Southwest High 2010 Yearbook

On the Cover: Student fans reveal baby powder at the state football playoff game vs Millard West. (Inset photo on back cover: rewinds to right before the toss). Photo by Wyn Wiley for Talon

CHECK IT OUT , Seniors Walker Cockrill, Canyon Bice and freshman Haylee Bice review their new schedules at open house on Aug. 14 Open house was an opportunity for students to tour the school and meet their teachers. Photo for Talon

UNLEASH THE BEAST Students join together at the varsity football game versus Southeast on Oct 9 to reveal Operation Phoenix 2.0 The original Operation Phoenix was unleashed in the 20082009 basketball season. Photo by Emily Mazur-Mickellsl Talon

HORNIN ' AROUND. Senior Ellen Calkins, sophomore Sam ar, seniors Julia Peterson and iki Freese joke around be fo re they enter the field at t ime Varsity band pert every home game e.

Photo by _lllli,j._ Talo n

When we watch movies, watch sports or DVR televi~ sion shows, we can rewind to reveal a moment or scene -all over again. The yearbook does that too through pictures and stories. When we rewind back our memories, something new can be revealed each time.

We rewind time to replay that special g·ame day, to relive that amazing catch during the NHS dodge ball tournament, or to see the reality in our school pictures that we wished turned out better.

we ·look back to realize what we can accomplish in our classes, like conquering that excruciating math final or mastering the killer project that kept us up all night long.

Students rewind time to relate with fellow club members, like snatching a lollipop from the FCCLA fall fundraiser or helping out at Key Club's Holiday Hawks.

We can even wind back time to receive a receipt from a business on our lunch break, or even when we purchased this yearbook early in the school year for only $50.

Simply, we rewind time with our minds to replay memories, to relive those moments and ultimately r~veal who we are and the way we were at Lincoln Southwest High School in the 2009-201 0 school year.

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS. Seniors Jameson

Rupert and Ian Neemann walk down a trail with their camping backpacks, near Gretna for Environmental Studies class The Environmental Studies class also visited the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium while in the Gretna area Courtesy Photo

PUMP IT UP! Varsity cheerleaders sophomore Sarni Nelson, seniors Melissa Lewis and Michaela Whitesell cheer at a football game versus Northeast. The varsity cheerleaders were present at varsity football, basketball, wrestling and volleyball games Photo by Wyn Wiley/ for Talon

LISTEN UP! Senior Chad Hassebrook speaks to freshman Jason Chau at the Soar Celebration. The Soar Celebration was an exclusive freshmen gathering, a new tradition started by Principal Rob Slauson. Photo by Kelsey Arends/ Hawk Talk

ALL TOGETHER NOW. Junior Austin Blankenau conducts the varsity marching band at the varsity football game versus North Star. The band played wearing jeans and t-shirts for the first home game of the year on Sept. 4. Photo by Wyn Wiley/ for Talon opening 1>1>

Th e 2009-201 0 school year revealed some challenges, · bi g a nd small. With student involvement and the desire to better the Lincoln Southwest community, the school year was taken to a whole new level.

At school, we were faced with many challenges and whether the challenge was big, like the loss of an active Silver Hawk, or small, like trying to win that 3 v.3 Student Council Soccer Tournament, students came together to support one another and to persevere .

Outside of school, the challenge of Operation Phoenix 2.0 was unleashed at the Oct. 9 football game and it was no secret that the Southwest Fan Federation and student section pulled it off well. The· Silver Hawks also soared above and beyond their expectations, such as the Safe Quarters Drive. Southwest had the most participants out of all the Lincoln schools.

Some students even faced challenges within themselves, such as the new STAND club which focused on the hard times in Darfur. Students broke down barriers to bridge gaps in their lives. There were few of us that let anything get in our way as we faced the world head on.

Big or small, challenges through the school year revealed who we were and proved what we could accomplish together.

