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Dance teams place high at State After the 20-hour State Dance and Drill Team Association’s (ISDTA) team championship competition in Des Moines on Friday, Dec. 1, three Cedar Falls team returned with top finishes. The competition is one of the largest high school and college contests in the nation, and the Cedar Falls dance team placed fourth out of 11 teams for class eight hip-hop, and third out of 12 teams for class 13 pom, one of the most competitive divisions at the competition.

Senior and co-captain of the varsity team Mackenzie Beving said that she is proud of their performance. “I will never forget how amazing State was this year.

Our goal as a team was to do well at State and give it our all. I think the team achieved our goal as well, and I think It’ll give the team next year the confidence to continue to work hard,” Beving said.

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The hip hop team reprised its fourth place routine from State at the basketball game at home on Tuesday, Dec. 5.

Along with top performances from the women’s teams, the all-male team won first place in its division for the eighth year

in a row. With a “crash dummies” theme, the team took the basketball court in the center of Wells Fargo arena, filling the

arena with laugher as soon as the music started.

Andrew Mcvicker, senior co-leader of the all male dance

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team, said the team’s goals were, “Primarily, we wanted to get first place. We made sure to have our full concentration during the performance so that we could do our best.”

All CFHS teams had high performance scores, raising the stakes for next years. Beving said, “I think doing well this year is definitely going to raise the expectations for the team next year, but I know they’re going to do great.”

Mcvicker also has high hopes for the future. “Next year CF all male will aim for the nine-peat,” Mcvicker said. “I don’t think that this year’s captains set the best example of leadership. A lot of traditions fell though. Even though we didn’t provide the best example for them to follow, I hope next year’s captains can be even greater.”

By Co-Editor-in-Chief Rachel

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MVP attends presentation on suicide prevention With tears staining Kirk Smalley’s cheeks, the construction worker from Perkins, Okla., began to tell 300 plus students and faculty his long and heart wrenching story of how his son, Ty Keith Smalley, had committed suicide due to bullying.

On Wednesday, Dec., 6, in Tama Hall of Hawkeye Community College, Smalley shared a compelling presentation of his life story.

Ty Smalley was 11 years old when he finally stood up for himself and retaliated against the bully who had been picking on him for more than two years. Yet, he was the one who got in trouble. He was sent home for a few days as punishment but never returned back to school.

His mother, Laura Smalley, ordered him to do his homework, do his chores and that they would talk about this as a family later on that night.

Ty never did his homework. He never finished his chores.

On May 13, 2010, at 2:38 p.m., the unimaginable, unthinkable and horrifying news struck that family. Laura found Ty in his room, lying down after shooting himself.

When returning to work at the school where Ty went, his mother overheard even more heart aching news.

Not all kids and teachers were praying for the family, or writing caring thoughts down in

letters. No, some children were making fun of the fact that their classmate had committed suicide. Even with his death, the bullying didn’t stop.

Since that day, Kirk and Laura Smalley have pledged and promised to their son that they will not let another kid or family go through this ever again.

“I love him, and I miss him so much,” Smalley said.

Stand For The Silent was created by a group of 68 kids out of Oklahoma State University in order to create awareness and prevention for kids who are in similar situations such as Ty’s.

The kids were saddened by the Smalley’s loss and had created a group and Facebook page in his honor. Now it’s a global movement.

People from every city in the United States have heard of Stand For The Silent and the Smalley’s story. From Lady Gaga to Barack and Michelle Obama, Justin Bieber and a famous WWE wrestler known as The Big Show, the Smalley’s have imprinted their story and message with many important people and organizations.

Families across the world such as Australia, Germany and India, have all heard Kirk speak and have all pledged with Stand For The Silent in order to end bullying and the result of suicide. Will you?

Locally, Michelle Clements Lane, president of Cedar Valley Stand For The Silent, formed a chapter for the movement a couple years ago when Amanda Goodman called out to the community about the bullying epidemic within the Cedar Valley.

“The very first meeting, we put everything together. I’ve been president now for four years, and it’s grown to be quite big and known,” she said.

