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Happening NOW •Boys Basketball: Open gym 6:15 a.m. today in main gym •Photo Retakes: Before school and during lunch periods today outside gym entrance •All-State Chorus and Orchestra: TodaySaturday at Denny Sanford Premiere Center— Grand Concert 7 p.m. Saturday •Speech: Pumpkinstakes 9 a.m. Saturday in Watertown •Volleyball: Freshman City Tournament 9 a.m. Saturday at O’Gorman High School •ACT Prep: Course 1 p.m. Sunday in A-227

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Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Anderson and Sydney Stallinga Assistant Editor: . . . . . . Maddie VanderFeen Staff: Rachel Boer, Kylee Haub, Hailie Schock, Megan Nolan, Erika, Lehan, Shoniya Stonehouse, Alejandro Martinez, Logan Barber 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. WHSNOW.COM Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service

By Erika Lehan and Maddie Vanderfeen arrior football team members lived up to their No. 1 seeding with a 53-27 win over No. 8 seed Rapid City Stevens in a quarterfinal game of the 11AAA Playoffs Thursday at Howard Wood Field. WHS came out strong and scored 47 points in the first half before the starters left the game for most of the rest of the way. Junior linebacker Brody Etreim said he is excited to advance to the semi-finals Nov. 4. “We started off slow in the beginning, letting them score more than we should have, but we came back and took a strong lead and ended up winning big,” Etreim said. WHS remains undefeated with a 10-0 record, and will now face O’Gorman in the semi-finals at 4 p.m. Nov. 4 with a trip to the 11AAA finals at the DakotaDome on the line. Junior Seth Benson once again led the team at quarterback, as sophomore Jayden Johannsen continues to recover from a shoulder injury. He is expected to return for the semi-finals. Benson led the Warriors with 240 passing yards. Senior Thuro Reisdorfer had 113 yards receiving in Thursday’s quarterfinal win.

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•Buy: A “Spook-A-Gram” for someone special during lunch periods today in the commons and support WHS Theater. The cost is $4 and they will be delivered Monday. •LibCATS: Library advisory group will provide free face painting after school on Monday in the library.

Chance of rain Saturday, then clearing. Cooler.

WHS defeats Stevens 53-27, faces O’G in semis

•Today’s lunch: Cheeseburger, french fries, peas •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, chef salad, sandwiches

Other Reminders

This Weekend:

Warriors one game away from repeat trip to Dome

Lunch Time at WHS

•Fellowship of Christian Athletes: Members will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Celebrate Church, 1000 S. Sycamore Ave. •Cross Country: Team members will meet to turn in equipment at 3:10 p.m. Monday in A-146.

Mostly sunny Warmer High 76°

Partly cloudy Low 48°

Photo by Carson Herbert SCRAMBLE—Junior quarterback Seth Benson looks for an option in the first half Thursday. Benson threw 9-14 and 240 yards in the win.

All-State Chorus, Orchestra hits city

Grand Concert Saturday at 7 p.m. at Premiere Center By Sydney Stallinga and Taylor Anderson Twenty-five Warrior musicians will participate in the AllState Chorus and Orchestra Grand Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. The students qualified through a process of tests and auditions. All-State Chorus members include seniors Austin Schoenbeck, Bailey Banwart, Hailey Nold, Jacob Kringen, Krista Olson, Kaytie Vroman, Spencer DeLange,

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Lincoln Shafer, Noah Salter, Lauren Green, Chad Derby, and Dominick Warmbein and juniors Dax Johnson, Curtis Cornish, Madison Weber, Noah Schlekeway, Jennalee Larson, Jamie Bitz, Lauren Nelson and Hollie Leggett andwill be led by guest conductor Dr. Jerry Blackstone from the University of Michigan School of Music. Nold said she is excited for the performance. “It is a great experience to get to sing with some of the Warrior Nation Events

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best voices South Dakota has to offer,” Nold said. All-Sate Orchestra members include juniors Julienne Korst and Isabelle Curry and sophomores Olivia Roberts, Ethan Jensen and Jane Walsh. They will be led by guest conductor Dr. Ruth Lin from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. Upper-level seating is $8 for students and $14 for adults. Reserved floor seating is $19. The Premiere Center doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. All WHS News

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WHS sees success at state cross country meet Girls take fourth, boys fifth at event held on Huron golf course Saturday By Alex Martinez Cross country team members competed at the State AA Meet Saturday at Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron as the girls finished fourth with 146 points and the boys fifth with 160 points. For the girls, senior Kelsi Kearney took 16th and junior Carlie Kray 26th to lead the team. Photo courtesy S.D. Public Broadcasting RUN—Junior Yonas Sadi nears the finish line at the State AA Cross Country Meet Saturday in Huron.