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GIRL GOT GAME. Sophomore Erica Trautman tosses the b all t o a teammate d u ring the powderpuff foo t ball game on Oct. 6. The teams for Powderp uff football were divided up by grade. This game w as sophomores versus freshmen and the sophomores won Photo by Emily Kerl/ Hawk Ta lk

KICKIN' IT BACKSTAGE. Fres h m an De llan t e' Clark-Brown yanks his boot on to prep are fo r the part of a servant in the fall play . "The Miracle Worker" dep icte d the "miracle" of learning between Helen Keller and h er teacher, An n e Sul1ivan. Photo by Ellie Frankel Talon

RIDE THE WAVES. Senior Kiefe r W atson paddles a kayak thro u gh the p oo l in hi s lifetime sports class. The class was playi n g a game of water polo in kayaks as an alt erna t ive to a normal g ym work out. Photo by Ann-Christin e N aloch/ Hawk Ta lk

LOOK OUT BELOW! Seniors Katie Higgins and Abbie Mo ser drop a Barbie Doll strapped with ru bb er bands f rom t he top of the stairs. The purpose of the project w 9 s to not let Barbie hit the ground by utilizing a formula learned n N' Statistics class Photo by Kaitlyn Steinacherl Talon

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GIVE IT A TRY. Junior Taewan Kim and senior D anny Yang sell crab rangoon for Asian Caucus club Crab Rangoon was sold for a dollar one day after sch o ol as a f u ndraiser for the club. Asian Ca u cus was an opportunity for students to learn about the culture.

LETS GET IT STARTED. The student section makes themselves heard at the varsity football game vers u s Northeast. Th e student crowd grew larger

BIG REVEAL. Stud e nt s hold up numbers slowly revealing the amount of money teacher Ryan Mahoney won for the national 2009 Milken Educator Award The award of $25 , 000 was g ranted t o t h e social stud ies teacher Ph oto by

Photo by Kaitlyn Steinacherl Talon

at varsity football games versus other Lincoln schools.

Photo by Wyn Wiley/ for Talon

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MOUSTACHIO! Junior Zach Martin and senior Preston Block pucker up to a classy fish at the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium for their environmental studies class The class followed up the aquarium by backpacking in the woods overnight. Photo courtesy of Charley Bittle

GAME ON! Seniors Chris Hansen, Brenton Knight, Justin Jacobson and Dillon Pfingsten dress up for the varsity football game against Norfolk Most football games had a theme that students could dress up for Photo by Kelsey Arends/ Hawk Talk

SMILE AND CHEER Seni o r Tyler Mills and jun ior Kalvinder Singh attend Spirit Fest. Students who attended we re encouraged to get excited for the school year and the upcoming sports season Photo by Connor Stange/Hawk Talk

The days were getting shorter and the Facebook status of counting down the last days of summer became more and more frequent. Some kids crammed extra hours of work into their schedule, while others squeezed in as much fun as possible.

However, time was running out and everyone knew the inevitable: school was coming.

When Aug. 19 did come around, students rolled out of bed and made their way to classes. Security was ready at the doors, making sure that everyone had their I. Os around their neck Those who forgot their 1.D were made to buy a temporary one, which cost one dollar.

'Temporary I.D's? Not in this economy," said senior Brian Eley, followed by a laugh.

With the start of a new school year, there were a lot of activities going on. The first varsity football game

was an away game against Fremont. The student section was filled, the sound of cheering surrounded the area and everyone was sporting their Southwest Fan Federation tshirts.

The first pep rally had a strong energy of school spirit flowing throughout the main gym. Seniors Hayden Florom and Harry Norman, who acted as emcees for the pep rally, used their charisma to pump up the crowd for homecoming the next week and the varsity football game against Southeast, which was that same day.

However, with school starting, there was the challenge of balancing homework with sports and jobs.

"I work from 4 until 1 1 every night," said senior Trent Blundell, "The last thing I want to do is go home and do more work."

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THE FOUR MUSKETEERS. Freshmen Mara Frey, Melisa Sarajlic, Kylie Gokie and Sidney Delozier attend Open House At Open House students can pick up their planners, take I.D pictures, buy sport passes, bus passes and add money to school lunch accounts. Photo by Talon Staff

WE'RE NUMBER ONE! Seniors Gera Carstenson, Ciera Horse and Natalie Riggs show their school spirit at the varsity football game against Lincoln Northeast. The game was held on Sept. 1 1 where members of Southwest Fan Federation dressed in red, white and blue and arranged themselves in the shape of an American flag in the bleachers. Southwest won the game, 35-0. Photo by Kelsey Arends/Hawk Talk

