Southwest High 2006 Yearbook

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bigger and better, louder and prouder . Four years down and the spotlight still shines. Lincoln Southwest has stood out in all aspects This year 's seniors became

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as freshmen , ready to take a chance and become a part of a new school. Success didn 't come eas ily , but soon the Silv er Hawks soared.

Southwest has been in the spotlight since it s door s opened in 2002. It was not easy starting out new , bu t th e class of 2006 dedic~ted themselves to being the best t hey could be. They wouldn 't stand for less than the be st

"I had a lot of confidence in the Southwe st students go-

ing into our first year , but the students have e xcelled beyond my expectations," said Principal Jerry Wilks .

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Photo by Pa ige Sanburg/Talon to go through all four years at Southwest They walked in

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(l) Nine N a ti onal M er it Se mi -f ina li st s mee t with Pri nc ipa l Je rry Wilks.

12) Junior Jomes Cottrell shows his spir,t durir1g spirit weef \Vith his Hui( l SW honds Studenh :,hcw,cd school spirit with c,peciolized T-shirts and costumes i3) Sophomore K ;le ~, ing and L\.ndrew Nguyen play o game of chess during club dav in September Meetings '.vere he ld mont hly and Chess C lub had 31 members 4 Freshma n Wuow Wuowrut fin d s a t ab le a ft er b uyi ng his lunch o n the fr eshman fir st da y Freshman First Day a llow e d stu dents t o beco me fam iliar w ith the sc hoo l an d lunchr oo m be fo re t he upper class men r e t urne d o n Au g 30.

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Photo by Ke lse y Campfield /T a loo (1) Seniors wait for their senior picture to be taken in front of the school at the beginning of the year For the f irst time, the sen iors also formed an '06 on the grass and took an aer ial shot that day. (2) Students in the Theatre Tech class work on sets for the fall musical, "West Side Story. ' Sets took many hours during class and after school to create (3) Senior Taylor Boney plays against Northeast Boney was at the top of the tennis ladder for the entire season (4 ) Military Histor y students await the landing of a Red Cross hel icopter on the school's baseball field. The class studied many forms of military transportation and invited the Red Cross to v isit (5) Freshman Jordan Schliesser speaks at the city's Anti-Bullying rally The rally was put on by high school students in front of the capital on Sept 8. (6) The city's Sunken Gardens renovation project at 27 t h and Capital Parkway was finally finished this summer , adding new statues, a dome and a waterfall. The $1.7 mill ion dollar project was the first renovation project since the garden was built on a city dump site in 1930

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The passion for green and silver filled the halls, and students of all kinds found the commons a good place to hang out before school and after the final dismissal at 3:03. Singers belted it out in the E-wing hallway and the band marched through the parking lot during practice. Athletes lifted in the weight room and cheerleaders yelled in the gym well before the sun rose in the winter. Southwest mantained the highest high school attendance rate throughout Lincoln Public Schools.

With this determination, it was no surprise that success came this quickly. Varsity football went from a 0-9 record its first year to a 9-0 regular season record. Southwest noted nine Natlonal Merit Semifinalists, far more than any other school in Lincoln. "West Side Story" sold out five of the six performances. And in four short years , Southwest went from being the smallest high school with 1,151 students to the biggest in the city with 1,888 students

Finishing touches finally made the school feel complete . Names were being added to the academic, athletic and performing arts walls of honor Bleachers were added to the fields , making them usable for underclassmen sporting events. Whether it was the small decisions like deciding where to eat lunch everyday , or the big events like returning from Labor Day weekend to find the front doors destroyed, many happenings proved to be

The Special Olympics part icipants gather in the commons as sophomore Deanna Ki nn ison is handed the Outstand ing High School Award for the team from the Director of S rts, Ni k Modrcin. "W e w ere real! roud and e xcited. Our ki ds ha ve done an

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.kind of a big deal

the bell rings; it's 3:03. As students leave the building they plan how they are going to spend the next 17 hours and 12 minutes until they have to drag themselves back to school for the 8:15 bell. Some rush off to work; others aren't in a hurry to get anywhere.

The bell may mark the end of school life , but it also started the beginning of real life.

Here are some moments that were kind of a big deal in Student

Homecoming King and Queen were Nate Peters and Jennifer Larson .

.fans rushed to the Omaha Qwest Center for the Dave Matthews band concert Nov. 27 .

as hurricanes struck the Gulf coast , gas prices soared, reaching $3.19 per gallon in September in Lincoln

a stolen car was crashed through the front doors over Labor Day weekend, leaving part of the front entrance boarded up until November before it was fixed.

students went from paying NO money for a school parking permit to a $10 fee.

(l) Freshmen take it all in on their first day at high schoo l. Freshmen were given time to get used to high schoo l before the upperclassmen joined them the second day (2 ) Sophomores stand in line to say ' Cheese ' on picture day Students met up with friends they hadn 't seen all summer , found a locker and prepared for school. (3) A stolen car is crashed through the front doors on Labor Day weekend. The car caused $25,000 worth of damage The Talon staff obta ined this photo through e-ma il. (4 ) Sen ior Me lissa Baker and jun ior Sarah Art en f ind enterta inment in go-car t s. Students passed time in many ways

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Fans wave their hands during the ki ckoff at the state p layoff qua r terf inal game verses Millard South School spirit grew much bigger last fall , particularly at foo t ba ll games Students f illed six buses that traveled to M ill ard for the 1 p m. p layoff game he ld No v 6 , in addition to the band and studen t s that drove themselves

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summer learnin'

S ummer. A time for relaxation, lying in the sun , and sleeping in, right? Wrong. For man y students summer meant work , class, and sports.

School may have ended for most, but not for seniors Andrew Kocarnik and Kelsey Wagner. Kocarnik attended a Civil Air Patrol Engineering Technologies Academ y at Wright State University in South Dakota. Here he learned about different engineering careers, but his favorite memory wasn't from the classroom. Instead, it was "being able to see one of the Wright Brother's original bike shops."

Senior Kelsey Wagner received her nursing assistant' s degree because she plans on working in the nursing field.

Sleeping until noon was not an option for man y Sports practices, camps or work got people going.

Just because students lacked sleep didn't mean the y didn't have fun. Sophomore Michele Kattes said, ccr hung out with friends. That's what I think summer is mostl y about. Sleeping in and hanging out with friends."

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Senior Andrew Kocarnik (right) works on a project with classmate David Noor from New Jersey during an Engineering Technologies Academy in South Dakota Many students chose to take classes at universities in order to prepare for college

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Senior Jade Armijo pets a lion while she was in Sou tl Africa over the summer. Besides meeting a lion she J.l so went bungee jumping. Students travelled all over th t world to places such as Turkey, India, and even Tu m ' ia.

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•are we there vet?'

S ome tudent found the phra e "There's nothing to do in Lincoln" to be o true, they left not only th town but also the country.

Sophoi;nore Alex Martin and her i ter, enior Alyssa Martin, traveled to India. After getting their vaccines they were off. But were they really?

Alex Martin aid, "The funniest thing that happen d wa when the plane from Toronto kept getting d layed. First the air conditioner welled funny so we had to get off. The second time a plane caught on fire o the airport wa hut down for a day. The third time we had an emergency landing in Montreal. The fourth time we finally got to London."

Martin's favorite memory was "meeting the children on the treet." Some stud nts traveled great length not only for fun but al o to help others.

Spending time with the underprivileged children was one of sophomore Alex Martin's favorite

Canada to Mexico, going on mission trips was a popular

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While at a festival in Germany senior Brandon Labadie dresses as a mime. Labadie was a foreign exchange student in Bonn, Germany all of last year and retured home in July.

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Freshman Collyn Curtis examines his lock.et ~n during locker checkouts. These days albted. $tlldents to turn in various forms as well find t dieir pin number. Many freshmen used qppommity to scout the school and find routes of getting around.

Juniors A m anda Berndt and Alisha Bartels rush to t 1 n in their packe t s during locker checkouts. Students h ; d to fill out their personal information and medical hi s . x y in order to proceed to the forums Then they could i ..n d out their student pin numbers and get parking pe rmi , s.

Sophomores Kierst Finsand and Tram Ti. : examine their schedules for the first term of schooL Planners were handed. out to freshmen during the Frosh Fun Fest, but r.est of the student body received theirs o second day of schooL

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Kaleigh Anderson listens and take notes during the "mini-sessions ' ~on the first day of school. Presentations were given during these short penods, educating the freshmen about Southwest.

Junior Katie Heckman performs with the dance team at the Frosh Fun Fest. The pep rally involved a number of groups, including the step team, dance team and cheerleaders that gave freshmen a taste of Southwest spirit.

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t he looming prospect of education haunted students as summer finally came to a halt With nightmares about the academic year ahead, most people were not mentally ready for the homework, early mornings, and effort that came with the start of school.

To help students get back into the "funk" of learning, school-organized events including an open house, locker checkouts, and the "F~osh Fun Fest" were arranged throughout August. These days not only gave the incoming freshmen a close-up perspective of the building, but also let them meet with their "teachers-to-be."

Locker checkouts on Aug . 16 and 17 separated the grades, enabling a more organized check-out. Open House Aug. 25 encouraged students to find out more about the courses in which they were enrolled as well as visit with prospective teachers.

''I liked and supported Open House because it was a good chance for teachers to meet students and their parents," said teacher Ryan Salem.

As the 9th grade class brought in tides, with around 470 students, of newcomers, students had to get used to sharing the halls with a towering crowd of 1,885. While the first day of school began on Aug. 30, incoming freshmen got a taste of high school by starting a day earlier. This day, also known as the "Frosh Fun Fest" on Aug. 29, allowed the newcomers to begin high school in a less stressful environment, without the distractions brought on by a full student body. "Mini" classes were held throughout the day, and Student Council showed an educational video they made about the school.

"The Frosh Fun Fest was a really good idea because it gave new students an opportunity to get used to the school," said freshman Lexi Smalley. - - - -

Social Studies teacher~ with a prospective s house. Teachers bad to find out more about the be teaching. Students I08Ql halls and got a better~W~ building and classroom locatiQns.

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Sophomores Kaylee Braden and Ellen Reber examine the classrooms during open house. The purpose of this day was to let students roam freely around the building, and meet their "teachers-to-be."

Freshman Dayton Graf listens to instructions given in a computer lab. During the Frosh Fun Fest, students were split up into groups. These groups toured the schooi and then were given demonstrations in the labs. Such •sessions• let the 9th graders find out more about the technological aspect of Southwest.

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spandex, spurs and spirit

hom ecoming week proved to be the perfect time for students to show off their school spirit by dressing up for Spirit Week, Sept 19 - 23

Monday started the week with Western Day. Students donned their spurs and hats and came to school walking tall.

On Tuesday students broke out the leg warmers and fish nets. For many girls, the sideways pony tail was an 80's day necessity.

Wednesday, students got wet and risky. Beach Day turned out a little more than just flip-flops and swim trunks as some students broke out the speedos and floaties, all dress code appropriate, of course .

With Thursday being School Spirit D ay, students came dressed for the game with all sorts of green and silver. Students colored their hair, wore green, and accessorized w ith green and silver Mardi Gras beads.

After an exhausting week of deciding the perfect attire for the spirit days, students got a break and came in pajamas and sweats for the last day.

"I liked comfy day because I just rolled out of bed and came to school," said senior Jessica Dussault. "But I did brush my hair."

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Seniors in Terry Abrahams' AP Literature and Composition dress up for 8Q's Day 80's Day was a favorite for many because of the creative things students

Sporting their "rad" clothes , juniors Colin Crevelin g and Nick Miles come to school in 80' s clothes. Ma n students were "def" on 80's Day.

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supporting the silver and green "

C ome on and cheer for Southwest Silver Hawks."

Students came with parents and families to Southwe ton Aug . 27 to enjoy Spirit Fest. Spirit Fe twas sponsored by the Booster Club, as "a way for us to introduce incoming 9th graders and transfers to everything that Southwest has to offer," said parent volunteer Jake Sedivy. Spirit Fest tarted off with the kickoff pep rally where the band, cheerleaders, color guard, step team, and dance team performed .

After getting their spirits up, students and parent visited with representatives from the clubs and activities they could join. Moving out ide, student took plea ure in fun game and food.

On Aug . 31, tudent and family came back to Southwe t for the Tailgate. Heading to the main gym, the Tailgate began with a pep rally.

After the pep rally students and family headed outside and got their cars painted in the parking lot, ate food, and played games.

"I had fun at both. I really enjoyed being with friends," said junior Courtney Luba c h

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e football team watches ances during the Tailga ate was used as a fundrai for the football tea

Students have fun at Spirit Fest Students playe d games, ate fo o d and h u ng out with people they ha d n o t seen for a while at Spirit Fest

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t he music hit you, the people urround you, and you look flawless as you tep into your very own Night in Venice. Homecoming 2005, for most, was one filled with fashion, fun, friend and fe tivities

From the second that school let out on ept 23 to minutes before the dance that night, many truggled to get ready in the little amount of time they had with the dance on a Friday, in tead of Saturday.

The door opened at 8 p.m. and the commons filled quickly because of the 1,302 tickets that were old. Student crammed onto the dance floor filled with friends and peer .

"Homecoming wa really fun," said enior San d ra Jac kson . "I liked hanging out with my friends and dancing with all of them."

Temperatures rose in the Commons area and dancers vi ited the conces ion area in between song to cool down and drink water. Cookie and pop were al o erved.

Though the mu ic topped, the evening wasn't over for some. Many gathered with friends for an after dance get together. It was just another night of great fashion, fun, friends and festivitie

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The dance floor ~as packed on homecoming night with anyone and everyone. 1,302 tickets were sold by the cheerlead ers and dance team members, more tickets than any other dance in So u thwest's history.

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Many stopped their dancing to watch those who bravely showed off their dancing at Homecoming. Junior Solomon Spataro shows the crowd his freestyle moves.

Seniors Nate Peters andJennif~r Larson are named Homecoming King and Queen. Pages for the underclassmen were announced at the Pep rally held earlier in the week. Freshmen Bri Exstrom and Andy Day, sophomores Maggie Deschaine and Christian Brabec and juniors Samantha Exstrom and Ollie Sloup were the pages for 2005.

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th e clock s tru ck ni ne as th e mu s ic s t o pp ed , a nd th e cro w d turn ed to wa t c h. Th e a nnoun ce m ent was th e n m ad e th at hom e comin g kin g and qu ee n we r e se nior Nate Peters a nd Jennifer Larson.

Wh e n as k e d ho w h e fe lt w h en h e found o ut h e wa kin g, Peters s impl y r e pli e d , " Honor ed. "

Chris Marsh , Nathan Clayburn, Brady Harrison and Ian Dike we r e ru n n r up fo r kin g a nd the runn e r s up for qu ee n we r e Jolyn Anderson , Megan Flory, Leena Padhye a nd Shea Samani.

Eve n thou gh h e was n't cro w n e d qu ee n Flory sa id, " I'm r ea ll y h app y fo r Jenny [Larson]. I was honor e d to b e cho se n for ro ya lt y "

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Many students came to homecoming with someone, whether it was with friends, a boyfriend or girlfriend, or both. Senior Samantha Moline and Pius X senior Jarad Weyers are found together on the dance floor.

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a •Golden• moment

S chool should be a time to get away from your parents and be more independent, but some students' family relationships and school relationships were one in the same . Several students' parents were on the Southwest staff.

Senior Erin Golden and sc ience teacher Tim Golden were one example .

Tim Golden said he has enjoyed sharing his daughters Erin and Caitlin's experiences in both academics and athletic Being able to see them each day in a different positive role has made teaching at the same school his daughters go to very enjoyable .

Erin Golden was even in Tim Golden,s biology class as a freshman.

"It was an interesting experience, even though it felt weird at times. The worst experience of this wa when I said 'Dad' instead of Mr. Golden. From that day on everyone in my clas knew I was his daughter," she said

"The best part of being at the same school is th at I' can go and get my dad when I need him. It is nice to have him so near."

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Science teache~ Tim Golden gives daughter Erin Golden money. "I can go and get my dad when I need him. Whether or not it may be for money or. for him to sign something," Erin said having her dad teach at Southwest was

Senior Bryant Seiko went with Caitlin Aylward to the homecoming dance. Aylward previously attenc ed Southwest and then enrolled in St Joseph's College of Beauty.

•Mv Heart Will Go On'

high school years are filled wi th many types of relationships. One of the most rewarding, but also most diffi cult of these is a bo yfriend / girlfriend relationship. This type of relationship may be filled wit h love, laughter, and good times, but it could also entail fights, broken hearts and break ups.

After dating for one year, juniors Samantha Exstrom and Brett Sundberg dealt with high schoo l break-up. "We became really clo e," Exstrom said of their relationship, but a "change in feelings," and being too busy once school started, caused them t o break up.

The worst part of breaking-up for most is feeling like you lost your best friend, according to Sundberg. But not every thin g wa bad.

"I had l ess things to worry abo ut and had more time to spend with friend ," Sundberg ai d. According to Exstrom they are till clo e friend , but both have more freedom.

Sundberg's best advice was to "Not get too caught up in a relationship because if yo u do, it might hurt a lot more when you break up. After all , most high sc hool relation hip don't la t that lon g anyway ."

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Juniors Samantha Exstrom and Brett Sundberg get together before the homecoming dance. Exstrom and Sundberg dated each other for one year. "Our relationship now is good; we are still friends," Sundberg said.

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Seniors Delissa Hickman and Christina Burden laugh with each other during lunch. They shared the same class schedule for first term. "We've been best friends for four years," Burden said.

workin' it

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oney, money, money. A teenager can never eem to have enough of it More and more tudents inve ted their time in a job to earn ome extra cash

Fre hman Julia Didier worked at Didier's Grocery in D avid City. "My dad is the owner o I didn't really have to do much," she said about obtaining her job.

Student made friends at their work a well. Fre hman Anna DeNell aid her favorite part of working at Lincoln Orthopedic Physical Therapy wa "being and talking with the people at work "

Along with work in g, studen t al o were involved in volunteering A popular place to find volunteering opportunitie wa Key Club.

Sophomore Jenna Lothrop aid he joined Key Club because " I like to help other and for college." Student also vo lunt ee r ed to gain exper i ence for a future career.

" I am looking to attend the Bryan LGH College of He alth Sciences, so I want to get u ed to the ho pital," aid sophomore Ashley Graham.

Whether students were working for pay or working for the community, they gained kill that they will keep with them for life. •

Working

Junior Kelly Lyman takes an order at DaVinci's. Lyman really enjoyed working at DaVinci's because she had so much fun with the people she worked with. "I would never be able to work anywhere else because I get along so well with the people here," Lyman said .

at laser Quest senior Dustin Grau works at the computer. Gaining skill for their future was a common advantage of students having jobs. These skills not only helped them out in th real world, but in school as well.

Junior Elizabeth W oita prepares a drink while worlru 1g Wilderness Perk, a local coffee shop frequented by 1 cs Southwest students. As a part of her work skills class freshm Alexis Pulver earns credit by collecting attendence fourth block. The purpose o work skills class was to learn skills stude could use in the future.

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ll ot many students own their own business but senior Tyler Moore does.

Moore is the owner of Tyler Moore Photography. He runs the busin ss, the web site and is a photographer. Moore's business does weddings, enior pictures, stock photography, art prints, and the occasional sports game.

He started out by submitting a resume to apply for a position at Richmond Photography. He then just started asking for photo jobs, that led to him starting a business.

Besides taking every photography class available at Southwest, Moore also took courses through the New Senior Tyler Moore takes pictures for his photography York Institute of Photography. business at a Southwest varsity football game. Moore "The experiences outside of class photographs a lot of sporting events as part of working have taught me more " he said. for a photography company as well as owning his own A d· M, h· · b • h h b . ccor mg to oore 1s JO 1s p otograp y usmess.

"Always different. I get to do what I

do in my free time for a job. The thing I like least is when making the photo I want requires equipment that I don't have."

Moore see himself being involved with photography at least for awhile after high chool. "I'll do it through college, for ure Then I'm not ure. "

Noodles and Company employees senior Sharon Little and junior Alex Pack wait to serve an order. Noodles and Company offered a variety of noodle dishes as well as a large selection of non-noodle dishes.

Working in food service was common among high school students because it was easy to get a job in this area without having any previous experience. Junior Jordan Muller was one of those. Here he prepares food while working at Subway.

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In the Hy -Vee kitchen, junior Mark Nielsen takes an order. Grocery stores were popular places for students to work because of the various jobs available and their flexible scheduling. Students could be found working the check-out lanes, bringing in carts, serving food in the kitchen or even cutting meat in the meat department.

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SouthPointe still DODlllar

th e bell finally rings signaling the end of fourth period. Students rush out of their clas es to begin their after school activities For many this means work and homework, but it also means having fun.

Going to the mall was a popular source of entertainment . SouthPointe's clo e proximity to Southwest made it a popular destination for students, especially in the summer when concerts were held in the center courtyard.

Sophomore Kayla Bennett said she and her friends come to SouthPointe mo t Fridays to" hop, of course!" And sometime to ee a movie a well.

Star Wars, Episode 111: Revenge of the Sith was thi summer's top selling movie. For tho e who have turned 17 or were fortunate enough to sneak in on a friends ID, Wedding Crashers was a hit rated R summer movie. For those students who were looking for a scare, Red Eye was the movie to see .

In ovember the fourth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire came out. "It won't be nearly as good as the book," said enior Molly Tobin prior to seeing the movie. "The book is too long. They won't be able to cover everything ."

Stuart Piper and Jacob Wilson (left) meet with friends at SouthPointe for some Friday night fun. From movies to shopping to eating Cold Stone ice cream there is always something fun to do.

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Junior Nathan Foote catches some air as Senior Tyle r Moore catches it on film. Many students could be seen on their skateboards for entertainment.

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iPods: are thev worth it?

lrerally thousands of songs in the palm of your hand, iPods became a popu~ar item.

In just two years iTunes, the online store to purchase songs, sold its 500 millionth song. For freshman Scott Hakel, iPods were definitely worth the investment of $200 for an iPod that holds 1000 songs.

"They're ea ier than a CD player and you can use them in lots of places," he said.

Not everyone agreed with the ease of use. Senior Nicole Pedersen declared she is "not a technology based person. It's easier to flip stations." A new version of iPod cost about $400, held 15,000 songs and 150 hours of video. •

to the pumpkin

has become a tradition for this group of friends. Ihrig says going to the pumpkin patch is «something fun and different to do with friends."

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Juniors Marci Ihrig, Jessica Svoboda and Jamie Svoboda walk out of the haunted house at Roca Berry Farm. Going

patch

time to eat

decidin g w her e to go out to lunch was kind of a big decision. Many students knew they wanted to go out to lunch, and usually decided at the last minute before leaving. "I decide to go out right before lunch," said junior Chelsea Capps .

The amount of time given for lunch was an issue many students faced. The 30 minutes allowed was not always enough time to drive to a restaurant, eat, drive back, and still be back on time. "It's definitely too short because by the time that you drive somewhere you've already wasted half of your lunch time," said junior Jon Pike. "At that point, you have about five minutes left to eat."

To beat this problem, students needed to have it down to the minute arriving back to class, but there were also many who came to class late.

Students without a third block class had two hours to eat lunch. Senior Andrew Tool said the best part of having yd block off was "having time to kick back, reJax, and enjoy my lunch." This extra time came in handy to many students Other than having more time to eat and to relax, students could also catch up on homework or go home if they needed.

Senior Laura Christiansen signs in to come back to class. Students signed in if they had no ID, forgot theirs, or did not have permission to go out.

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Senior Lance Kuhns chows down the rest of his bun ,to from Taco Bell before entering the school. Many students had little time to eat, and finished their me c: ls while returning to school.

sneaking out

going out to lunch for freshmen and sophomores was not allowed. Although this rule was enforced, man y of these students still went out, and had no p~oblem getting back in.

Michaela Barta and Brittany Prieb were two sophomores who aid they went out to lunch often.

"We go out because the food is better and it's definitely worth it," said Prieb.

Even though they couldn't drive, the y said the y rode along with whomever the y could, usuall y to Subway, which was their favorite place to go.

Sophomores were more likely to go out than the freshmen because most students turned 16 their sophomore yea r, and earned their license.

Friends Chelsea Capps, Trenton Dowling, Jacob Anderson , and Paige Brolhorst eat their lunch at Amigo's. Amigo's was a popular choice among students because it was close and

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Teacher Philip Monroe's informal lunch club meets during normal lunch periods to watch movies while they eat. It was a place for students to meet new friends and to just relax in an enviornment less stressful than the lunchroom.

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back bV DODlllar demand

dig through an old box of clothes from five years ago. Pull out some button up wovens and some old jeans that you can hopefull y still squeeze in to.

Next, stop in your mom's room and search everywhere for some of her old jewelry long necklaces, bangles, and plastic looking accessories. Decorate the old jeans with jewels, throw on a long sequin tank under the woven, accessorize with a long necklace, and put on some old flats. Your fashion sense just became impeccable.

Fashion and trends took on a whole new meaning. With completely new looks inspired by all different ethnic groups, everyone could find a look they loved.

"Fashion is a lot more fun and focuses on being comfortable yet classy at the same time. My favorite trend is most definitely my gauchos. They are like heaven," senior Caty Trimble said.

Big and beautiful was the key to fashion. Popular fashion included layered jewelry, big purses, cropped pants, lace, ruffles, jackets, knit sweaters, full skirts, flat shoes, embellished belts and decorated denim.

Fashion was fun and no one could resist Jumpmg on the bandwagon this time around.

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Seniors Tyler Szudlo, Ashley Nelson and Jeff Stephens showed off the number eight voted trend of the year popped collars. Whether the collar was on a sweater, polo or jacket, both boys and girls agreed this trend was one of the best. Again the LiveStrong and other plastic bracelets were a popular pick.

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funior Devon Allen and seniors Matt Conway, Kelsey C:hristiansen and Conrad Kess all show their own style. Layered shirts, polos, short sweaters, big purses and dark ieans show these four know

top ten Dicks

1. Polo

2. Lavers

3. Bangs

4. Flat Shoes

s. Big Belts

6. Gauchos

7. Long Shirts

a. PODDed Collars

9.Phone .lewels

10. Long Skirts

Survey was cond uct ed b y a poll of 50 st ud e nt s from each grade. ·

or even dressed down.

Left: Showing off her long shirt with a layered big belt, the perfect outfit is worn by freshman Anastasia Oulianova.

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Juniors Christina Fraser, Kelsey Bryant, and Maria Cammack all show good fa hion sense. Fraser sports a popular full skirt, Bryant shines with detailed sequins, and Cammack wears gaucho pants

what's up.

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Sophomore John CalaLan shows off his superb style. W'ttb his blazer, red flower and tie, he really made a statement. Flowers have been a hit for years. Girls wore them in their hair and guys...on shirts.

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Far Left: Senior Bobby Murray sports a trend common for guys. Holes in jeans could be dressed up

you're a Jet

the cast

"now it begins, now we start, one hand, one heart, even death won't part us now." --Tony and Maria

During six public performances of West Side Story, five were performed to a sold out audience. Over 200 people were involved with the preparation of the play. During performances there were about 100 students from the cast, crew and pit.

"The most difficult part is putting all the elements together; the acting, singing and dancing," said theater director Bob Henrichs.

To make sure the play went well there was about two weeks of dress rehearsals, that actually required the actors to completely dress out and apply makeup just like the real performance.

"The most difficult part of being in West Side Story wa being able to give up your time, because it takes a lot of extra rehearsals to put on the play," said senior Shane Cooper who played Consuela, a Shark girl.

Many of the actors in West Side Story had been in previous Southwest plays, so they knew what to expect. But there were also those new students to the Southwest theater program that found out how much hard work was required to put on a play.

"The best part for me is when the play goes from being mine to being the students, and they take control," Henrichs aid.

"Hold my hand and Tl! take you there, Somehow "

--Tony

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you're a Jet to the end " Sophomore Bryson Kerns (Riff) sings to senior Pat Sedivy (A-Rab), sophomore John Calahan (Action), sophomore Jason Belden (Gee-Tar) and senior George Dungan (Big Deal)

Seniors Maggie Wilken (Maria) and Chris Marsh (T o y) stand high above everyone as they sing to each other . As the play progressed the color changed to set the moo 1

,, the crew

t he most difficult part was building two 2 story buildings that had to be able to turn from scene to scene," said the Technical Director Mike Tush~us.

The technical staff had their work cut out for them. As Southwest's theater department started to develop the play; the crew began making the scenes, figuring out the sound system, preparing co tumes and props.

"We rely on everyone to do what they need to do so it gets done, but there were certain people I tru ted more to do what they needed and get it done correctly," Tushaus said.

With West Side Story being the fir t play of the year the crew learned of the new technologies that would make the play the best it could be. One technological advance wa Smart Sound system, which was run by the sound crew with help from a computer ystem Every crew member helped to contribute to West Side Story's succes

"My favorite part was probably knowing that becau e of all our hard work the end product really made the how awe ome," aid senior Jarrod Homer, the set crew chief.

As West Side Story came to an end, the crew got back to every day life. Although the rehearsals and play had ended, the memories will never vani h for the cast and crew of West Side Story.

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Junior Stasa Denkovich applies make-up to senior Scott Robertson's arm back stage. Denkovich was the Make Up Crew Chief and Robertson was Inido, a Shark mem ber

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Playing in the pit meant having to be present at all West Side Story performances. Senior Jessica Dussault played the cello in the pit for the play.

28 sports divider

... kind of a big deal.

your heart racing under the pressure before a big game.. . the adrenaline rushing after making the winning lay up· .- the satisfaction of tearing through the finish line hearing the crowd chant your name as if you were holding the team on your shoulders the excitement instantly f ii ling the air after the long-awaited victory squishing your way to the middle of the fan-frenzy and joining in the crazy antics.

What will you remember about Southwest sports?

Here are some moments that were kind of a big deal in sports

... bleachers were finally added to the track field. varsity football went 12-1 , finishing 2nd at state new head coaches for varsity boys basketball , varsity boys soccer and swimming, as well as a new athletic director state wrestling moved to Omaha's Owest Center instead of Devaney

. . . five people signed their letter of intent to play sports at the college level in the fall.

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Ill Junior Laura Bramme ier prepares for a hit during the varsity volleyball game against Lincoln Northeast The Silver Hawks battled for the win that took the game into four sets (2 ) Senior Jeff Schneider perseveres in order to pin a Southeast wrestler. Schneider wrestled in the 119 weight class for his third year on wrestling

Seniors Jeff Stephens, Blake Bolles, and Ben Martin, juni or Austin Cassidy , and sophomore Micah Fisher brea k through the tear-away sign before the game aga in st North Star This is a typical scene before every varsity football game as the players run onto the field between a tunnel of cheerleaders and dancers

(3) The varsity g irls started the race off at the lead of the pack during the city meet Junior Dani Virts finished in first place with a time time of 15:31. (4) Senior Tiffany Mockenhaupt dr ib bles the basketball against Southeast. The Silver Hawks beat the Knights 54-39

e will win, we believe it) we think it, we feel it, we are South

(1) Senior lineman Ian Dike pushes bac t Millard South's Mustangs. This game w; -; the second play off game and a big win, 414. Southwest gained 462 yards total. (; ) Senior Preston Kaufman carries the b ~ l to another win. Southwest beat long ti n '.! rivals Southeast, 35-21. (3) Quarterba d s senior Blake Bolles (right) and juni l r Austin Cassidy (to his left), take a b w '{ during half time. "Half time was a ti n e to regroup," Cassidy said. (4) Seni ( •r quarterback Blake Bolles goes for a 101 g pass during the season opener against Ea : : "It was nice to get pay back from last y e r when they beat us in the season ope m • We won 49-28 this year," Bolles said.

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Southw t's pride in football i new. As freshmen, the players attended a school where the football record was 0 and 9 They played on the freshman team in 2002 and many moved up to varsity the ir ophomore year. There, the journe y began to build the football program from the ground up. The work paid off.

The eason began with the team rated eighth in the tate. Seven game later the Hawks were rated second. A big win for the boys was against Kearney.

"They beat us twice last year

and they were rated above u . mad winning that much better," said Rian Suiter. Another memorable victory was against · Lincoln Southeast.

"They're rivals and talk up a lot, so it felt good to beat them and shut them up," Andrew Kletchka said.

The playoffs began again t North Star, followed by Millard South, and finally Burke. On Friday Nov. 18, the state finals were held. Though the team lost 35-14, they held their heads high at a 12-1 season. The boys on the team had a unique

experience. They had played for the ame coaches for three years and at varsity level. The team was reliant on each other for support on and off the field.

"The chemistry between us players and all of the people helping us gave us the edge to succeed as much a we did," said senior Ian Dike.

The Silver Hawks, with head coach Mark King, ended state runners-up with an undefeated record until the state finals game against number one rated team, Millard North

The offense lines up with only one yard to go for another touchdown, for another victory. The Hawks beat Grand Island 23 to 13.

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(1) Warming up for the big game, junior fo Hinrichs tosses the ball with fellow team m a : e! Each team had to be out on the field be or games to warm up and stretch. (2) Res t n kicker, sophomore Micah Fisher, kicks a i el goal in the game vs Pius. Fisher wa a -<e iiiiiiiit

-i player on the reserve team. (3) Defense gf

tough! Junior defensive lineman Reed La\\ -so was a srong component in holding the South ~a ! Knights back. ( 4) Sophomore Graham Stod c ar looks for someone to pass to in the reserve gm against Pius X. Southwest won 28 to 16 C Freshman Dustin Bloch break away from d ortheast def en e The Silver Hawks defe tte the Rockets in a 35-15 victory

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rwo - a-day That was the way the season began for football. Some oys s hu ddered at the thought For most, was hard work and exhausting . The nd erclas men had to prove to the coaches ·hat team they were ready for.

Freshman team had 76 players res h men year was a time for the coaches ) teac h the boys how to play high school )Ot b all.

" It 's time to prepare for playing on 1rsi t y," aid freshman Ben Samani.

Reserves had 41 boys on the team. These sophomore played together their previous year on the freshman team. The reserve team had an undefeated season.

Reserve's coach Kevin Schrad commented, "We have a well rounded team with depth at almost every position. These players want to be a good football team and are willing to work hard to achieve that goal."

JV was a unique team. Only 18 player made up thi team. Their season

was not a successful as the other teams but they played an amazing la t game.

"The best game was the last game when we beat ortheast, who was undefeated," explained junior Jon Hinrichs .

"The var ity team this year was good, starting a new expectation for us younger boys. We have a lot to live up and to look forward to when we get to play on varsity," aid Samani. The younger boys said they looked forward to joining the newly established tradition of excellence .

Freshman Dustin Bloch leaps up to intercept the ball from Matt Thornton of ortheast.

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e really £et to know eacfrother very, since we practice for a couple hou every day.

(3) Coach Jim Danson give advice to Courtney Lubach as she await her turn. The t eam said Danson is a great person and he gives good advice on how to play the game better. (4) Sophomore Alyssa McBride is about to hit the ball down the fairway. She was voted most funny by her team members.

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(1) Alexis Holmes tees off at Pioneers golf course. The sophomore v only person to qualify for state where she finished 13th overall. (2) Soph< Alexis Holme and Al y ssa McBride warm up on the driving range befor e d Holmes is using her driver and McBride is using her iron.

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V" Tonderful and fun are some words

1V to describe the girls junior varsity i th e varsity golf team. Varsity had e p layer qualify for state and that was Jhomore Alexis Holm e s.

The team played in many invites gin g from the East Kick Off which Im es won, t o the Lincoln Classic even t o the LPS championships.

rou ghout all of the invites the varsity

m h ad a t eam average of 377

A ia rt "My favor it e p lace to golf would

have to be at the Highlands. I really like the British style golf courses," said Coach Jim Danson.

Junior varsity played in four invites throughout the golf season.

"I think the funniest person is Laura Christiansen because she will try and be serious but somehow she always makes me laugh. She is also constantly quoting 'Anchorman"' said junior Courtney Lubach . "Oh yeah, that is how I roll!" said Jack Black's character in Anchorman.

According to Carol Kewey the most important event was the Grand Island Invite because there was "a lot of tough competition."

As for who was the funniest person on the JV team, Danson said, "Bri Exst ro m is the funniest person on the team because she is always smiling and is a very bubbly person."

In conclusion both, varsity and JV, teams had overall good seasons .

Junior Courtney Lubach stares down the hole as she tries to find

the best wa y to line up.

