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Devastating 2008 flood, lasting impact

Dusenberry recounts watching water fill her house In June 2008, Cedar Falls endured one of the most massive floods it had ever seen. Hundreds of homes in Cedar Falls and Waterloo were completely underwater. With bridges being closed and neighborhoods underwater, people had to quickly evacuate their homes. Houses were destroyed or badly damaged. With the fiveyear anniversary coming up, Senior Miranda Dusenberry looks back at how the flood of 2008 affected her. Dusenberry and her family live right on the lake at George Wyth State Park. “We were always thinking our house will never flood. It will never happen because we live on top of a hill by the lake, so we thought we were fine. But watching the water flow into our house was unbelievable,”Dusenberry said. The day of the flood in June, Dusenberry and her family watched the water in shock. They rushed to save everything in their basement. “I woke up in the morning and my family and I saw the water flowing over the dike.That whole morning we were just waiting and watching the water get closer and closer. Eventually throughout the day we were moving all our stuff to the upstairs. My brother’s bed was a sacrifice to the flood because we had to keep our couch on it,” Dusenberry said. There was nothing that could stop the massive flood. Nothing could be done to save their basement. “Pretty soon throughout the whole morning, about four to five hours, we tried sandbagging our house, but the water just kept coming in. Our docks had floated away, and we had to keep moving our boats up closer and closer to our house as the water kept getting closer. Water was at our ankles downstairs,” Dusenberry said. Later in the day, the water was rising even more in the house. “It was weird seeing all the debris that had floated up to our house, and pretty soon there was three feet of water in our basement. That doesn’t sound that bad, but when you think about all the floors and walls and our belongings, such as fridges and other memories that were in storage, all got ruined,” Dusenberry said. Like many others during the flood,

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The Dusenberry household watched as the water grew nearer and nearer to their house until they were standing in it in their basement. The basement was completely destroyed, and looking back five years later, Dusenberry can remember how it felt to see her memories whisked away by the rising waters. the Dusenberrys were trapped at their home. They were surrounded by water. “We all slept upstairs that night The next morning, my dad told me to get my things and pack because he was going to “send me away for he didn’t know how long, so I grabbed a bag, threw in some clothes and the DNR boated up to our deck because we couldn’t get out. We were trapped. He boated me to where a friend of mine could pick me up, and I was gone for about three days. I had to house hop,” Dusenberry said. After about three days, the Dusen-

berrys could return to their home. They were just so grateful that the house wasn’t completely wrecked. “Somehow the water all drained out within a day. It was such a rush. It was kind of scary because we were hoping the structure of our house would stay strong. That would have been really sad if our house had been destroyed because we wouldn’t be able to rebuild in the same area and we would have to go move into town,” Dusenberry said. Even though it was a tragic incident, Dusenberry looks on the bright side of

the flood of 2008. “We had to get new carpet and new walls, but in the end it was kind of fine because it really allowed my family to get rid of all the stuff that piled up in the past years. It was just a clean out. I mean some things were sad because memories were washed away, but it allowed us to redo our basement since we live in an older house. That took awhile, and it was hard, but after months of rebuilding, it really paid off,” Dusenberry said. By Staff Writer Lauren

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Emergency response group ready to assist There are many things that go on in our school that we take for granted or even don't know about to help make it a better and safer place for everyone. The small things like having more handicapped stalls in a bathroom to having more fire extinguishers in easier places to access. Little did we know that we also have a handful of trained staff among us trained for emergency response situations. There are 16 trained staff members around school that are CPR certified and work together twice a year to practice for any emergency situation that happens at our school. Some of the main situations that they practice for responding to cardiac situations and bleeding, mostly things that aren’t life threatening and need to call emergency services right away. “I’m required to be in this emergency response group, but it’s voluntary for all the other staff to join if they want. If and when any emergency happens I always bring a principal with me just in case I need any assistance. I’ve had some emergencies where I’ve had to call 911 but no life threatening situations,” school nurse Ashley Bass said. “I think it’s great that we have teachers that are trained to respond to various situations just in case something