FABULOUS! Senior Chris Way, Student Council president, dances with an umbrella to the song "It's Raining Men" at the Student Dance Off on Oct. 14 The money raised from the dance off was used to help build a school in Africa. Photo by Spencer Krull/Talon

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YEARBOOK SALES. Sophomore Makenzie Brookhouser sells yearbooks at Open House Students rece iv e t he ir yearbooks at the end of the school yea r. Over 700 yearbooks were purchased before t he sc ho ol year even started Photo by Talon Staff

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Aug. 22 , 2 009 was planned to be a fun day, a time to kick off the !11111!--~---~~ fall sports season and other school activities at the annual Spirit Fest. But in the blink o f a n eye , it turned into a tragic day Junior Emily Johnson, a girl who kn ew so many people and had so many friends , died as the result of a car acc ide nt. Instead of the previously scheduled Spirit Fest, an impromptu ca n dle light vigil was held outside tt1e school for the friends ...,. ....,, of Johnson an d th e Southwest community

Stude n ts an d family members gathered to talk about her, sharing stories and memor ies Johnson, along with her identical twin Erica, was a member of the sw im team and a student ambassador Emily was also a former student council member T.h e. event was meant to help the -many that were ~aJ';i!.....,.....,.t.-

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SOAR CELEBRATION A new tradition was started for freshmen They participated in the Soar Week culminating in a celebration in which som e freshmen smashed pies in teachers ' faces Mark Watt , PE teacher , is hit with a pie by freshman Keegan Williams Photo by Austin Christensen / Talon Staff

CENSUS FORMS. Students turn in a census form every year to keep information updated and help the school if there was to be an emergency Older sister Amanda Hoy ('08 graduate) turns in a form for her little sister , freshman Alexa Hoy standing behind her Photo by Talon Staff

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SuMMer fuN el\ds al\d schoolwork begiNS

School is a different experience for every individual. The first day of school almost everyone was little nervous A lot of things had changed. New teachers, new friends and so many things to look forward to

Before students started this whole new experience , they had the whole summer to relax Everyone spent their summer differently

For example, while senior Allyssa Allaire spent some of her summer vacationing in California, sophomore Jaraka Berringer worked as a nanny for a l 0-year-old girl.

However, working was not all Berringer did this past summer.

"I spent my summer hanging out with friends, taking classes at Springboard and competing in the National American Miss Pageant in Omaha," she said

Freshman Parker Stock stayed busy working and playing football this summer

Senior Kody Hamelin worked, but also did something interesting and unique " I worked

and paint balled all summer," Hamelin said .

So , what makes someone excited for the school year to begin?

"My first day was so exciting! I was so happy to see all my friends and to be around everyone my age again! Last year I didn't know very many people, but this year I started with a lot more friends and familiar faces, " Berringer said .

As for Stock ' s first day with all the other grades, "It was really tight; everyone was really nice," he said "Just the idea of high school •and football and coming to Southwest, which is such a great school, and participating in all the activities was exciting. "

For many students, school began in the summer with camps , workouts and practices Time passes quickly and this is already Southwest's eighth year. As Principal Rob Slauson stressed on the first day, "Year eight- it's going to be great."

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HELPING OUT. Sophomore Student Ambassadors

POPSICLES. Freshman

Connor Long receives his pop sicl e an d turns to talk t o a fr ie n d Freshmen received popsicles after th e ir Soar Celebrat ion, an even t that celebr ated their elevation to high school status Ph oto by Austin Chnstensen/Talon Staff

FRESHMEN'S FIRST PEP RALLY. The first day, freshmen attended their first pep rally Here clubs and activities were presented Freshman cheerleaders performed along with the band Photo by Talon Staff

EMERALDS. (Front row) Junior Caitie Cornelius , senior W hitney Sterns and senior Kalie Hejl, (Back row) junior Mikaela Ba lfany and se nior Kyla Richardson They show off a dance they've been work ing on at Spirit Fest.

Photo by Connor Stangel Hawk Talk

Nicole Ullman and Katy Sheaff help prepare lanyards for students Student Council members juniors

Kate Meyer and Jordan Murphy sell cookies Photo by Talon Staff

RECEIVING SCHEDULES. Junior Erica Johnson helps a freshman with his schedule Just freshmen attended the first day of school The day included a tour of the school. Photo by Kaley Cook/Hawk Talk

From t-shirts to themes to baby powder, SFF ended up going all out.

