Lincoln Southwest High School 2013 Yearbook

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Lincoln Southwest High School

700 l S 14th St, Lincoln, NE 6851 2

402-436-1306

http://lsw.lps .org

Enrollment: Students: l 84 7 Staff: l 97

k time goes on, our tradition continues to build . knew students join our school, we continue to grow . k the student section screams, our spirit continues to rise

k we entered our 1 1th year, excitement in the nest has continued. Whether it was painting up in camo for the first football game, or putting on cowboy boots for spirit week , Southwest's spirit will never die

From the practice gym to the classroom, Silver Hawks have kept a graduation rate of 93 % or higher for the past two years.

Our school is expected to

succeed in all areas, expected to win , expected to study, expected to work as one, and for the past 1 1 years we have done that. Day after day our reputation has improved.

What the other schools see no longer matters ; what matters to us is how we see ourselves Not only has our talent shone, but also our character.

Southwest celebrated receiving the Cellular Cup for 201 1-201 2 school year for best finishes in NSM sports and activities No matter if we lose or win , LSW never loses pride

Our student body has talent in every aspect, whether it's our ACT

score , the drawing board , the theater department, the music stage, or the football field Our teamwork and success is what makes us different. Our competitiveness and drive is what makes us better.

We win together, we lose together We work together, and we believe in each other. We build tradition, we make history, and we leave a mark on the school for the years to come.

We are Southwest, and you ain't seen our potential, you ain't seen our talent, you ain't seen our dedication , and you ain't seen our hard work ... YET.

Story/Spread by Kaylyn Fern

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BLOOD DRIVE. Senior Cami Kopetka generously donates blood at the blood drive on Oct. 1 1 The blood drive is held in the wrestling room several times throughout the year. Photo by Kaylyn Fern/Talon

PLAYOFFS Juniors Nathan Duff, Justin Wiley, Parker Stock and Cecilia George , cheer on the Hawks during a varsity football state game. Hawks lost to Omaha North 28-10. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon PIE FACE. Senior Lucas Grossman shoves his face with pie at Spirit Fest. Grossman was a starting linebacker for varsity football.

Photo by Kaylyn Fern/Talon

YOUNG LIFE Juniors Michaela Dreeszen and Jessica Levtsenyuk sit at the Young Life table to promote more members. Young Life is a teen Christian group that meets every Tuesday night. Photo by Kaylyn Fern/Talon

FRESHMAN Tristen Williams participates fn the relay race on freshman first day. This was one of a few different races held on the track for freshmen. Photo by Dianne Kuppig/Talon

CHEESE. JV cheerleaders Shelby Rollins, Breyanna and Brandy Hellerich and v~rsity cheerleader Siara Swiggart, I pose for a picture at Spirit Fest. Photo by Kaylyn Fern/ I Talon Open ing '3

EMERALDS Juniors Chandler Haefele, Taylor Boesiger,

Lisa Ingham and senior McKenzie Balfany promote the dance team at Spirit Fest. Spirit Fest is an opportu1nity for clubs, activities and athletics to show everyone

what they have to offer Photo by Talon

SING Senior Reagan Bergen sings during the fall choir concert. Bergen is in var-

sity concert choir, chamber choir, and Resonance show choir. Photo by Maddie Fanton/Hawk Talk

USA. Freshmen in Court Monroe's geoscience class pledge allegiance to the flag The Pledge tradition began this year when the state required it. Photo by Mor an Swartz/Talon

FIRSTS. Freshmen Sydney Lonowski and Julia Bartolome wait in the counseling center at open house on Aug. 10 Many students used this opportunity to change their schedules Photo by Talon

SPIRIT. Senior Josh Banderas prepares senior Christian LaCouture for one of the many games held at Spirit Fest on Aug. 18 Both Banderas and LaCouture were a part of the varsity football team Photo by Talon

OUTDOORS Students in Cyndi Dwyer's composition class uses the new outdoor pavilion to write about what they see and hear. The pavilion is one of the school's newest additions Courtesy Photo

The 2012-201 3 school year has showed us that there is no limit to our success. Throughout this school year we have seen improvements everywhere We've seen it in sports, academics, clubs, discipline and even the school itself

We saw improvement when we walked up to the school to see preparations for a brand new Hawk statue right outside the front doors, and when we walked into the commons and saw four new flat screen TVs. The new outdoor pavilion, designed by graduate Matt Lickei, is now in full use. We also saw an - improvement in spirit with SFF helping to lead our teams to victory .

But not only have we improved, we began new traditions The school adopted the traditi"on of saying the Pledge of Allegiance every morning at the beginning of first block At first we were saying it to a piece of paper, but as

the year progressed, a flag was placed in each classroom

Anot r1er tradition we added was the weekly Student News We said goodbye to the Wednesday announcements and added a new student news segment that plays during lunch as well as being brought into the classroom on Tuesdays. It is put on by the Student Council with other clubs involved as well.

Whether it was waiting an hour to leave the parking lot after finals, receiving your first lunch detention or being caught up in a tardy sweep due to the new, stricter rules, t hi s year also brought some obstacles. But as Silver Hawks , we can soar through anything.

We have seen many great things this year, but what is about to come is going to be even better.

Because you ain ' t seen nothing Story/spread by Morgan Swartz

TOP LEFT Junior Cassie Cooper plays the saxophone at her band concert. Cooper participates in jazz band. Photo by Kelsey Roberts/Hawk Talk

BOTTOM LEFT. Senior Dane Kaiser, freshman Kris Grimes and senior Alex Jaeger dress up for the Halloween theme at the first round of state LSW lost to Omaha North 10-28

Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon

TOP RIGHT. LSW ' s student section cheers before the first punt of the game against North Star Southwest beat North Star 14 9 in the first game of the season

Photo by Talon

RIGHT Emeralds McKenzie Balfany , Kelsey Hillman , Hayley Bell and Frannie Calkins leap in unison during Spirit Fest. Spirit Fest started the 2012-201 3 year off with a bang

Photo by Talon

BOTTOM RIGHT. KNIGHTY KNIGHT KNIGHTS. Senior SFF members lead the student section to cheer after the paint fight which proceeded the Southeast game

l- --------"OHHHH!!" The student section screamed before each kick off. "Please stand for the pledge of allegiance" came over the intercom every morning. "Aruba ah ah! " The cheerleaders chanted at every sport event. "Beep Beep Beep ," goes the sound of your alarm every morning

As much as most of us students hated starting back at school, we had to But instead of complaining about it, we rose to the occasion.

Southwest started off the year with a bang at Spirit Fest, h aving pie eating contests and a pep rally Our theater department successfully produced the play "Anne of Green Gables" and " It's a Wonderful Life ."

Our student section showed up to every football game, dressed as the theme and ready to cheer for t he Hawks

Our fall sports teams had practices everyday so they could win, go to state, and represent LSW with pride Our dance team made new routines to perform at half time and p e p rallies.

Our show choir prepared for their future competitions The band and orchestra had concerts in the auditorium, along with the chamber choirs

Students studied themselves to death for the ACT, SAT, and PSAT to prepare for college.

Lincoln Southwest didn 't just go through the motions We showed ourselves, other schools and our peers what Southwest is all about.

We proved that Southwest students have pride in their accomplishments as the school built on its traditions

Story/Spread by Kaylyn Fern

s&Ytof a new .year

A new beginning br ings new oppor t un it ies

Ring! Ring! Ring! The best sound ever on the last day of school the sound of the bell dismissing us from our final fourth block class of the year. Three whole months of no teachers, homework, or tests/quizzes The point of summer is to have a fun, stress free, lazy time.

Most of us do the usual swimming, vacations, hanging out with friends, and sports . But some do more exotic stuff like travel to a whole different country

Senior Aaron Lewis went to Cancun, Mexico over the summer. While there Lewis swam with dolphins, went parasailing, and went to the beach a lot.

"The most fun thing I did while I was there was most definitely when I took a fourwheeler down a wild life trail," Lewis said.

Other students like Yahsi Gorji went to the Cayman Islands . She swam with dolphins, went swimming every day, scuba dived, and rode horses on the beach

"The most fun thing I did while I was there was swim with dolphins!" Gorji said, " I had a lot of fun. I'd love to go back soon "

Sadly summer can't last forever Back to school means seeing friends you haven't seen all summer, and getting an opportunity to make new friends.

Most know what it's like to be a new student at a new school, but how many

know what it's like to be a new student at a new school in a whole different country. Three students from Germany do Foreign exchange students were Vanessa Von Berg, Sophie Westmeyer and Vivian Zerle.

"I think it's a great school with a lot of opportunities, and many nice students. All are so welcoming towards foreign exchange students, " von Berg said

"I like going to Southwest very much," said Westmeyer. All of them said they enjoyed the opportunity to live in Lincoln

What they missed about home was "friends and family " Since being here most of them have been traveling around to see other places

Zerle has been to New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, and a couple places in Nebraska. Westmeyer has been to Florida, New York, Illinois, and Texas. Von Berg has been to New York, Kansas and planned on going to the Mall of America in Minnesota

Unlike most school years this one had started earlier than usual. School had started on the early date of Aug. 14, just less than two week after locker checkout, Aug 1 and 2. Along with the new school year came new experiences .

Story/Spread by Marie Micek

OPEN HOUSE Students wait in line up to buy yearbooks at open house Yearbooks were $55 to start and went to $65 by the end of the year

Photo by Talon

FRESHMAN MEETING The freshman class wait in the theatre to hear about SHOS Freshmen went to SHOS meetings on Tuesdays during PLC time first term Photo by Talon

LUNCH TIME Fr es hm en get to experience the long lunch line and the crowded tables while they enjoy eating lunch on their first day Photo by Talon

SHOS SFF leaders Josh Banderas and Parker Stock talk to the freshmen Every freshman was required to go to SHOS. Photo by Jacey Lawrence/Talon

V11CATION Sophomore Yahsi Gorji wrote her name in the sand while on Vacation in the Cayman Islands last summer. She is shown on the beach with her cousin Courtesy photos

A80Vc Student ambassadors meet in the theatre to discuss what they are expected to do as SHOS leaders Photo by Jacey Lawrence/Talon LE Southwest welcomed three new foreign exchange students Vanessa von Berg, Vivian Zerle, and Sophie Westmeyer. Photo by Marie Micek/Talon

LEFT Students wait at open house to pick up a planner. Students were expected to have a planner with them in order to leave the class room while class is in session Photo by Jacey Lawrence/Talon

YOUNG DANCERS A few younger kids come to show off their dancing at the Spirit Fest. with the Emeralds The dance team held a kiddie camp to raise funds Photo by Talon

RELAY RACE Freshmen Alexis Philson and Paige Young play a game during SHOS where they are given a sentence to say while eating saltine crackers Whoever finished first, won Photo by Talon

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Homecoming starts school year off with a bang

Homecoming is one of the most exciting times of the year Sept. 2 1 for the dance made Southwest one of the first schools in Lincoln to have homecoming. This event allowed the students to get together and have fun for a night.

The week started out with a lazy day and ended with being a scholar or "nerd" as some people call it. Spirit week encouraged students to come together and celebrate school spirit by dressing up for a theme each day.

Monday had the theme of Lazy Day, and students dressed up in sweats and pajamas. Tuesday the students rocked their cowboy boots and plaid shirts all day. Fashion disaster led the student body into Wednesday. Thursday was LSW spirit day

Sophomore Jessica Kinghorn said, "Spirit Day was my favorite day because I got to wear Southwest clothes for a day to show my school spirit."

The day of the dance the students showed off their scholar/nerd style.

However, this year was slightly different from recent years. The homecoming game was played on a Thursday night before the dance on Friday.

Meeting Southeast, our rivals, the theme for the game was paint up Many joined in for a paint fight at Seacrest Field before the game and ended up covered in paint from head to toe.

Since the dance was the next night it allowed students more time to dress up for

the dance and even go out to eat. Thursday was the pep rally. People strutted their stuff in a runway show for the Student Council's game.

During the pep rally the homecoming court from each grade was recognized For freshman it was Taylor Els and Bo Els For sophomores it was Chase Gobel and Mykahla Euchner. For juniors it was Siara Swiggart and Cole Villanueva.

For seniors the nominees for queen and king were Jacey Lawrence, Erin Lenz, Daphne Weber, Mandy Hoyt, Taylyn Watson, Kramer Rath, Tyler Hoppes, Parker Stock, Jordan Williams, and Brooks Carveth

Having the dance Friday gave a chance for girls to get their hair done , buy the dress of their dreams, and a new pair of shoes For boys it was a different story, maybe buying a new shirt or finally learning how to tie a tie

When asking the freshman class what type of dress they were going to wear, they mostly said form fitting and very sparkly Princess dresses were also still in style.

The theme for the dance was Under the Sea The tickets cost $ 5 per person and the doors closed at 9 p m. Cheer and dance teams sponsored the dance.

The homecoming queen and king were announced at 9. The queen was Erin Lenz. The king was Kramer Rath. The rest of the night students enjoyed dancing and hanging out with friends

Story/Spread by Katelyn Frank

LAZY DAY. Junior J P Deeds dressed up for lazy day in Betty Boop pajamas.

Photo by Katelyn Frank/Talon

WESTERN DAY Junior Bailey Koerperich shows off her cowgirl outfit for western day

Photo by Katelyn Frank/Talon

FASHION DISASTER Seniors Taylyn Watson and Niki Hevelone dress up for fashion disaster

Photo by Katelyn Frank/Ta/on

SEf~IORS Seniors Mikayla Bax, Cecilia George , Niki Hevelone , Madi Larson , Emily Johnson , Emily Morris, Amanda Sherrill, Sophia Sonenberg, Morgan Mavis, and Kristina Zvolanek went all out for spirit day

Photo by Katelyn Frank/Talon

ABOVE Homecoming king and queen Erin Lenz and Kramer Rath are crowned at the dance. Nominees were announced at a pep rally and the halftime of the football g ame Courtesy photo

FAR LEFT The Hawks ' student body painted up in the Seacrest parking lot for the Homecoming game against Southeast. They used washable paint on white-tshirts to create a colorful student section They walked into the game at the same time to intimidate the Knights. Photo by Talon

LEFT Sophomore Braxton Tonniges tries to win the competition for funniest dressed during Homecoming week Each contestant strutted their stuff to the student body during the pep rally Photo by Talon

SPIRIT DAY Juniors Tayler Millspaugh and Erin Dail show off their spirit.

Photo by Katelyn Frank/Talon

NERD DAY Juniors Brandy Hellerich, Breyanna Hellerich, and Trevella Lawson rock nerd day

Photo by Katelyn Frank/Talon

FRIENDS Freshmen Taylor Els, Nick Pleiss and sophomore Callie Meyer take a break at the dance

Photo by Hawk Talk

Green . Gables

Asto ry o f imag ina ti on and soc ia l ex pec ta ti ons

With 18 people in the cast, 34 people in the crew plus a director-do the math. It all adds up to one successful play.

This year's fall play was from the best selling novel, "Anne of Green Gables." It had performances on Sept. 27, 28 and 30 Tickets were sold to students for $8 while adults paid $ 10

The story depicts the life of a young orphan girl named Anne Shirley (sophomore Olivia Reid) who was sent to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert (seniors Will Reber and Michelle Ingle).

Anne is a very bright and brave girl who adapts to the new environment, makes new friends and excels in school.

"Anne of Green Gables" followed the experiences of Anne Shirley and the events that occurred as she grew up. The story shows the conflicts between imagination and social expectations.

Making these outstanding plays every year is not an easy task It took many rehearsals to reach LSW perfection.

"We rehearsed about 13-1 6 hours a week. Usually 7-9 :30 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and 3:30-6 on Wednesdays and Fridays," said director Bob Henrichs.

The cast studied their lines and mentally prepared long before opening night.

"I have been preparing since early August," Ingle said.

"I have to think about how an older person with Matthew's personality would say or do something." Reber said to prepare for his role he would practice al home.

The members of the cast are not the only ones who are hard at work with the long hours.

"The crews have the same time line as the cast. We started the first week of school and everything needs to be done by the end of September," Henrichs said.

There was a lot of preparation before the play as well. The cast did some exercises to help them relax and have fun before the play.

"We do warm-ups as a cast in the Black Box. We sit in a giant circle and listen to ' This Is the Moment' from the musical 'Jekyll and Hyde'," Reid said.

Southwest theater is known for their outstanding performances every year. It takes a lot of hard work to put on a production but the pay off makes it worth it.

"It is a great group to get involved in because it is the largest group at LSW and a great way to get to know people. We find a home for everyone, whether that be on stage or backstage Plus, we do all kinds of fun things, trips, etc." Henrichs said.

Story/Spread By Nicole Peterson

APOLOGIES Gilbert Blythe LJunior Connor Blankenau) makes an effort to become Anne s friend. Anne did not like Gilbert because he called her names. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon

TEA TIME Anne (sophomore Olivia Reid) and her Sunday school classmates enjoy a tea party hosted by the preacher's wife, Mrs. Allan. Anne was excited to attend. Photo by Sydney Rohren/Hawk Talk

LEADING LADY Sophomore Olivia Reid takes on the role of Anne Shirley in this year's play "Anne of Green Gables ." Reid also performed in last year's play "Big River. " Photo by Sydney Rohren/Hawk Talk

BEST FRIENDS Anne Shirley (sophomore Olivia Reid) and Diana Barry Uunior Claire Wilkinson) were best friends from the moment they met. Anne admire_d Diana's beauty and friendly personality. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon

CHURCH Members of the cast come together to form a Sunday school c lass while Rev. Allan (senior Clayton Parker) gives his sermon Rev. Allan and his wife became close friends with Anne throughout the f)lay. Photo by Sydney Rohren / Hawk Talk

ABOVE The cast of Anne ' s school Christmas concert 'The Fairy Queen" h ead over to the Cuthbert ' s house for rehearsal. Shy Matthew Cuthbert (senior Will Reber) stay quietly in the back and observe while the y practice. Photo by Sydney Rohren/Hawk Talk FAR LEFT Josie Pye (Junior Kailey Hill) is one of Anne's class mates who is jealous of her popularity while Charlie Sloane (sophomore Trey Merwick) is one of Anne 's admirers. H e is one of the first people to recognize Anne ' s charm. Photo by Sydney Rohren / Hawk Talk LEFT. Anne is a young girl who has a hard time containing her emotions. As a result she often found herself in trouble Photo by Kylie BrookhouserITa/on

HUSBAND AND WIFE Mrs. Allan (senior Meaghan Muehling) talks to her husband, Rev. Allan played by senior Clayton Parker. Rev. Allan is a new minister and people love Mrs. Allan for her youth and friendly personality. Photo by Sydney Rohren / Hawk Talk

SAD DAY IN GREEN GABLES Friends and family of Matthew Cuthbert place flowers on his coffin. Anne chooses to stay with Marilla and help with the farm

Photo by Sydney Rohren / Hawk Talk

PACK YOUR BAGS Marilla Cuthbert (senior Michelle Ingle) and Rachel Lynde Uunior Mattison Merritt) have a strange friendship. Mrs Lynde is controlling and did not like Anne at first. Photo by Sydney Rohren/Hawk Talk

Wha t does Southwest eat 7

No matter who you are- you have to admit that you love food. We all do. Some may have slightly different tastes, but for the most part, many people like the same typ~s of food.

For example, sophomore Dray Allan likes the French toast sticks while senior Ryan Klute likes the creamed turkey.

Most students don't really have a craving for school food though, so many upperclassmen (and some rebellious underclassmen) go off campus.

Just up the street there is Amigos, Subway, Little King and Sam and Louie's. Besides that, Taco Bell, McDonald's, Runza and Mr. Goodcents are also very popular.

But the majority of restaurants just aren't fast enough for the 30-minute lunch Some of Southwest's favorite sitdown restaurants include Texas Roadhouse, The Oven and Red Robin, according to a yearbook survey.

The survey was given to one class each of freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Each student was asked to name a favorite restaurant, and if they ate breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as what they normally ate.

Nutrition experts say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yet, according to the survey, why do only six out of ten students eat it? The answer is time. Too many people seem to find themselves

rushing in the morning, and said they just don't have time to prepare a breakfast.

'Tm already in a rush each morning, and it's just too much of a hassle," said junior Marisa Gocke.

Many people can't go a day without eating lunch. In some ways, lunch is just as, if not more important than breakfast. Lunch gives you a chance to fill your stomach so your mind will be on your school work and not your growling stomach for the second half of your day. A solid 80% of students said they eat lunch.

"I don't think I could go even one day without eating lunch," said sophomore Robert Garcia.

"The popcorn chicken is definitely the most popular this year," said Southwest's cafeteria manager Tammy Smith. "The corn puppies and mucho nacho are also very popular"

At 220 calories, not only is it the most popular, but it also is one of the lower calorie selections. The corn puppies are a bit higher, but still not too bad at 350 calories.

As for the most popular a la carte item, you would think it would be pizza. But it surprisingly is the chicken patty, and not even the spicy one!

So, whether it's going to your favorite restaurant or eating your favorite at school, students have plenty to choose from.

Story/Spread by Jackson

Hinzman

PANERA. Panera Bread is located in SouthPointe mall. They serve fresh soups, sandwiches and bakery items

Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

LITTLE KING. Little King is right across the street from Southwest. They have fresh deli and sub sandwiches. Photo by Jackson Hin zman/ Talon

SAM & LOUIE'S. Sam & Louie's is in the strip mall across the street from Southwest. They have fresh baked pizzas Photo by Jackson Hinzman / Talon

G Sophomores onnor Nelson, Owen Keopke and Sam Mitchell share a few laughs after they finish eating. They eat together every day in the cafeteria. Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

HEALTHY With the "new " salad bar, students can choose from a plethora of fruits, vegetables and salad. The salad comes in prepared bowls versus last year's tub to make your own. Photo by Talon

ABOVE Fre shmen Ashlynn Devall and Jed Stonacek select some healthy sides to go with their meals. The basic school lunch costs $2.40 for an entree, vegetable, a fruit and milk. Photo by Jackson Hinzman/Talon

FAR LEFT Hope Anderson , Tre Uhrmacher , Aubrey Shumake and Marti Elwood socia li ze while enjoying their lunch Not all upperclassmen go out to lunch Photo by Jackson Hin zman/ Talon

LEFT The lunchroom gets very busy. Students can choose from a variety of foods They can also purchase food from the Snack Shop right next to the lunchroom Photo by Jackson Hinzman / Talon

SUBWAY. Subway is in the strip mall across from Southwest. They have fresh subs and ice cream.

Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

FAMOUS DAVE'S Famous Dave 's is located in SouthPointe. They serve BBQ food. Photo by Jackson Hinzman / Talon

JUICE STOP Juice Stop is located in the strip mall across from Southwest. They have smoothies made from fresh fruit. Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

Several students participate in not only school related sports, but recreational sports and activities as we l'.. Everyone has something they enjoy doing when they're not at school , and many people are involved in select sports, hobbies, and activities they are talented at.

Story/Spread by: Taylor Rothgeb

What happens outside of school?

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Freshman Steff any Lien has C<?mpeted around the world, holding five gold medals for the U.S. Twirling Tearn, and the title of Miss Majorette of America at Notre Dame University.

' When I was four years old , my mom signed me up for baton twirling camp and gymnastics camp over the summer. At the end, she asked me which one I w anted to keep doing and I chose baton twirling ," said Lien. In 2012, Lien competed in Switzerland and won a gold medal for the United States Twirling Tearn. Aside from the competing , Lien enjoys performing for pep rallies and school football games, as well.

' The band, the cheerleaders , and the Emeralds Dance Tearn are all really inspiring. I love being part of the spirit that fires up the crowd,' Lien said. Courtesy photo

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Smlar but yet very different from gymnastics is All Star Competitive Cheerleading Freshman Brooke Herbert explained why she loves to cheer

' Being with my friends and competing is my favorite part. My sister started cheer when she was little and that's how I got interested. I have been cheering for 11 years and this will be my third year of cheering for Nebraska Cheer Center Titans,' she said.

Of course cheerleading isn 't as popular as football , but many people would argue that it is just as dangerous and intense. ' We stretch and do hard conditioning and work on different parts of our routine,' Herbert said.

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Sophomore Lydia Robertus started horseback riding at age 8.

' I've loved horses since I was little, and that's how I got started, " Robertus said. "Getting to know the animal and bonding with it is my favorite part. " She likes to run her practices in a routine fashion , beginning with a warm up to stretch the horse 's legs out She then sets up fences and riding patterns for her horse to follow. Robertus will go on to compete in the Annual Pony Finals in Kentucky in 2013

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Lauren Dav idsaver: ~,;tu,

With the 2012 Summer Olympics taking place before the school year , several people have taken interest in Women 's Gymnastics. Little do many students know that Southwest holds a strong contender for this specific event in the future.

Sophomore Lauren Davidsaver began gymnastics at the age of 3 and has become successful at a young age

"I practice Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday , Friday , and Saturday ," says Davidsaver. "Weekday practices are from four to nine and Saturday practices are from nine to one. " She gets a good work out by warming up, working on each event , and finally ending with strength conditioning.

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Junior Drew Kober 's passion for the game of hockey shows in both his talent and his attitude towards ®~GPR§~y Phofo

"I have been playing hockey since I was 4 years old and I have loved it ever since," Kober said. "I used to house Lincoln Stars hockey players and that was when I decided I wanted to play too. " Though practices are long and tiring with lots of conditioning , participating and being part of the team is worth it.

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Junior Jamie Brown has been involved in the unique sport , lacrosse, for six months. He plays for the Bobcats Lacrosse Club, and even though it's very challenging , he enjoys participating in the sport.

"Practices are very long and you are constantly running ," said Brown. "To prepare before games I have to tape my stick before I play. ·

Al though lacrosse is a "v ery painful" sport , Brown said there are some things he likes about it.

"My favorite part is being able to outrun everyone," said Brown. "My least favorite part is how much it hurts to get hit.'

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GOO BIIIG REEED!!! Go Big Red!

W hen school starts up and weather starts to change, you know people are getting Husker Fever

The smell of game days and the good attitude in all the people show you that Nebraskans are big Husker fans. If you drive around town and see flags on cars and in yards, with almost everyone dressed in red, you'll know it's a Husker game day.

Many staff and students are big Husker fans and catch Husker fever when fall weather hits. Some will even wear Husker apparel to school the Friday before.

"I am a huge fan! I go to as many games as I can," said senior Taylor Sherrill.

Amanda and Taylor Sherrill even have a Husker room in the basement of their house with red carpet, Nebraska chairs.and a wall with pictures.

"My favorite thing about going to Husker games is the atmosphere and seeing them win!" junior D rew Kober mentioned.

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Kober sometimes goes to Husker games to sell beads to raise money for his hockey team.

Senior Cami Kopetka said, "I have season tickets and go to every game."

"Before each game I put on all my Husker clothes and tailgate!" Kopetka said.

Deb Lyon, the media center secretary, said, "Before each volleyball game I get together with my friends for dinner to discuss the upcoming match "

Lyon has season tickets to the UNL Women's volleyball games. She has been a big Husker fan for at least 30 years.

"On game days I like to show off my spirit by wearing red and putting my UNL volleyball flag out in front of my house during the season," Lyon said

This was the last year the Nebraska Volleyball team played at the coliseum. Next year they will play at Bob Devaney Sports Center. Other changes involve additional seating at Memorial Stadium and the opening of the Pinnacle Arena Story/Spread by Katelynn Charroin

NEBRASKA: Senior twins Taylor and Amanda Sherrill's room in their basement is dedicated to the Huskers. They are big Husker fans and try to go to as many Nebraska home games as they can. Photo courtesy of Taylor Sherrill

GO BIG RED : Media Center secretary Deb Lyon has a flag she places in her front yard every year for volleyball season Lyon goes to all of the home game s for Nebraska volleyball. Photo courtesy of Deb Lyon

Josh Banderas

Transforming from a Hawk to a Husker, senior Josh Banderas is going to I play footba ll for the state of Nebraska with a full ride scholarship.

"I have been a Husker fan my entire

life. I live close and my dad played there It's been my d ream forever to become a Husker," Banderas said.

1IBanderas was offered seven full ride scholarships including Nebraska Oregon , Vanderbilt, K-State, Iowa State, Iowa, and Tulsa were just some of the places that were I offering to pay for his college so he could play football.

"Nebraska was clearly the better program," he said.

What he is looking forward to most when going to UNL is "playing in front of 90,00 people and all my friends and family," he said.

IIBrayden Young I

Senior Brayden Young is also planning on attending the University of Nebras- I ka Why did Young decide to go to UNL for baseball?

"I grew up around this program and it's close to home," Young said. He was offered scholarships to other schools but chose Nebraska right away

"Hard work, good work ethic as well as good positive feed back from coaches," Young said, is what got him to this point.

Young said he is looking forward to being around the team, meeting new peop le and just being a part of trad ition.

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"I have been doing gymnas t ics for 10 years and have worked really hard to come as far as I have today, " said senior Kelsee Richardson.

She is a level 10 gym n ast from Pioneer Gymnastics. It has been her dream to do gymnastics in college ever since she was 7 years old.

Richardson is p lanning on going t o U N L for gymnastics with a scho larship. "It would be nice to stay close to home and be able to go home whenever I want," Richardson said.

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"I am looking forward to the college life and being a part of the gymnastics team," Richardson said

GAME TIME : Seniors Cami Kop e tka and Moll y Holbrook stand in front of th e stadium b e for e a Nebraska football game Photo courte sy of Ca mi Kopetka

FANS: Juniors Baleigh Miller and Molly Meister tailgate before the Nebraska game They tailgate before every big H u sker game Photo courtesy of Baleigh Miller

BANDERAS : Senior Josh Banderas and his little brother visit the Husker locker room He has on Nebraska gloves and a jersey that he will be wearing next year Photo

courtesy of Josh Banderas

YOUNG : Senior Brayd e n Young in his N e braska shirt Young will b e w earing a lot of Nebraska stuff next year when playing baseball for the Huskers. Photo courtesy

RICHARDSON Senior Kelsee Richardson is shown in one I of her Nebraska leotards. She is excited to become a part

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Kaelin Dickey

Sophomore:

Dickey represents the trend that was sweeping the halls by storm. Flowy see through tops, with colorful bandeaus underneath.

Lots of girls also accessorized outfits with necklaces and their favorite shoes.

Dickey said she usually acquires her favorite fashion ideas from magazines and loves shopping at Victoria's Secret.

"People are crazy," said Dickey about other style choices around school.

Matty Merritt

Junior:

Matty Merritt is a girl who's not afraid to push the envelope when it comes to fashion

Her favorite trend was "vintage high waisted shorts and crop tops " Other girls were catching on to this sort of style. Who knows, maybe this will be the new trend.

But for now, Merritt stays original and rocks it.

Merritt usually finds her inspiration in classic movies or magazines From there, she finds ideas of high waisted shorts, crop tops, and her favorite "Manpris" Capri's for guys, which she says are very nice

Conor Behrens

Junior:

Behrens shows off his favorite outfit of a polo tshirt, grey Khaki shorts, Nike socks, and his signature Chuck Taylors.

Many guys at Southwest favor the Polo t-shirt and the khaki shorts because it's casual yet stylish.

Behrens likes to add his own flare by throwing in the Chuck Taylors.

Behrens searches for his style ideas from his brother and his brother's friends.

"I feel like everyone likes to dress up these days," Behrens said.

Brooks Carveth

Senior:

Carveth knows what he's talking about when it comes to fashion. He makes sure he always looks good.

Carveth likes to shop at Nordstom and finds his style ideas from models online and other online clothing stores.

Carveth comes to school in a white v-neck covered by a half button up cardigan and his favorite brand of jeans, "G star," finished off with black Sperry's, very fashionable.

"I think the way people dress now is super cool. They're starting to get more unique. Things that used to be popular years ago are starting to come back into style!"

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Everyone is unique, but some people choose to show it in different ways From colored hair , to piercings, to tattoos , each student has their own way of expressing themselves

Quite a few students have one or more tattoos and they all have their own story about each one . Junior Sierra Schacher has the Chinese symbol for 'family ' on her shoulder

"It is for my uncle that passed away, " Schacher said

Senior Dillan Walters has two tattoos One down the back of his arm that says 'Walters' and another across his back says, 'What doesn 't kill me , makes me stronger' with stars on both ends

"My rast n a me is for my family and the stars mean I can always find my way home and the saying , I have always wanted ," Walters said

Senior Taylor Graham has three tattoos , each with an important meaning Across his chest it says , 'Let go let God ' meaning to let go of your problems and put your trust in God to get you through your problems. On his upper arm he has a solid black cross, which symbolizes his religion His third tattoo is a colorful breast cancer ribbon on his side.

"The p i nk side of the ribbon is for my grandma with her initials; she had breast cancer. The blu e side is for my grandpa who passed away from colon cancer, " Graham said

Like Graham , junior Jamie Brown also has a tattoo of a cancer ribbon . Brown has a grey ribbon for brain cancer with wings around it.

"The wings stand for flying right through all the issues, " Brown said

Another way Silver Hawks express themselves is through different hairstyles and colors Sophomore Megan Gocke has green/teal hair with black underneath She changes it often because the color fades fast.

"I like to be different and I hated my natural color, " Gocke said Freshman Kaci Quin n also expresses herself through her purple hair

"I like to shake things up," said Quinn, "I wanted to dye my hair because it was time to change my color "

Piercings are another way to express yourself, not just things like ear or belly button piercings Junior Elizabeth Flores has her dimples pierced

"I wanted my dimples to be deeper," Flores said . Her best friend, freshman Jessica Jordan, also, has her dimples pierced

"I have my septum , dimples , ears , and my tongue pierced ," Jordan said

There are also other ways of expressing yourself. One major way would be through art With art , you can express uniqueness and you r creativity, whether it is photography , drawing , or sculpting

Seniors Kody Miller and Mallory Richert wer e in Emily Connelly's sculpting class Their assignment wa s to sculpt a head however th ey wanted

"My sculpting depends on my mood," Richert said

Miller agreed : " It also depends on my feelings. " Miller tried to sculpt her boss ' head and Richert decided to just sculpt it by how she felt. •

Finally, some express themselves by music. Through music, you can show the audience how you feel. Junior Anna Hurlbut plays the bass in the orchestra.

Sophomore Evan Kobler plays the xylophone in the band, jazz band, and show band Kobler has been playing this instrument for six years

Many people choose to play different instruments in the band and orchestra Music is a way of communication that can be shown through an instrument or through voice.

Story/Spread by Kaitlin Smith

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SMILE. Fr es hm an Jess ica Jor d a n sh ows h er co lo red h a ir a nd h er dim p le p ier cings Jordan has other p iercings su ch as h er ea r s, t o n g u e and sept u m Photo by Kaitlin Smith/Talon

PURPLE So ph o m o r e Kaci Q u in n ch ose t o die her h air pu rp le Quinn d ecide d t o die h er h air beca u se sh e wa nt ed a n ew co lor

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OMBRE Junior Laur e n Ke lsay mod els h er p in k ombr e An o mbre is wh e n h a ir is d a rke r at th e roo ts a nd g et s light er t o w a rd s th e end Ombr es hav e st art ed to be com e p o pular thi s yea r Ph o t o by Ka itl i n Smith / Ta lo n

Even though it may be small, it still has a meaning

FAC~. Senior Mallory Richert sculpted a head as one of her assignments. Richert chose to sculpt the face however she felt. Photo by Kaitlin Smith/ Talon

NAME Senior Dillan Walters has his last name tattooed on his upper arm. Walters chose this for his family. He also has a tattoo on his back that says, "What doesn ' t kill me, makes me stronger." Photo by Katelyn Frank/Talon

THREE Senior Taylor Graham chose each of these tattoos for a special meaning. The cancer ribbon is for his grandparents, the cross symbolizes his religion, and the phrase, "Let go let God," means to put your trust in God to get you through your problems. Photos by Katelyn Frank/Talon

FOCUS Sophomore Evan Kobler plays the xylophone in band, jazz band, and show band Kobler has played at Southwest for two years and he has played this instrument for six years Photo by Kelsey Roberts/ Hawk Talk

SCULPTURE Senior Kody Miller modeled her head sculpture after her boss. " Only without the mustache, " said Miller. Photo by Kaitlin Smith/Talon

CROSS Junior Mallory Bastin has a small cross tattoo on her forearm

Photo by Katelyn Frank/Talon

MUSIC. Junior Anna Hurlbut performs at the fall concert with the bass. Hurlbut also runs cross country. Photo by Kelsey Roberts/Hawk Talk

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A singer, an activity, a thing you collect: There are many kinds of obsessions. We all know students or even teachers that have an obsession with something. But what is the most common , what's are the most unusual, funniest or least expected? Story/spread by Vanessa van Berg

Olivia Bolden

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" I don 't really know how it started I've just loved them ever since they were on X Factor I probably spent about $ 100 on them already , but I spent way more time than money on One Direction

Some people think it's weird to be obsesse d w ith a boy band ."

IElaine Harris

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"I've collected pigs ever since I moved to Nebraska in 1979 . I don 't really know how it started to become an obsession, but I've always loved the baby pigs Many students help me out by contributing to the collection. That's how it got so big . I have over 100 stuffed animal pigs in my collection, plus books and other pig paraphernalia. "

Sean Neary

Sophomore

Obsession:

Singing

"I have been singing my whole life . When I was two years old , I was singing every few minutes, coaching myself When I was young I got in trouble for singing and humming wherever I went. My voice coach gets blown away by my talent. "

Christie Nguyen

Junior Obsession: Doing nails

"My obsession started seven years ago. My parents owned a nail salon and I got interested in it. I spend a lot of time on it. Normally it's about two days a week , but over the summer, it was up to four days a week, 1O hours a day Most normally like my obsession. "

Leah MacDonald

Junior

Obsession:

iPhone cases

"It started in January when I found my Hello Kitty phone case I've been collecting phone cases ever since. By now, I probably have about 20 already Other people think it's weird to collect phone cases and spend so much money on them. I probably spend way too much on it."

VtY pet peeves

The girl n ext to you is biting her nails again, the annoying boy f rom second block keeps interrupting you as you talk and when you finally leave school , you ' re following the worst driver.

Ryan Hoeven

Junior

Obsession:

Broncos

"l''ve been a Broncos fan ever since I was 5 years old.

They were the first team I saw on TV and I liked them right away. Other people don't like my obsession because they support other NFL teams. "

We all encounter our pet peeves everyday . To find out what Southwest's most popular pet peeves are, the yearbook staff sent out a survey to different classes representing all grades. The students were asked to choose their top three pet peeves from a list of 15

The Top Five

1. People who smell bad

2. Know-it -alls

3. Repetitive noises (tapping , clicking the pen etc.)

4. Chewing loudly/ people interrupting

Samantha Fruh

Junior

Obsession: Japan

"I've had this obsession ever since 7th grade when I received an email from Gere library that they were going to have an introduction class. Most people are supportive when they find out about my obsession. Sometimes they even get involved themselves Apart from a school trip to Japan, I've spent countless hours and about $300 on it alread "

5 . People that stare/ overuse a phrase (like, whatever etc.)

What else?

In addition to choosing three pet peeves, all participants had the opportunity to write down one of their pet peeves that wasn't on the list. Things listed were as follows: People walking slow in the halls, people who repeat themselves, people that mispronounce names on purpose, teacher's pets, popcorn-stealers, gum-takers, people who burp out loud, and people that don ' t cover up their mouths when they sneeze or cough.

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"Something new, something different. " That's what senior Taylyn Watson said about why Twitter and lnstagram are popular now. Nine years ago students may have been checking their Myspace page or even Facebook. Now, students checking their phone are checking their Twitter or lnstagram.

What's your user name? How many retweets did you get? Did people like your picture? Twitter and lnstagram have become more popular in the last few years, unlike Facebook, which many people don ' t use as much anymore.

Sophomore Alexus Kaltenberger said she doesn ' t use Facebook anymore because " people are annoying ." Watson said she sometimes uses Facebook but that most people just use Facebook to creep on others.

Meanwhile, over 100 million people are actively using Twitter . While over 500 million have twitter accounts around the world

How many friends do you have on Facebook? Do you have 300, 400 maybe 1, 0007 You could have over 500 million since that is how many people have active Facebook accounts. Over 80 million people use lnstagram

Pinterest also has become popular over the last few years, having over 10 million active users

While Facebook has become less popular over the years, people still use it to post their pictures or even statuses now and then

Freshman Harleigh Blome-Higer said her least favorite thing about social networking sites is "bullying and drama."

Junior Ryan Lindahl said, "I think Twitter and lnstagram are so popular now because they are the most recent networking sites and it's a challenge to get the most followers "

Whether you like Twitter or Facebook there are some good things and some bad things about social networking sites "My favorite thing about social networking sites is being able to connect with friends that I don't see, but my least favorite thing is when people complain about my posts and opinions ," said junior Brittney Nelson .

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Taylyn Watson 9 Taylyn Watson

lnstagram is #myfavoritesocialnetworkingsite but Twitter is pretty cool too, but not nearly as entertaining as lnstagram in my opinion. I think social networking sites are so much fun because you can #express yourself on them. My least favorite thing about social networking sites is people tend to revolve their life around it and it can be very dangerous if you're not smart about it. #instagram #expressyourself

Tanner Deiro J, TannerDeiro #myfavoritesocialnetworkingsite is Twitter and lnstagram because it's interesting seeing what everyone is up to. I don't think Facebook is popular anymore because it was a middle school thing. My favorite thing about social networking sites is that you can connect with old friends, but my least favorite thing is that cyber-bullying occurs on them. #twitter #instagram #oldfriends #bullies

Harl e igh Blome-Higer @HarleighBlome-Higer

I love taking pictures! So lnstagram is #myfavoritesocialnetworkingsite I still use Facebook but I don't think it's as popular now because there's lnstagram and Twitter. My least favorite part about social networking sites is bullying and drama. I also think Twitter and lnstagram are so popular now because everyone has one. #pictures #instagram #drama

Arc a ne Boles @ArcaneBoles #myfavoritesocialnetworkingsite is lnstagram because you can take pictures and then edit them. I don't think Facebook is that popular anymore because there are so many new social networking sites. My favorite thing about social networking sites is that you can let everyone know what you are do ing or what you like .. My least favorite part though is people can creep on you. #instagram #creep

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"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America " Sound familiar? From reciting the pledge da ily, to no food or drink in the classrooms, Southwest's administration enforced some new and old rules differently this school year The new guidelines have been the talk in the halls .

"It's almost funny how obsessed they are about you having to wear your I.D Dishing out lunch detentions doesn 't teach kids anything," stated junior Eddie Welles who said he was caught not wearing his I.D.

School rules and restrictions cover many areas, from wearing your ID, to no cell phones , to not being able to eat/drink anything in the classrooms but water.

These rules aren 't really new, but the consequences given if you don't follow them are much more serious If you ' re not wearing your ID? Lunch detention If you ' re late to class the third time? Lunch detention If you ' re an und erclassman and get caught going off campus? Lunch detention And if you don ' t go to lunch detention? Suspension could be the end result.

What used to be the home of Doug Kaltenberger's health classroom is now home to the students of lunch detention. A 100 is now "the naughty room " where kids are sent to eat school food in an isolated and silent classroom

The majority of teenagers have cell phones, and students can understand why rules need to be enforced about them because they can be a distraction Many students try to text under the desk, behind their book, or in their pockets But if they are caught "they will be confiscated and may lead to disciplinary action," according to the student handbook .

When students were asked what rules they think administration should change, sophomore Dylan Wilkinson said, "Sophomores should also be able to go off campus for lunch. " When asked what rules do you not like at school, sophomore Noah Douglass-Wiley said , "How you have to wear your lanyard at all times ."

Keeping watch over the detention room is Ben Lynch He is the intervention room para " Lunch detent ion is miserable I enjoy it. The kids don ' t. It's basically just silence for a half hour "

According to Lynch, most kids are in lunch detention is because they were not wearing their I.D. ' s or had tard ies

Lynch said he enjoys his job because " it's great for me because I get to teach different subjects ." Students come in from different classes and when they do, they work on homework , so Lynch helps them .

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DETENTION Ben Lynch is t h e deten ti on room para. He watches over the students and helps them with h omewo r k The class room is used for lunc h detent ion It is also used as an academic reso ur ce room where students can make u p assignments or get help if t hey have been gone either b efore or after schoo l.

Student: Senior Vita Konovalchuk

Crime : Late for class

Sentence : Lunch detention

WALKIE TALKIE Lori Spivey is the head of the campus su pervisors.

Sh e h el p s enforce rules and to keep So u thwest safe She keeps in t o u ch with administ rators and other campus su pe rv isors

TOP LEFT. Senior Lauren Works prepares to shoot a free throw vs Norfolk Hawks won the game 56-34 Photo by Hawk Talk

BOTTOM LEFT Junior Ellie Wiltfong watches her teammates during a golf tournament. She was the only one from Southwest to make state. Photo by Matty Merritt/ Hawk Talk

TOP RIGHT. Sophomore Vlad Blazhievskiy accepts his first place medal from his coach. Robert Calegan. Blazhievski won the 500 yard freestyle. Courtesy Photo/ Callam Sports Photography

RIGHT . Athletic Director Dave Gillespie accepts the Cellular Cup at spirit fest. This is the first time our school has won this award Photo by Talon

BOTTOM RIGHT. Senior Josh Banderas excitedly accepts the offer to play in the US Army All-American Bowl Banderas is the fourth player in the sate to receive this honor Photo by Katelynn Charmin/Talon

Sports

Whether the Hawks were swimming up the lane or running down the court, sports brought our school together as one.

We started out the year with our fall sports. Our cross country teams exceeded when the boys took third at state and girls got fourth. Junior Ellie Wiltfong placed 9th in girls golf. She was the only girl golfter to attend state this year. Senior Josh Banderas got the opportunity to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He is the second player in Southwest history to receive this honor

In the past years fall sports have been the dominate season, but this year winter sports had their time to shine. Our wrestling team sent nine to state, and six medalled, including state champion Kenny Martin. Martin finished his season undefeated and is only the second wrestling state champion in Southwest history.

Both of our basketball teams finished the regular season in the top 10, both gaining the opportunity to host districts, but unfortunately neither made it to state.

At state, our girls swim team placed second and the boys placed third. In the girls 200 yard medley relay, freshman Emma Vertin, sophomore Abby Lunzmann and juniors Sophia Nelson and Aimee Fischer placed first. Fischer also won in the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle. On the boys side , sophomore Vlad Blazhievskiy placed first in the 500 yard freestyle.

Our sports gained a lot of support from students, when SFF helped lead many teams to victory.

We saw many athletic improvements and achievements. Our sports teams represented our school with their dedication and success.

Story/Spread by Morgan Swartz

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Uniting th e Ha wk s to chee r on a thlet e s to suc ces s

From gator hunting to paint wars SFF h as not failed to bring exciting themes to the Southwest student section

Over the years SFF has created clever and risky themes, pushing the administration ' s limits and wowing the public. After "Operation Phoenix " in 2008 and the baby powder scandal in 2009, SFF had big shoes to fill.

SFF or the "Student Fan Federation " is a student organized and run group whose focus is to boost school spirit at sporting events and around school.

SFF decides themes for games and directs the student section in following cheers a nd chants with the cheerleaders and the pep band

Leaders were seniors Parker Stock, TJ Mulgrue and Josh Banderas The leaders did their best to bring new aspects and roles to SFF The ir newest feature was the weekly theme video Each week the leaders would compose a funny video displaying th e theme to get the student section pumped up and aware of the theme

"We have a blast filming th e videos and I think we are funny but some students might beg to differ! " Stock commented about the videos, which were played during lunch in the commons

Each leader had their one specific duty that they took part in for leading SFF

Stock and Banderas were in charge of filming the theme video for each week. Stock was also in charge of "The Nest" t-shirt sales and advertising the theme

Mulgrue decided what phrase the front row leaders would pa l nt on their bodies Phrases such as "C U LATER ALLIGATOR " and "NIGH1Y NIGHT KNIGHTS" were used

Another new aspect brought forth to SFF was the "Sylvester Silverhawk" twitter account which was run by SFF leaders to further make aware students of the theme for each game.

Football themes were as follows :

Lincoln North Star-Gator Hunting

Grand Island-Beach Day Omaha North-Togas

Lincoln Southeast-Paint War

Lincoln Northeast-Green Out

Norfolk-Where 's Waldo

Lincoln Pius X-Pink Out

Lincoln East-White Out Play Offs-Halloween costumes

Overall the most successful theme was the Paint War Many people in the student body gathered together before the game to get painted in support of the Hawks. When more people participated, the themes looked better and the spirit generated helped give athletics the confidence they needed to win

Story/ Spread by Kylie Brookhouser

PAINT WAR At the So uth e'as t vs . So uthwes t ho mecoming game SFF "destroyed " th e Seacres t parking lo t by sp lattering all different sha des of paint. Th is th em e will be remembered fo r years. Photo by Kailey Hill/ Hawk Talk

PINK OUT. In honor of breast cancer awareness month the Hawks "pinked out " the stands at Southwest's first time playing at Pius Student council was in charge of selling pink out shirts for the game

Photo by Taylor LaCouture/Hawk Talk

BEACH DAY Hawk f an s go w ild f l ing ing th eir noo dl es at th e b ea ch th em e d g a m e ag ai n st Gr an d Island Th e Haw ks were d ecke d o u t in leis and hul a ski rt s t o che er on th e t ea m Photo by D evin

Dickson/Hawk Talk

SCREAM Junior girls show their spirit at the White Out game against East. The cold weather didn't stop these ladies from going all out. Photo by Kylie BrookhouserITa/on

ROLLERCOASTER RIDE! Seniors Max Berger, Curtis Pester and Reagen Bergen cheer on tl1e Hawks at the playoff game against Omaha North. The theme for this game was Halloween Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon

AB O VE Southwest fans pose for a picture at the state playoff game against Omaha North. The theme for the Oct. 26 game was Halloween costumes. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon.

