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Happening NOW •Oral Interp: At Marshall Speech Spectacular today and Saturday in Marshall, Minn. •Debate: At Lewis and Clark Invitational today and Saturday in Yankton •Girls Basketball: vs. Roosevelt today at WHS—JV and freshmen 4 p.m., sophomores 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m. in gyms •Bowling: vs. Harrisburg 4 p.m. today at Eastway Bowl •Show Choir: Executive Showcase competition 8 a.m. Saturday at Roosevelt High School •Middle School: Registration event 9 a.m. Saturday in Little Theatre •Wrestling: At Bobcat Invitational 9 a.m. Saturday in Brookings •Power Lifting: Meet 9 a.m. Saturday at O’Gorman High School •Gymnastics: Metro Conference Meet 11 a.m. Saturday at WHS •Boys Basketball: vs. Roncalli Saturday at Aberdeen Civic Arena—freshmen 4 p.m., JV 5:45 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m. in Aberdeen
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Power Lifting: Team members planing to attend the O’Gorman Meet will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in the weight room. •FCA: Members will meet at Central Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Sunday to play Lincoln members in dodgeball. •Drama Club: Members will meet at 3:10 p.m. Monday in the Little Theatre. •LibCats: Library advisory group will sponsor a hair braiding event at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in A-128. Sign up in the library to attend. NOW Friday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Nase and Peyton Stenzel Assistant Editor: . . . . . . . . . . . Thayer Smith Staff: Caden Goetschius, Kane Miedema, Tyler Olmstead, Joey Wehrkamp, IvaJane O’Brien, Addison, Sannes, Nora VanAartsen Editor-in-chief . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Wiley Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . .Hannah Smith 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
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Boys manage to squeak by Patriots in second meeting
Team heads to Aberdeen Saturday to play at Civic Arena By Taylor Nase and Addison Sannes arrior varsity boys basketball team members topped the Lincoln Patriots Thursday night at WHS in a 56-54 Metro Conference squeaker. Senior Sam Siganos led the Warriors with 13 points, followed by junior Jack Talley with 10. The game was an intense battle throughout, with the biggest lead only eight points by the Warriors shortly after the half. At the end of the night, with only 3.9 seconds left on the clock, sophomore Zach Heins led the Warriors to victory with two key free throws. Previously in the season the Warriors defeated the Patriots Jan. 14 65-50 at Lincoln for the regular season sweep. Senior Carter Keller was enthused to be back at WHS last night. “There was no better place to be than last night’s game against a cross-town rival,” Keller said. “The atmosphere was crazy thanks to our student section, which was needed in a game like that.” In sub-varsity action, the sophomores defeated the Patriots 52-50. The JV lost 68-56 and both freshmen teams fell—the A Team 55-46 and B Team 46-31. WHS next gets the chance to play in the historic Aberdeen Civic Arena Saturday as they face Roncalli. The freshmen play at 4 p.m., the JV at 5:45 p.m. and varsity at 7:30 p.m.
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Photo by Erin Thompson LAY IT UP—Junior Isaac Goeman puts it up for the Warriors Thursday in WHS’s twopoint win over the Lincoln Patriots.
Girls bowling team dominates Brookings 49-1 By Joey Wehrkamp and Caden Goetschius Bowling team members traveled to Brookings Jan. 22 as the varsity girls destroyed the Bobcats 49-1. Junior Alex Rote had a high game of 202 and a high threegame series of 568 in the win. In boys action, the Warriors let one slip away as Brookings squeaked by the Warriors 26-24. Senior Aaron Johnson led the way with a high series of 619 while sophomore Jake
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Schofield had the highest game for the Warriors with a score of 235. “It was a grind to the get points we did,” Johnson said. “We know what we need to work on as a team.” Coach Troy Duffy had some good things to say about the tough loss, however. “The varsity boys fought back after being down 12-0 after the first game,” Duffy said. “The team’s mental game stayed strong and everyone Warrior Nation Events
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played well, but it was a little frustrating that only a few pins cost us the win for the varsity boys team.” In junior varsity action, sophomore Chaley Linder had a series high of 355 and a high game of 144 for the girls and freshman Collin Lax had a high game of 162 and freshman Jadyn Schumacher had a high series of 443 for the boys. The team will next host Harrisburg at 4 p.m. today at Eastway Bowl. All WHS News
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Girls basketball team WHS gymnasts host Metro faces Roosevelt tonight Conference Meet Saturday By Tyler Olmstead and Thayer Smith Warrior girls basketball team Members are on an eight-game winning streak, and will look to make it nine as they host cross-town rival Roosevelt tonight at WHS. WHS is currently 11-1, with their only loss to Western Christian, Iowa, back on Dec. 19, 2015, and are rated No. 1 in this week’s AA Girls Poll.