SFF or 'T he Student Fan Federation" is relat ively new t o Southwest.

The grou p started two years ago when Taylor Quandt (class of '08) and Alex Hartmann (Class o f ' 09 ) tried to promote school spirit by sell i ng SF F T-shirts and encouraging the student cro w d t o g o wild at sporting events

Last year Hartmann continued the legacy and c reated a few new traditions along the way.

Since then the group has grown in popularity even more. SFF helped make students more excited about going to the games and more enthused about showing their school spirit and dressing up for sporting events.

SFF came up with fun themes to pump up the crowd like the "Black out" for the rematch against Southeast or the "American Flag" for the

times students too sp irit days to the extreme~t,IV.lt, ~tftl Kevin Jeffery sha ved LSW into h is hair and dyed tt green. "I deci ded if we ha d a contest for best sch ool sp irit I wo uld have probably won, " he said Photo by Em i ly Mazur-Mickellsl Talon

Sept. 1 1 g ame against Northeast.

"It makes our stud en t secti o n so muc h better if everyone participates in the themes and just goes crazy," said senior Alex Duff, a SFF member.

After graduating, the leading senior of SFF passes d o wn the leadership position to a new coming senior for the next year Hartmann chose Brandon Boosalis for this year's Southwest Fan Federation leader.

Boosalis reinvented CDperation Phoenix with Operation Phoenix 2.0 and came up with a few new things like throwing baby powder at the football g ames

"We organized all the themes, made and sold the T-shirt s and just tried to get everyone involved so we can make this year as great as possible," said Boosalis

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STARS AND STRIPES !. At the game against Northeast the entire student section wore red, white and blue shirts because the game took place on Patriots Day Sept. 1 1 It turned the stands into a " man-made" flag Although the idea may have seemed overwhelming at first, everything pulled together and a big American flag took form.

SEE-YA-LATER-ALLIGATOR!. SFF organized a white out for the second game of t h e season and fi rst home game against North Star. The Hawks defeated the Gators, 42-20 Photo by Wyn Wiley for Talon

A FOGGY NIGHT Baby powder was the illusion that was seen at the start of each half at the state playoff game against Millard West. It proved to be a messy way for Southwest to go all out. Photo by Emily Mazur-M ick e /1s/ Talon

LOUD AND PROUD. Senior Brandon Boosalis cheers at the game on Oct. 9 against Southeast. Although it was a disappointing loss, a game between rival schools was never less than exciting.

Photo by Emily Mazur-Micke/1s/ Talon

Photo by Wyn Wiley for Talon

AND THE BAND COMES MARCHING IN! The band plays just as much of a role in the games as the student section Here sophomore Adrianna Ochoa was caught playing around with crash cymbals at the homecoming game Photo by Emily

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[> The varsity cheerleaders changed their hair ribbons each quarter to participate in Operation Phoenix 2.0 at the game against Southeast Oct. 9.

[>A sign in the crowd that read "Black Taco?" Hello, It was a black out!

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[> Reagen Bergen and Dan Peters shouted the Hillshire Farms catch phrase at random times during football games "I said a beef hot-links!"

[> There were only three pep rallies this fall for Freshmen First Day, Spirit Fest and Homecoming

TAKE IT OFF! Silver Hawks knew about Operation Phoenix at state basketball last year This year SFF brought it back at the Southeast game Oct. 9, with a new twist , Operation Phoenix 2.0, split the crowd into a black, green, white and pink section at the beginning of the game Each section changed to a new color shirt per quarter Photo by Emily Mazur-Mickel/sf

GIVE ME 20! Every touchdown for the Silver Hawks the student section had to do something crazy. Senior Nick Mueting did push-ups over the crowd during most of the football games Photo by Wyn Wiley/ for the Talon

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HOW MUCH IS THIS? That's probably one of the most common phrases while going shopping. Westfield located on 61 st and O streets and SouthPointe on 291 0 Pine Lake Road are malls to shop, grab something to eat and hang out with friends

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Out of 3 l students surveyed during October 21 said they couldn 't live without music 8 said they couldn't live witho _ ut N 2 said they couldn't live without books 67. 7°/o

PUT A RING ON IT. Seniors Wyn Wiley and Jake Linder dance along with Emily Pike to the song "Single Ladies" by Beyonce at the Dance Off on Oct. 14.The Student Council sponsored the event. It gave students a way to bust out dance moves and raise money for building a school in Africa.