1 1 always love the game it s and the outstanding girls I got to play • t

I(1) During a time-out taken by Col t m Coach Mary Schropfer talks to th e te Schropfer used time-o u ts to motiv , te team and get them fired up. ( 2 ) l ri Nissen and Jessica Way go up for ab oc a game against Linco l n Northeast. \Ji signed to play volleyball for Trum a 1 S University. (3 ) Senior Kelse y Haa s ju Laura Brammeier, seniors Megha 1 R and Kristen Nissen get ready to retu • a The Hawks came out on top after a I battle against Lincoln East. (4 ) en A li cia Exstrom, Ke lse y Haas, i ht Hermann, and Kristen Nissen rec e i e I from their undercla sman teammat e ' night honored the ix seniors' last se tso high school volleyball.

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From a trong start to a mid-stream stumble, the girls varsity volleyball :ound their footing to finish their season ~2-12. This season was a roller coaster ·id~ for the team, winning some and then osmg some.

They first started to truggle when hey lost 2-0 to the number one rated earn Bellevue West, but pulled through vhen they won the Spartan Invite Oct. 8.

"We play ed well against Bell evue YI es t. We hung in there and I am proud

of the girls for never g1vmg up hope throughout the game," coach Mary Schropfer said.

The team went on to win the city championship against Lincoln East But th e Hawks couldn't pull it through once again against Lincoln East in the district tournament losing 3-2, and that's where it ended for the Silver Hawks.

The team had many team bonding moments. Before a game the team would have a team dinner at one of the player's

houses to get pumped and motivated before the game The team also fired up in the locker room b y list en ing to the theme song " I won't back down" and listening to Meghan Ryan give her usual pep talk.

As the season came to an end man y of the seniors said their good-byes and according to Ryan, their s ucce ss came from these words to li ve b y: "Never get frustrated w ith the team, stay positive and always play as team."

Kristen Nissen hits the ball wh il e Jessica Way prepares to help. issen was one of the leaders for attacks.

varsity volleyball

'e had an outstanding group of girls and that's why we played SO

(1 ) After sophomore Dani Cassidy makes a 1 ac t block the JV team comes together to celer at e The team continued this tradition after r ven block this season. (2) JV players Sam , nth; Exstrom (left) and Claire Velander ( r ght 1 go up for a block in the Northeast game. Th t team struggled but pulled through to wir 2-0, (3) Shayla Heimann, a freshman, gets re a c y to serve the ball to opponent Northeast. (4) ~ac ie Hansen, a freshman on the reserve team, a vai u the serve against Lincoln Northeast. The re erve team won 2-0 (5) The freshman team m a es i tunnel to start the game off. They shak th e hands of their opponents Lincoln N orthe a :

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Bu mp, set, spike it, that's the way we lik e i t ! The JV, reserve, and freshman t ea m s soared high above the rest with out s t and ing seasons. Each team worked h ard duri ng practice both on and off the court.

T he freshman team was new to the South wes t courts, but they weren't all new to t h e sport and it showed in their 2 1-2 recor d . They came to practice with a po s iti ve attitude and ready to learn; thi s mind set played a large role in their

perfect season! The Strackpack, also known as the reserve team, went undefeated.

Sophomore Lauren Hille r said the most exciting game of the season was "Southeast. It was a close game and we had to take them into three sets "

JV coach Erin Essink stepped it up this season by leading the JV team to an almost perfect season

Ka ila Lewallen , a sophomore starter

for JV, said, "This season was a blast and I enjoyed every moment of being with my teammates ." Even though Essink was new to the coaching staff she had a lot of fun working with the girls .

"I loved getting to work with all the girls and they were a blast to be around," she said

Walking off the court team members will recall the memories they made and the games they won .

Freshman player Ashle y Jannssen sets the ball up to sophomore Dani Cassidy for the kill. The JV team dominated against Pius winning 2 - 0 on Oct. 5.

e were a lot of unknown factors in the begin_i.-•·-....

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(1) Poised and ready, junior Taylor Boney br ; ': es for a return against Northeast. He amasse d an astonishing 26-4 record during the season. ~2) Sophomore Spencer Kerl and freshman R: lee Hall take a breather and support their teamm z es. Members of JV made string bracelets at the begirn ng of the year to wear throughout the season. :3) Seconds before contact, Cole Thompson sets U]--, ;or the return against Southeast. ( 4) Sophomore C c !in Holmquist leaves the ground during a serve ag a 1.st North Star. He was easily the tallest memb ( of the eclectic JV team. (5) The reserve team, a l ,ng with coach Angella Knop, watches teamm z es. Even though tennis is in large part individual-b a ed, there were support systems within all three tea r s

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IIIWh ere's the beef? In the midst of w h irlwind competition, the boys t enni s t eams came to rely upon beef jerky , courtesy of varsity player A n drew Wiedman 's mom.

Varsity coach D ennis He rshb erger, tru e t o his economics training, realized th at b eef jerky was a "hot commodity " Pl aye r s would immediately gravitate to th e scarce resource after their matches we r e fini shed.

N o t withstanding the high demand

for beef jerky, this year was notable for its "up in the air" condition. With several people graduating, vacancies opened in the tennis ladder.

"There were a lot of unknown factors in the beginning," Hershberger said.

The only returning players from varsity were juniors Tayl o r Boney and A ndrew D o w d. Even though there was a general lack of experience on the team, Dowd noted, "T awards the end of the year, the inexperienced players gained a

lot of confidence."

Eventually, each member came into his own. As a whole, the teams dispelled the myth that underclassmen are not worthy competitors. Case in point, Alec Lowrey, a freshman, worked his way up from JV to varsity through dedication and hustle.

After an impressive season in 2004, the boys tennis teams of 2005 had big shoes to fill. Not only did they step up, but they did so with joy and jerky .

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(1) Sliding into home against Ea , is sophomore Madison Drake. Drake , 1s a returning letterman and also pla yed fi rst base. (2 ) Senior returning letterman 1 lici a Bouge hit the b a ll against Fremont I igh School. Bouges was chosen for sc o nd team in uper state. ( 3) Senior T1 any Mockenha u pt dives back to first f n n a throw do w n from the orth Star ca t her. Southwe t won both games against I' J rth Star. ( 4) Getting ready for a ball to be l it to her at short top is Jackie ordell. ( dell is a two year letterman.

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Though only five seniors led th way, varsity oftball saw a bright future in their young and growing program.

The season began by sweeping Papillion La Vista South with a strong defensive effort, which proved to their trademark. Along the way the y became stronger and more confident, fini hing their season 23-18 after lo ing to def ending state champion Papillion La Vista at districts pla y.

The team was led by pitcher

Heather Albertson, with her Heartland Conference leading 0. 90 Earned Run Average along with 140 strikeouts and the defensive leadership of pitcher Tiffany Mockenhaupt. The Silver Hawks were second in Heartland Conference. All Conference players were sophomore Madison Drake and semors Alicia Bouges, Heather Albertson , and Tiffany Mockenhaupt.

Alberston and Mockenhaupt became the Hawk's first four-year letter winners

"Looking back, I didn't realize what an accomplishment it was to letter my freshman year. Now as a senior I realized how pecial it is to have had the opportunity to not only make the team but contribute to the extent I was allowed to for four year ," Mockenhaupt said. With only three senior starter the Hawks relied on underclassmen. Junior Tiffany Forycki said the most meaningful game of the year was "Northeast because we knew we beat a really good team."

Senior and captain Heather Albertson pitches a strike against Papillion LaVista. Albertson, a four-year letterman, said, "It feels great because not very many people have a chance to do what I did."

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..._, ling lTa lon (1) Reserve player Auburn Boeche, a sophomore, prepares to receive the b , 11. Meanwhile a Southeast player is hope full of making it to base safely. (2) K ri Parke catches and holds the ball in her glove during a JV game against Norf Parke played catcher and also outfielder. (3) JV player Anna Horst awaits for r 1e ball while a Lincoln High player safe ly makes it to the plate. Horst is a sophom c :e who plays infield and outfield. (4) Reserve player Lindsay Hanson makes a cla n 1g slide into home plate, hoping to add a run to Southwest's score. Hanson kn 1 s she succeeded when the umpire yelled, "safe!"

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Both res erve and JV oftball performed superbly during their 2005 season, oming up to bat at every challenge. JV nded up with a 22-9 season record, and ~serve ended with a record of 9-8.

Besid es winning their games, JV ftball's goal, according to coach Lis renden , was to "win city by working ard everyday." JV's effort, practice, and etermination paid off when they met ue ir goal and won city.

Just like a roller coaster there were

some ups and down to the season.

Reserve player Jamie DeJ onge said, "Rosie Lann would have to be the team motivator. She always encouraged us during practices and games, even if we were losing."

The saying "there is no I in team" comes into play with any sport, especially when playing softball.

To become more of a team, JV player Elly Jurgensen said, "We hung out at lunch or at football games, but we

didn't have team dinners." According to Brenden, before a game the girls would do a basic warm -up and talk about their goals for that game.

"It was an exciting season and I'm sad that it is over," Jergensen said .

Excitement, fun and new friends was what most of the players found, leaving it all on the dirt and showing other schools what the big deal about the Silver Hawks really was.

It's outta here! JV player Alli Catlett, a freshman, makes contact with the ball and has a smashing hit.

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up to have a talk right before the race. (3) The team runs a cool down run a f r East, Southeast, and Southwest triangular. The team ran in 12 meets. ( 4) Sen )r Winston Ostergard, senior Tom Woodward and junior Tyler Christianson 1 ; t their pizzas after running a hard race at Pioneers. Woodward previously ran n track.

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Seniors Tom Woodward, Derek Hutchins, juniors Mike Schuster, and Brand n Olson, run in the Heartland Conference at Pioneers Park. (2) The team gath s

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BIIang! Th e gun fire , signaling the start of th e rac e, and th e boys begin the battle against the clock

Thr ee miles of hills and heat is a laboriou s task without year-round training.

"We did good this yea r, however our team is too yo ung and inexperienced. The bo ys should reall y commit more time during winter, spring and ummer conditionin g if they want to be a top notch runn er," said assistant coach Ryan

"Cross country champions are won in the ummer, not in the fall," head coach Ted Larson said

Senior captain Derek Hutchins started running on the team two years ago because he enjoyed being a part of the cross country family and the challenge . With 23 runners the boys had to be competitive to earn a pot on varsity . Finishing tim es remained close throughout the entire season

"During our time Lake, we had seven guys finishing within 30 seconds of each other," Hutchins said . Al though th e t eam was inexperienced, their dedication allo wed many of th em to achieve personal goals.

"The greatest moment was when we had all but five runners make their personal records at the city meet. We al o had the first ever JV boys victory at city," said Salem.

Junior Martin Bland and sophomore Jay Anderson run at Pioneers Park. Bland and Anderson made their top tim es at Pioneers Park.

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• 1 after the c1 f "ff eat popsic es 1 I d Chelsea p e1 er Th varsity girls ) a h Bax an (2) e . (1) Sophomores As tyn • ·ured early in the season h Wesleyan Invitatmn championship. Pfieffer wa~ i;he team placed fourth at \~ championships. '' 11 off at t?e soun? ~~ttsh:u~~ ahead of the ~pponen(;) ~ht;:ea: anxiously awaits h (3) Jumor Dam V~ou h she had a back mJury t the meet ran at state event g The team placed third a J WocxJ/ Tobe results at the city meet. Photo b ason

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h e dust settles just in time for the crowd to see the girls fly by in another :e t o th e finish line. Junior Dani Virts in th e lead with the rest of Southwest ose b e hi nd . V irts, co-captain for the girls r s1t y cross country, was a top runner in e cit y

" Ru nning is pretty sweet," V irts ' d, w h o was the only Southwest runner qu ali fy for state. At state, V i rts placed th pl ace out of about 200 Class A nn e r s

Assistant coach Ryan Mahoney said that during the summer conditioning, Virts was the hardest working person on the team. It paid off with Virts taking the title of the top runner in the city.

Cross county wasn't just about running, it wa also full of memorable moments.

During a practice at Pioneers Park, Mahoney and coach Phil Voigt wanted to keep the practice atmosphere light They tricked freshman Carly Belz into thinking

pinecones were delicious. Mahoney was the first to take a huge bite out of a pinecone V oigt followed M ah o ney's lead and bit into the pinecone, swallowing the bits . After Voi gt ate the pinecone, the whole JV team joined in on the action.

"To let you know, pinecones don't taste good!" Mahoney said .

Soon, eating pinecones became a tradition at the meets. Sometimes it takes the pinecone diet to keep up with this team.

Varsity runner, junior Emily Creglow pushes herself to the limit to put in a strong kick at the end

This is Creglow's third year running cross country.

color guard, silvester

The half-time show during the football game against Kearney was one of t e many performances by the band. Practice made perfect when the Marchir, g Band received a Division I Rating of Superior at the Links Contest.

Freshman Band: Philip Baker, Christian Berg, Alex Bischoff, Lauren Bir d (Drum Major), Carey Brant, Lauren Brunken, Jamie Burbach, Marilyn Buresh, J amie Champoux, Nathan Coatney, Alysha Culver, Nick Dahlq st, Christine Dalton, Erin Da v idson, Travis Davidson, Jarett Dennin g, Mich el Fortkamp, Kim Fuoco, Ryan Griepsma, Sean Grosshans, Paige Guilliam s M Hahne, Hannah Hamilton, Emily Hartman, Ale x Hartmann, Erin Heale ) , Sam Hejdelk, Eric Hinz, Ashley Janssen, Nick Jester, Lexie Johnson, Br: ,10 Jones, Rio Kim, Ty Kuper, Karissa Livingston, Taylor Mack, Laurabeth Miller, Nick Miller, Kathryn Moore, Ben Norton, Micah Ffeiffer , Corey Ritter,.Todd Roeber, Ethan Rymph, Sinan Sayoo d, Aaron Schilling, Mar g -rre ' Sherwood, Jeremiah Si eve rs, ick Spencer, H a rri so n Stark, Chris Stepan l k, Jacob Steward, Anna Thomas, Cole Thompson, J a red Tupper, Zach Wa t on Bethan y Wood, Luye Yang, Jack Zhang.

Junior Amanda Ball, seniors Heather Holcomb, Andrea Spivey and Kristy Strudl perform during the half time show at the varsity football game against North Star. Color Guard received a Division II Rating of Excellent at the Links Contest.

Silvester entertains future Silver Hawks during the state football game against Millard North. The mascot suit was worn by junior Spencer Wolfe, sophomore Angel Geller, and senior Janece Potter.

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Photo by Sean Jar, isnc Drum line performs during the half time show at the varsity football gar against Fremont. The varsity band and color guard received a Division I 1 .a ti of Superior on Oct. 15 at the LPS Band Contest at Seacrest.

Varsity Marching Band: C a rla Ahl s ch we de , Eric a Ahl sch we de, Ja y And e rson, Vita An gg raini, Kati e Arm s tron g, Sa ra h Art en (Drum Majo r), J a red As hton , Meli ssa Riker, An u nd a Ball, Lea h Bart ek, Alisha Bartel s, Kaci Bartholom ew , C a ra Bea t y, C hri s Bell , Eli z ab e th Be lson, Ky le Bett e nhau se n, Laur e n Bird , E rica Bi sc ho ff , Matth ew Bl a n ke na u, Magg ie Boese la ger, T atum Bow lin g, St ac ie Brantin g, Mitchell Bromwich , Bra ndi Burk ett, T yler Bu sh, J o hn C alah a n, Ma tth ew Champ o ux, D av id C ha n gs t ro m, A b by C hri sti a nsen , Kr ys t a C la use n, Na th a n C layb urn , Britt a ny C lea l, Ma tt Co hn , Aric a Coleman, Nate Colem an, Ma ndi C on way, C or ey C ook, Za c h Co unt ry ma n, D ebr a D av is, Ke lsey D e nton , Lac ie D o ughe rt y , Mor gan D o uglas - H ill, J essica Du ssa ult , Matth ew Du ssa ult, Tra vis Ea rh a rt , Kelse y Eide, Ashle y Eppen s , A lex Epp e rso n, Sa rah Essay (Drum Maj or ) , Rya n F e r guso n , Gr a n t F e rri s, Ki e rs t Fin sand, Oli via Foge rt y , D av id F reese , Co lby Ga u ff, An ge l Ge ll e r , Alana G iese ma nn, Emm a Grasmick, Austin Griffith, Andre w H a nna, Ka t ey H a rri so n , Brad y H arri so n, H a nn ah H e ise r, Abb y H eise r , Bec k y H e nd e rso n, Meg ha n H e nd erson, Kat ie Hill , J o nath a n Hin z, H eath e r H o lcomb , Kri stin Houchin , Nicole Hud s on, Ali c ia Hunt , N ico le J ab e r, AJ J aga di c h , Ka ti e J asa, Aa ro n J o hn sto n , Sp en ce r Ke rl , Ca rol e Kerr ey , All e n Kin g, Kyle Kin g, Am and a Klin e, Ke ls ey Klut e , Ma rc Koe ni g, Bra nd o n Labadie, Kelsey Lang e, Nick Lattim e r , Bec k y Ledd er, CJ Leffe rt s, Meg ha n Leo na rd, Ka rm a Li vin gs ton, Sh elb y Luk e , Ri cha rd Lu z um, Ka ra Maize, A li Ma li k, Al yssa Malo ne, Z ac ha ry Ma pe s, J o nath an Mattson, Keli McClu s ke y, Britt a ny Mc Coy, D a ni Mill er, Sam Mo li ne , J ea n-M ari e Mo r r issey, Mikh ae la Mullin s , Th o mas Mundt , Aa ron M ur ph y, Sea n M urph y, Andr ew N guye n, Am a nd a Ni sse n, Aa ron Norman, Sophie Norman, Mik e P e t e r se n (Drum Ma jor ) , Nate Petro, D ani e l P fin gs t e n , Ste ph a ni e Phillip , Britt a n y Pip er, Re ill y Pl ace k, A lyssc1 P o tt er , N ic k P owe rs, We n y u Qu, Bradl ey Range l, D o nn y Rangel, Lindy Ra uscher, D a ni Rehb e rg, T o ri Renke n, Kat ie Ri cha rd , M ichae l Roo d , St e ph Roy, JD Royer, M eik e Ruba ch , Mi c ha e l Rya n, Du s tin Ry mph , Crys t al Sc hn e ll, Lexy Sch oe n, H ea th e r Schu s t e r, Ben Shallenberger, Darren Smith , Be n Sp e ncer , A ndr ea Spi vey, Spencer St a rk, Gra nt St e pane k, Sama nth a Stron g, J a mi e Strudl , Kri s t y Strudl , Eri c Sutt o n, Amber Swe nse th , Ke ndr a Sz udl o , Tiffan ey T atro, Tiffani Thomason, John Thomp so n, Bri a n Th o mp so n , J e n n i fe r T h or pe,

the british invasion

cq V 1elcome back my friends to the sho w W that never ends, We ' re so glad you could attend, Come inside! Come inside, the show's about to start, guaranteed to blow your head apart, rest assured you'll get your money's worth, the greatest sho w in Heaven, Hell or Earth."

"Karn Evil 9" by Emerson, Lake and Plamer was one of several songs the marching band performed.

The marching bands were led and team taught b y Band Director Lori Falc one and Assistant Instrumental Instructor Stacy Marshall. Alyssa Jo hnson , instrumental arts instructor, assisted with varsity band and wrote the formations for the freshman band.

"We were very excited about our shows this fall. Since we are headed to London, both bands played British Rock

music. The freshman band played music by Queen and their show included ' Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' Our varsity band took a 'classical rock' approach and played the following: 'Roundabout' by Yes, 'Whiter Shade of Pale' by Procal Harem, and 'I Can See For Miles' by the Who," Falcone said.

The marching band left from Kansas City on Dec. 27 and flew to London in order to perform in the New Year's Day Parade.

"Our parade began at Parliament, proceeded to Trafalgar Square, past Picadilly Circus and then ended at Berkely Square," Falcone said

In London the band visited the Tower of London, W estminister Abbey, Stonehenge, the Castle at Windsor, Bath,

the British Museum, Parliament, and Big Ben. The 149 students went accompanied by 64 staff and chauffeurs for the trip.

The marching band also participated in many competitions. The entire Silver Hawk marching band played at the Grand Island Harvest of Harmony Parade on Oct. 1, a televised event. The freshman band played in both the Links Contest and the LPS Band Contest and was one of only three freshman bands to perform.

Varsity band competed at the NSBA State Marching Contest in heavy rain on Oct. 22 and received a Division II Rating of Excellent.

"The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days, You thought that I w ould need a crystal ball to see right through the haze," but the band l ed the way .

" eir work ethic, dedication, ability to deal with obstacles, and talent is second to none. They're a fun group to work with and I'm }~ proud of them! -Stacy Marshall, assistant instrumental instructor

meralds, envv

The Emeralds show their support for the varsity football team before they left for the championship game. «r became a dancer at Southwest to get a good experience for what a high school dance team is like and because I love dancing," said junior Katie Heckman.

The step team, Envy, performed at half time during the varsity basketball games. They competed and hoped to hold a kiddie clinic to teach step routines. Captain Carey Brant's favorite thing about step team was «the pep rallies because we get to show the student body all the hard work we have done."

Katie Heckman, Kaylea Sasek, Chasmin Gerschefske, Lizzie Marsh, and Lacey Mueller decorate car windows at the football tailgate to raise money for the football program.

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The group renamed themselves «Envy" for the new group and school year. They practiced hard before school in the morning to perfect their pep rally performances.

Senior varsity cheerleaders Julie Hetcko, Shea Samani, Jennifer Larson, J; aige Sanburg and Alex Ball forget about cheer and have fun in the dorms. «we w 2 t eo to give the freshmen a warm welcome, so we dressed up in the same cl ~he ~ covered our faces with panty hose and ran to their dorm rooms with sh.: vin i cream for the su rise We ot in trouble but it was well worth it!" Ball sai L

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Photo by Sean James/Talon Emeralds show off their moves as they dance at the half time show during the varsity football game against Lincoln High. They also danced at all varsity basketball games and pep rallies.

Varsity cheerleaders Paige Sanburg, Nicki Westover and Alex Ball make signs to put around the school for the football game against Kearney. They also made signs for other teams and activities.

Carey Brant and Lindsey C u-d< ' and the rest of Envy perform , t th tailgate to kick off the year. al9 performed at pep rallies.

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g school spirit wasn't hard get involved and promote school spirit basketball games. This last summer the for everyone; the Emeralds, varsity Also, I love danci11g at football and squad competed in a UCA competition cheerleader s, and Envy, the step team basketball in front of our student body," and won the leadership award . went above and beyond. Every group was said senior Helen Song.

Senior Erin Lamb said she got involved with pumping up the crowd at Dancing at half time during the friendship out of cheerleading because sporting events and pep rallies. state championship football game was "all of my close friends are on the

Leaping through the year, the an important memory the Emeralds will squad." Emeralds practic ed early in the morning always share together.

Step team rocked the nest at pep to work on techniques and routines. "Going to the state game and being rallies .. .literally. The nine step team The Emerald s choreographed all of ab l e to dance at Memorial Stadium in members showed dedication and hard their dances, and time and effo rt into front of so many people was my favorite work with practices after schoo l three perfecting every move. memory this year," said sophomore Sally days a week.

Samantha Schmeeckle was the only Ingham.

There were many challenges to dancer who ha s been with the Emeralds The varsity cheerleading sq u ad of 18 being on a t eam . For freshman Jad e all four years, but many others returned. gir ls also practiced every morning before Cattoor "coming up with steps is a big "I continue to try out for dance school hours as well. They cheered at challenge for step team because they have team because I think it is a good way to all football, volleyball, wrestling and to fit to gether and so und good "

senior, it's great to say the last football game I ever performed at was at Memorial Stadium. It was a reward. .,.,

-Samantha Schmeeckle, senior

Dressed in football player jerseys, the varsity cheerleaders stir up some spirit at the homecoming game. The varsity squad cheered at over 100 games throughout the year.

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JV cheerleaders Amber Mickle, Amber Schueth, Jordan Reinwald and Courtney Lubach pump up the crowd at the school's tailgate in Au~st. The tailgate was one of many events the cheerleaders cheered at corrung back to school.

Freshman cheerleaders Taylor Mayer and Kara Olson cheer at a freshman football game against Lincoln Southeast. The freshman cheerleaders cheered for the six home football games.

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Freshmen Jess Tommeraasan and Jessica Wright cheer at a football game. "I tried out for cheerleading because I thought it would be fun and all of my friends were doing it," Wright said.

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Early morning practices aren't favored by everyone. Reserve cheerleader J ordie Bornhoft said her favorite practice was on Friday. "They give us breakfast, which is awesome."

Reserve cheerleaders get the crowd going at a volleyball game against Linc o East. It was their job to get the crowd going and bring school spirit to everyone that attended.

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Photo by Rob Wilkens JV cheerleaders dance to the fight song at Spirit Fest. Cheerleaders also sold beads and porns to raise money for the year.

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JV cheerleaders perform at a pep rally. Kiara Letcher said, "I like spreading cheers to the student body and bringing school spirit to LSW."

Reserve cheerleader Jordan F rn ld1 said her favorite event to cheer t vh football. "It's really fun, and the c ro1 support is getting better every y ( ar!'

iv , reserve, freshman alike

Waking up to be at school by 7 a m. and sometimes staying after school until 7 p.m. That was the day in the life of a cheerleader.

Wheth er it was practicing cheers to make th em perfect or making signs for lockers and hallways, cheerleading required commitment. Besides cheering at the games, the activity focused on teamwork, friendship, learning and having fun.

In addition to cheering at sporting events, cheerlead ers also cheered at pep rallies, tailgates, school activities and spent time fund-raising.

"We did a car wash fund-raiser in August. It was really fun and we had a great time doing it," said JV cheerleader Amber Schueth.

Games were a big deal for cheerleaders. They helped rally the crowd and get them excited.

"The excitement at the games and the crowd cheering with the fans was my favorite part about cheerleading," said JV cheerleader Amber Mickle.

Sixteen girls each made up the JV and freshman squads, while 14 girls made up the reserve squad.

The reserve team brought home a

'Superior Squad' award from the Universal Cheer Association camp in the summer. The team also placed high in overall cheer and dance.

The freshman squad followed them, also earning 'Superior' and 'Excellent' award trophies in cheering and dance.

In addition, the JV cheerleaders took away many awards that included all blue ribbons for eva lu ations and a spirit stick award for having positive attitudes throughout the week. They also received first place in overall cheer, and a second place award in the dance category.

( (I have cheered for two years at LSW and really .enjoy all of the bondS I have made with friends." -Ellie Neuwirth, JV cheerleader ))

Reserve cheerleader s Jordie Bornhoft, Katie Shanahan and Marie Hansen cheer at a reserve football game against Pius. This was Bornhoft's second year as a Southwest cheerleader and Shanahan and Hansen's first.

g a wrestler • at South wes t , I have found a second f • 1

(1) Senior Ryan Newell wrestled in the 275 pound weight class this year on var ity. Both Ryan Newell, at 275 pounds and Preston Kaufman at 215 pounds wre :, led in the heavy weight divison. (2) Senior wrestler Preston Kaufman pins his Lin , ln East opponent. Kaufman was a four-year letter winner. (3) Senior Bobby M u -ray struggles to pin a wrestler from Lincoln High. Murray was in the 160 p o md weight class (4) Senior Austin Brooks tries to take his Southeast opponent d< Nn. Brooks was in the 135 pound weight class.

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restlers would say after a meet that wrestling can really take a lot out f a person. Along with the physical gony it may bring them, meets were also warding.

"I've learned that everyone is part of e team and even if one person is slacking, e all have to run sprints," said sophomore an Holly.

From winning 84-0 against Southeast uring the first meet of the season, o sending nine wrestlers to the state

tournament, the team performed well. For the first time ever, the state tournament was held in Omaha at the Qwest Center from Feb. 16-18.

Wrestlers that competed in state were Rudy Fiedler, Jeff Schneider, Justin Ferguson, Austin Brooks, Joel Ferguson, Bobby Murray, Reese Beninghaus, Preston Kaufman, and Ryan Newell.

Districts were held Feb. 4 at the Heartland Athletic Conference. Seniors Preston Kaufman (215) ranked first,

Austin Brooks (140) and Bobby Murray (160) all won district titles.

"Watching this team grow over the la s t four years, and teaching these young men life skills of persistence, self advocacy, and doing whatever it takes within the rules to be successful, makes my job worthwhile," coach Aaron Finley said.

The goal at the end of the year was to place 10th overall. The team fell just short by placing 11th out of 32 teams.

The wrestling team looks at the flag during the a tional Anthem at th e Northeast meet. Southwest won the match 36-33.

earn has character. We dig deep when times

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(1 ) Seniors Kristen Nissen and rn d Shook jump to give each other high iv e after being introduced before they p l 1y et Westside. The final score was 5 •-S J Southwest lost. (2) Claire V elander l ,ok for an open teammate during the '. am against Bellevue West. V eland er was o 1e o five juniors on the varsity team. (3) Se 1io r Amelia Meyers, Shelley Hermann, A hl r Nelson, Kristen Nissen, Rachel Ishern oc Se'erra Fantroy and Randi Shook su ~ po r the boys basketball team. The girls , coo in the front row with shirts that spelle I ou "Go Hawks." (4) Coach Lis Brenden s ,1 ow the girls what to do to help them : fo Millard South during districts. Soutl-' we1 won, 58-35.

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V arsity h as always been a special title in high school, but for this gro up of varsity girls it was more than just the title.

"Everyon e on our team has the will to never quit. We work hard everyday to make ourselves and each other better," sen ior Rachel Isherwood said.

The team was equipped with three players who started on the varsity team their freshman year, Shelley Hermann , Rachel Isherwood , and Ashley Nelson.

The girls formed many lasting

memories. They had fun singing karaoke style on bus rides, and they would sing and dance in the locker rooms while getting ready for a game.

"We have many pre-game rituals like we have dinner at someone's house before every game along with other silly things like rolling our shorts way too high and singing together in the locker room. We have fun just being silly!" senior Randi Shook said

"Our team is a family and families

always stick together. other's back," said junior Christine McKinney.

The team made it all the way to quarter finals of state where they lost to Bellevue East. The team defeated a number of teams including Lincoln High, Southeast and East twice, the first time during regular season, and the second during the District Championship.

The team finished fifth placed in state

teammate senior Rachel Isherwood during the quarter finals. They lost to Bellevue East, who went on to win the state Championship.

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( 1) The freshman team takes a huddle bn ak during a game again t Southeast. They v, n 37 - 18.(2) Reserve player Jackie on ell prepares for a shot at a game versus Om ha Skutt. (3) JV player Madison Drake wait~ t o see if the ball w ill make it in a a free thnw by an Omaha Westside player. Southwest l lst 43-54 (4) Freshmen players McRae Bell , d Bri Badje both jump for possession of the l all during a game against Northeast. "This tl rn1 was a true team," coach Jay Landstrom s id ( 5) JV player Christine McKinney block , a potential pass by a Northeast player.

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eir kn ees bend in anticipation whi le their eye fo cus on the orange ball poised in the re e' h and . The whistle blow , the players p into t he air, and the game of basketball begun.

"I lo ve the adrenaline ru h three minutes or e a game tart ," reserve player Chelsea pbell aid. The players on the JV, erve, and freshman girls basketball teams

Jeri en ce d that rush every game day

"Co ac h [Nicole] Kubik really knows the n e of b asketball. I learned o m u ch from

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her. .. just watching her play during practice," junior Claire Velander said.

The JV team thrived under Kubik's instruction, earning the city champion title. The 15-3 record was the most wins the JV girl team had ever had in the school's four year.

"This team showed what [the] sport is about : having fun, working hard, and competing," Kubik said.

The reserve team's winning season included pulling a difficult win against Beatrice,

a team that had beaten them three times last year. Mo t re erve players cited this victory as the most memorable moment of the eason

The freshman team was undefeated among the Lincoln teams; there's no que tion why.

"He alway pushed us to be the be t," freshman McRae Bell said of her coach Jay Landstrom.

His efforts were not in vain, for the freshman team won city

"This team was a true team," said Landstrom .

Tiffany Forycki prepares to throw a ball to a teammate during a JV game against ortheast. They won the game 44-36.

Ineeded to pro ve 1t to ev eryone else [th a t w e could be a w inning te a J and I thin

(1) Senior Mike Spoerl save a pass t orr going out-of-bounds. Spoerl scored LWC free - throws with 4.3 seconds rema i 1in to win the game against Papillion-La ' ist a South (2) Students swarm the court fte r the Southwest's victory over North ·ast The win pushed Northeast out of th l to r position for class A ranking (3) Seni o Ia r Dike escapes the Lexington defens e an c rushes for the basket. Dike wa r a ke c first on the team in high scoring. (4, Junior Drew Wergin tips the ball up fo r tw ( points during the orthea t game. W rgir was averaging 12 3 point per game d 1 r im Southwest's winning s treak

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b oy varsity basketball kicked it up a n o t ch with the team's first winning seaso n and high school rankings.

N ew head coach D uane Baack ch an ged the basketball program b y chan gi ng the offense to give post pla yer mo r e opportunitie to core.

"A a coaching staff, we wanted our playe r s to compete each and every game ... our pl ayers gained confidence to not only com p e t e b u t win big games," Baac k aid. A huge accomplishment wa t h e Sou thwest' 61-55 victory against

Northeast which gave the chool its first loss for the season. Point guard Matt Niazi said he worked to manuever the ball down the court in order to "set up his teammates for easy buckets."

Going into the game orthea t was the top rated class A team, and Southwest was ranked number 9 During the first half of the game, the Northeast Rockets led 16-5, but Ian D ike's high score of 17 point for the game, along with a 12-0 run in the third quarter, brought the Silver Hawks to victory.

The var ity basketball offense thrived, pushing every game to 40 or more. The players knew this year could be their first wmnmg season.

"Coming into the season everyone in the program knew we had the talent and work ethic to be a top class A team," said Drew Wergin, center. The team soared through the season, causing double take from opposing coaches, claiming pride for Southwest's basketball program and winning the hearts of the student body

Junior Sean Yo t catches Ian Dike's rebound an d pushes it toward the basket.

Yost scored the final two free-throw to seal the win against Northeast.

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innin g shot s at the buzzers

( 1) Sophomore reserve player Micah Fi ~' e goes up for the rebound against players fi n ortheast. Southwest lost the game 55 53

(2) Sophomore reserve player David La\ .?II hoots a free throw. Lavelle was a gt 1n and a forward. (3) Junior var ity guard r yl Jaacks goe up for the three pointer ag a n1 Lexington. The team beat Lexington 85-2 l

( 4) Junior Gabriel Wegulo shoots a free th 0 1 in the game against Lincoln High. Wegulo ,\ 'J a guard on junior varsity. ( 5) Junior vat ;it member watch the action again t Lin ol

High. Southwest won the game 73-58.

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ree second left in the game, two econd , ne second SWISH! Southwest win ot onc e, but twice the JV team ended a me thi s way .

"Mike Coatman had two gamennin g bu zzer beaters again t Grand and a nd Northeast," aid coach Kyle humann. "It i o rare to w in a game by e buz zer, but two games in a row That amazin g !"

Althou gh there were many hard .m es th a t were playe d , o m e were harder

than others.

"I think that the harde t team that we played this year was Norfolk," said junior Mike Coatman. The JV team lost the game 48-74.

For the reserve team, the hardest game was against Millard North, according to ophomore Chris Schm idt. The reserve team lost the game 71 - 88

Sophomore Collin Holmqu ist chose the Northeast game becau e "we played t h em with suc h passion and worked very

hard." The reserve team lost the game 5355.

Though there were many funny people on the freshman team, Jake Ma rvin picked Adam Lavelle as the funniest per on "because he just stands out more. Also we would all ju t joke around and have a good time with each other."

Undefeated for the eason, the freshman team's closest game was 67 - 48 against orth Star. Th i s team represented a fresh look at a new prog r am

Juniors K y le Jaacks and Ben Boeselagcr team up to block the shot of a Lexington player. Southwest won the junior varsity game 68-20

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est thing about being on the te am is the improvement

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(1) Meg Ryan competes against Lincoln Southeast. The team lost 81-105. (2; Channiyel Spataro competes against Lincoln orth Star. The team won , 3746. (3) The members of the swimming and diving team wait to compete ag a ns: Lincoln East. (4) Andrea Troxel prepares for a dive. This was Troxel's second : ea: on the team

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LSW w 1mm ers compete against Lincoln Hi gh The team won 98 - 87

f e~dy, et, stroke ! The gi rl pla h ed into victory.

"Our bi gge t triumph was when we came back against Lin coln High and won," junior Kylie Couillard said

The team came together throughout th e sea on.

