Both Warrior teams are scheduled to be in action again tomorrow in Watertown in a triangular with the Arrows and Roosevelt beginning at 4 p.m.
Boys tennis team falls to Patriots 9-0
By Alex Barron The varsity boys tennis team fell to No. 1 rated Lincoln 9-0 Friday at WHS. All players lost in two sets to very skilled opponents. Coach Jillian Hurley was, however, happy with how the matches were played, overall. “I think the matches were very good, although the score
didn’t reflect that,” Hurley said. All matches were very close—at Flight 1, senior Elliot Hartwig lost 7-6 (7-4) and 6-4 to the No. 1 player in the state, senior Kaleb Dobbs of Lincoln. Hartwig had optimistic words about the experience, despite the loss. “It was good to play against
the best team in the state,” Hartwig said. “We will use this as motivation to improve in the coming weeks.” In doubles, all three teams lost in two sets. The JV and varsity Warriors are now scheduled to play at Roosevelt at 4 p.m. today, conditions permitting. The JV-B will be at WHS.
JV baseball team goes 2-0 over weekend By Mitchell Waddell JV baseball team members had two games over the weekend, beating Lincoln and O’Gorman. Thursday night
they played Lincoln at Harmodon, winning 8-2. Junior Nick Marnin secured the win for the Warriors. Then on Friday, the JV played O’Gor-
man and was able to pull off the win 4-3. A late game steal from third helped seal the win for the Warriors. The closing pitcher for the game was
freshman Wyatt Reitmeier. Both the JV and varsity were scheduled to play in Watertown tonight. Reschedule date is TBD.
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Warrior
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 Brayden Nath
Senior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to become either a commercial pilot or a mechanical engineer or a history teacher. •What are you involved in at WHS? I am in the DECA marketing organization at WHS. •What is your favorite class this semester? My favorite class is Modern U.S. History. I love history and know a lot about it. •What is your advice to readers of the NOW? Do enough to get your degree.
Monday, May 1, 2017 Kaitlyn Fischer
Senior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to go to college and major in nursing, then have a family. •What are you involved in at WHS? I am involved as a member of the cross country, basketball and track teams as well as student council and National Honor Society. •What is your favorite class this semester? Health careers at CTE. I was given the opportunity to intern at Avera Medical Center for five weeks and I learned a lot.
Graduation is one month away!
With Prom now in our rearview mirrors, it is time to start looking ahead to graduation and open houses. Since school is ending one month from today and graduation is the weekend of June 4, preparations have begun for the biggest accomHear me. . . plishment of one’s high school career—graduation! Daxton Bonnewell Making it through elementary, middle and four years of high school is nothing to be brushed under the rug. Seriously, congratulations! Powering through has resulted in being awarded small parties to celebrate—the world renowned “Open Houses.”
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A surplus of food and fun, the open house is not something you want to miss. You are given an invitation to someone’s home or a special location, and are welcome to eat food, hang out and reminisce. It a great time to show appreciation for those who helped you along the way these past four years. Seniors, along with the open houses, you have to be ready to graduate. It’s as good a time as ever to stop down in the counseling office just to make sure you’re still on track. Being ready to graduate is step No. 1 in getting ready for the marathon of life. Use this last month wisely, my fellow students, and don’t forget to keep an empty stomach when you’re out and about checking out those open houses. See you there! Senior Daxton Bonnewell can’t wait to eat whatever Thomas Vissers’ mother serves.
Sick could again be priced out By Tony Pugh McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) WASHINGTON — The latest proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act has become a much harder sell for Republican moderates who will determine whether the bill passes the House of Representatives in a possible vote later this week. Their main sticking point: concerns about how a new amendment could weaken consumer protections, particularly for people with pre-existing medical conditions. The proposal would allow states to opt out of the ACA’s “community rating” rule that prohibits individual insurers from charging sick people more for coverage. In states that receive federal waivers under the proposal, individual insurers could base the cost of coverage on a person’s health status or medical history using a process known as medical underwriting, which was discontinued under Obamacare. Although people with medical problems couldn’t be denied coverage under the amendment, the return of “health status underwriting could effectively make coverage completely unaffordable to people with pre-existing conditions,” wrote Dr. James L. Madara, CEO of the American Medical Association, in a letter to congressional leaders last week. That could lead to an explosion of cheaper bare-bones coverage plans with skimpy benefits in states that also use the amendment to waive the ACA requirement that insurers cover ten essential health benefits. More than 2.9 million people, or 27 percent of people with individual coverage in 2014, had a pre-existing health condition before enrolling in coverage, according to federal estimates. The number jumps to nearly 6 million, or 55 percent, under a broader interpretation.