Photo by Spencer Krull I Talon

SODA POP Just across the street from LSW, Rocket Fizz is the place to be for soft drinks Originally started in California, Rocket Fizz has over 400 different types of sodas ranging from root beer and lemonade to other flavored soda pops They also sell sugary treats. "It's a good place to hang out and grab something to drink, " said freshman Jessica Munns Photo by Thao Huynh/ Talon

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from theb~irfnirl.Q Ml ·me-, entauunmen ha s been something people looked to in order to pass time, wheth er it be going to a drive- i n to watch a movie, g o ing t o sp orting events or just sitting at home watching 1V.

But with the turn of the 2 1st century, the world has changed with technological advances. The old things your grandparents or parents used to do may be all the same but with a new twist. Teens still spend their time going to movies, watching a Husker or Silver Hawk game, shopping, watching N or just hanging out with friends.

However, with all those things to do, they've probably included chatting on Facebook about yesterday's episode of "The Office" listening to the latest Jay-Z CD or just simply talking or texting on a cell phone with friend about the upcoming movie with Johnny Depp.

Without entertainment, where would everyone be?

" Without all these kinds of entertainment

The average tim e an Ameri can teen watches television is three hours a d ay One hundred and eighty minutes! In just one week that's almost 21 hours. In just one day a teen usually spends about two hours listening to music. In a week that would total 14 hours; that's about two school days.

While teens spend an average of $38 a week just for entertainment, during the entire year teens would spend $ 1, 982. 7 4 on just watching movies, hanging out with friends, shopping and other things. Entertainment is what regulates our lives in the 2 1st century.

"I thinkI spend more time on entertainment more than I should," junior Brett Bancroft said. Without movies, concerts, 1V shows and entertainment, what would teen's lives revolve around?

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HANDS IN THE AIR. The student section raises their hands up for kickoff at the varsity football game versus Southeast on Oct. 9. Attending football games was a must for some students.

SHINING STAR . Senior Taylor G enrich performs in the Star City Parade on Dec. 5 with Ha rt Dance Academy, a local dance st udio The St ar City Parade first premiered on the streets of down.town Lincoln in 1984 Photo

LINING UP AT THE DOOR. Students line up at the door to check theic; ti ck ets at h omecoming. The theme for homecoming was Rodin' the'~ by Kelsey Arends/ Hawfs I:j/,k

f\yii,ay w: dan ce on Sa t urday,, Oct. 17 Photo by Talon Staff.

Photo by Emily Mazur-Mickellsl Talon

SHHH! Sophomore Haley Condello finds a magazine in the school library to read. Reading was a common hobby, whether it was reading a text, chat, book, newspaper, magazine, poems, or billboards.

Photo by Thao Huynh/ Talon

ALWAYS JAMMIN '. Sophomore Elizabeth Ruiz, freshman Lizbeth H ern andez and sophomore Mimi Ostiguin take a quick break from jamming' to music on their iTouch. A lot of students tend to listen to music or text outside of class Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

TOUCH VS. KEYBOARD "I would prefer my phone to be both touch screen and keyboard, " said sophomore Ghazal Manjouri Samani. She owns a Palm where both screens and keyboard are provided Her phone also has a stylus to use when you don't want to use your fingers

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~Goodbye Old, Hello New

Love touch screeNS? 1k"NOw, it'sa touchy subject

Rem ember when you were younger and all the only technology you had was a huge compute r, land lines and your Walkman? Now days we have ev eryt h ing at a click of a mouse and a touch of a screen

The latest music player to emerge is the new Zune HD, which is similar to the iTouch, but you can customize it with five different colors and custom engravings on the back Unlike the iTouch, it doesn ' t have thousands of applications you can access. It's mainly just a music player that supports HD TV, radio and also surfing the web.

" I think they're sexy, I want one!" said freshman Lizbeth Hernandez about the ZuneHD

The HP Touch Smart is a hybrid between your standard keyboard and mouse and a touch screen. This is a new technology, which makes things easier for the user, rather than scrolling · around and having trouble finding what you want.