"In the b eginning the team didn't really bond, but once we got to know each other, we were able to have fun and bond," sai d sophomore J amie Jon es .Jone s sa id h er favorite thing about bein g on the team wa "ge tting to meet some of the freshmen and following

tradition the sen i ors first set."

The coaches were Tanner Penrod and Betsy Grover.

"Penrod and Grover are really great coaches I learned not to use bad language or call anyone the oppos it e gender. Otherwise they'll make you do push-ups , " said ophomore Jordie Bornhoft.

Succe s came throu gh the team commitment, dedication and the daily practices. The team won eight out of 15 compe titi ons and placed first durin g the Columbus relays.

The team se nt freshmen Sam Holochek,

Megan Kaltenberger, and Olivia Leblanc , sophomores Jordie Bornhoft , Andrea Troxel , and Courtney Suelter, and sen iors Kelsey Christiansen , Meg Ryan and Chelsea Walter to compete at state. The girls mainly competed in the 200 medley relay, the 200 free relay, and the 400 free relays.

"I've been swimming for as long a I can remember, and the te a m h as the funniest, we ird est tradition only sw imm ers understand," Bornhoft sa id.

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Tro xel/Talon (1) Ready, set, go The swimmer~ take their position stance during a s,;, im meet ag , ns : East (2) Juniors Taylor Howerter and J osh Brown anxiously await their next sw im a t th e Heartland Conference champ ion sh ip. The Heartland Conference was an all day meet\\ id gave the sw imm ers plenty of time to rest between sw im s. (3) Juni or Tyler Troxel gasp for air during the Knight Invite sw im meet. The meet invol\'ed var i ous schoo ls and was cl c at Lincoln Southeast. (4) Junior Blake H offmeye r races in a sw im meet aga in st Co lun lll \ Southwest dominated 124-38. This was the second meet of the season, but their first w 1 1.

During a swim practice at the Heartland Conference Championship the swimmers take instructions from coach Tanner Penrod about what to expect during the meet. This meet helped the team prepare for state.

umpi ng right into cold water is not the b es t feeling unless you have a pa sion to im T h e boys swim team became closer buildi ng friendships, having fun during ractic e, an d pushing each other for any pcomm g meets

" O ne of the main goals_ in swimming o ve r a ll i mprovement by all athletes at I leve l ," new head coach Tanne r P e nrod aid

Imp roving came with motivation, and o ti vat i on came from all the swimmers .

Having swim practice early morning and after school was a time of dedication for the sport. The boys would also use the school's weight room to help their endurance, speed and movement ability in the pool.

"Coach Penrod - pushes us to our limits, but isn't super - trict," said - senior TJ Mills.

The swim team fini hed with a successful year. They qualified eight for tate Junior T y l er T ro x el placed fifth in

diving

"The thing I liked best about this sea on is the local swim meets because I know other swimmers and it's fun to beat them," said junior Tayl or H owerter .

Even though swimming in cold water wasn't a great feeling, jumping up and down right before the swimmers take their tance before hitting the water balances that feeling, especially when one has a pa ion to win as the boy on the swim team had.

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team went und e f ea t e d and beat the pink-tees in the champ·o '

(1) Going for the lay up junior Elijah , den leaps for the shot. While some team ~ ook the game eriously, others just had fu (2 ) FreshmanDainSudikdefends the bask cball from junior Bryce Petersen. Red p l me s were worn to tell teams apart. (3) As nio r Julie Hetcko fini hes her free throw, , nio r Samantha Schmeeckle laugh , enjoyi r th e game. Students picked their teams, s t he y could play with friends and have fun.

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Southwest city bowling was split into three team ; varsity, jv and girl For varsity senior Tyler Hart horn w o , 19 individual points, which was the most for the team. JV's season wasn't recorded. They just went out to bowl nd have fun. The girls team had two players with the most individual points, junior Kristin Houchin and sopho n re Morgan Oliver.

Wh at do you get when you take a lot of bo ys ba ketball teams, only one a ll girl team and an early Saturday morning? A whole lot of competi tion and intramural bask etball.

Intramur al basketball took place in the gyms on the Saturdays of basketball eason th at the gym we r en't already in use. Gam es started aro und noon and en d ed around 3:00. With no pr actices, teams s impl y showe d up to h ave fun

"There were 12 intramural t eams this yea r. Som e s ho we d up to pla y an d others

were just there to have fun," aid Nicole Kubik, the director of intramurals.

"The best part about intramural basketball is playing_ with my friends and beating the fre hman teams by 30 or 40 points," said senior Nate Jarecke, a member of the team N'Shape .

ot everyone played intramurals or participated in school sports. Some students played hockey, rugby, or did other competitions like the students who were on the city bowling team. They strived to 'strike' out the competition. The

bowling team con i ted of 20 boy and 10 girls. The boys went 6 and 6. Their high game total pin fa ll was 1058. Senior Eric Robinson scored the highest indi vidual game with 289.

The girl ' bowling team ended the season 0 and 12. Girls bowling high game total pin fall was 692. Sophomore Morgan Oliver scored the highest individual two game series with 355.

There were a var iety of intr amura l s that gave students a chance to compete or just to ho w their lo ve for the game.

Senior Andrew Kletchka takes the ball up for a basket at the in formal championship game The Super Best Friends beat Kletchka's team the Pink Tees.

Photo by Rachel Yark/Talon

Photo by Rachel Yark/Talon

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY - Row 1: Evan Kurth, Aaron Pattee, Zachary Sims, John Hoffman, Jason Heindryckx Row 2: Jay Anderson, Matt Blankenau, Jeremy Addleman, Evan Brown, Mike Sch uster, Martin Bland Row 3: Jonathan Hinz, Tyler Christianson, Tom Woodward, Peter Sitzmann, ick Jester, Brandon Olson, Ben Currin. Row 4: Win ton Ostergard, Ben Doland, olan Hanson, ick May, Derek Hutch ins Row 5: Coach Ryan Mahoney, Coach Ryan Salem, Coach Conor Sc h ultze, Coach Phil Voigt, Coach Ted L-lrson. Not Pictured: Aaron Mu r phy, Wi ll L-lrson 'illJ:,-. awi.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY - Row 1: Erin Golden, Kristen Dinneen, Courtney Haydu, Jessica Burow, Leah Shaffer. Row 2 : Christine Scalora, Eliza Hammond, Andrea May, Keerthi Yerra, Courtney Chambers, Jessica Danson Ro w 3: ia Williams, Carly Belz, Kirsti Kims, Emi ly Creglow, Ashtyn Bax, Dani Virts, Chelsea PFeiffer. Row 4 : Molly Tobin, Reba itzel, Bryttie Durren, Bailey Koziol. Row 5: Coach Ryan Mahoney, Coach Conor chultz, Coach Ph il Voigt, Coach Ryan Salem, Coach Ted Larson

BOYS VARSITY TENNIS - Row 1: Andrew Wiedman, Andrew Hanna, Miles Hadley, Reid Marp le, Tyler Troxe l. Row 2: Coach Dennis Hershberger, Taylor Boney, Andrew Dowd, Spencer Elliot, Coach Chris Salem.

BOYS JV TENNIS - Ro w 1: Alec Lowrey, Rylee Hall, Alex Hartmann, Pablo Moguel. Row 2: Coach ancy Brockley, Jacob Marvin, Collin Ho lmquist, Trevor Hermann, Spencer Kerl.

BOYS RESERVE TENNIS - Row 1: Anthony Mosher, Cole Thompson, rdan Sasek, Shane Spivey, Ryan Town Row 2: Bryan Baxter, Mike Korsab , Keith Blackburn, Ty ler Thompson, Kyle King, Coach Angie Knop

VARSITY SOFTBALL - Ro w 1: Alicia Bouges, Tiffany Mockenhaupt, Megan Holbrook, Heather Albertson, Dani Bryant. Row 2: Cassey Mock enhaupt, Jackie Nordell, E lizabeth Gustafson, Madison Drake, Amanda Church Ro w 3: Coach Jen Deetz, Tiffany Forycki, Jill Grunke, AJ Bade , Coach Mark Watt

JV SOFTBALL - Row 1: Kari Parke, icole Shellhart, Aly Ferguson, Ke] Jorgens, Amanda Rocke, LeeAnna Brennen tuhl. Row 2: All i Catlett, As ! ey Dunn, Amber Ricketts, Anna Horst, Maggie Boe elager, Kaisie Tofte R .r 3: Kr ista Kansier, Marci Ihrig, Krist in Shields, Amanda Hoy, Ell y Jurgen s 1, Coach Lis Brenden .

RESERVE SOFTBALL- Row 1: Aman da Sedor, J enay Sheridan, L-lurabe h Miller, Kerri Peters, Emi ly Hartman, Ka leigh Hohensee. Row 2: Lauren Brunken, Becca ispe l, Caitlan Bunn, Sam ewton, Michaela Patt, Maril ) ,1 Buresh, Tiffany Ricketts Row 3: Ashle igh Lang, J amie Dejonge, Rosie La 111, Auburn Boeche, Stephan ie Phillip, Lindsay Han on Row 4: Coach Dwigl t Bender.

Steven Lewis, Chris Lewis, Chris Helget, Jon Hinrichs, Bobby Murray, Andy Cotton, Matt Ffeiffer, Josh Wooge. Row 2: Tom Schmidt, R eed Knoll, Kyle Marquis, Paul Suelter, Zach Bryant, Grant Traynowicz, ickJarecke, Adam Petersen. Row 3: cott Wood, Zach Lovell, Austin Cassidy, Ollie Sloup, Ryan ewell, Cunis Anderson, David Freese. Row 4: J eff Schuster, Rian Suiter, Andrew Kletchka, Ben Baer, Brandon Brown, Trisden Williams, Reed Lawson, J eff Stephens. Row 5: Micah Fisher, Ben Martin, Cory Hilgenkamp, Baker Steinkuhler, Ian Dik e, Cole Couillard, Blake Bolles, Sam Siegel. Row 6: Coach Kevin Schrad, Coach Jeff Jo chum, Travis Lovele s, Dan Stoner, Coach Andrew Sherman, Coach Ja y Landstrom, Coach Bret Blake. Row 7: Coaches Jim Rosenberger, Ashley Wimes, Mark King, Troy Kantor, Scott Vampola.

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ARSITY VOLLEYBALL - Row 1: Shelley Hermann, Alicia Exstrom, Jill Daw on Ro w 2: Kaleigh Anderson, Kel ey Haas, Sarah Reddy, Kayla Ween. Ro w 3: Betsy Philippi, Kristen issen, Laura Brammeier, Meghan Ryan, Je ica Way. Row 4: Coach Lynn Strack, Coach Erin Essink, Manager Ashley· Graham, Megh an Henderson, Coach Mary Schropfer, Coach icole Kubik.

JV VOLLEYBALL - Row 1: Chelsea Capps, Erika Flowers, Ellie Marvin. Row 2: A s hle y Janssen, Kaila Lewallen, Chelsey Charlton, Dani Cas idy Row 3: amantha Ex trom, Amber Miller, Jessica Kaltcnberger, Whitney Weyhrich, Claire Velander. Row 4: Coach Erin Essink, Kaleigh Anderson.

RESERVE VOLLEYBALL- Row 1: Kaci Bartholomew, Lauren Hiller, M gan Foree, Row 2: Stacie Hansen, Stephanie Daffer, Ali elson, Hayley Raatz, Row 3: MacKenzie Laird, Megan Kaltenberger, Jo lin Stonacek, Jami inell, Sha la H eimann, Row 4: Coach L nn Strack

~RESHMAN VOLLEYBALL- Row 1: Brianna Badje, Amy Kellough, Erin )avidson, K at ie Hottovy. Row 2: Stephanie Edmonds, Sammy Hansen, ~cKenzie Tisdale, Bethany Wood, Clare Espinosa Row 3: eleigh Franden, Coach icole Kubik, Danielle Urban, Alexis Schields.

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JV FOOTBALL- Row 1: Trevor Donahoo, Ca le Stolle, Joe Morrison, Recd Lawson, Chad Oltman, Zach Mapes. Row 2: Dan Stoner, hris Helget,

vid Freese, Ethan Schulenberg, Travis Earhart, Austin Schoen. Row 3: Matt Green, Caleb Tran,

Jimm y Chansavang. Row 4: Coaches Troy Kantor, Bret Blake.

RESERVE FOOTBALL- Row 1: Max Tresnak, Brandon Kapke, Jo sh Cutsor, Josh Moline, Austin Yuen, Tyler Bell, Ju tin Stonacek, Eric Amthor. Row 2: Austin Gore, J ake Hoelting, Cash R yba, Craig Easley, Paul Belz, Kyle Behrens, Elliot Baer. Row 3: Trea Goa, Chris Covey, Jo sh Hohensee, Rico Oli ve ros, Matt Sharkey, Grant Seiboldt, Trey ovotny, Graham Stoddard. Row 4: Aaron J ohnston, Seth Horne, Au tin Fritz, Bryant Ek! und, J ack Hoage, David Lav lle, Cole Ingram. Row 5: Jo sh Barber, Coach Jeff Jochum, Coach Kevin Schrad, Micah Fisher. Not P ict u red : Marquis Brown, Addison Eby, Robert Fitzgerald, Aaron Flores, Kyle Fo ter, D ev in Johnson, ick Sawyer, J acob Vestecka, Corey Bowling.

Sean Grosshans, Griffin Rocke, Mitch Reed, Joseph Delaney, Spenser Morton, Evan Benson, Adam Kriz. Row 2: Brett Amen, Akim Tran, Chase Sund, Christian Berg, Andrew Matthies, Dylan Ohlsen, Anthony Hubbard, Ethan Tompkins, Brady Long. Row 3: Jacob Steward, Brady Gaines, Conner Cosgrove, Ro s Kremer, Grant Peterson, Adam Lavelle, John Mulgrue, Jake Hedgecock, Robert Athey, Samuel Heidelk. Row 4: Justin Rogge, Ronnie Glantz, Brad Sedor, Geoff Bristol, Michael Crelin, Ryan Brundege, Keith Ozanne, Andrew Essman, athan Jones. Row 5: Dayton Graf, Ben Samani, icholas Varga, Brandon Stokes, Jeremy Down, Mike Wehling, Zach Watson, Tyler Stewart, HD Sader, Mike Fantroy Row 6: Ethan Wagner, Eli Cecava, Aaron Smelker, Emilio Cruz, Adam Peters, Sam Meister, Andy Day, Jordan Bell, athan Timmins. Row 7: Lynn King, Tyler Euse, Drew Jagadich, Jarett Denning, Jason Schrad, Joshua Poppe, Brandon Leeds, Derek Saltzman, Coll y n Curtis, Chris Fantroy. Row 8: Coach Jim Rosenberger, Stuart Piper, Duncan Barnell, Josh Gustafson, Eric Hyde, Tyler Gilloon, Coach Jay Land trom. Not Pictured: Coach Ashley Wimes, Schuyler Bennet, Rudy Fielder, Jordan Brooks, Caleb Brown, Zach Elson, Jacob Hamann, Taylor Prai, Bryce Werts.

Russ Aust, Ree e Beninghaus, Jim Chansavang, Sarah Essay, Kyle King, Brandon Peters, Taylor Peter , ick Peterson, Shane Stierwalt, Heath White, Aaron Young.

FRESHMAN FOOTBALL - Row 1: Daniel Bock, Dustin Bloch,

GIRLS GOLF - Row 1: Brie Exstrom, Maria Cammack, Aly a McBride , Kieresten Mavi , Jenna Wie e. Row 2: oach Jim Danson, Courtney Lubach, Carole Kerrey, Alexis Holmes, Laura hristiansen, Ashley Faubel. Not Pictured: Jayme Schimdt, Lydia Albrecht, Elli Neuwirth.

WRESTLING - Row 1: Spencer Wolfe, Matt Sharkey, Andrew Tool, Chris Hallauer, Brady Harrison, Nate Clayburn, Jeff Schneider, Austin Brooks, Joel Ferguson. Row 2: Chris Bell, Allen King, Greg Dager, Torrance Delgado, Ryan ewell, Pre ton Kaufman, Bobby Murray, Justin Ferguson. Row 3: Jordan Brooks, Sam Schmidt, Rudy Fiedler, Jordan Shields, Tyler Alley, Blair Brown, Zac Fitzsimmon , Chad Oltman, Eric Hinz. Row 4: Drew J agadich, Tyler Nannen, Steven Spalla, Brandon Prellwitz, Ben Samani, Tyler Barnett, David Changstrom, Brad Rangel, Tyler Ziegelbein. Row 5: Jeremy Fricke, Au tin Gore, Alan Holly, Ben Doland, J eremy Down, Grant Peterson, Trent Burgess, Cha e Sund, Jordan Sasek. Row 6: Coach Dave Charroin, Coach Aaron Finley, Katey Harrison, Emma Grasmick, Kri ten Shields, Coach Kyle Ludvik. Not Pictured:

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL - Row 1: Betsy Philippi, Shelley Hern

Tiffany Mockenhaupt, Seerra Fantroy, Christine McKinney. Row 2: Ran l 1 Shook, Rachel Isherwoo, Kaitlin issen, Amanda Magnuson, Kristen i en, Amelia Myers. Row 3: Coach Jay Landstrom, Coach Liz Brenden, Ashl e; elson, Coach icole Kubik.

JV GIRLS BASKETBALL-Row 1: Claire Velander, Meg Blue, Kaila Le \' lien, Kin le y Fisher, Leanne Schneider. Row 2: Tracy Sieck, Maddie Dra h Elizabeth Wakeman, Samantha Ex s trom, Jord y n ovsek, Maggie Packa n Row 3: Coaches Jay Landstrom, Liz Brenden, Jeff Rump, Nicole Kubik. , ot Pictured: Tiffany Forycki.

RESERVE GIRLS BASKETBALL - Row 1: Bri Exstrom, Jackie ordell , Caitlin Golden, Lauren Barry, Dani, Ca sidy, Keli McClusky. Row 2: Jo n rn Bell, Jessica Kaltenberger, Whitney Weyhrich, Anna Horst Chelsea Cam i bell. Row 3: Coach· Jay Landstrom, Liz Brenden, Jeff Rump, icole Kub , .

FRESHMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL- Row 1: Neleigh Frandsen, Alli Catlett, Kaleigh Anderson, Brianna Badje, Cassey Mockenhaupt Sarah D e gado, Kaitlyn Waller. Row 2:Ashley Dunn, Jami Finnell, Steph Daffer, McR c Bell, Shayla Heimann, Emily Walkenhor t. Row 3: Coaches Jay Land tro 1 1, Liz Brenden, Jeff Rump, icole Kubik.

BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING - Row 1: Jordan Taylor, Logan Luke, Alex J ohnson, Dustin John on, Josh Brown. Ro w 2: Sean Grosshans, Alex Hogan, John Benton, Nevin RajKummar, Broe Kontor, Justin issen. Row 3: Scott Hakel, Soloman Spataro, Aaron Murphy, Sean Murphy, Blake Hoffmier, Logan Sutton, Sam Meister. Row 4: Mattson Hahne, TJ Mills, ick May, Taylor Howerter, Tyler Troxel, Phil Kocher. Not P i cture d : Coach Sellhorn, Coach Penrod, Coach Grover.

GIRLS SWIMMING AND D IVING - Ro w 1: Jamie Jones, Courtney uelter, Ellie Maruin, Taylor Fenello, Brittany Prieb, Alis a Rogers, Madeline Euersoll. Ro w 2 : Morgan Lausten, Kelsey Christiansen, J ordic Bornhoft, Bree Moore, Andrea Troxel, Kellie Troxel. Ro w 3 : Mandi Conway, Samantha Holechek, Olivia Le blanc, Heather Guenther, Kami Moore, Celeste Wanner, Kylie Couillard. Ro w 4: Alex Morten, Megan Kaltenberger, Kimberly Hassebrook, Meghan Ryan, Chelsea Walter, Kari Jones, Jenay heridan. N ot P i ctu re d : Carly Sabin, Katie Lester. LJ ;•'•

VARSITY B O YS BAS KETBALL - Ro w 1: en un , 1 e poer , n y C otton , M att Niazi, Brock Dittman. Ro w 2: Sean Yost, Drew Wergin, Ian Dik e, A nd rew Dowd. Ro w 3: Blake Bolles, Dylan Aylward, Jeff Stephens. Row 4: Coaches Kyle Schumann, Eric Williams, Duane Baack, Chris Fabian.

JV BO Y S BAS KET BALL- Row 1: Mike Coatman, Gabriel Wegulo, Brett Sundb erg, Brandon Stromp, Matt iazi. Row 2: Micah Fisher, Kyle Jaacks, Ben Boes lager, hris Schmidt, David Lavelle, Keith Ashcraft. Row 3: Coach J o hn Bell , Coach Ryan Haller, Sean Yost, Coach Kyle Schumann, Coach Mark La r son.

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RESERVE BO YS BASKETBALL - Row 1: ick esbitt, Rico Oliveros, Cra i g Eas ley, Elliot Baer, Seth eben. Row 2 : Josh Buchmann, Garrett Sund, Mica h F i her, Spencer Elliott, David Lavelle, Maurice Wegulo. Ro w 3: Bryant Ek lund , Collin Holmquist, Graham Stoddard, Tyler Bell, Brandon Brown.

Row 4: Coache Ryan Haller, Mark Larson.

FRESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL - Row 1: H D Sader, Kyle Headley, Aa ron Mul grue, Adam Lavelle, Vince Flynn. Row 2: Alec Lowrey, Ben Clev in ger, Blake Wewel, Jake Marvin, Ethan Tompkin , Russ Kremer. Ro w 3: Zac h Wa t son, Tyler Jaro z, Garrett Nitz, ate Jones. Row 4: Coaches John Bell , Lu ke Han en

SPECIAL OLYMPICS - Row 1: Coach Kristi Groth, Annie Logan, Deanna Kinnison, Beth Ann- Reed, Angel Kirby, Christina Burden, Coach Alisha Borchers. Row 2: Coach Tricia O termeier, Nate Harris, Matt Baeder, Heather Herron, Seth Girdner, ick Baeder, Coach Eric Williams. Not P i ctured: Coach Crystal Steidley.

ATH LETIC TRAINERS - Row 1: Anna Horst, Rachel Chri ty, Raes a Singh. Row 2 : Kaitlyn Waller, Amber Ricketts, Charity Perdew, Kry tal Kjar. team

VARSITY CHEER - Row 1: Brandi Burkett, Tien Le, Kate Santacroce, Alex Ball, Jessie Nicoll, Shelb y Adams. Row 2: Nicki Westover, Erin Lamb, Kelsey Swartz, Jill Deschaine, Shea Samani, Kel sey Hartsook Row 3: Whitney Buchmann, Jenna Lamb, Paige Sanburg, Julie Hetcko, Kelse Cam field, Larson. Coached b : Nicki Baker

JV CHEER - Row 1: Amber Schueth, Whitney Fuller, Charis Thomas, Courtney Lubach, Carli Sabin. Row 2: Liz Roper; Jordan Reinwald, Paige Vanicek, Janessa Stimbert, Katie Lester, Christina Fraser. Row 3: Ellie Neuwirth, Kelsey Campbell, Jenni Miller, Kiara Letcher, Amber Mickle Coached 6 : Nicki Baker.

RESERVE CHEER - Row 1: Allison Roy, Becca Gerschefske, Bree Moore, Marie Hansen, Shaylene Michaels. Row 2: Courtney Suelter, Kayla Bennett, Jordie Bornhoft, Taylor Fenello. Row 3: Mallory Vogt, Maggie Deschaine, Katie Shanahan, Jord an Faulder, Bryttie Duren. Coached by: Nicki Baker.

COLOR GUARD - Row 1: Andrea Spivey, Jennif e r Thorpe, Kristy Strudl, Samantha Moline, Heather Holcomb, Hannah Hieser Row 2: J ean-Marie Morrissey, Amanda Ball, Katey Harrison Row 3: Brittany Piper, Alexa Schoen, Abby C hri s ti ansen Row 4: Abby Heiser, Emma Gasmick, Kelsey Eide, Brittany McCoy

FRESHMAN CHEER- Row 1: Anna True, Taylor Mayer, Amy Herma 11 Chelsea Walz, Jamic yn Jahnke. Row 2: Bethany Wood, Ali Nelson, Lin d · y Leikam, J enna Wiese Row 3: Jessica Wright, Anna Schmidt, Victoria Fr) Kara Olson, Taylor Rohe, Lexie Johnson, J ess Tommeraasen Coached 6 Nicki Baker.

ENVY STEP TEAM - Row 1: Nicky Martin, Jade Cattoor, Lind s .; Carden. Row 2: Cory Vermaas, Alyssa Mescher, Sabrina Buckw a I, Hana Mustafa, Carey Brant. Sponsor : Lori Mescher.

EMERALDS - Row 1: Helen Song, Mallory Sherrill, Sally Ingha rr· Lacey Mueller, Chasmine Gerschefske, Erinn Walkenhorst. Row . : Katie Heckman, Lizzie Marsh, Kaylea Sasek. Row 3: Hayli Lofg n. ·n, Samantha Schmee.ckle, Megan Flory. Coached by : Jalaina Handa.

VARSITY BAS EBALL - Row 1: Bobby Last, Andy Cotton, And;ew McGowan, Dan iel guyen, Matt Pfeiffer. Row 2: Adam Bindel, Torn Schmidt, Micah Nash, Cory H il gcnkarnp, Jereme Johnson, Brock Dittmann Row 3: Ian Dike, Ryan Newell, fr isdcn Williams, Zach Lovell, Blake Bolles, Sean Yost. Row 4: Coach Dwight Bender, 'oac h ick Schieffer, Coach Doug Kaltenbcrgcr, Coach Ryan Escamilla, =:oac

Mark Watt

V BASEBALL- Row 1: Elijah Aden, John Mulgrue, Chris Wahl, Culan Brennan, Pat Knabe, Andy ealon. Row 2: Dan Stoner, Lynn King, \.d a m Lavelle, David Lavelle, Jake Vestecka, Josh Buchmann. Row 3:

rew Wergin, Jim Kraus, Mike Dvorak, Tyler Rupert, Cole Ingram, :oac h Mark Watt

.ESERVE BA SEBALL- Row 1: Elliot Baer, Jake Marvin, Garrett itz, Mike '. orsakas, Ryan Haas, Nolan Schaefer. Row 2 : Brett Bolles, Dustin Bloch, ,a h Ryba, Curtis Rowe, Griffin Perry, Joe Boehm Row 3: Grant Essink, au l Belz, Christian Brabec, Josh Hohensee, Austin Yuen, Coach Dwight 1en de r.

RESHMAN BASEBALL - Ro w 1: Jeff Sward, Evan Benson, Chris Zilly, at e Timm ins, Tyler Caulkins Row 2: Vince Flynn, HD Sader, Tyler Kuper, ain Sudik, Kyle Headley, Brady Gaines. Row 3: Travis Davidson, Jordan iields, J ason Schrad, Adam Peters, Connor Cosgrove, Brad Sedor, Justin oa kes Row 4: Coach Nick Schieffer.

BOYS GOLF - Row 1: Justin Stonacek, Brett Sundberg, Phillip Thompson, Winston Ostergard. Row 2 : Austin Reilly, Kyle Jaacks, Austin Zimmerman, Mike Coatman, Jake Hedgecock. Row 3: Coach Jim Danson, Keith Blackburn, James Tussing, Will Fruchtl, ick Nesbitt, Grant Peterson Not P ic tu re d: Ben Clevinger.

GIRLS VARSITY TENNIS - Row 1: Elizabeth Belson, Alyssa Martin, Marissa Cassman, Katya Tsymbal. Row 2 : Cortn~y Neelly, Kelsey Haas, Marcela Bosch, Hannah Herman, Coach Dennis Hershberger.

GIRlS JV T ENNIS - Ro w 1: Kristine Dinh, McRae Bell, Paige Wentz, Kinsley Fisher, Alex Martin. Middle Row : Emily Pflug, Ashley Eppens, Julia Wehril, Ashley Janssen, Sarah Neelly, Sally Ingham. Row 2: Coach Dennis Hershberger, Coach Angie Knop. N ot Pic tur e d: Coach Nancy Brackley

GIRLS RESERVE TENNIS ~ Row 1: Meredith R amsay, Hannah Orr, Mackenzie Laird, Anastasia Ou lianova, Anna Schmidt, Courtney Powers. Row 2: Victoria Fry, Kara O lson, J essica Wright, Hann ah Hamilton, Coach Ange ll a Knop

BOY S TRACK & F IELD - Row 1 : Rian uiter,-Andrew Kletchka, ate Morton, Ollie Sloup, Zach Bryant, Brandon Brown, Dillon chellhorn, Te Marques Brown, Maurice Wegulo. Row 2 : Sean Murphy, Aaron Murph y , Tom Woodward, Peter itzmann, Jon Hinrichs, Travis Earhart, Sam Siegel, Austin Pritz, Devin Mueller, Matt Green. Ro w 3: John Thomp on, Grant Seiboldt, Brandon Olson, Matt Blankenau, Jay Anderson, Craig Easley, Rico Oliveros, Donny Rangel, Ethan Tompkins. Row 4 : Tyler Reeder, Logan Sutton, Zachary ims, Mike Schuster, Jason Heindryckx, D.J Pear on, Jeremy Addleman, Zach Elson, Dylan Ohlsen, Daniel Zhou. Ro w 5: Tyler Loos, Jeremiah Sievers, ick Jester, Aaron Pattee, Kri Lynch, Eric Hyde, Dayton Graf, Caleb Brown, Andrew Essman Row 6: Garrett Sund, Hieu Cao, C.J. Yank, ick May, Michael relin, ate Jones, Jordan Bell, Zach Watson, Evan Brown. Row 7: Coach R yan Mahoney, Coach Phil Voigt, Coach ate Renter, Coach icole Kubik, Coach Matt Mezger, Coach Ashley Wimes, Coach Kevin Sch rad, Coach Andrew Sherman, Coach Schleicher. Not Picture d: Jack Hoage, Chris ovey, Seth Horne, Austin Cassidy

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BO YS V ARSITY SO CCER - Row 1: Stephen Daubert, Joe Koziol, Matt Conway, John Finnell, Brandon Horn, Jacob Anderson. R ow 2: Seth eben, Jake Corum, Connor Skultety, Aaron Young, Brandon Garratt, Brett Tomes, Brett Barnell. Ro w 3 : Coach Geoff Weller, Ta

lor Peters, Dan Owen, Bryce Peterson, Mike Jacobson,

Row 4: Josh Thompson, Coach Andrew Ferguson, Coach Jim Rosenberger, Coach Ryan Moore.

BOYS JV SOCCER - Row 1: Chad Bailey, Keenan Price, Brett Sinclair, AJ J agadich, Taylor Quandt. Row 2: Kyle Behrens, Wes Bogenreif, Kyle King, Aaron Mulgrue, Jared Marker, Ben Shallenberger. Row 3: A lex Hogan, Micah Fi her, Coach Geoff Weller, Tyler wartz, Ben Currin

BOYS RESERVE SOCCER - Row 1: St even Jone , D alton Barnard, Andre' Devorss, Andy Day, Ryan Yanagida Row 2 : Alec Malone, Mohammad Shakir, Eric Hinz, Kyle Foster, Aaron chilling. Row 3: Darko Alic, Jared Plautz, Kyle Hampton, Robert Athey, Brandon Schafe r , Scott Hakel, Coach Ryan Moore, Coach Jim Rosenberger.

GIRLS V ARS ITY SO C CER - Row 1: Erin Danaha y , Kelsey Bryant, Emma Ku C\ t , Samantha Mueting, Bri Badje Row 2: Caitlin Golden, Elizabeth Wakeman, Sheik Hermann, Anna Rea, Jamie Finnell, Kourtney Frank. R ow 3 : Lrnren Barry, Lau r, Hakel, Willow Nyman-Jones, Bri Exstrom, arah Degner. Row 4: Mai Nguyen, c1a Exstrom, Samantha Exstrom. Coac h e d by: Dan Tharp.

GIRL5 JV SOCC ER - Ro w 1: Annalisa Baade, Kelly Baer, Erica Ahlsch • de, Paige Brolhorst, Alisha Bartels . Ro w 2: Heather Shipley, Dani Bryant, B e Moore, Steph Daffer, Katie Shanahan, Cla i re E pinosa Row 3: Coach A vssa Wat on, Shayla Heimann, Kaleigh Anderson, Mallory Vogt, Anna Hor s Kaylee Braden

GIRLS RESERVE SOCCER - Row 1: Heidi Fatemi, Ali el on, Ashle , Mannix, Mollie Dittmer, Kaylie Lantz Row 2: Christina Scolora, Laure r Barbee, Bridgette McKay, Kaleigh Hohcn ee, Emily Hartman, Angel G e ler Row 3 : Brittney Benson, Kar i Parke, Kara Eide, Amanda Bartels, Amy K 1lough, Sarah Delgado, Coach Brad Siedel.

GIRLS TRAC K & FIE LD - R ow 1: Sammy Hansen, Tara oucie, Amelia Myers, Rachel I sherwood, Laura Brammeier, Courtney Haydu, Bailey Koziol, Reba itzel, Taylor

Mayer, Daniela Rehberg, ora Wilson. R ow 2: Molly

Tobin, K y li e mith, Jordan Bell, Kaila Lewallen, Dani Cassidy, Jessica Kaltenberger, Bryttie Duren, Courtney uelter, Jord ann Borohoft, Leah haffer. R ow 3 : Kiara

Letcher, De ac Bentley, Amber Trammell, Brittany Cleal, Becca ispel, Maggie Packard Amber Swenseth, Keli Mcluskey, Amanda issen. R ow 4 : Amanda Church, Melissa West, Chelsea Pfeiffer, Heather Schuster, Rachel Garrett, A.<,hley Faubel, Courtney Chambers, Carly Belz, Keerthi Yerra, Eliza Hammond R ow 5: Lexi Smalley, Emily Creglow, Ashtyn Bax, Kirsti Sims, Dani Virts, J essica Burow, Mara Wilson. R ow 6: Coach Ryan Mahoney, Coach Phil Vo i gt, Coach ate Renter, Coach icole Kubik, oach Matt Mezger, Coach Ashley Wimes, Coach Kevin chrad, Coach Andrew Sherman, Coach Schleicher

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Sarah Arten

Keith Ashcraft

Steven Back

Alicia Bade

Laura Baker

Kaitlin Bale

Amanda Ball

Staci Baltes

Colt Barker

Alisha Bartels

Margot Behne

Chri Bell

Hailey Bennett

Chelsea Berck

Amanda Berndt

Ken Bevers

i11niors carrv a heavv •1oad

AP Lang & Comp, Diff Ph ys ics, AP US Hi tory, Diff Pre - Cal, Diff Psychology- Lots of juniors' chedules were packed with challenging cla ses like these. Most would agree the junior year was the mo t difficult on the road to graduation .

"This year has definitely been a lot harder than my freshman and sophomore years," Elizabeth Wakeman said.

Junior s had several options as far as Advanced Placement clas e and Diff classes went . Many students took advantage of these opportunities in order to earn college credits or to make their college applications look impressive. They al o wanted to get their hard classes out of the way o they could have a lighter load as a senior.

"I'm doing the We leyan Honors program to get college credit for my AP Lang & Comp cla s," Sarni Kingsley aid

Junior year was, hands down, the mo t difficult of the four years of high school, but all the hard work paid off in having the possibility of a bright future Story by Lindsay Honnens

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Mark Bidrow ki

Ca si Billesbach

Adrian Bivens

Martin Bland

Devin Blankenbaker

Schyler Bloom

Meg Blue

Ben Boeselager

Wesley Bogenreif

ick Bonebright

Taylor Boney

Benjamin Boomer

Stephanie Borgia

Marcela Bosch

Ali Bousquet

Tatum Bowling

Alex Bradaric

Laura Brammeier

Brittany Brandfas

Corey Brant

Stacie Branting

Cullan Brennan

Leeanna Brennenstuhl

Alex Bristol

Paige Brolhor t

Amber Brown

Jo hua Brown

Leah Brown

Kel ey Bryant

Paige Buchanan

Zach Bucher

Scott Bundy

Brittany Bunn

Justin Burchell

Sarah Bush

Serena Butler

Maria Cammack

Kel ey Campbell

Che] ea Capp

Casey Carbon

Scott Carlson

Austin Cassidy

Courtney Chambers

Jimmie Chansavang

Ben Chrastil

Tyler Christianson

Mike Coatman

ick Colburn

Abbey Coleman

James Cottrell

Kylie Couillard

Ryan Cownie

Emily Creglow

Colin Creveling

Megan Cromer

Nicholas Dalke

Erin Danahay

Jessica Danson

Debra Davis

Hannah Davis

Beau Deffenbaugh

Stasa Denkovich

Roger Dillon

Kristine Dinh

Kristen Dinneen

Joshua Doehring

Nathan Donahoo

Trevor Donahoo

Lacie Dougherty

Morgan Douglas-Hill

Andrew Dowd

Jenna Dowling

Kaela Down

Ayla Duba

Mike Dvorak

Travis Earhart

Kelsey Eide

Ryan Enchayan

Tommy Endres

Ashley Eppens

Alex Epperson

Tiffany Erhart

Sarah Essay

T J Evans

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Samantha Exstrom

Z u hir Fallaha

Mick Farkas

J oel Ferguson

Nick Fernandez

Sarah Fischbein

Miles Fis h er

Chris Fleming

Erika Flowers

Nathan Foote

Jared Forst

Tiffany Forycki

Christina Fraser

David Freese

Raven F rickey

Will Fruchtl

Whitney Fuller

Thomas Fuoco

Brandon Garratt

Joshua Genrich

Morgan Gereau

Gregory Gettman

Emma Grasmick

Laura Green

'what's vour most embarrassing moment?' '

"I got in a turning lane behind a parked car, and tried to turn."

