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Happening NOW •Boys Golf: Yankton Invitational 10 a.m. today at Hillcrest Golf Course •Cross Country: Nike Preview Meet 10 a.m. Saturday at Yankton Trail Park •Football: Presidents’ Bowl vs. O’Gorman 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Howard Wood Field •Today’s lunch: Barbecue beef sandwich, french fries, peas •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in A-136. •Audition: For the first play of the year, William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Little Theatre. See director Julie Abraham with any questions.

Other Reminders •All Cars: Parked in either student parking lot at WHS must have a parking tag beginning Monday— students may only park in student spots in Lot 1 or Lot 2. Do not park in faculty parking, handicapped, visitors, or other spots. •All Cell Phones: Should be off and in lockers during the school day.

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Warriors face unbeaten Knights at Presidents’ Bowl Saturday game begins at 3:30 p.m. at Howard Wood By Payton Jahnke arrior varsity football team members will look to stay perfect as they take on rival O’Gorman at the annual Presidents’ Bowl Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Howard Wood Field. The Presidents’ Bowl features many activities, including performances by all three public high school marching bands for the first time ever at the event this year, and a second game as Roosevelt takes on Lincoln later at 7 p.m. Throughout this week, players have been preparing for what O’Gorman has to offer. Coach Chad Stadem believes that if his players stay physical and know

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their assignment, then it will be hard for O’Gorman to stop the Warriors on the run and in the passing game. “I am very excited for all of the fans to be at the game and supporting our team,” Stadem said. The Warriors and O’Gorman are the only two unbeaten teams left in 11AAA football as week three games approach. WHS defeated Brandon Valley 45-6 in the season opener Aug. 26 and Roosevelt 41-7 Sept. 1. O’Gorman has beaten Aberdeen Central 44-6 and Class 11AA Harrisburg 35-26 Sept. 2. The gate opens at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Presidents’ Bowl event schedule: •Gate opens.................... 2:30 p.m. •National Anthem........... 3:15 p.m. •WHS vs. O’Gorman...... 3:30 p.m. •Highsteppers.................. Halftime •WHS Band..................... Halftime •Roosevelt Band.............. 6:25 p.m. •Roosevelt vs. Lincoln.......... 7 p.m. •Halftime..................Lincoln Band

Volleyball team falls to Watertown in four

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Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kinsey Strom and Lauren Olson Assistant Editor: . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Strutz Staff: Payton Jahnke, Carter Munce Editors-in-chief . . . . . . . . . . . Madi Forseth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Libby Nachtigal Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff

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Photo by Josh Jurgens, Jurgens Digital Media KILL—Sophomore Phekran Kong goes up over sophomore McKenzie Buisker of Watertown Thursday.

FOLLOW US, WARRIORS!

By Justin Strutz The Warrior varsity volleyball team rallied too late, as they fell to Watertown 15-25, 15-25, 25-22, 22-25 Thursday evening at WHS. The Warriors hung in there until the end, winning game three. WHS saw some younger players step-up play well against the arrows. This loss dropped WHS’s record to 3-6 on the season. Junior Mallory Junso said it was a disappointing loss for the Warriors. “It was a tough loss, but I am proud of the JV team members for putting up a Warrior Nation Events

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good fight in the varsity game,” Junso said. “We need to have a couple good practices before the game against Lincoln on Tuesday.” For WHS, junior Abbey Levitt led the team in aces with two. Freshman Sydney Schetnan had 11 kills. Sophomore Phekran Kong had four blocks and junior Aspen Langley had 22 assists. Junior Peyton Rymerson had 15 digs. In sub-varsity action, the JV won 2-0 and the sophomores fell 2-0. Both freshman teams took losses, also. The Warriors will next host in-town rival Lincoln on Tuesday at WHS. All WHS News

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Girls soccer team defeats Nesheim, Olson get doubles Brookings 2-1, boys fall win as team loses 8-1 By Madi Forseth and Libby Nachtigal The varsity boys soccer team fell to Brookings 3-1 and the girls won 2-1 Thursday evening at the Fishback Soccer Complex in Brookings. For the boys, senior Shodo Mahamed scored the goal for the Warriors. Senior captain Ben Trebilcock said the team has some things they need to work on before the next game Tuesday.