''I'd rather have something I could touch. Since I've gotten used to my touch screen phone already, everyth ing for me is practical ly touch," sophomore Gia Tapia explained Compute rs are a key sour ce in technology because a lmost everyone uses one to get through the day

Cell phones have been adored since ''texting" was invented, and it seems that phones keep upgrading and opening doors to newer things and ideas for the future of phones

"I love my touch screen phone. I can ' t live without it!" responded sophomore Nancy Ho

More and more people are buying touch screen devices or they're buying phones that allow you to do multiple tasks, like listening to music, using MapOuest, checking e-mail and surfing the web

Technology is a key source in everyday life for most people It constantly keeps growing and upgrading itself to the newest features.

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CREATING A MASTERPIECE Senior Chris Street designs a layout during his second block class Computer applications is the next step after keyboarding

GAME ON Sophomore Taylor Roberts plays games in class while waiting for everyone to get done with a test. A major feature to the iPhone and iPod Touch was the App Store which offered thousands of applications that peoeple could download Her favorite game to play was Tetri s

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING. Freshme n Dy lan Bard tal ks on his cellphone before heading back to clas Students rarely talked on the phone during sc h ool unless it was something important Photo by Azia

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What tedlNology do you really li e?

Out of 2 1 people iNterviewed

50% said they like _ the touch technology

30% said they like the game systems

20% said they like going green

What tedlNology would you like to ~e iN 1he future?

50% said they'd like to see robots

25% said they'd like to see hover crafts

13% said they'd like to see better game systems

8% said they'd like to see a better wireless technology

4% said other

JUST PLAYIN' AROUND. While in the library trying to pass time. senior Dylan Payne plays the game "Donkey Kong " This is one of the few games that could be accessed from school computers. Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

PICTURE TIME! During Spirit Week junior Will Threats takes pictures of what he sees in school He also previewed the picture to see if it was good quality Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

~OWER LIFT IN . _During ~eight training class everyone has their own way to get themselves int~ fo_cu~ed on ilft1n~. Senior Leo Navarro listens to music while benching to pass the time while Junior Melvin Hite spots him. Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

TEXTING. Junior Taylor Byers take s time to text while going to get a quick drink "I usually do all my texting out of class but there ' s time where I do it in class too ," said Byers Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

Lunch was the time to take a break from classes, chow down on some food and catch up on the latest gossip with friends

Juniors and seniors had the privilege of going off campus for lunch while the sophomores and freshmen were stuck at school, but they could eat outside on the front campus, if they wanted, as long as they didn't pass the flag pole.

"It's really inconvenient that I can't go out to lunch because I don't want school lunch, but the security guards won't let me leave," said sophomore Halley Schlemmer.

Upperclassmen stayed in and ate a regular school lunch once in a while, especially when the weather was bad or if they just didn't feel like driving

Some •students preferred the a la carte extras instead of a regular school lunch Pizza Hut pizza and Blimpie sandwiches were served in the cafeteria. A lot of students missed having the sandwiches from Subway and the

SCAN MY ID, PLEASE.

Junior Mackenzie Steinauer waits in line to get her student ID scanned. The check out lines usually ran smoothly and students didn't have to wait too long because there were multiple checkout lines that they could choose from

SALAD BAR. Junior Austin Ford makes himself a salad for lunch. The cost was $2.25 and was a healthy alternative to a regular school lunch. Unfortunately salads weren't chosen very often by students Photo by Jessica Ernestil Talon

Valentino's pizza that was served last year.

"I like Valentino's pizza because it tastes better than Pizza Hut and it's less greasy," said senior Morgan Bergen.

Students were given 30 minutes for lunch, and most thought it wasn't enough time. The upperclassmen had less time to eat when they went out because of the time it took to drive and their food to be made Students often had to hurry in order to get back to class on time.

"I like eating at school better because I always feel rushed going out," s,;1id junior Kayla Magnuson. -J

Some students would sneak in a snack during class, even though it wasn't usually allowed because teachers didn't want you to spill. The rule was students could only bring water bottles to class, but some rooms with tiled floors allowed other beverages and food as well. It depended on how lenient the teacher was.

