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Vol. 22 • No. 10
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College fair visits WHS to help students make decisions
Happening Now •Girls Tennis: East vs. West Invitational at WHS— vs. Rapid City Central 9 a.m., Stevens noon •Auditions: For “The Wizard of Oz” 3:30 p.m. in auditorium •Soccer: At Tea Area High School—JV 4 p.m., girls varsity 6 p.m., boys 8 p.m. •Volleyball: vs. O’Gorman—Freshmen 4 p.m. at Kenny Anderson; JV 4 p.m., sophomores 5:45 p.m., varsity 7 p.m. in gym •Cheer and Dance: Huron Invitational 5:30 p.m. at Huron Civic Arena •Softball: JV and varsity doubleheaders 6 p.m. at Sherman Park
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Pulled pork sandwich, steamed broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, soft shell taco, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Audition: All students are encouraged to audition for the musical “The Wizard of Oz” today and Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Audition packets are available from director Micki DeCurtins after school in the Little Theatre. •Students: Interested in bowling for WHS this winter will meet along with a parent at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Little Theater.
Orange Letter Days •Today’s Dress: Tweedle Dee/Dum (twin) •Wednesday: White Rabbit (mismatch) •Tickets: Friday’s Pizza Feed and Homecoming Dance $5 during lunch periods in the commons. NOW Tuesday Staff Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nic Gregg and Lauren Zimbeck Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . Amanda Wheeler Staff: Vladislav Sushchik, Jovan RunningEnemy, Savannah Burhenn, Ryan Le, Zach Heupel, Lexi Gjoraas, Katelyn Smith, Emelia Skogstad, Grace Isaacson 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.
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Nearly 75 institutions in commons at 2:30 p.m.
By Ryan Le and Nic Gregg arrior students will have the opportunity to make decisions about their future today as 74 colleges, technical institutes and military representatives visit the commons from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Senior Maddie VanderFeen is excited. “I’m excited to see what they have to offer, and also to see what they can bring to the Washington students,” VanderFeen said.
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Counselor Patti Lake-Torbert encourages students of all grades to attend the college fair. “All students are invited, but we especially invite our juniors and seniors to register for the fair and to attend. Parents are welcomed at 3:30 p.m.,” Lake-Torbert said. “See you at the College Fair!” Students are encouraged to pre-register for the event by going to www.whscounseling.com and clicking on the invite on the front page.
Boys golf team finishes City Meet in second Boys Golf
By Zach Heupel Varsity boys golf team members ended the City Meet in second Monday at Willow Run Golf Course. The team shot a 308 Tuesday, eight strokes behind first place O’Gorman. Overall, WHS finished in second with 920 strokes. O’Gorman took first with 899. Junior Will Grevlos finished in second overall with a score of 70, just one stroke behind Bryce Hammer of O’Gorman. Juniors Nathan Woodall
and Hank Eggebraaten were not far behind, taking eighth and ninth, respectively. Woodall was proud of the team’s improvement. “We have been playing well, and I think we are ready for state,” he said. The team will next play at the Metro Conference Meet Sept. 27 at Willow Run.
JV Football
By Jovan Running Enemy JV football team members defeated Harrisburg 16-8 Monday at WHS. Junior Shiloh Flanagan and
Volleyball team members honor teachers tonight By Lexi Gjoraas and Katelyn Smith Varsity volleyball team members will honor past educators who inspired and made an impact on their lives as they take on O’Gorman tonight at WHS. The teacher appreciation ceremony will be held prior to the varsity match at 7 p.m.
Each varsity team member has chosen a teacher that has made the biggest difference in their lives and will present each teacher with a gift. The freshmen will play at the Kenny Anderson Community Center at 4 p.m. tonight. Play begins at WHS with the JV at 4 p.m.
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sophomore Jhett Anderson scored as WHS improved to 2-2. They take on Lincoln Monday at Howard Wood.