FAR LEFT On multiple occasions "unidentified" streakers ran a cross the Seacrest Field during half time These four streaked at the game against Lincoln Northeast. These dare devils pumped up the crowd for the second half. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon.

LEFT SFF Leaders guide the student section in one of the more interactive cheers, the rollercoaster! Hawks mirror the direction the of leaders ' hands to create a crazy looking effect from the other side of the field. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon

LOUD AND PROUD It's hunting season for the Hawks! SFF chose the theme of "gator hunting " when Southwest played North Star in the first home game. Photo by Kailey Hill/Hawk Talk

GREEN OUT. The front row at the Northeast game goes crazy. They rocked their green attire for the green out. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon

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Wrestlers finish fifth at state tournament

This season started out with great pins and amazing teamwork. The wrestlers finished fifth in state. Kenny Martin won state and Keegan Williams and Eric Oltman were runnerups Jared Torell came in 6th along side junior T.J Burbach Sophomore Jackson Knorr also placed 4th in state

Wrestlers finished top three in every tournament leading to state except for one Their main goal was to set out to win state and qualify as many wrestlers as they did last year.

Lincoln Southwest also qualified for the first ever for State Dual Championships at UNK.

"They have overcome so much adversity and this has been a big accomplishment," said coach Aaron Finley.

Ranked No 1 all season, Martin won state as the undefeated champion . Martin plans to wrestle at the Community College and then transfer to UNL for wrestling.

"My favorite part about wrestling is winning," Martin said, which is what he had been doing the whole season

The dedication it takes to be a wrestler is shown throughout the team, hard work and extreme practices helped get the wrestlers to where they are today.

Wrestler Evan Augustyn is "without a doubt the toughest athlete to ever compete at Lincoln Southwest," Finley said.

Augustyn has overcome knee surgeries before every season for the past four years and managed to never miss a practice.

Augustyn said he has wrestled for 14 years and "wrestling is kind of my life ." He qualified for state this year and added on to his list of 100 wins from before.

Oltman, state runner-up said his favorite parts about wrestling are his teammates and coaches "The tournament atmosphere is always really exciting," he said .

Williams said one of his favorite parts about wrestling is that he enjoyed "s leeping over after tournaments with my boy T.J."

This season ended with nine going to state and of the nine, six placed. They also proceeded to their first time at State Dual Championships. There they received 5th overall as a team. Martin achieved his goal of setting the record for class A pins this season In the end all the wrestlers finished winners and were happy about their accomplishments.

Story/Spread by Minh Tran

WRESTLING Front Row: Kenny Martin, Jackson Knorr, Yancey Jensen , Shaukat Papal, T.J. Burbach, Andrew Weils, Tyler Adams, Conner Myers, Keegan Williams, Cam Williams Second Row: Caden Hu skey, Nick Vrbka, Jared Torell, Evan Augustyn, Conrad Harker, Eric Oltman, Kaleb Blakemore, Ben Murphy, Michael Langfeldt, Coach Aaron Finley, Coach Se an Trampe Third Row: Coach Marcus Hellwege , Connor Dahlke, Casey Taylor, Austin Drake , Brady Mo ser, Trevor Graham, Seth Tague, Zachary Roeder, Jamie Brown, Matt Greenfield, Calvin Taylor Fourth Row : Coach Terry· Morrow, Jonha Pillow, Andrey Naidenoff, Austin Stavem, Jo sh Humphrey , Dylan Hogeland , Broe Konigsmark, Tylon Sobotka, Jason Chnst1ansen , Preston Schulte, Charlie Davis, Nathan Russell, Coach David Changstrom Fifth Row : Pete Gallardo, Cody Melroy , Grant Carstens, Dylan Umbenhower , Josh Delgado, D erek Greenwald , Dylan Feighner , Ale_c Sovereign, Teague Pell, Au stin Moody, "Taylor Pursley, Tom Reiss. Back Row: Managers : Leila Kurbasic, Katie Hay, Hailey W ood, :rn sta Lockard , Sierra Bogle, N1k1 Hevelone , Bree Samani. Not Pictured: Kolby Finchum , Kenneth Pillow, Davood Mosh1n

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Boys cross-country team had a spectacular running start. With six returning boys holding all time records for our school, Southwest had every reason to be proud of these runners.

"I was too small to play football as a kid, qnd I was good at track, so I just tried out for cross-country and found that I liked it," said senior Lucas Keifer. "The team environment and how close we all are to each other is my favorite part. It's like one big family I love it."

Last year, former senior Parker Sl1oen held the record for the fastest time with 16: 1 1 This year at the LPS Championship on Sept. 1 1, Keifer broke that record finishing with a time of 16: 10

On Oct. 1 1, varsity raced at districts and finished in first place overall with 18 points. The boys moved onto the varsity state tournament in Kearney on Oct. 19 There Southwest finished in third place overall, scoring 70 points.

Freshman Kris Grimes has been running for as long as he can remember. "I got involved because my parents were both athletes and that's what I have grown up with," Grimes said He tries to eat healthy and get a lot of sleep so he can perform his best.

"My favorite part is being able to run with one of the best boys teams in the

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state," Grimes said. "It's a privilege to be able , to run with the varsity team."

Coach Ryan Salem said this particular team was the best in school history. The boys battled between first and second in the state throughout the year, and finished in third. They also broke a record of scoring the lowest points at their first meet this year, which hasn't been done for the last 1 1 years in Southwest history.

"The boys are so dedicated this year and they have a very strong sense of teamwork," Salem said."They're very focused on their team and personal goals so I really don't have to give them a big speech before a meet, but we talk mainly about where we want to go in the future."

"Something that really gets us motivated before every meet is doing the Husker Prayer right before we start to race," said junior Reid Shubert.

"Day by day, we get better and better," are the ending words to the Husker Prayer that connect to the boys' goals for being nothing but the best.

Their intense practices, motivated mindsets, and hard determination helped them become successful and achieve their highest goals

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Front Row: Daniel McDermott, Colin Conzemius, Andrew Badami , Ma x Rubin, Peyton Weller , Christopher Sanchez, Ben Heiliger Second Row : Trey Seibel, Seth Vandergriend, Reid Shubert, Lucas Keifer, Campbell Kennedy, Carter Knapik, Tyler Schuster, Jarrod Pearl. Third Row: Seynen McNeft, Linden Weitz, Anthony Patton, Noah Burke, Cody Schilling, Neal Klein , Trey Van Treek, Cooper Christiancy, Coach Ryan Mahoney. Back Row : Coach Dan Bax, Coach Matt James , Andrew Arkebauer, Noel Murphy, Taven Zelnio, Reid Hunsaker, Riley Knop, Kris Grimes, Josh Atterbury, Coach Ryan Salem Photo by Talon

FRESHMAN Kris Grimes made a stellar first impressio r Running varsity his first year of high school, he had a successful start as a newcomer. Grimes raced in distr : t s on Oct. 11, finishing in first place with a time of 16: 2 7. At state on Oct. 19, Grimes finished in 16th place w i 1 2 time of 16 :40. Photo by Talon

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Cross country girls live up to high expectations

After a successful last season, the cross country girls set their goals high. Apart from winning the city meet, participating and being successful in the state meet were their plans for the season.

"The team did amazing last year. I expect us to be just as good this season," runner Abby Burke said, who unfortunately was injured most of the season

But the team did live up to the high expectations

The varsity team scored fourth at the Millard South Invite and JV finished third

At the Harold Scott Invite the varsity team finished fifth out of 13 Southwest ended third at the LPS Championship, only one point behind the team ranked second . At the HAC Championship varsity finished third and JV second

At the district championship, the varsity team finished first, qualifying for state They were anything but unsuccessful: Southwest's team finished fourth with Anna Hurlbut ranked ninth and Kylie Gokie at 13th place.

"Getting ninth place at state was my personal highlight of this season," Hurlbut said.

"We have four new girls on the varsity team . It changes the whole feel of the team,"

Coach Ryan Salem said.

To motivate his runners, Salem focused on team spirit. Helping teammates and relying on friendship and the connection with each other were big parts to help them be successful and have -a good time.

"Nobody gets cut out from cross country. You make good friends here and you can consider your team as a family," Burke said about her team "The highlight for me is getting to know all the other girls All the girls are the key on varsity. When we all place at the top we get a good score ."

"It's my first year in cross country and it's a lot of fun. I made lots of new friends. We have so much fun running together," sophomore Mikayla Greenwald said.

When asked about traditions, the girls knew exactly what to say : "The Banana Cheer!" They did this funny dance before every race . And this year, it seemed to have given them luck.

"I think we did very well as a team. I really enjoyed this season. I'm glad I got the opportunity to spend so much time with the girls, " Hurlbut said about the season

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Front Row: Amanda Robotham, Maris sa Czapla, Sara Steinauer, Maddie Maschka , Mariah McCashland, Katie Imhof Second Row: Kelly Peterson, McKenzie Miers, Nicole Hamilton, Sidney Delozier , Sydney Svehla, Emm a Anderson, Abby Burke Third Row: Coach Dan Bax , Elizabeth Hempel, Hannah Huenin k, Valerie Peterson, Amanda Nelson, Mikayla Greenwald , Kinzee Hillis, Coach Matt James Back Row: Coach Ryan Mahoney, Sydney Davidson, Anna Hurlbut, Hannah Wolkenhauer , Madison McGuire , Amy Keys, Nya Buom, Coach Ryan Salem

RUNNING UP FRONT : Top cross country runner Ann a Hurlbut runs at the Harold Scott Invite where she finished seventh out of 92. She also finished second at He district championship and ninth at the state champiorship

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ON THREE JV

YOU'RE OUT JV player sophomore Allie Merkel tags a Kearney player out at second base. Her teammate junior Breeanna Burkinshaw helps Merkel out by backing her up behind second base Photo by Lindsey Depre z/Hawk Talk

ow: Carmen Vogt , Grace Gustafson, Megan Deprez , ie Merkel. Middle Row : Eliza Fallick, Sarni Nelson, Alex

Back Row: Coach Adam Monk, Ke lsey Finchum, Madlen, Coach Jeff Rump

LL ront Row : Shana Johns Keila D e la Cruz Mid Mariah Kerr. Taylor LaCouture Ba Kn e ifl, Keely Anderson. Sierra Bogl

PITCH Reserve player , sophomore Shana Johns p i tches the ball to a Grand Isl and player. Johns is reserve ' s starting pitcher and played for reserve last year Each reserve softball game Johns gives the whole infield a pep talk This is one of reserve·s tr a ditions Photo by Nicole Hoffman/Talon

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huddles together in order to finish the game strong against Kearney The team had a great year, winning in the JV LPS softball tournament and becoming city champs Photo by Lindsey Deprez/ Hawk Talk

(TOP) CATCH JV player freshman Megan Deprez catches the ball for a strike during the Kearney game Deprez plays catcher for JV Photo by Lindsey Deprez/ Hawk Talk

(RIGHT) STRIKE JV player junior Trina Ne l son pitches to a Northeast player at the JV LPS tournament. Nelson plays outfield and is the pitcher for JV. Photo by Nicole Hoffman / Talon

Unit ed as one, teams finish with winning records

"l , 2, 3 One Love!" JV shouts to start the game.

"Our team always says "One Love!" because that is the reason we're all there. We all love the game of softball," JV player freshman Alex Grabast said.

From beating Southeast to having the first team dinner, softball players had their favorite moments. JV player junior Sarni Nelson said, "My favorite moment was winning against Southeast, but getting my first home run is pretty close "

JV player sophomore Allie Merkel said, "My favorite moment was the bus ride on the way back from Norfolk when four of us, Sarni Nelson, Maddie Dodd, and Alex Grabast were all snuggling and watching the 'Hunger Games'."

Hard work and commitment paid off for the players, with JV beating North Star in the championship game of the JV LPS tournament. JV also was the regular season champions.

Junior varsity and reserve softball fin-

ished the year with a record of l 7-6 and l 0-6 respectively

Reserve also had some good wins, like beating Fremont, North Star, East, and Northeast in their first four games

Practice and teamwork built the team from the ground up With only about l 1 or l 2 players on each team each person needed to contribute to build the team up for success

Starting at a young age to playing high school softball, players have t1ad many years of practice .

JV player freshman Maddie Dodd said she started when she was 8, while reserve player sophomore Keely Anderson said she started when she was 5 years old .

JV player freshman Megan Deprez started when she was 6 She said, " I played tball because I wanted to be like my big sister and play softball like her ."

Traditions bring the whole team together as one One of reserve's traditions

was when their pitcher, sophomore Shana Johns, gave all the infielders a pep talk and all the outfielders get a pep talk

Individuals also have their own traditions they like to do before each game

Nelson said, "One tradition I do this year is to braid Allie Merkel's hair and tape her arm before each game ."

Reserve player sophomore Brooke Brestel said she takes a deep breath before each time she gets up to bat.

Merkel said, "One of my traditions before every game is having someone put a bow in my hair, and then I pound knuckles with the coaches."

Whether you were an infielder or outfielder, each position was important to help the team win as one Anderson, Grabast, and Dodd played center field, left field, and center field respectively Nelson, Merkel and Brestel played first base/pitcher, shortstop and catcher/shortstop respectively

Story/Spread by Nicole Hoffman

SWING Reserve player freshman Dyan Alwin hits the ball against Grand Island Alwin plays cate::her -and shortstop for the reserve team Photo by N icole Hoffman/Talon

Always remember the love of the game

Starting the year off right is exactly what softball did this 2012 season. The girls worked their hardest against some of the biggest.competition out there and put up a big fight.

The team ended with a 17 -17 record. The Hawks had quite the challenge, and still achieved second in districts with their hard work and extreme determination

Southwest won games against a variety of teams like Northeast, Kearney, Lincoln High, Norfolk, Lincoln East, and many more

Southwest may be the newer school, but the team has enough tradition to go around already

"As a team we do 'Baby Hawk' before every game," senior Amanda Dunn said.

"We all also have our own little traditions we do, just to help us prepare for the game," junior Karlye Cygan explained.

Michelle Dixon, senior, also talked about the tradition of "Baby Hawk" and about dancing before games to get their blood pumping and tensions loosened for another big win.

The team loved to dance, and sing and yell chants before to help them relax

and focus more on their love for the game, and their teammates, and less on what the scoreboard said.

Many of these girls have been on varsity before

Cygan said, "Playing in st3te tournament last year and setting so many records as a team," was one of her favorite memories of Southwest softball.

Just like Cygan, Dunn also said her favorite memory was "last year in state, before getting into the championships, going into extra innings vs Papio South and I hit the winning run.

" My favorite memory was being part of our state winning team my freshman year," Dixon said "It was an amazing win and it's something that I will always remember."

One thing Dunn said the Hawks struggled on was communication. "We had a lot of new girls and we didn't know how to communicate and work together until the end of the season," she said

No matter what life threw at the team, there will always be curve balls. They learned to wait for the right pitch and keep on going. This season may have not ended as planned, but the love for softball remained strong for the Hawks

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by Jacey Lawrence

VARSITY SOFTBALL : Front Row: Marissa Laue, Sara Fulton , Hailey Bartz, Mattie Lentz, Malorie Feighner, Brittany Gill , Taylor Marshall. Middle Row: Alexa Hoy, Molly Holbrook, Karlye Cygan, Zierra Flodman , Michelle Dixon, Megan Hartman Back Row: Coach Amanda Monk, Coach Lis Brenden , Taylor Rohde, Amanda Dunn, Coach Mark Wan

SAFE : Brittany Gill , junior, slides into second base du r ing the Southwest vs Kearney game Southwest be at Kearney 12-5.

Record: 17-17

Finish: 2nd t d· a 1stricts

OUT: Freshman Ta I ;~utwest vs Lincrl~rH~;~shall slides into second d • - Courtesy phot game The Hawk unng the o s won the game

PITCH : Junior Karl e C ney game Cyganyha/gan throws a pitch durin Courtesy phot been on varsity fo g the Kearo r two-years now

BE LOW: LEFT: The • g1rIs do their trad • game getting them it1onal chants bef do a chant call pumped up for the ore the photo ed Baoy Hawk" as game They also · a trad1t1on c MIDDLE · Moll • ourtesy Dixon y Holbrook, Aman Fe1ghn , eSara Fulton , Marisa Laue dAla Dunn , Michelle r pose w th • exa Hoy night Some f i their gifts from th and Mallo,y for two or mo these girls have been~ parents on senior RIG HT: Se ore years . Courtesy phot ogether on varsity nior Amand o Dunn has bee . a Dunn hits the ba • tesy photo. n playing softball since thi;~1nto the infield grade Cour-

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G irl s golf strives to get back on top

Losing four seniors last year on varsity put a strain on the golf team. It left a team that was very young but striving to be the best. There were five girls on varsity and seven on junior varsity.

There were a lot of new girls, not just on varsity, but also JV. Even though the girls were new to the sport, they improved so much. They went from starting to play this summer to getting their first par ever.

"I became a better golfer and made lots of friends," said freshman Haley Kyle.

Senior Ellie Wiltfong was the number one golfer on the golf team and she was the only one who was a returning varsity golfer Her best score was an 83.

"Staying positive and eliminating mental errors is what we are trying to do," Wiltfong said about a season goal

The team focused on improving each day and encouraging the young teammates. This team may have been young but it had a lot of heart in the sport.

Golf wasn't just a sport, it had traditions also. One of the traditions was that the five girls take a picture on a golf cart after every tournament. They also did lots

of team dinners before tournaments.

Matching clothes was another one of their traditions. The girls got along well and bonded together.

"Our team works togethe r and encourages each other," Wiltfong stated.

Coach Jim Danson said, "The team is working hard on and off the field. They work everyday to improve and they are improving ."

The weather can be a big factor in a lot of the tournaments. Some days would be super warm and some were super cold. The girls toughed it out and headed to districts Oct. 1. The team ended up placing fourth overall, missing a chance to compete at state.

Wiltfong was the only person on the team to qualify for state. At districts she scored an 85 and was the medalist of the meet.

She ended up scoring an 85 at state and tied for fourth the first round The second round she scored a 92. She tied for ninth overall at state

Story/Spread by Katelyn Frank and Kayla Strauch

VARSl1Y AND JV GOLF F ront Ro w: Haley Kyle , Ellie Wiltfong , Ashley Thomas, Megan Mueting, Alyssa Kugler. Alexa Kasi. Back Ro w: Coach Jim Danson , Lexi Best, Maddie Walters, Cassie Stolz, Megan Stolz, Brooke Fraser, Johnna Guernsey

SERVING IT UP Senior Ashley Thomas tees off at one of the holes Thomas has scored well at tournament s with a 97 as one of her best scores. Photo by Coach _ m Danson

Season Finish: 4th I

Wiltfong was 9th p ace at districts at state

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JV VOLLEYBALL. Front Row: Carlie Jaeger, Taylor Els, Hailey Bax , Hannah Caulkins Middle Row : Chelsea Erickson, Callie Meyer, Lauren Cope , Brenna Hansen, Keeley Kroeker Back Row: Coach Ashli True, Charlie Miller, Madison Kelle, Missy Crew

RESERVE VOLLEYBALL Front Row: Katie Rhodes , Rachael Holsteen , Sloane Koerperi c h, Chellsea Kohl. Middle Row: Madelyn Hickson, Hailey Humiston, Lucy Melcher, Kaitlyn Wilson , Olivi a Rezac. Back Row: Coach Nicole Kubik, Maddie Gage, Josie Charron , Amanda Krushenisky

FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL Front Row: Paige Young, Jordan Knust , Haley Ficken, Ashley Rigg, Mariah Sanchez Middle Row : Nia O ' Bryant, Brianna Burianek , Kayla Gebbie, Ashlyn Devall Back Row : Coach Ellen Odson, Frances Munro , Michaela Tompkins, Miranda Raatz, Sarni Beets

HUDDLE. The reserve team comes into a huddle after scoring a po int against Papio The team encourages one another after every play Photo by Taylor Rothgeb/Talon

BLOCK JV player Hailey Bax and Maddie Kelle go up to block the ball against Norfolk The JV team won the game. Photo by Kylie BrookhouserITa/on

SERVIN' IT UP Freshman player Sarni Beets serves it over the net against Papio

Photo taken by Taylor Rothgeb/Ta/on

GOOD GAME Freshman team gives the Knights high fives after the game

Photo by Bree Samanil Hawk Talk

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iming to play at the next level with practice

From the sweat in the practice gym to the intensity during the city championship freshman, reserve and JV volleyball teams worked together and strived to become better teams

The girls real ized hard work was key to doing well.

For it being their first year, the freshmen finished witt1 a 12-9 record and were city champions.

The reserve girls finished the season with a record of 15-5 For it being their second year playing in high school, they learned what to expect and what to look forward to

The JV had a record of 175. They were also the city champions and looked forward to being able to experience being on varsity next year

"My favorite thing about the sport of volleyball is being able to play with my friends , " said JV player Hannah Caulkins

Reserve player Sloane Koerperich said , " I just love being part of the team It's a great opportunity to make friends ."

Before each game reserve player Chellsea Kohl said , "W e sing and dance to our favorite songs before the game It gets us pumped up and ready for the game ."

Freshman player Paige Young explained , " I like to listen to mus ic before and after my volleyball games to help me get motivated,"

JV player Chelsea Erickson mentioned " Before most of our volleyba ll games we get together as a team and have a team dinner ."

Erickson played outside hitter and Caulkins played libero and they were both starters and the only two juniors on the JV.

" My favorite thing about

volleyball is the girls I play with and being able to attack the ball, " said freshman player Francis Munro .

JV player Taylor Els said , "I love the intensity of the sport and th e gr eat support we have for each other and from all the fans. "

"On game days I always have Keeley Kroeker open my locker for good luck , " mentioned Els.

Els was outside hitter and started for JV. She is one of eight freshmen to make JV.

For many teams they have a chant they say before each game

For the freshman volleyball team they chanted, "win together, lose together " before every game

Reserve player Kaitlyn Wilson said she always tells herself, " There ' s no I in team. You have to play as one."

Story/ Spread by Katelynn Charro i n

JUMP Reserve p layer Sloane Koerperich jumps up to block the ball against Ma r ia n The reserve t eam wore pink ribbons to support breast cancer awareness -Photo tqken by Kailey Hill/ Hawk talk

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Varsity Hawks finish strong for their teammates

Varsity volleyball had finally taken off The expectations were high after last year's record breaking season.

The team went above and beyond those expectations as they finished with a 25-8 record, and won districts which took them all the way to state.

With players like Malory Dahl and Marysa Wilkinson on offense and defensive players Jill and Mikayla Bax, the team was strong in every position.

To focus on playing for each other and playing as one, the team would blast their pump up music in the locker room before every game to share some laughs and loosen up.

From standing in a circle with arms around each other singing "Lean on me" by The Temptations to watching sophomore Sydney Anderson Dougie, the girls knew the relationships off the court were just as important as the ones on the court.

Dahl was ranked second for kills as well as serve receives. She hopes to attend Wesleyan University and play volleyball. Junior Marysa Wilkinson committed to play at Creighton University when she graduates.

"I started club when I was 10," Wilkinson said

Many records were broken. Sophomore Maddison Egger broke a record for most assists in a season Junior Jill Bax broke a record for most digs, and Wilkinson broke a record for most ace blocks.

The players also had ind ividual goals they hoped to achieve.

Junior Aftyn Johnson said, "I want to get better, never give up and play hard." Wilkinson said, " I want to beat my record on blocks and play better defense".

Though the team lost in the first round of state to Millard West, they walked away with their heads high, having reached their goal of making it to state, and that is something not every team can say.

"Overall, I think the team performed really well throughout the season, "said head coach Mary Schropfer. Though she was a little disappointed because she thought the team had more potential, she was glad the team still had fun.

"Our team worked our hardest everyday at practice even when we were sick. It really paid off in our games. Being on the volleyball team is my greatest memory I have made in high school," Mikayla Bax said. Sto,y/Spread by Nicole

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VARSITY VOLLEYBALL. Front Row: Sydney Anderson, Aftyn Johnson , Kristina Zvolanek, Jill Bax Mikayla Bax

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Back Row : Coach Ashli True, Coach Ellen Odson , Coach Mark Novotny, Allie Davis, Coach Mary Schropfer, Coach Sydney Carlson, Coach Nicole Kubik

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Serving up the wins on the road to success

A new season brought new goals and opportunities for the 2012 boys tennis teams.

Toward the beginning .of the season varsity tennis player, Gavin Kennedy stated, "I expect us to medal at state for the first time in a long time." He believed they had the talent to do well this season.

"As a senior, I want to lead the team to a top three finish at state so I can end my career on a high rate," Kennedy said.

Junior Matt Andersen was also on varsity and mostly played doubles.

"Our major strengths would definitely be our doubles, but our team is pretty young so we are less experienced than other teams," said Andersen "My goal is definitely to win state. We have a really good chance if we just play the game we know we can."

Varsity ended with a great season and placed sixth in state. Some of those people include Matthew Hilfiker for number one in singles, C.J. Sjulin and Justin Brinkman for number one in doubles, Gavin Kennedy for number two in singles, and Cameron Spurrier and Matthew Anderson for number two doubles. The number one doubles team placed third at state.

The JV team also did well.

"We have little weaknesses as a

team," said sophomore Arcane Boles "Our strengths are our single ladders and our weakness would be working as a team. We all play really well, but we need to work on playing together as a team to win more often." JVs goals were to be undefeated and to work as a team.

JV went 1 1-1 in duals and they won the City Championship Tournament at the end of the season. Their individual champions were Alex Woodward who was number one in singles, Sam Harris and Tyler Dirksen who were number one in doubles and Conner Works and Carter Thomson who were number two in doubles.

Reserve team also had a great season with 10 wins and only two losses in duals and they finished third at the city tournament.

Sophomore Sean Neary said, "Sometimes when our team serves the ball, it is almost impossible for the opposing team to get it back over the net." Neary had many personal goals for this season; some were to have an almost impossible serve and to be quick on his feet.

Overall, the 201 2 boys tennis teams had great seasons. Varsity ended up sixth in state and the JV and reserve team also dominated the 2012 season with few losses.

Story/Spread by Kaitlin Smith

DEFENSE. Senior Jordan Rosenbohm defends the m at this varsity tennis match. Rosenbohm played an imp l rtant part on his team being one of the seniors. Pho tc by Kaitlin Smith/Talon

HUSTLE. Sophomore Arcane Boles, JV player, hustl es after a ball while playing a match against Southeast. was Boles ' second year playing tennis for LSW. Photc by Kaitlin Smith/Talon

BOYS JV TENNIS. Front Row: Troy Nelson, Landon Gates , AI E -< Woodward, Thomas Byrne, Al e Ober, Emaud Hossaini Back Row: Arcane Boles, Sam Harr i~ Tyler Dirksen, Carter Thomson, Matt Hamilton , Conner Works , Coach Chris Salem

BOYS VARSITY TENNIS Front Row: Gavin Kennedy, Andrew Epperson, Matthew Hilfiker, Cameron Spurrier, Christian Hedstrom Back Row: Justin Brinkman, Max Ferguson, C. J Sjulin, Jonathan Meyer, Matt Andersen , Jordan Rosenbohm, Coach Denny Hershberger.

BOYS RESERVE TENNIS . Front Row : Ben Harris, Noah Carmicheal, Sean Neary, Clay Lube, Baolong Truong Back Row: Tanner Lloyd, Alex Maben , Akshat Saraf, Tyler Lenz, Coach Wil Hotz Not Pictured: Shardhat Daggumati , Ryan Hinton , Griffin Henkel.

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RESERVE FOOTBALL. FRONT ROW : Aaron Dalton. Brendan Beechley. Broe Konigsmark. Jackson Knorr. Jacob Shannon. Jake Goddard. Josh Humphrey. Zach Schneider. Seth Wesemann. Connor Zoz. Tylon Sobotka. SECOND: Brandon Chalk. Elijah Soto. Aaron Richmond. Nick Healey. Justin Adams. Charlie Davis, Jeffrey Briere. Nathan Nolde. Cole Becker, Conner Myers. THIRD ROW Keenan Shea. Baylor Fiedler. Ethan Nelson. Nick Arauco. Austin Stavem. Kolby Finchum, Andrey Naidenoff. Noah Douglass-Wiley. Dante Hall, Mitch Parker. Nathan Russell. FOURTH ROW: Mitch Conklin, Garrett Lien. Javad Fatemi. Tanner Haas. Dylan Wi lkinson. Brady Moser. Cole Fritz. Fidadya Kuwa. Nikolai Knezovich. Landon Swann. BACK ROW Coach Troy Kantor. Coach Jordan Lauterbach. Trent Rohde. Peyton Wetzel. Davis Peterson. Isaiah Samuels. Alec Sovereign. Coach Larry Hrbek. Coach Jeff Jochum.

FRESHMEN FOOTBALL. FRONT ROW : David Petersen. Pete Gallard, Jared Jesske. Tom Reiss. Cody Melroy. Jackson Hahn Brock Priebe. Jed Stonacek. David Lehmkuhl Andrew Mwesigwa. SECOND ROW : Trey Nelson. Grant Cartens. Parker Sundquist. Bo Els. Hunter Dowse. Dylan Walters. Zach Chapek Zack West. Jack Ammon THIRD ROW : Kevin Gatchenko. Preston Cuddy, Ethan Cecava. Taylor Pursley. Nate Fazi. Josh Ou. Jack Espinosa. Jake Lindemann. Amin Attaie. Logan Leifert FOURTH ROW : Trae Miller. Austin Gutierrez. Jamien Bullock Tucker Pell , Joey Thompson Austin Moody Laramie Hiebner Josh Delgado. Antho-

ny Marks FIFTH ROW : Dane Nelson Jarrad Roberts. Dylan Umbenhower. Dylan Dinges Joseph Vampola. Dylan Schmidt. Dylan Feighner Teague Pell , Blake Athay, Justice Brown

BACK ROW: Coach David Medina. Coach Aaron Finley, David Rushing. Zach Peet, Nick Lenners Nicholas Pleiss Coach Mike Powell Coach Jack Laughter Coach Grant Traynowicz

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HOME VICTORY Reserve player Tanner Haas gets ready to pass the ball to a teammate in a 35-0 win over LHS. Sophomore Brady Moser is ready receive the pass

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LINED UP Junior Varsity lines up against the East Spartans in a 6-28 loss. The center gets ready to snap the ball. Photo by Liz Uebele/Hawk Talk

HAND OFF Freshman player Jed Stonacek prepares to hand t he ball off against the East Spanans Southwest lost. 21-28 Photo by Zoe Norris/Talon the Lincoln High Links. reserve player Alec Soverign makes a run Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

QUARTERBACK Freshman Bo Els prepares to make a pass to a teammate in a 21-28 loss against the East Spartans. Photo by Zoe Norris/Talon

Hawks leave everything out on the field

All three Southwest football teams have worked extremely hard this season

Whether it was the freshman, reserve, or JV football team , hard work every day after school, and intensity in games never failed Every player on these teams was out there working hard to get better every day

There are some really great things about football. It's fun to play.watch and practice. Although conditioning may not be the players ' favorite thing to do it helps build character. Many players would agree that the training and condit ion ing was just the worst.

When asked what their least favorite thing about football is , sophomore reserve player Aaron Richmond answered "conditioning. "

"My favorite thing is the feel ing inside when you lay someone out and knowing that your teammates have your back ," said sophomore Baylor Fiedler

A major accomplishment for the reserve team was when they beat rival Southeast 29 - 19. The reserve t eam e nded with a 6-2 record .

On a similar note, freshman Dylan Dinges 's favorite thing was " getting tackles ."

The reserv e t eam had 4 7 players and was coached by Jeff Jochum, Troy Kantor , Larry Hrbek and Jordan Lauterbach

Some people, on the ot her hand, such as freshman Bo Els don ' t really mind the conditioning, but can 't stand losing

One of the traditions before a game was for the freshman team to pray

A good accomplishment of the season was beating Northeast 2 1-6 in the second game of the season.

The freshman team ended the season with a record of 1-7 The freshman had 62 players, and was coached by Grant Traynowicz , Dave Medina, Mike Powell, Aaron Finley , and Jack Laughter

"Winning a nd te amwork was my favorite p a rt of being on the team, " Junior Joshua Bauer st at ed. He noted that in order to be a good player you need " d e dication and motivation ."

Southwest JV shutout North Star 21 -0 JV's record wa s 4-4

The qualities that every good football player should have is " leadership and being mentally tough ," JV player TJ Burbach said There were 3 7 players on the JV football t eam and they all swung to varsity as well.

The coaches for JV were Kevin Schrad and Scott Bender

Southwest's three football teams never stopped working From conditioning every morning in the summer to practicing hard every day after school, they continued to get better and left everything out there on the field

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"We will win We think it. We believe it. We feel it. We are Southwest."

The Hawks stepped on to the field with a new sense of confidence. With a Husker recruit and four returning varsity starters, the team was well rounded and prepared for the high level of competition presented on the field.

The team found support in each other during the season and agreed that there wasn't a specific role model that everyone looked up to. Except senior Lucas Grossman who claimed that "Brutes" (his belly) was the role model of the team

The Hawks started the season off with a bang. They won two consecutive games against North Star ( 14-9) and Grand Island (34-17).

Then at their first away game against Kearney, the Hawks let the win slip through their fingers resulting in a loss of 6-1 9.

The Hawks lost the following game against Omaha No rth with a close score of 20-24.

Homecoming for the Hawks was not just the homecoming game , it was also the biggest rival game of the season.

It was the "Battle of the Souths" as some called it. Southeast and Southwest were going head to head to fight out this intense rivalry on the field. The Hawks started out with the lead, but Southeast fought back. It came down to the last minute, but in the end the Knights took the game (21-14)

The season didn't look too good after the hurtful loss to Southeast, but that didn't shake the Hawks.

They came back and beat Northeast (34-0) and Norfolk (34-23) Southwest overcame Pius X (28-10) and beat East (20-0) taking them into playoffs with a commendable record of 6-3.

Playoffs didn't last as long as the Hawks hoped this year. With a loss in the first round against Omaha North ( 10-28) the Hawks finished their season earlier than planned

Story/spread by Kylie Brookhouser

Corey Williams, Trey Suhr, Dillan Walters. Avery Micek , Cory Kobza. Peter Niimi, Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Weils. A.J Hudson, Drew Shuman. Matt Antholz Second Row: Zach Beck, Chance Farley, Conor Behrens, Austin Rowlett , Ryan Carstenson, Ryan Krapfl, Alex Malone. David Laird, Zach Guenther, Sonny Burns. Third Row: Devon Nelson. Tre Hall, T J. Burbach Tyler Bordeaux, Jordan Williams, Jared Dickey, Matt Mansur , Mike Siewert. Luke Antholz, Christian Leblanc. Fourth Row: Jamie Brown, Ethan Ripa. Kaleb Blakemore. Sean Nordgren Avery Prai , Carlton Frazier. Cody Deters, Jared Torell, Alex Embree Fifth Row: Kramer Rath Lance Hiebner. Calvin Taylor, Ross Harvey, Matt Meyer, Chase Gobel , Jacob Hudgens, Joshua Bauer , Jordan Brown , Matt Greenfield Sixth Row: Noah Lazaro. Riley Fricke. Brooks Carveth , Cody Williamson. Mitchell Oestmann. David Kaltenberger, Connor Thompson, Cody Wavada, Mitch Cayou. Seventh Row : Coach David Medina , Josh Banderas. Braydon Ashton, Lucas Grossman. Conrad Harker. Gunnar Peterson, Eric Oltman, Tyler Hoppes. Mark Hruska. Jon Freese , Coach Larry Hrbek. Back Row: Athletic Trainer Rebecca Townsend, Coaches: Jordan Lauterbach, Troy Kantor , Scott Bender , Grant Traynowicz. Kevin Schrad, Mark King, Scott Vampola , Jeff Jochum. Mike Powell , Jack Laughter. Andrew Sherman, Aaron Finley, Athletic Trainer Crystal Kjar.

TOUCHDOWN : Senior Easton Edmond, the starting vid e receiver, scores a touchdown in the game against G r ind Island. He points to the crowd in excitement. Photo t 1 Devin Dickson/Hawk Talk

Record: 6-4

Season Finish: 2nd at Districts

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Varsity Hawks take state and set many records

Record breaking defines boys swimming this year.

Senior Paxton Puelz, junior Griffin Day, and sophomores Vlad Blazhievskiy and Nick Dionisopoulos set a school record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.60. Dionisopoulos set a school record in his individual events with times of 1:59 25 in the 200 IM and 1.00.02 in the 100 Breast along with Blazhievskiy finishing with a time of 56.74 in the 100 Back event.

Along with setting many new school records the boys have had many other major accomplishments like:

• Capturing City Championship trophies for swimming and diving for the first year

• Individual champions and finalists at the HAC conference

• Broke Lincoln East's 18 year win streak

• Third at state

At the HAC conference the boys placed first. The 200 medley relay of Blazhievskiy, Dionisopoulos, Day, and Puelz finished with a time of 1:40 60. Dionisopoulos finished with a time of 1:59 25

in the 200 IM and 1:00.02 in the 100 breast. Blazhievskiy finished with a time of 4:51 .80 in the 500 free.

There were seven individual state qualifiers along with two relays that qualified. Sophomore Vlad Blazhievskiy led the boys to a third place finish and won first in his event of 500 free. State was held on Feb. 21-25 at the Devaney Center.

Not only did all of these accomplishments pump them up but the boys continued the annual bleaching of their hair. The seniors made sure everyone was ready to go all out, no matter what meet it was

Swim and dive also welcomed new coaches.

"The most challenging thing about coaching swimming this year has been getting to know each athlete as an individual," said head coach Robert Calegan

There was also many positives about being a new coach. "My favorite part about coaching diving is being able to work with the divers and see them grow as athletes and as adults. It's really rewarding to see their growth over the season ," said dive coach Erik Gustafson.

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BOYS SWIM AND DIVE Fr o nt Row : John Spataro, Griffin Henkel, Patrick Davidsaver, Mitchell Charron, Colton Zetterman, Grant Erwin, Ben Harris, Griffin Day Se cond Row : Joe Massey, Carter Lyons, Vlad Blazhievskiy, Noah Burke, Brady Stock, Jack Espinosa, Tommy Anderson Bac k Row : Coach Eric Gustafson, Coach Bob Calegan, Drew Linder, Paxton Puelz, Nick Dionisopoulos, Coach Ross Mueller , Coach Andrew Kroeger, Manager Ericka Lyons

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Girls swimming places second at state

Team work. Some might say this is simply a worn out phrase and cheesy mantra used by young school children and grown professionals alike. However, for the girls swim and dive team regarding· their explosive 201 2-1 3 season, team work truly does make the dream work.

The swim season started off strong with a meet against Lincoln East. Swimming started their night with the 200 IM being swam by freshman Emma Vertin, sophomore Abby Lunzmann and juniors Sophia Nelson and Aimee Fischer. The crowd was blown away when the girls swam a 1.52.40, capturing a state qualifying time by almost eight seconds.

"It truly was the perfect way to start our best season ever at Southwest," said Coach Bob Calegan.

The girls kept an unbreakable hold on the competition throughout the season, and came away with a record of 1 1-0 and a city championship alongside the boys.

Heartland Athletic Conference (HAC) was the biggest event leading up to state swimming. Although they came up short behind Lincoln East, the girls managed to finish first in seven events for the meet. Sophia Nelson (200 IM, 100 Breast), Aimee Fischer (200 Free, 500 Free), Kenna Batterton ( 100 Free) and Emma Vertin ( 100 Back) all had

first place finishes and season best times.

The NSAA State Championships were just as electrifying for the team. Junior Aimee Fischer was the star of the two day meet, taking home three gold medals in the 200 and 500 free , as well as the 200 medley along with freshman Emma Vertin, junior Sophia Nelson, and sophomore Kenna Batterton

Nelson had a successful night as well. "I do not think anyone tried harder than Sophia Nelson at the state meet," said Calegan. She took home two individual silver medals for the 200 IM and the 100 Breast.

Freshman Emma Vertin made her first trip to state one to remember by taking home a gold medal in the 200 Medley and a silver indivdually for the 100 Back Her teammates said that she is an awesome swimmer and "so much fun to have on the team."

Senior Megan Hastings placed 16th in diving at the event. Hastings was the only female diver from Southwest to compete at state. She said that making state was a great way to end her high school diving career, and she will miss the whole team.

"Making state made my senior year that much more memorable," Hastings said. "I will really miss my teammates because they are literally like family to me and have made everyday of diving enjoyable!"

Story/Spread by Sydnye Rohren

GIRLS SWIM/DIVE. Front Row: Elisabeth Gross. Melissa Etherton. Kenna Batterton. Terra Nun, Nisha Holay , Kelsey Tillman. Anna Spataro. Bailey Spahn. Second Row: Nicole Grosshans Sophia Nelson. Rebekah Whittle. Yahsi Gorji, Brittaney Davidson. Bailey Jorgensen. Samantha Larsen, Allie Vanek. Third Row: Manager Ericka Lyons. Coach Bob Calegan. Aimee Fischer. Emma Vertin, Mariah Fallick, Kelsey Pauling, Kinzee Hillis, Madison Ober. Raeann Bronder Cami Kopetka. Coach Ross Mueller. Back Row: Coach Erik Gustafson. Madison McGuire, Preethy Brockman. Anna Hurlbut , Megan Hastings, Michaela Bauer. Michaela Feeney. Abby Lunzmann Taya Johnson Coach Andrew Kroeger Photo credit Bob Calegan

THE GOLDEN GIRLS Freshman Emma Vertin , soph o more Abby Lunzmann. and juniors Aimee Fischer an Sophia Nelson celebrate their gold medal winning ti 1 e in the 200 medley relay at state. All four of the girls swam in individual events as well. Photo credit Call ar , Sports Photography

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FRESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL Front Row: Mohammed Al-Musa, Jared Jesske , Zach Chapek , Collin Hargitt, David Petersen Middle Row: Student Manager Luke Jensen , Student Manager Kaine Ice, Tristen Wiedmyer , Erick Loos , Laramie Hiebner, Bo Els. Back Row: Coach Marco Pedroza, Tyler Lenz, Gage Lippold , Vince Wray, Ryan Hinton , Jared McBride

SHOTS FOR SUCCESS Junior Avery Prai shoots for points in a game against Southeast. He made the shot, but unfortunately the Hawks lost. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser

SHOOTING FOR A WIN Freshman Tyler Lenz takes a shot against Southeast. The game was held in the Southwest main gym.

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POINTS Sophomore

Fidadya Kuwa takes a shot against Southeast. He made the sh9t with 3 seconds left in the second quarter.

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DOWN THE COURT FOR TWO Sophomore Conner Merchant takes a shot against Northeast. The Hawks came out on top

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Freshman boys basketball place second in championship

Hard work, determination, and talent led the freshman, reseNe, and junior varsity boys basketball teams to winning seasons.

The freshmen's constant determination earned them a 9-4 record . They won all their city games, but got second at the championship against East, losing by only two points, when the shot was blocked at the buzzer

ReseNe had a record of 7-6 and lost in the first round of the city tournament. JV had a record of 7-1 2 and ended the season with a 57-44 tournament loss to Southeast.

Freshman Tyler Lenz said his favorite part about the season was, "Winning and having huge student sections." The captains of the team were Bo Els and Joseph Vampola . The freshman had a great season.

Their Coach Marco Pedroza said, "It was an entire team effort this year. Our bench did a great job of staying positive and cheering on their teammates. They are all a great group of guys."

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ReseNe also had a good season One of their big accomplishments was beating Southeast twice .

One of their star players was Conner Works, who practices with junior varsity but plays with reseNe Nick Shanahan, Tanner Haas, and Connor Raatz also had good seasons.

Another big success was scoring 7 6 points in a game against Bellevue West. Even though they had no set routine they always came ready to play

Coach Ben Lynch said, "We saw a lot of stuff out of the kids we weren't expecting to see A lot of the boys surprised us."

Junior varsity's hard work had them win 7 games and lose 12 Junior Nathan Duff who is on JV swings up to varsity, said,

"The Southeast game was the most exciting game of the year. The stands were packed with fans and both student sections were awesome, Even though we lost, the atmosphere was one of a kind "

JV ended the season with a 5 7-44 loss

to eventual City Champions, Southeast.

Coach Ryan Reeder said, "The team was very competitive all year long and battled every game." Seven out of their 12 games were only lost by 9 points or less

Junior Nathan Duff averaged 10.45 points per game and fellow junior Avery Prai averaged 9 .85 points per game. The defense was led by junior Griffin Thomas and sophomore, Davis Peterson. Sophomore Javad Fatemi did a fantastic job of playing out of position by being the team's point guard. Key contributors off the bench were 3 point specialist, junior Jon Freese. Two other hard working juniors, Lukas Mroz and Jason Reynders battled injuries all year long. The junior varsity, reseNe, and fresh-man teams all had hard work, determination, and talent to get them through this season.

Although all the teams did not place first, they all worked hard and had a great seasons

GOING FOR A DUNK Devin Thompson , junior, goes for a dunk in a game against Southeast. The game was held in the LSW main gym Photo by Kylie Brookhouser

TAKING A SHOT. Sophomore Chase Gobel takes a snot against Southeast defense in Southeast's main gym It was a very close game with Southwest winning 36-26.

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Hawks are the Conference Champs

After a slow start, the boys ended with a great season. The boys finished 169. The boys were conference champs and out played many difficult teams.

The boys also had a few nail biting games, one of them being the Southeast game.

Although the team didn't end up with the win, it was one of the best and most exciting games the boys had this season.

Having seven returning varsity players definitely made a huge impact on the team, leading them to several accomplishments. One of them being beating North Star in double overtime.

Another accomplishment was Reid Williams hitting a three point game winning buzzer beater against Lincoln Northeast.

One thing that helped this team was their chemistry.

Williams said, "One of the traditions our team has is we pray before every game as a team." On and off the court the boys treated each other like a family.

Head coach Duane Baack said, "This team brought a lot of humor to the

game " Baack noted that senior Gunnar Peterson was one of the players that could lighten the mood.

"I could lighten the mood just being me yoloing," Peterson said.

There was a stretch of time in January where the boys weren't doing so hot, but the team refocused and went on a seven game winning streak. The returning varsity players started to help push the team in the right direction.

Overall the boys had a great season, building their chemistry by having team dinners each week before every game

Senior Jordan Brown said, "My favorite part about this season was getting to play with all my friends."

Because it was a small team of all seniors, the boys become exceptionally close.

Senior Easton Edmond said, "I am happy with how the season went. It was a fun year with my teammates and we won a lot of tough games."

Although the boys didn't make it to state, they worked hard to make this a season to remember.

Story/Spread by Taylor Siedel

VARSllY BASKETBALL Front Row: Mason Perry, Easton Edmond, Brayden Young, Jesse Lee. Back Row: Connor Thompson, Tyler Hoppes, Gunnar Peterson, Reid Williams , Jordan Brown.

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JV BASKE1BALL Front Row : Brittany Gi l l, Keeley Kroeker, Sydney Anderson. Middle Row : Sarni Beets, Kali Schwenke, Shania Knapp, Taylor Els. Back Row: Coach Nico le Kubik, Madison Klu t e, A llie Davis, Madison Kelle, Coach Randi Crosby

RESERVE BASKETBALL Front Row: Keila Dela Cruz, Miranda Neil, Raven Wi lliams, McKenzie Miers, Rachael Holsteen. Middle Row : Brooke Brestel , Maddie Horne, Hannah Huenink, Mattie Lentz.

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FRESHMEN BASKETBALL Front Row : Carmen Vogt, Taylor Marshall, Shyanne Phiathep. Middle Row: Julia Bartolome, McKenzie Merritt, Frances Munro, Addie Knorr. Back Row: Coach Adam Monk, Maddie Dodd, Charlie Miller , Emily Jessup, Coach Alisha Stopp

DEFENSE Jun ior Kali Schwenke covers an opponent at a game aga inst Southeast. Schwenke plays for the junior varsity team

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From friendly girls to fierce opponents

Though these girls made basketball look easy , a lot of hard work and time went into preparing themselves for the game

Not only did they devote time after school into practice , they also had multiple Saturday morning practices

Luckily for all of the girls on freshman, reserve, and junior varsity basketball, the chemistry between teammates helped strengthen their teams.

Kali Schwenke , a junior on the JV team, is thankful for having the teammates she did.

"We started out really strong as a team, and we have learned a lot through the season," Schwenke stated

Miranda Neil, a member of the reserve team, also believed her team had good chemistry. Practices could be really hard work, but "it was like hanging out with friends," Neil stated

Over the course of the season, each team developed unique traditions

"Our team always listens to pump up music before a game," freshman McKenzie Merritt said about her freshman team

Freshmen Julia Bartolome and Charlie Miller , also members of the fre shman team, remembered ''team dinners " as their favorite traditions

The reserve team had a tradition of "talking at half time in the locker room to pump each other up in the middle of the game," Brooke Brestel recalled.

The team pump up talks helped to refocus the players and hopefully lead to a strong second half of the game

Brittany Gill , a junior on the JV team, recalled her team ' s obsession with the movie "Pitch Perfect" and how the movie was constantly a topic of discussion

Not only did the team traditions create memories, but also the games Gill

recalled her most memorable game as the one against Papio South , because it broke their previous streak of losses Brestel ' s favorite game was against Lincoln High because her team started out behind in the first half, but came back in the second half to take the victory.

Her teammate, Neil, disagreed Her favorite reserve game was the very first game of the season against Northeast.

Merritt's most memorable freshman games were those winning against Pius and Southeast, because of the rivalries between them.

Throughout the season, each team made countless memories, but "not just the wins and losses, " Miller said

The bonding time and unique traditions outside the court created better chemistry in between teammates, leading to better playing teams overall.

Story/Spread by Tara Brookhouser

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Vars ity Ha wk s are the HAC Champs

Finishing the season with 20 wins and on ly 5 lo sses th e girls varsity basketball team had a su ccessful year. Th ro ugho ut the season the team managed to ou t play cha ll e ng ing teams su ch as Southeast and in return overcame many obs t acles.