-Katie Madvig

"When I stole baby Jesus at the Christmas pageant."

-Laura Munier

c'When I walked out of the bathroom and toilet paper was stuck on my shoe!"

-Amber Mickle

cc M y" dad depanted me in the w ave pool at six flags."

-Corey Brant

Com piled By Rachel Yank

Matthew Green

Jessica Grie er

Andrew Grie

•Austin Griffith

Elizabeth Gustaf on

Laura Guthrie

Karar Hadib

Mile Hadley

Christopher Hager

Laura Hakel

Michael Hamnett

athan Harri

Katey Harri on

Katie Heckman

Zachary Hehn

Abby Heier

Christopher Helget

Hannah Herman

Sasha Herrold

Heather Herron

Jake Hile

David Hill

Jon Hinrich

Abbie Hobelman

hidden talents

"Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads" -Erica Jong

Some talents included playing an in trument or being good at acertain po rt, and many people had hidden talents.

"I'm an absolutely phenomenal singer," admitted Laura Marti. The only problem was discovering what it is.

Odd talents were more difficult to come by, but they were out there. ome tudent ' talent were so odd, only their close t friend knew about it. These odd talent could be something as strange a being double jointed or as weird a a sound

"My strangest talent i that I can burp really loud," said Ali sha Bartel s.

If you haven't been able to find your hidden talent, give it time; maybe your talent is o great that it's even hidden to you right now. When you find it, don't be afraid to grasp it and go where it takes you.

Stor y by Rachel

Yonk

Photo by Tyler Moo

Ben LaGrange does a trick to how off his skateboarding talei This talent came with a price a lthough, man y tudent cjoyed spe nding their weekends working on thier skateboarding tri i

on

Laura Hochstein

Sarah Hoelting

Alex Hogan

Megan Holbrook

Lindsey Holstein

Dan Honnen

Lindsay Honnens

Courtney Horn

Kristin Houchin

Taylor Howerter

Kelley Hunt

Marci Ihrig

Kyle Jaacks

icole Jaber

Bill Jackson

AJ Jagadich

Rachel Janssen

Abbie Jenkins

Stephanie Jennett

Sean Jensen

Audrey Johns

Bryan Johnson

Cody Johnson

Du tin Johnson

Jacob Johnson

Anne Jona

Kel ey J orgens

Krista Kansier

Clarisa Kattes

Bryan Kelley

Natalie Kellough

Trenton Kent

Carole Kerrey

Conrad Kess

Alexander Khasia

Caitlin Kiely

Nathan King

Sarni Kingsley

Doree Kirby

Patrick Knabe

Trisha Knudson

Ryan Kolb

Yura Konovalchuk

Broe Kontor

Samie Korth

Jimmy Kraus

Brett Kudlacz

Shelly Kuehn

Ben LaGrange

Ashleigh Lang

Courtney Langdale

Heather Lang ton

Colin Large

Antony Larrick

Reed Lawson

Phuc Le

Stephanie Lee

Jennifer Leer

Katie Lester

Kiara Letcher

Alex Lewis

Chris Lewi

Ma on Lien

Kyle Linder

Kirby Little

Aaron Loo

Tyler Loos

T ravi Loveless

Zachary Lovell

Courtney Lubach

athaniel Luginbill

Shelby Luke

Brooke Luther

Richard Luzum

Kelly Lyman

Jeremy Machovec

Katie Madvig

Amanda Magnuson

Stephen Magnu on

Zach Mapes

Elizabeth Marsh

Laura Marti

Ely e Marvin

Matt Masten

'

J onathan Mattson

Adam Mayhew

Brittany McCoy

Jamie McKay

Laura McKinley

Christine McKinney

Amber Meisinger

Brian Messman

Eric Meyer

Erin Meyer

Amber Mickle

Sarah Milem

Nicholas Miles

Amber Miller

Dani Miller

Du tin Miller

Jennifer Miller

Micah Miller

Brandon Mills oLm Miska

Pablo Moguel Resendiz

Maggie Montoya - Kaplan

Ashley Morris

Joseph Morri on

'what's vour favorite Dlace to hang out?' '

"My favorite place to hang out is at Barnes and Noble or Panera because it's f un to just hang out, drink co ff ee and listen to music."

-Mark Nielsen

"I like hanging out at the mall because there's a lot to do there."

-Kaitlin Bale

"The Southwest parking lot is my favorite place to hang out because all the cool kids are there and the racers are funny."

- Brandon Olson

"My favorite place to hang out is at Duty's (Dustin Johnson's) house with the swim team!"

-josh B rown

Compiled by Ke llie Tro xe l

Jean-Marie Morrissey

Lacey Mueller

Jordan Muller

Mikhaela Mullins

Laura Munier

Aaron Murphy

Emily aylor

Andy Nealon

Mai guyen

Matt 1azi

Mark ielsen

Amanda Nissen

Kaitlin Nissen

Michael oms

Shay orris

Viktor urbaba yev

Thomas O'Melia

Brandon Olson

Chad Oltman

Ian Osborn

Daniel Owen

Alexandra Pack

Katie Paden

Stephanie Paden

iuniors graduate earlv

Students have the option of finishing high school in less than four yea rs. Juniors could decide to graduate early, only attending high chool for three years. Brittany Taylor and Katie Taff were two of the juniors that planned to graduate early.

"I wanted to be done with high school. plus with ummer school I had enough credits to graduate, and I can start my life earlier," Taylor aid.

Although there were benefits of graduating early, it also had its drawback . Leaving friends could be difficult, as well as missing out on senior year memories . Only one prom, early senior picture , and never being the oldest in the school were just a few disadvantages to graduating early. Having to leave friends behind and moving outisde a "comfortable bubble" of living at home was the most difficult for Taff.

However, Taylor will be attending U Land Taff plans to attend KU . Regarding whether or not Taylor had regrets of not having a enior year, she aid, "I'm ready to move on."

Story by Kristen Dineen

Photo by Kristen Dineen/ Ho wl~ :ilk In her cliff physics cla s, Katie Taff works on a lab. After gradua t >11 Taff said she will miss being together with everyone she has kn o i1 for so lon g

Amanda Rocke

Alissa Roger

Liz Roper

Nick Rose

Matthew Ro on

Kyle Pankoke

Scott Parizek

Elizabeth Parks

Austin Parris

Kassi Pasco

Lauren Payne

Meike Rubach

Tyler Rupert

Brett Saathoff

Carli Sabin

Laura Safarik

DJ Pearson

Andy Pederson

Lesley Perry

Brandie Peters

Bryce Petersen

Whitney Petersen

Mark Peterson

Kellie Ffeiffer

Emily Pflug

Betsy Philippi

Jon Pike

John Pinning

Brittany Piper

Tim Pomeroy

Grant Potter

Nick Powers

Keenan Price

Sucharitha Rajendran

Elizabeth Reed

Michael Reed

Daniela Rehberg

Megan Reynolds

Amber Ricketts

Shayne Ritchey

Kaylea Sasek

Renae Saylor

Melissa Schmidt

Leanne Schneider

Crystal Schnell

Austin Schoen

Trevor Scholz

Jake Schubert

Amber Schueth

Katie Schueths

Ethan Schulenberg

Maggie Schur

Michael Schuster

Michael Schutz

Jennifer Scotter

Justin Shank

Cody Sharp

Brian Shaw

Mallor y Sherrill

Kristin Shields

Scott Shiffermiller

Heather Shipley

Sara Sidlo

Trac y Sieck

Chase Siefken

Samuel Siegel

Kir ti Sims

Brett Sinclair

Peter Sitzmann

Ashley Skillett

Dallas Skillett

Ollie Sloup

Darren Smith

Holly Soucie

Andrew Spalla

Tom Spane!

Solomon Spataro

Cassidy Spence

J osh St. He lene

Kate Stajner

Tiffany Staley

Spencer Stark

Katy Steffen

Grant Stepanek

Briana Steward

Jessica Stierwalt

Janessa Stimbert

Cale Stolle

Daniel Stoner

Ma r anda Stratton

Brandon Stromp

Samantha Strong

Megan Stuart

Lucas St u tzman

Brett Sundberg

Eric Sutton

Jamie Svoboda

Jessica Svoboda

Courtne y Swain

Christopher Swolensky

Steven Tanner

Alex Thomas

Charis Thomas

Tiffani Thomason

Brian Thompson

Keegan Thompson

' 'who's vour favorite teacher?' '

My favorite teacher is Mr. Finley because he makes learning fun!

-Amanda Rocke

Mr. Reeder because his class is fun and he's not as strict as other teachers.

-B eau D effenbaugh

My favorite teacher is Roebz (Mrs. Roeber) because her class is really relaxed and it's always fun.

-Ayla Duba

My favorite teacher is Mrs. Hemmett because she is fun and crazy and 'cause she likes the Pixies.

-Anne J onas

Compiled b y Lindsay Honnens

Kaisie Tofte

Miles Tommeraasen

Aaron Topil

Am b er Trammell

Caleb Tran

Megan Tremblay

Sarah Trevizo

Tyler Troxel

Hannah Ullman

Ashley Ulm

Breanna Vance

Paige Vanicek

Claire V eland er Dani Virts

Charles Voigt

Adam Vollenweider

Brittany Yontz

Eric Vrba

Michelle Vu

Benjamin Wagner

Christopher Wahl

E li zabeth Wakeman

Jerami Ward

Tyler Watkins

family in school together

Time i s spent with family during dinner, on holida ys, and fam il y vaca ti ons . With so much time around the same people, one would seem to feel fed up. But what was it like to go to school with someone in yo ur family?

Kylie and Cole Couillard were part of the uniqu e few who spent time together during school, as well as at home.

Kylie Couillard said having her older brother, Cole in the same school with her was nice. "It make school easier knowing and having someone th at close to you there. If someth in g was wrong with me, he wou ld try and figure it out and get involved and vise versa," she said.

Micah an d Hannah Davis were another example of siblings in schoo l. " It's not always great because I have to wait until they are done w ith thing s af ter school so I can leave," Micah said

Both sets of siblings agreed that having a brother or sister in sc ho ol was n't that bad.

"Know ing my

kind of cool,"

sister could be sitting in the room next door to me

Photo b y Dianne Kup i~ alon is

Cole sa id. Story by Mandi .Marfin Cole Couillard s how s hi s younger sis t er, Kylie Couliard, a pr ,: t he completed in his Photojournalism class.

Elliott Webster

Jordan Weiand

Dianna Welch

Austin Wenzl

Drew Wergin

Alyssa We emann

Heath White

Kaleb White

Andrew Wiedman

Taylor Wiese

Tony Williams

Abby Wilson

Lindsey Witters

Elizabeth W oita

Catlin Wolfard

Spencer Wolfe

Brandon Wooster

Tiffany Yanagida

Rachel Yank

Seth Yant

Keerthi Yerra

Sean Yost

Amy Zachek

Ryan Zichek

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counting down the davs

For some teens, turning 15 was s impl y getting another year older. For others, it began the 365-day countdown until they could get into their cars and drive away. •

Determined teens worked hard until they could convince their parents into buying them a car, or they began a job to buy a car for themselves.

"My grandparents paid for half of my car, and my mom the other half, but I have to pay for gas and part of the insurance," Kinsley Fisher said

Money for their cars wasn't the only thing students had to worry about. Gas became a major factor, especially when prices rose to $3 per gallon.

Getting in accidents was another worry According to auto insurance, it is estimated that 16-year-olds are three time more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers.

Jordan Bell said, "I haven't been in any big accidents, but one time I backed into Drew Wergin's vehicle."

Even though there were higher chances of 16-year-olds getting into car accidents, most still wanted to take the chance. After all, that's why the countdown starts when students turn 15.

Erica Ahlschwede

Saja Al-Rubaiai

Wyatt Albertson

Lydia Albrecht

Darko Alic

Tempest Amerson

Eric Amthor

Tyler Ande]t

Ashley Andersen

Jay Anderson

Michael Anderson

Kayla Andretti

Laura Anthony

Zachary Arena

Katie Armstrong

Levi Arnold

Jared Ashton

N arges Attaie

Mollie Ayers

Annalisa Baade

Matt Baeder

Elliot Baer

Jackie Baker

Josh Barber

Stor y by Jessica Sorensen

Photo by Je ssico

Jill Dawson stands b y her Ford Escort ZX2 before school. l ; received her car when she turned 16. Many students recei vec, as a pre s ent on their birthda y

1r

Tyler Barnett

Lauren Barry

Michaela Barta

Kaci Bartholomew

Katlin Bauer

Ashtyn Bax

Bryan Baxter

Patrick Beasley

Cara Beaty

Craig Beck

Joe Beer

Kyle Behrens

Jason Belden

Jordan Bell

Tyler Bell

Paul Belz

Kayla Bennett

Ransom Bennett

Brittney Benson

John Benton

Jeremy Berg

Nathaniel Betts

Rocky Billie

Matt Bishop

Keith Blackbum

Matthew Blankenau

Nolan Bloom

Auburn Boeche

Joe Boehm

Maggie Boeselager

Jennifer Bohlen

Briana Bomberger

Drew Bomberger

Jordann Bomhoft

Alli on Botsford

Hope Bowers

Corey Bowling

Erin Boyle

Christian Brabec

Marina Bradaric

Kaylee Braden

Amelia Bradshaw

Crystal Brawner

Mitchell Bromwich

Blair Brown

Brandon Brown

Te Marques Brown

Dani Bryant

Joshua Buchmann

Trent Burgess

Samantha Bums

Jessica Burow

Tyler Bu sh

John Calahan

Jacob Cambridge

Chelsea Campbell

Hieu Cao

Amanda Capobianco

Cameron Cash

Dani Cassidy

Sierra Cepel

Matthew Champoux

David Changstrom

Chelsey Charlton

Abigail Christiansen

Krysta Clausen

''what would vou change about Southwes

"L 1 h " onger

-Kayla Waldman

"There should be coed bathrooms"

-Brett Bolles Compiled

"Fast food in th t cafeteria"

"To be able to go m ·

lunch when you ar e

Brittany Cleal

Jami Cline

Dustin Clover

Dylan Clover

Lauren Cochran

Matt Cohn

Zachary Colb urn

Arica Coleman

Kaylee Colton

Zach Connell

Mandi Conway

Christopher Covey

Christopher Creveling

Travis Cunningham

Joshua Cutsor

Krystal Dakan

Chris Damian-Reddish

Alyssa Damke

Micah Davis

Jill Dawson

Jessica Day

Cate Debban

Jamie Dejonge

Kelsey Denton

Maggie Deschaine

Nicole Deters

Benjamen Diaz

Andrew Dike

Lou Dilley

Erin Dinges

Mollie Dittmer

Ben Doland

Taylor Donahoo

Kristin Drake

Madison Drake

Timothy Dugan

Derald Dunbar

Bryttie Duren

Matthew D ussa ult

Peter D utkiewicz

Craig Easley

Addison Eby

outside school activities

·"TGIF! School's over, what do you do?" When the weekend comes some tudent ay it's time to get down and party. While other sophomore head out to the mall or to hit a late night movie, ome prepare for a big game the next day.

With so much to do and so little time, Jackie Nordell tried to manage her school tudie along with being involved in variou sport

"In the spring I play on a sof tb all league and enjoy playing basketball throughout the fall w ith my friend ," Nordell said. Sport were a common activity played out ide of chool.

Several students devoted a portion of their nights to church. Students became more involved in youth group activities such a Jobs Daughter and Youth Leadership of Lincoln.

Meghan Henderson was an active member of youth group at First Presbyterian. Her youth group met every Sunday night to talk about religiou belief and play games

Monday through Friday, outside chool activities found their way into the busy lives of students.

Nichole Effie

Erin Eisbach

Bryant Eklund

Kyle Eley

Spencer Elliott

Emily El eg

Tisha Elstun

Kyle Erne ti

Chel ea Esau

Grant Essink

Alanna Everman

Heidi Fatemi

Benjamin Faubel

Jordan Faulder

Taylor Fenello

Justin Ferguson

Justin Fem

Jordan Feyerherm

Kierst Finsand

Kinsley Fisher

Micah Fisher

Robert Fitzgerald

Zachary Fitzsimmon

Armani Flood

Story by Kaylo Weberf

Proto by Kaylo

Jay Anderson ha participated in Boy Scouts of Americ a seven years and has earned the rank of an Eagle Scout. T c• this distinction Anderson demon trated his skills by lead 1 community ervice project.

Aaron Flores

Olivia Fogerty

Brandon Folsom

Lindsey Font

Megan Foree

Allison Fortkamp

Kyle Foster

Zach Francis

Richard Fritsch-Gerdes

Austin Fritz

Drew Gaines

Dustin Garrett

Angel Geller

Zachary Genzmer

Becca Gerschefske

Alana Giesemann

Mekyla Gill

Michael Gilmore

Viola Gingery

Trey Goa

Caitlin Golden

Austin Gore

Ashley Graham

Max Grout

Sando Hamilton

Marie Hansen

Ashley Harris

Jessica Harris

Kimberly Hassebrook

Ashley Heath

Jason Heindryckx

Hannah Heiser

John Hekl

Meghan Henderson

Trevor Hermann

Taylor Herrington

Hayley Hershberger

Kathryn Hibbard

Jennifer Higgins

Christian Hill

Katie Hill

Lauren Hiller

Jonathan Hinz

Nicholas Hinze

Jack Hoage

Jacob Hoelting

Blake Hoffmeyer

Josh Hohensee

Jerem y Holen

Alan Holly

JD Holm

Alexis Holmes

Collin Holmquist

Seth Home

Anna Horst

Amanda Hoy

Nicole Hudson

Lucas Ihrie

Sally Ingham

Cole Ingram

Matt Jacobsen

Michael Jacobson

Kenzie James

Chelsea Jarecke

Malinda Jenks

Blake Johnson

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'what's best about being a sophomore

"Turning 16 and being able to drive."

-Bryttie Duren

"Getting to play the sports."

-Austin Gore

Compiled

"Not being call e e "freshie" anymor

"There are younge r d older guys to look c- "

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Devin Johnson

Aaron Johnston

Jamie Jones

Taylor Jones

Timothy Jones

Elly Jurgensen

Jessica Kaltenberger

Brandon Kapke

Michele Kattes

Kelsey Kennell

Meredith Kenyon

Spencer Kerl

Bryson Kerns

Kyle King

Deanna Kinnison

Erin Kirby

Amanda Kline

Kelsey Klute

Brandon Koch

Philip Kocher

Marc Koenig

Jeri Kohn

Michael Korsakas

Bailey Koziol

Alexander Kreifels

Mitchell Krieger

Aaron Krueger

Ali Kuhel

Melissa Kumke

Evan Kurth

Brian Kyncl

Aubri Lambert

Talicia Landeros

Kelsey Lange

Rosie Lann

Kaylie Lantz

Cody Larkins

William Larson

Nicholas Lattimer

Morgan Lausten

David Lavelle

Thai Le

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behind locker doors

School lockers not only contained books and bags, but also e se ntial necessitie . In ide lockers were things like school upplies, bottle ; backpack s and all the extras to sur vive the school da y Sophomores wer e not new to th e concept of utilizing locker s to m a ke s chool li f e ea ier. The y knew ju s t w hat to put in their locker to mak e it feel like a home awa y from home.

" In m y locker a r e books, coat s , a nd other things collected through the school y ea r. The gro s se s t thing in m y locker is proba bl y ei ght spilt Gatorad e bottles collected o ve r time," said Brittany Prieb.

Sh a ring lock e r w ith s omeone e lse was a nother lock e r tr e nd.

Prieb hared her lock e r w ith friend Michaela Barta. M a n y g roup

of fri e nd s had a communit y locker in w hich eve ry

Becky Leiter

Sophie Lemka

Meghan Leonard

Kaila Lewallen

Breanne Lewis

Gabrielle Lieb

Justin Lilly

Karma Living ton

Andrea Logan

Richard Lorenz

Jenna Lothrop

Briana Lueckenhoff

Logan Luke

Curtis Mackie

Ali Malik

Alyssa Malone

TJ Mandl

Garrett Mardock

Jared Marker

Reid Marple

Alex Martin

Nicky Martin

Traci Ma on

Kiersten Mavis

Andrea May

Alyssa McBride

B ritteny McBride

Keli McCluskey

Megan McCollister

B ridgette McKay

Photo by Jessica Sorer

Tim McK.itterick

Alyssa Mescher

Josh Meth

Alicia Meyer

Kevin Meyer

Shaylene Michaels

Sarah Michalecki

Jaq ue Miller

Joannah Miller

Josh Moline

Will Monroe

Brandon Moore

Breanna Moore

Devin Mueller

Samantha Mueting

Thomas Mundt

Sean Murphy

David Nan ce

Tyler Nannen

Seth Neben

Sarah Neelly

Sammi Neppl

Nick Nesbitt

Elli Neuwirth

Andrew Nguyen

Rebecca Nispel

Reba Nitzel

Jackie Nordell

Aaron Norman

Trey Novotny

Jordyn Novsek

Travis Nun

Willow Nyman-Jones

Aleysha O'Neill Guzman

Christopher Ogden

Morgan Oliver

Rico Oliveros

Max Olson

Hannah Orr

Katelyn O stwal d

Maggie Packard

Kari Parke

Aaron P attee

Stephanie Pelan

B randon Peters

D oug P etersen

Nate P etro

Chelsea Pfeiffer

D aniel Pfingsten

Stephanie Phillip

Jacklyn Pickerill

Desiree Pierce

Heather Pillard

Stephanie Pitcher

Reilly Placek

Alyssa Potter

Shannon Potter

B randon Prellwitz

Brittany Prieb

Wenyu Qu

Taylor Quandt

Meredith Ramsay

Bradley Rangel

Lindy Rauscher

Anna Rea

Daniel Ready

'what don't vou get about the opposite se

"What do I under stand about them?"

- Will L arson

"How they act diffe re nt when they're with t he i r friends."

-Kaylee Braden

"They' re h ard t o

''Why they change t r

minds so many tim e

-Matt

Portia Reams

Ellen Reber

Kristin Reeder

Tyler Reeder

Austin Reilly

Phil Reinhardt

Jordan Reinwald

Tori Renken

Katie Richard

Ashley Rinke

Matthew Roach

Ashton Robinson

Roxie Rohlfs

Greg Rohnke

Michael Rood

Rachel Roundey

Allison Roy

JD Ro yer

Alex Ruder

Curtis Ruwe

Michael Ryan

Cash Ryba

Ryaz Sadat

Blair Sanburg

Andrew Santo

Jacque Sartwell

Nick Sawyer

Christopher Schmidt

Jayme Schmidt

Jill Schneider

Michael Schultz

Lucas Scofield

Zeph Scott

Grant Seiboldt

Mohammad Shakir

Ben Shallenberger

Kaitlin Shanahan

Matthew Sharkey

Chad Shearer

Samantha Shelley

Nicole Shellhart

Taylor Shippen

Andrew Sitzmann

Jessica Skinner

Jessica Sorensen

Jordan Sprague

Jacob Stauber

Kati Stauffer

Robby Stauffer

Lloyd Steel

Baker Steinkuhler

Carrie Stems

Graham Stoddard

Justin Stonacek

Ashley Stoner

Danielle Stopp

David Stowe

George Strandness

Jamie Strudl

Courtney Suelter

Garrett Sund

Logan Sutton

Dillon Svec

Michael Swanson

Tyler Swartz

Amber Swenseth

Kendra Szudlo

Samuel Tanner

Tiffaney Tatro

Jordan Taylor

Cale Thomason

John Thompson

Tyler Thompson

Megan Thornburg

Christina Tiritilli

Anthony Toombs

Ashley Toombs

Ryan Town

Alyssa Troester

Andrea Troxel

Kate Truka

A u stin Turner

Jonathan Tyburski

Christopher Vance

Jason Vanderslice

Jacob Vestecka

Spencer Villanueva

Mallory Vogt

Tyler Vrba

Amanda Vuu

Brittany Wagner

Paige Wald

Kayla Waldman

Erinn Walkenhorst

Christopher Walker

Celeste Wanner

Sean Ward

Ashlea Warren

Hilary Watkins

Corinne Watson

Jessica Way

Jennifer Weber

Kayla Webert

Peter Welsch

James West

Melissa West

Whitney Weyhrich

Ryan Whelan

Hillary Whitney

Tobin Widick

David Wiese

Brett Wiley

Jamie Williams

Nia Williams

Matthew Wilmarth

Aaron Wittrock

Kelcy Workman

Megan Young

Austin Zimmerman

Mitchell Zimmerman

Jaime Abarca

Taylor Alley

Brett Amen

·Jonathan Anania

Kaleigh Ander on

Kyle Anderson

Lindsey Ash

Robert Athey

Russell Aust

Brianna Badje

Kelly Baer

Chad Bailey

Philip Baker

Lauren Barbee

Dalton Barnard

Duncan Barnell

Amanda Bartels

Melissa Beard

Jarrod Beardslee

Jordan Bell

Mc Rae Bell

Jordon Bellefeuille

Carly Belz

Schuyler Bennett

Evan Benson

Heather Berck

Christian Berg

Matt Bindel

Alex Bischoff

Dustin Bloch

Daniel Bock

Annie Bohling

Ashlee Borcher

Carey Brant

Cassie Braymen

Geoffrey Bristol

Jordan Brooks

Caleb Brown

Evan Brown

Ryan Brundege

Lauren Brunken

Frankie Bruyette

Sabrina Buckwald

Caitlan Bunn

Jamie Burbach

Marilyn Buresh

Kimberly Burt

Lindsey Carden

Amanda Camazzo

Alex Cass

Allison Catlett

Jade Cattoor

Tyler Caulkins

Elijah Cecava

Ashlee Celesky

Jamie Champoux

Reece Charleboi s

Stephanie Charron

Gina Chen

Benj amin Clevinger

Nathan Coatney

Kelly Coleman

Kevin Coleman

Michael Conner

Connor Cosgrove

Michael Crelin

'' wh at's so great about being a fresh man? '

"Telling p eople that I'm .a senior, t hen they find out t hat I'm a fre shman."

-Kelsey Gra v es

"Hanging out with the upper cla ssmen and having the m drive me around t o places."

-Adam Wagner

Compiled by Travis Cunningham

"There's no guys younger than you so you can pick any hot guy yo u want."

-]oslin Stonacek

"Livin' in la vida l oca."

-Chris Gice

Emilio Cruz

Alysha Culver

Ben Currin

Collyn Curtis

Stephanie Daffer

Shruti Daggumati

Nicholas Dahlquist

Erin Davidson

Travis Davidson

Hillary Davis

Andy Day

Chalsey Debaere

Krista Decker

Joseph Delaney

Sarah Delgado

Aaron Demoret

Anna Denell

Jarett Denning

Andre' Devorss

Lacey Diaz

Julia Didier

Kyle Digilio

Christopher Donahoo

Zachary Donahoo

Chelsea Donovan

Jeremy Down

Jackson Duba

Ashlie Dughman

Desire'e Dunbar

Ashley Dunn

Emily Dunn

Stephanie Edmonds

Kara Eide

Joe Elekes

Justin Ellison

Zachary Elson

Beth Embree

Brian Erickson

Nicole Ernst

Clare Espinosa

Andrew Essman

Tyler Euse

big fears and Dhobias

Robert Benchle y once noted, "Tell us y our phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of."

Southwest halls were home to a multitude of di ver e phobia From arachnophobia ( fear of spiders ) and altophobia (fear of heights) to achluophobia ( fear of darkness ) and aichmophobia (fear of needles and pointed objects ) , the freshman class certainl y had a handful of worries.

"(I) just reall y hate s piders," Anna Denell stated. "I know a lot of people don't like them, but I can ' t forget the time when I was out_ side, and there was a spider the size of a quarter. It was revolting"

Although spiders and heights were among the most common phobias, some people had more interesting fright factors.

"I am seriousl y afraid of clowns," Danielle Urban said. "Especially on Halloween, when clowns randoml y pop out with chainsaws and stuff. The y reall y fre a k me out."

Although the average Southwest student had a t least one phobia, most people learned to de al with their innermost frights.

"If you ' re scared of something , just tr y to avoid it!" Dalton Barnard exclaimed.

Sto ry b y Ka tya Tsymbal

Madeline Eversoll

Brianna Exstrom

George Fang

Christopher Fantroy

Michael Fantroy

Andrea Felker

Zach Fergus

Aly Ferguson

Rudy Fiedler

Jami Finnell

Joy Fischer

Vincent Flynn III

Bess Folsom

Taylor Ford

Michael Fortkamp

Neleigh Frandsen

Kourtney Frank

Jeremy Fricke

Cody Fristoe

Victoria Fry

Kimberly Fuoco

Keegan Furry

Brady Gaines

Ronnie Gallagher

Timothy Garman

Freddy Gartner

Paige Gaver

Chasmine Gerschefske

Christopher Gice

Tyler Gilloon

Ronnie Glantz

Dayton Graf

Kelsey Graves

Preston Greenwood

Ryan Griepsma

Sean Grosshans

Heather Guenther

Paige Guilliams

Josh Gustafson

Ryan Haas

Hawra Hadib

Matt Hahne

Scott Hakel

Rylee Hall

Jacob Hamann

Hannah Hamilton

Eliza Hammond

Kyle Hampton

Sammy Hansen

Stacie Hansen

Lindsay Han on Lisa Harris

Emily Hartman

Alex Hartmann

Courtney Haydu

Ky le Headley

Erin Healey

Christopher Heble

Jake Hedgecock

Jacob Hehn

Samuel Heidelk

Shayla Heimann

Amy Herman

Katy Herrell

Cameron Hill

· Eric Hinz

Jamie Hock

John Hoffman

Kaleigh Hohensee

Samantha Holechek

Joel Holmgren

Luke Honnen

Katie Hottovy

Anthony Hubbard

Alyssa Hudkins

Eric Hyde

Boris Ilic

Levi Irons

Chris Jacobson

Drew J agadich

Jamicyn Jahnke

Marcus James

Zachary James

Ashley Jans sen

Kara Jarecke

Tyler Jarosz

Lindsay Jeffres-Dryden

Nick Jester

Jacob Jochim

Alex Johnson

'' v ou know vou•re a freshman when .. .. ''

"You do n't know where you are going, at all!"

-Nicole Ernst

"You try to open the wrong locker."

-Annie Bohling

ra~i~ii,..,...,.......,...,'"""'""',.,,.,....._.,.,.. "When you' re smaller than everyone."

-Ty Ziegelbein

''You're in the ba ck of the student se c ti on at the football ga m es."

-Chris Stepanek

Compiled

Lexie Johnson

Bryan Jones

Nathan Jones

Steven Jones

Justin Jorgens

Megan Kaltenberger

Bilal Kamal

Amy Kellough

Katie Kieffer

Rio Kim

Lynn King

Addison Knuth

Natalie Knuth

Vera Konovalchuk

Jorgan Kon tor

Claire Kortum

Julie Kovanda

Kirk Kovarik

Ross Kremer

Adam Kriz

Tyler Kuper

Mackenzie Laird

Adam Lavelle

Gabrielle Lazaro

Lindsey Leach

Olivia Leblanc

Brandon Leeds

Lindsay Leikam

Kari sa Livingston

Hayli Lofgreen

Brady Long

Alec Lowrey

Caitlin Lukin

Kristoffer Lynch

Jamie Lyons

Taylor Mack

Jessa Manthei

Josh Martin

a life changing event

Changes play a major role in people's lives. Freshmen experienced changes every da y during the school yea r. Going to a new school wa where the change started. Trying to find a way through the chool became a problem for most. Asking peers for help reall y came in handy .

"One of the biggest changes for me when I came to Southwest was that I have more freedoms," said Ethan Wagner. Hayley Raatz also felt there was more flexibilit y in high school.

"A big change is when you come from being the oldest (class). to becoming the younge t ( clas ) ," Jami Finnell aid. This was one of many differences noticed between the different school levels.

"I really like it here because I now have four classes a day instead of eight," said Brooke Samples.

Zach ary D onahoo said his biggest change was "the level of difficulty. Even though the cla ses are hard they are still very fun."

Whether the changes were good or bad, the freshmen survived the first year of high school. The y were read y to continue the next three years. Only this time, the y would be a little more broken in.

Story by Travis Cunningham

Jacob Marvin

Andrew Matthies

Christina Mayer

Taylor Mayer

Heather McCoy

Daniel McManus

Ermin Mehovic

Sam Meister

Rudee Mercado

Mary Metz

Haley Meyer

Michael Meyers

Kelsey Michael

Jam ell Michaels

Anthony Michalecki

Laurabeth Miller

Nick Miller

Philicia Mizell

Cassey Mockenhaupt

Ahmad Mohammad

Kamala Moore

Kathryn Moore

Alex Morten

Spenser Morton

Photo by Kelsey Campfield/ Talon Planners were given to all students to help them organize their lives. Waiting in line to check out planners is the first tep on these fre hmen's first day.

Anthony Mosher

Patrick Muir

Aaron Mulgrue

John Mulgrue

Hana Mustafa

Shawntel Myers

Lucas Nalley

Ali Nelson

Trevin Nelson

Nicole Newell

Kevin Newton

Sam Newton

Justin Nissen

Garrett Nitz

Justin Noakes

Benjamin Norton

Sam Ogden

Dylan Ohlsen

Kara Olson

Myles Olson

Anastasia Oulianova

Keith Ozanne

Alexander Pace

Stephanie Pankoke

Michaela Patt

Chelsea Patterson

Ryan Pavel

Talissa Payne

Gabrielle Perez

Griffin Perry

Adam Peters

Amanda Peters

Kerri Peters

Grant Peterson

Kim Pettinger

Micah Pfeiffer

Nick Pfeiffer

Rachael Pflug

Tarrah Phares

Stuart Piper

Jared Plautz

Josh Poppe

Jed Potter

Courtney Powers

Taylor Prai

Jordan Prellwitz

Porche Prewitt

Alexis Pulver

Hayley Raatz

Bekah Reddish

Maddie Reddish

Logan Reeve s

Chelsi Reichwaldt

James Reynolds

Tyler Rheault

Erinn Richert

Tiffany Ricketts

Alexandra Riggs

Cory Ritter

Jamie Robertson

Griffin Rocke

Todd Roeber

Chris Rogers

Justin Rogge

Taylor Rohe

Justin Rosenbohm

''what rumors were said about high school?''

"That it was horrible and I should be scared."

--Shareyah Ho w ell

"I heard that you could skip class like everyday."

--Stuart Piper

Compiled by Paige Sanburg

"People would beat up on f you because they called us the baby boom."

--Katie Hottovy

"The classes were really hard, and the teachers were hard too."

--Tyler Gilloon

Nicolas Russell

Ethan Rymph

HD Sader

Cassandra Sadowski

Derek Saltzman

Ben Samani

Jordan Saner

Jordan Sasek

Sinan Sayood

Christine Scalora

Nolan Schaefer

Brandon Schafer

Faith Schell

Tyler Schenk

Alexis Schields

Aaron Schilling

Jordan Schliesser

Anna Schmidt

Blake Schmidt

Rachel Schmidt

Jason Schrad

Breanna Schreier

Josiah Scollard

Coco Scott

Amanda Sedor

Brad Sedor

Megan Sefrna

Jay Seiffert

Leah Shaffer

Josh Shearer

Kyle Sherbeck

Jenay Sheridan

Margaret Sherwood

Jordan Shields

Dillon Shryock

Jeremiah Sievers

Danielle Simpson

Zachary Sims

Chase Small

Lexi Smalley

Aaron Smelker

Megan Smid

taking a look into lunch

One year ago students shuffled through cafeteria lines and received their standard school lunch. ow, as high school newcomers, freshmen found a wide variety of food available at their fingertips, and a whole new dilemma of deciding what to eat.

