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Happening NOW •Girls Tennis: State Meet 8 a.m. today-Saturday at WHS, McKennan Park and Brandon •Football: JV vs. Sioux City, Iowa, East 4:15 p.m. at East Middle School; varsity team meal 5:15 p.m. in commons •Gymnastics: Open gym 7 p.m. in gymnastics room
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Meatball sub sandwich •À la carte lines: Italian dunkers, chicken fajita, baked potato fixings, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in A-136. •FCA: Members will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at 1100 N. Vail Drive. •Drama Club: Members will meet at 3:10 p.m. Monday in the Little Theatre—all interested invited. •Learn: To create your own gourmet carmel apples at a workshop sponsored by the library advisory council at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday in E-112. Sign up in the library now—space is limited.
Other Reminders •Career Week: Continues with presentations during lunch periods today in the Little Theater—today, careers in engineering and architecture. See first period teachers for passes. NOW Thursday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . Sydney Arrington and Sam Siganos Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . Chayden Fitzsimmons Staff: Isaiah Hall, Robert Speeks, Abby Freese, Austin Hoflock, Ashley Paulson, Abby Johnson and Mubarak Kadir 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. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service
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Girls State Tennis Meet begins today at sites including WHS Finals set for McKennan Park on Saturday
By Abby Johnston, Abby Freese, Sydney Arrington and Ashley Paulson arrior varsity girls tennis team members will serve-up the state meet beginning today at sites including WHS. Outdoor court sites for the tournament that will take place through Saturday are also Brandon Middle School and McKennan Park. The tournament will be a 32-player draw format with five rounds of competition. Four consolation rounds will be played, along with matches to determine third and fifth place on the championship
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side of the bracket. There are seven Warriors competing in the tournament, including seventh grader Katelyn Nesheim, freshmen Libby Nachtigal and Charlotte Goodhope, sophomore Sadie Goodhope, junior Skylar CloseSmith and senior Anna Goodhope. Senior Lauren Miller will also play in doubles Nachtigal said she is excited. “We’ve had an awesome season so far,” Nachtigal said. “We are well prepared for today and everyone will hopefully come out with some wins. I’m always proud of my team and proud to be a Warrior.”
If you’re going. . . What: Girls State Tennis Meet When: Play begins at 8 a.m. today; finals Saturday Where: Preliminary play at three sites including WHS, McKennan Park and Brandon Valley Middle School Finals: 8 a.m. Saturday at McKennan Park
Spirit teams compete at BV Invite Dance team takes Grand Champion, cheer sixth
By Chayden Fitzsimmons and Mubarik Kadir Warrior competition cheer and dance teams from WHS were one of 17 schools in action at the Brandon Valley Invitational Tuesday. At the large event that served as a preview of the state tournament in the same venue Oct. 24, the dance team placed first in Jazz with a score of 250.5, Kick with a score of 238 and Pom with a score of 253.5, earning Grand Champion overall. In cheer, the team placed sixth with a score of 209.5. Roosevelt High School was named the
grand champion for cheer with 248.5. Senior Michaela Ausland-Peters, a member of the dance team, said she was proud of her team following the performance. “We were as ready as possible,” AuslandPeters explained. “That, plus our hard work, gave us the win.” Sophomore Sierra Nelson said she thinks the dance team still has a lot to work on. “We did really well, but should be scoring higher,” Nelson said. “We need to work on our kick routine.”
JV football team in action today in Sioux City By Austin Hoflock, Sam Siganos and Isaiah Hall The undefeated JV football team will head to Sioux City, Iowa, to face East High School at 4:15 p.m. today at East Middle School, 5401 Lorraine Ave. in Sioux City.
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Sophomore Brock Walker said it’s going to be a good game today. “They are said to be pretty good, but I am confident in my team because speed wins, and we have that,” Walker said. Sophomore Brody Etrheim
is anticipating figuratively playing his heart out. “We all like playing for each other on the field, and just need to play our best to come out on top today,” Etrheim said. The Warriors also host Roosevelt Monday.
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There’s no shame in being labeled a ‘gamer’ Some people believe in the stereotypes that gamers are lazy slobs who never do anything but eat Hot Pockets, drink Mountain Dew and stay up until 4 a.m. on a regular basis. While much of this is in fact true, not all gamers are lazy slobs. Video games are a lifestyle that require commitment, hard work, and long hours (this is where the snacks and late nights come in), but most gamers just play for the sheer joy of playing a game in their free-time. I will proudly admit that I am a part of the category that puts in long, excruciating hours of grinding through levels, missions, and games because we enjoy putting ourselves through the torture of achievement. In my mind, video games are to boys what Netflix and Starbucks are to girls. Nobody understands why we enjoy it so much—it just is. Your average Hear me. . . girl likes to spend all their money on Starbucks and then go Chayden Fitzsimmons home and bingewatch a series like “Grey’s Anatomy.” Meanwhile a gamer will spend $60 for a brand-new game, then go home and put 60+ hours into games like “NBA 2k16,” “Call of Duty,” “Counter Strike: Global Offensive,” or in my case, “Destiny.” Whenever I log in, it is a guarantee that somebody from my fireteam will be on-line. I am proud to admit that I am a gamer. I feel no shame in the title. Nobody should be ashamed to be a gamer. There is a game for anybody and everybody. There are strength in numbers, and believe me when I say this, you are not alone, my gamer friends! Senior Chayden Fitzsimmons’ gamertag is Hyper x Vacuumz.
Could cold tech market be thawing? By Paresh Dave Los Angeles Times (TNS) Just two technology stocks went public this summer—not a good sign for the long list of technology startups eyeing initial public offerings. August’s stock market slamdown, the deepest drop in nearly four years, sounded like a death knell for the IPO market in 2015.
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But a sign of life emerged Wednesday as Pure Storage Inc., a Mountain View, Calif., flash storage company, raised $425 million on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s unclear how much cheer that will provide for financial technology company Square and payments processing company First Data, or for nontech companies such as grocery chain Albertsons and Spanish cable network Univision, which are all preparing to go public before the end of the year. Those who prefer their glass half-empty can look at recent figures put out by consulting firm PwC: July through September turned into the slowest quarter for tech offerings since the start of 2009. Those who prefer half-full can draw some optimism from Pure Storage’s market debut. “Market weakness so far has been a drag on a majority of new stock issues this year,” Richard Peterson, senior director at S&P Capital IQ said ahead of the Pure Storage debut.
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