does happen because you never really know what to expect,” senior Gwen Davies said. The training that the staff receives is either taught by the Red Cross or American Heart Association. During the training the members practice being able to respond the Sandra Omari-Boateng Photo quickest and in the best way to control An open emergency supply pack. a certain situation. “This isn’t the first emergency redo are very appreciative and feel more sponse type group I’ve been in before secure knowing that we are fortunate because I’m an EMT, athletic trainer enough to have something like this at and fire fighter, so I’ve dealt with many our school. emergency situations. I think this is a “I feel safer knowing that we have great thing that the school is doing staff that are able to respond to whatbecause if you don’t practice for someever goes on and that we don’t have thing, even something we don’t want to just rely on waiting on outside emerhappening, you won’t be prepared, and gency personnel to get to us before it’s great that the staff can do this all toanything can be done about a situagether and learn to control a situation,” tion,” Davies said. Bass said. Not many students around school know that there are so many trained By Feature Editor Sandra Omari staff in our midst to respond to our BOATENG various emergencies, but the one’s that

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Ashley Bass Troy Becker Josh Carnelley Jane Carter Rachelle Compton Matt Flaherty Ron Hoofnagle Judy Kolbeck Karen Miller Lynn Patterson Chris Phillips Brad Remmert Judy Samek Bev Wait Sarah Wait Janet Williams (CPR Instructor)

Johnson prepares to graduate a year early with home schooling diploma Formerly considered a junior, Haley Johnson is now defined as a senior and will graduate this year. “I have been in high school since I was 13 years old. I have a full transcript and enough credits to graduate. My family and I had already decided that I would be graduating this year, I just hadn’t changed my grade in the school’s system because I had not decided if there were any more classes that I wanted to take,” Johnson said. Johnson transferred to Cedar Falls High School this semester after being home schooled out of state. “I will be graduating with a home school diploma, which is exactly the same as my peers’ diplomas but mine will just be from homeschooling,” Johnson said. “My home school experience has been fantastic. I have been homeschooled since second grade, and this semester was my first semester in a public school since then. Home schooling has given me the unique opportunity to work at my own pace and pursue the subjects that I am most interested in while also completing the core sub-

jects,” Johnson said. Unfortunately, because of the short notice and the fact that she will receive a home schooling diploma, Johnson is not allowed to walk with the senior class at graduation. “I completely understand the school’s reasons for not allowing me to walk with my class. I will not be receiving my diploma from the school, and I made my final decision to graduate too late of a time to negotiate letting me walk. I am disappointed because I would love to participate in the ceremony with my friends, but I do understand. I am graduating in a home school ceremony, where I will have a cap and gown, walk with other home schoolers and receive my diploma,” Johnson said. Instead of going to college right away, Johnson will take a year to work and gain per-

spective on life. “After I graduate, I am taking a gap year to work and just find myself as a person. I want to give myself a chance to pay for college without incurring a lot of debt or student loans. I also am going to try to go back to Virginia for a bit. And, of course, I am going to use the time to continue honing my photography skills,” Johnson said. Although she will leave the high school early, Johnson plans to stay in Cedar Falls. “I am planning on studying commercial photography at Hawkeye Community College in the fall of 2014. I have already been accepted to the program and I am so excited. Photography is my passion, and I cannot wait to get out in the world and try to make a name for myself as an artist,” Johnson said.

Junior Haley Johnson

Though excited about the opportunities ahead of her, Johnson will miss being at Cedar Falls High School. “I will miss so much about CF. I will miss my fellow classmates, the teachers, the counselors. I will miss the positive energy and the generally happy atmosphere. I will miss skipping through the halls and hugging my friends. I will miss the jokes I have with my teachers and the routine that I have here,” Johnson said. “Moving from another state in the middle of the year is incredibly hard, and it’s even harder when you are starting public school for the first time. I walked in the door and was instantly welcomed and included. Major shout out to the drama department. You all especially have become my family, and I am so grateful. CF is truly a school filled with wonderful, thoughtful people, and I am lucky to say that I have gone here. I am going to miss everyone very much, but I am going to continue to stay involved in any way I can,” Johnson said.