Lane had experienced a big bullying situation pertaining to her son, who is disabled, and their administration. After a video surfaced of her son, he was pulled out of school and her daughter as well.

Lane said when her daughter returned, she was in the same position as Ty’s situation, and she too was hearing jokes and unjustified comments of those who had hurt her brother.

She said she wanted to join Cedar Valley Stand For The Silent to be able to make a difference.

“The two things I want everyone to take away from this are that you are somebody, you mean something and matter,” Lane said. “Second, don’t let this keep happening.

Speak up and stop it.”

Smalley spoke about several hot topics surrounding his son’s death, including other families’ struggles and memories, what he has learned since traveling around the world and what he wishes for every single person to take

home and to their school: “I am somebody.”

Not only did Smalley come prepared with his own story along with credentials of thousands and thousands of schools behind the Stand For The Silent message, he shared the tragic statistics clinging to this event as well.

According to him, one in every four kids will think or plan their suicide before graduating high school.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for the ages of 10-24 years old.

He said these include future generations, neighbors, brothers and sisters, loved ones, kids in the hallways and best friends since kindergarten pained by bullying, depression, anxiety, other mental illnesses and so many other different situations. He said they aren’t a number, these are people.

Smalley said he travels to so many places because he doesn’t want another family, another father and mother to lose their baby like they had encountered eight years ago.

“I will do whatever I have to do so another kid won’t do what my son did,” Smalley said.

Seniors Will Burken and Makenna Carroll traveled with MVP, a leadership group at the high school, to hear Smalley speak.

“It was very sobering, what with all the numbers and statistics he told us about sui-

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Rapper’s latest reveals racism still a problem While you may not have heard of rapper Joyner Lucas, he’s made headlines recently with his controversial new song; I’m not racist. Lucas takes a shocking turn by showing the world that there is still racism blanketing this country. From stereotypes to misconceptions, Lucas wants the country and the world to know that while everything from sexual assaults to net neutrality is a problem, racism should not take a back seat.

The video starts with two characters sitting face to face with a small table between them. One is a stereotypical Caucasian male with a gut that spills out over his blue jeans and his blue-collar shirt getting stretched to its limits, as well as a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat to act as the cherry on the top. His scratchy beard shrouds his face as he lip syncs Lucas’ words. Across from him sits a young African American male with dreadlocks that sit atop his head like spider legs. His gold chain is clearly visible as he sits laid back with a pained confidence that is expressed through the song.

The camera pans the two as each one takes his turn in saying the problems with each other’s race, while every few lines they assure, mostly themselves, that they are not racist.

While the line “I’m not racist” is a central theme amongst the song, it also has a deeper meaning in life itself. It means how a lot of the population ensures that they aren’t racist, while at the same time contradict themselves daily.

It’s a hard truth to swallow, but Lucas can express it in better terms than most: the emotion that is sopping from the actors as they pour their opinions and central problems onto the other. One thing that is clear is that one feels much more passionate than the other about the problems he sees on an everyday scale. The African American male implodes with more emotion than Lucas spits during the song. He goes from white privilege to cultural appropriation to defending attacks against former President Barack Obama. Lucas leaves no stone unturned. His lack of fear is the main idea that leaves this song so fronting and controversial.

“I’m not racist” is something that has many meanings.

Whichever meaning you choose, one central meaning cannot be ignored. Race is still a problem. However, the conclusion of the video is also reflective of today. Both men at the conclusion share a long embrace. It was initiated by the white male, which is indicative of our society as a whole because while it’s not going to seal all wounds caused by oppression in the past few hundred years, it is a small Band-Aid on a seeping wound. It won’t stop the bleeding, or anything close to that, but it is a small and promising step in the right direction. Racism is still alive and raging through the veins of America, but the video acknowledges the fact that there are steps being made to try and eliminate it.

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Follow tips to ultimate snow day Even though Iowa hasn’t had a major snow day yet, how do you have the ultimate snow day?

The ultimate snow day is when you have the best day of your life outside of schools.

