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Students suggest alternatives for earning overalls
Tiger Nation: Striped overalls, face paint and everything red, white and black. Since the position of a student section leader was contrived by the students themselves, the definition of what makes a student section leader varies from person to person. In this second installment, the tradition of handing down the overalls will be explored. Next week, the representation of Tiger Nation on social media will be discussed. Year to year, the red and white striped overalls that hang from the bodies of sweaty teenage boys secure their place in the front row of bleachers at the UNI Dome. At the end of each year, these cherished, yet slightly tarnished pants are passed down to four new individuals of the up and coming senior class. “The leaders before us chose who would get the overalls,” student section leader and graduate Lucas DeWitt said. DeWitt said he passed it down to graduate Jacob Grinstead because he was told to by the other student section leaders. It’s been tradition that each year the overalls are handed down from the previous leaders. While some students find that concerning, Principal Jason Wedgbury said the tradition is not one that administration is looking to change. “We have to make enough decisions. I don’t know that I’m looking to control or get involved with how student leaders are determined. I mean, they are what they are,” Wedgbury said. “I think sometimes the student body has to work itself out that way. I don’t think that we should oversee who our student leaders are.”
Activities Director Troy Becker said that since he and administration have no control on how the leaders are passed down, his excitement for who these leaders are changes from year to year. “I can say over the 12 years I’ve been in administration there’s some people they’ll pass it down to to that I’ll be ‘that’s awesome.’ There’s other people they’ll pass it down to who I’m like ‘Oh my goodness. I’m a little worried about that one,’” he said. Becker said the last several years the student section leaders have been great at events. “We have had tremendous leaders, very positive, good sportsmanship-type of leaders.” Based on the results of a Tiger Hi-Line survey, some students see no problem with how the overalls are handed down now. Junior Jacob Meester said that the overalls should be handed down to the juniors who showed up and showed out. “Previous student section leaders should choose those who they thought showed the most spirit and had the best attendance to all games,” Meester said. Other students who aren’t as pleased with the tradition of handing the overalls down suggested multiple different alternatives. Some other options students have contemplated are having students vote, letting varsity coaches choose candidates or even conducting a Twitter poll on the Tiger Nation social media page. Senior Mia Dexter said it’s important for the leaders to embody what Tiger Nation is at every sport and during every season. “I
think we should take a vote on who could best represent what a good leader is. Also, they should also care about all of Cedar Falls’ sports, not just football and men’s basketball. There are a lot of other sports that need and would love the schools’ support,” Dexter said. Becker said that one way of changing how the leaders are passed down is turning the responsibility over to administration. “Potentially, it’s just a matter if the student section and their leaders want to turn it over to the counselors or someone like myself to help with the selection process. Right now it’s just pretty much people coming forward to the previous leaders saying, ‘I want to do it next year.’” DeWitt agreed with altering the system and said it shouldn’t just be the student section leaders focusing on “popularity or who is friends with who.” DeWitt said we should get more student body involved. “I don’t think administration should but it also shouldn’t just be the leaders. There are a lot of people I feel that are very capable of showing school spirit the right way, but should be between all the students. Maybe Senior Leadership helps,” he said. Agreeing with Dexter and Becker that the student section leaders should be voted on, rather than picked by the previous leaders, senior Sofia Muñoz said that Tiger Nation isn’t currently living up to her standards of what an ideal student section should look like. “I am deterred from going to sporting
events because I know that the section will just disappoint me. After being shushed by previous section leaders and even told to leave the section for cheering for my team because I was ‘too loud,’ I want my perception of Tiger Nation to be renewed,” Muñoz said. “As section leaders, people are supposed to be able to get loud, stay loud and keep energy up whether we are winning or losing. That is not a reality for us right now.” Adding on to that, Muñoz recognizes that girls are not well represented when it comes to being student section leaders. “Girls can get just as hyped up as the guys, and many times even more so. Putting more representation in who represents the students will give the section as a whole a more diverse and representative aspect to the section. This will encourage more people to attend games and will give a new perspective to how the section is run,” Muñoz said. Becker said that some girls tend to take on the role of being a student section leader during certain games or seasons, but normally it is the boys who are given the title. Nearby high schools such as Waverly ShellRock, Bettendorf and Janesville all have female student section leaders representing their respective schools. DeWitt, who graduated in 2017, said during his years in high school the student section leaders were always an “male identifying student.” Story continued on Page 2/ TIGER NATION