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Off to the Races... I’m running for president because I believe that I am a good leader can help improve our school. If I’m chosen, I believe I can organize the events and keep everything in line and try and create new events that more people will join into. People should vote for me because I’m on time and show up to all the Student Senate meetings, and I’m a big part of other organizations and groups in school. I also do a lot of volunteer work outside of school.

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Junior Kayla Dowell

Personally, this has always been a dream of mine since middle school to run for President, and I’ve always looked up to people in that high position. I’ve always wanted to be the person contributing and helping the school. I already like taking part in school events, so I figure, why not plan them? I think that the school will be improved if people vote for me because I’m going to try and make the school more supportive of each other and try and do more activities and get bigger turnouts to them. You should vote for me because I want to make a change, and I can be the voice for the students.

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Vice President I’m running for VP because I enjoy doing leadership activities, and I was involved in Student Senate this year, and it was a lot of fun. I think that I can help make the school a lot better place. I really want to get kids more involved in different activities. I think that people should vote for me because I’m a charismatic fellow, and I enjoy doing fun things and leading other people and try to set a good example.

Junior Jacob Gubbrud

I’m running for secretary because I worked with Student Senate this year, and it was such a great experience seeing how much we can accomplish as a sutdent body, and I really would love to continue to be a leadership position where I can continue doing that.It would be a lot of fun, and it would be such an honor to help lead our school and represent the great students of Cedar Falls. If I’m chosen, I would do my best to work with the other officers to imporove any areas of concern in the school. I would really appreciate everyone’s vote because it would be an honor to know that people have faith in what I can do.

Sophomore Agatha Fenech

Treasurer I am running for treasurer because I’ve represented the school board, and I’ve worked hard with Student Senate this first year, and I believe that it’s time for change. I would work with administration and with board members to make sure we get things that need to happen like better air conditioning and wifi. Vote Drew for you!

I’m running for office because I want to help make a positive difference in our school next year. I want to get together with all the other officers and find a way to raise school spirit. People should vote for me because I plan on making a different in and for our school.

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Homework is something many teenagers dislike because they believe that it doesn’t relate to future careers. However, in Honors English, a semester project will help them research career plans, tell them their strengths and weaknesses, and show them a bit about what the future may look like for them. “This [project] gives students the opportunity to explore an area/career of interest. They use many skills we have all worked on — research, interviewing, mentoring, bibliographies, planning, organizing, reading, writing, time management and self advocacy/autonomous learning,” Honors English teacher Judy Timmins said. As Timmins said, autonomous learning comes into play. In fact, this was most of the students’ favorite part of the project. “It was nice to have the freedom to choose your own topic that will help you grow in future career plans or life in general. The best thing was learning to teach ourselves something and that we had a choice in the matter,” Honors English student Amber Hagen said. For Hagen’s project, she chose something that made her aware of other cultures. This was something many students chose. “My project was the history of French food. I’m in French class, and when we were celebrating Mardi Gras, I thought that it would definitely be interesting to research the history behind the French food Freshman Chinelo Onuigbo presents what she has learned about hair and and learn why it’s so impormakeup styles for her Honors English project. tant to their culture,” Hagen said. will help me throughout my entire life you wanted to learn more about. It was Though the project does teach stu- because I’m an athlete, so, even if I an interesting project,” Hays said. dents something relevant to their fu- don’t choose this as a career, it’ll still afThis project really broadened a lot ture, there is a bit of stress that comes fect me,” Hays said. of people’s knowledge on different topwith it. This semester project isn’t just a re- ics, as Hays said, and because of this, “There’s not a lot of stress if you search paper. Students needed to find the project will help with any plans the aren’t a procrastinator. However, the a mentor that would help them learn students have. deadline does come up on you, pretty about the area they’re researching and “[The project] has already helped fast,” Honors English student Lauren have a final project that shows them the students. Over the years many stuHays said. know what they’re studying ties to Eng- dents have pursued careers related to And though this may be true, there lish skills. the semester project — from actors/ are far more advantages to this project “The best part of this project was playwrights to dentists and architects,” than disadvantages. the fact that we got an extended time. Timmins said. “My project was healthy food for We had a whole semester. Because of athletes, and I learned a lot. I think that this, there was a whole semester of just By Staff Writer Alyssa this would definitely be something that JENSEN studying and researching whatever area