Here are all the steps to the ultimate snow day.

First off, you must sleep in. Just don’t sleep in too late because you don’t want to sleep the day away. Just enough sleep so you can feel refreshed when you wake up in the morning.

Next off, you must eat a nutritious breakfast to make you feel really good in the morning. A nutritious breakfast can consist of your favorite cereal and a tasty drink such as orange juice.

After, gearing up in snow pants and boots, call all your friends or family members to join you in a snow day extravaganza. You could all go sledding or skiing down a deep sloped, mountainous hill.

Before or after you are done sledding you and your friends can make a giant igloo. An igloo is a fort-like structure also known as a Eskimo house.

If you are not into going outside into the cold weather, you can stay inside and snuggle up by the fire and watch some Netflix with friends or family. Here are some of the shows that are trending on Netflix to watch: Stranger

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Carroll agreed, saying that we need more people in the world like him to make positive changes and advocate for love, not hate.

“He’s a man affected by something horrible. He’s not famous or rich or specifically talented for public speaking. He’s just a guy with a passion for change, and students can do a lot more than we think we can. Be the change,” she said.

Between the videos, special talks and handing out bracelets to students glued to his voice, Smalley mentioned something personal that also resonated in the hour presentation.

He said when he was growing up, his mother always told him, “There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who wish for things to be done, those who sit around and wonder if things will get done and then there are those who make things get done.”

Smalley and his wife’s life is forever changed by the fact that suicide is a real issue in society. He explained that kids, teenagers, middle aged adults and seniors are taking their own lives. Many deaths involving the younger generations. “Suicide is a stigma,” Smalley said. “It’s a taboo subject. It’s time to start talking about it because that’s how we make

Sabine Martin Photo Things, 13 Reasons Why, Grey’s Anatomy, Frontier, The Office Riverdale, Meet The Robinsons, The Angry Bird movie and Little Rascals.

While watching Netflix, you can also bake some delicious goods such as cookies, cakes and other tasty desserts.

Finish having the ultimate snow day by playing some cool board games such as Apples to Apples, Such a Thing, Uno or Taboo.

These are the key steps to having the ultimate snow day.

the change. It’s time for open, honest conversations. One kid’s life taken, is one too many.”

A lot of controversy surfaced over the last few weeks before Kirk Smalley arrived in town to speak on behalf of the community’s loss and request.

Many schools were committed to bring in Smalley again and have him preach what he knows best from his own terrible experiences that no one should ever have to face, but after a Facebook meme about drinking during the holiday’s from a few years ago on Smalley’s personal Facebook page resurfaced, it was thrown on the table by some local schools as an excuse not to participate in Smalley’s event. When committed school’s got word of these rumors and allegations through the grapevine, they immediately pulled out.

“I’m gonna be honest with ya, I’m a social drinker, I do not drink all the time. We don’t celebrate holiday’s anymore because it’s too hard without Ty. We don’t wanna be the downers. We just spend it with each other, my wife and I,” he said.

Smalley said he had never claimed to be anything more than he is, a construction worker and a father grieving loss trying to spread a message that everyone should to hear.

“If schools don’t want me to come speak because a stupid meme was posted, I understand that, but have I ever claimed to be a role model? No. I am a broken-hearted daddy, and that will give literally any-

thing and everything to keep this from happening to another baby,” Smalley said.

He expressed how honored and grateful he is to be back in the Cedar Valley but that more than anything, everyone needs to start taking some action; be proactive instead of reactive.

“I get invited here after a child has taken their own life. Why do we have to wait until somebody has to die when we can do something before it happens. When I leave this time, is it gonna take another young life before they think about bringing us back and taking us to the schools?” he asked.

Smalley said that a lot of the students that come to his presentation, also come to thank him afterward and are sporting the blue Stand For The Silent bracelets, go back to their schools and make changes in the hallways.

Traveling 340 days out of 365 days a year, only spending 25 at home, Smalley has put in a lot of time and effort as well as the many organizations around the Cedar Valley that promote prevention and awareness of suicide no matter the situation.