With a larg e number o f start e rs returning to the team, th e girls already knew how to p lay we ll together. The team said that one of their biggest advan tages was that everyone had really good chemistry, which made playing together fun and n ot st r essful.

The season, however, came w ith chal lenges. One of the biggest was playing Southeast.

Junior Baleigh Miller said th at her biggest accomp lish m ent was beating Sou the as t in the HAC To urnam e n t and being the HAC Cha mp s. M ill er st arted every game thi s seaso n and this was Miller's second year on vars ity.

A tradition the gi rl s continued to practice was how they ran their wa rm up. Every girl had to make their firs t shot before they began t h e team warm up and before t h ey did th ei r team c h ee r s and handshakes.

Se ni or start er Ali Love sa id her fa vorite memory of the seaso n was the team dinner at Lauren Works' house when they wa tch ed "Pitch Perfect". Team dinners became an even t everyone looked forwa rd to.

The varsity girls team also h ad some n ew add it ions. One of them was freshman Al li e Davis. Davis said she likes to liste n to Usher or Kanye West before a game to pump her up and keep her focused.

Another addition was senior Brooke Knapp. Knapp start ed every game and was known for bringing lo t s of en er gy to th e team.

Due to the successfu l record, Sou thwest hosted districts. Th e girls played Lincoln Northeast in the fi nals and lost afte r a nail biting game. Junior Baleigh Miller sh ot a three po in ter with only seconds left on th e clock to tie up the score. Even after desperate attempts to get ahead, the gir ls fe ll short aft er Northeast sh ot two free throws

Although th e g irl s did not make it to state, they had a great season and overcame many obstac les. A lot of hard work and determination led to over all su ccess, making t h is year a yea r to remembe r

Story/Spread by Molly Meister

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VARSITY BASKETBALL. Front Row: Brooke Knapp, Lauren Works, Abby Meader, Bale1gh Miller, Andrea Ilic, Taylor Sherrill, Middle Row: Shania Knapp, McKenna Dodd, Marysa W1lk1nson, Madison Kelle, Allie Davis, Ali Love, Saige Hammond, Back Row : Coaches: Nicole Kubik, Haylee Melham, Khan Wallace, Us Brenden, Jeff Rump, Randi Crosby, Adam Monk, Alisha Stopp , Not Pictured: J o rdyn Keeney

OFFENSE: Junior McKenna Dodd searches for an op , 1 teamma te during a game against Lincol n High. This as Dodd"s second yea r on varsity. Photo by Kailey Hi/1/H t.-1< Talk

Record: 20-5

Season f· • h D ,ms : istrict runner-up

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Varsity Girls Basketball

BELOW LEFT: Sophomore Abb before scorin y Meader dribbles d second g against Lincoln H own the court year on varsity Ph igh. Thi s was Mead • Oto by Kalley Hill/Hawk Ta~: s

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Sophomore Braxton Tonniges dresses up during the state playoff football game against Omaha North Many students came dressed up in a variety of costumes to support the team. Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Ta/on

Juniors Matty Merritt and Connor Blankenau MC perform at their first pep rally Nov. 19 Merritt and Blankenau won a vote held by Student Council to become the MC's. Photo by Lindsey Deprez/ Hawk Talk

FCS teacher Jolene Schlemmer votes on Nov 6 President Barack Obama won the election

Photo by Talon

During the fall induction, 16 seniors were chosen to join NHS. Overall, there are 95 members of the 2012-2013 chapter Photo by Katelynn Charroin/Talon

The class of 20 1 2 takes a picture early in the year. The seniors have the biggest class with 480 students Photo by Jackson Hinzman/Talon

People

Throughout high school, you form many different kinds of relationships. With 184 7 students and 197 staff members, our school is full those. There are best friends, teammates, teachers and maybe even enemies.

Having such a large school, there are many people you know, but there are also many people you don't know.

Meeting new people is easy at this school, especially with a new class coming in each year. This year we had 4 72 new faces walk in the door on August 14 for freshmen day. Although that is a large number of students, the upperclassmen have the biggest number with 955 students, which is more than half of the school.

We also welcomed three foreign exchange students, all of them from Germany.

We may not have the biggest school in the city, but we do

have a big amount of school spirit.

SFF has now been around for six school years. We have continued traditions from the beginning, but we have also started our own, like the theme videos each week.

We have a lot of school pride, whether we attended all the sporting events, or even competed with our classmates to win the class chant at every pep rally.

We had eight new people try out to be the MC's for the pep rally. Student Council held try outs and posted them online so the rest of the school could vote who they wanted to be their MC. Juniors Matty Merritt and Connor Blankenau ended up with the most votes.

Southwest is full of many talented people and we have, and will continue to prove that year after year.

Story/Spread by Morgan Swartz

Juniors Reid Shubert and Noah Bur ke dress up for the Fr ight Hunger Hallo w een event on Oct. 29. Shubert was Jacob Black and Burke was Edward Cullen , both from the Twilight_ series Photo by Matty Merritt/ Hawk Talk

Brittney Meyer

Ty Holt

biggest fears?

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Freshmen reveal their worst high schoo l nightmare

It's your first day of freshman year You have no clue how to get to your classes, you get pushed around in the hall, and you can't find the restrooms.

The upperclassmen are super intimidating, and the sophomores act like they run the school (sorry to say sophomores, but its the seniors that run Southwest)

Many times, freshman are scared of high school. And there's no reason for them not to be A new, larger school, some students are twice your height and have a full beard! It's

pretty far off from middle school. Not only are the people more intimidating, but the classes are much more difficult.

A survey conducted between two classes of all freshmen showed that the two biggest fears of freshmen are failing classes and getting bullied by upperclassmen.

Some other common fears included getting lost, the teachers, and the fact that a lot more homework is assigned than was in middle school.

Story/ Spread by Jackson Hinzman

" My biggest fear was just the people in general. I don 't like being in crowds, and that's pretty much all this school is."

"My biggest fear was and still is getting bullied by upperclassmen."

" My biggest fear was having classes that are harder than they where in middle school. My grades are very important to me , and I want a good GPA so I can get into a good college."

"My biggest fear was getting lost. Thi s school is so big, and I could never m a age to find my way around the build n "

photos by Jackson Hinzman / Talo r ,

Matous Adamec Mohammed Al-Musa

Lauren Aldendifer Merari Alvarez

Francisco Alvis Arizaga

Dyan Alwin Jack Ammon

Emma Anderson Jacob Anderson

Treana Anderson

Trey Anderson

Monica Angeletti Gabby Arauco Fr e shmen

Blake Athay

Amin Attaie

Hannah Beam

Adrian Bilka

Sawyer Bogle

Ashley Bradbury

Nyalat Buom

Joshua Atterbury Katelin Ausdemore Luke Barta

Sarni Beets Garrett Bell

Alyssa Blair Florence Blake Luis Blanco

Julia Bartolome

Ayla Blazio

Hailey Bartz Hailey Bax

Alexis Best Ben Bevins

Harleigh Blome- Blaine Blomstrand Higer

Caleb Bond Olga Bondarchuk Cassie Borneman Megan Bousquet Leenah Bouzid Lauren Bowman

Sarni Breir Jacob Brewczynski

Emma Brown Justice Brown

Maddy Brown Jamien Bullock

Brianna Burianek Blake Burklund

Tori Callicoatt Madison

Caradori Alba Cardona Noah Carmicheal

Connor Carson Grant Carstens Jake Casper Brenden Casteel

Zachary Chapek Josie Charron Chayton Cheever Huntra Christensen

Alex Collins Andrew Collins Daelin Collins Tessa Comfort

Aden Cooley Ahnika Cooley Lauren Cope Julie Cordova

Tiara Crites Preston Cuddy Ian Cuevas Mia Cundiff

Alyssa Damian Freshmen Max Danley Allie Davis Taylee Decker

Tucker Catlett Ethan Cecava

Tea Cidlik Taylor Coffey

Devon Comstock Colin Conzemius

Donovan Cornish Chloe· Crawford

Holly Cushman Marissa Czapla

Jasmyn Chalk

Desiree Colema n

Christian Coo k

Melissa Crew

Shardhat Daggumati

Josh Delgado Madison Dennis Trealynn Denn is

Megan Deprez John Derr Ashlynn Devall

Paige Doland Nyajima Domach Grant Domant

Bo Els Taylor Els Brent Ems

Nathaniel Fazi Dylan Feighner Sam Fergen

A liv ia Fisher Neely Fisher Whitney Florom

Simeon Frank Trent Frazee

Angela Dietel

Nicholas Dougherty

Bailey Escamilla

Haley Ficken

Hunter Foged

Alec Fynbu

Dylan Dinges Michael Dixon Maddie Dodd

Hunter Dowse Jacy Duren Daian Ebadeh Ahwazi

Jack Espinosa Erika Etzelmiller Maddie Fanton

Breanna Alicia Figueroa Alexa Fisher

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Kaitlyn Follmer Frannie Folsom Logan Foster

Pete Gallarda Amina Ganie Kevin Gatchenko

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Upperclassmen elp freshmen adjust

Two years ago Southwest started SHOS , Silverhawks Helping Other Silverhawks, for freshmen to help them get to know more peop l, • and prepare them for high school.

This year SHOS became an even bigger deal. Freshmen were required to come to these meetings every Tuesday for the first term f or 30 minutes. The freshmen did activities to learn more about the school as well as getting to know each other better under the leadership of SHOS leaders from grades 10-1 2

"SHOS helped me meet some new people and get to know them if I didn't already know them before. My favorite part was getting together and meeting new people.

"I didn't miss any because I thought they were fun."

-Baylee Wagoner

"I attended all of the SHOS meetings and , trust me, it did pay off and helped me the first term. I met a lot of new people through SHOS and I'm glad I did because some of the people I met are close friends now."

-Logan Foster

"I have met new people and learned more about people I already knew. It helped me prepare for high school. I attended all of the meetings."

-Bo Els

Story by Kaitlin Smith

GROUPS On freshmen first day, all of the freshmen were split into SHOS groups They all stay as a group and meet throughout the sc hool year.

LISTEN One of the SHOS groups listens to one of the presentations on the first day. The students were in their same SHOS groups throughout the day Photos by Talon Staff

RELAY RACE To help freshmen get to know one another, SHOS put together a relay race activity. They did an activity like this so they would work together.

Joshua Gates Kayla Gebbie Camden Glenn

Anna Goddard

Alex Grabast Torrian Grant Amber Green

Kristofor Grimes Elisabeth Gross Ashley Gutierrez Austin Gutierrez Marco Gutierrez Anna Gutmann Jackson Hahn

Alyssa Haldeman Brynna Haldeman Halle Hamilton

Zoe Hamilton Brenna Hansen

Brianna Harvey Katie Hay

Madison Hays Griffin Henkel Gabi Henle

Juan Hernandez Sydney Herrell Markenna Heston Kameron Heyen Laramie Hiebner Chavez

Krista Hinrichs Kylie Hinton Melissa Hinton Ryan Hinton Matthew Hodges

Ty Holt Lucy Horne Jala Howard Hannah Howerter Hailey Humiston

Katelyn Imhof

Carlie Jaeger Keenan Janssen Luke Jensen Wyatt Jensen

Collin Hargitt

Brooke Herbert Kinzee Hillis

Nick Hoeven

Tiffany Huynh

Jared Jesske

Benjamin Harris

Hortencia Hernandez

Michael Hilton

Austin Hofeling

Kaine Ice

Emily Jessup

Michael Jewell Zach Jewell • Aaron Johnson Taya Johnson Scott Jones Jessica Jordan Wyatt Jorgensen

Allison Joyner Nicole Jungren Aryana Kamelian Lyndsey Kasi Cory Kassmeier Madison Kelle Madison Kerns

Mariah Kerr Le'nya Keys Javen Kinnan Morgan Kinney Jacob Kitchen Skyla Klug Carter Knopik

Addie Knorr Jeremy Knowles Jordan Knust Matthew Koenig Kevin Kolozsy Denis Komissarov Kean Kantor

Karissa Kosman Edward Koval Amanda Alyssa Kugler Munib Kulovac Leila Kurbasic Haley Kyle Krushenisky

Jensyn Labadie Freshmen

Trestin Lang Kayla Larson Killian Lawhorne Kiersten Lawrence Tony Le

David Lehmkuhl Logan Leifert Claire Leighton

Steffany Lien Victor Linchenko Jake Lindemann

Devin Loomis Eric Loos Jena Lucas

Kaitlyn Malone Anthony Marks Carson Marks

Kaare Mathison Sabouni Mayan Jared McBride

Shelby McKee Kayla McKenzie Morgan Means

Nick Lenners

Rhiannon Ling

Joe Lust

Taylor Marshall

Mariah McCashland

Cody Melroy

Tyler Lenz

Gage Lippold

Andrea Macias

Alejandro Martinez

Conner McConnell

Marissa Mentgen

Ashley Levinson Alena Liebers

Tanner Lloyd Sydney Lonowski

Ellie Mack Calahan Malone

Angel Martinez Maddie Maschka

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Daniel McDermott Megan McKay

Brittney Meyer

Transitioning into high school as a freshman can be scary and exciting all in one. With more students, teachers, and homework come more opportunities to join in and truly become a Hawk.

Getting involved in clubs or sports at Southwest is something many students agree they could benefit from and find important.

Southwest prides itself on having activities available for students of every type. From artsy students looking for a place to express themselves, to athletic students hoping to make

Freshmen find place with activities

the team, faculty and students encourage freshmen to join in.

Counselors and programs like SHOS help freshmen become more aware of activities available.

Freshmen gave many reasons for getting involved at Southwest, but a common trend was the influence of friends and family.

Harleigh Blome-Higer, a freshman involved in theater said, 'The people are super nice and I wanted to make new friends "

Another reason given was that students wished to improve their skills in an area of interest. Freshmen were given tours

around campus before they got to high school and got an upclose look at what activities may interest them.

Clubs and sports are set up to teach students responsibility and respect.

Many of these activities, such as sports and band, also teach students to work as a team. Getting involved is a good way to meet new people and learn valuable life skills.

Freshman Kayla Larson would recommend other freshmen get involved in activities during high school.

Larson said, 'The teachers treat you like a family and people

would have a lot of fun."

With so many different groups of people in high scho c getting involved can help freshmen find a place they bel c g

Overall, freshmen agree t. :i t getting involved during their fi r· year of high school is importa n

Many who are skeptical about joining clubs or sports sc:: having a friend do it with therr would take away some of the intimidation.

Getting involved urroun c students with a group of people sharing a common go a something freshmen should t a l advantage of during high sch o

Story by Kayla Strauch

DEBATE Freshmen Joshua Ou, Hannah O'Neill, Jeffrey Owusu-Ansah and Tony Le work together on a debate. Toni Heimes coached students after school. Photo by/ Kayla Strauch

CHANT. The freshman class takes a turn at the class chant during the fall pep rally Performing the chant has become a tradition at every pep rally. Photo by/ Kayla Strauch

SPEECH Freshman Frannie Folsom practices her speech after school She portrays her character's attitude by posing with her hand on her hip. Photo by/ Kayla Strauch

Charlie Miller Trae Miller Magdalena Montelongo

Deandre Moses Davood Moshiri Ashley Mulherin Freshmen

Izzy Montgomery Jessica Montoya Austin Moody Bailey Morris

Frances Munro Brittneay Murphy Tyler Murray Andrew Mwesigw c:: Wansolo

Hayley Myers Nicole Myers Ny'osha Skyler Neal Nance-Haley

Desiree Newlin Ann-ie Nguyen Kayla Nguyen Tia Nguyen

Ally Norris Caitlyn Yekaterina Race Nun Noudaranouvong Novosel ova

Cristian Ortega Sarah Osgood Kyle Osterloh Jacob Overholt

Michael Patestas Alexis Pawlowski Samantha Payant Zach Peet

Braeden Perkins David Petersen Shyanne Phiathep

Alexis Philson

Dane Nelson

Troy Nguyen

Nia O'Bryant

Jeffrey Owusu-Ansah

Teague Pell Jake Piccini

Treyten Nelson Hannah Neukirch

Oismat Niazi Jake Nispel

Hannah O ' Neill Alisha O'Shea

Bryce Parish Angela Pastor Valer

Tucker Pell Jenna Pennington

Ciera Pierson Jonha Pillow

Nicholas Pleiss Jacob Poppert

Kaci Quinn Miranda Raatz

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Marcus Recker Colby Reffert

Katie Rhodes

Amanda Robotham

Ashley Rigg

Alejandro Rodriguez

Brock Priebe Alex Puente Taylor Pursley Joshua Ou

Anwar Ramsay Brooke Rathbone Breanna Ratzlaff Veronica Reagan

Tasia Reiman Tommy Reiss

Christopher Olivia Rezac Reynolds

Sophia Quattrocchi

Ruach Reath Emma Rhodes

Hunter Robb Jerrad Roberts Jackera Robinson Jackyra Robinson Jacob Robinson

David Rushing Kayla Saddler Bahar Sallae Maya Samal Christopher Sanchez

Mariah Sanchez Roxana Sanchez Zachary Sandin Akshat Saraf Adam Sarik Arisha Sattar Keaton Saunders

Tyler Schafer Madalynn Schell Dylan Schmidt Colby Schmuecker Steven Schneider Carsten Scholle Nicholas Schreiter

Ryley Schuerman Emily Schultz Coltyn Settell

Tyler Shada Blake Shepherd Jacob Shiers

Jayme Smith Michael Solberg Ryan Soto Bailey Spahn Brighton Spangler John Spataro Boehle

Cole Spencer Tabitha Staehr Derek Stahl Brandon Stalnaker Loghan Sterns Lauren Stiles

Jedmin Stonacek Parker Sundquist Jared Svoboda Miranda Halle Syfie Elijah Syniy

Brandan Taylor Jaida Thompson Joey Thompson

Maxmilian Thompson Shea Thompson

Bhan Tiap

Ben Sidner

Austin Spencer

Abigail Stine

Leslie Tapia I I

Kelsey Tillman

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Name: Madison Dennis

School: Scott Middle School

Favorite Part: "I liked eating lunch with Mr. Corona in the Recovery Room every Friday ."

Memory: "My best memory of middle school was a going to Champions on the last day of school." Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

Name: Ben Sidner

School: Pound Middle School

Favorite Part: 'The teachers were very kind"

Memory: "My best memory of middle school was a trip that I took to Mexico." Story by Kaitlin Smith/Talon

Name: Andrew Collins

School: Pound Middle School

Favorite Part: "I had a lot of friends in my classes."

Memory: "My best memory of middle school was the threeman tournament my paintball team won at CJ's Paintball in April." Photo by Kayla Strauch/ Talon

Taylor Toelle

Michaela Tompkins

McKenna Topham Christian Torres

Thao Tran Baolong Truong David Tucker

Dylan Umbenhower Joseph Vampola Kailey Van Treeck William Freshmen Vanmeveren

Charles Varnell Emma Vertin Judy Vo

Carmen Vogt Hunter Von Holt Justin Vossler Haley Wagner

Makenzie Waller Dylan Walters

Madison Walters Hollyn Watson

Zack West Luke Westover Mark Whitmarsh Tristen Wiedmyer

Tristen Williams Zachary Williams

Cassi Wilson Kaitlyn Wilson

Hailey Wood

Vincent Wray Savannah Wright

Kobe Young Paige Young Albina Zlenko

Tressa Wagner Baylee Wagoner Keegan Walker

Spencer Daniel Webb Regan Wesley Ways-Bothe

AJ Wiley

Alexander Winklepleck

Nyapal Yiel

Brock Williams Cameron Williams

Lena Wischmann Alexis Wolfe

Natalie Yontz Brooklyn Young

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5 Sophomores and their siblings

Many students at Southwest enjoy goi n g to school with their siblings , while som e say they get enough of them at home Story/Spread by Taylor Rothgeb

Carolyn & Sarah Hove

Sophomore Carolyn Hove and her big sister, Sarah, have a love/hate relationship

"We don 't really make an extra effort to bond together because we live in the same house, " Carolyn · said . While Carolyn is quiet and reserved, Sarah takes on more of a loud and outgoing personality

Senior Sarah Hove describes Carolyn as her best friend

"I tell her everything, and usually we get along pretty well, " Sarah said.

Madi & Tanner Deiro

Sophomore Madi Deiro and her big brother , Tanner, have a close relationship and enjoy hanging out together

"Usually we get along , " said Madi "We both have a sense of humor, but I'm definitely more of a hard worker."

Tanner describes his relationship with his sister a little differently

"We both love our parents a ton, and we usually get along We are different, though, because Madi is a bit smarter than me in school, but I excel in common sense "

Rylee & Deric Boden

Sophomore Rylee Boden shares a special relationship with her senior brother, Deric.

'We like to bake, to play chess, and to go for walks together, " said Rylee. "The only possible difference about us is that he is a boy and I am a girl."

The two get along for the most part , but when things get hectic they settle it by wrestling in their living room

"Usually Rylee beats me , " said Deric. Tm not very good at defending myself when it comes to her ."

Mikayla & Derek Greenwal ct

Sophomores Mikayla an d

Derek Greenwald are 1 6 yea rs old and fraternal twins

" One day we are best friends and the next day we are enemies ." said Mikayla

Derek argues that they a the best of friends year-round Although they are twins, the y each have their own unique personalities

"We both excel in scho o 1 and sports , " said Derek . "We are different because I'm cas u c and easy going, and Mikayla I is more of a spastic and bubbly personality ."

Justin Adams

Ameer AI-Batat Carlos Alarcon

Lucas Antholz Matthew Antholz

Sophomores

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Oeondray Allen Chelsea Amend Keely Anderson Sydney Anderso n

Noah Ash

Lisa Ath Kyrsten Athan

MJ Baade

Andres Balderas Maddie Balfany Samantha Ballas

Kenna Batterton Kelsie Baze

Cole Becker

Sierra Bogle

Eruviel Castillo

Rosales

Kayleen Coffey

Brendan Beechley Ryan Belling Skyler Berringer Vlad Blazhievskiy Jaz Blobaum

Lexie Bohling Arcane Boles Christian Booton

Josh Brandt Juliana Brehm

Janice Brown

Abigail Burke

Brandon Chalk Jordyn Champoux Mitchell Charron

Anna Cole

McKenzie Collins Mitchell Conklin

Sierra Burkinshaw Jucorrie Bush

Awood Chol

Bridger Corkill

Cooper Christiancy

Nessa Cox

Whitney Beck

Rylee Boden

Brooke Brestel

Austin Carstens

Jason Christiansen

Velina Cruz

Sophie Cunningham Charlie Davis

Nick Dionisopoulos

Gabriella Ernst

Zach Felton

Emily Flanagin Sophomo res

Shelby Dahl

Madicyn Deiro

Kaitlyn Dahlke

Keila Brianna Dela Cruz

Aaron Dalton Courtney Damke

Lucy Amy Derowitsch Demyanovskiy

Andrew Donald Noah Douglass- Brooke Dowding Chandler Drewes Wiley

Ethan Escamilla Mykahla Euchner

Mariah Fallick Amanda Farley

Emilia Ferguson Max Ferguson Baylor Fiedler Kolby Finchum

Zierra Flodman Quentin Fortney

Jessica Fowler Madison Fricke

Taylor Dao Lauren Davidsave r

Kaelin Dickey Matthew Dinnee r

Zane Dush Madison Egger

Javad Fatemi Michaela Feeney

Jackson Fischer Noah Fisher

Cole Fritz Lauren Funke

Maddie Gage

Megan Gocke

Mikayla Greenwald

Robert Garcia

Jake Goddard Daisy Gonzalez

Nicole Grosshans Johnna Guernsey

Mason Halouska Tanner Hamersma Matthew Hamilton

Austin Geisert Kyra Gerdes Margaret Gies Chase Gobel

Yahsmin Gorji Marty Gospodarski Duane Green Derek Greenwald

Tanner Haas

Kendall Hammerschmidt

Samantha Hahne

Dana Handke

Dante Hall Shannon Hall

Janae Hansel Lauren Harford

Conrad Harker Samuel Harris

Erik Haugerud

Makayla Haussler Nick Healey Brianna Heaps Emma Heiliger

Elizabeth Hempel Ryan Herechski

Brenda Hernandez

Anna Hershberger Kelcie Hibberd

Madelyn Hickson KaileY, Hill

Ca r Story/ Spread by Marie Micek

Yahsi Gorji, 15, (to the right) got her first car a 2008 Chevy Silverado, two years ago on her birthday Feb 1 Gorji hadn't received her car for her 16 th birthday though, she had gotten it so that she could drive to and from school. Gorji drives with a school permit. Gorji loves her truck although something she says she doesn't like is that it's much quieter then she would like. "It's big, I get funny looks while in it." Gorji said about having to drive it but she still likes it especially since it's a Chevy. photo by Marie Micek

"It's a monster!," said 16-year-old Noah Lazaro about his black 2002 GMC Denali. Something Lazaro like a lot about his car is its co o rims. Something he doesn't like is that it's slightly beaten up, but as a responsible teenager he takes the best care of it that he can. Somet h i g else Lazaro is very thankful for is that he doesn't have to pay for any c his car. Lazaro is happy to have -such a cool car for his 16th birthday photo by Marie Micek

Chase Gobel received

Cherokee this year two weeks after his 16th birthday Gobel is lucky enough to not have to pay for any of it either "I like that I have room to give people rides," Gobel said about his jeep, He also likes that it gets him around town pretty well. photo by Taylor

his first car, a 2004 Jeep Grand

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Jackson Hinzman Hannah Hoffman

Dylan Hogeland Shawntae Hollins Rachael Holsteen Emily Honnens Maddie Horn e

Jadyn Horvath Emaud Hossaini Sierra Hotchkiss

Sophomores

Carolyn Hove BJ Hubbard Ryley Hubbard Hannah Hueni n

Brooke Hummel ~akJohn

Stephanie Johnson

Vanessa Kavan

Jackson Knorr

Shana Johns

Jordyn Jones

Rachel Kilmer

Megan Kommers Broe Konigsmark

Katherine Hums Ayah Issa

Ben Johnson Erynn Johnson

Yianni Kalogeras ,.,, Jessica Kinghorn Colton Kirkpatrick

Nicholas Janssen Evan Johnson

Alexus Kaltenberger

Alanna Kline

Nick Jensvold

Haley .Johnson Kennedy Johnson

Anna Kapliyeva Cameron Karins

Jessi Kneifl

Nikolai Knezovich

Dakotah Koch Owen Koepke Sloane Koerperich Chellsea Kohl Timothy Kohler

Trae Koziol

Keeley Kroeker

Muminfidadya Kuwa

Cierra Kuzelka

Brian Kwon

Conrad Harker

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Sophomores make their mark

Sophomore Conrad Harker wrestled with the varsity boys this year. He has been wrestling since his freshman year of high school, and since then he has maintained his spot on varsity.

"My stepbrothers made me try out last year," Harker said. This year, however, he tried out because he enjoys the sport. Harker found success all season long."Everyone is awesome," Harker said "The team is like my family "

Sophomore Wyatt Morrison found a way to stand in the spotlight through choir

"It feels great," said Morrison. "I am very proud of myself to have made it as a sophomore ."

Morrison began singing by watching the hit 1V show, " Glee ." Last year, Morrison joined Southwest choir and loved it.

"My favorite part is that I know every day when I walk into the choir room I can be myself," said Morrison.

Sophomore Sam Mitchell joined the production of "Crazy For You" and learned to love singing.

"I didn't think I'd make it," said Mitchell. "I practiced in class a lot and took time out of my personal schedule to spend an hour or two practicing."

Both boys agree that they couldn't have made it without the help from their talented and experienced teachers, Denise Cotton and Andrew Jacobsen.

Many sophomores participate in school activities, but t h e special few that make varsity an d roll with the people on the top work that much harder to be b eter than the best. Story/Spreac,

Sophomore Sydney Anderson never thought she would make it this far in her volleyball experience.

"My mom signed me up when I was really little, and m y sister played so it interested m e ' Anderson said. As a freshman 11 her first year of high school, sh ' made varsity and continued o r~ in her spot there this year

Anderson enjoyed quality time with everyone during th e season

"My favorite part was be ir with my team and my coache s she said

Kelsey Pauling

Madelin Peters

Sop homores

Wyatt Mo r rison

Erik Pawlowski Sarah Peeks

Davis Peterson Kelly Peterson

Sydney Anderson

Ashley Peiman

Kyle Pekarek

Aidan Phelps Nathaniel Phelps

Sydney Pendergrass

Liza Piccoli

Sam M it chell

Emma Peters

Savannah Pierce

Sam Pinnell

Taylor Ratumaimuri

Trev Riekenberg

Taylor Rothgeb

Ashlyn Saeger

Kylee Plager

Jake Regier

Riong Riong

Max Rubin

Mala Sama!

Jade Poggensee Lucas Post Makae Poulsen Heidi Prohaska

Olivia Reid Reid Reinhardt Kailey Richardson Aaron Richmond

Connor Raatz Madison Ri e d miller

Lydia Robertus Savannah Roe Abbey Rogge Trent Rohde Sydnye Rohren

Trenton Ruhnke Nick Rung

Vanessa Ruppert Nathan Russell Matthew Sadler

Morgan Sanchez Jacob Sanford Cristina Santana Hally Sartori Nicholas Scalora

Mikayla Schaich Grant Schirmer Courtney Schneck

Zach Schneider

Preston Schulte

Trey Seibel Shae Shallenberger

Nick Shanahan Jacob Shannon Madden Sharrett Hogan Shaw Keenan Shea Jordan Sheets Carter Sheffield

Danie lle Shefke Hannah Shield

Sarah Sieps Sadie Skov Jacob Slade Tanner Snell Bailey Snow

Tylon Sobotka

Elijah Soto Tory Soucie Meagan Sousa

Alec Sovereign Cameron Spurrier Allie Stamper

Austin Stavem Ryan Steele Brady Stock

Cassandra Stolz Christian Stowe Ryan Stutzman Conner Sudik

Christian Sullivan Katerra Sullivan Cameron Svoboda Landon Swann Oscar Tapia-Pesina Swetha Tatineni Casey Taylor

Braxton Tonniges

Sophomores

Ruben Torres Gallegos

Mariah Tupper Anna Tussing Olivia Tyrrell Liz Uebele Eric Ullman

Joshua Urbauer

Noah Walz

Peyton Weller

Dylan Wilkinson

Justin Wood

Taven Zelnio

Marco Valle Casanova

Trey Van Treeck Allie Vanek Elizabeth Velder

Chloe Venhaus

Max Wanser Nolan Watkins

Nagbe Weah Linden Weitz

Cora Wendeln Blake Werts Seth Wesemann Peyton Wetzel

Raven Williams Isaiah Alyssa Wilson

Hannah Windle Williams-Samuels

Taylor Woods

Alex Woodward Conner Works Maddie Wright

George Zerr Matt Zichek

Connor Zoz Mackenzie Zwiener

Preston Welch

Cal White

Zachary Winklepleck

Lashel Yantis

Lisa Vu

Neal Weldon

Micah Wiebusch

Wolkenhauer

Kamryn Young

J~ 1n relationships

Relationships. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear that word? Most people think about a boyfriend or girlfriend. It is really rare to find a couple that stays ' together through out high school. This is what they said about their relationships in November 2012

Story/spread/p hotos By Zoe Norris

Juniors Amanda Rudd and David Laird have been dating for two years, from freshman year until now. Laird said his favorite date they go on is "when we go out the Bluestem Lake at night and lay on the top of my jeep and watch the stars ." "I love how he knows everything about me, and always tries to make me smile," said Rudd Their song is "Gimmie that Girl" by Joe Nichols. " She is my best friend and I can talk to her about anything," Laird said. Their favorite thing to do together is sit and talk about life.

Junior Sierra Schacher and senior Corbin Smeal have been dating since February 2012 . 'There is never a dull moment with Corbin, " Schacher said The best dates they have ever been on are going to dinner and then going to a hockey game or a movie Their favorite thing to do together is going to the lake and going camping and boating.

Juniors Avery Prai and Siara Swiggart have been dating for two years, from freshman year until now. Their song is "Wanted" by Hunter Hays Swiggart said her favorite things about Prai are "he is charming, funny, smart, easy to talk to , understands me , and is handsome " They both agree that their favorite thing to do together is watch movies The best date they have ever been on together was going to Worlds of Fun last summer

Junior Braxton Martin and senior Lorin Leifert have been dating for two years Martin said his favorite thing about her is the "way she laughs ." Their song is "Heart of the Moment" by Asia Some of their favorite things to do together are watching movies, going out for ice cream and eating at Texas Roadhouse The best date they have been on together was " going to Holmes Lake and watching the fireworks show. In the middle of the show, I gave her a bracelet, " Martin said

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Juniors Eric Anderson

Taylor Adams Tyler Adams

Hope Anderson Josie Anderson

Halee Agnew Stephanie Ahrens Julia Albrecht Matthew Andersen

Austin Angel

Tom Anderson Hevin AndersonKirstine Braydon Ashton

WiniAtem Lauren Ayars

Andrew Badami Joel Barber Mallory Bastin Morgan Bath Joshua Bauer

Jillianne Bax Nicole Bechard Zachery Beck

Sam Beckenhauer Mackenzie Becker Conor Behrens Hayley Bell

Katie Belt Nicholas Berte Tanner Bice

Tyler Bordeaux Justine Boucher Meredith Bowen

Tara Brookhouser Jamie Brown Joshua Brown

Brandy Burden Jenna Burgason Noah Burke

Connor Blankenau

Sam Brewster

Randy Bruns

Breeanna Burkinshaw

Taylor Boesiger

Morgan Brinkerhoff

Lena Buckner

Sonny Burns

Jamie Bohlen Olivia Bolden

Justin Brinkman Raeann Bronder

TJ Burbach Emily Burd

Rachel Burress Forrest Burroughs

Addison Byers

Elliot Choi

Clayton Cope

Tara Deschaine

Jun iors

McKenna Dodd

Thomas Byrne Josh Calidonna Frannie Calkins

Jessica Castillo Hannah Caulkins Mitchell Cayou

Michael Clinch Connor Comstock

Joshua Cook

Karlye Cygan Erin Dail

Nate Devivo Jared Dickey

Austin Drake Ashlyn Draper

Griffin Day

Shelby Dickson

Michaela Dreeszen

Michael Carnes

Cris Cazun

Cassie Cooper

JP Deeds

Hope Dillman

Nathan Duff

Peyton Carney Mikaela Carstens

Celeste Chapp Katelynn Charmin

T. Kendra Cooper

Kelsey Degenhardt

Tyler Dirksen

Ashley Earnest

Ryann Cooper Barton

Tanner Deiro

Michael Do Ran

Ty Elgin

Brooke Emmert Moriah Eppert Chelsea Erickson Grant Erwin

Keven Feng Kaylyn Fern Kelsey Finchum Aimee Fischer

Elizabeth Flores Chase Florom Quinton Flynn Caleb Frank

Samantha Fruh Nicole Gemar Ashley Gifford Brittany Gill

Marisa Gocke Caitlin Goin Ashley Goosic Trevor Graham

Zachary Guenther Christian Guinac Grace Gustafson Dylan Guyer

Melissa Etherton Jonathon Ewalt Eliza Fallick

Nicholas Courtney Fleecs Lily Flenrje Fitzsimmons

Katelyn Frank Brooke Fraser Jonathan Freese

Taylor Glass Derek Glen Michael Goberling

Matt Greenfield

Vanessa Haberman

Mark Grodnov Catherine Gross

Chandler Haefele Spencer Hagan

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Students struggle handling jobs, school and a social life.

When you turn 16 and are able to drive it seems like you have a lot more responsibilities and things to pay for. How do most of us pay for it? Some have parents help pay for expenses but

others take a job to pay for gas, insurance, and other things they need or want.

Many students have jobs by their junior year. With gas being over $3 a gallon it is not easy to be able to drive

around and hang out with your friends without having money. With every job in life there are advantages and disadvantages. These juniors all agreed that it is great to have money but it takes a lot of time away from friends

When working at any place, you have to have a very social attitude and not be shy. For high school students it is hard to juggle a job, school, activities and a social life

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any assigned chores his manager gives him.

"It can get difficult and stressful to handle school, work, outside activities and a social life at times but you get used to it," Malcom said .

several employees

Williamsburg Hy-Vee Stonacek is a cashier and is required to help people, check them out, and assigned chores her manager gives her

"My favorite thing about my job is being able to meet new people all the time, " Stonacek said

takes people's orders, cleans up when closing, and does whatever her manager tells her to do

"If I could work anywhere it would be , place where I could get huge discounts or, cute clothes," Lawson said

Story/Spread by Katelynn Charrion

Junior W ill Malcom works at Scheels located at SouthPointe Pavilion At Scheels Malcom rings up customers, thanks and greets

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Junior Trevella Lawson is employed at Burger King on I 4th and Hwy 2. Lawson

Daniel Haist

Tre Hall

Sadie Hammond Saige Hammond

Laura Haniszewski

Alex Hansen

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Juniors Nathan Harless Megan Hartman Ross HaNey

Kylie Haseloh Charli Hayes

Christian Hedstrom

McDermott

Sammy Hegberg

Colt Heiden Hannah Heiden Brandy Hellerich

Breyanna

Conor Helton Selena Henjes Hunter Hennecke Hellerich

Kelsey Hillman Sydney Hinton Aya Hinz Brian Hodges Ryan Hoeven Mia Hoffer Nicole Hoffman

Taylor Hogeland Max Hoobler Jessi Horan Katie Hosler Mark Hruska AJ Hudson Quinn Hullett

Anna Hurlbut Caden Huskey Brittany Hutchens Letura ldigima Lisa Ingham Jessica Izaguirre Gracen Jackson

Bryce Jelinek Taylor Jensen Aftyn Johnson Katie Johnson Mitchell Johnson Schyler Johnson Zachary Johnson

Ellie Jons Marta Jonson Bailey Jorgensen Sara Juengel Allison Jurgens Dustin Kaiser David

Yasmine Kamelian Austin Kapke

Amy Keys Grace Kim

Makaria Kirianov Sean Kleindienst

Cory Kobza Kelsie Koch

Caleb Kraeplin Orion Kroulik

Medina Karie

Chase King

Sarah Klostermeyer

Tyler Koch

Chandler Krull

Alexa Kasi

Ben Kawamura Jordyn Keeney Lauren Kelsay

Grant King Logan Kinney Skyler Kinney Corey Kinser

Madison Klute Shania Knapp Zane Knopp Drew Kober

Zachary Koenig Bailey Koerperich Katie Kolodziejski Austin Kraegel-Barela

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Sean Kubicek Cassie Kuhn Emma Kumwenda Brittany Kyncl

Juniors David Laird Clarissa Lambert Michael Langfeldt Jessica Larsen

Trevella Lawson Christian Leblan c

Habinh Lee Vanessa Lekule Jacob Lenhoff Kaci Leppky Jessica Levtsenyuk Cierra Lieb Ryan Lindahl

Elizabeth Loos Tristan Loth Eli Lovell

Michael Lowery Danica Lowrey Erin Lukin Schyler Luther

Bailey Lytle Leah Macdonald Grecia Macias Jonathan Mahlin Will iam Malcom Clayton Malone Matthew Mansur

Brittany Marchand Drue Marr Dylan Marshall Tristen Marten Braxton Martin Jordan Martin Janette Martinez

Natalia Martinez Ashley Mason Joe Massey Hunter Maude Connor Mayhew Megan Madison McGuire McCashland

Mitchell M c M eekin Ashlee Meader Morgan Meeks

Molly Meister Mattison Merritt Justin Mescher Alyssa Meyer

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What are you doing in your free time? Watching N, eating, doing homework? Many people listen to different types of music while doing all of these activities.

Whether you like classical, pop, rock, country, alternative, hip-hop or rap music is all around us. Suzanne Polzkill said, "My favorite type of music is folk because it's happy and always unique but my least favorite is hair metal."

Many juniors use their iphones or ipods to listen to a variety of music.

Polzkill said, "The top 5 artists on my ipod are Amy Winehouse, the Dirty Projectors, Otis Redding, the Bird and the Bee, Disney Movie Soundtracks

Story by Nicole Hoffman

Michael Goberling: 'Top 5 artists on my ipod are Adele, Skrillex, the Story So Far, Asking Alexandria, and Ellie Goulding."

Courtney Fleecs: 'Top 5 artists on my ipod are Hercules, Josh Graban, Chameleon Circuit, College, and Les Miserables."

Jamie

"My favorit: types of music are classic rock and alternative beca 1 J it sounds raw and uniquE .

Nathanael Sheets: "My favorite types of music are inspirational, pop, hip-hop, classical, and dubstep!"

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Bernice Morton Barret Moyer Lukas Mroz Adis Mujagic Kiernan Mullin Benjamin Murphy Sheena Nakaga v\

Kansas Naquin Natasha Naseem Saman Nasur Lauren Neben

Samantha Nelson Sophia Nelson Trina Nelson Troy Nelson

Phoung Ninh

M itchell Oestmann

Jarrod Pearl

Bryce Pickerill

Sean Nordgren Zoe Norris Austin O'Brien

Dana Okazaki Andrew Ostiguin Taylor Pape

Chancie Pekny Phillip Pendergrass Caleb Petersen

Alie Pickering Cole Pickett Ryley Pierce

Abbey Nelson Brittney Nelson Jack Nelson

Ayet Nguyen Christie Nguyen Baylee N ichols

Collin O'Connor Madison Ober Justin Oehm

Clayton Parker Manali Patel Nicholas Patestas

Bailey Peterson Elizabeth Peterson Kasten Phares

Kenneth Pillow Abbigail Pleiss Hadisa Podojak

Suzanne Polzkill Brandon Poppert Avery Prai Austin Quinton Cristian Ramos Bailey Rangel Harrison Raphae l

Jake Reffert Angel Regler Matthew Rehn Jackson Rempe Maggie Rempe Jason Reynders Justin Reynolds

Keegan Rezac Alyssa Richtarik Alexis Rienks Brianna Riggins Ethan Ripa Trenton Rittscher Andrew Roberts

Kelsey Roberts Alicia Rockefeller Zachary Roeder Shelby Rollins Breanna Austin Rowlett Amanda Rudd Rotherham

Jacob Russell Kaitlyn Russell Annaliese Saathoff Mario Salamanca Muhamad Sallae Bree Samani Robin Sarik

Mikayla Satterthwaite Sierra Schacher Sebastian Schank Mikki Schantell Jun

Victoria Scholle

Tyler Schuster

Kali Schwenke

Caitlin Senne Nathanael Sheets Cade Shotkoski

Reid Shubert Emily Shum Drew Shuman Clare Sidner

Taylor Siedel Austin Sievers Michael Siewert C.J Sjulin

Kaitlin Smith Savannah Smith Teddy Smolyuk

Derek Solberg Anna Spataro Madison Springer Sara Steinauer John Stephens Darby Stevenson Garrett Stipke

Caleb Stoll Megan Stolz Jaidin Stonacek Kayla Strauch

Bradley Strothkamp

Madeline Stuart Brandon Sturgeon

Trey Suhr Levi Surrell Morgan Swartz Siara Swiggart Alesiya Tadysheva Adam Tagart Seth Tague

Calvin Tay lor Brandon Thelen Griffin Thomas Devin Thompson Carter Thomson

Anthony Threats Zoe Tien

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through out the year

Why is jun ior yea r th e hardes t ?

Pre-Calculus, US History, Chemistry, and Composition, sound familiar? These are the classes that most juniors took this year. Most people can't wait to get through the year because of all the required classes you have to take

Juniors are also required to take the NeSA testing and ACT during the spring

During junior year colleges start looking at your grades .

Clare Sidner said, "I think junior year is the hardest because you have to keep your grades up because colleges start looking at you, and I'm taking a lot of my hard classes this year ."

Homework also takes up hours and hours each night, leaving no room for a social life or doing things you enjoy.

Taylor Siedel said, "Junior year is by far my hardest year. Every night I have at least two hours of homework and spend an hour studying."

Jackson Rempe said that the hardest classes are taken during junior year, requiring the most work and studying.

Out of a class of 2 1, 7 5 percent of the students said junior year is the hardest year.

Justin Wiley and Aftyn Johnson are frustrated because they have so much to do and to study for Wiley said, "Junior year is the hardest because you actually have to try ."

Matthew Mansur thinks hard about the difficult classes and studying required each night during junior year.

Robe 'rto Torres Tessa Tramp Hasan Tran Huy Tran

Markee Tripp

Makayla Urbauer

Seth Alexis Villagomez Cole Villanueva Juniors Vandergriend

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Sean Nordgren and Zachary Guenther h e d up their pre-calculus books Most student ~ take pre-calculus their junior year.

Julia Albrecht does a math problem on th i board. In Pre-Calculus , which mostjunior : take, there is homework about every nigr,

Brandy Hellri c h holds up her AP US Hlst oi book This class is weighted and takes ev e more st udying and time to complete eac t night, than th e normal US History class.

Tiffany Truong

Thanh Vo

Christopher Tussing Nolan Vogel

Vanessa Von Berg Nick Vrbka Matthew Vu

Truman Wachter Hunter

Watson CodyWavada CJ Ways

Matthew Webb Anna Weber Brandon Wehling Eddie Welles Jordan Wells

Caitlin Wendel Jessie West

Sophie Westmeyer Bobby Weyhrich Jacob Wheeler Josh Whitmore Joe Whittle Rebekah Whittle Justin Wiley

Eli Wilson Ellie Wiltfong

Dominic Yarabe Vivian Zerle

Jessie Wise Mackenzie Wolfe Shayne Wood

Colton letterman

Kayla Zollicoffer

Rodney Woodcock

Michael Wright

for we 1ve come

In the four years of your high school career, you go through many change s You may change the wa y you look, the way you act, or the people you hang out with. High school is a time when you find out who you are, and who you want to be.

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" I feel like I have changed a lot physically and mentally. I make smarter choices now then when I was an underclassman I have gained a lot of weight from when I came to Southwest as to now as a senior ."

X-,~ Williams

"I have changed mainly with my looks but also my style and personality has changed a lot also. "

Aee';C Mabry

"I have found a group of friend s different from my freshman year that I really like being with, and wh en I w as a freshman I was pretty immature so I feel like I hav e grown up and matured quite a b it"

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comp il ed Jj,Jacey Lawrenc e

Parke r Ac kl and Jos h Adams Ja ri n Ade n Brya n Ald end ife r M ercedez Alford

Sp e n cer Allen Ka ty An derse n Ch e lsea Anderson

Andrew Arkeb a ue r

Karina Arriaga

Jeffrey A t hey

Evan Augustyn

Wesley Aust

Freshta Baher

McKenzie Balfany Josh Banderas

Johnny Barajas Ashley Barber

Dylan Bard

Meagan Barger Amanda Barker

Laura Barker

Seth Bark ley

Logan Barta

Jackson Bauer

Michaela Bauer

Mikayla Bax

Shanna Beall

Brittany Beard

Makenzie Beard Natalie Beard

Chris Beasley Joe Bechtle

Mercedes Bennett

Samuel Bennett Audrey Berck

Reagan Bergen Max Berger

Wes Berry

Haylee Bice

Alec Bien Ahstin Bigelow

Dillayn Binder Brandon Binnick

Kaleb Blakemore

Ale x is Bloomfield Hannah Blythe

Baylor Bond

Brian Botz

Andrew Bowers

Taylor Brethouwer Abi Bro Preethy Brockman

Kylie Brookhouser

Aubriesha Brown

Jordan Brown

Nicholas Brown Trenton Bulin

Nyabang Buom

Briana Burchett

Matthew Burden

Riley Burke

Charlie Bush

Derek Byerly Ryan Byler

Te rrell Ca rd e n as

Tony Carnazzo

Ryan Carstenson

Brooks Carveth Brittany Cash

Gabe Cas p er

Emi ly Ce cava

Sara Chaloupka

Christine Choe

Konrad Christen

Natasha Cidlik

Kyle Clark Mykaela Clark

Dellante' Clark- Brown Sean Cody

Zach Colhour

Andrew Cooley Brighid Cooney

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Every student no matter who they are, has that one mortifying experience that occurred in high school that they can never live down.

For Hannah Cornish it was her junior year in which she experienced her most embarrassing moment. She was in the choir room surrounded by the entire show choir and the show band, amounting to almost 70 people "I fell off of the show choir risers and onto a show band member behind me, " Cornish confessed. "Falling onto the person " was what made this moment the most embarrassing for her

Seth Barkley's embarrassing moment didn't occur at Southwest. It occurred at Sun Valley lanes, a bowling alley that the Southwest bowling team uses to practice. Being Barkley ' s first year on the team :,:.,,,,.-, .....,~•~ ~ • as a senior, he was inexperienced compared to the other athletes "The ball got stuck on my fingers and I threw it and I fell on the lane," Barkley admitted "I was really embarrassed and everyone laughed at me "

Morgan Mavis ' s embarrassing moment occured during her junior year She was going out to lunch and stepped in a giant puddle and ruined the shoes she was wearing with a nice dress that day Mavis was forced to wear her " ugly rain boots " the rest of the day "I looked like a goober in rain boots and a dress all day ," she ex plained ," but, I ended up being known for my boots and actually took senior pictures in them "

Marcos Cordova

Hannah Cornish

Trevor Cotton

Claire Crawford Andy Cuevas

Malory Dahl

Connor Dahlke

Catherine Dalton

Jonathon Danson

Patrick Davidsaver

Brittaney Davidson

Sydney Davidson

Gina Fay Delaney Kr is ten Delisi

Sidney Delozier

Vladi m ir D emyanovskiy

Jayden Denning

Lindsey Dep rez

Cody Deters

Devin Dickson

M ichelle Dixon

Courtney

Donald

Joshua Dugger

Hannah Duncan

Amanda Dunn

Yo u ha n Ebadeh Ahwa zi Easton Edmond

Zackary Edwards

Anna Eisenmann

Azia Ellis

Betsy Elwood Mardi Elwood

Alex Embree

Jimmy Engleman

Nathaniel Eppens

Andrew Epperson Austin Escamilla Joe Espinosa

Zachary Ewalt

Jonathan Fangmeier Chance Farley

Malorie Feighner Claire Fergen Patricia Flores

David Flores Robles

Emma Fortney

Ashley France

Kortny Francis Carlton Frazier

Dana Freeman

Mara Frey

Jordan Fricke

Riley Fricke Lauren Fry

Kelcee Fuller

Sara Fulton

Mariah Fynbu

Nicholas Fynbu

Erin Gandall

Nyaboth Gatkek

Joelle Genetti

Cecilia George

Ma kenna Gier

Maddy Giraud

Kylie Gokie Montana Goodwin Sawyer Gore • Austin Graham Taylor Graham

Lucas Grossman

Bryce Gruhn

Chloe Gutm a nn

Miranda Hager

Jacob Hahne Nicole Hamilton

Kyle Hanna

Dustin Hansen Megan Hastings

Maddy Hay Harry Hazen

Ben Heiliger

Taylor Heller Lizbeth Hernandez

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Seniors Madi Larson, and Sophia Sonenberg have been best friends since 7th grade. Larson and Sonenberg used to attend Norris High School and transferred to Southwest together. "Our favorite th · •

go out to eat or hot tub," said Larson. "It was super fun when all of us girls dressed up crazy for the volleyball games!" Sonenberg added. Both girls are also very close to seniors Niki Hevelone and Malory Dahl.