Gabrielle Berez, who attended Park Middle School last year, liked the variety of choices available during lunch.

The food choices offered in the cafeteria and nack shop ranged from da Vinci's pizza to Blimpie subs, and from milk and pop to hot chocolate and cappuccinos.

"There is definitel y a wider va riet y of choices, I like that fact that ther e are healthier choices too," aid Nicolette Ware , who attended middl e school last year in Poland, Ohio.

Som e of these healthier choices included salad bar, subs and fruit.

"At lun ch I usually get Blimpies. It's kind of healthy and I'm in swimming sea on right now," said Olivia Leblanc.

Whether the freshmen stuck to healthy lunch choice may never be known. What was for sure though, wa that lunch this year was part of the whole new high chool experience.

Story by Pafge Sanburg

Kiersten Smith

Lyndsay Sothan

Tara Soucie

Steven Spalla

Channi yel Spataro

Cassee Spellmeyer

Brittany Spence

Nick Spencer

Shane Spivey

Harrison Stark

Kyle Steinacher

Christopher Stepanek

Sarah Stevens

Jacob Steward

Tyler Stewart

Shane Stierwalt

Brandon Stokes

Joslin Stonacek

Sarah Strickland

Tristan Stump

Dain Sudik

Brooke Sullivan

Chase Sund

Jeffrey Sward

Photo by Dianne Kuppig

The lunch room was packed w ith freshmen experiencing their first meal of high schoo l on the first day. Fast foods like Godfather's pizza and Blimpie s ub s gave freshmen more choices than a middl e schoo l.

Kathryn Swartz

Ozge Tek

Jonathan Terrebonne

Spenser Tetmeyer

Anna Thomas

Cole Thompson

Elizabeth Thompson

Lindsey Thomson

Kristi Thornburg

Alexandria Threats

Nathan Timmins

McKenzie Tisdale

Jess Tommeraasen

Ethan Tompkins

Akim Tran

Anna True

McKenzie True

AmarTumeh

Jared Tupper

James Tussing

Clay Upton

Danielle Urban

Tyler Vannice

Nicholas Varga

Cory V ermaas

Adam Wagner

Ethan Wagner

Emily Walkenhorst

Kaitlyn Waller

Chelsea Walz

Nicolette Ware

Dylan Warren

Sarah W asserstein

Lauren W atmore

Alexis Watson

Zach Watson

Nicholas Webster

Mike Wehling

Julia Wehrli

Taylor Weiand

Bryce Werts

Blake Wewel

Valerie Whitney

Jenna Wiese

Cohagen Wilkinson

Alaina Williams

Jacob Wilson

Mara Wilson

Nora Wilson

Bethany Wood

Jessica Wright

Wuow Wuowrut

Ryan Yanagida

Luye Yang

CJ Yank

Luke Yarabe

Paul Yarabe

Jack Zhang

Daniel Zhou

Ty Ziegelbein

' ' whv did vou choose Southwest? ' '

"The tr ansportation was easier fr om my house to school, and I liked the •·.,....,..,,.,,..,,,.,,,J block scheduling."

--Ahmad Arraseef

"Sports li ke soccer and because all my friends were going here."

--D uncan Barell

Compiled by Paige Sanburg

"My mom wanted me to, because she thought I'd get a better education."

--Shannon Rob erts

- "The block scheduling [so I don't fall] behind in credits."

--Brooke Samples

administration

Principal J erry Wilks, Associate Princip als John

Hast in gs, Sara Landgren, Karen Ward, I nstructional

Coord in ator Keri Applebee, Special Education

Coordi n ator Virginia Geiger, Athletic Dir ecto r D ave

Gillespie, Assis t ant Athlet ic Di rector Kim Ca r son

business

craziest excuses ever!

"The exc u se that was ju s t s o good I had to exc u se them was ' I am late becau se th ere we re a bunch of elephants on 14 t h stree t and the y wouldn't let me p ass ."'

--]ami Sw anson, w orld language

"One time someone said, 'It we nt through the laundry; no really, y ou can ask m y mom!"'

--Mark R eeder, art

"Some common excuses we hear ·are 'My parents didn't wake me,' and 'M y ride forgot me."'

Nico le Kubik, attendance

office

"A s tudent fell in a lake and I jump e d into rescue him. Unfortunatel y, my homework drowned."

Kyle Schumann, math

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Marge Kneifl (Cha ir ), Duane Baack, Kate Burger, Sandi Campbell, Dan ob le, Jud y Noteboom, Mary Schropfer, Donna Strabala, Shelly T rdy

guidanc e/ counseling

Nancy Muehlhausen (Team Leader), Janene Way (Secreta ry), Gretchen Baker, Jo yce Lehn, Bobbie Myers, Kelcy Sass, Maril y n V eomett, Ellen Williams

fcs

Trac y Fortney-Seagren (Chair), Mary Haertel, Sher ry McCraine, Jolene Schlemmer

industrial technology

J eff Jochum (Chair), Cory Free, Kevin Henneck e, Shawn Stoke s

11t111v 11t evonc1 llteliel

Students often overlook the outside li ves of their teach ers The fact is a teacher's life goes be y ond the school day. Teacher s ma y ha ve careers outside of sc hool , are apart of a bus y family lives or are in v ol ve d in the community

Mark Gudgel , English 9 and Holocaust Literature teach er, had three jobs outside of teaching He was a full time graduate student in Christian Theology and Biblical Study at Grace

language arts

Mindy Wright (C h air ), Terry Abrahams, _ Elaine Caster, Cyndi D wye r, Lorrie Ford, Melanie Gross, Mark Gudgel, Matt Heimes, Toni Heimes, Bob Henrichs, Dianne Ku ppig, Lori Nak agawa , Marla Payant, Todd Pernicek, Tracy Piper, Shirley Roeber, Jim Rosenberger, Shelly Shanahan, Toni Siedel

University in Omaha. He was a part-time t eac her in curriculum / education leadership at Do ane College.

"As an educator, I feel that furthering my own education is crucial not on ly to my own success, but also to that of my students," Gudgel said.

Gudgel also was the assistant women's basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

"I am re s ponsible not only for our season, running from October to March, but also for scouting, recruiting and running camps for kids," Gudgel said Story by Alex Ball staff 147

Tom Ahl chwede (Chair), Angela Bates, Shayla Bushhousen, Mike Geist, Shukria Gharzai, David Hartman, Bill Rogge, Kyle Schumann, Cullen Stevens, Christin Sutter, Anna Swinton, Ashli True, Chris True, J erel Welker. Not Pictured: Jill Phi pp

music

Lori Falcone (Chair), Jeff Agler (Accompanist), Denise Cotton, Jonathan Dyrland, Alyssa Johnson, Stacy Mar ha11

pe/health

Mark Watt (Chair), L is Brende n , Nancy Brackley, Tracy Felton,

J alaina Handa, Do u g Kaltenberger, Mark King, Andrew Sherman, Scott Sk u ltety, Scott Vampo la

health office

Kay Holt, J oni Buckner, Debbie Rye

media c e n te r Melody Kenney (Cha ir), Ken Cornwell, Kim Heiser, Lori Mescher

loocl for .........

Your nose picks up a weet cen ; the scent draws you towards the cafet ria where a mad dash of students pushe s get to the front of the line to buy on e )f their favorite meals, Italian Dunkers.

On days Southwest didn't serve Dunker , man y students bought the Wednesday pecial. Students could bL ' a slice of pizza and a pop at a discoun t ~d pnce

Lunch was important to many LIdents . The energy taken in during th , e 30 minutes was supposed to keep the 11 going for the remainder of the school day.

Ju t before the students draw tl ~rnselve toward the cafeteria, the mana g ' r announces "ok, l unch time everybod r " Story by Jason v'\, ood

Spread by Jason Wood and Travis Cunningham

science

Tim Golden (Chair), Charley Bittle, Greg Cooper, Tracy Felton, Mike Geist, Lisa Haycraft, Eugene Kirianov, J oDell Merritt, Court Monroe, Kevin Schrad, Mark Shearer, Sara Yendra

secretaries/ technicians

Kathy Will, Executive Secretary; Peg Aldridge, Bookkeeper; Marissa Clark, Receptionist Payroll/Substitutes; Joye Fehringer, Payroll/ Substitutes / Executive Secretary; Sandy Hays, Attendance; Kathy Herz, Instructional Technician; Nicole Kubik, Attendance / Athletics / Activities; Marcia Malzer, Registrar; Julie Schneider, Associate Principal Secretary; Brad Seeman, Computer Technician; Kim Waller, Athletics / Activities / Associate Principal Secretary

security

Vern Campbell, Marcia Carroll, Dave Charroin, Officer Tami Lang, Eric William

lunch staff

(front) Judy Flie chman, J uoy Kussman, Terri Chab, Kim Dilley, Nikki Gray, Lisa Ashenbach, Ter sa Gifford, Deb Curtis (back) Pat Piper, Paul Winkler, Michelle Haal en n, Amy Whitmar h, icole Hirtzel, Karen Lohmeier, Lori DeVrie

social studies

Ted Lar on (Chair) Brian Albrecht, Ali on Arter, Lisa Bales, Travi Brady, Jim Danson, J alaina Handa, Dennis Hershberger, Ryan Mahoney, Tanner Penrod, Russ Raatz, Ryan Salem, Al s a Watson

world language

Jami Swanson (Chair) Jolynn Bomberger, Susan Cornish, Tammy Cunningham, Aaron Finley, Elaine Harris, Lori Hemmett, ila Jacobson, Angella Knop, Marilyne Phelps, Shirle y Roeber

special education

Kristi Groth (Chair) Connie Barry, Patti Brown, Connie Duncan, Clifton (Trey) Hale, Amy Jewell, Angela Kramer, Matt Mezger, Trish O termeier, Jessi Peterson, Todd Sandberg, Crystal Steidley, Lynn Strack, David Tien, Faye Wall

memories last a lifetime...

I went to high school at Ohiowa, Nebraska (which is now closed) there were 4 (including myself ) in my class and 25 tudents in the entire chool! My experience was totally different from LSW students in that each one of us had to be involved in all the extracurricu lar activities offered, or we couldn't have them!

A favorite high chool memory was my classmates and I flying to Dallas, Texas, on our senior "Sneak" trip. --Mary Schropfer, technology

I graduated from orth Platte High School in 1974. My favorite high school memory would have to be my Latin class with Mr. Thacker. I had such a crush on him. When we got finished with our homework he let u play pitch in cla s . I got pretty good at it and still love to play it to this day.

Another fond memory was our senior class play titled "Our Gal Sal"--I had the female lead and (gasp !) had to kiss Mike Branigan on stage in front of everyone, including my boyfriend!! It wa a

• pretty amateur performance compared to what we have at LSW! !

When I was in high school girls weren't encouraged to go into ad a nced math classes or rigorous science classes, because there were still stereotypical gender roles. I ended up taking other English classes for my electives, and when I got into college majored in English and Latin.

We also didn't have girls basketball until after I graduated --I think I would have played if there had been a team for girls. I did play softball, although it wasn't a high school sport at the time. It was just recreational. --Shirley Roeber, langauge arts / world language

special educ ation paras

custodians

Mike Dudek, Steve Olsen (Cu todial Supervisors) Karen Bowland, Adam Cutshall, Bev Krier, athan Linkugal, Bozica Milos, Robin Phares, Robert Quinn, Owen Steven on, Chris Watkins, Robert Williams

ot pictured: Barry Sunday

D iane Abendroth , Alisha Borchers, Linda Brockman, Tom Harvey, Charity Perdew, Amand a Ricky, Kelsey Schultz, Wendy Storer, LaShon Warner, Eric William ot Pictured: Craig Warnsing

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1 5 2 academics d ivider

Q ccording to Wikipedia , Academics connotes the "cultural accumulation of knowledge." At Southwest this notion was depicted through the wide array of subjects offered.

From Holocaust Literature and Forensic Science to Japanese and Pottery , a colorful variety of classes assured that ev e ry student was content with his or her schedule.

Here are some of the things that were kind of a big deal in academics

. . .the grading scale became uniform throughout all departments with an A at 90-100 percent and below 60 as failing

new classes such as Aerobic/ Modern Jazz and Music Lyrics Study and Analysis were offered.

about 45 percent of the student population was recognized on Honor Roll.

stud e nts' ACT scores ranked fifth in the state with a 23.0 composite score.

Court Monroe 's Physical Science class w ent outside Nov 13 to experiment w ith rockets they had constructed. The biggest one was supposed to go up a half a mile, but unfortunatel y the rocket e xploded on the platform.

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big deal.

Photo by Jason W ood / Talon Spread by Katya Tsymbal

(1) Seniors Andy Cotton , Claire Ohlsen and Mike Petersen watch students being recognized at the honor's convocation. The ceremony was held on Nov. 3 and included an unprecedented number of students. (2) Junior Auburn Boeche cuts a plank of wood to the ~eeded size during her wood construction class. This course was designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge of woodworking and power equipment. (3) In Greg Cooper's Forensic Science class, senior Jessie Nicoll writes down ideas for a mock crime scene. This class explored many subjects including blood patterns, DNA fingerprint analysis and crimatography. (4) Freshmen Bethany Wood and Anna True complete a chapter in the text book of Shelly Tvrdy's Computer Applications class. Students were able to learn about the basic programs and functions of a computer.

LEARN IN' ABOUT CIT IZENSHIP

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'm just a bill. Y es, I'm only a bill. A nd I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill. "

A m e mo ry most Ci v ic s s tud e nt s m ay h ave ch e ri h ed was wa tchin g " I'm Ju s t a Bill, " a on g from Schoolhou e Rock. Th e s on g was a gr ea t way t o ge t s tudent s int e r es t ed in gove rnm ent i ss u es Som e Ci v i c cl a ses h ad t o watc h the v id e o t w ic e s o th ey w ould r e m e mb e r it for th e qui z .

" I lik e Civ ic s b e cau se I lik e t o k no w ho w th e gove rn me nt w ork s," sa id Erin Davidson .

Ci •c s was n't alw ays all fu n and ga m es . Th ere wa h o m ewo rk too. isa Bales' cl ass h a d c ur re nt eve nt s du e eve r y We dn es d ay a nd a rn e d a b o ut eve ry d ay iss u es lik e c h a n gin g th e e l ec tri c c h air t o c tion. Anoth e r p roject tud e nt s did was a p a p e r on h ow th ey h ave ize n s hip in every d ay li fe Thi s proj ect h elp ed s tud e nt s und e r t a nd

Civics is one of the most inf ormative classes ever, and the teacher makes it fun .

w h a t exa ctl y citi ze n s hip was a nd h ow it rel a t e d to th e m.

" Ci v ics is a cl ass to l ea rn citi ze n s hip s kill s, and it 's pr e tt y fu n," sa id Tyler Schenk.

"We ll, ifs a long, long journey . To the capita l city, it's a long, long w ai t. "

Megan Smid and Danielle Urban act out the Greek God song that Mark Gudgel taught so students would remember the names of Greek Gods. English 9 also consisted of reading the play, "Romeo and Juliet."

Pl--oto by Rachel Yari./ Ta lon Mitch Reed and Nick P£eiffer work on determining the calories in peanuts. The purpose of the experiment was to show that food is fuel and it is burned to produce energy. This was just one of the many experiments that Biology students did.

Tm just a bill," can be heard coming from Lisa Bale~' Civics class as her students work on their children's book about how a bill becomes a law. Understanding their government was a way to help students become better citizens.

Freshmen Nicki Lattimer and Ethan Tompkins work on their Geometry homework during class t i me to avoid having to do it at home. In Geometry, students learned about proofs, the properties of triangles, and transformations. Spread

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Sammi N eppl checks over her test in Kevin Schrad's Biology class. There was a lot of choice as to which science classes to take, but Chemistry and Biology were the most popular for sophomores.

EXPERIENCING THE ELEMENTS

7p eriodic table, test tubes, p etri di hes and beakers created the perfect combination for Chemistry cla s. During this course, students investigated and explained the structure and property of matter.

This difficult class was demanding and informative, but with block scheduling it was important to keep on trucking with lessons. There were a lot of expectations for Chemistry cla s.

" Lectures are common, as are notes. The class and subject require a lot of information to be learned," said teacher Michael Geist. According to him, the students did hands on activities such as worksheets, demon trations and lab work rather than ju t taking notes

"During experiments, students prepare and type reports for laboratory experiments to illustrate their comprehension of concepts and relationships," Geist said.

The be t lab Katie Hill completed during Chemistry was the acid and base lab.

" The acid and base lab was my favorite because it was hand on and we got to neutralize acids, and, I don't know, it wa ju t fun," Hill said.

Student learned a range of things including cla sifying matter, the bonding of atom and propertie of acids and ba es.

'' I like to involve all tudents, and humor is an integral f cla , ist said .

A ajor d1, enge in Chemistry was learning he periodic le by eart. or some it wa simple memorization, t hers h l t pend a lot of time and effort to meet thi c llenge

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As sophomores, student s learn how to write and perform poetry in an expressive manner. Nate Petro shares his poem in front of other English classes during the poetry slam in the auditorium Dec. 23.

Looking through their World History books, Andrea May and Mollie Dittmer try to find the answers to their worksheets. Most sophomore students took a World History class.

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Taking a quiz together in David Hartman's Advanced Algebra class are sophomores Zach Francis and Bree Moore. Advanced Algebra students learned how to solve linear

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READING AND WRITING

h e n th e ave r age s tud e nt think s of a difficult cl ass, m a th mo t lik e l y com es to mind. Th e r e we r e a va ri e t y of E n g li s h cour ses , ho weve r , th a t a ls o fit th a t mold. AP L an g u age a nd Compo s ition was on e o f tho se ex c e ption s

" W e r ea d, w rit e, a nd di s cu ss diff e r e nt t y p es of lit e r a tur e, w hich con s t an tl y s tr e tch es our mind s, " Amber Miller sa id.

Th e cl ass r ea d a va ri e t y o f Am e ric a n lit e r a tur e from m an y diff e r e nt tim e p e riod s in both fiction a nd nonficti o n. An exa mpl e of a b o ok th a t AP L a n g/ C o mp s p e nt a lot of tim e on was "Th e Ad ve ntur es o f Huckl e b e rr y F inn " b y M a rk T wa in.

Th e r ea din g ass i gnm e nt s r e quir e d go o d r eadin g t ec hniqu es, s u c h as p ay in g

• u se of lan g u age a nd an a lys i s b ey ond th e pl o t an d c h a r ac t er i o rm tion. St e nt di s cu sse d th e lit era tur e durin g " B ook Club s "

" he c1 s di sc u ss i o n s k ee p m e in vo l ve d in th e r ea din gs an d h e lp m e ge t t o kn ow m cl ss m a t e , " Zach Mapes sa id.

Wlriti r ~as a t th e h ea rt of th e L ang / C omp cl ass . T eac h e r s ex p ec t e d s tud e nt s

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t o w rit e multipl e dr a ft s of th e ir pi e c es t o b e

s ur e th a t in th e e nd , th e produ c t was a we ll put t oge th er pi ece of wr itin g

" Lan g/ Comp is n ' t ac tu a ll y a di ff ic ult cl a s . It ju s t r eq uir es a l o t of tim e a nd d e di ca tion ," Paige Vanicek sa id.

Work, work, work. Juniors Tracy Sieck, Taylor Boney and Richard Luzum work on their daily warm-up in J erel Welker's Pre-Calculus class. Students in Pre-Calculus found out they wouldn't be able to retake the tests like they used to in previous math classes.

Juniors Stacie Branting and Cale Stolle work on their physics experiment. Physics was a great class for stude~ts that were interested in pursuing science in the future:

Ted Larson's AP US History class gets ready to start researching the US presidents. Students took AP US History in order to get college credits as well as cover the history of the United States in more depth than a regular US History class.

Junior Mike Schuster reads with a first grader at Cavett elementary. Toni Siedel's AP Language and Composition class met their pen pals on Valentine's Day and continuing writing to them throughout the ·

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Jolyn Anderson completes an assignment from the textbook during her AP Calculus class. This course provided students with the opportunity to learn a much higherlevel math at a challenging pace. It consisted not only of the regular problems as in a traditional math class, but also of a variety of handson projects and experiments.

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Fnction s, formulas, numbers. In room B 104, these were the sole guidelines that Calculus students knew. Through the exploration of cylindrical shells, understanding of parametric equations, and division into infinite series, many young Silver Hawks discovered the complex language of mathematics.

Teacher Tom Ahlschwede led AP Diff Calculus as a team. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" was his motto in life, and he transferred the notion to his class. Understanding the importance of communication between the teacher and tudent s, everyone learned to work together in order to achieve a basic level of knowledge over new material, and the class grew as one.

"Mr. Ahlschwede makes Calculus ' fun and exciting' because he is very enthusia tic about math and challenges us pushing the whole class to the next level. He's always shoving us 'down the path of knowledge,"' noted Elizabeth Belson.

Using technolog y to explore variou topics, conduct urveys and gather data, tudents found they could apply the material to everyday life.

"I've learned how much work it takes to fill up a water tower in the shape of a cone! I found it surprising that a of th we do in calculus relate to life," Heather reason, calculus was viewed not as a boring but as an intriguing insight upon the role that mathemat1 lays in our ociety.

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ams' AP Literature and position class. After g this novel, students reatively express their inte tations of the book, and Photo b y Katya Tsymbal/Talon the nglish class had a lot of fun with interesting presentations.

Siera Gage discover the wonders of Anatomy and Physiology. After taking off the outer fibrous pericardium, students in Tracy Felton's class explored ways in which the heart pumps blood.

Sena Sayood, Cortney Neelly and Haley Heindryckx take notes during a lecture in Ryan Salem's diff. CI class. "CI

issues plaguing our society today as well as foreign affairs," Leena Padhye noted.

Brandon I..abadie, Stephanie Reinsch, and Brittany Barnhouse take notes during an "Invisible Man" presentation in Terry

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/ ou get frustrated when you go to a store and see something y01 , could have made yourself Creative Clothin g lets you do that," said sophomore Melissa West.

Students made a variety of items in Creative Clothing, including pajama pants, boxers, chennel pillows, stuffed animals, dog outfits, quilts and shirts.

"Students make presents sometimes in class. For example, one girl made a Valentin e quilt for her boyfriend," noted Creative Clothing teacher Tracy Fortney-Seagren.

The students chose what projects they wanted to make. Some items were original designs. Typically, if students took Creative Clothing more than once, they worked on more difficult projects. Students also took field trips to fabric stores to see demonstrations of sewing techniques that could then be applied in class.

"Basically, students can make whatever they imagine," Fortney-Seagren said

Sophomore Laura Anthony and senior Samantha Moline work on their report about sexual abuse in Families and Crisis. Students in this class learned how to respond to stressful situations in families, such as abuse, death and alcoholism.

Senior Carla Ahlschwede checks the consistency of her pretzel dough. Students in Culinary Baking made bagels, cakes, pretzels and breads to curve their hunger for the knowledge of baking.

Sophomore Melissa West plans out a design for" her skirt in Creative Clothing. Students in Creative Clothing made an assortment of clothing ranging from crocheted scarves to their own pair of jeans, crafted from scrapes of denim.

Junior Jak~ Hile presents his baby book to his Infants and Toddlers class. Infants and Toddlers was a field placement class where the students went to local child care facilities to

peak Spanish! Spanish, Spanish, Spanish," said Spanish teacher Lori Hemmett when asked what Spanish 5 class was about.

Spanish 5 furthered students' speaking abilities. The class created a better understanding of peaking and writing through Spanish literature. Students engaged in reading fundamental authors from Spain and Latin America and used the texts to di cuss culture, analyze literature and finetune their grammar.

"It sounds like a lot of hard work, but we do all kind of silly thing s to create understanding of the texts. Puppets, skit , short stories, posters, and we watch movies relating to novel s or cultural context," Hemmett said. "The best part about learning about a culture is the food! You can't learn about a culture without the food!"

"We have the coolest teacher for Spanish 5, too," said senior Becca Edwards.

So whether students were looking to improve their Spani h abilities or if they simply wanted to have a good time, Spanish 5 attracted many people.

Freshmen Taylor Mayer, Amy Hermen, Michaela Patt, and Gina Chen film their health skit in French 2. French 2 focused on speaking, listening, and reading French and generally becoming more familiar with the language.

Senior Mallory Eversoll practices with flash cards during her Japanese 1 class. The goal of Japanese 1 was to speak, read and write in Japanese as well as increase the students' understanding of the Japanese culture and current events.

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Sophomore s Anna Horst, Tisha Elstun, Hayley Hershberger, and junior Katey Harrison study for their German test. German 2 strove to improve the students' abilities to master practical language utilization .

Junior Kirby Little reviews for a test in his Latin 1 class. "Southwest is the only school in the district that currently offers Latin with a certified teacher," said Latin teacher Shirley Roeber.

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Junior Adam Mayhew and sophomore Aleysha O'Neill presentation during Spanish s. Spanish Swasa differentiated class the highest level of Spanish taught at Southwest.

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~mo st 100 students visi te d Shakespeare quotes during the "Shakespeare the counseling center on a daily basis, stoppin g on Love" celebration in the media center by for various reasons such as class registratio n on Valentine's Day. The AP Classical 11 1 h 1 d h 11 and Shakespearean Drama class held the co e.ge app ication e p, an meeting wit co eg e celebration which included card shops, cake, representatives. performances and presentations.

Post-Secondary Counselor Marilyn Veomett works on a student's class registration. Counselors had multiple duties. Along with being in charge of transitioning and post-secondary matters, the counselors also attended workshops and served on various

Senior Frank Espinosa and junior Austin Parris hang out in the media center. To discourage socializing, the staff required students to have passes to enter the media center during lunch.

During the busy days before a new term, o many as 450 students went through the couns e in:

center per day. With that many students bein g helped, it made it difficult for the counselors t c g to know the students on a personal level.

"I miss not getting to know the students as well as I did when I worked in smaller scho c systems," counselor Joyce Lehn noted.

The media center was another frequent p l CE for students to visit. It was used to do resear d 1 work on projects for classes, grab a good book 0 1 just as a place to hang out.

When students were hanging out in then d center, there was bound to be a few who brok t h rules.

Melody Kenney , the media specialist, sai "Being the 'library police' for students who b rc -l k the rules is my least favorite part of working ir t r media center." Besides being the library polic e Kenney also taught information literacy, help e , students with educational materials and helpe teachers with their curriculum.

Transition counselor Ellen Williams works with freshman Brooke Samples on registering for the upcoming school year. Transition counselors worked with freshmen and sophomores to help them transition from middle school to high school. They informed students of the kinds of classes that are offered in high school and what was most appropriate for each student. Photo by Kristel) Dinneen/ Talon

ith advances in technology there has been a growing interest in the Commercial Art and D esign class offered b y Lucy McHugh. McHugh created the curriculum wh il e teaching at Lincoln Southeast and it has now develop e d throu ghout the district.

"S h e is a very good art teacher. She approaches teaching art reall y well and allows y ou to do what you want to do w ith your pieces," said senior Karl Hammond who ha taken many art cla e taught by McHugh.

The Comm ercial Art and Design classes did not meet in the art wing; instead they headed to the computer lab to complete th e ir work Photoshop 7.0 skills and techniques were u sed to create layouts, advertisements and banners for Securit y First Bank.

Student s also worked hard on stamp designs that Booster Club so ld through 2006

"I thou ght the stamps were wonderful. It i cool that our clas s was able to design s omethin g for the school," Hammond said.

Junior

Crevling draws a graffiti outline for a public works project. Crevling was involved in a multitude of arts classes including theatre and choir.

In Beginning Drawing, freshmen Sarah Delgado and Connor Cosgrove

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was Delgado's first art class.

Junior Jeff

gets air bubbles out of his clay. With the clay, Paradise made clay pots and painted them in Julie Walstrom's Sculpture Class. Other art classes offered included 2D Design, 3D Design, Painting Jewelry, Pottery and Drawing.

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In Mark Reeder ' s beginning photography class Abbie Jenkins develops film while she works as a teacher's assistant. Jenkins has took a number of photography classes and enjoyed developing

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Ryan Cownie looks at his negatives in Mark Reeder' s Beginning Photography class. "I really enjoy taking photos," Cownie said.

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Working with expensive equipment is common for senior Hieu Phung and others who attend Information Technology Focus Program. The school located in downtown Lincoln meets for an entire semester and is worth 10 technology credits.

rFsome, the ordinary class r -> om wasn't enough to challenge their abilities. Stm ems wanted changes of pace and new faces. For th , s e students, LPS's special focus programs allowe c them to break out and focus on the things th e:· loved.

For science lovers, the Science Focus Program (Zoo School), was an option that all cweJ them to leave the school and continue their sv d ies at the Folsom Children's Zoo everyday

"I like the schedule and the more relaxe d atmosphere of Zoo School. I attend the same classes there as I would here at Southwest," sophomore Jessica Harris said.

Other students also enjoyed the benefit s ) f , other focus programs including Technology a r d Arts and Humanities. Other programs offe m were Special Education and the Gifted Progr a i 1

More advanced classes and mentoring w ~ , available for gifted students to continue their studies. Questions and conferences to deter r ine what was best for each student were addresse e to gifted coordinator Shirley Roeber.

"I do a number of other things too, incl l in g putting together the gifted plan each year for 1e building and doing advocacy for gifted stude s," Roeber said.

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the "Plaza", junior Maggie M o ntoyaKaplan enjoys lunch outdoors with students from Southeast and Lincoln High . "I like that it 's laid back and you can really focus on what you like. You also meet so many new people," Montoya-Kaplan said.

Junior Heather Herron receives a check from the reserve girls' basketball captain Amber Swenseth. This money was raised by the reserve and freshman girls' basketball teams for the Special Olympics program at Southwest.

Photo by Jessica Sorensen /Talon Juniors Maggie Montoya-Kaplan and Katie Schueths give the baboons some attention during their lunch break at Zoo School. Zoo School is an option for students wanting to get out the ordinary classroom and meet other students from across the district.

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s me students would say they took a P.E. cla ss because it was an easy A. Others said it was a way to stay in shape. A variety of physical education classes were offered to let students choose types of activities that appealed to them the most.

Som e of the courses included Lifeguard Training, Fitness for Life, Weight Training / Adv. Weight Training, T ea m Sport s and Modern Jazz / Aerobics. Modern Jazz / Aerobics was a new class taught by Jalaina Handa.

"We h ad one Ballroom class and one Tap class also . My clas ses took field trips to Five Willows Women's Fitness Facilit y to take Vinyasa Yoga," Handa said.

He alth classes were also required. In these classes, st udent s learned about substance abuse, sexual behavior and deci sio n making, nutrition, stress, injury prevention, safety and consumer health.

"My favorite part of health class was when we got to la y on th e floor and listen to relaxation tapes. I got in some good n aps," senior Chris Fabiano said.

iron m Mark King's Advanced Weight Training class. Students stations in a workout program designed for each individual.

Dancing the day away are seniors Megan Flory and Scott Wood in the Modern Jazz/ Aerobics class. Students learned about dancing styles and aerobic exercises that are different ways for students to stay in shape.

Health classmates watch as sophomore Stephanie Pitcher tests her senses while wearing goggles that simulate what it would feel like to be intoxicated. Health was a required class to graduate and covered many topics from STDs to healthy eating habits.

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Sophomore Austin Reilly breaks a sweat when working out in Advanced Weight Training. Reilly and other students were expected to do three sets of ten on the lat pull down for class.

junior Cullan Brennan play a little one on one during T earn Sports. Team Sports along with j Fitness for Life were classes that involved 9 many of the same sports and activities.

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Carefully lining up an interior wall, senior Ben Beardslee builds a model house in Intro to Woods. "Making the house was my favorite thing to do in the class. I took the class because I like to build things and work with tools," Beardslee said

It is useful to many kids and they are always wanting to learn more," Free said.

Junior Broe Kontor

on his project {n Kevin Henneke's Workshop class "My favorite project in the class was making wooden duck toys that we gav to the children at Cedars," Kontor noted.

ith th e gro w in g amount of t echnolo gy -b ase d pro fess ion s in t h , world, it' s no w ond e r th at so m an y s tud ents w er e int e re s t e d in t akin g an ass ortm ent o f hand s -on t echn o lo gy co ur ses .

R an gin g from W eldin g a nd F o und a tion s of IT E to CAD and W ood s h o p cl asses , mult ir e choic e in thi s d ep a rtm e nt gave s tud ent s th e opportunit y to l ea rn about a s ubj e ct that trul ) intri g ued th em.

" I h ave t ak en both [CAD t e chnolo gy and Found ation s of ITE ] , and th ey a r e r ea ll y awe som e . I lik e th e fa ct th at y ou ca n t a ke found ations o ver a nd o ve r a ga in and y ou w ill n ev er be doing th e sa m e thin g Th a t m ak es i t lot more int er es tin g, " se nior J ase K ess noted.

So w heth e r it was to m ent a ll y pr epar e fo a futur e in t e chnolo gy , b e proud of cr ea ting s om e thin g out of nothin g, o r s impl y to enro ll n an ex citin g el ec ti ve , th e C100 ' we r e con s t a n t ' flood e d b y la rg e numb er s of s tud ent s w ho w _ w illin g to t ak e th e ir h and s -on buildin g sk ill s ti th e n ex t l eve l.

Teacher Cory Free helps sophomore Grant Essink solve a problem in CAD tech design. CAD tech design was a popular class among students. " I really like teaching the kids something they want to learn.

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Measuring a piece of wood for his next project in Furniture Construction Design, junior Mason Lien makes sure the measurement is exact. "I like W oodshop Class because I get to make things from nothing. It's really neat to see a finished

product," Lien said. Furniture Design and Intro to Woods were the two woods classes offered.

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any career cho i ces are offered to student s after hi gh sc h oo l. B u si n ess was one route students look ed a t w h en searching for a major. Students could choo se fr o m a variety of fo u ndation classes including Accounting, World of Business, Keyboarding and Marketing

Student s w h o kn ew t h ey wanted a career in business took an ass ortm e nt of classes in that area.

A stud e nt w h o d ecided early on that he definitely wanted to go int o bu s iness as a career was senior Torrence Delgado.

"I took e co nom i cs beca u se when I get older I am going into con s tru c ti on management," Delgado said "I liked the cl ass b eca u se it t ouche d b ase on a variety of subjects w hich was neat "

Marge Kn eifl , chair of t h e b u siness department, noted, "I like teachin g s tu dents skills that will help them in the real world "

The bu s in ess departmen t also had a business student for each month The student of the month sho w ed interest in busines s a nd exce ll ed in their classes

Freshman Drew Ja g adich w o rks on a sprea d sheet in Shelly Tvrdy's Computer Applicati o ns class. Tvrdy's class was on e of the many "skinny b l o cks" wh e re students went to one class fo r the first half and then went to a music class for the secon d half.

Students in Caree r E du cation listen as D u ane Baack t ells the them ab ou t plannin g fo r the future. Ca r eer E d . w as one of the only classe s offered in b u sin ess that was al so a

Thinking hard about her assignment in Accounting, senior Olga Efimova pays close attention to her work. "I have learned that number crunching makes your head hurt," Efimova said.

Working hard on data sheets, senior Amanda Peters takes her time. "My dad wanted me to take accounting because I might be taking over their anti q ue busine ss one day when I'm older," Peters said.

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Brushing u p on her graph making skills ; freshman Jade Cat t oo r works hard to get her assign ment done during cla ss time. Students also learned the basic co mputer skills need ed to take most o t he r computer classes o ffered.

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It's the day you had waited all month for The one day where you were dismissed from class to go socialize and plan activities with fellow

club members Or maybe it was even that one day a week where

of school. Clubs participated in many activities, did fundraising and even watched videos like anime. It was a place to meet new people that shared the same passions .

Here are some of the things that were kind of a big deal in clubs and organizations

.. .the Red Cross Club sponsored blood drive Nov . 8 drew over 70 students and staff to donate blood for a greater cause

.the Day of Silence sponsored by GLB TSA on April 26 promoted equality for all people

UNICEF's

Drive, along with many other club sponsored events , helped to send supplies to hurricane victims

.the Friendship Home received new and used clothing ofter DECA 's "Helping Hawks " holiday cloth.ing drive on Nov. 12.