“Hurt people, hurt people,” Smalley said. He said he wants everyone to be the one. Be the difference. Be the change. According to Smalley, friends, students, teachers, counselors and administrators can’t be silent; their stories aren’t over yet.

By Staff Writer Aysiah

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ENTERTAINMENT HI-LINE New restaurant offers something healthy for everyone Friday, Dec. 8, 2017

There is a new hotspot in Cedar Falls. Off of Greenhill Road, “Freshii” boasts takes of things just like its name implies: fresh.

Founded in New York City, Freshii has spread across the nation as a chain. Salads, soups, smoothies, smoothie bowls, juices, rice bowls and burritos all dot the menu with health-centered ingredients.

Freshii also has a “build your own” option, allowing customers to create the dish exactly as they want it or to meet special dietary needs.

Freshii has vegan and vegetarian options and caters to a variety of lifestyles.

The food at Freshii is fresh and convenient, and even offers a drive-through option and online-ordering for quick access to healthy foods. Freshii makes it possible to not sacrifice one’s health for convenience.

Many healthy foods can be expensive, but Freshii is an affordable dining option that has prices that rivals chains in Cedar Falls like Pancheros,

Elise Leasure Photos Chipotle and Jimmy John’s.

It also puts healthier twists on classics, such as the Buffalo Chicken Wrap with romaine, blue cheese, cherry tomatoes, carrots, celery, Greek yogurt, ranch, buffalo sauce and an optional protein for an extra charge.

While the food served at Freshii is not organic, Freshii does subscribe to “Mission Green,” an initiative to reduce

waste and use eco-friendly practices such as biodegradable packaging and no energy consuming dishwashers or ovens.

When I went to Freshii for the first time, I tried the Bamboo Bowl — a brown rice bowl packed with veggies such as broccoli, carrot, mushrooms, cabbage, cilantro, lime and topped with a light, green curry sauce and coconut shavings.

For an extra charge, one can add a protein option such as steak, falafel, chicken or tofu.

I opted for the chicken option.

It was delicious, not greasy like most fast food places.

In addition to their foods, Freshii offers trendy juice cleanses complete with varying numbers of juices per day and a salad, a kid’s menu, frozen yogurt and breakfast options.

The “Spinach, Mushroom

& Cheese Pocket” includes scrambled egg, goat cheese, spinach, roasted red peppers and mushrooms for $3.99.

As someone who eats a diet that includes primarily vegetables and protein, I am thankful that Freshii is able to provide a quick meal option when I am in a pinch that does not sacrifice my dietary preferences.

By Co-Editor-in-Chief Elise

LEASURE

Lots of reasons for keeping Switch game releases exclusive

PearlTea recently opened on University Avenue in Cedar Falls.

The shop allows customers to create a wide variety of teas and smoothies.

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Many drink combinations available at new tea shop Pearl Tea is a new tea shop that has opened up on University. They offer a variety of drinks: from boba tea to smoothies, fruit tea and milk tea, they have it all.

This cozy little shop will allow you to relax and enjoy your time as you drink your tea. The environment is very calm, yet with a fun aura to it. The chairs are comfortable and the workers are polite and happy to serve.

But what ever are you to order with such a large menu as theirs? Well, that might depend on your preference for milk tea or for fruit tea. If you’re still unsure, then your decision lies with whether you prefer more of a sweet taste or more of a bitter taste. If you choose sweet, then fruit tea might be the way to go. Bitter? Then milk tea is suggested.

You could even try mixing it up and order the handshaken fruit tea, where you get

Freshii’s Bamboo Bowl filled with brown rice,vegtables, topped with a curry sauce and coconut shavings

Freshii’s mantra: Let’s eat without regret.

Let’s love kale.

Let’s embrace quinoa.

Let’s try new things.

Let’s try unlikely combos.

Let’s eat things that are good.

Let’s eat things that make us feel good.

Let’s eat and sit.

Let’s be good to the Earth.

Let’s let the Earth be good to us.

to decide whatever kind of flavoring, tea, and topping you want.