Seniors Reid Williams, and Lucas Keifer have been best friends since pre-school. Keifer joked "We love competing against each other in everything we do. P.S. I

am ahead(:" "One of our favorite times together was sophomore year when we snuck out of class," said Williams. Both participate in track and field, and many other activities.

Nikole Hevelone

as "Uncle Blazer" said, "There is only brotherhood in the pack." Miller, otherwise known as "Chrunter Killer" said, "Our favorite thing to do together is howl at the moon "

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Lance Hiebner Caitlin Hight Tristan Hilderbrand

118 Seniors

· Molly Holbrook Austin Holweger Scott Honnens

Ty ler Hoppes -Beau Hottovy

Sarah Hove Alexa Hoy

Amanda Hoyt

• Jacob Hudgens

Cera-Rose Hughes

Reid Hunsa ker

Holly Hunt

Leera ldigima

Andrea Ilic

Michelle Ingle

Natalie Izaguirre Sara Jaber

Alex Jaeger Bobby Jagadich

Kimberly Janssen

Julian Jasso Zachary Jeffery

Trey Jensen

Yancey Jensen Emily Johnson

Jaden Johnson

Matthew Johnson

Spencer Johnston

Dane Kaiser

Lucas Keifer

Campbell Kennedy

Gavin Kennedy

Ashley Kent Trevor Kerns

Kammyle Key

Kieran Kissler

Dylan Kitchen

Benjamin Klameth

Neal Klein

Kadin Kline

Ryan Klute

Brooke Knapp

Riley Knop

Nick Knopik

Chelsea Kohl

Vita Konovalchuk

Cami Kopetka

Eli Koziol

Ryan Krapfl Tiffany Kridler 1:20

Christian LaCouture

Jessi Landrum-Munoz

Madison Larson

Marisa Laue

Jacey Lawrence

Dzung Le Craig Lechner

Alexandra Lee

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Ashlyn Lee

Ha Yoon Lee

Jesse Lee

Yeji Lee

Lorin Leifert

Alex Lemon

Timmy Lentz

Shelby Leschinsky

Whitney Leseberg

Aaron Lewis

Christopher Lif

Ma cy Lloyd Robert Logan

Connor Logsdon

Tyler Lojka

Kayla Loomis

only the -beginning

From taking the ACT and its prep classes to applying for colleges and scholarships, all this and more can make the year very stressful. However, it all pays off when you recieve your diploma. Graduation day marks the beginning of a new adventure

Whether it's the University of Nebraska or an out of state college, the seniors are excited to start a new life. While it is exciting for some, others are a little sad to leave Southwest.

High school is an important part of one's life. The teachers provided the knowledge while the parents an c friends provided the love, support and guidance. What the class of 2013 decides to do with it is up to them.

"I want to go to UNL next year, and major in social sciences. I would like to get involved in choir at the university and participate in intramural sports."

-Reagen Bergen

"I am going to Kansas State University next year and I want to major in biology and minor in business. I expect college to be difficult and independent, but lots of fun and a great experience "

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"It is a toss up tetween Colorado Boulder, University of Hawaii, an c UNL. I am really looking forward to the experiences and finding m; career path."

-Ky Venney

"I am going to study at UNL next fall and will major in education or communications. I am looking forward to spending time with m friends and older sister, and mee t ing new people ."

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Angela Lorenz Graydon Loth Ali Love Darion Lowery Mallory Luebbe

Ericka Lyons Colton Maag Alexandra Mabry Alex Malone Morgan Malone

Jared Manhold

Erin Mansur

Kenny Martin

Mackenzie Martin

Bladen Martinez

TJ Mauk

Morgan Mavis

Alyx Mc Cloy

Casey McGuire

Seynen McNeff

Dalton Meeske

Colton Messman

Matthew Meyer

Drew Miller

Elizabeth Miller

Griffin Miller Hunter Miller

Jordan Miller

Kody Miller

Arianna Moles

Ginno Montoya Kiara Moody

Jack Moore

Emily Morris

Levi Morris

Meaghan Muehling Andrew Muir

Devon Nelson Mikayla Nelson

Ta llie Newlun

Luke Nispel

Samantha Norman

Er ic Oltman

Daniela Ortiz Gallegos

TJ Mulgrue

Tristen Nelson

Kasha Nicholes

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Jesus Nunez Maldonado

Daniel Ostiguin

' Logan Nadgwick Nick Neisius

Samantha Nessetti Dylan Neverve

Jeremy Nielson Peter Niimi

Kaelin O'Neil

Kaylee Otto Michael Oulianov

· Taylor Paugh

Josh Petersen

Matth ew Pettit

Dustin Piening

Samuel Potter

Jordan Peet

Ashley Peterson

Gabe Pfeiffe r

Kieran Pierce

Aaron Poulsen

Mason Perry M ikaela Perry •Curtis Pester

Gunnar Peterson-

Nicole Peterson Valerie Peterson

Garrett Pfingsten

Mason Pickett

Al ex Pieloch

Katelynn Piper

Shaukat Popal

Emily Post

Ella Prussa

Paxton Puelz

Pujaa Rajan

"Focus on your goals and get your priorites straight. Make sure to get it in gear because high school is almost over and you can ruin a lot in one year."

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"Do your work first, and then have free time. If you don't do your work right away, then you will forget to do it later."

"Encourage the underclassmen to have more school spirit, because we all had a rough time doing that this year." "Make sure you know how to do pushups. If you cuss in Mrs. Grimes' class, you will be doing pushups."

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Kishahnica Rajendran

Kramer Rath

Robin Rathbone

Cassandra Ratzlaff

Will Reber

Alexis Regler

Jon Rehm

Trevor Rentschler

Bradley Reynolds Kelsee Richardson

Mallory Richert

Martha Rik

Cassandra Rinne

Taylor Roberts

Gabby Rodriguez

Taylor Rohde

Trevin Rook Jordan Rosenbohm

Cas sie Ross

Tyler Rubottom

Samantha Rucker Anastasia Ryan

Nell Samuels

Antonio Sanchez Javier Sanchez

Teresa Sanchez Melisa Sarajlic

Sidnee Satter Carson Schaefer

Austin Schafer

Caleb Schauble

Tia Scheel

Cody Schilling

Breanna Schmidt

Tori Schroeder

Newt Shallenberger Sadia Shamal

Brad Shaner

Nolan Shea

Kassi Sherbeck

Andrew Sheridan Amanda Sherrill Taylor Sherrill

Kayla Shiers Diamond Shouse

Aubrey Shumake

Kelly Sieps

Joey Sikyta

Collin Simpson Corbin Smeal

Payton Smock

Sophie Sonenberg

Dillon Soto

Hunter Spangler

Wednesday Stamper

Matt Stedronsky

Parker Stock

Mckenzie Stout

Clayton Stull Carter Svec

Sydney Svehla

Charles Swenseth

Nadia Syed

Abby Syfie

Keeley Thayer

Ashley Thomas

Cameron Thomson

Jared Torell

Tre ' Uhrmacher

Hector Valladares Morales

Andrew Thompson

Greg Thorpe

Griselda Torres

Austin Underwood

Victoria Vanderbeek

Codi Thompson

Kyle Thorpe

Mike Toupin

Sabrina Underwood

Ky Veney

Connor Thompson

Ryan Thorpe

Yuriy Tishkov

Minh Tran

Dakota Tupper

Kevin Vakilzadian

Samantha Vallabhbhai

Chase Walter Dillan Walters

I"Take challenging courses and do well in them because colleges like that to see that."

"Join as many activites as you can, and be involved. Also have a fun an d outgoing personality, stay positive about school."

"Live it up your senior year because it's your last year before college and college is a lot harder than high school."

"Make sure you focus. It may be yo u r last year, but you still need to try."

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Alex Warzecha

Matt Wat son

Daphne Weber

Leah Weber

Jordan Wetzel

Ashley Whitney

Taylyn Watson

Andrew Weils

Anthony Wiegert

Ashley Weatherhogg

Robbie Weatherly

Michael Weskamp Keaton West

Dane Wiley Aulana Williams

As of early January 2013, these students had declared their intention to graduate the end of their junior year .

They submitted photos to the yearbook staff or asked to have the picture included in the yearbook's senior section

Other juniors who counselors say plan to graduate with the Class of 201 3 are as follows :

WiniAtem

Josh Calidonna

Kelsie Koch

Kasten Phares

• Jordan Williams

Keegan Williams

Drew Witte

Brett Witty

Brayden Young Isabella Zier

Reid Williams

Titus Williams ·Megan Wiskus

Lauren Works • Jordan Wright Martin Wyant

Zach Zumwalt

Kristina Zvolanek

Moriah Eppert Katelyn Frank Mia Hoffer

Corey Kinser

Abby Nelson Chancie Pekny Darby Stevenson

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• to the next level

Although the Silver Hawk staff is already top notch, a new member was added to the team fourth term. Court Monroe's dog, Gus Cosmo Rodgers Cash Monroe is half chocolate Labrador retriever, half standard sized Poodle, and is about 4 years old.

Gus joined Monroe's family when his wife went to a store and Gus jumped in her car. "Basically he just never got out," Monroe said.

Right away, Monroe noticed the dog's natural ability to comfort people, so he and his wife decided to enroll Gus in the ten-week DomestiPup program.

"We went to facilities that cater to Alzheimer patients," Monroe said

Even after Gus graduated the program, Monroe still wanted Gus to do more.

Gus started his career as an " EduPup" at East High with Monroe ' s wife , who is a teacher there. Fourth term Gus finally made his debut at Southwest and now splits his time between the two schools.

He came to " Southwest High on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and East on Mondays and Fridays ," Monroe said, "He gets Wednesdays and the weekend off ."

Though Monroe and his wife dispute over whether Gus is a "Silverspartan" or a "Spartanhawk," Gus contributed to both schools by helping students "focus on school work" and "work through problems ."

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John Hastings Susette Taylor

Rob Sla uson Principal

Keri App lebee Associate Principal Associate Principal Associate Principal

Tracy Way Chair Nicki Hanseling

Sara Mann Special Education Coodinator

Dave Gillespie Athl etic/ Activity Director

Kim Carson Asst. Athletic/ Activity Director

Duane Baack Attendence Coordinator

Sherry McCrainie Jolene Schlemmer

Mark Reeder Chair

Emil y Connelly

Willie Sapp

Jul ie Walstr o m

Crystal Goiter LPN

Deborah Rye Health Tech

Kay Holt RN

Terry Abrahams Chair

Melanie Gross

Bob Henrichs

Tracy Piper

Marge Kneifl Chair

Terry Berks Toni Dutton

Mark Gudgel Matt Heimes

Dianne Kuppig

Lori Nakagawa

Shirley Roeber Shelly Shanahan Gifted Coordinator

Tami Grimes Josh Hinrichs

Cyndi Dwyer

Toni Heimes

Marla Payant

Mindy Wright

Linda Kreifels

Denise Cotton Choir

Terry Rush

Scott Engle Theater

Mary Schropfer

Andrew Jacobson

Megan Manning-Kechely

Alyssa Wilhelm Jeff Agler

Kathy Herz Instructional

Sam Towne

Accompanist

Brandon Gunderson Computer

Shelly Tvrdy

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David Hartman Shayla Bushhousen

Jeff De Vries Chair

Tiffany Powers Kyle Schumann Sara Scofield

Jeff Jochum

Russ Raatz Chair

Alison Kelley

Cory Free

Kevin Hennec ke

Brian Albrecht Lisa Bales

Ryan Mahoney Leslie Mann

Shukria Gharzai Scott Handelmann Matt James

Christin Sutter

Crystal K jar Head

Travis Brady

Thomas Nettleton

Ashli True Courtney Wichman

Rebecca Townsend Assistant

Jim Danson

Jalaina Honda Denny Hershberger

Chris Salem Ryan Salem

Cafeteria Staff: Tammy Smith (Manager), Linda Conant, Lori DeVries, Teresa Gifford, Margarita Hatfield, Lea Hoeven, Susan Jones, Yelena Koval, Gloria Krason, Debbie Patton, Amanda Pickett, Pat Piper, Rhonda Poulsen, Marva Sabio, Amy Whitmarsh, Susan Zander.

Mark Shearer Chair

Eugene Kirianov

Lori Spivey Supervisor

Mike Siefkes

Charley Bittle

Philip Monroe

David Blase

Dan Carpenter

Greg Cooper

Mike Geist Sarah Hammers

Kevin Schrad

John Strain Jason Thomsen

Mark Watt Chair

Mark King

Lis Brenden

Andrew Sherman

Jalaina Honda

Scott Skultety

Tracy Wiese

Doug Kaltenberge r

Scott Vampola

Staff N ot Pictured:

Hilary Kindschuh , Kim Moorhouse, Gina Vifquain, Elizabeth Molina , Ryan Reeder , Troy Kantor , Allison Doty , Linda Graham , Barb Helms, Sharlene Lowery , Sarah McEntarffer, Nancy Clare , Kebbie Himmelberg , Jill Bohlen, Ko lnamura , Holli Longe, Mille Schenk

Aaron Finley Chair

James Hill

Joyce Lehn Chair

Janene Way Secretary

Rita Blanco

Nila Jacobson

Malinda Burk

Heather Foster Speech/Language Pathologist

Joel Dering Janey Gibilisco

Susan Cornish

Angella Knop

Tim Ernst

Erin Stutzman Psychologist

Ben Lynch

Elaine Harris Melissa Hernandez

Marilyne Phelps Jeremy Smith

Eric Feeken Colleen Finkhouse

Jessica Schmale Michael Wiese

Dee SimpsonKirkland

Laurie Logsdo n Chair

Deb Lyon Secretary

Lori Mesche r

Deborah Carter Sid Ihrig

Loree Woods

Jessie Sandberg Chair

Trish Ostermeier

David Tien

Patti Brown

Dawn Sebek

Mitch Vernon

Amy Jewell Angela Kramer

Alisha Stopp Lynn Str.ack

Lanette Dunn Executive Christine Carman

Nicole Kubik Athletics

Jan Kepler Bookkeeper Brenda Dirks

Jacci Sarkar Payroll

Jan Buman SPED

Linda Shonka AP Secretary

Custodial Staff : Mike Dudek (Supervisor) , Mark Calidonna (2nd), Rusty Coy 1st(Yankee Hilll, Olena Ditmar, Jal ynn Durbin, Richard Hartel I 2nd, Mark Kemper 3rd, Sotto Kpzazeon , Beverly Krier 2nd, Scott Lanham (Asst Supvl, Fred Mcvay 2nd, Jerry MIies 1st, James Neemann 2nd, Gus Peach 3rd, Rook Pile , Nik Rasmussen 2nd, Dale Reinhold, Dale "Leon " Tatum 2nd, Eric Walker (day shift on left, night shift on right)

TOP LEFT. Sophomore Vanessa Ruppert shapes her clay in pottery for one of her projects. Ruppert was in pottery for t e rm two Photo by Hawk Talk

BOTTOM LEFT. Fr es hm a n Madison Caradori writes about the prop e rties of wav es in Jason Thoms e n 's freshman Geoscience c lass. Photo by H an nah Beam

TOP RIGHT. During the fall induction , l 6 seniors were chosen to join NHS Overall , there are 95 members of the 201220 l 3 chapter Photo by ~atelynn Charroin/Talon

RIGHT. Junior s Brittany Gill and Michaela Dreeszen bury their noses in their Psychology books Their teacher was Ryan Mahon ey. Photo by Talon

BOTTOM RIGHT. Junior Eddie Welles successfully breezed through his interview w ith Olsson Associates at the Interview Fair The interview fair is a mandatory assignment for all Career Education classes. Photo by Zoe Norris/Talon

Academics

With a recent graduation rate of 94 % Southwest takes pride in its academics Seniors Maranda Frey, Ashlyn Lee and Hunter Miller were all semifinalists for the National Merit Program It was based on PSAT scores

Throughout the school year the testing continued Each student had to pass the graduation demonstration to receive a diploma, juniors spent days taking the mandatory NeSA tests, and most tried to do well on their ACT, also a required test.

Many changes were made in the nest to continue our success in the academic area.

Some teachers chose to use actual questions from the practice NeSA test to give their students preparation for commendable test scores.

This school year was much different due to budget cuts and a

slightly lower enrollment in our school. Classes such as Fantasy Lit, Science Fiction, and Shakespeare Lit were all cut as well as, career education , once a class for sophomores. It will be a junior class called Take Charge starting at the beginning of next year.

Seniors counted down the days until graduation, juniors were ready for summer after their toughest year, sophomores were excited to finally be upperclassmen , and the freshmen were ready for the next step of high school.

The amount of time each teacher dedicated to our students, and the amount of effort given by all of the student body resulted in a year full of pride

Once the school year finally ended the students were ready to put their brains to rest. Southwest once again proved their talents to end with a year full of academic success.

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PONY Senior Sydney Svehla visits a miniature horse outside of Southwest for her zoology class. Photo by Hawk Talk

writing

From poetry to sports literature, the Hawks do it all

They grade your papers, they make you read out loud to your classmates, and they make you read a ton of books.

They are your Southwest English teachers, and believe it or not, they love what they do.

"I really like the youthful energy in a building full of teenagers. Hope is fresh and powerful here. Teaching feels more like 'real life' than many other careers, and I think 14° Academics

building literacy makes better humans," said department chair Teresa Abrahams.

About 16 teachers make up the department which offers around 36 different English classes including journalism, oral communication, reading and drama.

"We used to offer American Literature for most juniors, but we have changed to a writing focus the junior year. As a result, we added Composition

and Advanced Composition for mostjuniors," Abrahams said Some students did not like the change. "I like to read but I don't like writing. Junior year will be different and more challenging because I don't like English" said sophomore Hannah Wolkenhauer.

However, the students were able to find other English classes they were interested in Some English classes had the opportunity to participate in

some special activities.

"I have taken my ninth grade classes and Holocaus t Literature classes to Kansas C Chicago, Washington, D.C. ; j New York," Mark Gudgel sa ic" There he would take them t c historic museums and invite to listen to important speak e;

" I have become a be tt c writer, and a more analytic al 1d observant person in literatu rr junior Frannie said.

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RIGHT (LEFT TO RIGHT) : HARD WORK Freshman Michael Patestas works on an a ssignment in oral communications. The class is meant to ge t students used to talking in front of crowds Photo by Ni cole Peterson/Ta/on

READING Sophomore Hannah Wolkenhauer reads a b o ck at the beginning of Tracy Piper's 1OD English class The c i., s was finding poetry books to read and later wrote their 01;J r poems. Photo by Nicole Peterson/Talon

ALL FUN AND GAMES. Junior Catherine Gross has a lau ch during Toni Dutton ' s AP Language and Composition cl a.{c; Students say they love to work with her because she m a:,e s English fun. Photo by Macy Lloyd/ Photojournalism

HELP FROM THE TEACHER Senior Bradley Reynolds w o r - s on a project in Sports Literature. The class reads autobi oraphies about different athletes, the students really enj o \, having the class as an option Photo by Hunter Maude/ Photo ournalism

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KEEPING FOCUSED Freshman Ashley G u tierrez works BREAK A LEG. Sophomore Zierra Flood man shares her o n a Romeo and Juliet character sheet. A character sheet poem during the 10th grade poetry slam Befo re the stuis when stu dents analyze each cha racter to get more dents wrote their own poems, they studied other poets d epth w it h the st ory. Photo by N icole Peterson/Talon like Sherman Alexie. Photo by Nicole Peterson/Talon

WRITING Senior Austin Shaffer works on an assignment in Sports Literature Dwyer had the class write their own test about a sports autobiography they read Photo by Nicole Peterson/Ta/on

during her AP Language and Composition class Though the students write many papers , the teachers do their best to help the students improve Photo by Macy Lloyd/ Photojournalism

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Students learn usefuL life long math lessons

Mathematics is one of the some math teachers have started

According to teacher Sarah "I believe that the mor e most important classes that all using iPads while teaching. Scofield, the biggest challenge in mathematics a person has, t r · colleges look at. Most pGst sec- "I love the content of the Pre-Calculus is that much of the better they are at solving pro ondary colleges and universities class. It's fun showing how num- material is new to students. "At lems and thinking logically," require four years of math bers work and how they appear the beginning of the term, some Calculus teacher Matt James Dr David Hartman, depart- in real life," Tiffany Powers said students are overwhelmed by said. "These are essential skil l~ l ment chair, works with 13 teach. about algebra this," she said. "But in the end, life after school and abilities t i t Fourteen types of math classes Geometry teacher Kyle they look back over the term and employers love to have in a n are offered. Schumann said, "I think this think it wasn't so bad It takes a employee. So one reason fo r l k-

This year brought back class has many applications to lot of work, but students rise to ing this class is just for the sa i< of problem solving and introduc- the 'real-world.' Geometry is the this challenge and feel accom- learning more logical reaso n 1 J tion to computer programming foundation for many higher-level plished in the end." Math is one of the first :.> ps to classes. Also, there were new courses and can be integrated

The more classes a person to a higher education and it books for geometry classes and with fields such as: physics, engi- took, the easier it may be later in starts with LSW. 14?. Academics neering and construction " life depending on future careers. Story/Spread by Kaitlin S. ith

RIGHT (LEFTTO RIGHT) : HELP Gina Vifquain helps freshman Hailey Humiston ore of her Algebra students , with her review. " Mrs V ifquai n ;s a great teacher and she really helps when we don't ge t t ," Humiston said. Photo by Alivia Fisher/ Photojournalism

LISTEN Sophomore Callie Meyer listens to instructions in Christin Sutter's Geometry class before they begin an ac t•vity She is also participating in an activity using oranges

Photo by Kailey Hill/ Photojournalism

HOMEWORK Junior Brandon Poppert gets a start on h 1·, homework in Shayla Bushhousen ' s Pre Calculus class Tre more you get done in class, the less you have to worry about later. Photo by Marty Gospodarski/ Photojournal isi n

ORANGES. Freshmen Katie Rhodes, Halle Hamilton, and Tiara Crites work together on an act1v1ty in Christin Sutter's Geometry class They tried to find a formula for the surface area of a sphere using oranges Photo by Kailey Hill/Hawk

Talk

HARD AT WORK Senior Maddie Larson works on her A F Statistics assignment in Ashli True s class. AP Statistics is one of the highest math courses at LSW. Photo by Nik o , .., Hevelone/ Photojournalism

CLASS Students work on a test in Shayla Bushhousen ' s Advanced Algebra class. This class starts off every day with a warm-up exercise from what they learned from the day before Photo by Reagan Bergen/Photojourn alism

WORK Freshman Katelin Ausdemore works on her review for Gina Vifquain's class. They review in class before they take their actual chapter test. Photo by Alivia Fisher/ Photojournalism

PARTICIPATE Junior Nathan Sheets and senior Maddy Giraud participate in a whiteboard activity during class. They are in Shayla Bushhousen ' s Pre Calculus class Photo by Marty Gospodarski/ Photojournalism

FOCUS Senior Keegan Williams focuses on his AP Statistics notes in Ashli True's c lass. Staying focused can get the job done quicker. Photo by Nikole Hevelone/ Photojoumalism

CHEMISTRY

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science

PRESENTATION

Exploring sciences through labs and experiments

Through the microscope to the moving bacteria inside our body, science is all around us, through us, in us.

There are about l 2 teachers in the science department offering over 12 different classes, including AP courses, like AP Physics, AP Chemistry and AP Biology, and more specialized subjects like Zoology, Astronomy and Animal Behavior.

Department chair Mark 144 Academics

Shearer said, "One of the challenges that students have to adjust for, is the ability to process content and problem solve, not just memorize facts."

This year offered one new course, AP Chemistry It was the second year AP Biology was offered.

Junior Ayet Nguyen said, "I took AP Biology because I want to major in biology in college."

While students take some classes for science credit, classes

like zoology, animal behavior and forensic science, aren't required to graduate.

Junior Noah Burke said, "I took forensic science because it seemed interesting and it was!"

During freshman year students usually take Geosience, physical science, or some take Biology. In Physical Science and Geoscience freshmen learn more about the solar system and what it's made of.

Sophomore year students

usually take either Biology or Chemistry. In Biology student many projects and labs like th • Alive and Satisfied animal proJ : and the plant lab.

Then during junior year most students take Chemistry or Physics. In chemistry junior mostly study the periodic tabl < and the different elements.

By senior year students t 1 Physics or other non-required 1 ence classes.

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RIGHT (LEFT TO RIGHT) :

ENERGY Freshmen Haley Ficken and Trent Frazee ere ;: a board illustrating energy. They use these to learn mo about energy in Physical Science Photo by Nicole Hoff Talon

RESEARCH Sophomore Sam Pinnell works on research a lab in Diff Biology. Students research the lab before 1 do it to learn more about the subject. Photo by Johnn c Guernsey/ Journalism

Junior Annaliese Saathoff does her lab in Geist's Chemistry class. The point of this lab was to see colors acids and bases turned in beet juice Photo by /\i Hoffman/Talon

Senior Kevin Vakilzadian presents his v, on a white board in Mark Shearer's Diff. Physics class T class is made up of mostly seniors with a few juniors P1 b Hunter Miller/ Journalism

CLASS WORK Seniors Michelle Dixon and Nadia Syed finish class work and research on the computers in Diff Anat omy and Physiology This class is mostly a senior class. Photo by Nicole Hoffman/Talon

HORSE Senior Keeley Thayer and junior Kelsie Koch pose with a miniature horse. The miniature horse visit was for Zoology. Photo by Kailey Hill/Hawk Talk

YOGURT. Freshman Anwar Ramsay works on his yogurt lab in Charles Bittle's Biology class The point of this experiment was to find and identify the different bacteria in the yogurt. Photo by Nicole Hoffm an/Ta/on

CRIME SCENE Senior Maddy Giraud makes observations of a human body outline in Forensic Science. A crime scene was set up to help the students learn how to use clues to solve a crime. Photo by Nicole Hoffman/Talon

tthe history of the world

o_ Alison Kelly's first block Geography class wor i: s on the computers. They are working on a Good Citize r '> hii project. Photo by Katelynn Charroin/Talon

- I.JC' Students in Leslie Mann 's 4th block World Hist o ry class stay quiet as they take an open-book qui z The qu :z . was over nationalism and revolution around the world Photo by Lauren Harford/Journalism

ES - Bryan Albrecht's U.S History class take a test. Th e students were given 1O minutes to study before the te ,.t began. Photo by Katelynn Charroin/Talon

0 v f:: Ryan Salem's first block GOPO classes wo r : or the computers to compose a paper on their communi t , se, vice hours. Seniors must complete 20 hours of commu 1ity service to graduate. Photo by Katelynn Charroin/Talo n

Freshm 2n Hayley Kyle, EcjN • Koval, and Kayla are working on t Good Citizen proje c in their first block Civi c cla

Students learn about the past to better their future

Do you ever wonder why countries are the way they are today? Why some countries are allies and why some are not?

Students learn that in all of the required history classes. With 13 social studies teachers, the required classes are Civics and Geography for freshman, World History for sophomores , U.S History for juniors, and Government and Politics for seniors.

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Many students also take Economics, Sociology, Psychology to meet graduation requirements.

Other social studies classes that are offered are Holocaust History, Holocaust Literature, Military History and Criminal Justice

It is recommended you take Holocaust History before you take Holocaust Literature, because it is more of an advanced class about the Holocaust.

No new requirements or

classes were offered this year but new AP US History books were purchased.

Besides reading, class discussion was a main activity

Teacher Chris Salem said, "I really enjoy the classes that I teach, and I enjoy -helping students see the importance of these subjects If I can get one student to see the importance of our political, economic, historical situations in today's world, it has been a great day"

Salem taught Macroe o nomics, AP U S History and World History

Leslie Mann also teach 1 social studies "Staying focus c 1, and working hard in school ay in and day out is probably t r biggest challenge for stude n ; ," she said.

To graduate high sch o I four years of social studies cL sses are required, plus 20 volunt <. : r hours for the GOPO class.

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Photo by Katelynn C 1arroin/Talon

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S~RCY Sophomore Owen Koepke attentively searches for th e answer to a question on his worksheet. In World History students will receive plenty of useful worksheets. Photo by Lauren Harford/Journalism

7 L LI Writing on the board is senior Samantha Norman in her AP Psychology class She is writing about memories and th e rea son people forget them sometimes Photo by De vin Dickson/ Hawk Talk

1c 1 Junior Taylor Siedel asks Bryan Albrecht a question about her review worksheet in U S History. They do review sheets to help them understand what will be on the test and to know what to study. Photo by Katelynn Charroin/Talon

t:I\J Jalaina Handa ' s Civics class and Alison Kelly's Geography class listen to the speaker talk about their good citizen initiative project they are doing in class Photo by Katelynn Charmin/Talon

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Students explore the world through foreign language

Spanish, French, German, and Japanese, each one of these languages are offered to explore different customs of other foreign countries.

Southwest offers Spanish 1-4, AP Spanish, Conversational Spanish, Japanese 1-2, French 1-4, and German 1-4 The most popular of these languages is Spanish.

"Spa nish is very creative and useful to real life. It's great

to see kids become interested in it," Spanish teacher Jim Hill said.

Like most things Spanish gets harder with each year. The toughest being Conversational Spanish, where students learn to communicate only through speaking Spanish.

Sophomore Danielle Mukusha said she took French because "My mom made me take it." Her mom's second language is French

Most people taking French say it is actually quite easy compared to Spanish.

The third most popular language is German

"I just really like how it's not normal because everyone speaks Spanish," said sophomore Savannah Pierce.

Sophomore Rylee Hubbard disagreed. "I find the class difficult because it's not my main language."

Japanese is only offere < at Southwest and one uniq aspect is the friendship the students exchange with a si s r school in Japan.

Freshman Tiara Crites thinks learning Japanese will help her." There are many jo in which knowing Japanese 1; benefit you," she said.

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SPANISH Freshman Tia Nguyen works with a partner 1n Spanish 1 during a vocab lesson. Every student was required to work with a partner for a couple of minut e: , help each other learn some of the Spanish vocab Ph o i o Marie Micek/Talon

FRENCH. Sophomore Reilly Nelson works in a group a during French 2 class That class mainly focuses on te a c~ students how to properly speak French and some of t~ e French customs. Photo by Marie Micek/Ta/on

GERMAN Senior Kaylee Otto pays close attention to a fellow student in German 3, while they read German f -c a paper. Photo by Marie Micek/Talon

JAPANESE Tiffany Huynh reads from her Japanese 2 textbook Japanese is one of the many languages Southwest has to offer Photo by Marie Micek/Talon

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Helping Freshman Amina Ganie, Shea Thompson, and Sophia Nelson help each other while working in a group of three during a French 2 project. Photo by/ Kayla Strauch/ Talon

u J J Freshman Julia Bartolome studies hard in Rita Bianco ' s Spanish 1 class first block Photo oyl Marie Micek/ Talon

S~ r J Junior Samantha Fruh reads and describes an assigned picture given by her German teacher in front of her class Photo by/ Marie Micek/ Talon

Le. m11• g Junior Trina Nelson works hard to learn in her Japanese class. Each student was told to work on a book assignment quietly for the block.

Photo by/ Samantha Fruh/ Talon

Students express creativity through art and fine art clas s ~s

Art and fine art classes, made up of approximately 40 different classes and nine teachers, are areas of study where students are allowed to express creativity.

Classes in the art department work on using basic skills taught in beginning level classes, as prerequisites for more difficult ones later on.

Students are required to take least five credits in both 1so

the arts and fine arts department.

Mark Reeder is the art department chair. Most art classes taken by students include Painting, Drawing, Pottery, Jewelry, and Photography.

"I like this class because you can unleash your imagination," said freshman Grant Domant about Beginning Painting taught by Julie Walstrom. Many students took classes like painting to gain elective credits

and because they are fun Denise Cotton is the music department chair. Students in choirs and instrumental music groups use performances to display skills.

Theatre classes are used to develop skills in acting and behind the scene aspects of the department.

"I learned the importance of set design in Technical Theatre," said junior Baylee Nichols. Technical theatre is taught by

Bob Henrichs, in which stu c nts are hands on in the creatio r of sets for plays This is ano t l .: r more unexpected aspect of school where students exp rr )s creativity

Overall the art and f 1e art classes of Southwest can enhance school. Reeder sai c e values creativity in students .: 1d is happy with the outcome c many projects in his classes .

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RIGHT (LEFT TO RIGHT) : POTTERY Junior Ryley Pierce works on molding her pr cJ ect in Beginning Pottery. The class made coil pots by rollin ~ clay into thin strips Photo by Kayla Strauch/Talon

THEATRE. Freshman Michael Patestas stages a fight wit t: freshman Keegan Walker. Theatre class teaches studen ts techniques and skills in acting Photo by Kayla Strauch / Talon

PHOTOGRAPHY Junior Molly Meister adjusts an enlarg "' r in Beginning Photography. Enlargers help students focu s mages before developing them Photo by Kayla Strauch /. a/on

JEWELRY Junior Forrest Burroughs adds final touches ,n his ring in Beginning Jewelry This was one of his favo r t e projects in this class Photo by Kayla Strauch/Talon

SING Sophomores Michaela Feeney and Megan Mueting harmonize with senior Kassi Sherbeck. Concert Choir worked on holiday themed songs for a concert before wlnter break Photo by Kayla Strauch/Talon

PAINT Freshman Hailey Humiston adds detail to her painting The water color project was many of the students ' favorite thing to work on. Photo by Kayla Strauch / Talon

CLAY Freshman Kameron Heyen works with clay in Beginning Pottery. Students made a variety of projects including coffee mugs and cut-out pots Photo by Kayla Strauch / Talon

JAZZ Sophomores Brian Kwon, Sam Pinnell , and Cooper Christiancy warm up in Prep Jazz Band Alyssa Wilhelm was the head of jazz bands and helped students prepare for a concert Photo by Kayla Strauch/Talon

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MONEY

ACHIEVE

MARKET Senior Samantha Vallabhbhai works on an a s signment in Marketing The class has many assignmen t: b Tami

them plenty of t ime to work

Students learn life skills in business and industrial technob

Taking classes that interest you now in high school can help you discover what you want to do in the future.

There are many classes to help prepare you for the business world For freshmen there are Computer Applications, Keyboarding and World of Business.

For sophomore, juniors and seniors there are courses that range from Desktop

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Publishing and Digital Media to Accounting and marketing.

Seven teachers teach business classes Marge Kneifl, business chair said, "Students should take business classes because we teach life skills All students need to understand personal finance, accounting and technology."

In many classes students do fun things like field trip, Tami Grimes's sports and entertainment marketing class toured the

University of Nebraska football stadium

"All of our classes teach an employable skill. You can actually go out and get a job doing the things you learn in our classes," teacher Cory Free said.

The industrial technology department has three teachers Jeff Jochum, Cory Free, and Kevin Hennecke.

Industrial technology is open to all grades but most

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freshmen and sophomores tr ,e classes like Foundations to Ir dustrial technology, lntrodu c o n to Engineering, Design 1, ar 1 Woods and Manufacturing

"Taking classes that intE •2st you makes the class more fu · and easier to pass and get t r credits you need," senior Le Regler said She took a Mark ( 1n~ class.

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CAD Freshman Alex Grabast works in CAD IED, taught b'> Kevin Hennecke. In this class students learn the beginn in ~ stages of architecture

Students in Sam Towne ' s Economic Perspectives class listen to a powerpoint. In Economic Perspectives students learn to manage their money

Junior Katie Hosler does an activity with a Ju n o Achievement representative, Charles Norris In the acti v i y they bought and sold apples to each other.

Grimes gives

PRACTICE. Junior Olivia Bolden and junior Megan McCashland are interviewed at the interview fair for the class career education This event prepares them for future job interviews.

CONSTRUCTION Junior Lukas Mroz works on his coffee table in Furnitur e Construction and Design. In this c lass students us e many different tools

FOCUS Seniors Mardi Elwood and Melisa Sa rajlic work together in Marketing In this class some creative ways to market products is covered.

BUILDING Sophomore Nick Arauco , sophomore Logan Linville and junior Colt Heiden work together in Furniture Construction and Design Having friends in class make the class more fun and easy

CREATIVITY Freshmen Maxmilian Thompson and Elijah Syniy work in class to come up with new ideas, They are in Foundation of ITE.

Photos by Zoe Norris

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HEALTH

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Stude nt s ge t a tas te of real li fe sit uat ions and healthy li v ir

From Water Games to Cultural Foods, Southwest offers a variety of classes that promote skills for a better lifestyle

The Physical Education and Family Consumer Science departments include different opportunities to learn ways of leading a healthy and independent life.

Each student is required to take at least 7. 5 credit hours of P.E. to graduate For most students this isn't a difficult task because of the many different P.E classes.

All students are required to take Fitness for Life, a com-

bination of classroom learning and hands-on fitness Most take this as a freshman.

Then students can choose other elective classes such as Team Sports, Lifetime Sports, Aerobic Cross Training, and more Junior Carter Thompson said, "I like learning all the different games in Team Sports they have us play, "

On the other hand, senior Samantha Rucker said, "Classes like these give me a chance to meet a ton of new people by being on different teams and playing games that I can work together with them."

Southwest has two dif-

ferent swimming classes for students to choose from, water games and life guard training

Each student is also provided many family oriented classes Students can learn about family issues, how to cook, and how to sew

Senior Emily Johnson said her favorite part about culinary classes is "getting to make and try different foods "

The classroom portion of FCS includes different classes such as Teen Issues, Families and Crisis, Relationships, Independent Living and more.

These classes discuss the fundamentals of a safe and

secure lifestyle and relation sf ) S with people.

In hands on learning classes students learn abou t ,_ erything from cooking to se1 g to caring for infants and le a 1g a healthy relationship.

"In Relationships we le about abusive and non -ab u e. relationships, and how to le, a healthy lifestyle with ano tl person," senior Amanda Sh e di sa id

In these classes stude n get a taste of life outside of ; Jh school and learn skills to w e · as a team and stay in shape.

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CATCH Junior Carter Thompson blocks a frisbee pass f r,::i m a fellow classmate In team sports students learn man y ; 1ew games , and work as a team Photo by Jacey Lawrenc e; Talon

STRUT YOUR STUFF Students in Jeremy Smith's ballro orn dancing class practice their moves in the wrestling ro orn everyday. They learn a variety of different dances like t h~ fox trot, the waltz and much more._Photo by Mikayla Stra uch / Journalism

Doug Kaltenberger helps out a student in th e

computer lab during one of this health classes Health -; a required class all students take Photo by Haley Johns c-1/ Journalism

IT OUT Junior Taylor Millspaugh tries on the empathy belly in infants and toddlers The empathy b e ; simulates what it feels like to be pregnant.

Photo by Se 1 "' na Henjes/Jo urnalism

SEWING. Senior Erin Mansur concentrates on sewing a project in class. Extreme creativity takes place in many of the sewing and clothing classes, and lets kids have much creative freedom Photo by Bhan Tiap/Journa/-

PUSH Sophomore Konrad Harker works hard lifting weights in Weight Training. Many guys take the class multiple times during their years at Southwest. Photo by Jacey Lawrence/Ta/on

WHATS COOKING? Senior Taylor Brethouwer shows her kitchen skills in the Lincoln Schools cooking competition. Students can go to the competition after or while taking culinary skills They can compete in different categories such as desert plating and vegetable carving

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SPLASH Basketball is a popular choice by guys when classes get to take advantage of a day in the pool. These guys decided just that during their team sports class Photo by Kylie Brookhouser/Talon

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The offices and administration do more than we know

The offices are important. majority of his work pertains to payroll, lockers, and substitutes. money" she said. "I put tog e· r Without them, there would "student management." We have an automated system the rosters . Any money invo l be no order, no rules. and no Sandy Hays said, "I am the that calls out to substitutes, to ing athletic goes through h e· school. attendance secretary I take care see who's available and who (the athletic office) I do a lo t f.

Every administrative and of all of the students' attendance can come in, but I call them to things really, but that's prob e ly office position is very impor- If they're excused, absent, or make that they will be here on the biggest. I'm also in char c;- 0 tant. "I really appreciate every- have an appointment, I get it time I always make sure that if a hospitality for major games c j thing the administrators do for worked out. I also work with the teacher needs a substitute, he or tournaments." us. I feel a lot safer coming to county attorney. I send them she gets one," she said. In conclusion, the offi c, school knowing they're here," attendance stage letters, telling The athletic secretary is are the most important part said sophomore Logan Linville. about the overall attendance of Nicole Kubik. the school. They keep the sc ) 0 Administrator Duane our school."

"The biggest part of my running smoothly. Baack said, "My title is a stu- Jacque Sarkar is the payroll job right now is getting money Story/Spread by Jacks c dent service coordinator." The secretary. "I take care of staff for sporting events like gate Hinzman

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ATTENDANCE Freshman Kean Kontor checks into the a, dance office There was a mix up and a teacher accide n counted him truant, and he was getting it worked out.

Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

SECURITY Sophomore Robert Garcia fills out a form to c a new I.D printed Security guard David Blase assists hi ri'.,

Photo by Jackson Hinzman / Talon

HEALTH. Junior Christian Ramos goes to the health offi ce to get throat looked at by the health technician, Deb Ry

Photo by Jackson Hinzman / Talon

TEMP Junior Lauren Kelsay shows where students sign to get a temporary I. D if they forget one. Photo by JacL Hinzman/ Talon

WORKING Associate principal John Hastings works on his computer in his office One of his main duties is overseeing the master schedule, which changes with each term. Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

ATHLETIC. In order to play sports, students ha v e to fill out a form Sophomore Sierra Bogle played softball, and is in the athletic office Photo by Jackson Hinzman / Talon

TALKING Sophomore Christian Stowe talks with Officer Mike Holm He is the resource officer and he helps enforce the rules and promotes safety. Photo by Jackson Hinzman / Talon

BOOKKEEPER. Junior Marisa Gocke talks to Jan Kepler, the new bookkeeper, about some fines She had an overdue library book. Photo by Jackson Hinzman/ Talon

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COMPUTER LABS Students use the computer labs throughout the school regularly to complete class work ar projects The computer labs are a useful resource to cre c'tE bibliographies , essays, and research reports

ELEARNING Senior Chloe Gutman studies for chemistry In elearning All students must pass quizzes and exams wi tn. 70 % or higher to move onto the next item they study

TEAMMATES Teammate instructor Chad tutors sophom o r e Ian McLaughlin in Tom Osborne ' s Teammates program

Teammates offers both a tutor and a friend to students c•n1 is an excellent method of one-on-one attention

PLANNERS Southwest staff helps hand out planners to students for the beginning of the school year. Planners t1e organize students ' events and assignments and serve a s ar extra notebook

Students take advantage of several resources at schoo l

A limitless supply of resources are available to make students' studying so much easier.

School counselors are a perfect example. They provide students with academic support, personal issues and career exploration.

"Students should take advantage of us because we assist them in planning for life beyond high school and immediate concerns," said team leader, Dr. Joyce Lehn

Special education is an158" Academics

other helpful resource. The Functional Room is for students with moderate to severe disabilities who are unable to participate in the classroom.

"We work on math skills, reading skills, and daily living skills," said special education teacher Amy Jewell

The Work Skills class is offered to special education students who enjoy helping in the community and throughout the school.

"They recycle, do laundry for the athletic trainer, stack

chairs, deliver passes, and fill foods in the snack shop," Jewell said

Another valuable resource is eLearning. eLearning is a class that students take when they are unable to fit some of their classes into the block schedule. This class is self-monitored. Students work at their own pace to ·complete whatever course they take "It has been good for seniors who are lacking in credit either to graduate from high school or college," said teacher Shelly Tvrdy.

The Media Center is another excellent resource With computers, books, and librari c 1s at students' disposal, it can off r limitless opportunities.

'The staff can assist you with technology, research resources, and finding the rig r personal reading book," librar i n Laurie Logsdon said. The Med ! 1 Center provides students with 24/7 access to reference sourc ~s. magazines, and academic jour nals.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION FCS teacher Sherry McCranie and h e r fr es hm an class inv ite the specia l education stud e nt s and their instructors to a holiday party. The stud e nt s mingled and snacked on cookies and fruit pun c h

COUNSELORS Student counselor and t eam leader, Dr Joyce Lehn help s a student with his sc he dule arrangement. Counseling is available at any time during the school day , and appointments can be scheduled as well.

STUDENT COUNCIL Senior Holly Hunt introduces the S O.A R acronym as part of Student Council. Student Council plans activities for the school to participate in and helps make executive decisions based on the best interest of the school. Photo by Talon

GIFTED FACILITATOR English teacher and gifted facilita t or Shirley Roeber helps freshman Amanda Krus h enisky with her bibliography Roeber has been the Gifted Facilitator for 1 1 years , and conducts all differentiated classes

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TOP LEFT. Junior Harrison Rafael, and Dylan Dinges pose for a picture at a bowling competition. Both boys are big attributes to the LSW bowling team and competed in state.

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BOTTOM LEFT. Senior Aaron Hogeland builds a hand made plane and threw it across the room. Hogeland has competed in Science Olympiad for two years

Photo by Mtnh Tran

TOP RIGHT. Clayton Stull and Haley Meyers are both a part of the Special Olympics team.

Photo by Minh Tran

RIGHT. Seniors Chns Beasley, Jeff Athey, and Matt Stedronsky, enJoy themselves at an NHS meeting. National Honor Society inducts its members the previous spring and 1n the fall.

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BOTTOM RIGHT. Resonance Show Choir performs for the school at an assembly Junior Frannie Caulkins, and senior Dane Wiley sing together in the auditorium with the rest of the group.

Photo by Dianne Kuppig

Clubs & Activities

Southwest students joined together in a variety of different clubs and organizations. Whether students met after school to make crab rangoons, or planned a time for community service.our student body enjoyed themselves.

Clubs and Organizations were beneficial in multiple ways. Many clubs improved the importance of our school, and demonstrated our students' drive in a positive way.

Not only did our clubs represent our school effectively, but they were also very successful. These groups worked together to bring home titles, but they also worked together to improve our community.

For example, Student Council organized Winter Ball, Prom, and Flight Night. NHS volunteered for our community, Science Olympiad placed highly in multiple competitions, and so much more.

Our FCCLA team for the second consecutive time, received

the "Gold Award." This award was the highest level of achievement they could have received.

Along with all of the past clubs Southwest has possessed, we added a new one called "Quiz Bowl." Quiz Bowl met every Monday after school for up to an hour and a half. Each student is given a buzzer put in front of them, and given tough questions. The team also competed a few times.

One of our finest groups is the Show Choir LSW has two types of show choir, Ambiance and Resonance. Both squads achieved many outstanding awards, and hosted the biggest national show choir competition, here in the Nest.

No matter the size of the club, each one had an equal amount of productivity and pride brought to our school. Whether it's 50, or four, each group contributed to make Southwest a great place.

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Key Club

Baher, Lauren Ayers, Eric Pawlowski, Audrey Berck, Molly Meister, Taylor

PURPOSE : To participate in volunteer projects around the community and

help people in need.

SPONSOR : Toni Dutton

NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 35

MEETING TIME : Thursdays after school

ACTIVITIES : Key Club worked with Huskers Helping the Homeless, Safe Quarters, Matt Talbots, City Impact, the Friendship Home, and the Food Bank

1Service :Learning Clut

PURPOSE : To develop leadership skills while planning and implementing seNite projects within our community.

SPONSOR : Mel Hernandez

NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 18

MEMBERS LIST: Alex Pieloch, Nick Knapik, Carter Knapik, ME gan Hastings, Jackson Bauer, Chris Beasley, Kevin Vakilzadi a r Minh Tran, Mara Frey, Mason Frey, Macy Lloyd, Alexandra Lee, McKenzie Balfany, Maddie Balfany, Gabriela Rodriguez, Natalia Martinez, Aaron Hoagland

MEETING TIME: Monday mornings at 7: 15

FRONT ROW : Kieren Kissler , Bailey Snow, Mariah Fallick, Paige Doland, Amina Ganic,Natalia Martinez, Yeji Lee. MIDDLE ROW : Dane Vo, Ashlyn Lee, Allie Norris, Tara Brookhouser, Marta Jonson, Eliza Fallick, Caroyln Hove, Gaby Rodriguez. BACK ROW: Freshta

Siedel, Alexis Rienks, Amy Keys, Sophia Quattrocchi, Mackenzie Martin.

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RIGHT: Key Club members Molly Meister, Audrey Berck , and Saige Hammond volunteer down town for Huskers Helping the Homeless.

