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Happening Now •Jostens: Visits to take cap and gown orders before and after school and during lunch hours •Volleyball: vs. O’Gorman at WHS—freshmen and JV 4:30 p.m., sophomores 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m. in gyms •Season-End Banquets: Softball 6 p.m. in library; boys soccer 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Church

Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Barbecue pork sandwich, steamed broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, beef fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet at 3:10 p.m. today and Thursday in A-136. •Spanish Club: members will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in A-154. All are welcome. •Boys Soccer: Players will meet at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in A-103 to turn in equipment and discuss offseason open fields.

Other Reminders •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. NOW Tuesday Staff Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidney Kennedy and Seth Benson Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . Taylar Erickson Staff: Daniel Slaven, Madelyn Moravec 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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Football team earns City, Metro Conference titles WHS finishes perfect regular season at 9-0

By Sidney Kennedy arrior football team members ended a perfect regular season with a 64-7 win over cross-town rival Lincoln Thursday night at Howard Wood Field. With the win, WHS improved to 9-0 on the season, and will enter the 11AAA Playoffs Thursday as the No. 1 seed. They also secured sole possession of the City and Metro Conference titles with the win. WHS started the game off hot, scoring 30 points in the first quarter and 20 in the second, while also shutting Lincoln out until the fourth quarter when the Patriots blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown. Leading the Warriors was senior Logan Uttecht who had three touchdowns and set the school record for touchdown receptions in the game. “We came out with a lot of energy against Lincoln, and are looking to do the same thing against Rapid City Central this week,” Uttecht said. The Warriors will take on Central in the first round of the playoffs at 4 p.m. Thursday at Howard Wood. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $5 for students, no passes accepted.

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Volleyball squads host O’Gorman tonight By Taylar Erickson and Madelyn Moravec Varsity volleyball team members won a pair of matches over Rapid City Stevens and Central at an East vs. West match Friday at Lincoln High School. The Warriors beat Stevens in three games, 25-19, 25-21, 27-25 and Central in three 25-21, 25-12, 25-20. The JV team also won both games 25-16, 25-18 against Stevens and 25-18, 25-23 over Central. WHS will now host O’Gorman in a full-slate of games tonight at WHS. Action will begin with the

JV and freshmen at 4:30 p.m. today. The sophomores will play at 5:30 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m. tonight in the Warrior gyms. The last time WHS played O’Gorman on Sept. 19, they fell in four games at O’G. Since that time, WHS has climbed to 17-12. The Knights are now 15-13. “We’re very excited to play O’G tonight,” senior Hailey Olsen said. “They always put up a good fight. It’s also future Warrior night and our dig pink game which makes for a fun time too!”

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Warriors enter playoffs as No. 1 After defeating Lincoln 64-7 to end the regular season Thursday, WHS enters the post-season as the No. 1 rated team in 11AAA this week. Pierre and Mitchell are tied as the No. 1 teams in 11AA in the final Sportswriters’ Poll (out today) before playoffs begin.

11AAA Football Poll

School (First Place Votes) Record, Last Week’s Ranking

1. WHS (24) 9-0 1 2. Roosevelt 8-1 2 3. Brandon Valley 7-2 4 4. O’Gorman 6-3 3 5. RC Stevens 5-4 5

Others receiving votes: Aberdeen Central

11AA Football Poll

School (First Place Votes) Record, Last Week’s Ranking

T1. Pierre (12) 6-3 1 T1. Mitchell (12) 6-3 3 3. Harrisburg 5-4 2 4. Douglas 5-4 4 5. Yankton 3-6 RV

Others receiving votes: Huron, Brookings

Volleyball team returns to poll WHS is back in the poll this week as the No. 5 team.

AA Volleyball Poll

School (First Place Votes) Record, Last Week’s Ranking

1. Harrisburg (13) 17-1 1 2. Mitchell 18-2 2 3. Aberdeen Central 13-4 4 4. RC Stevens 26-6 3 5. WHS 17-12 RV Others receiving votes: O’Gorman, Watertown, Huron

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JROTC members take exciting climb at area formations near Garretson More than 60 cadets rappel at Palisades State Park in September By Seth Benson On a sunny Saturday in September when most Warriors were trying to figure out how to enjoy the blended summer/fall day, 61 cadets from WHS and the Flandreau Indian School JROTC programs experienced a fun and exciting adventure at Palisades State Park north of Garretson. WHS seniors Battalion Commander Jacob Roth and Command Sergeant Major Isaac Reid commanded the group of cadets who rappelled off the famous cliffs Sept. 30 at the Palisades and ensured that everyone followed Feature established safety measures. The adventure was guided by JROTC instructor SFC Terry Finck and WHS science teacher Jeff Johnson, an experienced climber who operated the rappelling stations. Finck and Johnson also offered different levels of difficulty, depending on the experience level of the individual cadets. Those with more experience could even go from a height as much as 40 feet. Senior Kalis McCubbin, JROTC second Lieutenant, said it was a fun experience.

G.W.B. dedicated in 1931 History.com (MCT) On Oct. 24, 1931, eight months ahead of schedule, New York governor Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River. The 4,760-foot–long suspension bridge, the longest in the world at the time, connected Fort Lee, New Jersey with Washington Heights in New York City.

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Photo by Rod Burmeister GET DOWN—freshman Isaac Corado enjoys the rappelling experience Sept. 30 at Palisades State Park, moving down rock formations eroded out of pink Sioux Quartzite at the park. “Everybody worked well as a team,” McCubbin said. “They came together as a group, and overall had a fantastic time.” Following the rappelling experience, the cadets continued their funfilled day with drill practice, drill competitions and lunch served by SSG Jarod Morken of the South

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Dakota Army National Guard. Roth said the experience helped the group to bond. “The day was a fun experience,” Roth said. “It was an amazing opportunity for the cadets to challenge themselves to rappel and exercise their self-confidence through the rappelling offered that day.”

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“This will be a highly successful enterprise,” FDR told the assembled crowd at the ceremony. “The great prosperity of the Holland Tunnel and the financial success of other bridges recently opened in this region have proven that not even the hardest times can lessen the tremendous volume of trade and traffic in the greatest of port districts.” Though the bridge was gigantic, engineer Othmar Amman had found a way to make it look light and airy: in place of vertical trusses, he used horizontal plate girders in the roadway to keep the bridge steady. Amman used such strong steel that these plate girders could be relatively thin and as a result, the bridge deck was only 12 feet deep. From a distance, it looked as flimsy as a magic carpet. The bridge opened to traffic on Oct. 25, 1931. One year later, it had carried 5 million cars from New York to New Jersey and back again. In 1946, engineers added two lanes to the bridge. In 1958, city officials decided to increase its capacity by 75 percent by adding a sixlane lower level. This deck (the New York Times called it “a masterpiece of traffic engineering,” while other, more waggish observers referred to it as the “Martha Washington”) opened in August 1962. Today, the George Washington Bridge is one of the world’s busiest bridges, carrying over 105,894,000 vehicles each year.