The drinks are served in portable cups, which now have a new sealing feature, which might come in handy if you don’t want to enjoy your drink right away. The straws are big enough to get the boba and/or the fruit poppings through, and is quite convenient.

Pearl Tea is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. all week long except on Sundays when it closes at 8 p.m. Prices of drinks range from $3.50 to $5.50. The exact address is 5725 University Ave, Suite A in Cedar Falls.

If you’re up for trying something new and don’t know where to start, head on over to Pearl Tea and get your hands on some boba tea.

By Staff Writer Skylar

PROMER

The Nintendo Switch has been out for about eight months or so, and there are 50 or so games for it; however, now everyone wants every a new game on it, but I don’t think this is smart.

I think this because if Nintendo relies too much on the Switch and releases a lot of it’s game for that one system, when the Switch eventually dies, a lot of their game franchise may go down with it.

Relying on one thing, in anything really, is not smart. For example, if a machine relied on one part, and that part broke, the machine is done too. This can apply to many things in the real world, too many to list them all.

Next, people are wanting games that aren’t even Nintendo games to come to the Switch. Ever since “Skyrim” came to the Switch, people want “Call of Duty” and other non-Nintendo games on the Switch.

This won’t work for roughly two huge reasons. First, to get a non-Nintendo game on a Nintendo system, Nintendo will need to get the approval of that company. This will be hard to do as other companies see Nintendo as their competitor, and very few of them would work with them. While rare, other companies do work together, though this is rare. Most companies keep to themselves, unless their franchise has a history of working with each other.

Secondly, there’s no reason for it. The Switch is not an all purpose console,

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Many games from other systems are not available on the Switch. and if other companies put their games on the Switch, then people will just buy the Switch and not the original console, and this would put them out business slowly. Doing this would only profit Nintendo, which other companies would not want to do.

In conclusion, every time a game comes out, it does not need a Switch release. While a Switch release of a popular game would be nice, it won’t always happen, and fans shouldn’t expect it.

What we expect, and what we get, are two different things. Nintendo will not guarantee its fans anything that they can’t deliver. Fans can expect what they’d like, but they can’t be mad when it’s no delivered. True, the possibilities are there, but the chances of the delivery is low.

By Staff Writer Noah

FORKER

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Wolf snags the rebound and throws the ball to Barney, already halfway down the court. A quick pass around a defender to Finley, the shot is taken, and the Tigers are up another two points.

On Nov. 8, senior teammates Kiana Barney, Kamryn Finley and Cynthia Wolf all signed letters of intent to continue their basketball careers at the University of Northern Iowa.

The trio marks the first group of basketball teammates to remain in the Cedar Falls area since alums Kim Hansen, Amy Swisher, Emily Berry and Alex Cook teamed up at UNI just over a decade ago.

Barney and Wolf have played together for close to nine years, starting their careers together as teammates on a Tiger club team in fourth grade. Finley, Barney and Wolf all began playing together on a traveling club team known as the Barnstormers later on.

Barney said she is excited by the prospect of playing on the same team as Wolf and Finley for their college careers.

“I think it’s really exciting that we have the opportunity to play with each other in college because we’ve grown really close to each other, and that chemistry means a lot on a team. I’m so happy that we are going to be able to continue to grow close to one another over the next four years.”

“I think it’s a great opportunity to be able to play with each other right now too,” Finley said, “because we will all be on a same team together at UNI in a year or so. Being able to play together now helps us to know each other’s strengths. Like out on that court tonight, we knew each other’s strengths, and we got the job done.”

And they definitely did get the job done. The Tigers won their home conference game against Dubuque Hempstead with a final score of 64-41 on Nov. 28.

While thriving on the court is not a new concept for the Tigers, there is something relatively new about their team.

Originally attending high school in Linn Mar, Finley decided to move to Cedar Falls to be closer to family for her senior year. This year marks the first year that she has competed with her fellow Barnstormers teammates on a school team.