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RIGHT: Seniors Yeji Lee and Kieran Kissl e r were the co-presidents of Key Club They said they enjoyed working together on various projects

Photo By Minh Tran/Talon

RIGHT: Members of Service Learning Club volunteer by playing with kids to help out the community Courtesy Photo a project called " Pennies for Patients ". The project is a fundraiser for leukemia Photo by Minh Tran/Talon

Natio nal Ho nor Society

PUR PO SE: To volunteer in the community and to learn how to be a positive impact on society. Must have a 3. 75 GPA, must have volunteer experience and must apply to be selected.

SPO NSOR: Chris Salem

M EETING TIME : Every other Friday morning.

M EMB ERS LIST: Chelsea Anderson, Andrew Arkebauer, Jeffery Athey, Evan Augustyn, Freshta Baher , McKenzie Balfany, Amanda Barker, Jackson Bauer, Chris Beasley, Audrey Berck, Kylie Brookhouser, Brittany Cash, Christine Choe, Konrad Christen, Sean Cody, Marcos Cordova, Hannah Cornish, Malory Dahl, Catherine Dalton, Patrick Davidsaver, Sydney Davidson, Sidney Delozier, Lindsey Deprez, Michelle Dixon, Anna Eisenmann, Andrew Epperson, Elizabeth Evans, Jonathan Fangmeier, Emma Fortney, Mara Frey, Jacob Hahne, Nicole Hamilton, Megan Hastings, Ben Heiliger, Nikole Hevelone, Lar)ce Hiebner, Matthew Hilfiker, Aaron Hoagland, Nisha Holay, Reid Hunsaker, Emily Johnson,Campbell Kennedy, Gavin Kennedy, Ashley Kent, Dylan Kitchen, Nick Knapik, Eli Koziol, Marisa Laue, Alexandra Lee, Ashlyn Lee, Ha Yoon Lee, Yeji Lee, Lorin Leifert, Erin Lenz, Shelby Leschinsky, Christopher Lif, Macy Lloyd, Angela Lorenz, Ali Love, Mackenzie Martin, Hunter Miller, Emily Morris, Devon Nelson, Samantha Norman, Courtney Oldham, Eric Oltman, Josh Petersen, Gunnar Peterson , Valerie Peterson, Alex Pieloch, Pujaa Rajan, Kishahnica Rajendran, Kelsee Richardson, Mallory Richert, Taylor Rohde, Jordan Rosenbohm, A ustin Schafer, Cody Schilling , Kayla Shiers , Kelly Sieps, Matt Stedronsky,Carter Svec, Sydney Svehla, Nadia Syed, Ashley Thomas, Jared Torell, Minh Tran, Kevin Vakilzadian, Samantha Vallabhbhai, Victoria Vanderbeek, Matt Watson, Ashley Weatherhogg, Michael Weskamp, Lauren Works, Kristina Zvolanek.

TOP : Senior Syndey Svehla gives a sp eec h during the N H S induction Svehla h o lds an officer position as Staff Appreciation Photo by Katelynn Charroin/Talon

MIDDLE : NHS members gather for a Friday morning meeting in the forum with sponsor Chris Salem Members said that getting to school early on Fridays was tough Photo by Morgan Swartz/Talon

BOTTOM : NHS holds a second induction of a smaller gro u p of students in the fall. Photo by Katelynn Charroin/Talon

Drama Club

PURPOSE: The communication and fellowship wing of the Silverhawk Theatre Department.

SPONSOR: Bob Henrichs

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 220

MEETING TIME: Thursdays after school, ten times a year in the auditorium

ACTIVITIES: Attend the State Theatre Festival, Broadway shows in Omaha and Lincoln, other high school productions, International Thespian Festival, flying to London and Paris in June 2013.

SPEECH . Jeff Athey, Elizabeth Evans , Sarah Hove, Nick Knapik, Alexandra L ~ Erin Mansur, Alex Pieloch, Carter Svec , Michael Weskamp , Connor Blanken a 1 , Charli Hayes , Taylor Hogeland , Erin Lukin, Hunter Maude, Mattison Merritt, Natasha Naseem , Sarni Nelson , Robin Sarik , Anna Weber, Eddie Welles , Just 1

Wiley, Cooper Christiancy , Amanda Farley, Quentin Fortney , Austin Geisert, Margaret Gies, Johnna Guernsey , Alex Maben , Keegan Miller , Erik Pawlowsk

Sam Pinnell, Trev Riekenburg, Cassie Borneman, Frannie Folsom , Mason Fr e ,

Amina Ganie , Anna Goddard, Taya Johnson, Aryana Kamelian, Jacob Kitch e , McKenzie Merritt, Qismat Niazi, Samantha Payant, Jake Piccini , Kaci Quinn , Hunter Robb, Ahkshat Saraf. Photo credit Yeji Lee

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PURPOSE: To develop public speaking skills, study performance techniques, find competitive success, qualify for state/ national tournaments, and earn college scholarships

SPONSOR: Matt Heimes

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 54

MEETING TIME: Team meetings every Monday, rehearsals Mon-Thu from 3:30-5:30 and Wednesdays nights 6-8.

ACTIVITIES: Competition runs from Nov. 1- Feb 15, state and national tournaments are in March, May and June . Speech was the state runner-up.

Audi--r-r---.--,-..,........~,..,.,~=i ence members enjoy sophomore Keegan Miller's speech at the forensics showcase Feb. 26 , Miller gave a dramatic interpretation.

STAYING STRONG. Speech sponsor Matt Heimes said that he is more than content with

' s success so far. They

the season by hosting a summer camp last July which gave them a head start to success. The

has won championships at six tournaments, and top three at six others. They have 35 individual champions before state and nationals,Speech

and qualified for 18 events for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions in San Antonio.

PURPOSE: To compete in debates

SPONSOR: Toni Heimes

MEETING TIME: Everyday after school in room 821 0

ACTIVITIES: Fundraising all year long,

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Photo by Matt Heimes ABOVE. Juniors Sarni Nelson and Michael Weskamp wait to present during a speech tournament this year. Both have been involved in speech since their freshman years. Photo by Matt Heimes

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team was also the state runner up

hosts two tour-

RIGHT. Seniors Christine Choe and Emma Fortney prepare to debate at the forensics

ABOVE . Tony Le, Troy Nguyen Bottom, Hannah O'Neill, Elizabeth Velder, Suzanne Polzkill, and Josh Ou mess around during their lunch. The debaters were waiting to debate at North Star. Photo by Toni Heimes

ABOVE. The debate team hangs out in between their presentations at a tournament. Debaters always prepare for their debates, as each topic requires lots of research.

Photo by Toni Heimes

Clubs & Organizations

FCA

does fun

their meetings (BOTTOM) FCA

Seth Barkley, Josh Banderas, Lance Hiebner, Taven Zelnio,

FCCLA

PURPOSE: The ultimate leadership experience

SPONSORS: Jolene Schlemmer & Tracy Way

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 11

MEETING TIME: Wednesdays at 3: 15

PURPOSE: To present to athletes and coaches and all whom they influence with the challenge and adventure of receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; serving Him in their relationships and in the fellowship of the Church.

SPONSORS: Matt James & Kyle Schumann

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 26

MEETING TIME: Sundays at 5:30 p.m

ACTIVITIES: Bible studies, Laser Tag and bowling nights, and Kick off parties. Volunteered at the City Impact, attended Weekend of Champions, No Compromise Weekend, had a banquet honoring Tom Osborne, and had a dodgeball tournament.

ACTIVITIES: They have attended three conferences this fa Fall Leadership Workshop at UNL, the District 2 Conference

• Lincoln Northeast, and the National Cluster meeting in lndi , napolis, They have completed six community service projec this fall including Tracy Way's Relationship class created anc donated children ' s books promoting positive self-esteem.

(TOP LEFT). FCA sponsor Matt James and members Johnna Guernsey and Madison Neukirch discuss plans for FCA during Future Hawk Night. FcA had a table telling new students coming to Southwest about their club. (TOP RIGHT) FCA sponsor Kyle Schumann and member Aimee Fischer play a game during an FCA meeting FCA plays games and

activities during

members :

Reid Williams, and Tyler Hoppes, meet Husker football player Rex Burkhead (with hat) The members took part in a dodgeball tournament where Burkhead spoke.

(TOP LEFT) FCCLA members Natashia Cidlik, Robert Millard, Kendra Coop er Quinn Hui let, and · Emma Fortney talk in a meeting The group meets Wed r sdays at 3 : 15 (TOP RIGHT) Emma Fortney and Quinn Hullet visit Memoria l stadium They were visiting Memorial Stadium when doing the fall leaders h ) conference. (MIDDLE) Members Quinn Hullet, Emma Fortney, and spons o • Tracy Way hold up a FCCLA sign at Future Hawk Night. The club had their own booth where they would inform people about FCC LA and how to si g1 up (BOTTOM) (Not in order) Maddy Jones , Emma Fortney, Taylor Coffey , Quinn Hullet,Nicole Bechard, Tim Kohler , Cassie Borneman, Javen Kinnan , Kendra Cooper, and Natasha Cidlik

DECA

PURPOSE: Prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

SPONSOR: Tami Grimes

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 40

at MEETING TIME: Wednesdays at 7:45 in room C2Q8

ACTIVITIES: District competition, hosts the Faculty Basketball game, Annual Burger Bash, and State Career Development Conference

Members (NOT IN ORDER, SOME NOT SHOWN) Sam Beckenhauer, Katie Belt Brooks Carveth,

Ashlyn

Michaela Dreeszen,

FBLA

PURPOSE: To help mold today's students into tomorrow's business leaders.

SPONSOR: Josh Hinrichs

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 20

MEETING TIME: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m.

ACTIVITIES: Community service projects include: a city wide food drive, Matt Talbot Kitchen & Habitat for Humanity Competitions & conferences include: National Leadership Conference, State Fall Leadership Conference, National Fall Leadership Conference, UNL competition, and Midland University Competition.

Konrad Christen, Kaitlyn Dahlke , Erin Dail , Brooke Dowding.

Draper,

Alex Grabast, Kristofor Grimes, Zach Guenther, Aryana Kamelian, Campbell Kennedy, Cami Kopetka, Maddie Maschka, Hunter Maude, Morgan Mavis, Mariah McCashland , Morgan Meeks, Sean Nordgren, Zoe Norris, Collin o· Connor, Abbi Pleiss, Nick Pleiss. Maya Samal, Hally Sartori, CJ Sjulin, Madison Springer, Parker Stock, Huy Tran, Cold Villanueva, Carmen Vogt, Taylyn Watson, Corey Williams, and Jordan Williams

(BOTTOM LEFT) DECA members Michaela Dreeszen, Parker Stock, Jordan Williams, Taylyn Watson. Brooks Carveth, and Madison Springer , stand at the DECA table during Spirit Fest. They promote DECA by telling students about the club and how they can join.

(BOTTOM RIGHT) DECA members Jordan Williams, Brooks Carveth, and Parker Stock stand at the DECA table at Future Hawk Night. They tell future Hawks that visit the table about their club and how to join.

(TOP LEFT) FBLA members Suzanne Polzkill and Elizabeth Peterson sit at j the FBLA booth at Future Hawk Night. They tell future students about their /

club. (BOTTOM LEFT) Ashlyn Sager ' and Thanh Vo sell candy grams for FBLA. You can fill out a note attache d to a candy cane and give it to a friend (BOTTOM LEFT) The 2012-2013 FLBA

French Club

PURPOSE: To better understand French culture and language in a way that is fun and inclusive.

SPONSOR : Angie Knop

NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 4

MEETING TIME : Wednesdays in Forum A2 l 8 or room A2 1 2 after school

ACTIVITIES: Watching French movies, selling Mardi Gras beads, making Valentines, eating food, and play French games. They also sold French-related things.

1Asian Caucu 1

PURPOSE: To spread Asian culture

SPONSOR : Charles Bittle I

NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 20 I

MEETING TIME : Wednesdays at 315 I

ACTIVITIES: Cavett Elementary School visit, crab rangoon sales, and stereotype campaign. I

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MEMBERS: Tiffany Truong, Baolong Truong, Annie Nguyen, Ayet Nguyen, I Aya Hinz, Ashley Goosic , Gavin Kennedy, Elliot Choi , Troy Nguyen, Josh Ou , Amanda Robotham , Akshat Saraf, Tony Le, Eric Le, Kayla Nguyen, Lisa Vu, Madison Hays, Dane Vo, Keven Feng, and Zoe Tien I I I I I I I I I I

MEMBERS : Sponsor Angie Knop , Elizabeth Oatman, Erynn Johnson, Amina Ganie, and Ellie Jons

(LEFT) Members Amina Ganie, Erynn Johnson, and Ellie Jons make Valentine's Day cards. They make cards to sell in the commons (RIGHT) Sponsor Angie Knop and member Erynn Johnson stand at the French club booth at Future Hawk Night. At the booth they inform people about their club and how to join

(ABOVE) Elizabeth Oatman and Ellie Jons sell Valentine's Day cards and Mardi Gras beads in the commons. They sell these things to raise money for their club.

(TOP LEFT) Asian Cau.cus members sell Crab Rangoon after school to raise m o • -Y for their club. They make them themselves and they are always a big hit. (TO P RIGHT) Tiffany Truong and Annie Nguyen give a presentation at Cavett Elem e tary School. They teach 4th graders about Asian Culture and the importance of it. (BOTTOM LEFT) Dane Vo dresses up in a panda suit when the club visit s Cavett Elementary They make annual visits to this school. (BOTTOM RIGHT). C b members Akshat Saraf, Eric Le , and Ashley Goosic give a presentation about A m music at Cavett The kids got to listen and dance to Gangnam Style

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SPONSOR : Jeremy Smith

M EMBERS : Samantha Fyuh and Sheena Nakagawa

MEETING TIME : As needed

ACTIVITIES: Help organize the visit with our Sister School in Japan They meet and talk with the students that come.

MEMBERS: (Back row) Thanh Vo, Suzanne Polzkill, Madison Brown , and Seynen McNeff. (Front row) Jessica Larsen, Judy Vo, Adriana Martinez, Atira Meyers, and Vanessa I

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Latino Caucus

1 PURPOSE : To increase awareness of the Latino culture and traditions

SPONSOR: Rita Blanco

NUMBER OF M EMBERS: 12

, MEETING TIME : Thursdays in Room A203 at 7:45 am

ACTIVITIES : They have a "tres leches " cake sale and they have raised money for "telethon" to help those with disabilities

Other: The sponsor Rita Blanco said, "The students are very creative and want to make a difference "

PURPOSE: To promote multiculturalism

SPONSOR: Alison Kelley

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 14

MEETING TIME: Wednesdays 3: 15 p m. in room Al 01

ACTIVITIES: Latin Summit, Japanese pen pals, and works on community issues

(ABOVE) Member Sam antha Fyuh is talking to a student a Future Haw k Night. Japanese Club has their own ,booth to t e ll students about their club and how to join

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(TOP) (Back Row) Alejandro Rogriguez , Aku Saraf, Erik Pawlowski , (Front row) Jennifer Nunez Maldonado , Adr ia na Martinez, Natalia Martinez, and Daisy Gonzalez This is the 2012-2013 Latino Caucus club (BOTTOM) Memb er Jennifer Nunez sel ls Tres Leches cake in the commons The club makes the Tres Leches cake and uses the money to fund their club.

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PURPOSE: Assist all students in their transition as a new student supportin q them in their first day(s) and in creating a program of transition for incomin -J 8th graders to freshman year ,

SPONSOR: Colleen Finkhous e

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 60

MEETING TIME: Once a week

ACTIVITIES: SHOS in the fall, support the efforts of staff with Future Haw k Night and middle school visits to register incoming freshmen and plan an 8th grade visit to LSW in the spring

OPEN HOUSE: Freshman Tristen Williams, Shelby McKee , and Alex Grabast take students on tours at open house Photo by Kaylyn Fern

AMBASSADORS Nyabang Buom, Morgan Bath, Alyssa Meyer, Alexis Rienks, and Sydney Davidson answer questions for incoming freshmen at open house Photo by Talon

SMILE BIG. Juniors Robin Sarik and Erin Lukin, both participate in student ambassadors and are good friends

STUDENT AMBASSADORS : Sophomores Lexie Bohling, Mason Halouska, and Amanda Nelson help out at open house Courtesy Photo

FRONT ROW: Maddie Maschka, Aryana Kamelian, Alex Grabast, Kayla Shiers, Brittany Cash , dyn Champoux, Amanda Nelson, Minh Tran, Liz Uebele, Sarah Klostermeyer MIDDLE RO W ,sa Ingham, Regan Wesley , Monica Angeletti, Maya Samal, Mariah McCashland, Abigail Stine, Sc 1ia Quattrocchi, Alexis Rienks, Thomas Byrne, McKenzie Collins, Colleen Finkhouse. BACK RO W Maddie Gage, Michael Patestas, Ashlyn Draper , Devon Nelson, Tara Deschaine, Justin Wil ey m Brewster, Angela Lorenz, Mason Halouska, Carolyn Hove , Eric Pawlowski, Alyssa Meyer

StuCo

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PURPOSE:

To represent our students in our school and community.

SPONSOR:

Travis Brady and Sarah Hammers

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 20

MEETING TIME: Every morning

ACTIVITIES: Some activities we do are Relay for Life, Winter Ball, Flight Night, Polar Plunge, Prom, Powderpuff Football, and Fighting Hunger

MC. Juniors Noah Burke and Griffin Day were the MCs for multiple pep rallies. Burke and Day are both participants in StuCo.

BELOW: Sophomore Braxton Tonniges shows off at the fall pep rally Student Council helped back this assembly happen

ABOVE : Alex Maben and Caitlin Goin show off the new Nest shirts at Spirit Fest. Photo by Talon

STUCO: Students at Winter Ball, an event put on by Stu-Co, do the Bernie.

Photo by Talon

FRONT ROW : Ellie Wiltfong , Roxana Sanchez, Samantha Payant. Caitlin Goin. Kishah Rajendran. Natasha Naseem Freshta Baher. BACK ROW: Maddie Fanton, Griffin Day, Reid Shubert, Noah Burke , Nick Dionisopoulos, Anna Hurlbut , Er in Mansur, Mackenzie Martin. Brittany Cash. NOT PICTURED: Cooper Christiancy, Alex Maben, Maddie Maschka, Rebekah Whittle.

POLAR PLUNGE: Student Council Members participate in the Polar Plunge every year They raise money to watch some of their favorite teachers jump into freezing cold water Courtesy Photos

TSHIRT. Seniors Rebekah Whittle and Brittany Cash sell nest shirts to help raise money for stuco Photo by Talon

Special Olympics1 Recycling Club

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PURPOSE & ACTIVITIES: I

Special Olympics provide athletes with opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience friendships.

Activities related to special Olympics are events in basketball and track at LSW. Southwest has the returning athletes of last year, all of whom competed at the state competition in both basketball and track

SPONSORS:

Lynn Strack and Lis Brenden

NUMBER OF MEMBERS 13

MEETING TIME: 4th block in the Gym or weight room Known as Adoptive P E Class

MEMBERS LIST:

Recycling Club ' s main purpo s is to raise awareness and enc o rage recycling They hang si g 1s around school to motivate st 1dents to recycle

MEMBERS LIST:

Parker Stock , Seth Barkley, Th , 1h Vo, and Nick Neisius (Thanh 10 and Nick Neisius are not pict u :: d)

SPONSORS:

Linda Kreifels and Marge Kn fl

NUMBER OF MEM B: RS 4

MEETING TIM E

Wednesday at 3: 15 after sc Joi in room C210

ROTC

SPONSORS:

Msgt Trent Woodruff and Lt. Col. Michael Swift

CADET LIST:

Samantha Vallabhbhai, Kelsie Baze, Casey Taylor , Campbell Kennedy, 1 ,. McLaughlin, Jordan Beck , Connor Comstock, Andrew Donald, Austin Gu t, , -ez, Whitney Beck

TOP LEFT : Dylan Hodg es talks with coach W eis e b efore throwing the ball into the hoop.

TOP RIGHT: Some of the Special Olympics athletes have a little fun on their exercise balls while singing along to radio music.

M I DDLE RIGHT : N athan Hermsmeyer passes th e ball back and forth with his coach

BOTTOM RIGHT : Natali e Yantz and Taylor Wood s bounce on their exercise balls during practi ce for Special Olympic s.

TOP LEFT : Seth Barkley and Parker Stock show

their enthusiasm for Recycling club

TOP RIGHT : Seth Barkley thinks recycling Parker Stock might be a good idea

BOTTOM LEFT : Mrs. Kreifels, Seth Barkl ey ,

a.:er Sto:; Mrs= -

Back : Nick Jensvold , David Tucker , Natalie Yontz, Natalie Paul, Shawntae Hollins, Race Nun, Matt Webb , Front: Taylor Woods , Haley Meyers , Nathan Hermsmeyer, Dylan Hodges, Amber Green , Ashley Levinson Not Pictured : Brianna Heaps, Nick Jensvold, Clayton Stull.

RIGHT: Samantha Vallabhbha i, ~s ey Taylor and Kelsie Baze work co n ~ssions at Lincoln Northeast for cc. 1munity service

LEFT : Cadet Casey Taylor perfo , with Northeast Cadets during Sr 1thwest switch rally

Bal room Dancing

PURPOSE & ACTIVITIES :

The main purpose of ballroom d 0 ncing club is to explore the art of ballroom dancing and to expand the student's·creative horizon. They are dedicated to the basic dance skills for ballroom dance and learn dances like the waltz, tango, and the cha-cha. Ballroom dance usually help teach students how to dance during wint~r ball and swing night. Some students say that "People are breaking their backs just to get in" said Lauren Bowman, its a ballroom thing you wouldn't understand. Although Ballroom Dancing is a newer club Mr. Tien says that all the members are very enthusiastic about dancing and tells us that they are hot stuff.

SPONSOR :

David Tien

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 12

MEMBERS LIST:

Sam Ballas, Joel Barber, Nicole Bechard, Lauren Bowman, Shannon Hall, Quinn Hullett, Maharia Kirianov, Regan Kyler, Ashley Peiman, Newt Shallenberger, Zoe Tien, Mariah Tupper

MEETING TIME:

Mondays and Thursdays after school in A2 l 3

Friendship Club

PUR POSE& ACTIVITIES:

The goal of Friendship Club is to foster relationships within the Southwest Community. Members of Friendship Club

plan and participate in school, community, and volunteer opportunities. Members also support the LSW Special Olympics team by assisting with and attending Special Olympics events. Friendship Club participates in school activities, such as attending theatre productions, athletic events, and attending social gatherings. The also have a monthly "Lunch Bunch" where students get together during their lunch and sit at designated tables in the commons They invite other students to join them for a Friendship Club lunch. Friendship Club also supports the LSW Special Olympics basketball and track teams.

SPONSORS:

Jessi Sandberg, Patti Brown, Lis Brenden, Tim Ernst, Heather Foster, Amy Jewell, Trish Ostermeier, and Alisha Stopp, Sara Mann, Duane Baack

62 MEMBERS

Josh Adams, Hannah Antholz, Michaela Bauer, Whitney Beck, Jamie Brown, Forrest Burroughs Huntra Christensen, Natasha Cidlik, McKenzie Collins, Colin Conzemius. Kaitlyn Dahlke. Maddie Dennis Grant Domant Mykahla Euchner

Erin Gandall. Camden Glenn. Cody Gray. Megan Hastings. Brianna Heaps

Nathan Hermsmeyer Dylan Hodges. Hannah Hoffmann. Shawntae Hollins

Brittany Hutchens Emily Johnson Maddy Jones Aryana Kamelian Jensyn

Labadie. Sydney Lonowski, Ali Love Maddie Maschka. Jessie Mc Cloy , Jake

Mitchell, Kiara Moody Haley Myers , Ally Norris. Ali O 'S hea , Hannah Oh. Natalie

Paul , Erik Pawlowski , Matthew Pettit. Emily Post. Colby Reffert. Jake Reffert, Taylor Roberts. Hally Sartori, Blake Shepherd, Amanda Sherrill. Sarah Sieps. Troy

Soucie, Madison Springer. Garrett Stipke. Clayton Stull, Ashley Thom as. Sabrina

Underwood, Emma Vertin, Matt Webb , Ashley Whitney , Anthony Wiegert

Isaiah Williams-Samuels, Megan Wiskus. Taylor Woods

MEETING TIME:

FirstTuesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. in room B 1 160

LEFT : Ba ll room Dance practices their dancing skills after school for fun.

UPPER RIGHT : Joel Barber and Mariah Tupper dance together to practice their couple dance for t his year's swing night.

BOTTOM RIGHT : Ballroom dance group.

TOP LEFT: Ha ley Myers and Forrest Burroughs play Connect Four during a Friend ship Club gathering.

TOP RIGHT: Nate Hermsmeyer and Colber Reffer play dominos and have a good time.

BOTTOM LEFT: Friendship Club takes their group picture

BOTTOM RIGHT: Cousins Whitney Beck and Taylor Woods play a game with each other during friendship club.

Science Olympiad: HOSA

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PURPOSE : To explore and compete in science related events, while learning to work as a t eam.

SPONSORS: Mark Shearer, G r eg Cooper, Jason Thomsen

NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 3 2

MEETING TIME : Every Monday morning at 7: 15, open individual work times before and after school in C203.

ACTIVITIES: Five to six regiona l

year, state

I to the Friendship Home and the People's City Mission I I I

in Kansas City and I Omaha

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/\Ji Love and Nadia Syed. both seniors. and Hiyam Hesso of Lincoln High n with members of the Southeast Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue dept. HO I members were delivering

PURPOSE : To be more informed about the medical field.

SPONSOR: Tracy Wiese

NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 2 2

MEETING TIME: District meetings every third Monday eacl mont h at Bryan LG H East.

ACTIVITIES: Midwin t er in Grand Island, State and Na t ional Fundraising at Raising Cane's each March.

Back row: Coach Mr. Thomsen, Alex Pieloch, Jake Piccini, Brian Hodges, Connor Blankenau, Joshua Bauer, Akshat Saraf, Alex Maben, Coach Mr. Cooper 3rd Row: Matthew Hodges, Keven Feng, Harrison Raphael, Jackson Bauer, Tomas Byrne, Joshua Urbauer, Kendra Cooper, Baolong Truong, Josh Humphrey, Coach Mr. Shearer 2nd Row: Coach Ms Rita, Mason Frey, Mara Frey, Swetha Tatineni, Nisha Holay, Ha Yoon Lee, Troy Nguyen, Noah Carmichael, Tony Le

Front Row: Peter Niimi, Dominic Yarabe, Sadie Hammond, Pujaa Rajan, Tiffany Truong, Hannah O'Neill, Christine Choe Not pictured: Andrew Arkebauer, Aaron Hoagland , Lily Flentje, Matthew Hilfiker

the stuffed animals they collected during the Stu Animal Drive they held in February to the Southeast Rural Volunteer Fire ar Rescue Dept. The Department gives the stuffed animals to children to hel~ comfort them after an injury/illness/trauma/fire. Stuffed animals were also

meets

each

at UNL, nationals held at a host

versity.

TOP LE FT. Seniors Peter Niimi and Nisha Holay get some work done during an open work time before school. Niimi has been involved in Science Olympiad since his freshman year

TOP RIGHT Senior Andrew Arkebauer perfects his engineering event, Gravity Vehicle. The vehicle must stop a certain distance after it exits the ramp, but that distance is not known until the day of competition.

BOTTOM LEFT Senior Aaron Hoagland tests his glider during an open work time for Science Olympiad after school. Gliders that stay in the air the longest are awarded the greatest number of points at competition

BOTTOM RIGHT Seniors Aaron Hoag land and Peter Niimi works on their engineering event, MagLev The event measures knowledge in magnetics and kinetics, and involves building a magnet levitation vehicle for competition.

CPR . Nadia Syed, Ali Love and Michelle Dixon (all seniors) practice CPR at tr Fall HOSA Leadership Conference at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center i1 September.

NATIONAL QUALIFIER S. Seniors Nadia Syed, Ali Love, Michelle Dixon, Eric Lyons, juniors Robin Sarik and Thanh Vo and sophomore Ashlyn Saeger (n1 pictured, along with some East students, qualified for National HOSA confe

Math Cu b

PURPOSE: To experience math in a non-traditional setting and to participate in mathematical competitions.

SPONSOR : Jeff DeVries

MEETING TIME : Every Thursday morning in room B 1 1 1

ACTIVITIES : University of Nebraska-Lincoln Math Day each November, American Mathematics Contest in February

Quiz Bow

PURPOSE: To participate in Academic Bowl competitions throughout the year.

SPONSOR: Scott Handelman

NUMBER OF MEMB ERS: 12

MEMBERS LIST : Collin O 'Connor, Hay Tran, Cole Villanuerva, Sam Beckenhauer, Noah Burke, Justin Brinkman, Kiernan Mullin, Hunter Maude, Joe Massey, Connor Blankenau, Nick Dionisopoulos, Tara Brookhouser

MEETING TIME : Every Monday in room B 109

ACTIVITIES : Bellevue Tournament Mar 1, Papillion Tournament Mar. 9.

WI N NING. The southwest quiz bowl team celebrates their lead at a competition The competition was held at Bel levue University Courtesy Photo/Scott Handelman

members Noah

W ORKING TOGET HER. Junior Lily Flentje explains her logic to fellow math club member, senior Jackson Bauer Flentje has been in math club since her freshman year, along with the majority of the group. Math club sponsor Jeff DeVries said that the group works very well together, as the whole team is very supportive of each other.

CONCENTRATION. Math club members Keven Feng, Justin Mescher and Baolong Truong work on a problem during UNL' s " Math Day". Math club attends a few mathematics contests each year, celebrating math and allowing high school math club members to meet eac h other and d isc uss mathematics.

Trap

RIG HT: Chase Walters at his college signing. Walters will attend Lindenwood along with Mavis

PURPOSE :

To improve in trap shooting

SPONSOR:

Dick Mavis and Alisha Stopp

MEMBERS:

Skyler Berringer, Nick Berte, Brenden Casteel, Mitchell Charron, Connor Comstock, Devon Comstock, JP Deeds , Austin Drake , Melissa Etherton , Sam Fergen , Hunter Foged, RJ Good ell, Yahsmin Gorji , Jackson Hahn , Sam Harris, Ben Heiliger, Ty Holt, Taylor Jensen, Mitchell Johnson , Nicole Jungren, Dakotah I Koch, Tray Koziol, Fo x Lane, Schyler Luth e r, Will Malcom, Morgan Mavis, Megan Mueting , Andrew Muir, Troy Nelson , Sydney Pendergrass, Phillip Pendergrass , Alexis Philson, Kylee Plager , Colby Reffert, Reid Reinhardt,Ethan Ripa, Ben Sidner, Parker Sundquist, Andrew Shuman, Markee Tripp , Hunter Von Holt , Chase I Walter, Dylan Walter , Noah Walz, Nolan Watkins , Alex Winklepleck , Colton Zetterman, Mackenzie Zwiener (From excused List)

MEETING TIME :

Practice is Mondays and Wednesdays after school in the spring

ACTIVITIES : Competitions including state

Athletic Trainers I

PURPOSE:

To take care of players and help treat injuries

SPONSOR: Crystal Kzar, Rebecca Townsend (athletic trainers)

MEMBERS:

Student athletic trainers : Jayden Denning, Dat Nguyen, Megan Hastings, Abbie Pleiss, Clare Sidner, Madison Springer, Grace Kim, Amanda Rudd, Lauren Funke

MEETING TIME:

During the sports seasons

ACTIVITIES: Work after school and at games

Strategic Gaming

PURPOSE :

To teach and learn new games, have fun, and promote abstract thinking

SPONSOR : Matt James

NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 20-25

MEMBERS LIST:

Peter Oquist, Susan Ozanne, Clayton Parker, Keven Feng, Baolon g Truong, Troy Nelson, Forrest Burroughs, Peter Niimi, Dillayn Binde r

Oat Nguyen, Chris Lif, Mike Siewert, C.J. Lechner, Phillip Pendergra s Charles Swenseth, Dakota Tupper, Torrian Grant, Steven Schneider Cole Pickett, Mason Pickett, Holly Hunt, Bridger Corkill, Trevin Rook Jayden Denning, Vanessa Larsen, Jessica Larsen, AJ Hudson, Tomrr Anderson

MEETING TIME :

3 : 15 every Friday in B 100 forum

ACTIVITIES : Playing different games every week

Amanda Rudd, Grace Kim, Abbi Pleiss, Claire Sidner and Madison Springer

TOP :2012 - 13 Strategic Gaming Club

LEFT : Chris Lif explains the game

RIGHT: Susan Ozanne and Clayton Parker a card game

Bowing .

PURPOSE :

To ge t better at bow ling an d improve scores

PARENT REP :

Renee Okazaki

NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 21

MEMBERS LIST:

Alexis Best, Bailey Lyt le, D ana O kazaki, Tressa W agner : Wh itney Beck, Christina Santana, Andrew Badami, BJ H u b b ard, Bryce Gruhn, Collin Simpson, Dillan Walters, D ylan Dinges, Greg Thorpe, Harrison Raphael, Jacob Slade, Jordan W e tz el, Josh Banderas, Lucas Keifer, Seth Barkley, Seynen M c N eff, Sonny Burns, Tanner Lloyd with coach Josh Berge and As st. Coaches Tony Richie and Bob Phillips

MEETING TIME :

Mondays & Fridays 4 to 5 :30 during the season

ACTIVITIES :

Links tournament, dis t ricts, and sta t e

BOTTOM

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Hockey

PURPOSE :

To play hockey for the Midwest High School League SPONSOR :

Each player is sponsored by their parents NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 14

MEMBERS LIST:

Jarin Aden, Corbin Smeal, Griffin Miller (asst. captain), Jordan W r ig h t (captain) , Matthew Mansur, Evan Johnson, Drew Kober (asst. captai n ), Nie Fitzsimmons , Tanner Deiro , Ryley Schuerman, Hogan Shaw, Kris Grimes , Neal Weldon, Kean Kantor

MEETING TIME :

Practice is held twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays

ACTIVITIES :

Weekend games, and road trips

TOP RIGHT : The 201 2-2013 LSW Bowling team

TOP LEFT: Seynen Mcneff goes in for the strike at bowling practice

LEFT :Greg Thorpe aims for a spare

MIDDLE : BJ Hubbard poses with his ball.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Tressa W agner goes in for the strike

TOP RIGHT: Jordan Wright (#18)

and Ja rin Ad en (goalie #33)

TOP LEFT: Griffin Miller (#26)

BOTTOM RIGHT ::Drew Kober (#34 ). Eva n Johnson (#8). Jordan Wr ight (#1 8). & Ja rin Aden (#33)

BOTTOM LEFT: 201 2-13 Junior

Sta rs JV and Varsity So ut hwest Players

Varsity chee r leads the sc hool to victo r y

These loud, crazy g irls spend their t ime on the sidelines c h eering o n So u t h west sp o rt s. No m atter what sport it is, the cheerleaders will always dress out during school to remind others of the game, and later that night be there to show their spirit.

New coach Emily Connelly had a few new changes for the girls. Practices were changed to 6 a.m. during the summer, and ran for two hours instead of one.

During the school year, varsity put

the pedal to the medal and started right up with football and volleyball During homecoming week the cheerleaders were able to perform their competition routine at the pep rally

There a was many changes that these 2-4 year veterans had to endure, but in the end, the girls pulled through and showed school pride better then ever

Stories/Spread by Jacey Lawre n ce and Morgan Swartz

SILLY During footbal~~~:o;s~;I~ time cheer squad takes a ds a lot of time The squad also spen ther Photo by outside of cheer toge • Talon

VARSllY CHEER FRONT ROW : Siara Swiggart, Kiara Moody, Natalie Beard , Ke Sieps SECOND ROW : Lizzy Miller, Laura Haniszewski, Kylie Brookhouser, Laun Fry THIRD ROW: Ashl(;y Mason , Jacey Lawrence, Mandy Hoyt, FORTH ROW Cecava, Brittany Beard Back Row : Ma llory Luebbe, Catherine Dalton , Taylyn w

LEFT During Future Hawk Night, the cheerleaders promote the cheer program to the incoming freshmen Photo by Ella Prussal Hawk Talk

RIGHT The cheerleaders pose with their switch rally partners after their final performance Photo by Liz Uebele/ Hawk Talk

HEY BABY The varsity cheer performs their "He B ,, squad during a vars; b Y aby cheer cheer ha ty asketba/1 game. This PPens every third quarter Ph game a~er the houser/Ta/a~ oto by Tara Brook-

HOMECOMING V Jacey Lawren • ars,ty cheerleaders ce , Mandy H by senior Brooks C oyt (escorted Swiggart rec arveth}, and Siara e,ved the h on homecom · onor of being Senior cheer/~:Je~~~rt at the pep rally. received this h y/yn Watson also onor Phot b Hoffman/Ta/on • 0 Y N1co/e

SPIRIT, The varsity Scheet rFseqstu~ ~pe;r • the pin • f;;;~hdeu~~;erleaders al so sell spir i items. Photo by Talon

dance team

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Emer a lds bring the spirit

Halftime isn't just to take a trip to the concessions, but a performance by the Emeralds to keep the spirit up during half time.

The Emeralds raised money by having the first ever Dancing with the Emeralds contest. Each Emerald • chose a male classmate to join them in a dance. Junior Hayley Bell and her partner senior Ky Veney won the com petition

The dance team also had

the opportunity to compete in the Nebraska State Dance Championships. During state, Emeralds competed with two dances. They placed third in jazz and fourth in hip hop.

The Emeralds brought a new style to the team by adding multiple outfits along with different new styles of dance. They have preformed many new hip hop routines that seem to get the crowd pumped for the second half of the game.

EMERALDS FRONT ROW : Kelsey Hillman, Emma Heiliger, Lisa Ingham, Maddie Balfany, Che lsea Amend. MIDDLE ROW: Hayley Bell, Ella Prussa , Chandler Haefeie , Frannie Calkins BACK ROW: Morgan Meeks, Macy Lloyd, Liza Piccoli, Taylor Boesiger , McKenzie Balfany

S • r McKenzie

SWITCH RALLY. erno er artner, social Balfa ny d an ces with ~al:m. Photo by stu dies t eac h er Ryan Dana O kazaki/Hawk Talk

LIFT Ju • J • n,or am,e Brown lifts more Emerald Em sophothe first annual D ma He,1,ger during Emeralds. Each E:c,nlg With the la era d chose a ssmate to dance With them Photob U • '.Y z Uebele/Hawk Talk

TEAM Emeralds take b varsity basketball reak dunng a Prussa/ Hawk ralame. Photo by Ella

Emeralds prepare to preSTRUT The f the season at f orm their first dance o t by Talon Spirit Fest Pho 0

%~~ks are here

JV CHEER Front Row : Madelin Pe t ers, Sarah Sieps, Lydia Robertus, Zoe Norris, Jenna Bu rgason, Lauren Kelsay Back Row : J ulia Al brecht, Kae lin D ickey, Sh elby Ro lli n s, Am anda N e lson, Brooke D ow d in g, Brandy H e lle ri ch, Breya nn a He ll erich, Erin D ai l

RESERVE CHEER Front Row : Hally Sartori, Jessica Kinghorn, Rei ll y Ne lson, Jordyn Jones, Lexie Bohling, Paris Lord Back Row: Dana Handke, Abbey Rogge, Maddie Horne, Chloe Venhaus, Rylee Boden, Lucy Melcher

FRESHMAN CHEER Front Row : Shelby McKee, Morgan Means, Loghan Sterns. Erika Etzelmiller, Brooke Herbert, El lie Mack, Emily Schu ltz , Jaida Thompson Back Row : Sydney Lonowski, Al lie O'Shea, Hannah Howerter, Madison Dennis, Baylee Wagoner, Aryana Kamelian

OKOBOJI. Freshman cheerleaders pose on the dock at their first cheer camp Camp was held at Lake Okoboji in Iowa Courtesy photo

YELL IT. JV cheerleaders cheer on the team during a JV boys basketball game against Papio South Cheerleaders are required to stand in specific lines to stay in a formation Photo by Brooke Brestel/Hawk Talk

SMILE Reserve cheerleaders Hal ly Sartori, Paris Lord, Rei lly Ne lson, Abbey Rogge, and Ch loe Venhaus pump up the crowd wi t h t h eir cheers The gir ls were cheering at the Southwest vs. Lincoln H igh game. Photo by Jackson Hinzman/Talon

er t a nd in th ei r game lin s ile th ey cheer at the fa i l p rally Courtesy photo

CAMP Reserve cheerleaders pose for a quick pict L e at camp before the day starts Each day cheerleader are req ui red to wea r the same outfit and bow. Coum y p h oto

The 'Dream 1 becomes a reality

When many girls are young they dream of becoming a high school cheerleader. Becoming a cheerleader is a great way to stay involved with the school, and staying up with all the sports

"Meeting new people, and cheering at all the games has been my favorite part about this year," said freshman Saylee Wagoner.

This summer all cheer squads attended cheer camp at Lake Okoboji for the first time. They stayed at The Inn for four days. The cheerleaders learned many different cheers and dances, along with an extreme routine

The girls also attended one competition. The competition was at the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa Junior Varsity took second, and Reserve took first place along with the freshman squad.

"Doing well at the competition was my biggest accomplishment this year," said junior Julia Albrecht.

Cheerleaders spend a lot of time

together whether it's standing in their game lines cheering on the teams, or waking up early to practice every morning in the summer and throughout the school year, so each team has their own special traditions and ways they stay close as a team.

JV cheerleaders sit together at breakfast every Friday.

Reserve cheerleaders form a tunnel for the football players to run through after every game they win. They have squad nights as a way to get to know each other better outside of school.

"We start the 'L Pump it up' cheer at the beginning of each game" said sophomore Hally Sartori.

Freshman cheerleaders also have squad nights and spend a lot of time outside of the school and at games. "Before every game we circle up and do the '1 We are the Hawks' cheer in front of the student section," said freshman Jaida Thompson.

Story/Spread by Lizzy Miller

HIT IT JV Cheerleaders perform their cheer at the winter pep rally. Each team was required to make up their own cheer to perform. Courtesy Photo

READY OK Freshman cheerleaders and JV cheerleaders wait to p erform the cheer they made up at Spirit Fest. Spirit fest is the first pep rally before the first day of school. Photo by Talon

Marching Band & Coor Guard

( l '. Elliot Choi, Awood Chol, Cooper Christiancy, Anna Cole, Mckenzie Collins, Cassie Cooper, Marcos Cordova, Bridger Corkill, Kaitlyn Dahlke, Courtney Damke, Sidn ; Delozier, Amy Derowitsch, Matthew Dinneen, Joe Espinosa, Jonathan Fangmeier, Zach Felton, Courtney Fleecs, Quentin Fortney, Nicole Gemar, Margaret Gies , r tany Gill, Ashley Goosic, Jacob Hahne, Samantha Hahne, Mason Ha louska, Sadie Hammond, Spencer Harding-Mcdermott, Kylie Haseloh, Ben Heiliger, Conor H e Hannah Hoffman, Tay lor Hogeland, Cera-Rose Hughes, Josh Humphrey, Katherine Hums, Reid Hunsaker, Holly Hunt, Lisa Ingham, Bobby Jagadich, Taylor Jens e Ben Johnson, Bailey Jorgensen, Alexa Kasi, Dylan Kitchen, Neal Klein, Madison Klute, Ryan Klute, Nick Knapik, Evan Kobler, Owen Koepke, Trae Koziol, Cassie Kul Brian Kwon, Fox Lane, Michael Langfeldt, Jessica Larsen, Vanessa Larsen, Craig Lechner, Yeji Lee, Abbie Leschinsky, Nathan Lickei, Theron Lind, Macy Lloyd, Con: Logsdon, Angela Lorenz, Ericka Lyons, Carter Lyons, Morgan Malone, Drue Marr, Justin Mescher, Hunter Miller, Sam Mitchell, Meaghan Muehling, Andrew Muir , Murphy, Miranda Neil, Connor Nelson, M ikayla Nelson, Austin O ' Brien, DJ Oestmann, Sydney Pendergrass, Phillip Pendergrass. Josh Petersen, Caleb Petersen, El i Peterson, Nathaniel Phelps, Alex Pieloch, Katelynn Piper, Kylee Plager, Connor Raatz, Jordan Rosenbohm, Morgan Sanchez, Cristina Santana, Mikki Schantell, Co d ling, Grant Schirmer, Courtney Schneck, Caitlin Senne, Newt Shallenberger, Brad Shaner, Jordan Sheets, Bailey Snow, A llie Stamper, Matt Stedronsky, Cassandra Katerra Sullivan, Charles Swenseth, Abby Syfie, Eric Ullman, Allie Vanek, Ky Veney, Alexis Villagomez, Max Wanser, Ashley Weatherhogg, Brandon Wehling, Jessi ( Jacob Whee ler, Dominic Yarabe, Colton Zetterman, Mackenzie Zwiener

FRESHMEN MARCHING BAND. Saadi Al Saadi Bu'alaq, ana Anderson, Emma Anderson, Monica Angeletti, Jo s L Atterbury, Ju lia Bartolome, Alexis Best, Ben Bevins, Ma c 1 Brown, Noah Carmichael, Connor Carson, Grant Cars t r Ahnika Cooley, Julie Cordova, Marissa Czapla, Jack Espinosa, Sam Fergen, Hunter Foged, Alec Fynbu, Al • G rabast, El isabeth Gross, Jackson Hahn, Zoe Hami lton Michael Hilton, Krista Hinrichs, Ryan Hinton.Lucy Horn. Kaine Ice, Jared Jesske, Zach Jewell, Wyatt Jorgensen , son Joyner, Aryana Kamelian, Lyndsey Kasi, Madison K Mariah Kerr, Le ' nya Keys, Javen Kinnan, Jacob Kitchen , Carter Knapik, Jordan Knust, Matthew Koenig, Alyssa Kugler, Steffany Lien, Rhiannon Ling, Eric Loos, Joe Lu , Kaitlyn Malone, Sabouni Mayan, Jared Mcbride, Conn E Mcconnell, Mckenzie Merritt, Charlie Mil ler, Tyler Murr a _Skyler Nea l , Troy Nguyen, Oismat Niazi, Han n ah O'ne1 1 Jeffrey Owusu-Ansah, Bryce Parish, Michael Patestas, David Petersen, Jonha Pil low, Joshua Ou, Colby Refferr Christopher Reynolds, Katie Rhodes, David Rushing, A c • Sarik, Dylan Schmidt, Carsten Scholle, Jayme Smit h Bo e 1 Jared Svoboda, Halle Syfie, Taylor Toelle, Thao Tran, Zc 1 dria Unruh

VARSl1Y MARCHING BAND & COLOR GUARD. Stephanie Ahrens, Matthew Andersen, Tom Anderson, Jeffrey Athey, Samantha Ballas, Joel Barber, Chris Beasley, B :1 dan Beechley, Connor Blankenau, Jaz Blobaum, Taylor Boesiger, Jamie Bohlen, Lena Buckner, Emily Burd, Michael Carnes, Austin Carstens, Brittany Cash, Gabe

Marchi ng to their own beat

Whether they performed dur( ing a football game or competed in a contest, the marching band worked hard to be the best they could be.

The band performed a difficult show that included Latin music. , The show was heavy on the drum lin e and sideline pit. The color guard also performed with the band, wear ing ,per brightly colored uniforms The varit- sity drum majors were sen iors Dylan in, 1 Kitchen, Alex Pei loch and junior Connor Blankenau

Being the only school with block scheduling, the marching band dealt with the challenge of being sepa-

' rated into two classes "The two bands

l- do most of their rehearsal separately.

lz, "We are the only band in the state /est ____ _

that has worked this way ." said director Terry Rush

In the first competition of the year, the varsity band placed fifth. Rush said, " I was fairly satisfied considering the near impossible rehearsal we have." On Oct. 6 the band competed in the Links Marching Contest, the band received a I, or a superior rating. At the LPS Marching Contest they also received a superior rating

When the band traveled to state, they received a II rating

The freshman band also participated in several competitions, but were not graded. The purpose of the contests is for exhibition only and is for the students to learn

Story/Spread by Morgan Swartz

RIGHT. Th e m a rchin g b a nd p erforms at Seacrest during one of their contests. The band received a superior rating at th is contest. Photo by Ni cole Hoffman/Ta/on

BELOW. Juniors Jessica Larsen and Nicole Gemar pr e par e to take the field during the LPS Marching Contest. This is Larsen's second year on varsity and Gemar's first. Photo by Nicole Hoffman/Talon

LEFT Seniors Josh Petersen , Ky Veney and Hunter Miller play their drums during a varsity football game against Norfolk Photo by Kailey Hill/ Hawk Talk

RIGHT Junior Brittany Kyncl waits to catch one of her batons during the LPS Marching Contest. The other varsity baton twirler is Mikki Schantell

Photo by Nicole Hoffman/Talon

nstrumenta Music

Instrumental music plays a h.uge role. The Jazz Bands were split into five different groups and the Orchestra groups were split between freshman and varsity. Being split into different groups gave the students the chance to show off their talent.

Lots of hard work and dedication went into the music department.

Marta Jonson, a junior and member of Varsity Orchestra said, "Orchestra was super fun, but also challenging. We worked extremely hard and it definitely paid off." Being involved in music was a great experience for many.

Junior Anna Hurlbut added, "It sure has been an amazing experience for me and provided me with a lot of great

opportunities that I will never forget."

Last year many in the music department had the opportunity to go to Hawaii , to perform. Hawaii isn't the only occasion they get travel out of the state. Next year the music department has the chance to go to London to perform. In London the marching band will march in the parade, while others will performs at various venues

Music presents students with many outstanding opportunities and it would be a shame if someone missed out on them.

Senior Sydney Delozier said, "I would definitely recommend that anyone interested should get involved in music in some way."

Besides traveling to compete and perform, they also have a concert every term.