Maple Lanes fire forces adjustments for bowling team Maple Lanes bowling alley fell victim to a robbery and fire on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at around 3 a.m. that damaged the front half of the building yet spared the lanes. Three robbers broke in and held a maintenance worker captive, instructing him not to move while they searched safes and vending machines for cash. About an hour later, the worker fled to the nearby fire station after feeling intense heat in the building. The damaged building and equipment has forced the Cedar Falls bowling squads to make adjustments. Men’s varsity bowling coach Brad Baker said the fire has affected his team’s schedule, having to make shifts for both practices and meets. “We had two home meets left, and so we had to kind of flip those. So, instead of hosting our last two, we are actually going to go to Western Dubuque and then to Waterloo East,” Baker said. Making the best of a tough
do in the upcoming month. The team has a regional qualifier on Feb. 18 in Cedar Rapids, and then the State tournament will be at Cadillac Lanes in Waterloo on Feb. 26. Senior bowler Will Nickey said that preparations won’t waiver going into the State tournament. “Right now our practice has been affected because we are going to have to switch bowling alleys and work around other teams’ schedules for lane times. It doesn’t really affect our preparation for the Submitted Photos state meet. We just need to get used to our new equipment After the robbery and fire at Maple Lanes early Tuesday, Feb. 4, the bowling teams evaluated how to cope first,” Nickey said. With two college teams and with the losses and adjust their seasons. three high school teams now situation, Baker said the team is tice, and then we had to adjust practicing at Cadillac Lanes, able to relocate practices and the meet to Thursday, so we’re senior bowler Sofia Muñoz said stay on course. “This week, missing that, but next week our practices may be hard to get we had practice Monday, but, practice schedule is back to in. “I’m sure we’ll get time. It’ll of course, then it was Monday roads of normal. We’re just go- just be tight, especially so close night when everything haping to be at Cadillac instead of to State. I hope lack in practice pened. We didn’t have anyMaple.” time doesn’t set us back too far, thing planned Tuesday. We’re Even with the fire, Baker said but it’s going to be up to indigonna miss Wednesday’s practhere’s still plenty of bowling to viduals to keep up what we’ve
been working for during this dip,” Muñoz said. Neither the men or women’s teams have been able to determine what all exactly was lost in the fire. “Right now, we’re not 100 percent sure because we haven’t actually been able to get into the building, but we’re under the assumption that pretty much everything is a total loss at this point,” Baker said. Muñoz also said it’s safe to assume that all their equipment was lost. “Pretty much everything was damaged. We heard from Baker that the fire was mainly in the kitchen and pro shop (where new equipment and stuff that was getting fixed was) and the water damaged the rest,” Muñoz said. “A lot of the team had their stuff in lockers throughout the building, and with what we know, we’re assuming it was all damaged. There is a possibility that very few people’s Story continued on Page 4/ MAPLE LANES
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TIGER NATION/Continued from Page 1 As a vocal leader in the student section, senior Abbie Lyman is one female student that multiple students have said they’d elect to wear the overalls if it was a decision to be voted on. At the state volleyball championship match, Lyman wore the overalls and ultimately cheered the team on to victory. “I wore the overalls at state volleyball because the seniors and student section leaders believed I was well deserving of them. I do get pretty rowdy at games, sometimes even more than the leaders. The overalls were actually Jackson Barth’s but I believe Caiden Barnett ( senior) is the person who asked Barth if I could wear them,” Lyman said. Lyman said she still has the striped pants and wishes to sport them again soon. “I actually still have the overalls. I haven’t been able to make it to basketball sadly because wrestling sort of consumed my time, but they will be worn again by me,” Lyman said. Wanting more female representation, Lyman said she wishes there were female student section leaders without losing the boys’ overall tradition. “I do not wish that girls were handed down the overalls. I think that starting a new tradition with girl leaders would be way more beneficial than just giving one girl a pair of overalls,” Lyman said. “I think giving four girls camo pants or white overalls to decorate would be a good idea, but I think limiting it to four girls just like with boys would make it more fair to the boys and girls to keep everything equal Wanting to balance the scales between the boys and girls, Lyman said the current leaders do a great job that she thinks girls could only add on to. “I wish girls could be considered section leaders in the future but I think the boys do really well with Tiger Nation,” Lyman said.