“We played a tough match, but we are looking past it and focusing on getting better in practice each day,” Trebilcock said. For the girls, senior Carlie Kray scored both goals for the Warriors. Junior Libby Nachtigal said it was a good win for the Warriors. “It was an intense match the whole 80 minutes, but we came out on top and we earned the win,” Nachtigal said.

By Carter Munce The varsity girls tennis team fell to the Mitchell Kernells 8-1 Thursday afternoon at WHS. The lone victory came from the doubles team of freshman Taylor Olson and Whittier seventh grader Rylie Nesheim in No. 2 doubles action. Coach Jillian Hurley said the each girl gave their best. “The girls played hard and even though

we lost, the scores don’t reflect how close each match was,” Hurley said. “I think every match we are getting a little better and working towards state.” Senior Sydney Dixen said she plans to work hard. “I plan on improving by getting out on my own time and practicing as much as I can,” Dixen said. The girls tennis team will next host the O’Gorman Knights at WHS on Monday.

Let’s get that student section hyped-up! My fellow Warriors, the WHS student section is in need of some help. Since it is the beginning of the school year, we should be rapidly making our way back to being the loudest student section in the state. We might have had a long off season, but now we are getting back into Hear me. . . gear and it is our time to be loud once again. So I think we need a friendly reminder Kinsey Strom on how to be the best crowd. To begin with, positivity and good sportsmanship is always a good thing to have. Not only does it make us a better school, but it makes Mr. Conrad happy!

Also, the student section needs to increase in size, Warriors, and yes—this does include you, underclassmen! When you’re cheering at any event, be loud and be proud. We have been big and loud when it really counts, but when the clock keeps going, students sometimes get more tired. The past couple football games we have started with such good energy, but it dies when we start to quadruple the points of the opposing team. When this happens, we need to be louder than ever and show our true Warrior pride! Everyone in the crowd should be cheering! This includes saying as many of the cheers as you can even when you are getting tired. If you don’t know them, try to learn them, as we want our athletes to be cheered on as much as possible. We are the best student section in the state, so we need to live up to that! Senior Kinsey Strom needs Warrior Nation to get hype!

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By Lauren Olson After picking up 30 points in deductions for sixth place in Pom at the Yankton Invitational Thursday evening in Yankton, the competition dance team finished in third overall, falling to Dakota Valley and Harrisburg. The dance team scored a total of 229.17 points. The competitive cheer team finished in third overall in the 11-team event as

well, falling to O’Gorman and Brandon Valley. WHS scored 214 points, trailing behind BV’s 221 and O’Gorman’s 223. Junior Taylar Erickson, a member of the cheer team, said she is ready to get back in the gym and work hard. “We did not do as well as we thought we would do,” Erickson said. “So we are going to practice hard and hopefully do better next week.”

Softball team splits with Harrisburg The varsity softball team split two games with the Harrisburg Tigers Thursday, losing the first

game 9-8 and winning the second 11-7. The team plays Roosevelt Thursday.

Vaping poses many dangers

By Lindsey Konkel Science News Today (TNS) When researcher Irfan Rahman talked to young vapers, users of electronic vaporized smoking devices, some complained of bleeding mouths and throats. And these bloody sores seemed slow to heal. Such reports concerned this toxicologist at the University of Rochester in New York. So he decided to inves-

Science Friday tigate what the vapors inhaled from electronic cigarettes might be doing to mouth cells. Last October, his team showed those vapors inflame mouth cells in ways that could potentially promote gum disease. That gum damage can destroy the tissues that hold teeth in place. So severe gum disease could lead to tooth loss. But that’s hardly the end of it. Vapers inhale those same gases and particles into their lungs. Rahman wondered what effects those vapors might have on cells there. One gauge would be to test how long any lung-cell damage took to heal. And his latest data confirm that e-cigarette vapors also make it hard for lung cells to repair damage. Students as young as 12 or 13 are now more likely to vape than to smoke. Many are under the impression that because e-cigs don’t contain tobacco, they pose little risk to health. Wrong. Over the past few months, research has turned up evidence that vaping can pose many brand new risks. The vapors mess with immunity, some studies show. “Smoker’s cough” and bloody sores have begun showing up in teen vapers. The hotter a vaped liquid gets, the harsher its effects on human cells. And a relatively new vaping behavior called “dripping” ups the heat. This threatens to intensify a teen’s risks from those vapors.