Roosevelt is currently ranked fifth in the state, with a 7-6 record. Senior Jade Visker is looking forward to playing the Rough Riders tonight. “We are excited to play against our crosstown rivals,” Visker said. “They’re a good team, so we have to play hard all four quarters tonight.” Sub-varsity action starts at 4 p.m. today with the varsity at 7 p.m.
By Peyton Stenzel Warrior gymnastics team members will host the Metro Conference Meet this Saturday at WHS. Competition in JV and varsity begins at 11 a.m. Saturday in floor exercise, vault, uneven bars and balance beam featuring teams from Lincon, O’Gorman, Roosevelt and WHS. Admission to the event is $5 for adults, $3 for students and $1 for seniors 60 and over.
Photo by James Cimburek FLIP—Sophomore Lily Saaleephew competes in the floor exercise at Tuesday’s triangular in Yankton.
Learn to appreciate the here and now A few days ago, as I was on my way home from a friend’s house, I had a very eye-opening experience. While driving down Highway 11 (A.K.A. Highway 100, Veteran’s Parkway and about a 100 other things) a car must not have seen me in Hear me. . . my miniature Honda Civic and decided to take a left directly in front of me. Peyton Stenzel As my brakes squealed and I managed to stop inches from the car, I was thankful to still be breathing. Now, many of you know me as a very dramatic person, so you can take my next statement as you see fit—but I would describe this moment as a life or death situation.
Driving cautiously home, I realized how quickly everything we have could be ripped away. All of us seniors sit in class each day and dream about how great it’s going to be to throw our caps into the air or how refreshing it’s going to be to have a clean slate in a new school with unknown people soon. I want all of us to take a look back at our past for a second, and forget about our future. Think about all the countless memories you have shared with your siblings, all the friends you have gained and lost because of stupid fights, and most importantly all the people you have met that have changed your life. Let’s all stop focusing all our thoughts and devoting all our energy to thinking how great the future is going to be, when we have all these great people around us right now that we need to appreciate. Because, without those people, not a single one of us would be where we are today. Senior Peyton Stenzel never texts and drives.
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Frightening Zika virus reaches U.S. By Franco Ordonez McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) WASHINGTON — An obscure mosquito-borne virus that has already prompted warnings in Central America to avoid getting pregnant and is thought responsible for thousands of birth defects in Brazil has now reached the United States, according to health officials.
Science Friday The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said U.S. doctors should test newborns who show signs of the Zika virus, especially in states such as Florida, where mosquitoes are a daily nuisance. The advisory came the same day that Arkansas officials confirmed that they had diagnosed someone there with the virus and warned it was possible that the virus had infected the local mosquito population. The dual announcements mark the latest twist in a burgeoning public health crisis that evokes memories of the 2014 Ebola crisis, when a slow international response to an unusually virulent outbreak of disease ended up costing the lives of thousands. The threat from the Zika virus, which causes fever, rash and joint pain, is not so much to those who contract it, however, but to their unborn children, who often suffer from microcephaly, a birth defect characterized by an unusually small head and developmental problems. As many as 4,000 infants in Brazil are thought to have suffered the condition because their mothers had been infected with Zika. Zika has already been found in 21 countries and territories in the Western Hemisphere. It has spread so quickly that world health officials had warned that it was only a matter of time before it reached the United States.