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FROM LP TO mp3 Music storage. “I think music is meant to evolve and grow with the times, and although I love the old stuff, there’s new music being produced that’s good too and there always will be newer things coming out. And the stuff that’s really good will always survive the changing times”, says record collector Sophomore Savannah Lipinsky. After more than 100 years trapping music in objects like wax rolls, long plays, tapes, CD’s, and, finally, mp3 devices, many people still appeal to music formats and devices that actually have never gone away. For some it is a great hobby to have collect the old industry material, and for others it is just a matter of better sound quality. The music industry started running in the 40’s, when the first LP was released. Even though it’s popularity dropped since CD’s were create, records survived and the noise of the needle on the vinyl still gives some people the goose bumps. “I like how records are really personal, like there is artwork, how you can really get the feeling of a whole album. You don’t get that by buying one or two songs on iTunes” says Senior James Stortz, who has been collecting records since last summer. Like Stortz says, sound quality is not the only thing that people appreciate in LP’s. The big cases gave enough room to allow the artists to come up with creative, artistic covers, different from the compact CD cases. Senior Wiil Boelts has the same hobby. He has been collecting records for two years. Like Stortz, he likes the art work and also to have a physical copy of music. “It feels more concrete” he says. His brother used to collect them too, and Boets thought it was pretty cool, so he started his own collection.

“It kind of makes it [listening to records] more special once you are not allowed to listen to it all the time”, he said about listening to records. Lipinsky disagrees about not being able to listen to the music she likes all the time. “It is a let down because I don’t spend very much time at home where I’m able to listen to records” she says. Lipinsky enjoys dealing with people whenever she wants to get a new album. “A lot of it [of how special collecting records is] is just being able to pick up a record, feel it and see it go, but also when you go into a store to buy records you get a chance to talk to people about what’s good and get suggestions. You get exposed to so much more music whereas you don’t get that experience downloading it”, she says. John Rohlf owns a business in Cedar Falls and part of it is dedicated to music. He has been selling records and other formats of music for about 19 years. When asked about why he chose to work with music, he can’t even say when his passion for it started. He had

Cassette tapes -The music is stored in magnetic tapes. The sound quality isn’t nearly as good as records, but the convenience of its small size made tapes popular.

The phonograph cylinder was the first media to store and reproduce music. It was composed by a wax cylinder that is read by a needle. 1877

the influence of his three older sisters and a brother. They used to buy lots of records and he started to listen their music, so he started purchasing them too. John Rohlf owns a business in Cedar Falls and part of it is dedicated to music. He has been selling records and other formats of music for about 19 years. When asked about why he chose to work with music, he can’t even say when his passion for it started. He had the influence of his three older sisters and a brother. They used to buy lots of records and he started to listen their music, so he started purchasing them too. “I feel like [selling music] it is helping to spread art and culture,” he said about having part of his business dedicated to music. Another surprise is that the fact that people downloading music doesn’t interfere that much in his business. “Most of the stuff is older and a lot of young people have told me that they don’t really like new music. I’m sure it has some

1948 LPs -Records were the beginning of music industry. The longplays are more restent than the wax rolls and have larger capacity. The discs are full of grooves that conduct the needle in order to make it vibrate and make sounds.