“The Waterloo district is my hometown,” Finley said. “All of my mom’s side of the family lives up here, so once I moved away, I didn’t really have that family support in Linn Mar. My grandparents would always drive down to watch games, but I didn’t feel like family was there for me. I would always come up and hang out with Kiana and Cynthia. Cedar Falls was like my second home.

The men’s swim team notched a big triumph on Tuesday night, Dec. 5 on the road as they took on Waterloo in a dual meet.

The team crushed the Wahawks in a 125 to 44 victory, giving the Tigers high hopes going forward.

Among those to shine was varsity swimmer Sam Reinart who swam the 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay.

Sam blew away all of the competition from the opposition, so he focused on his own teammates to race against. ¨Our swim team is much better than it has been in years past, so my greatest opposition was my own teammates. I raced against my friend Jared Mattson in both my individual races,” Reinart said.

In addition to competition, Reinart had his own goal for development over the season. “My goal for the meet was to drop time in all my events. The 100 breaststroke

is my off event, so time drops in those events are good signs for me. Overall, I think I did pretty good. I won both my individual events and dropped 4 seconds in the 100 breaststroke.”

Not just Reinart, but the team as a whole came out very well on Tuesday, winning by a large margin, placing first in almost every event. Many other swimmers dropped times.

Looking forward, Reinart had things he knew he could improve on. “As far as challenges, after the meet, the official talked to me about my butterfly technique because I was almost disqualified. I have a few things to clean up before the end of the season, but I think I am in a good spot right now, and the team as well,” Reinart said.

The team is next in action this Saturday as it hosts the Marcussen Invite at 11:30 in the Holmes Junior High pool.

By Staff Writer Parker

Swim team notches win before Marcussen Invite

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The Tiger’s latest addition to the team, senior Kamryn Finley drives the ball to the basket in the home conference game against Hempstead on Nov. 28.

Every weekend I would come up here. I just knew that I wanted to be here. I loved the atmosphere.

“It was definitely a hard decision, but I did have a lot of support from my friends and family.

People were there for me. No one really told me, ‘You should do this’ or ‘You should do that’— it was my decision. Having my friends and family continually support me helped me a lot, though.”

Ultimately, Finley said the transition has been relatively easy, even though she knew that she would likely face some ques-

tions after her move.

“I knew people here, and I had some friends, but the scariest part was that I knew it was going to get out. People were going to be talking about how Kamryn Finley had moved. My friends and family were telling me not to worry about it, though, and how it was my own decision.

Once basketball came too, I knew it was going to come back up, but right now I’m just going to keep playing the game,” Finley said.

By Co-Editor-in-Chief Clare

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Sam Reinart Swimming

How long have you been swimming?

This is my fourth year swimming competitively.

What has been your biggest accomplishment?

My biggest accomplishment so far this season is winning the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the Ames Invite. A lot of good teams go to that meet, so it was very promising to swim some fast times.

Do you have any personal goals?

My personal goal is to drop time in the 100 backstroke and place at the state meet.

Do you have any team goals?

I’d like for more people on the team to qualify for the state meet this year. We have a lot of talent, and having a larger group of guys at the biggest meet of the year would make it more fun.

Best memory from this or previous seasons?

My favorite memory from this season was going to a travel meet in Iowa City and getting to spend time with some of my best friends.

Do you plan on dancing after this year?

I’m planning to swim with the club team over the summer, but I haven’t decided if I’m going to swim in college or not.

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Senior Jakey Penrith placed first in the 113 weight class bracket at the Keith Young Invite at home on Dec. 2. He finished with a pin of Ben Hoeger of Cedar Rapids Kennedy in 33 seconds. The team placed ninth with 93 points in the tournament comprised of 15 teams. Denver placed first with 215 points, followed by West Des Moines Valley with 168 and Kennedy with 166.

Action

Bowling Friday, Dec. 8 @Colonial Bowling Lanes 3:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball Friday, Dec. 8 @Cedar Falls High School 7:30 p.m.

Swimming Saturday, Dec. 9 @Holmes Junior High 11:30 a.m.

Wrestling Saturday Dec. 9 @Western Dubuque High School 10 a.m.