... Holiday Hawks, hosted by Key Club and Red Cross Club on Dec. 10, offered children fun through games, crafts and books.

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Honda Math Tearn Challenge " for o t her schoo ls Oct. 29 . (2 ) Seniors Elizabe t h Belson and Raessa Singh w ash a van to raise mone y for National Honor Soc iet y in t he summer. NHS raised mone y to help purchase co wl s for graduation . (3) Sen ior Derek Hutchin s and sophomores Ben Doland , Taylor Jones and Dani Stopp pla y chess during club da y. Pla y ing helped students perfect their sk ills and meet other members. (4 ) Boo k Club members read during club da y Boo k Club usually met at local coffee shops , lik e Barnes and Noble 170 clubs & organizations divider

Sarah Fischbe in performs during the Forensics competit ion at North Star on Dec. 2. The team fin ished as the o v e r all champ ion s at the competition

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Sen iors Becky Ledder , Kat ie Jaso, Jessica Dussault, and Kel se y Haas

for a Math Club competition at Doane Math Club hosted the "Wi lliamson

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showing love of language and culture

experiencing a di~ferent la~guag.e, being in~olved in another • culture, and havmg fun with fnends were Just a few of the activities members of Japanese, Spanish, French, and Multicultural club participated in.

('Students wanted educational experience in Multicultural club, so we set up a rotation of presentations from students about various cultures for each club day," said club sponsor Jessica Petersen. Multicultural club also helped with a soon-tobe annual cultural celebration da y called "One World." Held on Feb. 24, cultural speakers presented in the auditorium.

Carving pumpkin s , Dance Dance Revolution, Laser T ag, and Japanese aren't things one would normally place together, but for the members of Japanese Club, they're practic ally synonymous While they didn't hold a DDR tournament this year, they did carve pumpkin s and pla y some laser tag as a fundraiser for their summer trip to Japan.

"People are reall y friendl y, and it's okay if y ou don't speak much Japanese," said senior Katie Jasa of her experience in Japanese Club.

Spanish Club hosted fr ee workshops for parents of students interested in learning Spanish before their spring break vacations. They held six sessions, each with a particular theme. Some of the themes included kindergarten, travel, family and personal description.

"Getting to play Mill e Borne is m y favorite part about French club, I'd have to ay," said junior Jordan Muller. Mille Borne i a French game th a t entails tr y ing to gather enough "mile" c a rds to equal one thousand miles. On club da y members played games like Mille Borne or watched French films. French club also sold Mardi Gras Beads before and after school.

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Japanese C lu b members: Kyle Anderson, Ben Beardslee, Jeremy Berg, Mark Bidrow ki, Serena Butler, Amanda Carnazzo, Abbey Co leman, Kaylee Co lton, Mandi Conway, Chalsey Debaere, Cate Debban, Joshua Doehring, Derald Dunbar, Mallory Eversoll, Mick Farkas, Angel Geller, Michael Gilmore, Dustin Grau, Matthew Green, Abby Heiser, J ona th an Hinz, Kristin H ouchin, Nicole Hudson, Bill Jackson , Sean J ames, Katie Jasa, Nick Jester, Bryson Kerns, Kelsey Klute, Marc Koenig, Juli e Kovanda, Mitchell Kri ege r, Antony Larrick, Nicholas Lattimer, Phuc Le, Becky Ledder, C.J. Leffen s, Van Luu, Garrett Mardock, Jonathan Mattson, Ly ra Narumalani, Benjamin Norton, Alexander Pace, Matthew Peters, Nate Petro, Joshua Phares, Tarrah Phares, Alyssa Potter, James Re y nolds, Michael Ryan, Faith Schell, Jake Schubert, Lucas Scofield, Maranda Stratton, Tristan Stump, Courtney Swain, Jordan Taylor, Keaton Teska, Aaron Topi I, Sarah Trevizo, T y ler Vannice, Adam Vollenweider, Amanda Vuu, Jerami Ward, Bekah Wasserstein, Matthew Wilmarth and Paul Yarabe. Sponsor: Tammy Cunningham

Ali Hadib and Ahmad Shakir s hare a pre se ntation on th e culture in Iraq d uri ni Multicultural club. ,The y we re only one of man y pre se nt a tions students h ear d on club da ys

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Students involved in Jap an ese Club enjoy a bit of J apanese c ultur e by w chin anime, a cartoon de velo p ed in J apan Sitting front row are juniors Krist i Houchin and Serena Butler, as well as seniors C.J. Fynbu and Katie Jasa

Multicultural C lu b members: Vita Anggraini,Jade Armijo, Kaci Bartholomew, Meg Blue, Maggie Boesela g •. Brittai Brand fas, Paige Buchanan, Serena Butler, Stasa Denkovich, J enna lee Dowling, Mallory Eversoll, Emily Ern ,1 Em~ Grasmick, He ather Herron, Sarah Hoelting , Porsha Holmes, Sean James, Phuc Le, Darn Lee, Lucy L1, Va n uu, SeJ Mehovic, Al'icia Meyer, Daniel Nguyen, Alexandra Pack, Brandon Peters, Amy Proskovec, Portia Re ams,, mad Shakir, Kristin Shields, Holl y Soucie, Maranda Stratton, Matthew Struempler, J amie Svoboda, Jessica Svo b ·Li, Cale Thomason, Kayla \X ' aldman, Lindsey \\'itter and Brandon Wooster. Sponsor: Je ssica Petersen.

op homore Kerri Peters, spon or Angella Knop and enior Sam Moline decide who j going to sell Mardi Gra bead after schoo l d u r ing French club. The club sold them for a t rip to the Josl yn Art Museum.

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Spani s h C lu b member Katie Schucths takes a look at the information for the lang uage fa i r. Students could participat e in the fa i r b y performing a skit, a folk dance, a mu ical olo, or poetry.

Senior club officer Alex McCollister writes down his vo te for the Japanese Club T-shirt design. "It's kind of unusual, and the community of people," McColli ter said when asked what he liked about Japanese club He also Ii ted carving pumpkins as one of his favorite activ ities the club did.

~rench Club members: Katie Anderbery, Jacki e Baker, Stacie Baltes, Elizabeth Belson, Alex Bradaric, Marina Bradaric, ~~te Braymen,Jamie Burba ch, Courtney Chambers, Shane Cooper, Madeline Eversoll, Sarah Fischbein, Tiffany Foic•I 'Siera Gage, ~ann ah Greene, Andrew Hanna, Amy Herman, Hannah Herman, Taylor Herrington, Lyndy Hiatt, ~) .or Jone_s, Natalie Kellough, Kelsey Kennell, Brian Kyncl, Erin Lamb, Katie Madvig, Sejla Mehovic, Alicia Meyer, p ailene Michaels, Philici a Mizell, Sam Moline, Jessica ewsham, Jessica icoll, Reba itzel, Kerri Peters, \X'himey ~tersen, Daniela Rehb erg,Jordan Reinwald, Stephanie Roy, Ahmad Shakir, Tracy Sieck, Kati Stauffer, Ashley Stoner, y 11J11 ullivan, Tiffaney Tatro, Andrea Troxel, Clay Upton. Brittany Wagner, Kayla \X aldman, Cori \X 'atson, Rachel an and Amy Zachek. pon or: Angella Knop.

Seniors Cierra Lange and Molly Hock and junior Sarni Kingsley sit during Spanish club on the February club day.

Seniors Ashley Williams, Baily Jones, and Cierra Lange were the Spanish club officers this yea r. Other Spanish club members include students from sponsor Senora Hemmer's Spani h 5 class, and other Spanish enthusiasts.

• chess club • card club

Kristin Dr ake, Bryttie Dure n, Benj am in Faubel, J o rd an Faulder , ,c k Fernandez, Lind sey Font, J ess ic a G ri eser, Andrew Gr iess , P aige Guilliams, Laura H akel, Garrett H andk e, ·;ssa H erold, Blake H offmeyer, Brie Hu ghart, Matt J acobsen, AJ J aga di ch, Anne J onas, Ju stin J orge ns, Bryan K ey, Kelse! Kennell, Kyle King, Bail ey Koziol, J oe Ko z iol , Antony Larrick, William Larson, Nicholas Lattimer, Morg a: ,.a usten,_ Gabrielle L1zaro, Chr is Lewis, Kirby Littl e, Kara ma Li vingston, Ben Lued ers, Chris Mars h, Laura Marti, ]\ '-Y MartJll. J acob Marvin, Alyssa McBride, Bridgette McKay, Shaylenc Michaels, Jaque Miller, Thomas Mundt, Cortnt·· eelly, Ali Ne lson, Andrew Nguyen, Rebecca Nispe l, Reba Nitzel, Aaron Norman, Chr is Ogden, Max Olson,J eft '.1 rad 1se, Andy Pede rson, Daniel Ready,Jordan Reinwald, Greg Rohnke,J.D. Royer, Michael Ryan, Jill Schneider, .I\ di n Shanahan, Cody Sharp, Cha 1111i ye Spataro, J o,h St. Helene, Logan Sutton, John Thomp,on, Phillip Thom p •n , Kn st 1 Thornburg, J ared Tupper, J erami ' ard, Corin ne Watson, Ryan Whelan, Hilla ry Whitney, Vale ri e Whime 1 >, us ti n Zimmerman. Sponsor: Marge Kneifel, Mark Reeder and Kelcy Sass.

Photo by Kelsey Tharp/Hawk Talk

Playing a little "go fish" during Card cl ub is sophomore Cara Beaty Card club was one of the larger clubs with around 80 • members. Photo by Kayla Webert/Tob,

Pondering on what move to make during a game of chess is junior Vita An ggra ini. Chess club was sponsored by Cullen Stevens.

Sophomore Jeremy Berg listens in c discussion in Strategy Gaming clu b iv en by sponsor Travis Brady. Magic w ;.. a popular game among the club me m ..: rs.

Vita Anggraini, Bryan Baxter, Ree se Beninghau s, Ky le Bettenhausen, Ken Bever s, Matt Bind el, Abdu Bouzid, Jarett Denning, Ben Doland, Tre vo r Don ahoo, Tra vis Earhart, Addi so n Eby, Ky le Fo ster, Scott Guderjan, Ali Hadib, Karar H adib , Garrett H a ndke, Bl a ke Hoffmeer , Derek Hutchin s, Taylor Jones, Kyl e King, Philip Kocher, Chris Lewi s, Cutis Mac kie, Eylse Marvin, Andrew Nguyen, Travis Nun , Hieu Phung, N ev in Raj kumar, Zeph Scott, D a ni elle Stopp, Lo ga n Sutton, Cale Thomason, Jare Tupper, Clay Upon, Brandon Wooster, Rya n Enchayau, a nd Spencer Wolfe.

Card club members: Ashley Andersen,Jared A hton,Josh Barber, Colt Barker, Ben Beardslee, Cara Beat y, Bennett, John Benton, Ken Bevers, Matt Bindel, J ennifer Bohlen, J ordann Born ho ft, H ope Bo wers, Laure n Bradly Burden, Cameron Cash, Abig C hri ti anscn, Matt Cohn, Peggy Cole, Travis Cunn in gham , C hri s D , ianReddish, Bryce Di ckey, Trevor Donahoo,

gamers meet and forget about classwork

S kill, patience, and tateg y made the perfect mixture for success in Che s s Club, Card Club, Yo-Yo Club and Strategy Gaming. Th y all in v olved a passion for winning and the guilt of lo ing.

Aaron Youn g wa president and founder of the Yoyo Club. The club m e t during club da y and aft r school to w ork on tricks lik e w alk the dog, around th e world, and an y other fa v orites. This was the second y ear Yo-Yo club h a d b e en at South w e s t.

"It's fun d e mon s tratin g new trick s and te a ching cl ass m ate s the fun in ho w to y o- y o," Young a id.

Out o f all th e ga min g club s, C a rd Club m e mb e r s pl aye d eve r y thin g from Pok e r to Go Fi s h. T abl es we r e se t up in th e common s a r ea w h e r e s tud e nt s sa t and pl aye d a gam e of th e ir choic e

Spon s or e d b y Cullen Steven Ch es Club had 3 8 m e mb e r s . Stud ent s pl aye d a gain s t oth e r s tud e nt s for fun an~ als o in tourn a m e nt s . Ch ess required a lot of tim e and p a ti enc e .

Stra t egy G a min g r e quir e d a mind that look e d at di ffere nt outcom es a nd pro ce dure on ho w to w in Spon s or ed b y s oci al s tudie s t ea ch e r Travis Bra dy, s tud ents pl aye d ga m es s uch as M a gic, Yu-Gi-Oh , and oth e r br ain p owe r ga m es .

" I re comm e nd this club for tud e nt s to take n ex t yea r. It 's fun and y ou m ee t awes om e people," Brady aid. Winning or lo in g, th ese club s were popul a r, attr ac tin g s om e 166 m e mb e r .

chess, card, y o -yo , strategy

Photo b y M o tt Struempler/Tolon to

mers : Bri a nn a Bad je, Chad Bai ley, Cara Beaty, Christian Brabec, \X'ade Bunn, Hieu Cao, Matt Cohn,

ah Delgado J e nnal ee D ow lin g, Ka ra Eide, Brianna Exstrom, J oel Ferguson, Jam i Finnell, Kinsley Fisher, Robert Jitz_g erald , Ky le F os t e r, J eremy Fricke, Zachary Genzmer, Andre" Gries,, Austin Gr iffith, Alexander Hartmann, A~e J o ne s Ell y Jur ge n sen, Michael Kor s akas, Joe Koziol, Lrncc Kuhns, Ali Malik, icky Martin, Jacob Marvin,

es , Lacy Mc arthy, Kamala Moore, Ashley Morris, D,1vid I ance, Andy ealon, Dan guyen, Garrett

Samanth a O gd e n , Kerr i Peters, Stuart Piper, D ,rnicl Re ,1dy, Kri,tin Reeder, Brett Saathoff, Alexis Schiclds, Ollie

iffaney Tatro, Tris t an Taylor, Mallory Vogt, Mara \li ibon, ora ilson, Ryan Yanagida, and

Spon or: Mark Gudgel.

Strategy Gaming members : Byan Baxter, Margot Behne, J eremy Berg, Devi Blankenbaker, Ali Bousquet, Greg Dager, Andrew Dike, Addison Eby, Tommy Endres, ick Fernandez, Kyle Foster, J essica Grieser, J ohnathan H inz, Kristin Houchin , Lucas Ihrie, Bryan Kelley, Conrad Kes , Rio Kim, Kyle King, Reed Knoll, Julie Kovanda, Joe Koziol, Lance Kuhns, Erin Lamb, Jenna Lamb, Antony L1rrick, Tien Le, Tesha Lewis, Kirby Little, Curtis Mackie, Andy ealon, Andrew guyen, Daniel guyen, Thom ,1s O'Mclia, Andy Pederson, Brandon Peters, Matthew Peters,Joshua Phares, Daniel Ready, ory Ritter, Maggie Schur , Ollie Sloup, Ty picha, Cha e Sund, Logan Sutton, Keaton Teska, Chri tina Tiritilli, Jared Tupper, Jerami Ward, Paige Wentz, Matt ' ilmarth, Lindsey Witters, Spencer Wolfe, and Pa ige Zoz. Sponsor: Travis Brady.

cl ubs lend helping hand to community

f rom the time students ar e in elem e ntary school, th ey ar e taught to help those in need. In high school, senior s needed 20 hour s of community service to graduate, and still K ey Club, Red Cross Club, Student Ambass adors, and UNICEF took it a step further and de v oted th e ir time to rai s ing mone y or giv ing time to help the school , the communit y and even the world.

UNICEF Club was a new club a imed at providing aid for children abroad and addr es sing victims of povert y , hunger, and turmoil from natural disaster s around the world. The first project invol v ed a backp ack dri ve for Hurricane K a trin a victims, followed b y a nation- w id e project called Trick or Tr ea t for UNICEF. Student s coll ect e d mon ey in s mall or an ge bo xes instead of cand y on Hallo w e en.

Ke y Club promot e d c a ring, serv ic e and le ad e r s hip.

"Ke y Club is a great club to join if you a re pro acti ve and ar e reall y interested in communit y s ervic e," s aid junior Sucharitha Ra je ndran, member. Th ey compl et e d num e rou s communit y

service acti v itie s such as Safe Qu a rt e r s, Bre ast C anc e r W alk and

the Holiday H aw k s Carniv al for childr e n.

In s t ead of l ending a h and to th e communit y, 34 Stud e nt Amba s sadors m emb ers accomp ani e d n ew stud ent s for p ar e nt information night s Th ey we r e guid es for the incomin g freshmen during the Fro s h Fun F es t, Open Hou se and P ar e nt

Teach e rs night

R e d Cro ss Club s pr ea d awa ren ess a nd pro v id e d a id t o. tho se in need. Aft e r the hurric an e, m e mb e r s s old hot do g a t Sup er Saver to rai se mone y . Th ey als o pl ann e d an annu a l blood dri ve . The club rec e iv ed their CPR c e rtific a t es durin g third t e rm , which had been a long-t e rm go al for th e club.

Ashley James, Ashley Janssen, Baily Jones, Kari Jones, Sarni K.ingsley,Jeri Kohn, Cierra Lange, Kelsey Latshaw, Lindsey Leach, Stephanie Lee, Breanne Lewis, J enna Lothrop, Emily Lux, Kelly Lyman, Ali Malik, Zach Mapes, Kat ie Marvin, Christine McKinney, Danelle Miller, Breanna Moore, Kamala Moore, Jessica Newsham, Kevin Newton, Ma i Nguyen, Jessica Nicoll, Kaitlin Nissen, Samantha Ogden, Claire Ohlsen, Anastasia Oulianova Leena Padhye, Stephanie Pelan, Kerri Peters, Kim Pozehl, Sucharitha Rajendran, Nevin Rajkumar, Daniela Rehberg, Jordan Reinwald, Jamie Robenson, Matthew Rosson, A llison Roy, Alexis Schiclds, Anna Schmidt, Rachel Schmidt, Breanna Schreier, Amber Schueth, Jonathan Shrader, Tracy Sieck , Danielle Simpson, Helen Song, Tara Soucie, Brittany Spence, Brian Stauffer, Danielle Stopp, Courtney Suelter, Kelsey Swartz, Anna True, Hannah U ll man, Mallory Vogt, Elizabet h Wakemen, Alexis Watson, Mike Wehling,Julia Wehrli, Ashley Williams, Abby Wilson, Bethany Wood, Scott Wood, Kelcy Workman, Luke Yarabe, Keerthi Yerra and Aaron Young. Sponso r : Todd Pernicek.

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Jamie Burbach, Marissa Cassman, Abbey Coleman, Shane Cooper, James Cottrell, Nicholas Dalke, Jessica D

Jade Armijo, Cassie Baker, Leah Bartek, Kaci Bartholomew, Ma Behne, Chelsea Berck, Matthew Blankenau, Meg Blue, Maggie Boeselager, Ali Bousquet, Erin Boyle, Brittany Brandfas, Ashle Paige

Denkovich, Rebecca Edwards, Erin Eisbach, Mallory Eversoll, Emily Evnen, Ashley Faubel, Nick Fernandez, Grant Fer r Fisher, Jared Flores, Marisa Ford, Siera Gage, Rachel Garrett, Joshua Genrich,Justin Gibson, Laura Green, L1ura Guthie, San , Ha, Kimberly Hassebrook, Amy Herman, Abbie Hobelman, Molly Hock, Sarah Hoelting, Sandra Jackson, Baily Jones, Bryan Natalie Kellough, Bryson Kerns, Meg Kissel, Ashleigh Lang, Colin Large, Jennifer Larson, Phuc Le, Dani Lee, Breanne Lewis , Little, Sh~ron Little, Karissa Livinigston, Jenna Lothrop, Shelby Luke, Caitlin Lukin, Van Luu, Emily Lux, Katie Madvig, Ali J. Mapes, Alex Martin, Katie Marvin, Alicia Meyer, Carolyn Moore, Cortney Neelly, Arman Negahban, Mai Nguyen,Jessica N i, orman, Samantha Ogden, Hannah Orr, Leena Padhye, Andy Pederson,"S,ephanic Pelan, Kylie Peterson, Amy Proskovcc, S1. Rajendran, Nevin Rajkumar, Meredith Ramsay. Portia Redms, Megan Reynolds, Matthew Rosson, L1ura Safarik, Shea Samani Sanburg, Christine Scalora, Samantha Schmeeckle, Kristin Shields, Helen Song, Brian Stauffer, Danielle Stopp, Brooke Sullivar Svoboda, Jessica Svoboda, Cale Thomason, Megan Tremblay, Kayla Waldman, Kaitlyn Waller, Nia Will iams, Scott Wood and 1 Sponsor: Matt Heimes

Photo by Page Sanburg/Talon

Photo by Cassandra Wer -g

Key C lu b members: J o lyn Ande rson, Lindsey As h , Chelsea Berck, Ben Boeselager, Abdu Bouzid, Stacie Branting, Sabrina Buckwald, Britt any Bunn, Caitlan Bunn, J enna Carson, Shane Cooper, Em il y Creglow, Erin Danahay, Jess ica Dan on, Sarah Delgado, Maggie D escha ine,Julia Didier, Emi ly Dunn, Rebecca Edwards, Beth Embree, Clare Espinosa, J ami F innell, Victoria Fry, Whitney Fuller, Matthew Green, Hannah Greene, Sangwan Ha, Marie H ansen, Samantha Hansen, H aley Heindryckx, Abbie Hobelman,Jamie Hock, Molly H ock, Lindsay Honnens, Ka t ie Hottovy, Sally Ingham,

Sophomor es Stephanie Pelan and Matth ew Blankenau assemble bo x e s for TrickorTreatforU ICEF. M e mber s collect e d mon ey instead of cand y for Hallow een

Photo by Ja nece Potte r/ Ha wk Ta lk

Senior Ci er r a Lang e don a t es blood for th e Red Cro s annual blood dri

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negative, so I'm a univer sa l donor, and I jus t think it' s m y job to don a t e and help any one th a t I can," Lang e sa id.

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, Claire Ohlsen, Kylie Peterson, Tarrah Phare s,

Phun g, Po rti a Reams, J amie Robenson, Allison Roy, Meike Rub ,1c h, Bre tt Saathoff, L1ur ,1S.1f.uik, Shea S.1111Jni, S.1111,mtha

eckle, Br ea nn a Schre ier, J osiah Scoll.ird, Coco Scott, Kaitlin Shanahan, Kristin Shields, Brittany Spence, D.m iclle Stopp.

Su e lt er, Kelsey Swartz, Katie Taff, Megan Tremblay, Mallory Vogt, Kaitlyn \X 'a ller, Nicolette Ware, Cassandra \X 'e hling,

Scott Wood and Paul Y,1rabe Sponsor: Li s,1 Harcraft.

Student Ambassadors: Elizabeth Belson, Alic ia Bouges, Brittany Barnhouse, Marissa Cassman, Megan F lory, Shelley Hermann,Julie Hetcko, Porsha Holmes, ean J ames, Erin L1mb, J enna L1mb, Tien Le , Lucy Li, Leena Padhye, Katie Santacroce, Samanth,1 Schmeeckle, H eather Schuster, Nicole Sittner, Helen Song, Ash ier Williams, Andrew \X 'o lf, Sarah Fishbein, Elly Jurgensen, Ashleigh L1ng, Br iana Steward, Keerthi Yer ra, Kimbe rl y H assebrook, Stephanie Pelan, Blair Sanb urg, Tiffaner Tatro, Amanda Vuu and Kelcy \X'orkman. Spon o r : ancy Mue hlhause n

178 clubs & organizations

Photo by Sean Jarnes/T alon

On club da y , senior ate Clayburn ma kj plan s for upcoming events on the mar ker board. Clayburn was Young Dem ocra t president and led meetings for the c l u b

Photo by Carla Ahlschw ede / r :awk Tel

Youn g Democrat s and Young Republican s organized for Repre se ntati ve Tom O sb orne, Governor Da ve Heineman and Dave Nabity to come and s peak to soc ial studies classes The Republican candidates for governor discussed their fl!ture plans for Nebraska.

Sally Ingh a m and Allison Ro y li s t e1 to Principal Jerr y Wilks. The Prin ci , 11 Advisory Council were discu ss ing s tr e ngths and weaknessess of the sc ol.

Young Democrats members: Sarah Arkebauer, Erin Bartholomew, Kaci Barthholomew, Chelsea Berck, Meg Blue,. Ben Boeselager, Maggie Boese lager, J ohn Ca lahan, Krysta C lausen, Nathan C layburn, Jessica Danson, Stasa Denkovich, J essica Dussault, Rebecca Edwards , Em il y Evnen, Grant Ferris, Matthew Franck, David Freese, Emma Grasmick, Sangwan Ha, Karl Hammond, Marie Hansen. Matthew Hansen, Haley Heindryckx, Lyndy Hi att, Sarah Hoclting, Tay lor Howerter, Sandra J ackson, Baily J ones, B1yan Kelley, Megan Kiefer, Rio Kim, Meg Kissel, Aaron Krueger, Colin L1rge, William Larson, Meghan Leonard, Lucy Li, Nathan Luginbill, Emily Lux, Katie Marvin, ALlcia Meyer, Lucas Miller, TJ Mills, Arn1an egahban, Daniel guyen, Mai guyen. Jessica Nicoll, Mark ielsen, Sophie orman, \'( ' illow Nyman-Jones, Brandon Olson, Max O lson, Hannah Orr, Jeff Paradise,Jordan Peetz, ate Peters, Heather Pillard, Courtney Powers, Meredith Ramsay, Scott Robertson, Sena Sayood,Jordan Schliesser.Jordan Shiclds,Jonath,u1 Shrad, Aaron Shryock, Peter Sitzmann Helen Song, Tom Spane!, Danielle Stopp, Matthew Srruempler, Drew Town, AmarT urneh, Tyler Vrb,1, Emil) \X ',1lkcnhorst, Celeste W,mner, Allison Weber, Elliott Webster, Nathan \X'est, Maggie \X ilkcn, ia \'( illiams an<l Thomas \X 1oodward.

Sponsor: Ryan Salem.

Young Republicans members: Katie Anderbery, Alex Ball, Kaci Bartholomew, Ken Bever, Maggie Boesela g. , Alit'o Bouges, \X ' ade Bunn, Derek Buttke, Alex Cass, J ade Cattoor, Krysta Cbusen, Zach Countryman, Michael C din, Nicholas Dalke, Ashley Faubel, Bess Folsom, Matthew Franck, Rylee Hall, Eric Hinz, Blake Hoffmeyer, A iley J,1mes, Andrew Kocarnik, Colin L1rgc, icho las Lani mer, J enna Lothrop, Shelby Luke, Garrett Mardock, l i· McCarthy, Tim McKittenck, Aaron Murphy. Sophie orman, Hannah Orr, Stephanie Pelan, Adam Peterse M1k1 Petersen, Stefan ie Reinsch, Matthe\\ Rosson, Paige Sanburg. Johathan Shrad, Danielle Simpson, Chase Snu L MJ X Tresnak, Laura Uhrmacher, El izabeth \X ' akcmen, iccolettc \X are, Cchagen Wilkinson and Aaron Young. St ins oi Dennis Hershberger.

members expressing viewpoints and opinions

S ome clubs dealt with opinions and different points of view. These clubs were Young D emocrats, Young Republicans, Principal Advisory Council and GLBTSA.

Meeting and discussing issues of the day, political debates, and volunteering in the community were all major parts of Y oungDemocrats Club.

"We participate in a number of charitable event sponsored b y organizations like the food bank and the children's fund," said president Nate Clayburn.

For tho s e who wanted to learn more about politics from a Republican party's point of view, Young R epublicans ' w as a good club to join. The club discussed political issues such as current events and informed club members about community service opportunities .

"We had Mike Foley come and speak to us in December and we worked with the ebraska Republican party headquarters," said co-president Andrew Kocarnik.

Another group consisting of 20 members was the Principal's Advisory Council.

"We meet every other Friday to discuss st ud ent concerns and school events, changes, problems, etc ., " sa id sophmore Allison Roy, president. The council worked with Principal Jerry Wilks to improve the school.

GLBTSA served as a guide to today's teens about gay issues and rights. "The club discusses communtiy events that impact the GLBTSA community," sponsor Toni Siedel said. The club also attended All City GLBTSA meetings.

enior Emily Evnen talks about the anti-bullying rally at a GLBTSA meeting, held at Lincoln High. GLBTSA held all-city meetings once a month at Lincoln High.

Photo by Carla Ahlsch wede /Ha wk Tal k

Senator Mike Foley speaks to the Young Republican s club in D ecemb e r. H e expressed his kno wledge on how the legislature w ork s a nd gave th e club in s i g ht on government.

glBTSA members: Brittan y Barnhou se, Mark Bidro ws ki, Sco tt Bu ndy, J o hn Ca laha n, Ashlee Celcsky, Amanda hurch, Zach Connell, Austin Co sgro ve, C halsey D ebae re, Mall ory Eve rso ll , Emil y Ev nen, Dustin Grau, Scott Gudeqan, Sando H amilton, Sean Jam es , Meg han Leo nard , Ka rissa Li vingston , Gerry Mattson, Ch ri ,tina Mayer, turabeth _M1ll er, Amanda P eters , Jord an Sc hli esse r, J osh St. H elene, Brooke Sulli va n, Emi ly \'< 'alkenhorst, Sarah asser st em, Maggie Wil ken and C o hage n \'( ilkin so n. Sponso rs: Ton i Siedel and Amy Jewe ll.

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more than just equations and classrooms

Whil e some clubs deal with service and opinions, others deal with academics. Some clubs that offered the opportunity to explore areas of academic interest and to expand knowledge were Math, Science Ol y mpiad, Outdoor Encounter, and Rocket clubs.

Student s in Math Club attended several out - of - school competitions, sponsored four contests for students at Southwest and even hosted their own competition Math Club provided a social setting for interested students and offered the chance to further explore their interest in math.

Math Club's president was senior Alyssa Martin.

Science Ol ym piad spent most of the year preparing for th e s tate competition. Some students joined these clubs in order to in ves tigate potential career paths.

Sophomore Jessica Burrow said, "I joined Science Olympiad bec a use I like science and might want to have a career in vo lving science ."

Outdoor Encounter Club had a number of events lined up. It s purpo se was to ha ve s tudents enjoy the outdoors and experience from it. The club planned a Niobrara canoe trip schedu led for May. Husker Divers did an introduction to SCUBA diving for the club. Tim Golden sponsored the club of about 45 members.

Rocket Club offered students experience with science and rockets.

"It was basicall y an interest club," sponsor Court Monroe said . "The club is a bunch of guys shooting rockets. The y have a great time."

Members of Outdoor Encounter Club m ee t in ovember's club day to di s cuss events, such as a ca.nae trip do wn the iobr a ra in May. " I joined the club because yo u get exerc ise out of it, " sai d junior Courtney Swain. • Proto by Janece Potter/Ha , k Ta

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Apples to Apples, Flux an d Set, were popular card games to pl~y w hil e wa 1 n§ math competitions to start or for re s ults to be posted. Kelsey Haas, Beck ) , ec Katie J asa and J essica Du ssault play Flux at the Do ane math competiti9n. i;

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Math Club members: Vita Anggraini, Erin Bartholomew, Abdu Bouzid, Derek Buttke, Zach Connell, Jessica Dussault, Lindsey Font, Dustin Grau, Kelsey Haas, Matthew Hansen, Abby Heiser, Eric Hinz, Derek Hutchins, Ashley James, Katie Jasa, Malinda Jenks, Elly Jurgensen, Bilal Kamal, Rio Kim, Carole Kerrey, Becky Ledder, Lucy Li, Curtis Mackie, Alyssa Martin, Leena Padhye, Hieu Phung, Wenyu Qu, Sena Sayood, Sinan Sayood, Danielle Simpson, Kate Stajner, la y Upton, Cassandra Wehling, Thomas Woodward, Luke Yara be, Paul Yarabe, Keerthi Yerra, Amy Zachek, Jack Zhang, Daniel Zhou. Sponsor: Bill Rogge.

Science Olympiad members : Cassandra Wehling - President Members: Elizabet B Maria Bradaric, Stacie Branting, J essica Burow, Alex Cass, Joshua Genrich, Jon at ,ar Hinz, icholas Lattimer, Pablo Moguel Resendiz, Hicu Phung, Meike Rubach, '- n Sayood, Si nan Sayood, Cohagcn Wilkinson, Spencer Wolfe, Kcerthi Ycrra and D ni Zhou Sponsor : Mike Geist.

Rya n Whel a n s ho ws off a rocket The club sp ent mo s t o f it s tim e la u nc h ing rockets and h av in g a g o o d tim e

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Member s of Sc i e n ce O lympiad meet ; fo during No v emb e r 's cl u b day. In April the jd club particip a t e d in a science competition at UNL.

Seniors Sena Sayood and Hicu Phung chat at the Doane college math competition Math club participants competed throughout the year and also hosted the Williamson Honda Math Team Challenge on Oct. 29

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Outdoor En co unt er C lub members : Tempest Amerson, Dalton Barnard, Katlin Bauer, Tyler Bell, Blu e, Lea h Brown, Trey Buchholz, Jarett Dennin g, Ben Doland, Tiffany Erhart, athan Foote, Whitn ey Full er, Ca itl in Golden, Er in Golden, Chriswpher Hallauer, Karl Hammond, Garrett Ha ndk e, Jame s H ar ris, Sa rah Hoelting, Courtney Horn, Ashley Jan ssen, Nick Je ster, J amie J ones, Ell y~ur ge nsen, P hu c Le, Dan i Lee, Te s ha Lewi s, Eric Lugn, Van Luu, Christopher Marsh, Laura M~ rti , Jacob Marvin, Daniel McManus, Josh Molin e, a than ebelsick, Kevin ewton, Justin Nisse n, C hri st o ph er Ogden, Samantha Ogden, Alexander Pace, Amy Proskovec, Anna Rea, Megan Rey n_o ld s, G reg Ro h nke, Ryaz Sadat, Si nan Sayood, Ja son Sch rad, Amber Schueth, Mohammad itakir, H ea th e r Sh ipley, Chase Siefken, Andrea Spivey, Chase Sund, Courtney Swain, Alexandria rea ts, Aaro n To pi !, Sarah Trevizo, Kellie Troxel, Mike Wehling, Paig e Wentz, Brandon Wooster and Rya n Yanag ida Sponsor: Tim Golden

Rocket Club members: Jacob Cambridge, Hieu Cao, Drew Gaines, Chris Hallauer, Levi Irons , Gabrielle Lazaro, Daniel McManus, Benjamin orton, Alyssa Potter, Sinan Sayood, Kristi Thornburg a nd Ryan Whelan ponsor : Court Monroe

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Sponsor Lori Hemmett talks to Fu tur e Educators C l ub about teachers th at inspired her. The club started bec au se of student interest in teaching

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FCCLA members Kimberly Hasse l Junior Brittan y Yontz and seniors Trey Buchol z and Claire Ohlsen work on a quilt for the "Class of '06" during FCCLA. The clu b addressed personal, family, work and societal issue s through FCS.

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FBLA member s: Katie Anderbery, Kayla Bennett, Jord ann Bornhoft, C helsea Capps, Nic holas D alke, Maggie Deschaine, Sarah Essay, Erika Flowers, David Freese, Austin Fritz, Laura Guthrie, Lindsay H onnens, Sally Ingham, Ashleigh Lang,Jess ica News ham, Leena Padhye, N ick Powers, Matthew Ros so n, Allison Roy, Stephanie Ro y, Paige Sanburg, Samantha Schmeeckle, Cody Sharp, Danielle Simpson, Spencer Stark, J essica Stierwalt, Courtney Suelter, Caty Trimb le, Ashley Williams and Abby Wilson. Sponsors: Mary Schropfer and S.rndi Campbell.

FCCLA members.: J ade Armi jo, Leah Bartek, Brittany Brandfas, Trey Bucholz, J ames Cott rell, Kimberly H a, .: brook, Erin Healey, Molly H ock, Brandon Horn, Kelsey Lats haw, Dani Lee, Stephanie Lee, Allison Loper, Alex Mo .: n, Claire Oh lse n, Am y Proskovec, Suchar ith a Rajendran, Megan Reynolds, P eter Sitzmann, Caty Trimb le and I ttany Yontz. Spon so rs: Tracy Fortney and Jolene Schlemmer.

clubs promote community .service fBLA,

FCC LA, DECA, and Future Educator's clubs were busy attending competitions, going to meetings, participating in community service and organizing community events

FBLA spent the year focusing on promoting leadership skills, business proficiency, community responsibility, and self-confidence. They toured the Lincoln Journal Star facility and the Channel 8 news station. The y also did fundraisers for MADD and March of Dimes. Their state leadership conference was held in Omaha from April 6-8.