Story/Spread by Taylor Siedel

JAZ.Z I. Saxes: Matt Andersen, Reid Hunsaker, Jordan Rosenbohm, Tommy Anderson, Angela Lorenz, Caleb Petersen. Trumpets: Nick Knapik, Dylan Kitchen, Bobby Jagadich , Jonathan Fangmeier, Grant Schirmer. Trombones: Ashley Weatherhogg, Elliot Choi, Phillip Pendergrass Rhythm: Piano: Matt Stedronsky, Samantha Hahne. Bass: Ben Heiliger Vibes : Connor Logsdon Drums: Chris Beasley

FOCUS . Senior Christine Choe concentrates v.. 1le practicing her violin Photo by Makayla Urba u 1 Hawk Talk

JAZ.Z II. Saxes: Neil Klein, Cassie Cooper, Cole Villanueva, Drue Marr, Austin O ' Brien Trumpets: Cody Schilling, Taylor Hogeland, Ashley Goosic, Jessie West , Justin Mescher, Connor Blankenau Trombones: Holly Hunt, Brandon Wehling , Alex Malone, Connor Nelson. Rhythm: Piano : Sidney Delozier Bass: Ky Veney, Percussion: Jacob Hahne , Hunter Miller, Guitar : Michael Clinch

PREP JAZ.Z . Saxes : Brian Kwon, Max Wanser , Sam Pinnell, Nate Phelps, Au sti 1 O'Brien, Cooper Christiancy, Michael Carnes, Clarinet, Jaz Blaum. Clarinet, Sa a ntha Ballas, Flute Trumpets : Jacob Wheeler, Nicole Vander Zanden, Sam Mitchell , r ic Ullman, Courtney Schneck, Vanessa Larsen. Trombones : Ben Johnson, Len a [ .JCkner, Quentin Fortney Rhythm : Bass : OJ Oestmann, Theron Lind , Piano: Bri d : r Corkill, Vibes : Amy Derowitsch , Guitar: Connor Helton, Kasten Phares, Dru n- : Evan Kobler.

WINTER CONCERT: The director helps keep the tempo with the Freshman Band at the Winter Concert Photo by Kelsey Roberts/Hawk Talk

1 TRUMPET: Senior Dylan Kitchen intensely plays his trumpet at the jazz band concert. Photo by Matty Merritt/ Hawk Talk

FRESHMAN ORCHESTRA. Mariah McCasl1land, Breanna Fieselmann , Dyan Alwin, Kelsey Tillman, Anwar Ramsay, Brock Williams, Loghan Sterns, Andrea Macias, Kaitlyn Follmer Oismat Niazi, Alex Collins, Akshat Saraf, Teague Pell, Taylor Pursley, Gabi Henle, Chloe Crawford, Maddie Dodd, Baolong Truong, Aryana Kamelian, Tucker Pell, Shyanne Phiathep, Charlie Miller.

VARSITY ORCHESTRA. Violin 1: Ellie Wiltfong, Makayla Urbauer, Malory Dahl, Eli Koziol, Ben Heiliger, Gabe Casper, Tro y Nelson, Quinn Hullett, Lisa Ath, Hannah Oh, Christine Choe Violin II: Chris Lif, Kishah Rajendran, Caitlin Goin, Marta Jonson, Nicole Hamilton, Ashley Goosic , Erin Lukin, Zach Zumwalt, Kyla Nitzel, Adriana Martinez, Kelcie Hibberd, Makaria Kirianov. Viola: Catherine Gross, Nisha Holay, Laura Barker, Konrad Christen, Shelby Le sc hin sky, Drue Marr, Amanda Nelson. Cello: Zoe Tien, Trina Nelson, Ashley Pieman. Bass : Emma Fortney, Anna Hurlbut, Rodney Woodcock.

FRESHMAN JAZ.Z A Saxes: Troy Nguyen, Eric Loos, Alex Grabast, Michael Hilton, Oismat Niazi, Julie Cordova, Treana Anderson, Elisabeth Gross, Clarinet: Alyssa Kugler, Jayme Smith-Boehle. Trumpets: Jake Casper, David Rushing, Jared McBride , Adam Sarik. Trombones: Akshat Saraf, Joe Lust, Josh Atterbury. Tuba: Sam Fergen, Dylan Schmidt. Rhythm: Piano : Zach Jewell. Bass: Aryanna Kamelian. Guitar: Michael Solberg. Drums : David Petersen Vibes: Jeffery Owusu-Ansah.

FRESHMAN JAZ.Z B. Saxes: Ben Bevins, Dylan Walters, Jackson Hahn, Treana Anderson, Conner McConnell. Trumpets: Carter Knapik, Joshua Ou, Jordan Knust, Hunter Foged , Krista Hinrichs. Trombones: Grant Carstens, Zoe Hamilton Rhythm: Jared Svoboda Keyboard: Lyndsey Kasi. Vibes: Jacob Kitchen.

Vocal Music

When walking through the halls, one may be surprised at how many talented performers are passing by.

Choir is a hugely successful part of the school, with six different choirs and students from every grade participating.

Though the choirs are filled with a variety of different students. From athletes, to band members, to girls from the dance team, choir has "a friendly atmosphere," according to junior Jack Nelson Nelson has participated in choir for two years and participated in Resonance, varsity choir, and chamber choir this past year.

Each choir prepares for a performance over a long period of time. Students sign up for choir as a class in order to practice everyday. Show choir members participated in after school practices, as well as long road trips to competitions.

Junior Tessa Tramp, a member of Ambience and concert choir said, "My favorite part of choir is how many new friends were made on the trips to competitions."

With so much time spent together, making new friends is inevitable

"You really get to develop so many friendships, and friendships that are really close," junior Nathan Sheets, a member of Resonance, Varsity choir, and Chamber choir, said about his experience in choir.

Besides making tons of friends, there are other perks of being in choir,

too. Jackson Rempe, a junior and member of Resonance and varsity choir, said that his favorite part is "the dancing and choreography." He also enjoys "hearing a piece that we have been working on forever completed, and it sounds good."

It's easy to see from their performances that the hard work has paid off. At their first competition, Resonance took third at Midwest Cup, but after more practice, took first place at Westside. At the Norris "F ields of Talent" competition, Resonance took first place again. Ambience also won at the Norris competition in the JV show choir division, then competed with the Varsity choirs and took sixth place.

Whether you prefer to just sing, or you like to dance too, there is a place for any performer in choir. Nelson encourages everyone to ']ust give it a shot." Tramp said, "Anyone can do it. You make new friends, have so many laughs, and you learn what hard work is "

Despite the hard work, "It's so fun," Tramp said.

Rempe encouraged other students to join choir. "You may think you won't like it, but chances are you will," said Rempe. Sheets is also an advocate for new members.

"Don't worry if you don't think you are good or not, try anyways," Sheets said encouraging other students and incoming freshmen. "Choir is the reason for some of my best memories in high school."

Spread by Tara Brookhouser/Talon

SING AND DANCE. Olivia Reed dances at a ov choir performance Reed is a part of the Am t 1c show choir. Photo by Jacey Lawrence/Tal or ·

CHAMBER CHOIR members : Matt Andersen_, Chelsea Anderson, Hayley Bell, Reagan Bergen, Max Berger, Connor Blankenau , Frannie Calkins , Michael Clinch, Joe Esr nosa, Courtney Fleecs, Chase Florom, Catherine Gross, Anna Hurlbut, Michelle Ingle , Macy Lloyd , Angela Lorenz, Joe Massey, Meaghan Muehling , Jack Nelson, Ashley eterson , Nicole Peterson, Alex Pieloch , Sam Potter, Bailey Rangel , Will Reber, Annaliese Saathoff, Robin Sarik, Nathan Sheets, Maddie Stuart, Sydney Svehla , Zoe Tien, M c. ,y lc Urbauer, Matt Watson, Truman Wachter , Dane Wiley, Claire Wilkinson

RESONANCE

Sydney Svehla, Lauren Ayars, Lisa Ingham, Claire Wilkinson , Hayley Bell, Frannie Calkins. Courtney Fleecs. Second

Jackson Rempe, Zoe Tien, Joe Massey, Tara Deschaine. Marcos Cordova, Chandler Haefele, Joe Espinosa, Taylor Boesiger, Ky Veney, Annaliese Saathoff, Hunter Miller, Luke Nispel Third Row: Truman Wachter, Zach Koening, Hayle e Bice, Chase Florom , Keeley Thayer , Michael Clinch, Tori Vanderbeek, Caleb Petersen, Maddie Stuart, Nathan Sheets, Chelsea Anderson , Max Berger , Alex Mabry, Dane Wiley, Macy Lloyd, Andrew Cooley, Tommy Anderson Back Row: Matt Watson, Reagan Bergen, Michelle Ingle , Curtis Pester, Maggie Rempe, Sam Potter, Anna Hurlbut, Justin Mescher, Hannah Cornish. Bailey Rangel, Meaghan Muehling, Gabe Casper, Jack Nelson

USE YOUR VOICE Junior

AMBIENCE.

Kelsey Roberts, Cristina Santana. Mariah Tupper , Megan Mueting, Amy Derowitsch, Maddie Balfany, Kassi Sherbeck, Alicia Rockefeller Second Row: Quentin Fortney, Samantha Ballas, Chelsea Adams, Wyatt Morrison , Ashley Peiman, Morgan Sanchez. Mario Salamanca, Schyler Johnson , Lisa Ath, Austin O'Brien. Third row: Sam Mitchell, Beth Loos, Kelly Peterson, Austin Geisert, Johnna Guernsey, Maddie Fricke, Grant Schirmer, Lena Buckner, Kailey Hill, Nathan Lickei, Maddie

SCHOOL SPIRIT. Con cert choir sings the school alma mater at the winter concert. The concert was also shared with the band and orchestra Photo by Kelsey Roberts/ Hawk Talk

STRIKE A POSE. Varsity sh ow c h oir, Resonan ce, dances and sings at a school concert Th ey are singing the song "Make Our Garden Gro w." Photo by Jacey Lawren ce/ Talon

Front Row: Brooke Fraser,

Row:

Front Row:

Horne, Atira Meyer. Joe Whittle. Back Row: Samuel Harris , Liv Reid , Amanda Farley , Cameron Owens, Caitlin Dahlke, Morgan Bath, Rodney Woodcock , Rachael Holsteen, Liza Piccoli , Treyton Merwick, Michaela Feeney, Tessa Tramp, Owen Koepke

LOUD AND PROUD. Senior Haylee Bic e belts out her solo in "The Prayer of the Children " at a school performance Bice is a part of the Resonance show choir Photo by Talon

TRUE DANCER Junior Hayley Bell strikes a pose at a show choir competition Bell is also a part of th e Emeralds dance team. Photo by Jacey LawrenceITa/on

Annaliese Saathoff performs a solo at an Octob er concert. Saathoff h as a lso starred in many of the school 's theatr e productions , including the winter play Photo by Maddie Fanton / Hawk Talk

SYMPHONIC BAND FLUTE:

Kaitlyn

Awood Chol, Anna

Allie Vanek, Sam Ballas, Hannah Hoffman, Kelcie Hibberd. OBOE: Austin O ' Brien, bby Syfie (on flute) CLARINET :

Brittany Gill, Josie Anderson, Victoria Scholle, Keeley Kroeker, Makayla Haussler, Courtney Damke, Allie Stamper , Cassie Stolz; Michael Carnes, Kelsey Pauling. BASS CLARINET: Alexa Kasi, Mackenzie Zwiener, Jaz Blobaum, Madison Klute BASSOON: Jordan Sheets ALTO SAX : Brian Kwo r Max Wanser, Cooper Christiancy, Trae Koziol, Matt Dinneen, Fox Lane, Nate Phelps, Sam Pinnell, AJ Hudson, Austin Carstens, Kylee Plager. TENOR SAX: DJ Oestmann, Noel Mu Jhy, Bailey Jorgensen, Sydney Pendergrass BARI SAX: Bridger Corkill, Andrew Muir TRUMPET: Nicole Vander Zanden, Jacob Wheeler, Sam Mitchell, Eric Ullman , Miranda Neil , ) Sh Humphrey, Carter Lyons, Vanessa Larsen, Owen Koepke, Abbie Leschinsky, Courtney Schneck, Michael Langfeldt. HORN: Zach Felton, Jamie Catt, Anthony Patton, Taylor ' nsen

TROMBONE: Quentin Fortney, Ben Johnson, Nolan Vogel, Mason Halouska. BARITONE : Lena Buckner, Brendan Beechley, Joel Barber. TUBA: Conor Helton , Theron Lind i: R-

CUSSION: McKenzie Collins, Amy Derowitsch , Evan Kobler, Nate Lickei, Bailey Snow , Colton Zetterman.

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Haseloh, Jessica Larsen.

Jamie Bohlen , Brittany Cash.

Sf:x. : Matt Andersen, Reid Hunsaker ,

,

Yarabe, Caleb Petersen, Lisa Ingham. TENOR SAX : Tommy Anderson, Cole Villanueva, Neal Klein. BARI

Pendergrass. BARITONE:

Elizabeth Oatman,

Dahlke,

Cole,

Swetha Tatineni, Margaret Gies,

WIND ENSEMBLE. PICCOLO: Austin O'Brien FLUTE: Caitlin Senne, Emily Burd, Sadie Hammond, Cassie Cooper. OBOE : Samantha Hahne, Taylor Boesiger CLARINET: Ar

Lorenz, Alex Pieloch, Katherine Hums, Elizabeth Peterson, Brooke Emmert, Mikayla Nelson, Kylie

BASS CLARINET:

ALT

Jordan Rosenbohm

Dominique

SA; 'J rue Marr TRUMPET : Nick Knopik, Dylan Kitchen, Bobby Jagadich, Cody Schilling, Jonathan Fangmeier, Grant Schirmer, Taylor Hogeland, Ashley Goosic, Justin Mescher, Co rn Blankenau, Jessie West. HORN : Steph Ahrens. TROMBONE: Ashley Weatherhogg, Holly Hunt, Brandon Wehling, Phillip

Elliot Choi, Connor Nel sc Alex Malone. TUBA: Charles Swenseth. PERCUSSION: Jeff Athey, Chris Beasley, Gabe Casper, Sidney Delozier, Jacob Hahne, Ben Heiliger, Connor Logsdon, Hunter Miller , tt Stedronsky.

FRESHMAN BAND PICCOLO: Allison Joyner. FLUTE : Rhiannon Ling, Paige Young, Ahnika Cooley , Bryce Parish, Thao Tran, Kaitlyn Malone, Katie Rhodes, McKenzie Merri Julia Bartolome, Skyler Neal. OBOE: Aryana Kamelian, Monica Angeletti, Maddy Brown CLARINET: Halle Syfie, Marissa Czapla, Charlie Miller, Hannah O ' Neill, Treana Anderso n , lyssa Kugler, Emma Vertin, Jayme Smith Boehle, BASSOON: Zach Jewell. ALTO SAX: Troy Nguyen, Elisabeth Gross, Eric Loos, Ben Bevins, Carmen Vogt, Alexis Wolfe, Dylan Walters, Alex Grabast, Michael Hilton , Taylor Toelle TENOR SAX : Oismat Niazi, Jackson Hahn, Julie Cordova. BARI SAX: Conner McConnell. TRUMPET: Carter Knop1 k o shua Ou, Jake Casper, David Rushing, Jordan Knust, Jared McBride, Adam Sarik, Hunter Foged, Krista Hinrichs, Jack Espinosa, Michael Patestas, Tyler Murray. HORN: Lucy Ho n- Hailey Wood TROMBONE: Akshat Saraf, Joe Lust, Grant Carstens, Josh Atterbury BARITONE: Chris Reynolds, Le'Nya Keys, Connor Carson, Zoe Hamilton TUBA : Sam Fergen, Dylan Schmidt, Alec Fynbu. PERCUSSION: Emma Anderson, Noah Carmicheal, Wyatt Jorgensen, Lydnsey Kasi, Jacob Kitchen, Jeffrey O usu- Ansah, David Petersen, Jonha Pillow, Colby Reffert, Michael Solberg, Jared Svoboda, Justin Vossler, Luke Westover.

All photos courtesy of Light lmpressions/RobWilkins

VARSITY CONCERT CHO I R Matt Andersen, Chelsea Anderson, Tommy Anderson , Lauren Ayars, Hayley Bell, Reagan Bergen, Max Berger, Haylee Bice, Connor Blankenau, Taylor Boesiger, Frannie Calkins, Gabe Casper, Michael Clinch, Andrew Cooley , Marcos Cordova , Hannah Cornish, Tara Deschaine, Joe Espinosa, Courtney Fleecs, Chase Florom, Brooke Fraser, Catherine Gross, Chandler Haefele, Katherine Hums, Anna Hurlbut, Lisa Ingham, Michelle Ingle , Jessica Larsen, Macy Lloyd, Angela Lorenz, Alex Mabry, Joe Massey, Justin Mescher, Hunter Miller, Meaghan Muehling, Jack Nelson. Luke Nispel, Austin O'Brien, Curtis Pester, Caleb Petersen, Ashley Peterson, Nicole Peterson, Alex Pieloch, Sam Potter, Bailey Rangel, Will Reber. Jackson Rempe, Maggie Rempe, Annaliese Saathoff. Robin Sarik, Grant Schirmer, Cailtin Senne, Nathan Sheets, Maddie Stuart, Sydney Svehla, Keeley Thayer , Zoe Ti en, Makayla Urbauer, Tori Vanderbeek, Ky Veney, Vanessa Von Berg, Truman Wachter, Matt Watson, Dane Wiley, Claire Wilkinson.

CONCERT CHOIR Chelsea Adams, Lisa Ath, Maddie Balfany, Samantha Ballas , Morgan Bath , Lena Buckner, Sonny Burns, Mitchell Charron , Bridger Corkill, Kaitlyn Dahlke, Amy Derowitsch, Mykahla Euchn er, Amanda Farley, Michaela Feeney, Quentin Fortney , Madison Fricke, Kelcee Fuller, Austin Geisert, Johnna Guernsey, Treyton Merwick, Samuel Harris, Kelcie Hibberd, Kailey Hill, Rachael Holsteen, Maddie Horne, Schyler Johnson, Dustin Kaiser, Shania Knapp, Oweri Koepke, Emma Kumwenda, Michael Langfeldt, Nathan Lickei, Beth Loos, Atira Meyer. Sam Mitchell, Wyatt Morrison, Megan Mueting, Sean Neary, Austin O'Brien , Cameron Owens, Ashley Pei man, Kelly Peterson, Liza .Piccoli, Makae Poulsen, Jake Regier, Liv Reid, Tim Rhoads, Brianna Riggins. Kelsey Roberts , Alicia Rockefeller, Mario Salamanca, Morgan Sanchez, Cristina Santana, Courtney Schneck, Grant Schirmer, Kassi Sherbeck, Bailey Snow, Tessa Tramp, Mariah Tupper, Kody Tupper , Nicole Vander Zanden , Alexis Villagomez, Caitlin Wendel, Joe Whittle, Raven Williams, Rodney Woodcock.

FRESHMAN CHO I R. Lauren Aldendifer. Treana Anderson. Monica Angeletti. Julia Bartolome. Hailey Bartz, Courtney Bertwell, Connor Carson, Jake Casper, Josie Charron, Tea Cidlik, Alex Collins , Tessa Comfort, Colin Conzemius, Ahnika Cooley, Julie Cordova, Donovan Cornish, Mia Cundiff, Angela Dietel, Jacy Duren, Jack Espinosa, Maddie Fanton, Sam Fergen, Alivia Fisher , Whitney Florom, Kaitlyn Follmer, Alec Fynbu, Anna Goddard , Alex Grabast, Elisabeth Gross, Ashley Gutierrez, Benjamin Harris, Kinzee Hillis, Melissa Hinton, Jala Howard , Taylor Hutchson , Taya Johnson, Allison Joyner, Nicole Jungren, Arianna Kamelian, Karissa Kosman, Alyssa Kugler, Haley Kyle, Jensyn Labadie, Trestin Lang, Kayla Larson, Kiersten Lawrence, Vivian Le, Rhiannon Ling, Gage Lippold. Sydney Lonowski, Andrea Macias, Taylor Marshall, Mariah McCashland, Frances Munro, Brittneay Murphy, 0ismat Niazi, Jenna Pennington, David Petersen, Shyanne Phiathep, Jonha Pillow, Sophia Quattrocchi. Kaci Quinn, Colby Reffert, Emma Rhodes, David Rushing, Caitlyn Noudaranouvong, Mariah Sanchez, Roxana Sanchez, Akshat Saraf, Arisha Sattar, Brighton Spangler, Tabitha Staehr, Loghan Sterns, Abigail Stine, Miranda Swearingen, Halle Syfie, Leslie Tapia, Baolong Truong, Judy Vo, Haley Wagner, Makenzie Waller, Cassi Wilson, Hailey Wood, Paige Young

The 2012-2013 yearbook was put

together by a series of different students in each term. They were each individually given spreads to work on and bring to perfection. Members of yearbook came together to develop a theme and to create a trendy cover

Talon

Talon Volume ll

Yearbook is far from easy. Not only did they come up with the book's theme, but they also had to collect pictures,surveys, and stay on top of the Southwest's hype.

Editors Kaylyn Fern and Morgan Swartz designed the cover, opening, divi-

TeYl1,v; 1& :2.

dand the closing, along with helping tr · of the class to reach their deadlines Talon 20 l 3 proved "You ain't sc -:: nothing, yet."

Story/Spread by Kaylyt ,

FRONT : Jacey Lawrence, Kaylyn Fern, Morgan Swartz

MIDDLE : Lizzy Miller, Abi Bro, Molly Meister, Taylor Siedel

BACK ROW: Minh Tran, Jordyn Jones , Sydnye Rohren , Tara Brookhouser

FRONT : Marie Micek , Kaitlin Smith, Katelynn Charrc Nicole Peterson, Kaylyn Fern, Jackson Hinzman

BACK : Vanessa VonBerg, Katelyn Frank, Nicole Ho f man , Zoe Norris , Kylie Brookhouser, Jacey Lawren< Morgan Swartz, Taylor Rothgeb

ADVISER. Dianne Kuppig is the journalism teacher and adviser. After 39 years teaching, Kuppig is retiring at the end of the year

EDITORS Juniors Morgan Swartz and Kaylyn Fern were editors of the yearbook for the 201 2201 3 school year

SALES. Juniors Taylor Siedel and Molly N1 st sell yearbooks before school in Term 3 t. ; ti girls helped the yearbook tremendousl y

MIDDL E: Makayla Urbauer, Trevin Rook,Yeji Lee. Dana Okazaki , McKenzie Balfany, Brooke Brestel, Taylyn Watson, Mandy Hoyt.

BACK: Cody Shilling.Michelle Ingle.Griffin Day, Ella Prussa , Brandon Poppert, Chance Farley, Lucas Grossman.

Hawk Talk 2012-2013

Senior Erin Lenz said the best part about being Hawk Talk editor was "seeing and knowing everything that's going on in the nest."

The Hawk Talk made sure to include

the school's latest trends and events, as well as including their own opinion on things.

Junior Matty Merritt brought humor to the paper in her column "Mock Talk" where she joked about the happenings

around the world and in LSW.

Members wrote stories, took pictures, and reached their deadlines for the eight issues published in the school year.

Story/Spread by Kaylyn Fern

FRONT: Maddie Fanton, Sydnye Rohren, Taylor LaCouture, Erin Lenz, Lindsey Deprez, Liz Uebele

BACK: Ellie Mack, Leera ldigima, Devin Dickson, Kelsey Roberts, Bree Samani, Kailey Hill , Matty Merritt

FRONT: Matty Merritt , Erin Lenz, Lindsey Deprez, Liz Uebele, Taylor LaCouture

newspaper class pose for a picture during the holidays.

EDITOR Senior Erin Lenz has been editor of the Hawk Talk for two consecutive years. Lenz plans to major in journalism at UNL. Lenz and Lindsey Deprez were the only tvVo on staff all year.

HAWK TALK AND TALON. Sophomore Sydnye Rohren was an active member in both yearbook and newspaper.

t's~ Wonderful Life·

The story of the richest man in town

It's a wonderful life was performed onDec. 13-15. It is about a man named George Bailey (Will Reber). On Christmas Eve, Bailey is considering suicide when his guardian angel Clarence, (Hunter Maude) shows him all of the good he has done and how different the town would be if he hadn't lived.

Clarence (Maude) shows him many points in his life where he had helped people, or even saved them at some point. Including the time he saves his brother, Harry and when he sacrificed the things that he wanted, like traveling the world or giving his brother his college money instead of going

"I liked the parts with Clarence," Reber said "Even though they were brief, they were fun and it was interesting going in and out of a scene."

When Clarence made his first appearance he didn't have any wings After showing Bailey what life would be like, when he wished that he had never been born, he received his wings.

"I enjoyed flying and moving up and down on the platform," Maude said "The movie is why people came

to the show I wanted to do the character justice , " said Annaliese Saathoff

The movie w c1s based off of a short story called 'The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1939 Mary (Saathoff) was Bailey's (Reber) childhood crush. After the couple marries, they sacrifice their honeymoon money when they witness a run on the bank.

After they sacrifice their money, Mary enlists the help of George's best friends, Bert (a policeman) and Ernie (a mailman), to create a new honeymoon. The couple has four children in the end: Pete, Janie, Tommy and Zuzu

Coming home after his attempted suicide, George arrives to find that more than enough donations had been collected to bail him out. One friend even wires him $25,000 George's brother returns home and calls him "The richest man in town ."

As Zuzu, hears a bell she remembers that every time a bell rings an angel gets their wings.

After the commotion is said and done, George realizes he truly does have a wonderful life.

Story/Spread by Abi Bro

"It's a Wonderful Life 11

Wedding: Mary (Saathoff) and George (Reber) on their wedding day

Begging: George (Reber) begs Clarence to return Bedford Falls back to the way it was

Funeral: Mr Potter (Grant Schirmer) , his goo r (Justin Mescher) and his secretary (Vivian Zerl e attend George's fathers funeral.

Above: Several times George (Reber) and Clarence (Hunter Maude) have conversations on an elevated platform that serves as a bridge.

Left: Aunt Tilly (Haylee Bice) and George (Reber) talk to Harry (Joe Whittle) on the phone before he returns home from the war.

Far Left: George (Reber) rallies the town to keep their money in the Bailey Savings and Loan

Dishonesty : After not returning the money that was acc id enta ll y given to him, Mr. Potter (Schirmer) has his go on (M esc h er) r u sh him to the ba n k to deposit the money.

College: Uncle Billy (Clayton Parker) , Aunt Tilly (Bice), and Mr. Gower (Jeff Athey) prepare to send George off to college.

Christmas: Mary (Saathoff) and Zuzu (Brinley Merwick) prepare for the holidays by playing Christmas carols

D a nce : Bert (Trey Merwick) and Ernie (Sam Mitchell) try to talk George into going to the high school dance.

TOP LEFT. Fuji Sushi & Grill is located on Pine Lake. Not many students know about Fuji, but the ones who do love it. Photo by Jackson Hinzman/Talon

BOTTOM LEFT Freshmen Frances Munro, Carmen Vogt, and Alex Grabast eat at Panera for lunch after finals Panera is a popular restaurant among students

Photo by Kaylyn Fern/Talon

TOP RIGHT. The Pinnacle Bank Arena continues construction downtown The Arena plans to be finished in August. Photo by Morgan Swartz/Talon

RIGHT Scott Saulsberry of Whole Foods , Mayor Chris Beutler , Lincoln -Board of Education President Ed Zimmer, LPS Superintendent Steve Joel, Continuum CEO Mark Falcone, Special Education Supervisor Cindy Brunken , Curriculum Specialist for Mathematics Matt Larson and Graphics Manager Chris Warner shovel dirt for the new Lincoln Public Schools district office building. Courtesy Photo/LPS

BOTTOM RIGHT Construction began for a Scooter's Coffeehouse drive thru right down the street from the school. Both Scooter's and Dairy Queen opened around the same time Courtesy Photo/Scooters

; located at Southpular among stun Hinzman/Talon

Business

With a new school yea r came many new additions to Lincol n. Not only were there new busine sses near the school, but all over Li n coln as well.

In September, Ulta Beauty opened their doors at SouthP o in te, located next door to Trader Jo e's. Ulta sells mainly beauty produ cts and also has a hair and n ail sa lo n.

SouthPointe also ann ounced that Hollister was leav i ng and taking its place will be Charming Charlie. Charming Charlie is an accessory store, all sorted by colo r.

The most anticipated announcement of the year was Forever 21 Forever 21 will b e at Westfield Mall, on the bottom floo r of the old Steve & Barry' s For ever 21 is a popular store which most people travel to Omaha to go to.

Besides new stores, build i ng began for two big additions The arena began building and will be finished in August. The Husk e r bas -

ketball teams finished up their final seasons at the Bob Devaney Sports Center and will be making their move to the Pinnacle Bank Arena next season.

The new district building has also been making strides after the previous one was burnt down in May of 201 1 It will be going up in place of the old district building and right next door will be a Whole Foods grocery. It Is located nght across the street from Westfield Mall. The district building will be finished in July

A popular restaurant also started building right down the street from our school. Hu Hot was build in place of the old Blockbuster on Pine Lake. This Is Hu Hat's second Lincoln location.

We also gained a Dairy Queen Gri ll & Chill and a Scooters drive thr u , r ight down the street from the sc h ool, next to Goodcents.

Story/Spread by Morgan Swartz

Congratulations, Ali! We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished We wish you a future that's always filled with happiness and success.

Love, Mom and Dad

Ashley & Nicole

We are so proud of the individuals you have become and are excited to see what the future holds!

Love, Dad, Mom &Julia

Jacey, We are so proud of all your accomplishments, and the person you have become. You were a blessing from God from day one Be crazy, live life to the fullest and know we will always be here behind you, for you.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"

Love you, Mom, Dad, and Kiersten

Samantha,

What a beautiful young lady you have become We are so proud of you

As you continue on life's journey, stay true to yourself and trust in God always We love you, Mom, Craig, Sage & Shelby P.S. No more curfew!!!

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Our wish for you is courage and hope for every day, faith o guide you along the way, understanding and wisdom too , me grace to accept what life gives to you

Love you!

Mom, Dad & Ashley

To happy endings and new beginningsGood Luck at UNL, I We love you!

Dad, Mom, AJ, and Drew

Congratulations Cecilia! We are very proud of you! Good luck on your next adventure!

Love ya Mom, Dad &Alise

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Another chapter filled with awesome memories & experiences Now, more to come Your world is as big as you make it!

Congratulations, Chris!

Love, Dad, Mom, Alex & Patrick

You have brought such a joy to our lives. Your determination to achieve your goals will serve you well We are so proud of you Love Always, Mom, Dad, and Alex ·

We know your love for travel will continue to be a passion and take you to amazing places in the future We love you very much!

Love, Mom, Dad and Scott

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We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad and Kelsea

Every day brings a chance for you to dance. Dance, love, Dancejoy, and Dance dreams

Mom, Dad, Mikaela and Maddie

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Congratulations Angela, our passionate and joyful one! We love you and are so proud of you!

LLove, Dad Mom, Melanie and Mitchell

Proverbs 3: 5-6

Congrats, Cami! We are proud of you; we wish you success and happiness in everything you do. Believe in yourself! We love you, Mom & Dad

We are so proud of your character, integrity and many achievements!

Love, Dad, Mom, Anna, and Emma

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Christopher, you have become your own person. Congrats, Tall man! I

Love, Mom& Dad I

Congratulations Emma!

Li ve life to the fu lle st and n eve r lose sight of your goals

Love Mom, Dad , Dean, Laura a nd Brothers

You have made us so proud! Remember to follow your d reams and you ' ll go far.

Love, Mom, Dad, Tara & Tanner

Congratulations Jordan!!! You did it!!!

Congratulations, Sara ! We are so proud of you!!

Love, Dad, Mom, & Savannah

Congratulations, Erin! We are so proud of you and al l that you have accomplished! You have been an amazing daughter and sister.

Love, Mom, Dad & Tyler

Follow you r dreams and trust in Him a lways! We a re very proud of all your accomplishments.

Love, Mom, Dad, Kate

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We are so proud of you. Dream big and follow your h i r Love, Dad, Mom, Nicole, Ashley and Daniel

We can ' t wa it to see where your big heart leads yo u We will be there to cheer for you!

Love, Tori, Mom & Dad

Mogs, Keep your big heart & never lose your spirit. It's what makes yo u YOU!

We love you MORE Mom, Dad, & Kiersey

Co n grat u lat ions, N icole!

Th an ks f o r showing us w h at's p ossib le wit h hard work and de t er mination.

Love, Mom, Dad, Nick and Matt

"All we h ave t o d ecide is what to do w ith th e tim e t h at is given to us." - The Lo rd of the Ri ngs Be l ieve in you r se lf Co n g ratul atio n s Lo ve Always M o m , Dad, and Anna

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"Go confidently in the direction o f your dreams. Live t he life you have imagine d ."

-Henry David Thorea uI

We a re beaming w ith pride, Sa rah We love you so much Dad, Mom, Carolyn and Meg

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ClaireBear, Cong rats on FETC HIN G yo u r d ipl oma !

We're so proud of the person you've become. We love you, Mom, Dad, Sam {and Fetch , too)

Co ngratulat io n s. Good Lu ck at UNO. Dream Big and reach for the stars "Be l ieve t hat dreams come t rue everyday, beca u se t h ey do!!"

Love, Mom, Dad & Matt

Emily, we are so pro u d of al l t hat yo u have b een, I all that you a re and all tha t yo u w i ll be !

We Love You

Dad, Mom, Lucas, Noah, Alex & Owen

Co m pass ion, h o n or and grace. Everyday you exh ib it t hese qua lit ies and m ore. You are such a b lessing, a n d we are so pro ud of yo u and al l you h ave accomplis h ed

Love, D ad, Mom, Aaron a n d Jacob

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Congra tul ations Pri n cess ! We are so proud of yo u May all you r d r eams come true.

Love, Your family

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Congratulations Kaylee! I

We are so proud of you and know you will do great in college!

Love, Mom & Ashton Lizzy, Congratulations 2013 Graduate! Yo u 've brought so much happiness to our I family , we are very proud of you Good

Your biggest fans luck in your future endeavors.

Love Mom, Dad, Joss and Nelly

Easton,

Thank you for always letting your light shine You light up the world!!!

Continue to be you and follow your light to capture your dreams

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Congratulations,we are very proud of you. We are so proud of you and your accompl ishments! Continu E to Love , Dad , Mom and Big Brother Drew! I work hard and you will reach your goals We love you ! Matthew 5 : 16 Dad, Mom , Megan , Josh & Avri

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Congratulations Connor! We are so proud of all your hard work!

Love, Mom , Dad, Colby, Casey and Heather

Katelyn on grad u ating a year early W e are so proud of you , good look at college , enjoy your journey.

Love, D ad , M om, Kourtney & Kendra

Felicitations, Nisha!

We are very proud of you and know that with your talent and hard work, you will achieve your big dreams in life. Stay humble in your success.

Love always , Mom & Dad

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Dear Makenzie, Brittany and Natalie : I

You were often lumped together as 'The Beard Girls ," "The Triplets, " for the past 17 years

Soon you will all be off on your own, seeking your own personal adventures Always remember the foundation that you started with and the love

that you have at home We are proud of you Makenzie, Brittany and Natal ie for who you are as individuals!

Mom, Dad & Melissa

Our little curly haired girl has grown up! We are so proud of you!

Good Luck at UNL We Love You!

Love, Mom, Dad, Kate and Sarah

You are such a beautiful person- Inside and out!

We are so proud of you and hope all of your dreams come true!

Congratulations!! We love you!!

Love, Mom, Dad, and Cale

Congratulations! We are very proud of you Thank you for all the happiness you've brought us. We wish you the best in everything.

Good Luck!

Love, Dad, Mom & Michael

Lorin, it seems like only I yesterday, you were our precious little girl.

How quickly our time & I our lives pass-by

Now you ' re our beautiful grown-up daughter I

Congratulations, We love you!

May God bless you in all I you dream & do

Love, Dad, Mom, Logan & Emma

Let your heart guide you through your next journey in life.

Congratulations

Love , Dad, Mom &Demi know you will achieve great things while I enjoying college life at K-State!

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Congrats Eli! We are so proud of you &

Love, Your entire Family

Congratulations Kylie! We are so proud of your achievements!

Love Mom, Dad, Makenzie & Tara

"What we are is God's gift to us What we become is our gift to God."

We are so proud of all that you have accomplished and the caring, beautiful young woman you have become. May all your dreams come true!

Love, Dad, Mom, Katie & Abby

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From the moment you took your first steps you have been a kind, hard working and enthusiastic young man

Keep up the good work, follow your dreams and most of all do what makes you happy! We love you!

Mom, Dad, Brandon and Tyler

Lauren, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledging Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3 : 5-6.

Thanks you for showing us what God's love looks like We love you. Mom , Dad, Conner, Duncan and Grady

Congratulations Leera! Your graduation is a dream come true and we are proud of you The Lord will surely see you through your next college dreams, Bless you -Your parents

You have blessed us in so many ways! Be true to yourself & success will follow. Love, Mom and Dad

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Congratulations to a beautiful young lady. We love you!

Love Mom & Dad

We are so proud of you! We can't wait to see what ~ u accomplish in this life We love you Mom, Dad, Kelsie and Ashley

Congratulations Emily! We are s

proud of you and all of your accomplishments. We wish th f best for you in the future

May all your dreams come tru e We love you!

Mom, Dad & Sara

Mikayla Rae, WOW!lt seems like just yesterday we welcomed you to the world and now you're a graduate Watch i, grow and mature has been the g rr gift and pleasure! We are so prou d , beautiful, intelligent and ornery yo ur

yo u e st th e la dy t he you have become Enjoy college w 1· passion, enthusiasm and joy that is ' ) U! We love you, oodles! Mom, Dad an d m nc

We are so proud of you and exc ited to see you start the next chapter of your life.

We love you!

Your family

Congratulations Kylie! We are so proud of your hard work and accomplishments. May all your dreams come true. We love you!

Love, Mom, Dad and Zach

Your journey in life is just beginning Go out and blaze a new trail.

Love always and forever, Mom, Dad & Gera

You are such a blessing. Thank you for bringing joy & laughter into our lives You make us proud to be your family We pray that you will continue to seek after God & His will for your life as you enter college this fall We love you, Dad, Mom & Nina

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We are so proud of the smart, classy, confident and beautiful young woman you I have become. Even in tough times, we saw motivation, perseverance and good character. Keep your I head held high with that contagious smile of yours.

God has a plan, I trust Him and follow His path.

Yah elscar dig, I ~~----Mom, Dad, Andrew, Ethan and Caleb

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We are so proud of the amazing person you have become. You have accomplished so many things in the first 18 years of your life. We can't wait to see what the next 18 brings! We love you so much!

Morn, Dad & Karissa

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Congratulations Nick! We are so proud of you and all your accomplishments! May God bless your future at UNL "Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - Leo Brown We Love You!

So proud of you, Meg. Love you, Mom & Dad

From Pre-School to High School Graduation!

Congratulations Taylor! You have always been a very determined/talented young lady and proof lies in your Regents Scholarship to UNL. You will achieve all success and happiness you desire because failure has never been acceptable to you

You are wonderful!

Love, Mom, Dad & Trent

Congratulations Boo Boo!

We love you and are very proud!

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Love, Mom, Dad, and Carter

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Can't believe our sweet baby girl is graduating! Everyone is so proud of you!

Your family, Mom, Meghan, Hanna, Chris, Juan, Jack,

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Love, Mom, Dad, Shahrzad

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Much love, Mom, Dad, Nora, Lottie Lucy and Gabby

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Parker, May He give you the I desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed Psalm 20:4 I

You are an amazing & incredible young man. Go confidently in the I direction of your

Congratulatio ns! We are so proud of the amazing woman you have dreams. become and all you 've accomplished. You have been our we believe in you. pride and joy We wish you success in every step you take.

Love Mom, Dad , and Shazia I Brynn , Brady

Love Mom, Mike, Billy,

Congratulations, I Tristen!

We are so proud of you and all your I accomplishments! Always follow your dreams!

Congratulations. You ' ve finally reached graduation I know I won ' t needl to worry; you've got a bright future ahead! Always remember that no

dream is too big and as long as you try, you can achieve it.

Live with no regrets.

We Love you and will always be here for you.

Love, Mom, Dad , and Nam

So proud of you!

We love you SO much.

Love Mom, Dad and Wyn

We are so proud of the person you are! You have blessed us each day with your smile, laughter and love Share your faith and dream big.

We love you!

Dad, Mom and Shane (YSF)

We wish you a future full of happiness and success!

Love always, Mom, Dad, Trevin and Treyten

We are so proud of you, Jordan High school has had its ups and downs, but you have proven that where there's a "J-Will," there's a way! God's blessings as you travel the road to your next adventure

Love, Mom, Rick, Spencer , and Jarred

Congratulations, Morgan We are so proud of you! Dad, Alyssa and MommyYour angel from above

Kody, Keep finding the things that make you smile!

You got this!!

Congratulations!

Love, Mom, Abby & Keenan

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Spread Kindness, Love Life, Dream Big

We're so proud of you!

Love, Daddy, Mommy and Justin

LM~l~y I

You danced into our lives when you were born I Against all odds you have made it and against peo1 pie 's expectations you made it. I and your brothers have and always

will believe in you Congrats baby girl!

Love Mom, Robert and Derek PS Dance On!

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Congrats Mrs Rose! I love You , Mom

" Be who you are , and say wh at o I feel , because those who mind c ,n matter , and those who matter l ,n mind. " -Or Seuss

Love , Mom , Dad and Beth

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Our twin blessings future is bright with endless opportunities. Awesome job, Gek & Tadpole Love Mom & Dad

WooHoo!

Schedule Worship

Youth Fellowship

St. ark's United Methodist Church - 8550 Pioneers Blvd. - Lincoln, NE .68520-489-8885

Saturday - 5:00pm

Sunday - 7:45, 9:00, 10:30am

Sunday Church School

Confirmation 9:00am

Refuel 7th-12 th grade 9:00am

J.A.M. (Jesus and Me)

Middle School (6 th-8th ) Sun., evenings

Sr. High (9th_ 12th) .......... Sun .. evenings

House of God Worship Service (6t h.1 2th).......... .4th Sun . 7:00pm

Youth-Servant Team .............. Mon. , 6:30pm

Connections Youth Choir & Band Wed. 6:00pm

Life's Manual Bible Study ................... Wed.7:30pm

Youth Leadership Team ... 4th Wednesday of the month

Sr. High Bible Study ....... Tues. , 7:00-7:30am

St. ark's .... Athletics-Mon. , Tues., Thurs.P

Softball, Fall Volleyball, Summer and Gather Winter Basketball , Sand Volleyball, Flag Football (depending on the season)

St. ark's Youth group's Goals:

Grow * growing closer to GodP

* growing closer to others

* growing closer to our group

Go Work Camps 2013: Myrtie Beach, SC/ Washington DC Minneapolis, MN, Denver, CO. , Lincoln, NE.

Phone number

Church office ...... 402-489-8885

Youth Pastor Don Stewart.... .. 402-430 -1531

Good Luck, Silverhawks

In all the work you are doing , work the best you can. Work as If you were doing it for the Lord , not for people."

Colossians 3:23

aGod loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him may not be lost, but have Eternal life."-John 3:16

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Abrahams, Teresa 140, 133

Ackland, Parker 1 1O

Adamec, Matous 70

Adams, Chelsea 96, 187, 189

Adams, Josh 110, 173

Adams, Justin 52, 84

Adams, Taylor 96

Adams, Tyler 34, 96

Aden, Jarin 1 10, 177

Agler, Jeff 133

Agnew, Halee 96

Ahrens, Stephanie 96, 182, 188

AI-Batat, Ameer 84

Al-Musa, Mohammed 60,· 70

Alarcon, Carlos 84

Albrecht, Bryan 134, 146, 14 7

Albrecht, Julia 96, 108, 180, 181

Aldendifer, Bryan 1 1O

Aldendifer, Lauren 70, 189

Alford, Mercedez 11 O

Allen, Deondray 14, 84, 156

Allen, Spencer 1 1O

Alvarez, Merari 70

Alivis Arizaga, Francisco 70

Alwin, Dyan 40, 41, 70, 185

Amend, Chelsea 84, 179

Ammon, Jack 52, 70

Andersen, Katy 1 1O

Andersen, Matthew 50, 182, 184, 186, 188, 189, 219

Anderson, Chelsea 110, 163, 186, 187, 189

Anderson, Emma 38, 70, 182, 188

Anderson, Eric 96

Anderson, Hope 15, 96

Anderson, Jacob 70

Anderson, Josie 96, 188

Anderson, Keely 40, 41, 64, 84

Anderson, Matthew 50, 170

Anderson, Sydney 48, 64, 65, 84, 92

Anderson, Tom 56, 96, 176, 182, 184, 187, 188, 189

Anderson, Treana 70, 182, 185, 188, 189

Anderson, Trey 70

Anderson-Kirstine, Hevin 96

Angel, Austin 96

Angeletti, Monica 70, 170, 182, 188, 189

Antholz, Hannah 110, 173

Antholz, Lucas 54, 84

Antholz, Matthew 54, 84

Antonio, San 165

Applebee, Keri 132

Arauco, Gabby 70

Arauco, Nick 52, 84, 153

Arkebauer, Andrew 36, 1 1O, 163, 174

Arriaga, Karina 1 1 1

Ash, Noah 84

Ashton, Braydon 54, 96

Atem, Wini 97

Ath, Lisa 84, 185, 187, 189

Athan, Kyrsten 84

Athay, Blake 52, 70

Athey, Jeffery 7, 13, 111, 160, 163, 164, 182, 188, 193

Attaie, Amin 52, 71

Atterbury, Joshua 36, 71, 182, 185, 188

Augustyn, Evan 34, 35, 111, 163

Ausdemore, Katelin 7 1, 14 3

Aust, Wesley 1 1 1

Ayars, Lauren 97, 162, 187, 189

Baack, Duane 62, 132, 156, 173

Baade, MJ 84

Badami, Andrew 36, 97, 177

Baher, Freshta 1 11, 162, 163, 171

Balderas, Andres 85

Bales, Lisa 134

Balfany, Maddie 85, 162, 163, 179, 187, 189

Balfany, McKenzie 4, 6, 111, 162, 163,179,197

Ballas, Samantha 85, 173, 182, 184, 187, 188, 189

Banderas, Josh 4, 9, 19, 30, 31, 32, 54, 55, 111, 166,177,219

Barajas, Johnny 1 1 1

Barber, Ashley 1 1 1

Barber, Jason

Barber, Joel 97, 173, 182, 188

Bard, Dylan 111, 202

Barger, Meagan 1 1 1, 206

Barker, Amanda 1 1 1, 163

Barker, Laura 1 1 1, 185

Barkley, Seth 111, 114, 166, 172, 177

Barry, Kaylene 40

Barta, Logan 1 1 1

Barta, Luke 71

Bartolome, Julia 4, 64, 65, 71, 149, 182, 188, 189

Bartz, Hailey 42, 71, 189

Bastin, Mallory 23, 97

Bath, Morgan 97, 170, 187, 189

Batterton, Kenna 9, 58, 85

Bauer, Jackson 11 1, 162, 163, 174, 175

Bauer, Joshua 53, 54, 97, 174

Bauer, Michaela 58, 1 1 1, 173, 206

Bax, Dan 36, 38

Bax, Hailey 46, 71

Bax, Jillian 48, 49, 97

Bax, Mikayla 11, 48, 49, 111

Baze, Kelsie 85, 172

Beall, Shanna 1 1 1

Beam, Hannah 7 1, 138

Beard, Brittany 111, 178

Beard, Makenzie 1 1 1

Beard, Natalie 29, 111, 178

Beasley, Chris 111, 160, 162, 163, 182, 184, 188, 196

Bechard, Nicole 97, 166, 173

Bechtle, Joe 111, 126

Beck, Jordan 85, 172

Beck, Whitney 85, 172, 173, 177

Beck, Zachery 54, 97

Beckenhauer, Sam 97, 167, 175

Becker, Cole 52, 60, 85

Becker, Mackenzie 97

Beechley, Brendan 52, 85, 182, 188

Bee~,Sami46, 64, 65, 71

Behrends, Lacey 71

Behrens, Conor 21, 54, 97

Bell, Garrett 71

Bell, Hayley 6, 97, 179, 186, 187,

189

Belling, Ryan 85

Belt, Katie 97, 16 7

Bender, Scott 53, 54

Bennett, Mercedes 1 1 1

Bennett, Samuel 1 12

Berck, Audery 1 12, 162, 163

Berge, Josh 17 7

Bergen, Reagan 4, 33, 1 12, 186, 187, 189

Berger, Max 1 12, 186, 187, 189

Berks, Terry 133

Berringer, Skyler 85, 176

Berry, Wes 1 12

Berte, Nicholas 97, 176

Bertwell, Courtney 71, 189

Best, Alexis 44, 45, 71, 177, 182

Bevins, Ben 71, 182, 185, 188

Bice, Haylee 112, 187, 189, 193

Bice, Tanner 97

Bien, Alec 1 12

Bigelow, Ahstin 1 12

Bilka, Adrian 7 1

Binder, Dillayn 1 12, 17 6

Binnick, Brandon 1 12

Bittle, Charles 135, 145, 168

Blair, Alyssa 71

Blake, Florence 71

Blakemore, Kaleb 34, 54, 112

Blanco, Luis 71

Blanco, Rita 136, 149, 169

Blankenau, Connor 12, 68, 69, 97, 164,171,174,175,182,183,184, 186, 188, 189

Blase, David 29, 135, 156

Blazhievskiy, Vlad 30, 31, 56, 57 85

Blazio, Ayla 7 1

Blobaum, Jaz 85, 182, 184, 188

Blome-Higer, Harleigh 26, 27, 71, 78

Blomstrand, Blaine 71

Bloomfield, Alexis 1 12

Blythe, Hannah 1 12

Boden, Deric 84, 1 12

Boden, Rylee 84, 85

Boesiger, Taylor 4, 97, 179, 182, 187, 188, 189

Bogle, Sawyer 7 1

Bogle, Sierra 34, 40, 85, 157

Bohlen, Jamie 40, 81 97, 104, 182, 188

Bohlen, Jill 136

Bohling, Lexie 85, 170, 180

Bolden , Olivia 24, 97, 152

Boles, Arcane 27, 50, 85

Bond, Baylor 1 12

Bond, Caleb 7 1

Bondarchuk, Olga 71

Booton, Christian 85

Bordeaux, Tyler 97

Borneman, Cassie 71, 164, 166

Botz, Brian 1 12

Boucher, Justine 97

Bousquet, Megan 71

Bouzid, Leenah 7 1

Bowen, Meredith 97

Bowers, Andrew 1 12

Bowman, Lauren 7 1, 17 3

Bradbury, Ashley 7 1

Brady, Travis 134, 171

Brandt, Josh 85

Brehm, Juliana 85

Breir, Sarni 7 1

Brenden, Lis 42, 66, 135, 172, 173

Brestel, Brooke 40, 41, 64, 65, 85

Brethouwer, Taylor 112, 155

Brewczynski, Jacob 71

Brewster, Sam 97, 170

Briere, Jeffrey 52, 85

Brinkerhoff, Morgan 97

Brinkman, Justin 50, 51, 97, l 75

Bro, Abi 1 12, 192

Brockman, Preethy 58, 1 12

Bronder, Raeann 58, 97

Brookhouser, Kylie 13, 32, 54 , 1 i: 114, 154, 163,178,201

Brookhouser, Tara 65 , 97, 13 :, ]( 175

Brown, Aubriesha 1 12

Brown, Emma 71

Brown, Jamie 17, 22, 34, 54 , n, 173

Brown, Janice 85

Brown, Jordan 54, 55, 62, 1 1 '.