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Top photo senior Skylar Borerhave and in the middle photo from left, senior Jack Moody, Cade McCann, and Kole Latusick cheer on football team in student section. Bottom photo, from left, senior Jacck Moody, Jack Plagge, Derek Garcia and Jacob Paulson cheer on volleyball at the quarter final. Senior section leader Derek Garcia said Lyman provides great energy to everyone in the student section and also hypes him up too. “Abbie is a very down to earth person who always brings lots of positive energy and a loud voice to the games. She also has tons of spirit. She’s super fun to be
around and represents Tiger Nation in such a positive way,” Garcia said. “She’s definitely a role model for younger grades. She’s also led some chants which were very good.” By Co-Editors-in-Chief Sophia
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What are your thoughts on the recent impeachment trials? “I think that it shows Democrats will get something done if they truly believe in it; however, because Republicans are the senate majority, Trump will not be —Jake Raecker removed from office because Republicans want to stay in power in senior that way no matter if they believe he committed crimes or not.” —Abbie Morlan senior
“ Trump 2020, the “ I don’t really follow impeachment did nothing, politics, so I don’t and it was pointless” really care”
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JAX BARRY Musician
Senior Jax Barry has been playing the saxophone for the last eight years, and in that time he’s also participated in jazz band for six years. Making multiple new friends and forming bonds with fellow players, Barry said the relationships he’s made throughout the years have been the most rewarding part of jazz band. Coming up on the jazz show this Saturday, Feb. 8, Barry said this performance is his favorite show to play all year. “The jazz show has always been my favorite concert because all the jazz bands in the CF district perform, and it’s cool to see the progression of talent through the bands,” Barry said. “It’s nice because we don’t have to travel, and we have a large crowd full of not just parents, but also friends and fellow students.” Also adding to the excitement coming from Saturday’s performance, Barry said this concert comes with a little personal touch. “This Saturday, we are playing ‘Lullaby of the Leaves,’ ‘Evalyn the Queen of the Racket Club,’ ‘First In Last Out,’ ‘Triple Barry’ and ‘Another You’. This concert will actually have a guest artist, my grandfather, Tom Barry. We will be performing ‘Triple Barry,’ a song written for my grandfather, brother and myself,” Barry said. Barry loves all aspects of band, but said jazz band will always be his favorite. “Jazz band is a whole other experience. It’s a way you can really get to know the directors and to play different styles of music that you normally don’t play in concert band,” Barry said. “In jazz band, I play tenor sax, and in concert band I play alto sax. Marching band is fun because you get to play with all the members of your section, not just the people in the concert band you are in.” A well-accomplished musician, Barry has participated
in All-State honors multiple times. “I have auditioned for All-State three times on the alto sax. My sophomore year, I made alternate, and my junior and senior year I made All-State. The process consists of learning all your major scales and chromatic scale, as well as a couple of etudes and solo excerpt,” Barry said. “All-State was an amazing experience, and it’s super fun to plan your horn all day, as well as perform with some of the best student musicians in the state.” Although he’s received many opportunities when it comes to All-State, Barry said his favorite awards have stemmed from his jazz band accomplishments. “My biggest accomplishment in jazz band is getting selected to honor jazz bands around the state and receiving various solo awards. This year I am auditioning for the 4A AllState Jazz Band, so, hopefully, I make that,” Barry said. Barry isn’t surprised by his love of music. He said band has always been in his blood. “I was introduced to music from a young age. My grandfather taught saxophone and oboe at UNI, my grandma teaches piano, and there are several other musicians in my family,” Barry said. “From a young age I knew I wanted to play music, and when I finally started, it just seemed right. As famous pianist Herbie Hancock said, ‘I think I was supposed to play jazz.’” Thankful to have picked up the musical gene, Barry said the feeling that comes from a great solo is incomparable to anything else. “There is no greater feeling as a jazz musician like playing a burnin’ solo. I remember last year, at the NEIBA jazz festival, I was featured on a tune called ‘Ecclusiastics,’ and I was very proud of the solo I played,” Barry said. Belting each and every note of a jazzy sax solo, Barry said he wouldn’t be the player he is today without such great sources of inspiration. “There are too many people to list, but some of them are my friends like Johnny Hartleip, and others are famous musicians such as Roy Hargrove and Terrace Martin.
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Senior gears up for his jazz performance with personal twist
“I love how everyone has something to say, and they say it in their own unique way. In music, there is no right or wrong. In saying that, there is no strict guideline in how someone is supposed to play or sound. If people could express themselves through words, then there would be no point in music.”