"FBLA helped me to learn how to be a better leader," said senior Katie Anderbery, the public relations officer.

FCCLA spent their club days working to promote families and leadership. Additional meetings the club had was the district meeting in Seward, state competition in Lincoln, and the national meeting in Houston.

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meet a lot of other FCCLA members," said senior Caty Trim b le,

who was president of FCCLA along with Kel s ey Lat sh aw.

DECA is an association of marketing students who compete in different areas of the marketing and business field The club organized fundraisers and community events, such as a warm-clothing drive during November for the Friendship Home.

"Being the president of DECA taught me to get along better with people," said president Brian Stauffer.

Future Educator's Club worked to promote education as a career. The club toured the UNL College of Education and tutored peers and younger students

"FEC gave me a better understanding of what the future may hold in a teaching career," member Ha ley Heindryc kx .

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ffer got 1st p lace and Chris Berger got 3rd place in retail marketing,

enni fer Mill er and Katie Lester got 1st place in Tour & Travel Marketing Team, and Ann e J o n as go t 3rd place in food marketing. Courtesy of Kate Burger/DECA sponsor

FB.LA pr es id e nt S t ephanie Roy discusses ideas for fundraisers for March of Dime s w ith o th er members at a meeting after school. The c lub decided to

~ECA membe rs: Dalton Barnard, Craig Beck, Margot Behne, Chr istopher Berger, Allison Botsford, Ali Bousquet, ;.~n Boyle Brittany Bunn Cait!an Bunn, Sinjhen Campbell, Marissa Cassman, Shruti Daggumari, Erin Eisbach, Lotney Fuller, James Harris , Lisa Harris,_ Eric Hinz, Anne Jonas, Jenna L1mb, Katie Lester, Karma Livingston, Jenna p hrop, Alex Martin, Amber Miller, J enmfer Miller, Nathan Nebcls1ck, Whitney Peter en, Ellen Reber, Allison Roy, Ka'.fe Sanburg, Breanna Schreier, Amber Schueth, Brittan y Spence, Andrea Spivey, Josh St. Helene, Brian Stauffer, / e Stemachcr, Kathryn Swartz, Phillip Thompson, Max Tresnak, Anna True, Hila1)' Watkins, Corinne Watson and aige Zoz. Sponsor: Kate Burger.

Future Educator's Club members: Stacie Branting, Jacob Cambridge, Hieu Cao, Jami Cline, Hannah Davis, Jill Deschaine, Drew Gaines, Haley Heindryckx-, Molly Hock, Levi Irons, Audrey John s Gabrielle Lazaro, Becky Leiter, Sophie Lemka, Zach Mapes, Daniel McManus, Benjamin orton, Alyssa Potter, Sinan Sayood, Kristi Thornburg, Ryan \\ ' h cbn and Spencer \X'olfe. Sponsor: 1.ori Hemmen

gaining kno w ledge through experience

Q f the many club choices, a few dealt with hand on ac t1V1t1 es .

Some of these were Automotive Engineering, Motor Sports, Trap and Skills USA Club. Each club had different sk ill s to offer and provided great places to l earn exciting things abo ut technology and outdoor sports

Industrial Technology teacher Jeff Jochum sponsored Automotive Engineering This club involved everything automotive, and anything from racing cars to learning how cars wo rk. Guest speaker Mark Burch brought his sprint car, pointed out the car's p a rts and function s a nd shared th e uccess he ha s had in r acing

Motor Sport s was successful at building an electric powered car and working together to rank high at competitions. Members used club da ys, in addition to time before and after school to complete their racing car.

"I had a lot of fun building the car. It' s li g hter and faster than la t yea r," said so phomor e John Benton.

The 30 students in Trap Club practiced th eir shot at the Izaak Walton Trap r a ng e . The club met from early February to early Ma y , twice a week to pr actice. Their me e ts began in late March, continued through April with th e state meet held in early May.

Skills USA promot e d the academics, social and industrial kills needed to succeed in toda y's workforce. Members went to tate competition a nd competed with tudent from all over in the multipl e categorie

Senior Adam Turner tated, "[The club] gave me a chance to int erac t with other chools and to bond with the two other members while learning about mechatronics (a combination of mechanics and.electronics)." At the mechatronics competition on March 23-25 in Columbus the club got second place .

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Skills USA members: Adam Turner, Re cd Knoll a nd J aso n Wood Sponsor: Cory Free.

Sponsor K ev in Henneck e and coach Dick M av is di sc u ss th e ac tivities s t u d e nt w ill b e ab le to do a , a m e mb e r of Trap Club Th e club was coached b y t ; o trap memb ers parent s, Ma v is, father of Ki e r s ten, and Scott Albert so n, fat 11e r of Wyatt.

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Junior Tom Span el works on a racin g car for LSW motor s port s The d u me 1 every Tuesday and Thursday before sc hool to work on th ei r h an d mad e l

Automotive Engineering members: Er ic Amthor, A hley Andersen, Levi Arnold, Dalton B. wd Ben Beardslee, J ordan Bellefeuille, Ree se Beninghau s, J ennifer Bohlen, Christ ian Brabec, C o v Brant, J:icob Cambr id ge, Sinjhen Campbe ll, Chr is Damian-Reddish, Trevor Donahoo, Bra m n Dredge, Grant Essink, J oshua Genrich, Zachary Genzmer, Andrew Gries s, Max Grout, Ali } td ib Chris Hallauer, Kyle Hampton, Brie Hughart, ick Jones, Ryan Kolb, Brett Kudlacz, Kyle ,irq 1 Aaron Murphy, Sean Murphy, Thomas O'Melia, Katie Paden, Taylor Prai, Trevor Scholz, J a, n Schrad, Eth,rn Schulenberg, Tyler Sell, J ordan Shields, Chase Small, Harrison Sta rk , pence r ark, Matthew Struemp ler, Chase Sund, John Thompson, Max Tresnak, Derek Varga, Elliott We b e r a Paige Wentz ponsor: Jeff J ochum.

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Sophomore W ya tt Albert so n, junior Brandon Mill s, fre s hman J eremy Frick e, and ophornore Matt J acobsen participat e in di cus ion durin g a Trap Cl ub m ee ting. Photo b Janece Potter/Halk Talk

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Junior Brock Kontor a im hi s gun as he says the word pull. Trap memb e r s u se the wo rd pull to indic a te that the y are set and ready for the di c th a t they s hoot.

Guest speaker Mark Burch shows the automotive engineering club import a nt part on his s print car a nd talks about his racing exper ience. He caine to help them better under s t a nd ho w every part works and to give th e club an up close experience.

Motor Sports memb e rs: J ordan Bellefe uill e, J ohn Benton, Auburn Boechc, Mitchell Bromwich, Caitlan Bunn, Zach Franci s, Dre\v Gaines, Kelsey Grave , Matthew Green, Taylor How e rt er, Du st in John so n, Broe Kontor, evin Rajkumar, Andrew Santo, Tom Spane] Jord a n T ay lor, Ty ler Vrba a nd E lli ott Webster. Sponsor: Jeff Jochum.

Trap members: Wyatt Albertson, J arrod Beard l ee, John Benton, Jo e Boehm, Gr eg Dager, Jeremy Fricke, James Harris, Luc as Ihri e, M att Ja cobsen, Chris Jacob so n, Dustin Johnson, Steven Jones, Jeri Kohn, Broe Kontor, Kiersten M av is, Dr ew Miles, Bran don Mill , Josh Moline, ate ebelsick, Michael Rood, Ian Spicha, Kaitlyn Sullivan, Megan Thornburg, Aaron Topi! and Elliott Web ter. Coaches: Scott Albertson and Dick Mavis. Sponsor: Kevin Hennecke.

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Junior Kristin Houchin and ophom re Jes ica Burow practice making kites , ith pap rand glue Thi wa the first y ( .1 r Kite lub was offered.

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Junior asey arbon looks over some art pieces for the future mural in E-w in g hallway. The mural will represent the first four years of Southwest and will include student se lected art and removable panels in ca e of any school

ponsor Melody Kenney and soph ( 1ore Lindy Rauscher talk about book 1ch club day, Book Club would discus s book members read outside of the club. remodeling.

FCA Leaders: Jo hua Buchmann, Whitney Buchmann, Katie Heckman, helley Hermann, Coll in Holmquist, Jennifer Lar on, hristopher Schmidt, Mallory Sherrill, Randi hook Laura Uhrmacher and Aaron Young. Sponsor: Kyle Schumann.

Member of ampus Life listen to the speaker at the Campu Club participants attended a ski trip and al o went to Kan as David Hartman.

clubs swim through the year

t he ocean is filled with many diver e creatures. Each creature relies on different things to help them stay alive . In the midst of all the differences, similarities can always be found. Kite, Book, Art, FCA and Campus Life clubs all showed off their accomplishments in th e vast community of clubs.

Kite Club served as the guppies this year a they traveled through all the ups and down of a club's first year.

"The overall purpose of Kite Club was to educate the public in the joy, art, hi tory, technology, and building and flying kite ," said sponsor Charley Bittle.

Up and rearing to go, Book Club dove into the school year with a splash . The club often met at Wilderness Ridge, and read everything from poetry to Kite Runner . Alyssa Martin was the club's first ever president and helped with the structure and organization of the club.

Art Honor Societ y helped with plans for a mural in Ewing hallwa y . The mural was to portra y the first four yea rs at

Southwe t and includes removable panels made from tile, paint,

chalk and other material .

Bubbling through the year with 60 members, Fe ll ows hip of Christian Athletes, or FCA, got a lot accomp li shed Weekend of Champions involved 26 club participants, during which member played games with kids from all across ebra ka and participated in Bible st udi es. Trace y Stalls, U Volleyball player, also came to speak about her personal testimony a well as reaching goals.

Campus Life explored the depth of Christian beli f and became involved with 19 school in Lincoln, hosting meetings at each school. The club met every Monday night at a member's house or the Campus Life Club House, to discu s teen i ues.

Judging b y the September club da y turnout, it didn't take long for the aud itorium to fill up for Campus Life. Over 400 people attended Campus Life club da ys w hen the e nti re club met. Photo by Janece Potter/Halk Talk

Kite C lub M embers: Devin Blankenbaker, Je sica Burow, Serena Butler, Krysta Clausen, Andrew Griess, Max Grout, Matt H ahne, Christ ian Hill, Kristin Houchin. Benjamin orton, Alex Pace, Brandon Pr e ll w it z, penccr Wolfe. Sponsor~: Charley Bittle and Mary Haertel.

Book Club Memb e rs : J ason Belden, Erin Boyle, Brittan y Brandfas, Hanna Davis, Lora Hibb ard, Julie Kovanda, Cierra Lange, Breanne Lewis, aitlin Lukin, Aly ssa Martin, Lind y Rau scher and Katya Tsymbal. Sponsor: Melody Kenney.

Art Honor Society Members:_Vita Anggraini, Hailey Bennett, Ashely Brauer Casey Carbon, Jar d Flores, Alex Khasia, haron Little, A hley Morri , Je ica Parker, Maranda Stratton and Vui Dang. ponsor: Lucy McHugh.

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l ea d ing t h e one act to success

W hen the average student hears about the on act play, most likely they won't know it's often a 30 - minute ection of a much longer play In Southwe t's case the one act wa a 30minut cutting from Tom Griffin's, "The Boys xt Door."

"The Boys Next Door" focused on the live of three developmentally di abled men that lived under the watchful eye of a sincere ocial worker. The play shows that everyone, no matter who they are, just want to live life and have fun

Th one act placed second in the district one competition Dec. 3 in Lexington at Lexington High School. All the high chool in the district performed their one act in front of three judge. ·

"One thing y ou need to know about theatre is like mo t things, it' not personal, it' bu ine s ," said senior M agg ie W ilke n.

While working hard to make the one act the best it could be for competition, Drama Club w a al s o finishing up helping with "We t Side Story." Thu , cast and crew of th e one act had only 11 rehearsals before th public performance on Dec. 1. Drama Club members helped build et , worked on lighting, and perform d other "crew" job a well a trying out for part

"It i h ard, take dedication and get frustrating, but drama is well worth it," said sophomore Bryso n Kerns .

Man y people helping with the one act wer earning points to join Int rnational The pian Societ y (I.T.S .), an internati rial honor oci ty for tudent who are dedicated to theater. Member hip require s 12 point , and on point i awarded for very 10 hour .

In the end, "The Bo y N xt Door" got aero an important point that everyone wants to have fun, love and be loved, no matter what their developmental tatu might be.

Dr a ma Club members hurr y to s ign up for the ebr as ka Th es pi a n F esti al in P a pillion - La Vi t a . O ver 700 ebraska s tudent attended the fe stival. AI the f

the Theatr e Tech Team took fir s t in the Tech Ol y mpic s

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enior Maggie Wilken and Emily Evnen practice for the One Act. The y pla ye d th e lead role , Iara and Sheila.

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a lead role as Jack. Kern is also a m e mber of the International Thespian Societ y, troup e # 6547.

Actin g in The B oys Next Do o r, senior George Dungan pla ys one of three le a ding mal e role Dungan was in vo lve d in Dr ama Club and all of the pla ys durin g high sc h ool.

One:aci cast and crew : Erin Bartholomew, Ka ci Barth o lomew , Pat Beas ley , J ason Belden, Alex Bischoff, ~: nie Boh!:_ng: Alli son Botsford, Erin Bo yle, as, ic Bra ymen_, Bryson Kern s, J ohn Ca lahan, Jade Cmoo~,. \1 hagen \X 1lk111 so n, hane Cooper, Hilary D ,lYIS, Micah D,1v1s, :>tasa Denkov1ch, Georgi: Dung ,111 , l:.r111 Eisbach, • tlory Eversoll, Maddeline Eversoll, Emily fanen, Marisa Ford, Alison Fortkamp, Micheal Fortkamp, .-1.( ley Graham, ~el scy Graves, Sangwan H a, Mar~c Hansen, Matt Hansen, Laura _Hochstein, Jarrod Ho~er, c.i'i ssa Hudk'.n s, Ka t'.e J asa

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Mackie, Chns Marsh, hrnt111.1 Mayer, Alicia Meyer, Mary Metz, Carolin Moore, Ha_ire <?hlsen, teph anie Pelan, ate Peters, Heather Pillard, Taylor Rohe, Carli Sabin, P.1t ",edi,-y , Danielle Simpson, Ceidi , 111 gsass, Chase mall, Charis Thoma , Ad ,1111 Turner, harles Voigt, Kayb \\ 'aldman. D1·l.m \\ ',1rren, on \\ arson, ikki Westover, Brett \'fil ey and Maggie \\ 'ii ken.

"Bov ext Door" cast interact on the stage a they tell th e tory of three dev;lopmentally di abled men and th e ir everyday live The ac t wa a 30minute cutting from pla y written b y Tim Griffin outhwest placed secon d at district

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Jordan Schliesser, Laura Marti, Kate Tr u ka and Emily Evnen relax before they pe r fo r m during the Southeast Speech meet. For e ns ics improved this year, with many placin g hi g her in competitions. Photo by Sean Jnm es!Tabi

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Juniors Laura Marti and Katie Madvig perform their duo at the North Star Competition. The duo's title was "My Mother's Butt." The duet placed second out of 15 pairs.

Senior Katie Anderbery shares pi , ires with sophomore Nia Williams am senior Kara Tofte during down t ir ' at the competition at North Star. Sc 1e members only competed in one e,

Debate members: Baily Jone s, Katlynn Knudsen, Katie Marvin, Brian Moser, Dustin Rymph, Sarah Arkebauer, Nick Dalke, Je ssica Danson, Jar ed Forst, Jo sh u a Genrich, Bryan Kelley, Colin Large, Zach Mapes, Arman Negahben, Mai Nguyen, Matthew Rosson, Jared Ashton, Jeri Kohn, Garrett Mardock, Hannah Orr, Stephanie Pelan, Wenyu Qu, Meredith Ramsay, Kelcy Workman, Michael Crelin, Rio Kim, Ethan Rymph, Christine Scalora, Nicolette Ware and Sponsor Toni Heimes.

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Speech members: Katie Anderbery, As hle y Brauer, George Dungan, Emily Evnen, Sang wa. -Ia, Andrew Hanna, Meg Kissel, Alyssa Martin, Je ss ica Powell, Dustin Rymph, Sena Sayood, K 1 Tofte, Jessica Dan so n, Sarah Fishbein, Laura Hochstein, Bryan Kelley, Kiara Letcher, Kati l ,1advig, Laura Marti, Katie Armstrong, Kayle e Colton, Zach Francis, Taylor Jones, Jeri Kohn, Bec k Le iter, Jenna Lothrop, Ali Malik, A lex Martin, Alicia Myer, Thomas Mundt, Kati Stauffer, Kate T , a, Nia Williams, Lindsey Ash, Nick Je ster , Caitlin Lukin, Christina Mayer, Kerri Peters, Ethan R 1 1ph, Sinan Sayood, Jordan Schliesser, Danielle Simpson and Cohagen Wilkin son. Sponsor Matt ' 1eime s.

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Forensics battled each other for spots to compete and other teams for victory. They also battled misconceptions.

"The biggest challenge before kids join the team is overcoming the misconceptions about forensics which is, it's not a group of 'nerdy speech geeks,' it is a team comprised of the brightest and most articulate students in our school," said Forensics and Oral Communications teacher Matt Heimes.

Subjective judging could sometimes result in speeches receiving third place in one competition and first in another.

"Getting the kids to keep giving it their all when the judging is inconsistent is a challenge," Heimes said about the judging.

Southwest's Forensics team stepped it up by being in the top three at most of the sea on's tournaments.

"It's cut throat. really! You have to beat about 70 people

just to get into finals, and speak better than six or seven people

Tal k h · " ·d h N' Willi' h . . . so t at you can wm, sa1 sop omore 1a ams w o • competed in a variety of speech events.

The team started out the year well and finished well first by placing first at the Pius tournament held at East High and then continuing their winning streak at the East Invitational tournament on Feb. 17. This was most competitive tournament of the season. The team placed in the top three in almost every tournament. Those were just two of the competitions "" that the speech and debate teams were able to prove certain misconceptions wrong.

So whether you believed that the forensics team was comprised of 'nerdy speech geeks' or the brightest and most articulate students in the school. Forensics battled these

misconceptions.

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s:o mp e tin g against two other schools junior Mai N g u y en respond s in the public · · to nim d e b a t e Nguyen competed in the public forum debate at Millard North

on J an 6 and made it to the semis.

At t he Om a h a Westside Debate competition on Jan. 14 Dustin R y mph and Brya n K e ll ey received first in varsity public forum. "Winning in debate is f un beca use yo u compete against people you like. There are never hard feeling s if You win o r lose," Rymph said.

Sophomore s Zach Francis, Garrett Mardock and junior Zach Mapes sell concessions at the Show Choir Concert Dec 19. Like other clubs and sports t e ams forensics team had to raise money to compete and travel.

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elp peers throughout the year 1eaders,

Unite!! National Honors Society and Student Council were two organizations that helped the school and the community in some very special ways.

At the end of every school year the student body votes on their representatives for Student Council.

"We work with various organizations such as CEDARS and the Salvation Army," said senior Raessa Singh , president of Student Council.

Other activities that StuCo did included the Powder Puff Football game, Matchmaker, Prom, the Sadie Hawkins Spring Fling dance, and a bulletin board on club information .

"My favorite part about being on Student Council is that all of the members are making a difference in the school and in the community," said junior Zach Ma p es, vice president.

StuCo solicits ideas from the student body.

"In the morning we usually get one or two kids who come up with the craziest ideas, and we actually think we can pull them off. Then reality sets back in but it's still pretty funny," said sponsor Alys s a Wats o n.

NHS required many duties from members Some of the requirements for becoming a member of NHS were that a student must show outstanding accomplishments in the fields of scholarship, leadership, community service and character.

Although requirements for joining NHS were the ame for every member; the reasons for joining differ among the students.

"The reason that I wanted to be on National Honor Society wa because I wanted to graduate with honors," said senior Lau ra U h rm acher.

NHS was involved with the Free the Children organization, organized the ~eacher of the month, gave away a ham to a staff member for the holidays and planned a senior night.

NHS speakers wait for the fall induction ceremony to begin. NHS inducted 36 new members in the fall to join the 67 that were inducted in the spring There were four main speeches on the four pillars of NHS.

Senior Leena Padhye speaks at the Honors Convocation on ov , There were approximately 750 students honored in the fall. Padh ) e was one of the people who read off the names of the honored stu d~ nt :

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Sprin g inductee s read th e pledge on No v 21 with the 36 new m e mber s ii luc in the fall. The application for all students con s isted of thr e e s hort an s\\ ·s, e ssa y , a resume and a te a cher recommendation.

H S Mem bers: Carla Ah lsc hwe d e, Kati e Anderbery, J acob And erso n, J o ly n An d erson, Abd u Bo uz id, Le , Erin Barth o lo mew, El izabe t h Belso n, La

Juni o r J e ica D an s on t a ke s a quick br ea k whil e d ecora ti n g th e w innin g l oc k e r of w Co ' " R ock M y Lock " Stu Co de co r at e d t h e lock e r durin g a p ep

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Sophom ore J ill c hn e id e r (lef t ) an d Kay la Wa l dman h e lp th e ir fe ll ow red lass ma t e find th e ir s ch e dul es fo r th e rn th ird t e rm.

Student Council members McKenzie Ti dale, Alex Cass, Sammy Hansen sold the p opular "Matchmaker" on Valentine's Day after school. The "Matchmaker" was a test for fun that determined a person's perfec t ma t ch a t school. Results cost 2 and proceed went to StuCo to help defray the cost at prom.

TU CQ memb e rs: 1s t R ow : Bess Fo lsom , J ess ica Danson - Scheduler, Leena Padhye - Secretary, Elly Jurge nse n, J eri Koh n, T ra m T ran, Kayla Wa ld man. 2nd Row: Ashley \X'illiams, Kristen Dinneen, Dani Vin - Hi st or ian, Bla ir Sanb u rg, Kierst Finsand , Sammy Hansen, Mai guyen, Dan guyen, Jas on Wood. 3rd R ow: Ali cia Ex t rom, J ames Cottrell, Lucas Miller, McKenzie Tidsdale, Cortne y Neell y, Zac h Mapes - Vice P resident, Ian Dike, Raessa Singh - President, Meg 111 Stuart, Ben La Grange, Ali Mali k- Tres u re r, ohagen \v' ilkinson. ot Pictured: Alex Cass, Gina Chen, Julie Hetcko and Jill Schn eider Sponsors: Shelly Shanahan and Alys a \X'atson.

Senior and president of Studen t Counc il R aessa Sin gh a nd enio r Luc as Mill e r \\ 'ho wa the dance and prom co - chair work the Stud e nt Co u nci l b oo th a t Spirit Fe t Aug 27. Although StuCo member are se l ec t e d i n th e prin g, Spirit Fest was a good time to let their peers k now wha t tu Co pl a nn e d to d o i n th e upcoming year.

Working on club spreads for the Febru .1ry deadline are Ta lon staff members Brea nn a Vanc e, Rachel Yank and Travis Cunningham. f he entire book had to be completed by spring br , ak.

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icky Martin, Ashley Faubel and Briana Steward decide what to snack on during "Goodnight and Good Luck" at the Grand theatre. The publication staffs went on the field trip to see the movie about the story of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow.

Senior Janece Potter leads a di cu s, the newspaper. "It gets really har stressful at times, but I always feel when everything is done," Potter s

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First semester yearbook members: Row 1: Jessica Sorensen, Kayla Webert, Alex Ball, Kelsey Campfield, Kelsey Swartz, Lindsay Honnens, Kellie Troxel, Matt Struempler, Jason Wood, Katya Tsymbal, Cassandra Wehling Row 2: Whitney Buchmann, Mandi Martin, Paige Sanburg, Travis Cunningham, Sean James, Rachel Yank, Kristin Dinneen, Alyssa Martin. Others that joined second semester included: Breanna Vance, Tyler Moore, Ty Spicha, Jennifer Thorpe, Jessica ewsham, Alicia Bouges and Katie Madvig Adviser: Dianne Kuppig.

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Second term newspaper members: Row 1: icky Martin, Brianna Steward, KeL Tha rp , Row 2: Janece Potter, Emily Evnen, Max Olson, Ashley Faubel, Melissa Baker. ) ther members were Carla Ahlschwede, Leena Padhye, Claire Ohlsen, Max Olson, L:- iy • Hiatt, Lora Hibbard, Alissa Rogers, and Abby Wilson. Adviser: Dianne Kuppi g

meeting deadlines: work hard .& have fun

b lock sched ulin g had major benefits for the yearbook and newspaper staffs. Ninety minutes a day for a full year meant they had double the time than the ordinary seven period schedule. For yearbook, their goal was to make the yearbook 200 percent better.

"Year book was fun We had time to get our work done, but we al o had time to get to know each other. I don't think I could do it in a 45 minute class becau e I'd never get it all done. Deadlines were still challenging to meet, and I had double the time," said senior Kelsey Swartz, who wa on yearbook for three terms as the people ection editor and till had to come in after school to work.

Despite stressful deadlines, yearbook and newspaper had their fun times, and memorable moments. Both spent time playing icebreaker games at the beginning of the year and

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"Something I'll never forget were the friends-that I made while I spent so many Friday nights taking pictures for varsity football. Also, taking pictures up clo e on the Memorial Stadium field was a once in lifetim opportunity for me," recalled enior Ashley Faubel, section editor for the Hawk Talk.

Seniors Kelsey Tharp and editor Janece Potter will always remember the tate journali m fall convention at UNL.

"I'll never forget when we received the 'Staff Effort' award It's a much better award than it sounds," Tharp said.

Potter agreed: "The taff effort award wa horrible . I wa in tears becau e I was so embarrassed! They were trying to commend us for having a mall staff and publishing a 16-page paper, but they just didn't do it very well!"

Senior s Kelli e Troxel, Ke! ey Campfield, Kelsey Swartz and junior Rachel Yank cake a break from the Walsworth workshop held at the Cornhuskcr Hotel on ept. 13. "T h ey held thi s 'big show' where we got to ee the covers of all the yearbook from across the tate. I really liked that," Yank said

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The term on e yearbook staff learns tips about copy writing from se nior s Paige Sanburg and Al yssa Martin "A copy editor, I tried to h el p everyone's writing develop more throu ghout th year, but I also learned a lot myself,'' Sanburg said.

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Fir t term ne wspaper staff enjoys doughnuts after the release of their first i sue of the year. Th eir i sues covered many in-depth article· ranging from Wiest Side Story to teen agers' lifestyles today.

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Yearbook editor-in -chi ef Kel ey Campfield and Hawk Talk business editor Kelsey Tharp finish the night' work at the ebra ka High School Pres Association's journalism workshop held at U Lin Jul y The two, along with Hawk Talk Editor Janecc Potter, taycd overnight on campus and worked in the university's journalism school for four days.

an award winning show choir programs

Southwe t's music programs have created an identity out of sound after four years of progress The students of 05-06 had musical intuition and resounding spirit, saucy notes and flashy dancing .

"This is the brightest, most talented group of students we've had the privilege of working with They are high achieving and extremely motivated," said choir director De n ise Cotton.

Re onance, the varsity show choir, found success in many of the competitions they entered. After placing third overall at the Midwest Cup in Lincoln, the group of 48 singers / dancers, 12 band member and five crew members stepped up the competition and won the Competition of Excellence in Omaha. The group won awards for Be s t Band, Best Choreography and Overall Grand Champion.

On Feb. 11, Resonance continued their winning streak by walking away with Overall Best Band, Overall Best choreography, and Overall Grand Champion. They beat 20 other show choir at the Touch of Class competition in Van Horne, Iowa.

"They [show choir students] represented themselve , LSW, the cit y of Lincoln, and the state of ebraska extremely well," said Re onance director Jon athan D yrlan d in his email to all LSW staff announcing the win.

Resonance also performed at both Scott and Irving middle schools, Spirit Fe t, and variou music concerts.

The prep how choir, Diva' Intuition, achieved likewise succe . The 27 member all-female group and their eight member band and five crew members placed third in the Prep Division at the Iowa Touch of Class invitational and placed 13th overall, beating . two varsity show choirs from Iowa . t t d 199

Sophomores Corinne Watson, Ashle y Andersen and Jackie Baker of Di va s Intuition perform at the Dec. 19 Show Choir Kick-Off. Di va' Intuitio n performed song revol v ing around a "Sun and Moon" theme, including " 1 o u Are the Sunshine of M y Life" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky "

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Freshman Choir members sing at th e ir Dec. 13 concert. Freshman Choi 1 1ad 61 member s

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ophomore Kel sey Denton plays the congas at th e Dec. 12 Prep J azz Band concert. The percussionist s pla yed a wide var iet y of different t ypes of drums.

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Men's choir memb er sing at their O c t. 13 concert. Men's Choir practiced Wednesday morning s and also includ ed ex tra r e he a r sals before concerts.

Juni or Kay l ea Sasek performs during th e Show Choir Kick-off on Dec. 19. "The majority of us are seniors and we've been working at this for four years. It's pretty cool we won two Grand Championships," aid Re onance senior Caitlin Macki

gva's Intuition member s: Ashley Andersen, Narges Attaie, Jackie Baker, Chelsea Berck, Abby Christiansen, Abbey Leo:man, Mag gie D esc ha ine, Lac_ie Dou gherty, Erin Eisbach, Kel~ey Hansook, Katie Hening, Becky_Leiter, Sophie ka , Bnana Lueckenhoff, Alicia Meyer, Bree Moore,Jcan-Mane Morns ey, Laura Mumer, Reba 1tzel, Aaron ~~ma~, Britt any Piper, Portia R eams, Ellen Reber, Allison Roy, Tiffani Thomason, Megan Thornburg, Kate Truka, )b \X aldman , Celeste \X'anner, o rin ne Watson ,rnd Alns ,1 \'( esemann. Directed by Jonathan Dyrland.

Freshman Jazz Band members: Philip Baker, Chr istian Berg, Alex Bischoff, Lauren Brunken, J amie Burb.1eh, Nathan Coatne}, Nick Dahlquist, Kimberly Fuoco,.Jordan Gornell, ean Grosshans, Matt H ahne, Emily Hartman, Alex Hartmann, Nick Jester, a than Jones, Rio Kim, T,1ylor Mack, ick Miller, Kathryn Moore, Ben orton, Micah Ffeiffer, inan Sayood, Jeremiah SieYers, Chris tepanek, Brooke Sullivan, Anna Thomas and Luye Yang. Directe d by: lori f- ,1lcone.

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Senior Brandon Labadie plays the oboe for th e Sy mphonic Band. "Band for me is like m y emotional outlet," sa id Labadie, "Music is what I want to do after high sc hool."

Freshman Kara Eide plays the violi n during the instrumental concert on ec. 12 Eidie played in the String Orc h 1.. ,; t ra.

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Senior s Stefanie Reinsch a nd And rl Johnson e nter as the King and Qu t. 1 of the Chamber Choir's annual Mad r i I Dinner.

String Orchestra members: La ur en Barbee, H eather Berck, Er in Boyle, Krista Decker, Kara Eide, J ared Forst, Allison Fortkamp, Paige G uilli ams, Abby Heiser, Kathryn Hibbard, Meredith Kenyon, 1ilip Kocher, C la ir e K ortu m, Lind say Leikam, Meghan Leonard, Ca itlin Lukin , Chr ist in a Mayer, Brittany McCoy, Ali Nelson, H an n ah Orr, Amy Proskovec, Amber Reece, C h e lsi R e ich wa ldt, Coco Sco t, Elizabeth Thompson, C harl es Voigt, Peter Welsch, Spencer Wolfe and Ja so n Wood. Dir ected by: Stacy Marshall a nd Jonath a n Dyrland.

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Over 200 s tud ents were involved in Varsity Choir, Concert Choir, and Freshman Choir, directed by Denise Cotton and Jonathan Dyrland. The three choirs performed the Star Spangled Banner at a varsity football game, as well as hosting four concerts. Varsity Concert Choir also p erfo rm ed for Honors Convocation s

Varsit y Concert Choir also competed at a tournament in April 2006.

New additions to the vocal mu ic wing were th e Men's and Women' extracurricular choirs. The genderse parated choir s included not on ly LSW student s but also staff and family members.

Chamber Choir, directed by Denise Cotton , boast ed 42 members. The Chamber Choir hosted their annual Madrigal Dinn er on Saturda y, Dec. 17. Choir m embers dressed up in full renais ance r ega li a and proceeded to entertain th eir g u ests with singing, acting and procession. The feast even included a real boar' s h ead on a platter, although it was not eaten.

The Ch amber Choir also performed Mozart's R eq ui em with the UNL Choirs and Orchestr a at the Lied Center Feb. 17.

"Watch for incredible things to happen in th e Vocal Music departm ent over the next few years," said Cotton.

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wing perform ed in four concerts, one per term. Each large group, including the 82 member Symphonic Band, the 68 member Wind Ensemble, the 67 member Freshman Concert Band, and the 39 member String Orchestra, also performed at one judged event each.

" I met a lot ·of great people in band," said sophomore Stephanie Phillip , a clarinet pla ye r.

An honors recital for sen ior musicians was also held in the spring

The jazz bands were made up of 68 musicians, includjng a 23 member Varsity Jazz Band. The bands traveled to various performances in the community throughout the school year, as well as performing in instrumental music concerts.

"I like jazz band because you are given the opportunity to play a variety of in truments that aren't in concert band," said sophomore Kelsey Denton.

S~nior Nate Coleman, a Varsity Jazz Band trombone player, said, "I like jazz because we are allowed to take creative license with the music - we do lots of impro visation "

Band director Lori Falcone: "We enjoy working with our musicians EWing is a great place to be. Everyone is welcome and we all support each other. We work hard, but have fun while working- it's an E-Wing thing!"

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Photo by Jason Wood!Talon Kelsey Eide plays the trump et for Prep Jazz Band. "Jazz can be a lot more challenging than classical band music," said junior trombone player David Freese. Photo by Kelse Swartz/Talon

Sophomor e Ali Malik pla y the French Horn at the instrumental music concert on Oct. 13. Malik al o accompanied the show choir Resonanc e

Varsity Jazz Band memb e rs : Lauren Bird, Erica Bischoff, Alex Epperson, Grant Ferris, Meghan Henderson, Kri s tin Houchin, AJ Jagadich, Jonathan Mattson,_ Bradley Ran_gel, Don Rang~!, Dustin Rymph, Sena Sayood , Scott Shifferm iller, Ben Spencer and Enc Sutton. Directed by: Lon Falcone.

Prep Jazz Band members: Erica Ahlschwede, Mitchell ~romwich, David han~strom, Kels_ey Denton, Marie Hansen, ate Petro, Lindy Rauscher, Michael Ryan, Darren Smith and Christopher Walker. Directed by: Lori Falcone.

Varsity Concert Choir members: Jolyn Anderson, Erin Bartholomew, Jason Belden, John Calahan, Peggy Cole, Arica Coleman, Nate Coleman, Kaylee Colton, Shan e Cooper, James Cottrell, Zach Countryman, Colin Creveling, Mary Davidson, Sarah Degner, George Dungan, Craig Easley, Kelsey Eide, Ben Eklund, Bryant Eklund , t 1n Enchayan, Ashley Eppens, Sarah Essay, Emily Evnen, Ryan Ferguson, Mary Flattery, Megan Flory, Marisa Ford, Tiffany Forycki, Colby Gauff, Haley Heindryckx, L1 1y Hiatt, Alicia Hunt, Ashley James, Chelsy Jurgensen, Meg Kissel, Reed Knoll, Philip Kocher, Colin Large, Dani Lee, Megan Leonard, Emily Lux, Caitlin Mackie, Ali 1V1 ik , Chris Marsh, Lizzie Marsh, Elyse Marvin, Laura McKinley, Jenni Miller, Lucas Miller, Sam Moline, Carolyn Moore, Lyra Narumalani, Nick Nesbitt, Nicole Petersen , Stefanie Reinsch, Katie Richard, Scott Robertson, Carli Sabin, Kaylea Sasek, Heather Schuster, Michael Schuster, Pat Sedivy, Sara Sidlo, Andrea Spivey, Megan Stuart, 1a ris Thomas, Kaisie Tofte, Erica Townsley, Molly Wagner, Allison Weber, icki Westover, Andrew Wolf and Spencer Wolfe. Directed by: Deni e Cotton

Concert Choir members: Ashley Andersen, Kayla Andretti, Laura Anthony, Narges Attaie, Jackie Baker, Amanda Ball, Leah Bartek, Chelsea Berck, Brittany Brand fa ~ Leeanna Brennenstuhl, Chelsea Campbell, Ashley Chism, Abby Christiansen, }?rittany !cal, Jami Cline, Abbey Coleman, Kelsey Denton, Maggie Deschaine, Lacie Dougherty, Erin Eisbach, Jordan Faulder, Kelsey Hartsook, Katie Herring, Anna Horst, Krista Kansier, Becky Leiter, Sophie Lemka, Briana Lueckenhoff, Alyssa Mc , c: r, Alicia Meyer, Jaque Miller, Bree Moore, Jean-Marie Morrissey, Laura Munier, Reba Nitzel, Aaron Norman, Brittany Piper, Shannon Potter, Portia Reams, Ellen Reb e lliso Roy, Jill chneider, Tiffany Tatro, Tiffani Thoma on, Megan Thornburg, Kate Truka, Kayla Waldman, Celeste Wanner, Cori Watson and Alyssa Wesemann. Direct cc y : Denise Cotton.

