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First-Day Schedule
Happening Now •Upward Bound: 3:05 p.m. in A-104 •Wrestling: Middle school meet 6 p.m. at Lincoln High School •Boys Basketball: Team meal 6:30 p.m. in commons •Booster Club: Holiday spirit wear sale 6:30 p.m.; monthly meeting 7 p.m. in library
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: French toast, scrambled eggs •À la carte lines: Pepperoni hot pocket, taco fixings, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Drama Club: Members will meet at 3:10 p.m. Dec. 12 in the Little Theatre. Sign-up now in the Little Theatre to bring and sell treats during this week’s “Wizard of Oz” shows.
Other Reminders •Hour of Code: Is coming on Wednesday during lunch hours. Sign up in the library today to attend. •Baseball: Registration is now open at siouxempirebaseball.org/high-school through Jan. 27, 2017. •WHS Christmas: Sweatshirts are available in the Warrior Zone school store. •Tickets: For the musical “Wizard of Oz” are now being sold—$8 before or after school in A-126. Opens Thursday-Saturday. NOW Monday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Kubik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Mitchell Waddell Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owen Aline Staff: Taylor VanderVelde, Taylor Ruud, Wendy Roseles, Ethan Hays, Alex Barron, Molly Cozad, Daxton Bonnewell, Chloe Legal 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. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service
Vol. 22 • No. 57
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Gymnastics team hosts 11-team Forseth Invite Warriors take 10th with 122.275 points
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By Taylor Ruud and Wendy Rosales arrior varsity gymnasts hosted the 11-team Lolly Forseth Invitational Saturday at WHS, taking 10th place overall with a score of 122.275. Mitchell won with 143.35 team points. Individually, eighth grader Holly Weidner had the best score of the day for WHS with an 8.725 on the balance beam. Freshman Mary Christensen finished 22nd all-around for WHS, with a 30.525, scoring a 7.55 on uneven bars and an 8.22 in floor exercise. Gymnastics coach Ellen Engebretson said it was a good event, overall. “Our team was very excited to host such a large meet,” Engebretson said. “Our parents worked hard to make sure this was a positive, welcoming environment for the 111 athletes competing. Our gymnasts focused on executing clean routines to increase our scores.” Freshman Kia Gjoraas said the event went well and was very well organized. “Our team did well because our scores improved tremendously from the last meet,” Gjoraas said.
Photo by Carson Herbert BEAUTY AND GRACE—Freshman Mary Christensen performs her floor exercise at Saturday’s meet. She scored an 8.22.
Wrestlers open season at RHS By Mitchell Waddell, Alex Barron and Austin Kubik Varsity wrestling team members began their season Saturday at the Rider Invitational at Roosevelt High School, competing against nine other schools. WHS came in seventh overall with 126 points, in the top two out of the Sioux Falls schools along with Roosevelt who took sixth. Canton finished first with 246.5 points, beating second-place Brandon Valley by nearly 50 points. WHS had seven wrestlers
place in the top six. At 138 pounds, freshman Simon Tiede came in sixth. Senior Jack Bren came in fourth at 145. The 160, 170, 182, 195 and 220 pound classes each had one Warrior place, including sophomore Tupak Kpeayeh in third, senior Jacob Wagner in second, junior Brock Wulf in third and junior Brody Etrheim and senior Thomas Vissers in fifth, respectively. Bren said there’s still work to be done for the team. “We did pretty well, considering it was the first tournament of the year, but we have
a lot of room to improve on the year,” Bren said. “We need to get our minds right for tomorrow and Rapid City this weekend.” Coach Lance Peters felt good about the meet. “The team is excited about their first quad at WHS Tuesday,” Peters said. “We would love to see as many fans as possible as we compete against Lincoln, Yankton and Lennox. We would also like to say a special thanks to staff and students who helped out by purchasing gear through the wrestling fundraiser.”
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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 Carson Herbert
Page 2 Morgan Mitchell
Freshman student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to graduate from high school, go to college and eventually to become a doctor. •What are you involved in at WHS? I am involved in basketball and the SALSA student volunteer club. •What is your favorite class this semester? My favorite class is algebra, because math has always been my favorite subject. •What is your advice for readers of the NOW? Always strive to do your best and never give up.
Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 Marlon Barrientos
Freshman student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to become a construction worker and help out my family economically. •What is your favorite class this semester? I like science—it is interesting to me. •What is your advice for readers of the NOW? Come to school every single day. •Who inspires you? I am inspired by my family because that is my only reason to live and because I love them very much.
Spinsters dance will be payback for Saturday Winter Formal occurred this past Saturday in our very own commons, and not only did many WHS students make an appearance, but we had many guests from other schools come and join us as well. This year’s formal was one of the best yet. It was full of laughter, fun, and lots of dancing. A huge perHear me. . . sonal shout-out goes to Brooklyn Stekl for being my amazing date! Owen Alvine The only down side? The huge expense that came from my pockets. I am sure many are nodding their heads in agreement right now.
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Now, it’s time to brace ourselves for the next big dance—Spinsters! The Spinsters dance, the annual fundraiser for EmBe, is the ultimate payback for formal. Not only do the girls have to ask the guys to the dance, but pay for anything the guy wants at dinner. Spinsters is my favorite dance throughout the year, and not just because I don’t have to pay. It’s a little more casual than the other dances and it consists of all the Sioux Falls schools, so you are able to see your non-WHS friends bust a move. Along with that, Spinsters is held at The District, probably the best place for a big school dance. So ladies, I advise that you better start saving your money now, because you are going to need it. Oh, and guys, be nice—don’t drain their wallets. Take the high road. Senior Owen Alvine feels like lobster for dinner before Spinsters.
Pipeline project comes to a halt By William Yardley and Sandy Tolan Los Angeles Times (TNS) CANNON BALL, N.D. — The Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday denied permission for the Dakota Access pipeline to cross under a section of the Missouri River, handing at least a temporary victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its supporters. The decision came after months of protests by thousands of self-proclaimed “water protectors” — bolstered by the arrival of more than 2,000 U.S. military veterans — who have opposed the pipeline out of concern that it could rupture and contaminate the river, which they say provides drinking water to the tribe and 17 million other Americans. The pipeline is being built by Energy Transfer Partners, whose chief executive, Kelcy Warren, has said the company would not be willing to explore alternative routes. The Corps said Sunday it would explore alternative routes and could initiate a more thorough and lengthy environmental analysis of potential risks posed by the $3.8 billion, 1,170-mile pipeline. “Although we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it’s clear that there’s more work to do,” Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Army’s assistant secretary for civil works, said in a statement. “The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing.” In recent months, thousands of people have set up camp on the edge of North Dakota’s Cannonball River just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, vowing to place themselves in the way of the pipeline to block its construction.
