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Vol. 23 • No. 30

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Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Teriyaki chicken and rice, egg roll, stir-fry vegetables •À la carte lines: Pepperoni hot pocket, taco fixings, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Other Reminders •Library: Will close at 3:30 p.m. today for conferences. •Girls Basketball Players: Check the on-line calendar at goo.gl/d5edA6 for the weight lifting schedule. •Student Council: Members will sell brownie sundaes for $1 during lunch periods Wednesday. •Seniors: The Jostens representative will visit WHS before school and during lunch periods Tuesday and Wednesday to take cap and gown orders. •Yearbooks: 2017 books that have not yet been picked up are now available in the Student Services office. •Photos: For the year-end HonorFest video can be submitted anytime to Instagram #whshonorfest2018. •All Cars: Parked in either student parking lot at WHS must have a valid parking tag. Do not park in faculty, handicapped, visitor or other nonstudent spots. NOW Monday Staff

Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophie Nieman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Zach Heins Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riley Jensen Staff: Cyler Melvin, Trevor Burkhart Editors-in-chief . . . . . . . . . . . . Madi Forseth and Libby Nachtigal 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

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WARRIORS WIN TWO!

First-Day Schedule

•Parent/Teacher: Conferences 47:30 p.m. in gyms and library •Duel Credit: Presentation 6 p.m. in Little Theatre •Financial Aid: Night for juniors and seniors 7 p.m. in auditorium

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WHS earns two State AA titles in one big day in Rapid City Saturday

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aturday was a great day to be a Warrior, and Rapid City was a great place to be one as WHS earned two state titles in boys cross country and competitive dace in the western South Dakota city. The competition cheer team also took fourth and the girls cross country team sixth to round out a successful day for the Warriors in Rapid City.

Cross country team earns first title in 30 years By Cyler Melvin and Trevor Burkhart Boys cross country team members won a state championship at the State AA Cross Country Meet Saturday at Hart Ranch in Rapid City. It was the first state title for the boys cross country teams in 30 years. The team rose to the top on the strength of a third place finish by senior Bonheur Mvuyekure with a time of 16:22.46 and a fourth place finish by senior Shodo Mahamed with a time of 16:24.01. As a team, WHS finished with 37 points and a 16:35.97 average time, one point ahead of second place Lincoln with 38 points. Other individual finishers for WHS included sophomore Merci Bita, and seniors Yonas Sadi and Christopher Zahn who stuck together in ninth, 10th and 11th to race WHS to victory. Coach Shane Reilly said the Warriors were very focused all season. “Overall, it was a great day for our cross country program and I could not be prouder of both the boys and girls accomplishments,” Reilly said. The Warrior girls took sixth place with an average time of 20:21.13 and 179 points.

Photo courtesy South Dakota Public Broadcasting CHAMPIONS—Boys cross country team members are (L-R) coach Lenae Reinschmidt; senior Ayub Mohamud, sophomore Merci Bita; seniors Yonas Sadi and Noah Richard; sophomore Chase Lather; seniors Shodo Mahamed, Bonheur Mvuyekure and Topher Zahn and coach Shane Reilly. Brandon Valley won with 99 points. Sophomore Sydney Lather paced the Warrior team with 12th place and a time of 19:32.38. Freshmen Ella Kolb took 28th and Kayla DeBeer 34th. Sophomore Khot Juac took 47th and Katelyn Severson 58th.

Dance teams takes ninth state title in 10 years By Zach Heins and Sophie Nieman Competition dance team members captured another state title at the State AA Cheer and Dance Competition Saturday at Rapid City Stevens High School. It was the ninth state title in the 10 years WHS has participated in the sanctioned state meet for the Warriors.

WHS rose to the title on the strength of their jazz routine, earning a near-perfect 297.5 out of 300 points, their highest score of the season. They also won the Hip Hop division with a 287 and took second to Brandon Valley in Pom with a 283. The Warriors took the overall title with a 289.17 average. Brandon Valley took second with a 283.

Senior Emily Stegenga said the team worked really hard this season. “It definitely paid off at state, and we are really proud of ourselves,” Stegenga said. The competition cheer team earned fourth place overall on Saturday in Rapid City with a 233.5. Brandon Valley won with a 253.5, followed by O’Gorman with a 253.

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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 Madi Forseth

Page 2 Hazel Rios

Senior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I hope to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and major in English and Language Arts Education. •What activities are you involved in at WHS? I am involved in DECA Marketing, oral interp, SALSA, the GSA, chess club, art club and am president of the Young Poets’ Society. •What is your favorite class this semester? I like both American Sign Language I and college prep English. ASL is amazing, and I love English.

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Senior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I would like to attend medical school. •What activities are you involved in at WHS? I ran cross-country my freshman through junior years. •What is your favorite class this semester? I enjoy both precalculus and psychology. The teachers make learning fun and easy to understand. •What is your advice to readers of the NOW? Work until the bell rings and don’t be afraid to ask teachers for help if you need it.

Dance has helped senior grow as a person These past four years being a part of the competitive dance team have been nothing but memorable for me. Last year after winning state, dance was taken away from me due to a surgery. I was unsure if I was ever going to be able to dance again, which made this Hear me. . . last competitive dance season extra special. As a freshman Alyse Dockter getting runner-up at state was hard, but it gave me and the rest of the members of the team the fire to succeed and win the next three years. The countless hours and hard work we put into our routines

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truly paid off. This team is not just a team—we are a family, as well. Coach Angela Nieman has pushed me to be the best possible dancer and person I can be. When I have failed to believe in myself, she believed and told me I could do it. She taught me to never give up, to never settle and to take chances. You have to keep pushing yourself out of your comfort zone in order to succeed and to get better. I am so thankful to have been a part of this team for four years. It has meant so much to me and has given me memories that I will cherish forever. At the end of the day it is not about state titles, even though it has been pretty sweet to win these past three years, but about how I have grown not only as a dancer, but as a person as well. Senior Alyse Dockter will miss her dance family next year.

Astros to face Dodgers in World Series By Pedro Moura Los Angeles Times (TNS) HOUSTON — Fifty feet from home plate, Jose Altuve’s bat hit ground. The baseball touched down 314 feet further, in the third row of the right-field seats. He had swung hard, and he had not let go. The smallest man on the field carried his weapon until he was certain that his fly ball was a home run, that his Houston Astros had a two-run lead, that their season was a step closer to lasting at least another week. Then, he flipped it. He flipped it with so much joy, and a bit of vengeance. “I didn’t know what to do,” Altuve said. “I was just running. But that bat flip was for my team. I love my team.” Buoyed by their star and two standout pitching performances, the Astros shut out the New York Yankees, 4-0, on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park, surviving a hardscrabble American League Championship Series and securing their spot in the 2017 World Series. Several Astros said Altuve’s celebration was meant as a response to Yankee reliever Tommy Kahnle’s fist pumps as he walked off the mound earlier in this series. “He got beat, and he showed him up a little bit,” said right fielder Josh Reddick, a tradedeadline acquisition by the Dodgers last season. “There’s nothing wrong with that. We felt like he was showing us up over there at Yankee Stadium.” The real revenge rested in the outcome, the Astros winning back-toback elimination games to cut short this Yankees season. Housotn’s one World Series visit came when they resided in the National League, in 2005, and it ended in a sweep at the hands of the Chicago White Sox. This year, a date with the Dodgers awaits, beginning Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Dallas Keuchel will face Clayton Kershaw in Game 1.