Freshman Choir members: Jamie Abarca, Lindsey Ash, Philip Baker, Melissa Beard, Cassie Braymen, Sabrina Buckwald, Jamie Burbach, Kimberly Burt, Amanda Ca m ·zo, Jade Cattoor, Stephanie Charron, Benjamin Clevinger, Kelly Coleman, Christine Dalton, Aaron Demoret, Julia Didier, Ashlie Dughman, Stephanie Edmonds, Bess F <; om, Kimberly Fuoco, Kelsey Graves, Sean Grosshans, Josh Gustafson, Kaleigh Hohensee, Drew Jagadich, Lexie Johnson, atalie Knuth, Julie Kovanda, Brandon Leeds, J 1ie Lyons, Haley Meyer, Philicia Mizell, Kamala Moore, Kathryn Moore, Hana Mustafa, Nicole ewell, chelsea Patterson, Amanda Peters, Kerri Peters, Alexis Pulver, 1v ,ddie Reddish, Justin Rogge, Taylor Rohe, Jordan Sasek, Alexis Schields, Jordy Schliesser, Rachel Schmidt, Bree Schreier, Lexi Smalley, Tara Soucie, Brittany Spence, Shan e -:1 ivey Sarah Stevens, Brooke Sullivan, Chase Sund, JessTonneraasen, Anna True, Kaitlyn Waller, Chelsea Walz, Alaina Williams and Wuow Wuowrut. Directed by: Denise ( ,tton.

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an Hin z, Anna Horst, icole Hudson, icole Jaber, Aaron Johnston, Timothy Jones, Spencer Kerl, Amanda Kline, Kelsey Klute, Marc Koenig, Ke! ey Lange, ichola Lattimer, K a rm a Livingston, Richard Luzum, Alyssa Malone, icky Martin, Keli McClusky, Danelle Miller, Thomas Mundt, Andrew g uyen, Amanda Ni sen, Brandie Peters, Nate Petro, Daniel Pfin gs t e n , Stephanie Phillip, Wenyu Qu, Lindy Rauscher, Tori Renken, Michael Rood, JD Royer, Michae l Ryan, Ben Shallenberger, Darren Smith Cass id y Spen

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Szudlo, Tiffaney Tatro, Tiffani Thomason, Brian Thomp on, John Thomp on, Amber Trammell, Al yssa Tro ester, Adam Vollenweider, Brittany Wagner, Christopher Walker, Jennifer Weber and Elizabeth Woita. Directed by: Lori Falcone and Staci Marshall.

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\Vind Ensembl e m embers : Carla Ahlschwede, Vita Anggraini, Sarah Arten, Melissa Baker, Elizabeth Belson, Lauren Bird, Erica Bi choff, Brandi Burkett, athan Clayburn, Arica Coleman, Corey Cook, Zach Co unt ryman, J essica Dussault, Kelsey Eide, Ashley Eppens, Alex Epperson, Sarah Essay, Ryan Ferguson, Grant Ferris, David Freese, Co lby Gauff, Austin Griffith, Andr ew Hanna, Brady Harrison, Becky Henderson, Meghan Henderson, Heather Holcomb, Kristin Houchin, Alicia Hunt, AJ Jagadich, Katie Jasa, Carole Kerre y, Brandon Labadie, Becky Ledder, Meghan Leonard, Shelby Luke, Kara Maize, Ali Malik, Jonathan Mattson, Pablo Moguel Resendiz, Sophie orman, Ian O sbo rn, Al yssa Potter, ick Powers, Bradley Rangel, Don Rangel, Daniela Rehberg, Katie Richard, Meike Rubach, Dustin Rymph, Sena Sayood, Heather Shuster, Ben spencer, Sp encer Stark, Samantha Strong, Eric Sutton, Je ss ic a Way, Allison Weber, Heath White a nd Tiffany Yanagida. Directed by : Lori Falcone and Staci Marshall.

Symphonic Band member : Erica Ahlschwede, J ay Anderson, J ared Ashton, Leah Bartek, Alisha Bartels, Kaci Bartholomew, Cara Beaty, Joe Beer, Chris Bell, Matthew Blankenau, M agg ie Bo ese lager, Stacie Branting, Mitchell Bromwich, Tyler Bush, Matthew hampoux, David Changstrom, Krysta Clausen, Brittany Cleal, Matt Cohn, Mandi Conw ay, D eb

Davis, Kelsey Denton, Matthew Dussault, Travis Earhart, Kierst Finsa ;1d, Angel Geller, Alana Giesemann, Marie Hansen, Hannah Heiser, Katie Hill, Jonath

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Amber Swenseth, Kendra

Chamber Choir members: Jol yn Anderson, Peggy Co le, Arica Coleman, Kaylee olton, Shane Cooper, Sarah Degner, George Dungan, Craig Ea l~y, Ben ~klund, Bryan ~ Eklund, R ya n Enchayan, Emily Evnen, Mary Flattery, Marisa Ford, Hailey Heindryckx, Lynd y Hiatt, Chelsey Jurgensen,_Andrew John on, Meg K1 el, Phil Ko~her, Cohn. Large, Emil y Lux, Caitlin Mackie, Chri Marsh, Elyse Marvin, Laura McKinley, Lucas Miller, Carolyn Moore, Nick Ne b1tt, Lesley Perry, ate Peter~, Matt Pfe1ffer,_Stefame Re in ch, Scott Robertson, Carli Sabin, Sara Sidlo, C h ar is Thomas, Kaisie Tofte, Charles Voigt, Molly Wagner, Nicki We tover and Spencer Wolfe. Directed by: Deni se Cotton

.. .kind of a big deal

between students acquiring jobs in the community and the community serving students, the year was busy with business related activities.

South Lincoln continued to grow and expand, inviti~g new businesses into

neighborhood. Many students started and ended jobs, while other

students didn't work at all.

Through working or not, the students and staff were very involved in what the community's businesses had to offer.

Here are some of the things that were kind of a big deal in business

Westfield Shoppingtown, formerly known as Gateway mall , received a face lift with new stores and a whole new look.

south Lincoln boomed with new restaurants like Backyard Burgers, Quizno's, and Braeda.

.the Sunken Garden and Holmes Lake re-opened after extensive reconstruction .

renovations for Memorial Stadium began rmmediately after Nebraska's last home football game. The expansion will add 6,500 seats and the largest big screen in college football.

(l) SouthPointe's food court, among other area restaurants, was filled with students over the daily lunch period. The Lee's China student meal, as well as the Valentino 's Express meal had the f(X)d court packed during lunch. (2) Senior Baily Jones works at the new pasta restaurant, Noodles and Company Noodles has opened two locations in Lincoln in the past year (3) The varsity cheerleaders painted the local Wal-Mart windows before the Homecoming f(X)tooll game Coca-Cola donated $250 to the squad for painting the windows. (4) Senior Nate Morton spends several evenings a week working at Target Morton is one of 13 Southwest students who worked at Target.

The carousal was just one new addition to Westf ield Shoppingtown New stores and a remodeled food court brought many new shoppers to the mall for the grand opening on Nov 4.

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Congratulations Erica!

We are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments in high school. We love you very much!

Love, Mom, Dad, Michael and Katelin

Dolly,

No matter what obstacles stood in your way along your journey in life, you overcame them. You have grown into such a wonderful young lady Your kindness, sense of humor, and determination will take you far.

WE LOVE YOU!

Mom, Dad and Aislynne

Guess devouring all those books over the years paid off!

Congrats on the Regents Scholarship to UNL. We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom, Dad, Matt and the Grandmas

You are such a joy WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

Love, Mom, Dad, Molly and Sarah

Your smile brightens all our lives; may it sparkle today, tomorrow, and always. Best-of-luck in all your years ahead We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom, Dad, Ben, Hailey, Rasche/le and Nicholas You have always been our greatest source of pride and our truest joy.

Congratulations!

Congratulations on all your hard work! We know you will go far and accomplish a lot.

Love, Mom, Dad and Allison

Congrats to our "country" sweetheart!

Mom and Dad

So lo ng!

Farewell!

Adie u!

Step hen

Dau bert and Fam ily shall miss LSW!

Congratulations Jake, Remember, I'll always be older!

Nate, We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Kerri and Dan

Congratulations!

Good luck in college and best wishes in your future. We are very proud of you!

Love, Mom and Dad

Congratulations

Joey, Remember, I'll always be taller!

We're proud of your accomplishments! Good luck! May you enjoy happiness and success!

Love, Dad, Mom and Claire

What an awesome 4 years you had at LSW!

Thanks for the great memories!

You've made us proud.

Love, Mom and Dad

love you dearly! Trust in guide you in all you do . m, Chris and Kaci

From 7 years to 17 years, what a fine young man you have become. Follow your faith and keep God first in your life, you'll always succeed.

Love ya, Mom and Dad

''To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. "

The whole world is open to you · Adam, and you can achieve whatever you set your mind to . We hope all of your dreams come true.

"Half of Fifty Cents"

Love, Mom and Dad

We are so proud of you Samantha. May all your dreams come true!

Love, Mom, Dad and Will

We feel a special kind of pride in all you've accomplished and who you are inside You are loved and cherished more than you know Love, Mom and Dad

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4: 13

You truly are an amazing person who continuously makes us proud!

Love, Mom, Dad, Kyle and Kaitlyn

tions on all you have ed and we can't wait to ,e t!

Mom and Dad and Vic k, You've been rockin' on since you were young! We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom and Dad, Sarah and Michelle

It seems like yesterday you were my little bud-man Today I look at you & realize what a grown man you've become! Words cannot say how proud we are of you & all your accomplishments. Just .-.---know that we will Congratulations! always be here We love you son, for you as you Mo m, Dad, Jessica journey th rough life •"!I.--....--. and Joseph

The last 18 years have flown by ... you have a great future ahead of you.

Congratulations!

Love,

Mom, Dad, Brad and Matthew

From 2 wheels to 4 wheels, you've made amazing progress! We are so proud of who you are and that you ar e our son!

You made it! We are very proud, and know you will make the right decision about your future.

We love you, From your family and friends!

It see ms like only yesterday you st arted kindergarten. But your journey has just begu n. Well done my son, we a re very proud of you.

Love, Mom and Dad

Love, Mom and Dad

Congratulations on growing into the fine young man you have become. We are proud of you. May God continue to guide you on your way.

Love, Mom, Dad and Kaley

Commencement is just the beginning, babe. Your possibilities are only limited by your imagination.

We Love you!

Dad, Mom, Maggie and Tara

Walk on.

Love, Dad, Mom, Marie, Mo, Indy and Lily

From that first cold day in January when we first brought you home until now you have always warmed our hearts. May that glow inside of you bring the same joy to those you meet along life's road, as it has brought to us.

We love you, Mom, Dad and Kristi

Being part of the first LSW class has really been exciting. UNL will also be exciting and fun. New challenges await. We are extremely proud of you.

We have thoroughly enjoyed watching you grow and sharing everything you have been a part of the last 18 years We are extremely proud of you, we will always stand behind you in what ever you choose to do in your life but most of all WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!

Congratulations on your graduation from high school Love, Mom, Dad, and we wish you nothing but the best in you future

Love, Mom, Dad, Chip, Amy and Xavier

Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succe ed.

Proverbs 16:3

God blessed us with a beautiful treasure when He gave us you.

We love you!

Mom, Dad, Ben, Bryan and B· ~e Your hard work certainly pays off ! Congratulations, Andrew. We are s. proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad and Melissa

Our pride in you will last a lifeti me. Our love for you will last forever. Congratulations!

We are so very proud of yo u d as you head off to college a l • :Jys remember Proverbs 3:5 - 6 'Trust in the Lord with all ye 1r heart and lean not on your ut 1er standing; in all your waysknowledge Him and He will n akE your paths straight "

This little cutie with big blue eyes, Has become a beauty before our eyes. A New Year baby she is destined to be, A special blessing to you and to me.

Don't major in minor things!

Good Luck!

Love, Mom, Dad, Megan and Colette

We love you and are very proud of you!

May all your dreams come true!

From Bubba to Blue Jay ...

You have worked hard and deserve your many successes. We can't wait to see what college brings

All our love, Da , Mom, Emily, Andrew, Erin and Elizabeth

Even when you were younger, you had no fear ... Continue with that courage and confidence as you strive to meet your dreams and goals.

We are so proud of you Nae.

All our love, Ron, Mom, Heather, Laura and Alexandra, Grand dad and Grandma, and Charlie.

You have made us so proud of all your accomplishments. Dream and you'll go far

Love, Mom, Dad, Whit, Sam, Bri, Dylan and Dom

We are so very proud of who you are. Don't forget where you come from and who loves you best as you continue your journey .

Love, Mom, Dad, Blair and Laine

From wading to watching!

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We have watched you grow up and are very proud of you. You are a wonderful son and brother Thanks for all the fun. We love you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Kendra and Alicia Handsome, kind, funny, 4.0, W-30. Told ya you could do anything! We are so proud.

Love, Mom and Dad

"Dreams

can become realities when we believe in

our tomorrows''

Congratulations. We know your future holds great successes.

Love, Mom, Dad, Lindsay, Tyler and Morgan

You are one in a million Baby Girl. We're so proud of you and the beautiful young woman you've become!

All our Love, Mom&Dad

Congratulations on your senior graduation! Your hard work is much to be proud of.

Love, Your Family

Because you are awesome, we know your future will be too! Wishing you much happiness in your life's journey.

With LOVE and PRIDE, Mom, Becca and Dad from heaven too

We are so proud of you and all your accomplishments.

Congratulations.

Love, Dad, Mom, T.J. and Will

Congratulations on all that you have accomplished. We are so proud of you! We wish you the best.

Love, Mom, Dad, Todd and April

Graduating? Are you serious? Congratulations Trenton.

Love, Mom and Dad

Congratulations, you made it! We are proud of all you have accomplished. Now, the best is yet to come! Always follow your dreams.

Love Always, Mom and Dad

Thanks for 18 years of great memories. That smile will carry you anywhere. Congratulations CUPCAKE you made it.

Love you, Mom, Dad and Kylie

From a "cute" little girl to a beautiful young woman, you have always made us proud. We know you will continue this pattern as you accomplish your goals.

Love always,

Mom, Dad, Stephen and Lisa

mplished and for ou have become, ou. Time has assed much too uickly but we are xcited to see what e future holds for you.

Congratulations! We love you.

Mom and Dad

Congratulations and much love from Mom, Da, Katie and Zoe

We have -had the time of our lives watching you grow into such a wonderful young man! Keep setting your goals high and may you be __ ....,..,.,_.-c blessed in all you do. We love you! •

Mom, Dad, Shelby ___ _ and Bailey

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."

Proverbs 16: 3

We are very proud of you, Ryan.

Love, Dad, Mom, and Ben

Congratulations Molly! We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom, Dad, Joey and Jamie

Mayall your dreams come true!

Love, Dad Mom and Meredith

From kindergarten to graduation you have worked so hard and made us very proud.

We love you very much. Dad, Mom, Josh and Lisa

From a Sweet Princess to a Beautiful young lady

We are so proud of what you have become, and excited to share your future.

Love, Your Family

Congratulations! You are still my favorite young man in the whole world!

Love always, Mom

Congratulations! You have come a long way. Always remember how much we love you and wish you success, happiness nd love throughout your life.

We thank God for blessing us with wonderful sons like you. Step into the future with a prayer in your heart and a song in your sou l.

Love, Mom and Dad

You have always been • so determined! Your strong convictions , nerves of steel, and dreams of success will pay off as you move on to the next level. California holds the key to your future! We are so proud of you and love you so much! Good luck in everything ym Love, Mom, Dad, Kerri and Robb

From a precious boy, to an incredible man. You have given us such joy Soar Silver Hawk and see what the future has planned.

Much Love, Mom and Dad

Congratulations Alicia!

We are so very proud of you. Your accomplishments have been nothing short of amazing. We love you, Mom and Dad

Follow your dreams and make them happen . Good luck as you continue on life's journey We love you and are proud to be your family.

Love, Mom, Dad and Drew We love you and are so proud of you. Follow God to success and happiness through your whole life!

Love, Dad, Mom and Bethany

From our after Christmas baby to a confident, young lady, all our very best wishes as you graduate. Good luck and shoot for the stars!

Love always, Mom, Dad and Jason

Dear Sporty, You've added " "Spice" to our lives. Continue down your track of life and keep it spicy!

Love, Mom, John and Jed

Congratulations!

We are very proud of you! You are special to your family. Always keep God first so he may direct your paths.

Love, Mom and Dad

Proverbs 3

Congratulations, we are very proud of you and your "fabulous feet." God bless you and keep you strong all the days of your life.

"Go Big Red"

Love, Mom, Dad and Family

We are so proud of all your accomplishments. May your talents, work ethics and faith guide your path always.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us James 4:8

We love youCongratulations!

Mom, Dad and Micah

Between graduating preschool and graduating high school you have accomplished so much and we are so proud of you!

Congratulations!

We Love You.

Mom, Kiley, Dad and Mary

Weare so proud of you.

Mom, Dad, Kyle and Maureen You're a winner through and through. God will bless you in anything you do. Congratulations! We are so proud of you.

Love, All of us

Congratulations!

We love you. Keep looking to the future.

Mom, Dad, Tyler and Andrea

You come to us as a gift from God, and what a blessing you have been! Now is your time to reflect His light. All our love and prayers for • happiness and success.

Congratulations!

tove, Mom, Dad, Juli, Nicole, Ben and Sarah l Tim 6:1

We are extremely proud of you and your accomplishments. We love you so much and wish you the best in your future endeavors.

Love, Dad, Mom, Kaitlin and Justin

tions Trey, f you and your accom a wonderful son and brother and we know you will continue to ccomplish great thing n your life. Remember e will always be ther for you as your journey continues. Keep God remost in all your plan d He will continue to b ess you an ea ) U We love you very much!

Mom, Dad and Andrew

From toddler to senior year, you've made us proud of who you are & your accomplishments. Continue to work hard and be true to yourself. Wishing you much success at SMSU ! With All Our Love, Mom, Dad, Zach and Josh

Live well, love often and laugh a lot!

Congratulations

Much Love, Dad, Mom, Nick and Eli

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and r."!'l=-------.-He will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3: 6

Congratulations

Andrea, We're so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Shane and Lucy

·ons Brandon privilege of watching you ully talented caring man. What a blessing you are.

As you begin the next chapter in your life, stay cused, continue to work hard, and always remember with God all things are poss i ble

Love always and forever, Mom, Dad, Courtney, Amber and Jason

Once a star

Always a star!

Soon the world will know what we've always known.

Act II coming up, You're on We love you, Dad, Mom and Luke

TMockYou've come a long way

Baby! We can't wait to see what comes next.

Love, Mom, Bill and Cassey

DREAM BIG! Congratulations on your accomplishments!

Love, Mom, Dad and Paige

We are so proud of you and wish the very best for you . Remember that '7he light that shines the farthest, shines the brightest nearest home. Follow the light. " Follow your dreams!

God's a lway just a Pray away

All our Love, Mom, Dad, Natalie and Nathan

You went from our cute little peanut to a beautiful young lady.

Love, Dad, Mom, Kylee and Adam

You've been a lot of fun over the years! We're proud of you and love you dearly.

We are very proud of you. As you close this chapter in the adventure of your life and open the next one, we know you will be blessed in whatever you put your hands to. You have set your feet upon the rock and the foundation is God!

Mom, Dad, Jolene and Eric

We are so proud of the fine young man you've become. Keep reaching for your dreams!

Congratulations!

We are proud of you.

Go Hawks!

Love you, Mom and Dad

You've come a long way since that little toehead girl telling her "true stories" at the dinner table. We've enjoyed watching you grow into the independent, smart, wonderful girl that you are today and we are all so proud of you!

Love, Dad, Mom, Kristi, Carly and Kelsey

We are so proud of all yo accomplishments, academically and with fli gt school. We are most pro ! of who you are.

Keep trusting in Him {Proverbs 3:5,6)

Love, Mom and Dad

Weare really stoked. You make us proud.

Love, Mom and Dad

I'm so proud of you Jenna, Congratulations. My favorite quote from Oprah Winfrey. "/ know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become."

Love you, Mom

You've seen London, You've seen France. May all your next endeavors do nothing less than make you Dance!

Always be kind, com passionate, gentle and patien t. Forgive often and love much You are a precious gift from God. Walk in His light and point others to Him. We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom and Dad

Ecclesiastes 3:13

See good in all your labor- it is the gift of God. Dani, we are so proud of you.

In Christ's love, Mom, Dad, Tori &Josh

Courageous

Artistic & athletic

Studious & smiling

So lovable & loving

Abilities unlimited

Never quits

Determined Religious A woman with success in her future.

tiful young lady

urdaughter & sister

May your stages be bigger, your lights brighter, and your shoes more comfortable. Congratulations!

Love, Mom, Dad, Tyler and Abby '11~

Congratulations on all you've accomplished and best wishes for the journey that lies ahead.

Love, Mom, Dad & John

Congratulations on your graduation from LSW. Best wishes for the future.

Love, Mom, Dad, lkonos, Pixie, Kiara and Misty

Congratulations!

Best wishes in your college years, enjoy life and work hard. We know you'll reach your goals.

Trust in the Lord wit, all your heart. (Proverbs 3:5)

Dad, Mom, Becky, Baily and Phil Larissa & all the rest of our famil

that y_o rainoow of wonderful memories You have th hing you dream to be. We are so proud of you!

Congratulations you made it to graduation! Hope you are successful as an architect or interior designer.

Best of Luck, Mom, Dad, Wyatt, Kourtney and Casey

Congratulations!

We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom, Dad and Joe

You have brought such joy to our lives. Your family is very proud of all your accomplishments Keep smiling and enjoy college . Keep the Lord in your heart

We love you lots. Dad, Mom and Jerrod

Congratulations on your graduation, Brenna, and best wishes for much happiness in your future! We are so very proud of you and the beautiful young woman you have become

Remember that we will always be there to love and support you as you journey through life and pursue your dreams. We all love you very much , Sweetie!

Love, Mom, Dad and Alec

Congratulations!

We are so proud of you. Follow your dreams always. We love you very much. Mom and Katelin

Winner, you amused us with your funny sense of humor You amazed us as the "fix it kid ." You make us very proud. Continue to work hard and follow your dreams .

Love, Mom, Dad, Halley, Ringo and Bogey

We are very proud of you .

Love, Mom, Dad, Skye and Lisa Congratulation s to my beautiful dou gh .r on her graduation Y J are so talented and he a wonderful person al!

Follow your drea ms

Love, Mom

Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you. And everything you do ...

Good luck at Stanford.

Love, Mom, Dad and Alex

Ma y the warmth and kindness of yo ur heart always guide you to help those around you.

Congratulations on your graduation.

Your proud parents, Mom and Dad

"Chantilly lace and a pretty face makes the world go round"

Congratulations Claire~ Love you, Madre, Padre, Dylan and Olivia

Congratulations Class of 2006!

You are the first to make it through all four years! Always remember you were a Silver Hawk when you go out into the world!

Make great things happen!

autographs

Seniors 06' Townsend

Schedule

Worship

Youth Fellowship

St. Mark's United Methodist Church-8550 Pioneers Blvd.~ Lincoln, NE 68520-489-8885

Saturday - 5:00pm

Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:15, 11 :15 am

Sunday Church School

Confirmation 9:00am

7th-12 th grade ...... 9:00, 10:15am

United Methodist Fellowship (UMYF)

Middle School (6 th -8 th ).... Sun ., evenings

Sr. High (9th-12 th ) Sun., evenings

Rock and Roll Worship Service (6th-12th) ........... 4th Sun. 7:00pm

Christian Outreach Program .1st Wed. 7:00pm

Youth Servant Team .... ... ........ Mon., 6:30pm

Youth Connections Choir & Band Wed 7:00pm

Youth Bible Study ............... Wed., 8:00pm

Officer's Meeting Wed. , 6:00pm

Sr. High Bible Study ............... Tues., 7:00-7:30am

5th Quarter-Fridays, September-October (football) and January-March (basketball) ....... 9:30pm-midnig ht

St. Mark's.... Athletics-Mon., Tues., Thurs.

Gather

Softball, Fall Volleyball, Summer and Winter Basketball, Sand Volleyball (depending on the season)

St. Mark's Youth group's Goals:

* growing closer to God

* growing closer to others

* growing closer to our group

Work Camps 2006: Myrtle Beach/Washington D.C. , St. Louis, MO., Chicago, IL., Lincoln, NE.

Phone numbers

Church office 489-8885; Youth hot line 489-2 5:

Youth Minister Don Stewart 489-2738

Good Luck, Silver Hawks!

In all the work you are doing, work the best you can. Work as if you were doing It for the Lord, not for people." Colosslans 3:23

"God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him may not be lost, but have Eternal life."-John 3:16

Dwyer Photography

COMPLETESM FITNESS

not pictured ...

Student identification photos were taken during locker check out in August and the picutre retak e day in September. The lists of "not pictured students" were compiled from two student lists, on e dated in September and the other in early March. We apologize for any omissions.

Seniors

Christopher Billings

Bridgette Bomberger

Jonathan C lark

John Dang

Kelly Effie

Chris Fabiano

Larry Fultz

C.J. Fynbu

Michael Hill

Emily Hughes

Christina Jacobsen

Dustin Jeune

Adam Koehn

Allison Moore

Sehad Muhic

David Peck

Sarita Saenz

•Amanda Schmidt

Cori Schweitzer

Habakkuk Scollard

Kymberly Showalter

Abd Tumeh

Donald Valenti

Andrew Westerberg

Johnathan Young

.luniors Sophomores

Keith Ashcraft

Cierra Barbee

Lindsey Barnell

Cole Chandler

Christopher Closson

Austin Cosgrove

Donna Curtis

Andrew Duff

Drew Eirich

Clcvone Furby

Garrett Handke

Sarah Kendall

Meag Krieger

Amanda Lee

Seth Liebers

Ma tthew Mahlin

Darwin Martin

Arman egahban

Joseph Nichols

J cssica Ocker

Dann y O'Neil

Jeff Paradise

Jennifer Penner

Travis Reece

William Sanders

Joshu a Troutman

Gabriel Wegulo

Spencer Wolf

our apologies ...

We also would like to apologize for the errors made in some of the team pictures for sports . We are sorry for leaving out Amber Swenseth in the reserve girls ba ketball team list and coach Jeff Rump in the varsity girls basketball team list.

We also realize there were misspellings in a few names that we did not catch until we did the index. Unfortunately it was too late to fix them. This is our honest mistake and we apologize

Sasa Ajnadzic

Khiela Allen

Bryce Anderson

Sarah Ashcraft

Andy Bailey

Brett Bolles

Bradly Burden

Rachel Campos

Cliff Castoral

Ashley Chism

Edward Chung

Freshmen

Ashley Belt

Braden Bomberger

Darien Brewer

Jared Bruce

Alex Calidonna

Cameron Carter

Stormy Crisman

Christine Dalton

Lutina Furby

Shareyah Howell

CJ Kudron

Buffy Clemmons Cordero Pearson

Diego Cornejo Aaron Plymesser-Hansen

Trinh Dang Mitch Reed

Bryce Dickey Shafae' Rivera

Cedric Fisher

Michael Geidner

Shannon Roberts

Maggie Robertson

Dillon Gladding Brooke Samples

Patrick Hecker

Monique Hill

Adil Karie

Brad Senstock

Zachary Scully

Tiya Sumovich

Jacob Kroll Genesis Sy

Tecla Larson Maggie Whiteley

Tesha Lewis atasha Williams

Corey Munden

Mollie Orman

Ethan Parnam

Anthony Perkins

Ta y lor Peters

Shawn Petracek

Jacob Potts

Cody Ronne

athan pain

Andrew Tin le y

Paige Wentz

congratulations ..Diamond in t Rough" talon staff

We would like congratulate all Talon taff members fro rr 2005 yearbook, "Diamond in the Rough" for the Cornh u award they received at the NHSP A conference in th e L This award was given to three Class A schools in the st ,, and we were the only chool in Lincoln to receive this a~

The Talon was also added to Walsworth's Gallery of Exe lence! Because of this award, the Talon 2006 yearboo k " kind of a big deal." will be printed and sent th rougho ut e United States as a model book for Walsworth Publish iri

Congratulations Talon staff members past and present!

We're kind of a big deal... People know us. How nice for us. Of cour e, not everyone is going to think this way, and we thought it would be humorou s to poke a little fun at ourselve and how some people see South we t. (Hello?! Von Maur High!) We came up with " ... kind of a big deal." afcr much consideration of other theme ranging from "We are th e Champions" (Then we realized, that no, we aren't the champions.) to "Talkin' 'bout my generation " (Which, to say the least, didn't work out.)

Starting as a joke and in conversation, " kind of a big deal." tarted to d evelop, w ith out u s even realizing that it was a memorabl_e quote from "Anchorman," a popul ar 2005 movie. After that was brought to our attention, the deci ion was official and from that point on ... it was "kind of a big deal."

On e thousand four hundred and twenty-five copies were ordered from Walsworth Publi hing Company in Marceline, Missouri. The year boo k wa completed in five deadlines, the fir t pages being sent in No vember.

" kind of a big deal." was created using InDcsign CS for layout and Adob e Photoshop 7 0 for picture editing. Font that \Yere used throughout the book were Maximo, David, Eddie, Garamond, Nicole and Futura. Th e pring uppl ement was printed by Oakcreek Printing Company in Li ncoln .

Th e 2006 Talon would especially like to thank Dianne Kuppig for all of the time he spends editing our pages, joking around with us and keepin g u on ta k. Also, we'd also like to thank our Walsworth representative, Mike Diffenderfer for hi help and the humor he brought to our clas room w h en he met with us, Rob Wilkens for all of the pictures he provided us with, Lori Nakagawa for her extra advice and assistance and Brad Seeman for hi help with the computers and servers. Al o, Jason Wood, Kelsey Swart z, Katya Tsymbal and Whitney Buchmann deserve an extra thank y ou for coming in bef re and after school to work on pages when they we r en't ommitted to the class during third term.

L a t but not lea t, thanks to the administration, staff and tudent bod y for your help in compiling everything in this book. Literally, without yo u we wouldn't ha e spent numerou hours in C110 working hard or h a rdl y working. (Ju t kidding.) •

O f course we would like to have a completely flawles yearbook, but we'r ur e there may be a few errors that we have mi sed. We are very orr y for any mi pelling or other mistakes you may find.

Kel cy Campfield (Terms 1, 2, 3 4)

student life editor: Rachel Yank (Term · 1, 2, 3, 4)

sports editors: Whitney Buchmann (Terms 1, 2, 4) and Jennifer Thorpe (Term 3, 4)

people editors: Kel ey Swartz (Term 1, 2, 4) and Ca andra W hling (Terms 1, 2)

academics editor: Katya Tsymbal (Terms 1, 2, 4)

clubs editor: Je ica New ham (Terms 3, 4)

business editor: Alex Ball (Terms 1, 2, 3, 4)

COPV editor: Paig e Sanburg (Term 1, 2, 3, 4) and Alyssa Martin (Term 1)

Photo editors: Travi Cunningham (T rm 1, 2, 3, 4) and Ja on'\ ood (Terms 1, 2)

index editor: Alicia Bouges (Terms 3, 4)

assistant index editor: Katie Madvig (Terms 3,4)

staff members: Jessic a Soren en (Terms 1, 2), Kayla Wcbert (Term 1, 2), Lindsay Honnen (T rm 1, 2), Kellie Trox e l (Term 1, 2), Matt Struempler (Term 1, 2), Mandi Martin (Term 1, 2), ?ean Ja1:1 (Term 1, 2) Breanna Vance (Term 3, 4), Tyler Moore (Terms 3, 4), Ty picha (Terms 3, 4) and Knsten Dmneen (Term 1, 2).

adviser: Dianne Kuppig (twenty-some years and counting.)

Soread by Kelsey Campfield Story by Kelsey Campfield

Paige Sanburg, Rachel Yank, Alex Ball, Ke! ey Camptield and Travi Cunningham were the onh five that sta, ed on yearbook all year. "I thought it wa fun and I enjoyed the people in it," Cunningham said. -"=""""'~~I"!'"""""'~==:---:-,

Absolutely stoked that the eme ter i') almo t over are the fir t and second term Talon staff members. Out of all members, only fi\e members were able to tay for third term.

Seven new staff member were added at term three. They were Ty Spicha, Alicia Bouge , Katie Madvig, Jennifer Thorpe, Je ica ewsham, Tyler Moore, and Breanna Vance.

e are .

Wewanna say something We 're gonna pu t it out there , and if you're a Southwest student, you 'll probably agree, but if you don 't like it , then just ignore it

All high schools seem to think that they are better than any other , but let's face it , Southwest is k ind of a big deeJ. People k now us. We have many leather bound books and classrooms that still smell of new paint. From the seniors that were the first to go from start to f inish, to the accomplishments and success in e xtracurriculars , we soared higher this year than ever before and became the b iggest high school in the state

"This has been a spectacular year It has been everything that I could dream this school could become . When I stand bac k and observe, it leaves me in awe because of how qu ick ly we have become what we are today ," Principa l Jerry Wilks said.

Forens ics won their biggest and most challenging competition , the Lincoln East Invitational in February and f inished in the top three at state The girls varsity basketball team brought home our f ir st basketball district champ ionship Resonance placed first at half of their four show choir competitions and their band won best band at three of them. The boys varsity basketball team upset Lincoln Northeast, the number one team in the state, in one of the most e xc iting victories "The Nest" has ever seen, and finished with a 15-8 record.

Outstanding moments weren 't only found in e xtracurriculars. Thirty Silver Hawks qualified for nomination to Omaha World Herald's academic all-state team and all nine National Merit semi-finalists became finalists in February

"I was a National Merit semi-fina list but I w as even more impressed that there w ere : f nine of us " sen ior Matt Hansen said. :

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Photo by Claire Ohlsen/H :.l k

r al food s cl a ss were all a part of

This was Isher w ood' s fourth y ea r on varsity. (5) Junio r Alex Hogan

his

the LPS district

contest The students brought prepared desserts and then had to place and decorate them o n their plates. (6)

the Amadeus try -outs. Sedivy was recognize d in the spring for th e many hours she has volunteered the la st fou r years On an average week , Sedivy volunteered up to 50 hours. (7)

and othe r

part of the varsity cheerleading swi tc h ra lly ro utine. The switch rally featured the boys that the Emeralds chose to dance and cheerleading team picked to cheer. Resonance and Envy also performed at the ral ly a nd StuCo held a coupl e s' race (8) The marching band has a picture taken before they march in the New Year's Day parade in London. The 149 band members that w ent o n t he t rip were accompanied by 64 staff and chaperones.

Courtesy Photo by Sherry Md:.ranie

Photo by Kelsey Carn pf ield/Ta Ion

Photo by Leena Padhye/Talon

Ill A voting booth is e mpty at the Southwest voting site. The LPS bond issue for renovations and new schools passed on Feb. 14. For many seniors, this was their first opportunity ro vote (2 ) Sen ior Sophie Norman enjoys pizza that the AP Psychology class won as a part of the ' Free Day'. NHS awarded the 'Free Day' to the class who raised the most money for the Free the C hil d ren charity (3) Michael Opoku entertains students at lunch at the first ever Multicultural Day on Feb. 24. Speakers during every period as well as food from the cultu

the celebration (4) Senior Rachel Isherwood cuts down the net at the varsity basketball district championship game.

prepares

plate at

culinary baking

Volunteer Jake Sedivy hangs up the results for

Senior Nate Morton

male cheerleaders perform