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effect on my business, but they also like how it sounds better as opposed to listening to it through a headphone. A lot of kids are finding out what quality sound is and how having stereo speakers make the difference,” he said. The record market dropped until the point that, according to Rohlf, there are only or four pressing plants left in the United States. But good news is that the production has doubled since last year, with 4 million records produced. Although he doesn’t get lots of new music, Rohlf said that he has been noticing that lots of new bands have been putting up vinyl too. Different from most music stores, Rohlf doesn’t deal as much with distributors. He gets most of the material he sells from collector friends or people that want to get rid of their records. Most of those records are from bands from the 60s like Pink Floyd, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Who and many others. “I get them everywhere. I’m starting to have more people bringing them in, or they call me and I go to their house, their basement, and their attic to get the records. I also buy sealed albums that are not on the internet. I like that.” “The cassettes still go. A lot of people still have them in their vehicles. I do” he also says. Records may be coming back, after all. “I definitely would bring records back. I think they are already coming back,” Stortz said. Music seems to carry a much longer story and bigger passion that we might realise. Next time you get your music, you will maybe consider to try new formats and find out a totally new experience. By Staff Writer Ana

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mp3 -The music is stored in tiny little devices with great capability, but low sound quality. The music has to be cutted in order to provide big capability. 1979 CD -This optical media was created exclusively to reproduce music. Its big capacity and compactibility made the records industry drop down.

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Movie shows injustices must end in military sexual assault cases Recent headlines about sexual assaults in the military have garnered attention from the military and civilians alike. The Invisible War, a 2012 documentary, focuses on the imbalance of power in the military system regarding sexual harassment and assault. Directed by Kirby Dick, the film opened to great reviews and astonishment coming from viewers who didn’t know about military dealings. Countless interviews from survivors of sexual assault weave a factual web of questions: How can we prevent rape in the military? Why aren’t the perpetrators being brought to justice? Why has the government ignored the issue? Why does the military operate on a completely different judicial system than the public? Kori Ciocia is a former U.S. Coast Guard service member. Now 27 years old, she lives in Ohio with her husband and two kids. One night in December 2005 changed her life forever. Her supervisor forced himself upon her at the Coast Guard station she resided at. She tried to fight off the attacker, but he became more physically violent, dislocating her jaw. Before the rape, she reported repeated sexual harassment from her supervisor, the future attacker, to her commander on multiple occasions, but nothing was done. After the rape, Ciocia was threatened with jail for lying if she reported it. Then she was ordered to sign a waiver saying that the sex was consensual, therefore freeing the rapist from any legal implications. After she refused to sign, she was transferred to a different station to prevent her from receiving the proper medical care for her dislocated jaw. It took five years for the U.S. Coast Guard to recognize her claim. She endured extreme jaw pain, severe depression, anxiety and PTSD. She attempted suicide and woke up in the middle of the night screaming. Ciocia ended up receiving medical treatment thanks to donors who watched the completed film. The Invisible War is an eye-opening journey into the lives of women and men who were the victims of sexual assault and harassment during their time in the military. Viewers will most likely end up with a pit of anger in the bottom their stomachs, infuriated with the military’s handling on the issue of sexual assault. It’s a must see film, and definitely worth your time.

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Military needs to rethink ‘justice’ It’s bad enough that the Pentagon estimates that the amount of assaults has increased a third since 2010. The numbers jumped from 19,300 women to roughly 26,000, but on an even scarier note, CNN reported: “If you serve in the U.S. military and you rape or sexually assault a fellow service member, chances are you won’t be punished. In fact, you have an estimated 86.5 percent chance of keeping your crime a secret and a 92 percent chance of avoiding a court-martial.” Those statistics cracked on May 7, when the Senate discussed this issue after the leading naval officer in sexbased offenses allegedly groped a woman he did not know. He was arrested and is facing possible charges and dishonorable discharge. Now, one week after, news breaks that another officer, Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen, located at Fort Hood, has charges pending for another alleged sexual assault and is in the process of being accused of running a prostitution ring. Like before, he was in a key role to prevent sexual assault, assigned as an equal opportunity adviser and coordinator of a sexual harassment-assault prevention program at III Corps headquarters at Fort Hood when the allegations arose. One of the reasons that so many people get away with these crimes is the military’s independent judicial system that is very much selective and completely different than our own. When someone enlists to the military, they are submitting themselves to a