Brown, Joshua 97

Brown, Justice 52, 71

Brown, Madison 71, 85, 169 , 182 188

Brown, Nicholas 1 12

Brown, Patti 137, 173

Bruns, Randy 9 7

Buckner, Lena 97, 182, 184, 8 7, 188, 189

Bulin, Trenton 11 2

Bullock, Jamien 52, 71

Buman, Jan 13 7

Buom, Nyabang 38, 1 13, 17 ( 21 S

Buom, Nyalat 7 1

Burbach, TJ 34, 53, 54, 97

Burchett, Briana 1 13

Burd, Emily 97, 182, 188

Burden, Brandy 97

Burden, Matthew 1 13

Burgason, Jenna 97, 180

Burianek, Brianna 46, 71

Burk, Malinda 136

Burke, Abigail 38, 85

Burke, Noah 36, 37, 56, 57, ), 9; 144,171,175

Burke, Riley 1 13

Burkinshaw, Breeanna 40, 9

Burkinshaw, Sierra 85

Burklund, Blake 71

Burns, Sonny 54, 97, 177, 1£Burress, Rachel 97

Burroughs, Forrest 97, 150, 3, 176

Bush, Charlie 1 13

Bush, Jucorrie 85

Bushhousen, Shayla 134, 14 143

Bu'alaq, Saadi Al Saadi 182

Byerly, Derek 1 13

Byers, Addison 98

Byler, Ryan 1 13

Byrne, Thomas 50, 98, 170, 74

Calegan, Bob 30, 56, 58, 5 9

Calidonna, Josh 98, 13 1

Calidonna, Mark 137

Calkins, Frannie 6, 98, 160, 1 1, 186, 187, 189

Callicoatt, Tori 71

Caradori, Madison 7 1, 138

Cardenas, Terrell 113

Cardona, Alba 7 1

Carlson, Sydney 48

Carman, Christine 137

Carmichael, Noah 50, 71, 174 , 182 , 188

carnazzo , Tony 113

Carnes, Michael 98, 182, 184 , 188

Carney, Peyton 98

carpenter, Dan 135, 144

Carson, Connor 72, 182, 188, 189

Carson, Kim 132

Carstens, Austin 85, 182, 188

Carstens, Grant 34, 52, 72, 182, ), 18 5, 188

Carstens, Mikaela 98

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Carter, Deborah 136

carveth, Brooks 10, 11, 21, 54, 113, 167

casement, Mackenzie 98

Cash, Brittany 113, 163, 170, 171, 182, 188, 203

Casper, Gabe 113, 182, 185, 187, 188, 189

Casper, Jake 72, 185, 188, 189

Casteel, Brenden 72, 17 6-

Castillo, Jessica 98

Catlett, Tucker 72

Cc1tt, Jamie 188

Caulkins, Hannah 46, 4 7, 98

Cayou, Mitchell 54, 98

Cazun, Cris 98

Cecava, Emily 1 13, 178, 203

Cecava, Ethan 52, 72

Chalk, Brandon 52, 85

Chalk, Jasmyn 72

Chaloupka, Sara 1 13

Champoux, Jordyn 85, 170

Changstrom, David 34

Chapek, Zachary 52, 60, 72

Chapp, Celeste 98

Charrion, Katelynn 18, 47, 98, 100, 146

Charron, Josie 46, 72, 189

Charron, Mitchell 56 , 85, 176, 189

Cheever, Chayton 72

Choe, Christine 113, 163, 165, 174 , 184, 185

Choi, Elliot 98, 168, 182, 184, 188

Chol, Awood 85, 182, 188

Christen, Konrad 113, 163, 167, 185

Christensen, Huntra 173

Christiancy, Cooper 36, 85, 151 , 163,164,171,182,184,188

Christiansen, Jason 34, 85

Christensen, Huntra 72

Cidlik, Natasha 113, 166, 173

Cidlik, Tea 72, 189

Clare, Nancy 136

Clark, Kyle 1 13

Clark, Kaela 1 13

Clark-Brown, Dellante' 1 13

Clinch, Michael 98, 184, 186, 187, 189

Cody, Sean 113 , 163

Coffey, Kayleen 85

Coffey, Taylor 72, 166

Cole, Anna 85, 182, 188

Coleman, Desiree 72

Colhour, Zach 1 13

Collins, Alex 72, 185 , 189

Collins, Andrew 72, 82

Collins, Daelin 72

Collins, McKenzie 85, 170, 173, 182, 188

Comfort, Tessa 72, 189

Comstock, Connor 98, 172, 176

Comstock, Devon 7 2, 17 6

Conant , Linda 135

Conklin, Mitchell 52, 60 , 85, 140

Connelly , Emily 22, 132

Conzemius, Colin 36, 72, 173, 189

Cook, Christian 7 2

Cook, Joshua 98

Cooley, Aden 72

Cooley, Ahnika 72, 182, 188 , 189

Cooley, Andrew 113, 187. i 89

Cooney, Brighid 1 13

Cooper, Cassie 6, 98, 182, 184 , 188

Cooper, Greg 135, 174

Cooper, Kendra 98, 166, 174

Cooper Barton, Ryann 98

Cope, Clayton 98

Cope, Lauren 46, 72

Cordova, Julie 72, 182, 185, 188, 189

Cordova, Marcos 114, 163, 182, 187, 189

Corkill, Bridger 85, 176, 182, 184, 188, 189

Cornish. Donovan 72 , 189

Cornish, Hannah 114, 163, 187, 189

Cornish, Susan 136

Cotton, Denise 92, 133, 150

Cotton, Trevor 1 14

Cox, Nessa 85

Coy, Rusty 13 7

Crawford, Chloe' 72, 185

Crawford, Claire 1 14

Crew, Melissa 46 , 72

Crites, Tiara 72, 142, 148

Crosby, Randi 64, 66

Cruz, Velina 85

Cuddy, Preston 52, 72

Cuevas, Andy 1 14

Cuevas, Ian 72

Cundiff, Mia 72, 189

Cunningham, Sophie 86

Cushman, Holly 72

Cygan, Karlye 42, 43, 98

Czapla, Marissa 38, 39 , 72 , 182, 188

DeAmbrose, Chris 40

Daggumati , Shardhat 50, 51, 72

Dahl, Malory 48 , 114, 118, 163, 185

Dahl , Shelby 86

Dahlke, Connor 34, 114, 200

Dahlke, Kaitlyn 86, 167, 173, 182, 187, 188, 189

Dail, Erin 11, 98, 167, 180

Dalton, Aaron 52, 86

Dalton, Catherine 114, 163, 178,

199

Damian, Alyssa 72

Damke, Courtney 86, 182, 188

Danley, Max 72

Danson, Jim 44, 45, 134

Danson, Jonathon 1 14

Dao, Taylor 86

Davidsaver , Lauren 17, 86

Davidsaver, Patrick 56, 114, 163

Davidson, Brittaney 58, 1 15

Davidson, Sydney 38, 115, 163, 170,205

Davis, Allie 48, 49, 64, 66, 72

Decker, Taylee 72

Deeds, Jp 10, 98, 17 6

Degenhardt, Kelsey 98

Deiro, Madicyn 84, 86

Deiro, Tanner 27, 84, 98, 177

Dela Cruz, Keila Brianna 40, 64, 86

Delaney, Gina Fay 1 15

Delgado, Josh 34, 52, 72

Delisi, Kristen 115, 199

Delozier, Sidney 38, 115, 163, 182, 184 , 188

Demyanovskiy, Lucy 86

Demyanovskiy , Vladimir 1 15

Denning, Jayden 115, 176

Dennis, Madison 72, 82, 173, 180

Dennis, Trealynn 72

Deprez , Lindsey 115, 163

Deprez Megan 40, 41, 73

Derek, Mikay!a 84

Dering, Joel 136

Derowitsch, Amy 86, 182, 184, 187, 188, 189

Derr, John 73

Deschaine, Tara 98, 170, 187, 189

Deters, Cody 54, 115

Devall, Ashlynn 15, 46, 73

Devivo, Nate 98

Devries, Jeff 134, 17 5

DeVries , Lori 13 5

Dickey, Jared 54, 98

Dickey, Kaelin 20, 86, 180

Dickson, Devin 55, 1 15

Dickson, Shelby 98

Dietel, Angela 73, 189

Dillman, Hope 98

Dinges, Dylan 52, 53, 73, 160, 177

Dinneen, Matthew 86, 182, 188

Dionisopoulos, Nick 56, 57, 86, 171, 175

Dirks, Brenda 137, 156

Dirksen, Tyler 50, 98

Ditmar, Olena 13 7

Dixon, Michael 7 3

Dixon, Michelle 42, 43, 115, 145, 163,174 , 201

Do Ran, Michael 98

Dodd, Maddie 40, 41, 64, 73, 185

Dodd, McKenna 66, 98

Doland, Paige 73

Domach, Nyajima 7 3

Domant, Grant 73, 150, 173

Donald, Andrew 86, 172

Donald, Courtney 1 15

Doty, Allison 136

Dougherty, Nicholas 73

Douglass-Wiley, Noah 28, 52, 86

Dowding, Brooke 86, 16 7, 180

Dowse, Hunter 52, 7 3

Drake, Austin 34, 98, 176

Draper, Ashlyn 98, 167, 170

Dreeszen, Michaela 3, 98, 138, 167

Drewes, Chandler 86

Dudek, Mike 137

Duff, Nathan 3, 60, 61, 98

Dugger, Joshua 1 15

Duncan, Hannah 1 15

Dunn, Amanda 42, 43, 115, 196

Dunn, Lanette 13 7

Durbin, Jolynn 137

Duren, Jacy 73, 189

Dush, Zane 86

Dutton, Toni 133,140,162

Earnest, Ashley 98

Ebadeh Ahwazi, Dai an 73

Ebadeh Ahwazi, Yol:lhan •1 15

Edmond, Easton 54, 62, 63, 115 , 200

Edwards , Zackary 1 15

Egger, Madison 48, 49, 86

Eisenmann, Anna 115,163

Elgin, Ty 98

Ellis, Azia 1 15

Els, Bo 10, 11, 52, 53, 60, 61, 73

Els, Taylor 10, 11, 46, 47, 64, 65, 73

Elwood, Betsy 1 15

Elwood, Mardi 15, 115, 153

Embree , Alex 54, 115, 206

Emmert, Brooke 99, 188

Ems, Brent 7 3

Engle, Scott 133

Engleman, Jimmy 1 15

Eppens, Nathaniel 115

Epperson, Andrew 50, 116, 163, 197

Eppert, Moriah 99, 131

Erickson, Chelsea 46, 4 7, 99

Ernst, Gabriella 86

Ernst, Tim 136, 173

Erwin, Grant 56, 99

Escamilla, Aust i n 1 16

Escamilla, Bailey 73

Escamilla, Ethan 86

Espinosa, Jack 52, 56, 73, 182, 188, 189

Espinosa, Joe 116, 182, 186, 187, 189

Etherton, Melissa 58, 99, 176

Etzelmiller, Erika 73, 180

Euchner, Mykahla 10, 11, 86, 173, 189

Evans, Elizabeth 116, 163, 164

Ewalt, Jonathon 99

Ewalt, Zachary 1 16

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Fallick, Eliza 40, 99, 162

Fallick, Mariah 58, 86, 162

Fangmeier, Jonathan 11 6, 163, 182 184,188,199

Fanton, Maddie 73, 163, 171, 189

Farley, Amanda 86, 164, 187, 189

Farley, Chance 54, 116

Fatemi, Javad 52, 60, 61, 86

Fazi, Nathaniel 52, 73

Feeken, Eric 136

Feeney, Michaela 58, 86, 151, 187, 189

Feighner, Dylan 34, 52, 73

Feighner, Malorie 42, 43, 116

Felton, Zach 86, 182, 188

Feng, Keven 99, 168, 174, 176

Fergen, Claire 1 16, 199

Fergen, Sam 73, 176, 182, 185, 188, 189

Ferguson, Emilia 86

Ferguson, Max 50, 86

Fern, Kaylyn 2, 7, 48, 49, 99, 118, 139,161,218

Davis, Charlie 34, 52, 86

Dav, Griffin 56, 59, 98, 171, 219

Dwyer, Cyndi 4, 133

Ficken, Haley 46, 73, 144

Fiedler, Baylor 52, 53, 86

Fieselman, Breanna 73, 185

Figueroa, Alicia 73

Finchum, Kelsey 40, 99

Finchum, Kolby 34, 52, 86

Finkhouse, Colleen 136, 170

Finley, Aaron 34, 52, 53, 54, 136

Fischer, Aimee 31, 58, 59, 99, 166

Fischer, Jackson 86

Fisher, Alexa 73

Fisher, Alivia 73, 189

Fisher, Neely 7 3

Fisher, Noah 86

Fitzsimmons, Nicholas 177

Flanagin, Emily 86

Fleecs, Courtney 99, 104, 182, 186, 187, 189

Flenrje, Lily 99, 163, 174, 175

Flodman, Zierra 42, 86, 141

Flores, Elizabeth 22, 99

Flores, Patricia 1 16

Florom, Chase 99, 186, 187, 189

Florom, Whitney 73, 189

Flynn, Quinton 99

Foged, Hunter 73, 176, 182, 185, 188

Follmer, Kaitlyn 73, 185, 189

Folsom, Frannie 73, 78, 164

Fortney, Emma 116, 165, 166, 185, 198

Fortney, Quentin 86, 164, 182, 184, 187, 188, 189

Foster, Heather 136, 173

Foster , Logan 52, 73

Fowler, Jessica 86

France, Ashley 1 16

Francis, Kortny 116

Frank, Caleb 99

Frank, Katelyn 10, 11, 22, 23, 44, 45, 99,131,200

Frank, Simeon 73

Fraser, Brooke 44, 45, 99, 187, 189

Frazee, Trent 73, 144

Frazier, Carlton 54, 116

Free, Cory 134, 152

Freeman, Dana 1 16, 201

Freese, Jonathan 54, 60, 61, 99, 219

Frey, Maranda 116, 139, 162, 174

Frey, Mason 73, 162, 164, 174

Fricke, Jordan 1 16

Fricke, Maddie 86, 187, 189

Fricke, Riley 54, 116

Fritz, Cole 52, 86

Fruh, Samantha 25, 99, 149, 169

Fry, Lauren 116, 178, 198

Fuller, Kelcee 1 16, 189

Fulton, Sara 42, 43, 116

Funke, Lauren 86, 17 6

Fynbu, Alec 73, 182, 188, 189

Fynbu, Mariah 1 16

Fynbu, Nicholas 1 16

Gates, Joshua 7 4

Gates, Landon 50, 87

Gatkek, Nyaboth 1 17

Gebbie, Kayla 46, 74, 146

Geisert, Austin 87, 164, 187, 189

Geist, Mike 135, 144

Gemar, Nicole 99, 182, 183

Genetti, Joelle 1 17

George, Cecilia 3, 11, 117, 196

Gerdes, Kyra 87

Gharzai, Shukria 134

Gibilisco, Janey 136

Gier, Makenna 1 17

Gies, Margaret 87, 164, 182, 188

Gifford, Ashley 99

Gifford, Teresa 135

Gill, Brittany 42, 64, 65, 99, 138, 182, 188

Gillespie, Dave 30, 132

Giraud, Maddy 117, 143, 145

Glass, Taylor 99

Glen, Derek 99

Glenn, Camden 74, 173

Gobel, Chase 10, 11, 54, 60, 61, 87,88

Goberling, Michael 99, 104

Gocke, Marisa 14, 99, 157

Gocke, Megan 22, 87

Goddard, Anna 74, 164, 189

Goddard, Jake 52, 87

Goin, Caitlin 99, 171, 185

Gokie, Kylie 38, 39, 117, 203, 219

Goiter, Crystal 132

Gonzalez, Daisy 87, 169

Goodwin, Montana 1 17

Goosic, Ashley 99, 168, 182, 184, 185, 188

Gore, Sawyer 1 17

Gorji, Yahsi 8, 9, 40, 58, 87, 88, 176

Gospodarski, Marty 87

Grabast, Alex 40, 41, 74, 152, 167, 170,182,185,188,189

Graham, Austin 1 17

Graham, Linda 136

Graham, Taylor 22, 23, 117

Graham, Trevor 34, 99

Grant, Torrian 7 4, 17 6

Gray, Cody 17 3

Green, Amber 7 4, 172

Green, Duane 87

Greenfield, Matt 34, 54, 99

Greenwald, Derek 34, 84, 87

Greenwald, Mikayla 38, 87

Grimes, Kristofer 6, 36, 37, 74, 167, 177

Grimes, Tami 133, 152, 16 7

Grodnov, Mark 99

Gross, Catherine 99, 140, 185, 186, 189

Gross, Elisabeth 58, 74, 182, 185, 188, 189

Gross, Melanie 133

Grosshans, Nicole 58, 87

Grossman, Lucas 3, 54, 117

Gruhn, Bryce 1 17, 177

Gudgel, Mark 133, 140

Gutierrez, Austin 52, 74, 172

Gutierrez, Marco 74

Gutmann, Anna 7 4

Gutmann, Chloe 1 17, 158, 197

Guyer, Dylan 99 I"., I"., I " I I r, I .. ., ....

Haas, Tanner 52, 60, 61, 87

Haberman, Vanessa 99

Haefele, Chandler 4, 99, 179, 187, 189

Hagan, Spencer 99

Hager, Miranda 1 17

Hahn, Jackson 52, 74, 176, 182, 185, 188

Hahn, Jas 1 17

Hahne, Jacob 117, 118, 163, 182, 184, 188

Hahne, Samantha 87, 182, 184, 188

Haist, Daniel 100

Haldeman, Alyssa 7 5

Haldeman, Brynna 75

Hall , Dante 52, 87

Hall, Shannon 87, 173

Hall, Tre 54, 60, 100

Halouska, Mason 87, 170, 182, 188

Hamersma, Tanner 87

Hamilton, Halle 75, 142

Hamilton, Matthew 50, 87

Hamilton, Nicole 38, 39, 117, 185, 199

Hamilton, Zoe 75, 182, 185, 188

Hammers, Sarah 135, 171

Hammerschmidt, Kendoll 87

Hammond, Sadie 100, 174, 182, 188

Hammond, Saige 66, 67, 100, 162

Handa, Jalaina 134, 135, 14 7

Handelman, Scott 134, 175

Handke, Dana 87, 180

Haniszewski, Laura 100, 178

Hanna, Kyle 1 17

Hansel, Janae 87

Hanseling, Nicki 132

Hansen, Alex 100

Hansen, Brenna 46, 75

Hansen, Dustin 1 17

Harding-McDermott, Spencer 100, 182

Harford, Lauren 87

Hargitt, Collin 60, 75

Harker, Conrad 34, 54, 87, 92, 155

Harless, Nathan 100

Harris, Benjamin 50, 51, 56, 75, 189

Harris, Elaine 24, 136

Harris, Samuel 50, 87, 176, 187, 189

Hartel!, Richard 137

Hartman, David 134, 142

Hartman, Megan 42, 100

Harvey, Brianna 7 5

Harvey, Ross 54, 100

Haseloh, Kylie 100, 182, 188

Hastings, John 132, 157

Hazen, Harry 1 17

Healey, Nick 52, 87

• Heaps, Brianna 87, 172, 173

Hedstrom, Christian 50, 100

Hegberg, Sammy 100

Heiden, Colt 101 , 153

Heiden, Hannah 10 1

Gage, Maddie 46, 87, 170

Gallarda, Pete 34, 52, 73

Gallegos, Daniela Ortiz 124

Gandall, Erin 116, 173, 206

Ganie, Amina 73, 149, 164, 168

Garcia, Robert 14, 87, 156

Gatchenko, Kevin 52, 73

Guenther, Zachary 54, 99, 108, 167

Guernsey, Johanna 44, 45, 87, 164, 166, 187, 189

Guinac, Christian 99

Gunde~on, Brandon 133

Gustafson, Erik 56, 58

Gustafson, Grace 40, 99

Gutierrez, Ashley 74, 141, 189

Hastings, Megan 5.8, 59, 117, 162, 163, 173. 176,201

Haugerud, Erik 87

Haussler, Makayla 87, 163, 188

Hay, Katie 34, 75

Hay, Maddy 1 17

Hayes, Charli 100, 164

Hays, Madison 75, 168

Hays, Sandy 137, 156

Heiliger, Ben 36, 1 17, 163, 1F~

182, 184, 185, 188

Heiliger, Emma 87, 179

Heimes, Matt 133, 165

Heimes, Toni 78, 133, 164, 16 :i

Heller, Taylor 1 17

Hellerich, Brandy 3, 1 1, 101 , i J: 180

Hellerich, Breyanna 1 1, 101 , 1:3 (

Hellwege, Marcus 34

Helms, Barb 136

Helton, Conor 1O1, 182, 184 , Ji

Hempel, Elizabeth 38, 64, 87

Henjes, Selena 1O1

Henkel, Griffin 50, 56, 75

Henle, Gabi 75, 185

Hennecke, Hunter 101

Hennecke, Kevin 134, 152

Henrichs, Bob 12, 133, 150, • J L

Herbert, Brooke 16, 75, 180

Herechski, Ryan 87

Hermsmeyer, Nathan 172, 1,

Hernandez, Brenda 8 7

Hernandez, Hortencia 7 5

Hernandez, Lizbeth 1 17

Hernandez, Melissa 136, 162

Hernandez Chavez, Juan 7 5

Herrell, Sydney 75

Hershberger, Anna 87

Hershberger, Denny 50, 134

Herz, Kathy 133

Heston, Markenna 7 5

Hevelone, Nikole 10, 11, 34, 11

163,203

Heyen, Kameron 75, 151

Hiatt, Taylor 1 18

Hibberd, Kelcie 87, 185, 188 8

Hickson, Madelyn 46, 87

Hiebner, Lance 54, 118, 163 f..

Hiebner, Laramie 52, 60, 75

Hight, Caitlin 1 18

Hilderbrand, Tristan 1 18

Hilfiker, Matthew 50, 1 18, 16

Hill, Charles 1 18

Hill, James 136, 148

Hill, Kailey 13, 47, 87, 187, 1

Hillis, Kinzee 38, 58, 75, 189

Hillman, Kelsey 6, 101, 179

Hilton, Michael 75, 182, 185 8

Himmelberg, Kebbie 136

Hinrichs, Josh 133, 167

Hinrichs, Krista 75, 182, 185 , 8:

Hinton, Kylie 75

Hinton, Melissa 75, 189

Hinton, Ryan 50, 60, 75

Hinton, Sydney 101

Hinz, Aya 101, 168

Hinzman, Jackson 14, 53, 7 0 3E 156

Hladik, Tanner 1 18

Hoagland, Aaron 118, 160 , 2. 163, 174

Hodges, Brian 1O1, 17 4

Hodges, Dylan 172, 173

Hodges, Matthew 7 5, 17 4

Hoeven, Lea 135

Hoeven, Nick 7 5

Hoeven, Ryan 25, 101

Hofeling, Austin 75

Hoffer, Mia 101

Hoffman, Hannah 88 , 173, 182 , 188

Hoffman, Nicole 26, 40, 41, 64, 101, 104, 144, 145, 183

Hogeland, Dylan 34, 88

Hogeland, Taylor 10 1, 164, 182 , 184, 188

Holay, Nisha 58, 118, 163, 174, 185,200

Holbrook, Molly 19 , 42 , 43, 119, 200

Hollins, Shawntae 88, 172, 173

1 Holm, Mike 135, 157

Holsteen, Rachael 46, 64, 88 , 163 , 187, 189

Holt, Kay 132

Holt, Ty 70, 75, 176

Holweger, Austin 1 19

Honnens, Emily 88

Honnens, Scott 1 19

Hoobler, Max 10 1

Hoppes, Tyler 10, 11, 54 , 55 , 62, 63, 119, 166, 219

Horan, Jessi 10 1

Horne, Lucy 75, 182, 188

Horne, Maddie 64, 88 , 180, 187, 189

Horvath, Jadyn 88

Hosler, Katie 101, 152

Hossaini, Emaud 50, 88

Hotchkiss, Sierra 88

Hottovy, Beau 1 19

Hotz, Wil 50

Hove, Carolyn 84, 88, 162, 170

Hove, Sarah 84, 119, 164, 199

Howard, Jala 75, 189

Howerter, Hannah 75 , 180

Hoy, Alexa 42, 43 , 119

Hoyt, Amanda 10, 11, 119, 178

Hrbek, Larry 52, 53, 54

Hruska, Mark 54, 101

Hubbard, Bj 88, 177

Hubbard, Ryley 88 , 148

Hudgens, Jacob 54, 1 19

Hudson, Aj 101, 176, 188

Huenink, Hannah 38, 64, 88

Hughes, Cera-Rose 119, 182, 197

Hullett, Quinn 101, 166 , 171 , 173, 185

Humiston, Hailey 46, 75, 142, 151

Hummel, Brooke 89

Humphrey, Josh 34, 52, 89, 174, 182, 188

Hums, Katherine 89, 182, 188, 189

Hunsaker, Reid 36, 119, 163 , 182 , 184, 188

Hunt, Holly 119, 159, 176, 182, 184 , 188

Hurlbut, Anna 22 , 23, 38, 39 , 58, 101, 171, 185, 186, 187, 189

Hurst, Steve 135

Huskey, Caden 34, 101

Hutchens, Brittany 10 1, 173

Hutchson, Taylor 189

Huynh, Tiffany 75, 148

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ld igim a , Leera 119, 202

ld ig ima , Letura 1o1

Ihrig , Sid 136

Ilic , A n d rea 66, 1 19

Imhof, Katelyn 38, 75

ln amu ra, Ko 136

In g ha m, Lisa 4, 10 1, 170 , 179 , 182

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In g le, Michelle 12, 13, 119, 186 , 187 , 189

Issa, Ayah 89, 150

Izag u irre, Jessica 1o1

Izag u irre, Natalie 1 19

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Jackson, Gracen 1o1

Jacobsen, Andrew 92, 133

Jacobson , Nila 136

Jaeger, Alex 6, 1 19

Jaeger, Carlie 46, 75

Jagadich, Bob by 118, 119, 182, 184, 188, 196

James, Matt 36, 38, 134, 142, 166, 176

Janssen , Keenan 75

Janssen, Kimberly 119

Janssen, Nicholas 89

Jasso, Julian 1 19

Jefferson , Thomas 175

Jeffery, Zachary 1 19

Jelinek, Bryce 10 1

Jenkins, Bailey 89

Jensen, Luke 60, 75

Jensen, Taylor 101 , 17 6, 182 , 188

Jensen, Trey 11 9

Jensen , Wyatt 7 5

Jensen, Yancey 34, 1 19

Jensvold , Nick 89, 172

Jesske, Jared 52, 60, 75, 182

Jessup, Emily 64, 75

Jewell, Amy 137, 158, 173

Jewell, Michael 7 6

Jewell, Zach 7 6 , 182, 185, 188

Jochum, Jeff 52, 53, 54, 134, 152

John, ~ak 60, 89

Jo h ns, Shana 40, 41, 89

Johnson, Aaron 7 6

Jo h nson, Aftyn 48, 49, 10 1, 108

Jo h nson, Ben 89, 182, 184, 188

Jo h nson, Emily 11, 119, 154, 173,

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Jo h nso n, Erynn 89, 168

Jo h nson, Evan 89, 144, 177

Joh n so n , H aley 89

Johnson, Ja d en 120

Joh nson, Katie 10 1

Jo hn so n , Kennedy 89

Jo hn son , Matth ew 120

John so n , Mi t chell 54, 10 1, 17 6

John so n, Schy ler 10 1, 18 7, 189

Johnson, Steph an ie 89

Johnson, Taya 5 8 , 76 , 164, 189

Johnson , Zachary 10 1

Johnston, Spencer 12 0

Jones, Jordyn 6 1, 89 , 18 0

Jones, Maddy 89 , 166 , 173

Jones, Susan 13 5

Jones, Scott 7 6

Jons, Ellie 10 1, 168

Jonson, Marta 10 1, 162 , 185

Jordan, Jessica 22 , 76

Jorgensen, Bai ley 58 , 10 1, 18.2 , 188

Jorgens en, W ya tt 76, 182 , 188

Joyn er, Al lison 76 , 182 , 188 , 189

Juengel, Sara 10 1

Jungren, N ico le 76, 176 , 189

Jurgens, Allison 10 1

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Kaiser, Du st in 10 1, 189

Ka!ogeras, Yia nni 89

Kaltenber g er, Alexus 26 , 8 9

Kaltenberge r , David 54 , 10 1

Kaltenberger , Do ug 28, 135, 154

Kamelian, A ryana 76 , 164, 167 , 170 , 173, 180, 182 , 185 , 188 , 189

Kamelia n , Yas m ine 10 2

Kantor, Troy 52 , 53 , 54 , 136

Kapke, A u sti n 10 2

Kapliyeva, Anna 89

Ka r ie, Medina 102

Karins, Cam e ro n 89

Kas i, A le xa 4 4 , 102 , 182 , 188

Kasi, Lydnsey 7 6, 182, 185, 188

Kassmeier , Cory 7 6

Kavan, V an essa 89 , 144

Kawam u ra, Ben 102

Keeney, Jor dyn 66, 102

Keifer, Lu cas 36, 3 7 , 1 18 , 120 , 177, 219

Kelle, M add iso n 46 , 64, 6 6, 76, 182

Kelly, Alison 134, 146 , 147 , 169

Kelsay , Lau re n 2 2 , 10 2 , 156, 180

Kemper, M a r k 13 7

Kennedy, Camp b e ll 36 , 120 , 163 , 167, 172

Kennedy, Gavi n 5 0, 51, 120, 163, 168

Kent, As hl ey 120, 163

Keple r , Jan 13 7, 157

Kerns, Madison 7 6

Kerns, Trevo r 120

Kerr, M a r iah 4 0 , 76, 182

Key, Kammy le 120

Key s, A my 38, 102 , 162

Keys, Le'nya 76, 182, 188

Kil m er, Rac hel 8 9

Kim, Grace 10 2 , 176

Kindsch u h, H ilary 136

King, Chase 10 2

King, Gra nt 102

King, M ark 54 , 135

Kingho rn, Jess ica 10 , 89, 180

Kinnan, Jav en 76 , 166, 182

Kin n ey, Log an 102

Kinney , M o rgan 7 6

Kin n ey, Sky ler 102

Kins er, Corey 102, 131

Kiria n o v , Eugene 135

Kiria nov, Maha r ia 102, 173, 185

Kirkpat r ick, Colton 89

Kiss ler , Kieran 120 , 162

Kitc h en , Dylan 120, 163, 182, 183 , 184, 18 5 , 188

Kit ch en , Jacob 76, 164, 182 , 185, 18 8

Kja r , Crystal 134, 17 6

Klam et h , Benjamin 120

Klein , Neal 36, 120, 182 , 184, 188 , 204

Kleindienst , Sean 102, 131 Kline , Alanna 89 •

Kline, Kadin 120

Klostermeyer, Sarah 102, 170

Klug , Skyla 7 6

Klute, Madison 64,-102, 182, 188

Klute, Ryan 14, 120, 182

Knapp, Brooke 66, 120

Knapp , Shania 64, 66, 102, 189

Kneifl, Jessi 40 , 89

Kneifl , Marge 133, 152 , 172

Knezovich , Nikolai 52, 89

Knop, Angella 136, 168

Knop , Riley 36, 120

Knopik, Carter 36 , 76, 162, 182 , 185, 188

Knopik , Nick 120, 162, 163, 164, 182, 184 , 188, 203

Knopp, Zane 102

Knorr, Addie 64, 76

Knorr , Jackson 34, 52, 89

Knowles , Jeremy 7 6

Knust, Jordan 46, 76, 182, 185, 188

Kober , Drew 17, 18, 102, 177

Kobler , Evan 22, 23 , 89 , 182, 184 , 188

Kobza , Cory 54, 102

Koch , Dakotah 89, 176

Koch, Kelsie 102 , 131, 145

Koch, Tyler 102

Koenig, Matthew 76, 18 2

Koenig, Zachary 102 , 187

Koepke, Owen 15 , 89 , 147 , 182, 187, 188, 189

Koerperich, Bailey 10, 102

Koerperich, Sloane 46 , 4 7, 89

Kohl , Chellsea 46, 47 , 89 , 120

Kohl , Chelsea

Kohler, Timothy 89, 166

Kolodziejski, Katie 102

Kolozsy, Kevin 7 6

Komissarov , Denis 7 6

Kommers, Megan 89

Konigsmark, Broe 3-4, 52, 89

Konovalchuk , Vita 29, 120

Kontor, Kean 76, 156, 177

Kopetka , Cami 3, 18, 19, 58, 120, 167 , 197

Kosman, Karissa 76, 189

Koval, Edward 76, 146

Koval, Yelena 135

Koziol, Eli 120 , 163, 185, 201

Koziol, Trae 89, 176, 182, 188

Kpzazeon, Satta 137

Kraeplin, Caleb 102

Kragel-Barela, Austin 102

Kramer, Angela 13 7

Krapfl , Ryan 54, 120

Krason, Gloria 135

Kreifels , Linda 133 , 172

Kridler, Tiffany 120

Krier, Beverly 13 7

Kroeger, Andrew 56, 58

Kroeker, Keeley 46, 4 7 , 64, 8 9, 188

Kroulik, Orion 102

Krull, Chandler 102

Krushenisky, Amanda 46, 159

Kubicek, Sean 102

Kubik, Nicole 46, 48, 64, 66, 137, 156

Kugler, Alyssa 44, 45, 76, 182 , 185,

188, 189

Kuhn, Cassie 102, 182

Kulovac, Munib 76

Kumwenda, Emma 102, 189

Kuppig, Dianne 133, 160

Kurbasic, Leila 34, 76

Kuwa, Muminfidadya 52, 60, 89

Kuzelka, Cierra 89

Kwon, Brian 89, 151, 182, 184, 188

Kyker, Regan 90, 173

Kyle, Haley 44, 45, 76, 146, 189

Kyncl, Brittany 102, 183

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LaCouture, Christian 4, 121

LaCouture, Taylor 40, 90

Laird, David 54, 96, 102

Lambert, Clarissa 102

Landrum-Munoz, Jessi 121

Lane, Fox 90, 17 6, 182, 188

Lang , Trestin 7 6, 189

Langfeldt, Michael 34, 102, 182, 188, 189

Lanham, Scott 13 7

Larsen, Jessica 102, 169, 176, 182, 183, 188, 189

Larsen, Samantha 58, 90

Larsen, Vanessa 90, 169, 176, 182, 184, 188

Larson, Kayla 76, 78, 189

Larson, Madison 11, 118, 121, 142

Laue, Marisa 42, 43,121,163,201

Lauenroth , Jason 102

Laughter, Jack 52, 53, 54

Lauterbach, Jordan 52, 53, 54

Lawhorne, Killian 7 6

Lawrence, Jacey 9, 10, 11, 20, 42,

49,110,121 , 154,155,178,186, 187, 196

Lawrence, Kiersten 7 6, 189

Lawson, Trevella 11, 100 , 102

Lazaro, Noah 54, 88, 90

Le, Dzung 121

Le, Eric 90, 168

Le, Tony 76, 78, 165, 168, 174

Le, Vivian 7 6, 189

Leach, Jonathan 90

Leblanc, Christian 54, 102

Lechner, Craig 121 , 182

Lee, Alexandra 121, 162 , 163, 164

Lee, Ashlyn 121, 139, 162, 163

Lee, Ha Yoon 121,163,174

Lee, Habinh 103

Lee, Jesse 62, 63, 121

Lee, Shayla 90

Lee, Yeji 121, 162, 164, 182

Lehmkuhl, David 52, 77

Lehn, Joyce 136, 158, 159

Leifert, Logan 52, 77

Leifert, Lorin 96, 121, 162, 163, 201

Leighton, Claire 7 7

Lekule , Vanessa 103

Lemon, Alex 121

Lenhoff, Jacob 103

Lenners , Nick 52, 77

Lentz, Mattie 42, 64, 90

Lentz, Timmy 121

Lenz, Erin 10, 11, 121, 163, 198, 219

Lenz, Tyler 50, 60, 61, 77 :1

Leppky, Kaci 103

Leschinsky, Abbie 64, 90, 182 , 188

Leschinsky , Shelby 121, 163, 185

Leseberg, Whitney 121

Levinson, Ashley 77, 172

Levtsenyuk, Jessica 3, 103

Lewis, Aaron 8, 121

Lickei, Nathan 90, 182, 187, 188, 189

Lieb, Cierra 103

Liebe rs, Alena 7 7

Lien, Garrett 52, 90

Lien, Steffany 16, 77, 182

Lif, Christopher 121, 163 , 176, 185, 197

Linchenko, Victor 77

Lind, Theron 90, 182, 188

Lindahl, Ryan 26, 103

Lindemann, Jake 52 , 77

Linder, Drew 56, 90

Ling, Rhiannon 77, 182, 188, 189

Linville, Logan 90, 153, 156

Lippold, Gage 60, 77 , 189

Liza, Piccoli, 188

Lloyd, Macy 121 , 162, 179, 182, 186 , 187, 189, 198

Lloyd, Tanner 50, 77, 177

Lockard, Trista 34, 90

Logan, Robert 12 1

Logsdon, Connor 118, 121, 182, 184, 188

Logsdon, Connor 184

Logsdon, Laurie 136, 158

Lojka, Tyler 121

Longe, Holli 136

Lonowski, Sydney 4, 77, 173, 180, 189

Loomis, Devin 77

Loomis, Kayla 121

Loos , Becca 90

Loos, Elizabeth 103, 187, 189

Loos , Eric 60, 77, 182, 185, 188

Lord, Paris 90, 180

Lorenz, Angela 122, 170, 182, 184, 186, 188, 189 , 197

Loth, Graydon 122

Loth , Tristan 103

Love, Ali 66, 6 7, 122, 163, 173, 174, 196

Lovell, Eli 103

Lowery, Darion 122

Lowery, Michael 103

Lowery, Sharlene 136

Lowrey, Danica 103

Lube, Clay 50, 90

Lubeck, Ouenton 90

Lucas, Jena 7 7

Luebbe, Mallory 122, 178, 202

Lukin, Erin 103, 163, 164, 185

Lunzmann, Abby 31, 58, 59, 90, 154

Lust, Joe 77, 182, 185, 188

Luther, Schyler 103, 176

Lynch, Ben 28, 29, 60, 61, 136

Lyon, Deb 18, 136

Lyons, Carter 56, 90, 182, 188

Lyons, Ericka 56, 58, 122, 174, 182, 204

Lytle, Bailey 103, 177 r ,. "' I • I I I a. J L,.