Above, senior Jax Barry plays one of many saxaphone solos in his high school career. In the top right picture, Barry plays with his grandpa Tom Barry. This moment will be re-created at the jazz show Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 in the CFHS auditorium. My teachers, Mr. Engelhardt, Mr. Ramsey, Chris Merz and Tom Barry also inspire me to be better and to never stop working,” Barry said. Barry said everyone has a story to tell, and his preferred method of communication is through music. “I love how everyone has something to say, and they say it in their
own unique way. In music, there is no right or wrong. In saying that, there is no strict guideline in how someone is supposed to play or sound. If people could express themselves through words, then there would be no point in music,” Barry said. By Co-Editor-In-Chief Alayna
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— Jax Barry musician
4 Two women’s wrestlers place at State SPORTS
Senior Abbie Lynman placed fourth and sophomore Raelynn Strelow placed sixth at the women’s state wrestling meet on Jan. 24 and 25 in Waverly. Other state participants Josie Klemske and Raelynn Smith did not place. This is just the second year in Iowa that there has been a separate women’s state wrestling meet. Last year there were 87 girls competing, and this year there were about 64 girls in each weight class, amounting to 350 girls total competing. The women’s team set out with the goal to get better and place as high as possible at State . “As a team, I think we all had the same goal, make it to State and do the best we could,” Klemske said Women’s and junior varsity wrestling coach Peter Stewart said women’s wrestling is becoming more and more popu-
lar. “I think 2013-2014 was the first girl to win a match at the boys state tournament. Things like that have happened, and it’s kind of gained exposure from there. People growing up are like ‘oh, girls can do this too.’ It wasn’t previously known that way,” he said. Currently women’s wrestling is not it’s own sanctioned sport in Iowa, like women’s basketball or women’s cross country. Because of this, things cannot be done separately for the women, like paying coaches or separate resources, but Stewart said giving both the men and women wrestlers the same resources and workouts has made the team better. “They have the same lift workouts and same run workouts. A lot of people think that you should be lighter or take it easier because they are girls,” he said. “But we stayed away from doing any of that. I think that shows
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to why we had only five girls on our team and more than half of them were top 10 in the state. I think not taking a step back and putting them through the grind that everybody goes through made them a lot better.” Lynman said she enjoys practice with the men. “The community is so close and the guys and girls are family to me. It’s like having a team of brothers always on your side,” she said. Lynman also said practicing with the men increased her skills. “I believe the reason I saw so much improvement this season was because I practiced with the boys. Now do I think girls should compete in boys tournaments? No, I think we get much better wrestling girls in competition, but boys definitely benefit us in practice,” she said. To get the state sports of
fourth and sixth, the team had two hour practices every day, including stimulation-matches, lifting, as well cardio. “The hardest part is definitely going live, which is wrestling 100 percent of your effort like it was a match,” she said. Klemske said the hardest part, as Lynman described, is the exact point when you want to fight the hardest. “That’s when you want to fight the most because that is the most crucial time. When you’re thinking I really don’t want to go to practice today, that’s when you want to go. That’s when it will be it the most effective. It will help you get stronger.” Stewart said to compete as a full team next year, they need 15 female members. The team had five this year. Stewart said “tell all your friends about women’s wrestling. By Co-Editor-in-Chief Sophia
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Kobe Bryant fans reflect on his legacy after tragic loss The world mourns the death of a basketball icon, Kobe Bryant. He and eight others died on Jan. 26 from a helicopter crash. Bryant was an NBA basketball player for the L.A. Lakers for 20 years. He was a role model for young basketball players including these five varsity basketball players. “I looked up to him because of his work ethic and competitive spirit. I was saddened when I heard about his death because he is someone who motivated me to work harder,” senior Ben Sernett said.