Girls Tennis
By Grace Isaacson and Emelia Skogstad Varsity girls tennis team members began the East vs. West Invitational Monday at WHS, beating Rapid City Christian 9-0 and falling to Spearfish 6-3 and St. Thomas More 9-0. Today, the team hosts Rapid City Central at 9 a.m. and Stevens at noon.
A royal couple...
Photo by Carson Herbert Seniors Josh Garry and Amy Walker were crowned the 94th Orange Letter Days royalty at coronation Monday.
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Making the world a better place...
Senior Seth VandeBraak spends his summer as Sanford Scholar
By Lauren Zimbeck While his friends enjoyed the freedom of summer vacation, WHS senior Seth VandeBraak spent his recent summer break from school deeply immersed in scientific research. VandeBraak was selected as a Sanford PROMISE Scholar. This competitive program gives high school students who are interested in pursuing a degree in science a unique opportunity to work alongside some of the best researchers in the country as they work to solve the world’s global health problems at the Sanford Research Center in Sioux Falls. VandeBraak said he benefited Feature greatly from the experience. “With many hours of work this summer, I was able to help further research in the field of protein-protein interactions,” VandeBraak said. VandeBraak knows what it takes to come up with something that has never been done before. He worked specifically on researching a cure to Cystic Fibrosis, an inherited life-threatening disorder that damages the lungs and digestive system, with the help of his mentor Gaya Shivega, a medical researcher for the Sanford Research lab of Dr. Marc Roux. VandeBraak said he was very grateful for the help and insight of his mentor. “Gaya was an amazing mentor,” he said. “She taught me all that I needed to succeed.” While the work was engaging, VandeBraak is currently thinking about aerospace engineering with his
Photo courtesy Seth VandeBraak PROMISING RESEARCH—Senior Seth VandeBraak shows off the results of his summer research as a Sanford PROMISE Scholar. sights set on Ivy League schools out east. “Overall, the experience benefited me greatly,” VandeBraak said. “It gave me hands-on experience with the scientific research environment, and will hopefully give me an advantage in the engineering field.” Seth VandeBraak comes from a promising family, as his sister Rebecca, a 2015 WHS graduate, was also a Sanford PROMISE Scholar two years ago.
Warrior football team keeps No. 2 rating in new poll today
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From Staff Reports The Warrior varsity football team has maintained their No. 2 rating in 11AAA football in the new South Dakota Sportswriters poll, out today. Sioux Falls Roosevelt continues to have the No. 1 rating. WHS will play Roosevelt in the final game of the regular season Oct. 20 at Howard Wood Field. All five Metro Conference members, and only those five schools, make up the five 11AAA schools in the poll. WHS plays Rapid City Central Friday at 6 p.m.
This Week’s Poll: 1. Roosevelt (4) 4-0 28 1 2. WHS (2) 4-0 26 2 3. O’Gorman 2-2 18 3 4. Brandon Valley 2-2 12 4 5. Lincoln 2-2 6 5 Following each school are first-place votes in parenthesis, record, current seed points and last week’s ranking.
King wins ‘Battle of Sexes’ History.com (TNS) On Sept. 20, 1973, in a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, top women’s player Billie Jean King, 29, beat Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men’s player. Riggs (1918-1995), a self-proclaimed male chauvinist, had boasted that women were inferior, that they couldn’t handle the pressure of the game and that even at his age he could beat any female player. The match was a huge media event, witnessed in person by over 30,000 spectators at the Houston Astrodome and by another 50 million TV viewers worldwide.
Our History King made a Cleopatra-style entrance on a gold litter carried by men dressed as ancient slaves, while Riggs arrived in a rickshaw pulled by female models. Legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell called the match, in which King beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. King’s achievement not only helped legitimize women’s professional tennis and female athletes, but it was seen as a victory for women’s rights in general. In 1972, King became the first woman to be chosen Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsperson of the Year” and in 1973, she became the first president of the Women’s Tennis Association. King also established a sports foundation and magazine for women and a team tennis league. In 1974, as a coach of the Philadelphia Freedoms, one of the teams in the league, she became the first woman to head up a professional co-ed team. The “mother of modern sports” retired from tennis with 39 Grand Slam career titles.