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very different system of justice. While the main purpose of the U.S. justice system is to dispense “justice,” that is not the primary reason for the creation of a separate judicial system for America’s Armed Forces. The main purpose of the military’s own system of justice is to give the military commander the necessary tools to enforce order, civility and discipline. For example, that’s the reason it’s not considered a crime to be late for work at your job as an American citizen, but it is a crime to be late for work in the military. The military commander can use many methods to enforce order, civility and discipline within the unit — from mild administrative punishments such as formal or informal counseling, to full-blown court martials, in which a person can be sentenced to hard labor, or even executed, though there have not been any executions since 1961. There is a bill to be introduced next month that seeks to give women confidence that they can receive justice by repairing a key structural flaw in the military’s handling of assault cases, due to the military’s controversial government system. As things stand, senior officers with no legal training but plenty of conflicts of interest can decide whether court-martial charges can be brought

against lower ranked officers and whether to throw out a verdict once it is rendered. In one recent case, Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, an Air Force commander, dismissed, without explanation, the aggravated sexual assault conviction of an Air Force fighter pilot, Lt. James Wilkerson, permitting Colonel Wilkerson’s reinstatement. There are many things that can be solved through congress and the president. One is to crack down hard on drinking and drugs. The military’s attitude toward these “bad boy” behaviors is the true “don’t ask, don’t tell” issue among the ranks. Many recent sexual assault scandals, including the arrest just days ago of the lieutenant who heads the Air Force’s unit on sexualassault prevention that I mentioned earlier have involved alcohol abuse. Among the reforms, the Pentagon is considering a change that would give commanders limitless discretion to excuse “lesser included” offenses, such as excessive drinking that disrupts military order. Instead of winking at this behavior, the military should not tolerate excessive drinking or drug abuse; it is no secret that drinking and drug use alter people’s judgements. Benefits of such a change would include a decrease in sexual assaults. With all the recent awareness of this pervasive problem, it’s time to act. The women in the armed forces that stand up for us in defending our country need us to stand up for improving their safety in their ranks and for bringing an end to the horrible injustice that has been perpetrated against them.

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Real life art Rachel Green, a senior, has a passion for art. The people who have seen her drawings, describe them as almost looking like photographs. Much time and attention to detail goes into all of Green’s many different pieces. Above all, she loves to create people. “I like to make people mostly. I like a lot of the shading that deals with the facial features. A lot of the details in it are what I like,” Green said. The people in her drawings look real. She uses many techniques to get that end product. “I usually use a blending stump, and I kind of go from there. I start with a base, and then I go in darker if I feel like it needs to be. I just kind of hack at it until it’s how I want it,” Green said. Some of Green’s drawings are usually up in the display case outside the principals’ offices. Her drawings of the little kids actually earned her some cash. “I was getting paid. It was for my cousin, and she was giving them as a present to my aunt. They were drawings of all my aunt’s grandkids,” Green said. Green isn’t sure where she will be going next year for college, but she has a good idea. “I think I want to go to Liberty in Virginia. I want to do physical therapy but then minor in art,” she said.