In Bryant’s career, he won five NBA championships, and entered the NBA straight out of high school. He was known as one of the best basketball players in NBA history. “Kobe Bryant was someone I watched growing up. He was someone that I watched a lot of videos on and a lot of my coaches and my parents showed me inspirational videos with him in them to get me and my teams motivated at the bringing of seasons,” sophomore Anaya Barney said. After scoring 60 points in his
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stuff may be salvageable just due to the placement of the lockers.” On Wednesday, Feb. 5 both the men’s and women’s teams set out to Cedar Rapids to go purchase new equipment. “May City is where the guys are going because the Mount Mercy head coach runs the pro shop down there and I know him, so he’s gonna help us out with that,” Baker said. “The girls are gonna go to Revolutions Bowling Center, which is attached to CRBC (Cedar Rapids Bowling Center). The teams around have done a really good job at helping us out.” Since most of the bowlers purchase their own equipment, they’ll have to spend their own dime replacing all that they lost. “The school will pay for new
bowling balls and ‘rent’ them to you, but if you want to actually keep the balls, you have to pay for them. I think insurance will reimburse the cost of the balls but I’m not super sure,” Nickey said. Although the exact damage is unknown, Baker said the equipment didn’t have to be directly impacted by fire to still be ruined. “Any of the guys that had equipment stored at the facility is pretty well gone at this point because when they get heated up, the material expands; it’ll crack. Even if all it does it gets heated a little bit, even if there’s no water, no smoke, no whatever, it’ll still expand and crack,” Baker said. Beyond the loss of equipment, Muñoz said she was stunned by the news as was the rest of the team. “The fire defi-
last game, he retired in 2016. “I watched a lot of his highlights on YouTube from his early part of his career and watch him as No. 24. I looked to Kobe for a lot of motivation and to see his work ethic. The Mamba Mentality was something I admired about him,” senior Cael Loecher said. Sadly on Jan. 26, he and his daughter Gianna along with 7 others passed away in a helicopter crash. “At first I didn’t believe it, but I looked it up, and I was devastated. That whole day I was not myself,”
senior Keyshawn Mosley said. “I was shocked when I heard of his passing and honestly couldn’t believe that someone of that stature could go so soon,” senior Lexie Godfrey said. He was an inspiration to other basketball players and other people around the world. “I was shocked when I heard the news, and I didn’t know how to react. He was an icon for our generation, and we won’t see another athlete like Kobe,” Loecher said.
nitely was a shock to all of us. Many of us have spent countless hours at Maple with practices, league and even just friends. When I first saw the news, my stomach dropped, and it’s been a sad couple of days,” Muñoz said. “The team definitely took a hit. With quite a few people losing their equipment, it was hard. We’re all just supporting each other to get through it.” Nickey agreed and said the bowling alley was a great place to be and the fire has only brought the team closer. “A lot of our bowlers lost equipment so that obviously affects us. Maple lanes was also a place where we spent a lot of our free time doing leagues and just bowling for fun,” Nickey said. “I think at first everyone was kind of going through shock, but then it be-
came a little more of a bonding experience for everyone. A little adversity helped out team cohesion.” Along with Nickey, Baker agreed shock is the primary emotion for the team at the moment. “Right now, I think part of it is just we’re kind of a little bit in shock of everything, but I think it’s gonna be one of those ‘it’s gonna be a good story’ and you know, it’s gonna be one of those ‘hey, we rose to a challenge; we went out and finished the season after a fire with brand new stuff and went out and did amazing,’ so I think that’s kind of our approach at this point,” Baker said. “Life is gonna throw some challenges at you, and you have to rise to those.”
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KOLE LATUSICK Hockey
For you, what was a highlight of your most recent competition? Our most recent game was last night, and we beat Dubuque 122, and I had 5 points, two of which were assists, which puts me five away from the all time assist record. What is the hardest part about hockey? Blocking a shot in the ankle and barely being able to skate back to the bench. What do you do to prepare yourself before a game? I listen to music, stretch the same way, retape my stick and also eat the same meal from Jimmy Johns. Who has been particularly influential in helping your growth in this sport? I would say my current head coach Brian Cook as he played professional hockey and had a playstyle just like me, so he has really helped me expand my knowledge of the game and how I react in certain situations. Also, he has trusted me with big tasks since my freshman year like playing me in varsity since that year, so overall not only has my game improved with him but my own self confidence with my game has improved. Do you have plans to play this sport after high school? Yes, I plan to go play either junior hockey or college hockey. What’s the most rewarding thing about your sport? Being with the boys I’ve grown up around every day and accomplishing what we have always wanted to do. What has been a highlight for you/your team so far this season? I would say our biggest accomplishment is coming right back from a state championship last year and maintain first place in the league again this year even though we are on the younger side compared to last year. As you see it, what are the biggest tests remaining for you/ your team yet this season? Our senior night game against Kansas City who is currently in second place right behind us will be our biggest test as it will basically decide who wins the regular season title.