For the boys, junior Yonas Sadi finished in 13th overall with a time of 17:14.48 while junior Christopher Zahn finished 36th with a time of 18:18.32. “I think overall as a team we did really good, we got 5th place but we are keeping all our guys, so hopefully we’ll be better next year and come back stronger,” junior Bonheur Mvuyekure, who finished 59th, said. Sioux Falls Lincoln swept both the boys and girls events, winning AA titles in both at Saturday’s state meet in Huron.

Warriors in hunt for a football title this fall Fall is upon us, Warriors. And really, is there a better time of year? Fall means a new school year is well under way with lots of potential for success, football hype is at its peak and the baseball playoffs are coming to an exciting finish. But most importantly, fall Hear me. . . is my favorite season because I like to hunt. For me, hunting is not just a pastime, Logan Barber but a passion. Those of you who have never been hunting might be confused as to why I enjoy it so much. There are many reasons that I enjoy the outdoors this time of year, but the first thing that comes to mind for me is the challenge and adrenaline rush that I feel

while experiencing a fall hunt. The feeling you get when you see a deer in person, flush a pheasant or have ducks landing in your decoys is indescribable. I think there are two types of people in this world— those who love hunting and those who have never tried it and don’t know that they love it yet. Speaking of hunting, the Warrior football team is deep in the hunt for another state championship and have pushed through adversity this year, including injuries and a very young team. They haven’t missed a beat all season long and are enjoying the challenge and adrenaline rush of the hunt on the football field, as well. For all these reasons, fall is an all around exciting time of year, and we should all enjoy it while it lasts because before we know it, the snow will be here and we will all be forced to go back into hibernation mode. So get outside and enjoy the fall soon. Junior Logan Barber is also a fan of summer.

Speech teams travel to Watertown Saturday Members compete for pumpkins

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By Hailie Schock WHS oral interp and debate team members will participate in the annual Pumpkinstakes Tournament Saturday at Watertown High School. Oral interp events that will be taking place at the tournament include Dramatic, Humorous, Novice and Duo Interp, Poetry, Non-Original Oratory, Storytelling, Reader’s Theatre and Discussion. Individual debate events will include Novice Extemp, Experienced

Extemp and Original Oratory at the Watertown tournament. Oral interp coach Michelle McIntyre said she is excited for the tournament and the unusual awards they hand out. “It’s a very popular tournament to attend,” McIntryre said. “It’s our first out-of-town tournament, so the team’s energy is up and ready to go. I’m hopeful we do well so everyone can take home the funky home-grown pumpkins that they hand out for awards.”

Fear real zombies this Halloween By Bruce Bower Science News (TNS) A zombie crawls through the forest. When it reaches a good spot, it freezes in place. A stalk slowly grows from its head. The stalk then spews out spores that spread, turning others into zombies.

Science Friday This is no Halloween story about the zombie apocalypse. It’s all true. The zombie isn’t a human, though. It’s an ant. And the stalk that emerges from its head is a fungus. Its spores infect other ants, which lets the zombie cycle begin anew. In order to grow and spread, this fungus must hijack an ant’s brain. However weird this might seem, it isn’t all that unusual. The natural world is full of zombies under mind control. Zombie spiders and cockroaches babysit developing wasp larvae — until the babies devour them. Zombie fish flip around and dart toward the surface of the water, seeming to beg for birds to eat them. Zombie crickets, beetles and praying mantises drown themselves in water. Zombie rats are drawn to the smell of the urine of cats that may devour them. All of these “zombies” have one thing in common: parasites. A parasite lives inside or on another creature, known as its host. A parasite may be a fungus, a worm or another tiny creature. All parasites eventually weaken or sicken their hosts. Sometimes, the parasite kills or even eats its host. But death of the host isn’t the freakiest goal. A parasite might get its host to die in a certain place, or be eaten by a certain creature. In order to accomplish these tricks, some parasites have evolved the ability to hack into the host’s brain and influence its behavior in very specific ways.