Maag, Colton 122

Maben, Alex 50, 90 , 163, 164, 171, 174

Mabry , Alexandra 1 10, 122, 187 , 189

MacDonald, Leah 25 , 103

Macias, Andrea 77, 185, 189

Macias, Grecia 103

Mack, Ellie 77 , 180

Mack, Mikayla 90

Mahlin, Jonathan 103

Mahoney , Ryan 36 , 38, 134, 138 , 219

Malcom, William 100, 103, 176

Maldonado, Jennifer Nunez 91, 169

Maldonado, Jesus Nunez 124

Malone, Alex 54, 122 , 184, 188

Malone, Calahan 77

Malone, Clayton 103

Malone , Kaitlyn 40, 77, 182, 188

Malone, Morgan 122, 182, 205

Manhold, Jared 123

Mann, Leslie 134, 146

Mann , Sara 132, 173

Manning-Kechley, Megan 133

Mansur, Erin 123, 155, 164, 171

Mansur, Matthew 54, 103, 108, 177

Marchand, Brittany 103

Marek, Connor 90

Marks, Anthony 52, 77

Marks, Carson 7 7

Marr , Drue 103 , 182, 184, 185 , 188

Marshall, Dylan 103

Marshall, Taylor 42, 43, 64, 77 , 189

Marten, Tristen 103

Martin, Braxton 96, 103

Martin, Jordan 103

Martin, Kenny 31 , 34 , 35, 123

Martin, Mackenzie 123, 162, 171

Martinez, Adriana 169, 185

Martinez, Alejandro 77, 80

Martinez, Angel 7 7

Martinez, Bladen 123

Martinez , Janette 103

Martinez, Natalia 103, 162, 169

Martinez-Henriquez, Adriana 90

Maschka, Maddie 38, 77, 167, 170, 171, 173

Mason, Ashley 103, 178

Massey, Joe 56, 103, 175, 186, 187, 189

Mathison, Kaare 77

Martin, Mackenzie 162

Maude, Hunter 103, 164, 167, 175, 192, 193

Mauk, Tj 123

Mavis , Dick 17 6

Mavis, Morgan 11, 114 , 123, 167, 176, 198, 219

May, Parker 205

Mayan, Sabouni 77, 182

Mayhew,Connor 103

Maynard, Alexandria 90

McCloy, Alyx 123

McBride, Jared 60, 77, 182, 185, 188

McCashland, Mariah.38, 39, 77, 167,170,185,189

McCashland, Megan 103, 152

McCloy, Jessie 90, 173

McConnell, Conner 77, 182, 185, 188

McCrain ie, Sherry 132, 159

McDermott, Daniel 36, 77 McEntarffer, Sarah 136

McGuire, Casey 123

~cGuire, Madison 38, 58, 103

McKay, Megan 77

McKee, Shelby 77, 170, 180

McKenzie, Kayla 77

McLaughlin, Ian 90, 158, 172

McManaman, Ryan 90

McMeekin, Mitchell 103

McNett, Seynen 36, 123, 169, 177

Mcvay, Fred 137

Meader, Abby 66, 6 7, 90

Meader , Ashlee 103

Means, Morgan 77, 180

Medina, Dave 52, 53, 54

Meeks, Morgan 103, 167, 17 9

Meeske, Dalton 110, 123

Meister, Molly 19 , 66, 103, 13 2 162

Melcher, Lucy 46, 90

Mel ham, Haylee 64, 66

Melroy, Cody 34, 52, 77

Mentgen, Marissa 7 7

Merchant , Conner 60, 90

Merkel, Allie 40 , 41, 90

Merkel , Nelson 4 1

Merritt, Mattison 7, 13, 103 , 1(

Merritt, Matty 20, 68, 69, 171

Merritt, McKenzie 64, 65 , 77 , 1 4, 182, 188

Merwick, Treyton 13, 90, 187 , 8 9, 193

Mescher, Justin 103, 182 , 18 4 87, 188, 189, 192, 219

Mescher , Lori 136

Messman, Colton 123

Meyer, Alyssa 48, 103, 170

Meyer, Atira 90 , 187, 189

Meyer, Brittney 70, 77

Meyer, Callie 11, 46, 64 , 90, 1

Meyer, Jonathan 50, 104

Meyer, Matthew 54 , 123

Meyers, Atira 169

Micek, Avery 54, 104

Micek, Marie 8, 9, 88, 90, 92 , f8, 149

Miers , McKenzie 38, 64, 90

MIies, Jerry 137

Millard, Robert 104 , 166 Miller, Baleigh 19, 66, 104

Miller, Charlie 46, 64, 65, 78, ,2, 185 , 188

Miller, Drew 123

Miller, Elizabeth 123

Miller, Griffin 123, 177

Miller, Hunter 118, 123, 139 , H, 182, 183, 184, 187, 188, 18 9

Miller, Jordan 123

Miller, Keegan 90, 164, 165

Miller, Kody 22, 23, 123, 20 6

Miller, Lizzy 56, 178, 181, 20 C

Miller, Trae 52, 78

Millspaugh, Tayler 11 , 104, 1~Minnick, Jack 90

Mitchell, Jake 104, 173

Mitchell, Sam 15, 91, 92 , 18 2 8 4, 187 , 188, 189 , 193

Moles, Arianna 123

Molina, Elizabeth 136

Molina, Kyarath 91

Molina, Oslay 104

Monk, Adam 40, 64, 66

Monk, Amanda 42

Monroe, Gus 132

Monroe, Philip 135

Montelongo, Magdalena 78

Montgomery , Izzy 78

Montoya, Ginno 123

Montoya, Jessica 7 8

Montoya, Matveli 91

1 Moody, Austin 34, 52, 78

Moody, Kiara 123 , 173 , 178, 199

Moore, Jack 123

Moorhouse, Kim 136

Morales, Hector Valladares 129

Morris, Bailey 78

Morris, Emily 11, 123 , 163

Morris, Levi 123

Morrison, Wyatt 9 , 91, 92 , 187, 189

Morrow, Terry 34

Mortensen, Addie 91

Morton, Bernice 104

Moser, Brady 34, 52, 91

Moses, Deandre 78

Moshiri , Davood 34 , 78

Motschenbacher, Colton 91

Moyer, Barret 104

Mroz , Lukas 60, 61, 104, 153

Muehling, Meaghan 13 , 124 , 182 , 186, 187,189 ,203

Mueller, Ross 56, 58

Mueting , Megan 44, 45, 91, 151, 176, 187 , 189

Muir , Andrew 124, 176 , 182, 188

Mujagic, Adis 104

Mukusha, Danielle 91 , 148

Mukusha , Elaine 91

Mulgrue, Tj 32, 124

Mulherin, Ashley 78

Mullin, Kiernan 104, 175

Munro, Frances 46, 47, 64, 78, 163, 189

Murphy, Benjamin 34 , 104

Murphy, Brittneay 78, 189

Murphy , Garry 91

Murphy, Noel 36, 91, 182, 188

Murray, Tyler 78 , 182 , 188

Mwesigwa Wansolo , Andrew 52 , 78

Mye~ Conner 34, 52, 91

Myers, Hayley 79, 160, 172 , 173 Myers, Nicole 79

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Nadgwick, Logan 124

Naidenoff, Andrey 34 , 52 , 91

Nakagawa, Lori 133

Nakagawa , Sheena 104 , 169

Nance-Haley, Ny'osha 79

Naquin, Kansas 105

Naseem, Natasha 105, 164, 171

Nasur, Saman 105

Neal, Skyler 79, 182 , 188

N eary, Sean 24, 50, 91, 189

Neben , Lauren 105

Neemann, James 13 7

Neil, Miranda 64, 65, 91 , 182, 188

Neisius, Nick 124, 172 , 203

Nelson, Abbey 105, 13 1

Nelson, Amanda 38, 91, 163, 170 , 180, 185

Nelson , Brittney 26, 105

Nelson , Connor 15, 91 , 182 , 184 , 188

Nelson, Dane 52, 79

Nelson, Devon 54, 124, 163, 170

Nelson , Ethan 52 , 91

Nelson,Jack 105 , 184,186,187 , 189

Nelson, Mikayla 124, 182, 188, 202

Nelson, Reilly 91, 148, 180

Nelson, Samantha 40 , 41, 105, 164, 165

Nelson, Sophia 31, 58, 59, 105, 149

Nelson, Treyten 52, 79, 163

Nelson, Trina 40, 105, 149, 185

Nelson , Tristen 124, 205

Nelson, Troy 50, 105, 176, 185

Nessetti, Samantha 124

Nettleton, Thomas 134

Neukirch, Hannah 79

Neukirch, Madis on 91 , 166

Neverve, Dylan 124

Newlin, Desiree 79

Newlun, Tallie 124

Nguyen, Annie 79, 168

Nguyen, Ayet 105, 144, 168

Nguyen, Christie 24, 105

Nguyen, Oat 124 , 176

Nguyen, Kayla 79 , 168

Nguyen, Kieu 91

Nguyen, Tia 79, 148

Nguyen, Troy 79, 165 , 168 , 174, 182, 185, 188

Nguyen, Windsor 91

~-Jhan, Donna 91

N1azi, Oismat 79 , 164, 182, 185, 188, 189

Nicholes, Kasha 124

Nichols, Saylee 105, 150

Nielson, Jeremy 124

Niimi, Peter 54, 124, 174, 176

Ninh , Phoung 105

Nispel , Jake 79

Nispel , Luke 124, 187, 189

f\litzel, Jarrad 91

Nitzel, Kyla 91, 185

Nolde, Nathan 52, 60, 91

Nordgren, Sean 53, 54, 105 , 108, 167

Norman, Samantha 124, 14 7, 163

Norris , Ally 79 , 162, 173

Norris, Charles 152

Norri s, Zoe 28, 53, 105, 152 , 153, 167, 180

Nosal , Kaleigh 91

Noudaranouvong, Caitlyn 79, 189

Nour , Ahmed 91

Novoselova , Yekaterina 79

Nun, Race 79, 172

Nun, Terra 58, 91

Nunez, Jennifer 169 , ' IO I

O'Brien,Austin 105,182,184,187, 188, 189

Oatman , Elizabeth 91, 168, 188

Ober, Alex 50, 60, 91

Ober, Madison 58, 105

Odson, Ellen 46, 48

Oehm, Justin 105

Oestmann, Dj 91, 182, 184 , 188

Oestmann, Mitchell 54, 105

Oh, Hannah 91, 173, 185

Okazaki, Dana 105, 177

Oldham , Courtney 124, 163, 202

Osterloh, Kyle 79

Osterloh, Summer 91

Ostermeier, Trish 137, 173Ostiguin, Andrew 105

Ostiguin, Daniel 124

Otto, Kaylee 124, 148, 200

Oulianov, Michael 124

Overholt, Jacob 79

Overholt, Taylor 91

Owens, Cameron 91, 187, 189

Owusu-Ansah, Jeffery 78, 79, 18 2 , 185, 188

Ozanne, Susan 91 , 17 6

O'Bryant, Nia 46, 79

O'Conno : , Collin 105, 167, 175

O'Neil, Kaelin 124

O'Neill, Hannah 78 , 79 , 165, 174, 182 , 188

O'Shea, Alisha 70, 79, 173, 180

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Pape , Taylor 105

Parish, Bryce 79 , 182, 188

Parker, Clayton 13, 105, 176

Parker, Mitch 52, 91

Pastor Valer, Angela 79

Patel, Manali 105

Patestas, Michael 79, 140, 150, 170, 182, 188

Patestas, Nicholas 105

Patton, Anthony 36, 91, 188

Patton, Debbie 135

Paugh, Taylor 125

Paul, Natalie 91, 172, 173

Pauling, Kelsey 58, 92, 170, 188

Pawlowski, Alexis 79

Pawlowski, Eric 92, 162, 164, 169, 170, 173

Payant, Marla 133

Payant, Samantha 79, 164 , 171

Pearl, Jarrod 36, 105

Pedroza, Marco 60, 61

Peeks, Sarah 92

Peet, Jordan 12 5

Peet, Zach 52, 79

Peiloch, Alex 183

Peiman, Ashley 92, 173, 185, 187, 189

Pekarek, Kyle 92

Pekny, Chancie 105, 131

Pell, Teague 34, 52, 79, 185

Pell, Tucker 52, 79, 185

Pendergrass, Phillip 105, 176, 182, 184, 188

Pendergrass, Sydney 92, 17 6, 182, 188

Pennington, Jenna 79, 189

• Perkins, Braeden 79

Perry, Mason 62, 125

Perry, Mikaela 125

Pester, Curtis 33, 125, 187, 189

Peters, Emma 92

Peters, Madelin 92, 180

Petersen, Caleb 105, 182, 184, 187, 188, 189

Petersen, David 52, 60, 79, 182, 185, 188, 189

188

Peterson, Gunnar 54, 55 , 62 , 63, 125

Peterson, Josh 118, 163

Peterson, Kelly 38, 92, 187, 189

Peterson, Nicole 12, 48, 122, 125 , 140, 186, 189, 19~

Peterson, Valerie 38, 125

Pettit, Matthew 125, 173

Pfeiffer, G abe 12 5

Pfingsten, Garrett 125

Phares, Kasten 105, 184Phelps, Aidan 92

Phelps, Marilyne 136

Phelps, Nathaniel 92, 182, 184, 188

Phiathep, Shyanne 64, 79, 185, 189

Phillips, Bob 177

Philson , Alexis 9, 79, 176

Piccini, Jake 79 , 164, 174

Piccoli, Liza 92 , 179, 187, 189

Pickerill, Bryce 105

Pickering, Alie 105

Pickett, Amanda 135

Pickett, Cole 105, 176

Pickett, Mason 12 5 , 17 6

Pieloch, Alex 125, 162, 163, 164, 174, 182, 183, 186, 188, 189

Piening, Dustin 125

Pierce, Kieran 125

Pierce, Ryley 105, 150

Pierce, Savannah 92, 148

Pierson, Ciera 79

Pillow, Jonha 34, 7 9, 182, 188, 189

Pillow, Kenneth 34, 105

Pinnell, Sam 93, 144, 151, 164, 184, 188

Piper, Katelynn 125, 182

Piper, Pat 135

Piper, Tracy 133

Plager, Kylee 93, 176, 182, 188

Pleiss, Abbigail 105, 167, 176

Pleiss, Nicholas 1 1, 52, 80, 167

Podojak, Hadisa 105

Poggensee, Jade 93

Polzkill , Suzanne 104, 106, 165, 167, 169

Popal, Shaukat 34, 125

Poppert, Brandon 106, 142

Poppert, Jacob 80

Post, Emily 125, 173, 199

Post, Lucas 9 3

Potter, Samuel 125, 186, 187, 189

Poulsen, Aaron 125

Poulsen, Makae 93, 189

Poulsen, Rhonda 135

Powell, Mike 52, 53, 54

Powers, Tiffany 134, 142

Prai, Avery 54 , 60, 61, 96, 106

Priebe, Brock 52, 80

Prohaska, Heidi 93

Prussa, Ella 125, 179

Puelz, Paxton 56, 57, 125

Puente, Alex 80

Pursley, Taylor 34 , 52, 80 , 185

Oltman, Eric 34 , 35, 54, 118, 124, 163

Oquist, Peter 17 6

Ortega, Cristian 79

Osgood, Sarah 79

Petersen, Josh 125 , 182 , 183

Peterson, Ashley 125, 186, 189

Peterson, Bailey 105

Peterson, Davis 52, 60, 61, 92

Peterson, Elizabeth 105, 167, 182,

Ou, Joshua 52 , 78 , 80, 165 , 168, 182, 185, 188

Quattrocchi, Sophia 80, 162, 170, 189

Quinn, Kaci 22 , 80, 164, 189

Quinton , Austin 106

Raatz, Connor 60, 61 , 93 , 182

Raatz, Miranda 46, 80

Raatz, Russ 134

Rae, Mikayla 202

Rafael , Harrison 160

Rajan, Pujaa 125 , 163, 174

Rajendran , Kishahnica 126, 163, 171, 185

Ramos, Cristian 106, 156

Ramsay, Anwar 80, 145 , 185

Rangel , Bailey 106, 186, 187 , 189

Raphael, Harrison 106, 174, 177

Rasmussen , Nik 137

Rath, Kramer 10 , 11 , 54, 126

Rathbone, Brooke 80

Rathbone, Robin 126

Ratumaimuri , Taylor 93

Ratzlaff, Breanna 80

Ratzlaff, Cassandra 126

Reagan, Veronica 80

Reath , Ruach 80

Reber, Will 12, 118, 126 , 186 , 189 , 192, 193

Recker , Marcus 80

Reed, Olivia 186

Reeder, Mark 132, 150

Reeder, Ryan 60 , 61, 136

Reffert , Colby 80 , 173, 176, 182, 188 , 189

Reffert, Jake 106, 173

Regier , Jake 93, 189

Regler , Alexis 126

Regler , Angel 106

Regler , Le x i 130 , 152

Rehm , Jon 126

Rehn, Mattl1ew 106

Reid , Olivia 12 , 13 , 93 , 163 , 164, 187 , 189

Reiman , Tasia 80

Reinhardt, Reid 93, 176

Reinhold, Dale i 3 7

Reiss, Tommy 34 , 52, 80

Rempe , Jackson 106, 184, 186 , 187, 189

Rempe, Maggie 106, 162, 187 , 189

Rentschler, Trevor 126

Reynders , Jason 60 , 61, 106

Reynolds, Bradley 126 , 140

Reynolds , Christopher 80, 108 , 182 , 188

Reynolds , Justin 106

Rezac , Keegan 106

Rezac, Olivia 46, 80

Rhoads , Tim 189

Rhodes, Emma 80, 163, 189

Rhodes, Katie 46, 80, 142, 182, 188

Richardson, Kail ey 93

Richardson, Kelsee 19 , 126 , 163

Richert, Mallory 22, 23 , 126 , 163

Richie, Tony 177

Richmond, Aaron 52, 53, 93

Richtarik, Alyssa 106

Riedmiller, Madison 93

Riekenberg , Trev 93 , 164

Rienks, Alexis 106, 162, 170

Rigg, Ashley 46, 80

Riggins, Brianna 106 , 189

Rik, Martha 126

Rinne , Cassandra 126

Riong, Riong 93

Ripa, Ethan 54 , 106 , 176

Rittscher, Trenton 106

Robb , Hunter 80, 164

Roberts , Andrew 106

Roberts, Jerrad 52, 80

Roberts, Kelsey 106, 187 , 189

Roberts, Taylor 126 , 173

Robertus , Lydia 16 , 93, 180

Robinson , Jackera 80

Rob inson, Jacob 80

Robles, David Flores 1 16

Robotham , Amand a 38, 80, 168

Rockefeller, Alicia 106, 187, 189

Rodriguez , Gabby 126, 162

Roe, Savannah 93

Roeber, Shirley 133, 159

Roeder , Zachary 34 , 106

Rogge, Abbey 93, 180

Rohde, Taylor 42, 127, 163 , 204

Rohde , Trent 52, 93

Rohren, Sydnye 58, 93

Rollins, Shelby 3, 106, 180

Rook, Trevin 127, 176

Ros al es, Eruviel Ca stillo 85

Rosenbohm, Jordan 50, 127, 163, 182,184,188

Ro ss, Cassie 12 7

Rothgeb, Taylor 16 , 36, 37, 46, 84, 88 , 93, 158

Rowlett, Austin 54, 106

Rubin, Max 36, 93

Rubottom , Tyler 127

Rucker, Samantha 127, 154 , 196

Rudd, Amanda 96, 106, 17 6

Ruhnke, Trenton 93

Rump, Jeff 40, 66

Rung, Nick 93

Ruppert, Vanessa 93, 138

Rush , Terry 133 , 183

Rushing , David 52 , 80 , 182 , 185, 188, 189

Russell, Jacob 106

Russ e ll, Kaitlyn 106

Russ e ll, Nathan 34, 52, 93

Ryan, Anastasia 127

Rye , Deborah 132, 156

Saathoff, Annaliese 106, 144 , 186, 187, 189, 192 , 193

Sabio, Marva 135

Saddler , Kayla 80

Sadler, Matthew 93

Saeger, Ashlyn 93, 16 7

Salamanca, Mario 106, 187, 189

Salem , Chris 50, 134, 146, 163

Salem, Ryan 36 , 38 , 134, 146

Sallae, Bahar 80

Sallae, Muhamad 106

Sama!, Mala 93

Sama!, Maya 80, 167, 170

Samani, Bree 34, 106

Samuels , Nell 127

Samuels-Williams, Isaiah 52 , 95

Sanchez, Antonio 127

Sanchez, Christopher 36

Sanchez, Javier 127

Sanchez, Mariah 46, 80 , 189

Sanchez, Morgan 93, 182, 187, 189

Sanchez, Roxana 80, 171, 189

Sanchez, Teresa 127

Sandberg , Jessie 137 , 173

Sandin , Zachary 80

Sanford , Jacob 93

Santana, Cristina 93, 177, 182, 187 , 189

Sapp, Willie 132

Saraf, Akshat 50 , 80 , 164, 168, 169

174 , 185 , 188, 189

Sarajlic, Melisa 12 7, 153

Sarik, Adam 80, 182, 185 , 188

Sarik, Robin 106, 163, 164 , 174, 186,189

Sarkar, Jacque 137, 156

Sartori , Hally 93, 167, 173, 180, 181

Sattar , Arisha 80, 189

Satter , Sidnee 127

Satterthwaite, Mikayla 106

Saunders, Keaton 80

Scalora, Nicholas 93

Schacher, Corbin 96

Scha cher, Sierra 22, 96, 106

Schaefer, Carson 127

Schafer, Austin 127, 141, 163 , 202

Sc hafer , Tyler 81

Schaich, Mikayla 93

Schank, Sebastian 106

Schantell, Mikki 106, 182, 183

Schauble , Caleb 127

Scheel, Tia 127

Schell, Madalynn 8 1

Schenk, Mille 136

Schilling, Cody 36, 127, 163, 182 , 184, 188

Schirmer, Grant 93, 164, 182 , 184 , 187, 188, 189 , 192, 193

Schlemmer, Jolene 68 , 132, 166

Schmale, Jessica 136

Schmidt , Breanna 127

Schmidt, Dylan 52, 81 , 182, 185 , 188

Schmuecker , Colby 81

Schneck , Co urtney 93, 182, 184, 188, 189

Schneider, Steven 81 , 17 6

Schneider, Za c h 52 , 93

Scholle, Carsten 81, 182

Sc holle, Victoria 106, 188

Schrad, Kevin 53, 54, 135

Schreiter, Nicholas 81

Schroeder, Tori 127

Schroer , Travis 60

Schropfer, Mary 48, 133

Schuerman, Ryley 81 , 177

Schulte , Preston 34, 93

Sc hultz, Emily 81 , 180

Schumann, Kyle 134, 142, 166

Schuster, Tyler 36 , 106

Schwenke, Kali 64, 65 , 106

Scofield, Sara 134, 142

Sebek , Dawn 13 7

Sedivy, Jake 164

Seibel , Trey 36, 93

Senne, Cailtin 107, 182, 188 , 189

Settell, Coltyn 81

Shada, Tyler 81

Shallenberger , Newt· 127, 173, 182

Shallenberger, Shae 93

Shamal , Sadia 127

Shanahan, Nick 60, 61, 94

Shanahan, Shelly 133

Shaner, Brad 127, 182

Shannon , Jacob 52, 94

Sharrett, Madden 94

Shaw, Hogan 94, 177

Shea, Keenan 52, 94

Shea, Nolan 127

Shearer , Mark 135, 144, 174

Sheets, Jordan 94, 182, 188

Sheets, Nathan 104, 107, 14 3 , 18( 187, 189

Sheffield, Carter 60, 94

Shefke, Danielle 94

Shepherd, Blake 81, 173

Sherbeck, Kassi 127 , 151 , 18 7 I gc

Sheridan, Andrew 128

Sherly, Anne 12, 13

Sherman, Andrew 54 , 135

Sherrill, Amanda 1 1, 18, 128 , .-34, 173

Sherrill, Taylor 18, 66, 128

Shield, Hannah 94

Shiers, Jacob 81

Shiers, Kayla 128, 163 , 170

Shirley , Anne 164

Shively, Drew 60

Shoen, Parker 36

Shonka, Linda 137

Shotkoski, Cade 107

Shouse, Diamond 128

Shubert, Reid 36 , 37, 69 , 10 7 71

Shum, Emily 107

Shumake, Aubrey 15 , 128

Shuman , Drew 54, 107, 17 6

Sidner, Ben 81 , 82 , 176

Sidner, Clare 107 , 108, 17 6

Siedel , Taylor 62, 107, 14 7, 1<

Siefkes, Mike 135

Sieps, Kelly 128, 163, 178, 2 C

Sieps, Sarah 94, 173, 180

Sievers, Austin 107

Siewert, Mike 54 , 107, 176

Sikyta, Joey 128

Simpson, Collin 128, 177

Simpson, Dee 136

Sjulin , CJ 50, 107, 167

Skov , Sadi e 94

Skult ety , Scott 135

Slade , Jacob 94, 177

Slauson , Rob 132, 163

Smeal, Corbin 96, 128 , 177

Smith , Jeremy 136, 154, 16 9

Smith , Kaitlin 22, 50, 74, 10 7 -l 2

Smith, Savannah 107

Smith , Tammy 14, 135

Smith -Boehle , Jayme 185

Smock , Payton 128

Smolyuk, Teddy 107

Snell, Tanner 94

Snow, Bailey 94, 162, 182 , 11 1:

Sobotka , Tylon 34, 52, 94

Solberg, Derek 107

Solberg , Michael 81, 185

Sonenberg, Sophia 1 1, 1 18 , , 3, 204

Soto, Dillon 128

Soto, Elijah 52, 94

Soto , Ryan 70 , 81

Soucie , Tory 94 , 173

Sousa, Meagan 94

Sovereign, Alec 34, 52 , 94

Spahn, Bailey 58, 81

Spangler, Brighton 81, 189

Spangler, Hunter 128

Spataro, Anna 58, 107

Spataro, John 56, 81

Spencer, Austin 81

Spencer, Cole 8 1

Spivey, Lori 29, 135

Springer, Madison 107, 167, 173, 176

Spurrier, Cameron 50, 94

Staehr, Tabitha 81, 189

Stahl, Derek 81

Stalnaker, Brandon 81

Stamper, Allie 94 , 182, 188

Stamper, Wednesday 128

Stavem, Austin 34, 52, 94

Stedronsky, Matt 128, 160, 182, 184, 188

Steele, Ryan 94

Steinauer, Sara 38, 107

Stephens, John 107

Sterns. Loghan 81, 180, 185, 189

Stevenson, Darby 107, 131

Stiles, Lauren 8 1

Stine. Abigail 81, 170, 189

Stipke, Garrett 107, 173

Stock, Brady 56, 94

Stock, Parker 3, 9, 10, 11, 32, 128, 167,172,205

Stoll, Caleb 107

Stolz, Cassandra 44, 94, 182, 188

Stolz, Megan 44, 45, 107

Stonacek, Jaidin 100, 107

Stonacek, Jedmin 15, 52, 81

Stopp, Alisha 64, 66, 137, 173

Stout, Mckenzie 128

Stowe, Christian 94, 15 7

Strack, Lynn 137, 172

Strain, John 135

Strauch, Kayla 44, 78, 107, 150

Strothkamp, Bradley 107

Stuart, Madeline 107, 186, 187, 189

Stull, Clayton 128, 160, 172, 173

Sturgeon, Brandon 107

Stutzman, Erin 136

Stutzman, Ryan 94

Sudik, Conner 94

Suhr, Trey 54, 107

Sullivan, Christian 94

Sullivan, Katerra 94, 182

Sundquist, Parker 52, 81. 176

Surrell, Levi 107

Sutter, Christin 134 , 142

Svec, Carter 128, 163 , 164

Svehla, Sydney 38, 39, 128, 139 , 163, 186, 187, 189, 219

Svoboda, Cameron 94

Svoboda, Jared 81, 182, 185, 188

Swann, Landon 52, 94

Swartz, Morgan 5, 69, 107, 126, 130, 183

Swearingen, Miranda 81. 189

Swenseth, Charles 128, 176 , 182, 188

Swiggart, Siara 3, 10, 1 1. 96, 107. 178

Syed, Nadia 128, 145, 163, 174 , 205

Syfie, Abby 128, 182 , 188

Syfie, Halle 81, 182, 188, 189

Syniy, Elijah 81, 153 ,--, I,. • ,I I I

Tadysheva, Alesiya 107

Tagart, Adam 107

Tague, Seth 34, 107

Tapia, Leslie 81, 189

Tatineni , Swetha 94, 174, 188

Tatum, Dale Leon 137

Taylor , Brandan 81

Taylor, Calvin 34, 54, 107

Taylor , Casey 34, 94, 172

Taylor , Susette 132

Thayer, Keeley 128, 145, 187 , 189, 204

Thelen , Brandon 107

Thomas , Ashley 44, 45, 129, 163, 173

Thomas, Griffin 60, 61, 107

Thomas , Logan 12 9

Th ompson, Andrew 129

Th ompson, Codi 129

Thompson, Connor 54, 62, 63,129

Th ompson, Devin 60, 61, 107

Th ompson, Jaida 81, 180, 181

Thompson, Joey 52, 81

Thompson, Maxmilian 81 153

Thompson, Shea 81 , 149

Thomsen, Jason 135 , 138, 1 74

Thomson, Cameron 129

Thomson, Carter 50,154,107

Thompson , Codi 129

Thompson , Connor 54, 62, 63, 129

Thom pson, Devin 60, 61, 107

Tl1ompson, Ja1da 81, 180, 180

Thompson Joey 52, 81

Thompson, Maxmillian 81, 153

Thompson, Shea 81, 149

Thomsen, Jason 135, 138. 174

Thomson, Cameron 129

Thoms on.Carter 50,107

Thorpe, Greg 129, 177

Thorpe, Kyle 129

Thorpe, Ryan 129

Tl1reats, Anthony 60, 107

Tiap, Bhan 81

Tien, David 137, 173

Tien , Zoe I 07, 168, 173, 185, 186, 187, 189

Tillman. Kelsey 58, 81, 185

Tishkov, Yuriy 129

Toelle. Taylor 82, 182, 188

Tompkins, Michaela 46, 82

Tonniges , Braxton 11, 68, 94, 171

Topham, McKenna 82

Tor ell, Jared 34, 35 , 54, 129. 163

Torres, Christian 82

Torres. Cinselda 129

Torres, Roberto 108

Torre s. Ruben 94

Tou pin. Mike 129

Town e, Sam 133

Townsend , Rebecca 54, 134, 176

Tramp, Tessa 108, 186, 187, 189

Trampe, Sean 34

Tran, Hasan 108

Tran, Huy 108, 167, 175

Tran , Minh 34, 129, 160, 162, 163, 166, 170, 172, 173, 205, 219

Tran, Thao 82, 182, 188

Treeck, Kailey Van 82

Treeck, Trey Van 36, 95

Tripp, Markee 108, 17 6

True, Ashli 46, 48, 134, 142, 143

Truong, Baolong 50, 82, 168, 174, 176,185,1 89

Truong , Tiffany 108. 163 , 168, 174

Tupper, Mariah 94, 173 , 187, 189

Tussing, Anna 94

Tussing, Christopher 108

Tvrdy, Shelly 133, 158

Tyrrell, Olivia 94

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Uebele, Liz 94, 163, 170, 172

Uhrmacher, Tre 15 , 129

Ullman, Eri c 94, 182, 184, 188

Umbenhower, Dyian 34, 52 , 82

Underwood, Aust in 129, 204

Underwood, Sabrina 129, 173

Unruh, Zandria 182

Urbauer, Joshua 95, 174

Urbauer, Makayla 108 , 185, 186, 189 .,. "'"., \ ' I \ I

Vak1lzadian, Kevin 129, 144, 162, 163,204

Pastor Valer, Angela 79

Vallabhbhai, Samantha 129, 152, 163, 172, 204

Valle, Marco 95

Vampola, Joseph 52, 61. 82

Vampola, Scott 54, 135

Vanderbeek, Victoria 129, 163, 187, 189

Vandergriend, Seth 36, 108

Vanek, Allie 58, 95, 182, 188

Vanmeveren, William 82

Varnell, Charles 82

Velder, Elizabeth 95, 165

Veney, Ky 118, 129, 182, 183, 184, 187, 189

Venhaus, Ch loe 95, 180

Vernon, Mitch 137

Vertin, Emma 31, 58, 59, 82 , 173 , 188

Vifquain, Gina 136, 142, 143

Villagomez, Alexis 108, 182, 189

Villanueva, Cole 10, 11. 108, 167, 175, 184, 188

Vo, Dane 108, 162, 168

Vo, Judy 82, 169, 189

Vo, Thanh 108, 167, 169, 172

Vogel, Nolan 108, 188

Vogt, Carmen 40, 64, 83, 167 , 188

Von Berg, Vanessa 8, 109, 189

Vossler, Justin 83, 188

Vrbka, Nick 34, 109

Vu, Lisa 95, 168

Vu, Matthew 109

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Wachter, Truman 109, 186, 187, 189

Wagner, Haley 83, 189

Wagner, Tressa 83, 177

Wagoner, Saylee 83, 180, 181

Walker, Eric 137

Walker, Keegan 83, 150

Walters, Dylan 22, 23 ; 52, 54, 83, 129 , 176, 177, 185, 188

Walters. Madison 44, 45, 83

Walz, Noah 95, 17 6

Wanser, Max 95, 182, 184, 188

Warzecha, Alex 130

Watkins, Nolan 95~ 176

Watson, Hollyn 83

Watson, Hunter 109

Watson , Matt 130, 163, 186, 187, 189

Watson, Taylyn 10, 1 1! 26, 27, 130, 167, 178

Watt, Mark 42, 135

Wavada, Cody 54, 109

Way, Janene 136

Way, Tracy 132, 166

Ways, Cj 109

Ways-Bothe, Spencer 83

Weah, Nagbe 60, 95

Weatherhogg, Ashley 130, 163, 182 , 184, 188

Weatherly, Robbie 130

Webb, Daniel 83

Webb, Matthew 109, 172, 173

Weber, Anna 109, 164

Weber, Daphne 10 , 1 1, 130

Weber, Leah 130

Wehling, Brandon 109, 182, 184, 188

Weils, Andrew 34, 54, 130

Weitz, Linden 36, 95

Welch , Preston 95

Weldon, Neal 95, 177

Weller, Peyton 36, 37, 95

Welles, Eddie 28, 109, 138, 164

Wells, Jordan 109

Wendel, Caitlin 109, 189

Wendeln, Cora 95

Werts, Blake 95

Wes, Michael 163

Wesemann, Seth 52, 95

Weskamp, Michael 130, 164, 165

Wesley, Regan 83, 170

West, Jessie 109, 182, 184, 188

West, Keaton 130

West, Zack 52, 83

Westmeyer, Sophie 8, 9, 109

Westover, Luke 83, 188

Wetzel, Jordan 130, 177

Wetzel, Peyton 52, 95

Weyhrich, Bobby 109

Wheeler, Jacob 184

Wheeler, Jacob 109, 182, 188

White, Cal 60, 95

Whitmarsh, Amy 135

Whitmarsh, Mark 83

Whitmore, Josh 109

Whitney, Ashley 130, 173

Whittle, Joe 109, 164, 187, 189, 193

Whittle, Rebekah 58, 109, 171

Wichman, Courtney 134

Wiebusch, Micah 95

Wiedmyer, Tristen 60, 83

Wiegert, Anthony 130, 173

Wiese, Michael 136

Wiese, Tracy 135, 174

Wiley , A.J 83

Tapia-Pesina, Oscar 94

Trust, Lauren 202

Tucker , David 82, 172

Tupper , Dakota 129, 176

Tupper , Kody 189

Wallace, Khari 64. 66

Waller, Makenzie 83, 189

Walstrom, Julie 132, 150

Walters, Chase 129, 176, 219

Wiley, Dane 130, 160, 186, 187, 189 , 205

Wiley, Justin 3, 108, 109, 164, 170

Wilhelm, Alyssa 133, 151

Wilkinson, Claire 13, 109, 186, 187, 189

Wilkinson, Dylan 28, 29, 52, 95

Wilkinson, Marysa 48, 49, 66 , 109

Williams, Aulana 130

Williams, Brock 83, 185

Williams, Cameron 34, 83

Williams, Corey 54, 60, 109, 167

Williams, Jordan 10, 11, 54, 110, 131,167,205

Williams, Keegan 34, 35, 131, 143

Williams, Raven 64, 95, 189

Williams, Reid 62, 1 18, 13 1, 166

Williams, Titus 13 1

Williams, Tristen 3, 83, 170

Williams, Tynisha 109

Williams, Zachary 83

Williams-Samuels. Isaiah 173

Williamson, Cody 54, 109

Willnow, Olivia 109

Wilson, Alyssa 95

Wilson, Brandon 109

Wilson. Cassi 83, 189

Wilson, Eli 109

Wilson, Kaitlyn 46, 4 7, 83

Wiltfong, Ellie 30, 31, 44, 109, 171, 185

Windle, Hannah 95

Winklepleck, Alexander 83, 176

Winklepleck, Zachary 95

Wischmann, Lena 83

Wise, Jessie 109

Wiskus, Megan 131, 173

Witte, Drew 13 1

Witty, Brett 131, 197

Wlitfong, Ellie 45

Wolfe, Alexis 83, 188

Wolfe, Mackenzie 109

Wolkenhauer, Hannah 38, 95, 140

Wood, Hailey 34, 40, 83, 188, 189

Wood, Justin 95

Wood, Shayne 109

Woodcock, Rodney 109, 185, 187, 189

Woodruff, Trent 172

Woods, Loree 136

Woods, Taylor 95, 172, 173

Woodside, Ryan 83

Woodward, Alex 50, 51, 95

Works, Conner 50, 60, 61, 95

Works, Lauren 30, 66, 67, 131, 202

Wray, Vincent 60, 83

Wright, Jordan 131, 177, 198

Wright, Maddie 95

Wright, Michael 109

Wright, Mindy 133

Wright, Savannah 83

Wyant, Martin 13 1 "' ,. .. ' • I \ t L .I

Yantis, Lashel 95

Yarabe, Dominic 109, 174, 182, 188

Yiel, Nyapal 83

Yontz, Natalie 83, 172

Young, Brayden 19, 62, 63, 131

Young, Brooklyn 83

Young, Kamryn 95

Young, Kobe 83

Young, Paige 9, 46, 47, 83, 188, 189

Zander, Susan 135

Zelnio, Taven 36, 95, 166

Zerle, Vivian 8, 9, 109, 192

Zerr, George 95

Zetterman, Colton 56, 57, 109, 176, 182, 188

Zichek, Matt 95

Zier , Isabella 131

Zlenko, Albina 83

Zollicoffer, Kayla 109

Zoz, Connor 52, 95

Zumwalt, Zach 13 1, 185

Zvolanek, Kristina 1 1, 48, 131

Zwiener, Mackenzie 95, 176, 182, 188

Not Pictured Students:

The following is a list of studetns who were not pictured during picture days or for which yearbook could not locate a student ID picture. It also includes a list of new students from terms 2,3,4 t t-'1 t were not part of the people pages but may be pictured elsewh e e We apologize for any omissions or names that shouldn't be her e Names below are not indexed. (By last name, first name order)

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Andersen, Olivia Ackman, Aaron Atem, Nelson Behnke, Lisa Gass, Alexis Catt, Jamie Hutchens, Taylor Dale, Cierra Labadie, Jensyn Davis, Trae' sh awn Marlow, AnnMarie Hitchcock, Joel McIntire, Patrick Julian, Cutler Medjo, Brandon Keady, Ian O'Bryant, Nia Lawyer, Brandon Pollack, Jordan Nguyen, Tony Ratumaimuri, Sasha Oliver, Mikelle Yaunk, Chantel Province, Emma River, Chandler

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Rotherham, Breanna Siefker, Rylee

Barrera, Freddy Tran, Ouynh

Trauden, Kerima Forsyth, Phoebe Wright, Zachery Goodell, RJ Haberman, Vanessa Jennings, Savannah

s~: Kremlacek, Coltt Mustafic, Almedina Anderson, Tony Phillips, Gianni Hendrix, Brandon Rhoads, Tim Jones, Jessica Scheich, Zak

Simpkins, Robert Vander Zanden, Nicole Sullivan, Riley Stone, Christoffer Tang, NJ

Wecker, Austin

N OT E: Students who wcompleting course wor k •1 is year but have been pre \ usly recognized as part of a ' 1ior class last year or a year f o r to that are not recogniz r as a senior again.

Colophon:

Following the 10 th year of Southwest's opening, it was important for us to keep the celebration stirring on the 1 1th year. Editors Kaylyn Fern and Morgan Swartz put thei r heads together with the help of the Term 1 Yearbook class to come up with "You ain't seen nothing, yet" The 1 1th ye ar is not recognized in the same way the 10 th year was, and as a class we made sure to keep the celebration and spunk of our school alive

The Talon staff used Adobe lnDesign CSS.5 and Adobe Photoshop CSS. 1 to edit our photos. Theme fon t s included AWPCMixage, AWPCMaximo, AWPCDartangnon, and Gill Sans Ultra Bold for our cover.

Unfortunately, the Talon had to reach a deadlin e and compl~te the book before certain events had even happened or were finished, like spring sports and some ev ents

Both editors, and the rest of the Talon staff would like to apologize for any mistakes that were made th ro ughout the book; we tried our best to meet perfect ion, a n d re-edi t as much as possible.

We would also like to personally thank Walsworth representative Mike Diffenderfer for helping g ui d e us t h ro ugh the completion of the book, and artist Brook e He lms f or designing our cover to our exact desires Also a spe c ial tt, an k you to our adviser, Dianne Kuppig for push ing u s every ste p of the way to meet our deadlines, and produc e a great bo ok. Kuppig put in endless time and effort into th e b ook to make sure it was as close to perfect as it could be W e wo u ld like to thank Callam Sports Photography for capturing memorable moments we could not quite get, Light Impre ssions for music group photos, and anyone else that submitted p hotos, or contributed to the book in any way

Th anks so much !

-Yearbook staff o f 2013 - 14

A special thank you:

I would like to personally thank each and every person that was involved in the outcome of the ye arbook th is year. Many people put in a lot of their own time in order to make this book successful and represent our school the way it deserves to be represented.

I wanted to especially thank the other editor , Morgan Swartz for helping me finish things on time, bring creativity to the book, and keep the class interesting. I'd also like to thank Jacey Lawrence for completing all of the senior ads and sticking with yearbook throughout the entire year.

Last but definitely not least, Mrs. Kuppig, thank you so very much Despite it being your last year as yearbook adviser, you never failed to get things done on time and help each and everyone of us complete our spreads correctly. You put in so much work and truly made this yearbook possible.

Thank you all so much again!

Your editor, Kaylyn Fern

Staff: .

Co-Editors : Kaylyn Fern ( 1,2,3,4) and Morgan Swartz ( 1,2 ,3,4)

Senior section: Jacey Lawrence ( 1,2,3,4), Kylie Brookhouser ( 1,2), and Nicole Peterson ( 1,2)

Junior Section : Zoe Norris ( 1,2), Katelynn Charroin ( 1,2), and Nicole Hoffman ( 1,2)

Sophomore Section: Marie Micek ( 1,2) and Taylor Rothgeb (1,2)

Freshman Section : Jackson Hinzman ( 1,2), Kaitlin Smith ( 1,2) and Kayla Strauch ( 1, 2)

Facu lty Section : Molly Meister (3,4) and Tara Brookhouser (3,4)

Senior Ads: Jacey Lawrence

Index : Ab l Bro (3,4) and Minh Tran (3,4)

Staff Members: Vanessa Von Berg ( 1), Katelyn Frank ( 1), Lizzy Miller (3,4), Jordyn Jones (3), Sydne Rohren (3), and Taylor Siedel (3, 4)

ALL YEAR STAFF. Senior Jacey Lawrence and juniors Kaylyn Fern and Morgan Swart z wer e on staff all year long

You ain 1 t seen nq_thing,

As the year came to an end

As the 2012 -2013 school year came to an end the pride and spirit of LSW never faded From August 14 to May 23 our school never failed to remain as one

Southwest achieved many accomplishments including the Cellular Cup, supporting Stand For The Silent, hosting the Show choir Showdown and being a home to many state champions .

We proved to the public that they hadn ' t seen anything yet.

Winning an award that literally said we were the best school proved that. Hosting one of the biggest show choir competi?- f6 Th em e

tions proved that. Supporting one of the largest anti-bullying campaigns proved that.

Southwest's academics improved tremendously Every single person involved with LSW helped us shine.

Parents were involved in booster clubs, teachers spent extra time to help students understand, coaches dedicated themselves to their teams to be the best.

We united as one, and by doing that we showed something no one has seen before

Our varsity cheerleaders and Emeralds each choreographed a performance

with some teachers and male studen t s our traditional switch rally

Our SFF group never failed t o n a theme for each game to support o ur Hawks every step of the way. From p 21 fights to scary plastic masks , the spiri t r died

Our persistency and pride ar e ,at made us different. The Hawks accom p l ed things that we had never done befo re

The 2012-2013 school year ex\ ded it s standards resu lting in one of th e :> t years yet.

Story/Spread by Kayly n rn

TOP L[cT Juniors Matt Andersen, and Justin Mescher collect their roses for Valentine's Day. Drama raised money selling flowers to the student body. Photo by Minh Tran t 1 nc E Coach and teacher Ryan Mahoney announced many swim meets for the Southwest Swim Team Mahoney also coaches Track and Field. Photo by Griffin Day

BO OM LEFT The freshman student section and freshman cheerleading team all support their freshman boys basketball team at Northeast. The freshmen were full of spirit for all teams Photo by Erin Lenz

TO IGHl Junior Jon Freese gives Sylvester the Silverhawk a high five at Spirit Fest. Freese and the rest of the fall sports were all announced and recognized that night. Photo by Talon

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RIGHT Seniors Chase Walters, Morgan Mavis, Kylie Gokie, Nya Buom, Sydney Svehla, Lucas Keifer, Tyler Hoppes, Josh Banderas, and Lucas Kiefer all signed to colleges for sports this winter Photo by Hawk Talk

(I) GREAT BRITAIN'S PRINCE WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE, CATHERINE, Duchess of Cambridge , were expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage. William and Kate's child would be third in line for the throne. Kate spent several days in the hospital in late 2012 with extreme morning sickness.

eTHE CHANGING FACE OF CONGRESS

Total members of Congress: 535

BRITISH POP BAND ONE DIRECTION released two hit albums in the U.S., making them the latest boy band sensation. One Direction's single " Live While We're Young" set sales records for a non-U.S. artist in its opening week.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 45 YEARS , a baseball player Q won the batting Triple Crown when Detroit's Miguel Cabrera led the American League in batting average , home runs and RBI.

AFTER 82 YEARS IN OPERATION , Hostess Brands , the maker of Twinkies , DingDongs and Wonder Bread , closed up shop The company , which was in bankruptcy , planned to sell its assets , leaving a glimmer of hope that another company would bring back the muchloved confections The end of Hostess shut down 33 bakeries , 565 distribution centers and 570 bakery outlets , and 18 ,500 jobs were lost

PRESIDENT BARACK OBA MA , a Democrat , won re-electi o n wit h 62.6 million votes - 51% of the popular vote and 332 ele ctoral votes-over his opponent , form e r Ma ssachusetts Gov M itt Romney. Key battleground states , su ch a s O hio a nd Flo rid a, went for Oba m a, as did a majority of women and minority voters Rep u b li c ans retained control of the House of Rep rese nt a tiv es , wh il e Democrats kept control of the Se n ate

CHECK IT OUT!

BRING YEAR IN REVIEW TO LIFE WITH WALSWORTH ' S EXCLUSIVE YEARBOOK 3D MOBILE APP. HERE 'S HOW IT WORKS :

• Visit the App Store or ·Google Play and download the free Yearbook 3D opp.

• Open the opp on your phone or tablet and launch the viewfinder

• Point the viewfinder over any image with the Yearbook 3D icon and hold.

• Watch the video pop off the page!

IT'S PURR-FECT! A cat was added as the new Monopoly game piece. A vote on Facebook let people decide which new game piece should be added , and which should go The iron was voted out.

THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA, J Christopher Stevens , was killed along with three others during a terrorist attack on the U.S Embassy in Benghazi on Sept. 11. Congressional hearings delved into the cause of the attack and the failure to protect the ambassador.

Photo credits: Newscom

NO MORE BIG GULP IN NEW YORK CITY. The sale of sugary drinks 16 ounces or larger was banned in the Big Apple at restaurants, movie theaters and street vendors The move was the most recent in an effort by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to fight obesity

SCIENTISTS CONFIRMED THAT KOSHIK, a 22-year oldelephant living in a South Korean zoo, had developed the ability to imitate human speech by tucking his trunk inside his mouth. Koshik ' s vocabulary included the Korean words for hello , no, good , sit down and lie down.

THE BALTIMORE RAVENS WON SUPER BOWL XLVII IN NEW ORLEANS , defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. The game featured a brother vs. brother coaching matchup between Baltimore's John Harbaugh and San Francisco ' s Jim Harbaugh. The Ravens built a huge lead behind quarterback Joe Fiacco and receiver Anquan Boldin before holding off a late 49ers rally, while both teams dealt with a 30-minute second half delay due to a power outage in the Superdome.

FACING A SELF-IMPOSED Jan. 1 deadline of forced, wide-ranging tax 0 increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff," Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The act extended the Bush era tax cuts but raised other taxes, including the Social Security part of the payroll tax. Passage of the act averted a recession at that time, and Congress continued its work by preparing to discuss spending cuts.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE OWNERS declared a player lo ckout less than a month before the start of the 2012- 13 season. The labor dispute over revenues stretched into the new year, forcing the cancellat ion of more than 600 games before it was finally settled on Jan. 6 ., and the season began on Jan. 19.

THE SUMMER OLYMPICS took over London and the world's attention in August. The U.S. won Gold for only the second time ever in the w~men's gymnastics team event. Gabby Douglas, McKayla .~aroney, A,',Y Ra1s~an , Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber became known as the Fierce Five. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man to ever win the 1~0 and 200 meters in back-to -back O lympics. Swimmer Michael Phelps won six more medals to become the most decorated Olympian ever.

NBA 30,000 POINT SCORERS

Kobe Bryant became just the • fifth player in NBA history to pass the 30,000 career points mark.

Source: ESPN.com (as of Jan. 31, 2013)

Photo credits: Newscom

IN STYLE • '

• Boots, from chunky ankle to hip high

• Colored denim

• Leather and animal prints

• Embellishments such as rhinestones, glitter, ribbons, studs

• Cloche hats

• Colored denim

• Striped Polo shirts

• Western-style shirts

• Cardigans

• Graphic Tees

IN OCTOBER, FELIX BAUMGARTNER set new world records by sky diving about 24 miles above the Eartri's surface and reaching a speed of 834 miles per hour during his fall. Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon flight and successfully landed in New Mexico

HURRICANE SANDY BLASTED THE EAST COAST Oct. 29, killing more than 120 people from the Caribbean to New England. New York City and New Jersey were especially hard hit, leaving millions of residents without power and in short supply of food and gas for weeks Damage estimates were put at $42 billion for New York state and $30 billion for New Jersey. The super storm , 820 miles in diameter, even created surfing conditions on Lake Michigan at Chicago.

fD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE SEASONS , the San Francisco Giants won the World Series when they swept the Detroit Tigers in four games. San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval hit three home runs in Game l and was chosen the series MVP.

MOST DOWNLOADED SONGS OF 2012

The song " Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen (above) sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and earned a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.

GOYTE Somebody That I Used To Know

CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe 2

we Are Young 3 P~ hone 4

NICKI MINAJ ~ starships 5 Sou rc e: iTu n es

IT WAS A QUITE A YEAR FOR INDIE ROCK BAND FUN. Their song "We Are Young" hit number one and became the first song ever to have more than 300,000 digital downloads for seven straight week s. Fun. scored another top l O hit with "Some Nights" then followed it up by receiving six Grammy nominations.

FACEBOOK INCREASED ITS PRESENCE in our lives. It bought lnstagram, the photoediting and sharing opp for Android and iPhone users. It went public and began offering stock, enabling people to own a piece of the company. Facebook put more ads into the news feed of its mobile apps, and analysts waited to see if users adjusted or became annoyed.

ALABAMA ROLLED to its second straight national title, and third in four years, by defeating Notre Dame , 42 - 14, in college football's BCS championship game. Running back Eddie Lacy ran for 140 yards and a touchdown , and was chosen one of the game's MVPs.

Photo credits: Newscom

0NEWARK, N.J. ,

spent one week living on the equivalent of what Americans in the SNAP program eat. People on SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, get about $30 per week to spend on food. He used Twitter and Facebook to describe his experience.

SERENA WILLIAMS REGAINED HER STATUS as the top women's tennis player in the world, winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open again. Her 15 Grand Slam tennis titles rank sixth on the all-time list.

PEOPLE WORLDWIDE DECRIED the attempted assassination of Maiolo Yousufzai, 14, of Pakistan by the Taliban. She was gunned down for her outspoken criticism of the Taliban's ban on educating girls. She survived and spent months recovering in a hospital in England.

SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SUPERHERO MOVIE combines Iron Man , Captain America, Thor and the Incredible Hulk? You get "The Avengers," and you get the biggest opening weekend in American box office history at more than $200 million and the movie and DVD hit of the year.

REALITY TV of all sorts continued to fascinate audiences. TLC' s "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" followed around child beauty pageant contestant Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and her Georgia family and became one of the highestrated shows on cable.

MAYOR CORY BOOKER

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BRl~ISH SOCCER ~TAR DAVID BECKHAM helped the L.A. Galaxy win their seco_nd strrnght MLS Cup championship, defeating Houston 3- 1 The victory allowed Beckham, who _ had already announced he was leaving L.A.

NEARLY 20% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS had student loan debt, according to the Pew Research Center, and 80% of U.S. adults surveyed by Time magazine and Carnegie Corporation said the education they received was not worth the high tuition. College debt was more than $1 trillion, higher than credit card debt.

after the season, to leave on top after five years with the Galaxy.

AFTER FL YING MILLIONS OF MILES I~ l. IS~IONS the retired Space Shuttle Endeavour made a lowlevel flight on the back of a 747 across the U.S. to Los Angeles and its new home at the California Science Center. Once at LAX , it was rolled for 12 miles over two days to avoid power lines, trees and other obstacles.

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IN SYRIA, the civil war had claimed 60,000 lives over two years, according to the United Nations , causing many families to flee the country or live in caves Nearby , Israel battled with Harnos for eight days , exchanging rockets and taunts on Twitter. In a first , Israel tweeted a video of an airstrike that killed a Harnos leader.

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DRIVER BRAD KESELOWSKI won the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship for the first time , winning five races during the 2012 season Keselowski became just the second driver to win titles on both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series

LEBRON JAMES ENJOYED QUITE A YEAR , finally breaking through and winning his first NBA championship with the Miami Heat , then following it up by leading the U S to a Gold medal at the Summer Olympics in London.

eTHE PINBOARD-STYLE, photo-sharing website Pinterest became the fastest website to ever break the 10-million unique visitors mark , just two years after its first prototype was launched. Pinterest users created and managed themebased image collections of events , interests and hobbies.

FANS OF THE "TWILIGHT" SERIES finally reached the end when the final movie was released, "Breaking Dawn - Part 2." The last chapter of the Bella/Edward vampire romance wrapped up a saga that started nearly eight years earlier with the release of the first novel.

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FANS LINED UP OUTSIDE OF STORES in November for the midnight release of "Call of Duty: Black Ops II," the ninth video game in the Call of Duty franchise. The game generated more than $500 million in sales in the first 24 hours , making it the largest entertainment media opening in history.

VIEWERS COULDN'T GET ENOUGH MUSIC REALITY SHOWS. "The Voice" became one of the 1O most watched shows on TV, even with judges Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green leaving the show. "American Idol" returned for its 12th season with stars Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban now judges.

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THE YEAR 2012 WAS THE HOTTEST IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES , and the second worst for extreme weather; the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said. The severe drought covered 61 % of the U.S. at its worst during the year.

STEVEN SPIELBERG'S LATEST EPIC, "LINCOLN," led all movies with 12 Oscar nominations. The biographical film on President Abraham Lincoln was joined in the Best Picture category by "Argo," "Les Miserables , " "Life of Pi," and "Silver Linings Playbook" among others.

e "THE HUNGER GAMES" became the latest literary pop culture phenomenon to make it to the big screen when the popular novel was turned into one of the hit movies of the year. The futuristic tale of youths forced to fight in a lethal series of games representing their homelands resonated with teens

ePOP(COUNTR~ STAR TAYLOR SWIFT released her newest album "Red" and 1t s~ent six_ weeks at the top of the Billboard charts Swift was the fi_rst musical artist t~ h?ve three straight albums accomplish that feat since The Beatles did 1t 43 years earlier. •

WHOEVER SAID YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR had not heard of MOOCs - massive open online courses. MOOCs were free, and courses were taught by professors from major universities such as Stanford and Harvard. More than one million people attended such classes, although the completion rate was low.

CLARK KENT, A.K.A. SUPERMAN , quit his reporting job at The Daily Planet newspaper in a huff. His next career move was unknown but there was talk he might start a blog. Amid that change, Mad magazine , and its mascot Alfred E. Newman, rolled past its 60th anniversary, continuing its blazing satire and questioning of authority.

QUARTERBACK PEYTON MANNING MADE A SUCCESSFUL COMEBACK from neck surgery. After being released by Indianapolis, Manning signed with Denver and led the Broncos to a 13-3 record and was named to his 12th Pro Bowl.

POPE BENEDICT XVI announced in mid-February that he would step down as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Feb. 28 , the first time in almost 600 years a pope has left the post. Benedict , 85, said advanced age led to his decision. A new pope was expected to be in place by Easter.

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eDISNEY BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO THE STAR WARS fran c h ise for just over $4 billion. Immediately after making the purchase , Disney announced plans fo r a new trilogy of movies , with the next film scheduled for release in 2015

0AT LEAST 32 PEOPLE DIED and more t han 460 became ill from a noncontagious form of fungal meningitis The Centers for Disease Control said the outbreak was caused by contaminated steroid injections received by about 13,000 people.

SOUTH KOREAN POP STAR released the hit single " Gang Style " and in less than six me the song ' s music v ideo bee, the most watched viral vidE all - time with more than a b views on YouTube. In the proc PSY became famous worldv.

"THE DARK KNIGHT RI capped off the recent " Knight" trilogy of Batman me to huge audiences and cri acclaim. The most recent reintroduced Selina Kyle Catwoman and saw Bat, battling the powerful Bane

MORE PEOPLE WERE BUCKLING according to the National Hi ghv Traffic Safety Admini stration Sea t I use in c reased every year since 1994, < in 2012 , 86 % of all drivers and pas sen~ heeded the national safety campaigr " Click It or Ticket "

OMG, TEXTING CELEBRATED it s 2 anniversary

The first text message , "Happy Christmas , " sent from a compL to a very large cell phone over network of Vodafone , a commun icat i, company. Now , approximately si x bill texts are sent daily in the U S.

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