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Happening Now •Renaissance Committee: Ice cream sundaes for honor roll students during lunch periods in commons— bring certificate •Boys Basketball: District 2AA first round vs. Lincoln 7 p.m. in gym •Chorus: Concert 7 p.m. in auditorium
Vol. 22 • No. 103
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By Zach Heupel and Nic Gregg arrior girls basketball team members, seeded No. 4 in District 2AA, fell to No. 1 seed Harrisburg 65-56 Monday night in Harrisburg. WHS was unable to light it up offensively, shooting 33 percent from the field. Senior Maham Shah led the Warriors with 18 points and five rebounds. Sophomore Lilly Bartling had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Coach Jamie Parish said it was a tough loss. “We got ourselves into a hole in the first half, and it was too much to overcome,” Parish said. “We need to come out and play our best game of the year on Thursday if we are going to win.” With the loss, WHS will move on to the District 2AA third place game on Thursday, traveling to No. 3 Lincoln. The winner will move on to the Region 1 game for a trip to state, and the loser will end their season Thursday. Shah is looking forward to the third place game at Lincoln on Thursday. “We didn’t get the preferred result last night,” Shah said. “But that just means we have to give it our all and battle even harder against Lincoln on Thursday.” Thursday’s game is at 7 p.m. at Lincoln.
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Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nic Gregg and Lauren Zimbeck Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . Amanda Wheeler Staff: Zach Heupel, Katelyn Smith, Emelia Skogstad, Grace Isaacson, Emma Scott Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . Carson Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Maham Shah Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth
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Warriors now face do-or-die at Lincoln Thursday
•Today’s lunch: Chili dog, steamed broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, soft taco, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
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Girls fall to Tigers, move on to third place game
Lunch Time at WHS
•Wrestlers: Will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in the locker room. •Chess Club: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in A-136—new members and beginners welcome. •Fishing Club: Will hold an organizational meeting at 3:15 p.m. today in E-126—all interested are welcome. •Gay-Straight Alliance: Will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in the counseling conference room. •National Honor Society: Application information meeting will be held at 7:40 a.m. Thursday or 3:15 p.m. Friday in A-221—applications available in student services. •AP Students: Will meet during reading period Friday in the auditorium to discuss signing up for AP Testing.
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Photo by Amanda Wheeler LAY-UP—Senior Kelsi Kearney puts up a shot in Monday’s Warrior loss. Kearney had four points and four rebounds in the game.
Boys host Patriots tonight WHS opens District 2AA at home with Lincoln rematch By Grace Isaacson and Emelia Skogstad The Warrior boys basketball team will tip-off post-season play tonight as they host the Lincoln Patriots at WHS. During the regular season, WHS split a pair of games with Lincoln, beating the Patriots 61-55 Jan. 12 at WHS and losing 73-63 Jan. 26 at Lincoln. Going into the postseason, WHS is seeded second in District 2AA. Lincoln is seeded
No. 3 in the district. Coach Craig Nelson said the Warriors are prepared. “We play a tough Lincoln team tonight,” Nelson said. “We have had a couple of great practices leading to tonight. We need an energized team and a rocking Warrior student section.” The other match-up in District 2AA tonight is No. 1 seed Brandon Valley taking on No. 4 seed Harrisburg. Admission for tonight’s
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game is $4 for any student K-12 and $6 for adults. No passes, including staff and student activity passes, are allowed for post-season play. Tickets go on sale at 6 p.m. and tip-off is at 7 p.m. tonight. Fan theme for tonight’s game is black out. Senior Jack Talley is pumped. “I think the game tonight will be really hype,” Talley said. “We need everybody to come and support the Warriors.”
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Hey now, they’re an All-Star. . .
Two seniors honored by paper By Lauren Zimbeck Seniors Jonah Nelson and Hailey Nold were recently selected out of many applicants as Academic All-Stars from WHS, an annual feature by regional newspaper the Argus Leader that highlights outstanding seniors from the area and their accomplishments not only in high school, but also their futures. The application process for the honor was similar to a college application, including a list of each applicants achieveFeature ments, extra curricular activities and volunteer experiences and an essay highlighting a failing in life and what was learned from it. Nold said she saw it as an opportunity to show her enjoyment of clubs and extracurricular activities that support WHS. “I thought it would be an honor to be selected among some of Sioux Falls’ most well-rounded students,” Nold said. As for Nelson, he just decided to go for it. “I thought it would be a nice honor to obtain during my high school career,” Nelson said, “and that it would reflect who I am as a person.” Both seniors are actively involved in and out of school, including activities like sports, National Honor Society, Principal’s Advisory Council, Boys and Girls State and many Jonah Nelson other activities.
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Nold said she was grateful to be hand-picked out of so many applicants. “I feel honored to have been selected as one candidate for WHS because I know so many well-deserving students also applied,” Nold said. Nelson was also ecstatic about being chosen. “I knew I was going up Hailey Nold against some good competition,” Nelson said. “I knew I had a decent shot, but I did not expect to be chosen.” Both have big plans following graduation. “I am strongly leaning toward Augustana University,” Nold said. “If I attend Augie, I hope to be accepted to and highly involved in the Honors Program and the study abroad opportunities that are offered. After I complete my education, I hope to become a physician’s assistant in the field of dermatology.” Nelson is currently in the admissions process with the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. He is planning on majoring in European History and hopes to go on to be an officer in the U.S. Army after college. Both are thankful for the opportunity and encourage future Warrior seniors to apply. “You’d lose absolutely nothing and it’s a great honor if you are chosen,” Nelson enthused. The Academic All-Star Feature will by published by the Argus Leader this spring.
DNA structure discovered History.com (MCT) On this day in 1953, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announced that they had determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes.
Our History Though DNA– short for deoxyribonucleic acid–was discovered in 1869, its crucial role in determining genetic inheritance wasn’t demonstrated until 1943. In the early 1950s, Watson and Crick were only two of many scientists working on figuring out the structure of DNA. California chemist Linus Pauling suggested an incorrect model at the beginning of 1953, prompting Watson and Crick to try and beat Pauling at his own game. On the morning of Feb. 28, they determined that the structure of DNA was a double-helix polymer, or a spiral of two DNA strands, each containing a long chain of monomer nucleotides, wound around each other. Watson and Crick’s solution was formally announced on April 25, 1953, following its publication in that month’s issue of Nature magazine. The article revolutionized the study of biology and medicine. Among the developments that followed directly from it were pre-natal screening for disease genes; genetically engineered foods; the ability to identify human remains; the rational design of treatments for diseases such as AIDS; and the accurate testing of physical evidence in order to convict or exonerate criminals.