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Baseball team commits to Kosama workouts

This season for the first time, the CFHS baseball team is shaking it up a little bit. Even though they are just having practice right now, they are having a change of pace, literally, by having conditioning after practice at Kosama. The entire baseball team now takes Kosama classes instead of their regularly scheduled conditioning three times a week. Head baseball coach Jack Sole said the idea to have the team attend Kosama together came to him over the off-season when he was talking with a friend who is a fitness instructor. “A Friend who is a Fitness instructor and I were talking about the new trends of conditioning and working out, and we came up with the idea. College baseball teams have been using this kind of circuit conditioning for a while now,” Sole said. “We’re doing Kosama to get conditioned for practice so that we can last longer because we have a 40-game season, which is a long season to last, and it helps build our endurance skills,” senior Clint Fletcher said. “Kosama is just what has replaced conventional conditioning. Instead of running poles, we’re getting full body workouts in a team atmosphere. We aren’t just working our legs out

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Women’s Track & Field Junior Amanda Fishel led off the 4x800 meter relay that finished 9th with a time of 9:39.39.

Head coach Jack Sole, senior Jared Hylton and senior Clint Fletcher do elevated pushups at one of the circuit stations set up at a team Kosama workout. during conditioning now. It’s the whole body,” senior Jared Hylton said. “This is our first year doing Kosama, and I think it’s helped bring the team together, especially the sophomores and varsity. Because we go [to Kosama] together, it works out nice. I think we’re gaining more team unity,” Fletcher said. The team’s workout regimen consists of a series of circuits which are designed to force the athletes to use all of their muscles in a workout. “The Kosama studio is designed for high intensity classes and exercise programs built around the same principles used by world

class athletes when they train,” the Kosama website says. It isn’t just the players getting involved in conditioning now either. The baseball team’s coaching staff is also getting into the mix and doing the workouts with the players. “I really feel like Kosama is bringing everybody closer. We’re all working towards a goal, and when we’re there together, it really has a sense of family. Everybody is encouraging each other, but at the same time we’re also competitive with one another, which drives people to do the best they can. It’s going to give our pitcher’s a lot more stamina, and it’s going to make playing hot games this summer that much easier. It’s really challenging everybody’s toughness,” Hylton said. Despite being hard work, the team says they enjoy the workouts, especially over their previous conditioning drills which consisted of abs workouts and “poles,” which are running from one foul pole to the other foul pole along the warning track. “The workouts are a lot of fun, and I really look forward to them. We get in there, blast music and get to work,” Hylton said. “I like it more than normal conditioning because I feel like we’re Junior Danny Watters uses weighted ropes at a station during doing a lot more, and I the team’s first circuit workout at Kosama. really hope that the or-

ganization keeps it up because I think it’ll benefit everyone more in the long run even for other sports, not just baseball,” Fletcher said. Sole is monitoring the workouts this season to decide if the team will continue their deal with Kosama next season. “Hopefully, this can be an option for us in the future. We will see how this works for both parties involved. For now, this has been a great team experience,” Sole said The Tigers are opening their season with a five-game road trip this week, starting with games on back-to-back nights at Riverfront Stadium, and three more games in Charles City over a three-day span. Junior Michael Kuntz was on the mound last night. Sophomore Brady Corson is getting the nod tonight, while junior Chris Balthazor looks to take the hill Wednesday night. “We really want to make sure we start strong in all of our games this week,” Hylton said. “It’s essential that we establish early leads and don’t try to play catch-up all week long.” Feature Editor Sandra

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How do you feel about the team’s performance at State? I feel very good about it. We had a lot of injuries to overcome, so we had a lot of girls step up for us. With the whole 4x800 team being juniors/sophomores, how do you think you will place next year at State in that event? We’re making up for Allison [Gregg], which will be hard, but Jamie Becker will step up, and Don [Williams] is a great coach.

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Men’s Tennis

Next up: State on May 28 at Des Moines at TBD

Women’s Soccer

Next up: Iowa City High on May 21 at home at 6:45 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

Next up: Sub-State at Cedar Rapids Prairie on May 22 at Prairie at 6:30 p.m.

Baseball

Next up: Columbus/Waterloo West on May 21 at Riverfront Stadium at TBD

Softball

Next up: Waterloo East on May 21 at home at 5:30 p.m.