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First-Day Schedule
Happening Now •Volleyball: Season ending banquet 6 p.m. tonight in commons •Boys Basketball: Open gym 6:15 a.m. Tuesday in main gym
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Asian chicken with rice, egg roll, cowboy salsa •À la carte lines: Pepperoni hot pocket, taco fixings, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Track and Field: Athletes planning to go out for the boys or girls team this spring will meet at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday in the Little Theatre. •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in A-136 to discuss upcoming contests. •Boys Soccer: Open field 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Avera Sports Dome, 1601 W. 44th Place.
Other Reminders •Show Choir: Applications for the backstage crew are due today—they are available in the chorus room. •Winter Formal: Will take place from 8-11 p.m. Dec. 2. Outside dates can be signed up at the ticket table Nov. 27-29—must be at least in high school and under 21 and provide a school ID or S.D. driver’s license the night of the dance. •Warrior Zone: Has their annual “ugly” holiday sweatshirts for sale— limited supply available. 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
Vol. 23 • No. 49
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Volleyball team finishes third at State AA Meet WHS defeats Watertown in five games
By Cyler Melvin and Zach Heins arrior varsity volleyball team members finished the State AA Tournament in third place Saturday in Rapid City. It was no easy time for the Warriors, as they took all three games at the tournament to five sets. After defeating No. 2 ranked Mitchell 25-15, 22-25, 17-25, 25-22, 15-10 on Thursday, the Warriors fell to No. 3 seeded Rapid City Stevens 24-26, 25-22, 25-16, 19-25, 14-16 in the semifinals Friday. They then came back to defeat No. 5 seeded Watertown 25-18, 21-25, 18-25, 25-23, 15-6 in the third-place match on Saturday. No. 1 seed Harrisburg defeated Stevens in four 25-17, 21-25, 25-23, 25-15 for the championship Saturday night. Junior Peyton Rymerson was named a member of the All-Tournament Team after the championship match Saturday. Throughout the tournament Rymerson had 110 digs and 12 aces. “It was a really fun weekend and it was a great experience,” Rymerson said. “We’re excited
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Photo courtesy South Dakota Public Broadcasting THIRD PLACE—Warrior volleyball team members (kneeling, L-R) junior Nikki Reta; sophomore Gabby Reck; junior Mallory Junso; sophomores Katie Jansen and Laura Petterson; juniors Abbey Levitt, Peyton Rymerson and Aspen Langley; (standing) assistant coaches Alicia Hess, Kristen Reck and London Schouten; junior Asia Amos; sophomore Phekran Kong; junior Samiya Jami; freshman Sydni Schetnan; juniors Lily Bartling and Alyssa Elton; senior Hailey Olson; assistant coach Lindsey Irvine and head coach Kelly Schroeder pose with the third place trophy Saturday. for next year and hope to make it back to state next year.” Coach Kelly Schroeder said he was pleased with the team’s efforts all weekend. “We went to five in every match and we battled all the way until the end,” Schroeder said. “Things didn’t go our way on day two, obviously, but we were able to fight through the
pain and finish 2-1 on the weekend. Everybody had their shining moments throughout the tournament and we never went down without a fight. It was a great group of girls and I’m glad we could finish the way we did.” The Warrior team will hold their end-of-season banquet tonight in the WHS commons.
Boys, girls bowlers beat Lincoln
By Joseph Lax The varsity girls bowling team out-scored Lincoln 28.521.5 and the boys won 31-19 Friday at Suburban Bowl. Freshman Eli Reisner had the high game of 213 and high series of 565 for the boys.
Sophomore Miller SoutarBishop said he was pleased. “We kept the intensity up and our heads in the game and did what we had to do,” SoutarBishop said. Girls coach Derek Schumacher said they persevered.
“The girls struggled tonight with difficult lane conditions,” Schumacher said. “It was very oily and hard to navigate the bowling ball into the pocket.” The Warriors will next take on O’Gorman Dec. 1 at Empire Bowl.
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A profile of WHS students
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 Jennie Nguyen
Junior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? My plans are to become a music therapist and be able to tell my parents to put down the bill, I’ve got it. •What activities are you involved in at WHS? I am a member of Link Crew and the Translators of Cultures at WHS, as well as the coach of a Vietnamese Community Fan Dancing team. •What is your favorite class this semester? I like English III with Mrs. (Heather) Dickson.
Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 Gerald Mokros, Jr.
Junior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to go to medical school and become a doctor. •What is your favorite class this semester? My favorite class is precalculus because the class is laid back, and I’m pretty good at it. •What is your advice to readers of the NOW? Stay up to date on your school work and don’t fall behind. •How do you want to be remembered at WHS? I want to be remembered as the guy who could really bust a move!
Keep an open mind, try new things The upcoming Thanksgiving break is a perfect time to try new things and do what you’ve always wanted to do. I’ve recently been trying new things and they’ve all turned out to be positive experiences! At the beginHear me. . . ning of November, I randomly decided to change up my Libby Nachtigal hair and get highlights. I just decided I needed something new in my life! The past two weekends I have toured colleges. I first toured the University of Minnesota, and I can’t say I loved it, but I’m keeping an open mind. It was a very cold day
when I toured, so it was hard for me to focus on what the tour guide was saying. Lesson—wear layers, lots and lots of layers! I toured the University of South Dakota this past weekend, and I ended up really enjoying it. My family has always been an SDSU family, so I kind of went in with the thought that I wasn’t going to like it. Turns out I did! I should’ve gone in with a positive mindset, and you should too, Warriors! Try to be as positive as you can— sometimes your mood can ruin what you’re doing, and you might miss an opportunity. I challenge all of you Warriors to do something that scares you, and to try new things! You never know what you’ll get out of it, but odds are if you have the right attitude and you enjoy what you’re doing, it’ll be an experience to remember! Junior Libby Nachtigal went deer hunting for the first time recently.
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Weinstein Co. could be saved by bid By Ryan Faughnder Los Angeles Times (TNS) A former Obama administration official has submitted a bid to buy the Weinstein Co. and install a majority-female board of directors, in a surprising twist for the beleaguered film and television studio that has been trying to avoid bankruptcy. Maria ContrerasSweet, who ran the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2014 to 2017, sent a letter to the Weinstein Co. board of directors this month offering to buy the company and assume liabilities related to its business operations. Contreras-Sweet would become chairwoman of the Weinstein Co. board, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Los Angeles Times. Her letter, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, did not include financial details. “I believe we have now reached a crossroads where it is imperative that a woman-led board acquire control of the company and create content that continues to inspire audiences around the world, especially our young girls and boys,” Contreras-Sweet said in the Nov. 8 letter. Weinstein Co. representatives did not respond to requests for comment. Such a deal would be a remarkable development for the onetime indie film powerhouse, which has spent more than a month reeling from sexual harassment and assault allegations against its cofounder Harvey Weinstein. It remains to be seen how the all-male current board of directors will respond to the offer. Last week, Weinstein Co. got a much-needed financial lifeline when it sold its North American distribution rights for “Paddington 2” to Warner Bros. in a deal worth about $30 million, which it split with Frenchowned StudioCanal. People close to the studio said the money will help keep Weinstein Co. out of bankruptcy.