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KETCHUP. Senior Treyton Buresh gets ketchup for his french fries and chicken fingers. There was usually a long line for the ketchup unless students used the less crowded ketchup station by the Blimpie sandwiches Sometimes the cafeteria would run low on ketchup which was a big problem for students Photo by Jessica Ernestil Talon

FRIES. Lunch worker Arny Whitmarsh restocks the a la carte fries. Students didn ' t have to buy a meal to get the fries, but could buy the fries separately Workers had to constantly restock the fries because they were a popular food item. Photo by Jessica Ernestil Talon

WAIT YOUR TURN. Students wait in line for a regular $,Choo! lunch. The cost for a standard school lunch was $2.25 which included a main meal, fries, a side of fruit, a side of vegetables and a carton of milk. Photo

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YOlJ DIDN 'T KNOW..

*600-700 school lunches were sold each day.

*300 students were in each lunch.

* 300-400 students went off campus for lunch each day.

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* 800 milk cartons were sold daily; 550 chocolate, 1 SO white, and 100 skim

* 500 slices of pizza were sold each day, which equals 50 pizzas .

*25 people ate a salad bar meal everyday.

* $3.50 was the price of an average a la carte meal.

* 6 students ate the vegetarian meals made by the cafeteria everyday.

* 1,000 food trays had to be washed everyday.

* 2,000 desserts were made each week.

Source: Judy Fleischman, Food Manager

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SCHOOL LUNCH. Chicken fingers and fries were popular food items Cheese stuffed breadsticks were also a favorite meal for students. Photo by Jessica Ernestil Talon

CHATTING

Juniors Emily Michael, Jenna Sorensen , Taylor Hansen, Mackenzie Ashton and Kayla Magnuson talk with each other during lunch Students enjoyed getting the opportunity to take a break from their class and spend time with their friends during lunch Photo by Jessica Ernestil Talon

TRAFFIC. Social studies teacher Alison Kelley makes her way through the crowded line to get herself some hash browns The line for the main meal sometimes got chaotic because there was only one line and some students were not patient enough to wait for their turn. Photo by Jessica Ernestil Talon

to behave When it was all said and done , Helen ate with her spoon and folded her napkin

TABLE MANNERS. After nearly two weeks of living alone in the garden house with Miss Annie , LJunior Emily Schmidt) Helen (senior Rachel Pieloch) has learned to eat with a spoon and use her napkin Photo by Makenzie Brookhouserl Talon

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The Miracle Worker?

23 cast Members

WATER. Helen Keller (senior Rachel Pieloch) and Anne Sullivan LJunior Emily Schmidt) fill up the water pitcher when Helen finally understands the meaning of the words Annie has been teaching her for weeks It is an amazing moment for both of them as Helen utters the word "water "

Photo by Makenzie Brookhouserl Talon

TAN T RUM. Helen (senior Rachel Pieloch) throws a tantrum at dinner , and Miss Annie makes everyone leave the room so she can try to teach Helen how

Photo by Makenzie Brookhouserl Talon

The Mi acle Wor r is a well-known story to almost anyone, but putting this story onto a stage was more of a challenge than it seemed

The Miracle Worker is about the Keller family which included Captain Keller played by sen ior Spenser Stokes, Kate Keller played by sophomore Emily Thomas and their impaired daughter Helen Keller, played by senior Rachel Pieloch.

Everyday life for this family is a challenge due to Helen being blind, deaf and mute However the family finds a glimmer of hope for Helen when Annie Sullivan, played by junior Emily Schmidt, comes to help Helen

Helen is a unique character . Director Bob Henrichs invited a teacher for the blind to come speak with the staff and teach Pieloch and the rest of the cast about blindness and its effects

Another difficult role was Annie Sullivan Schmidt describes her experience in the play as a challenge "[It took] so much time but it was worth every minute! I met a ton of people and

learned a lot about acting," said Schmidt.

Aside from he cast, the production included many crews, such as technical crew, set/ •scenery , makeup and costume crew For this play, all the costumes were made by hand

Many people have seen the movie "The Miracle Worker, " but what were the differences between the movie and performing on stage?

Most of the lines were similar, if not the same as the movie. However, unlike a movie where a camera moves with the actor to catch every angle, during the play, actors were positioned so that the audience could see them at all times, yet still have the same message conveyed .

While being in the audience watching the play is a great experience, what is it like behind the scenes? "It's really fun," said Dellante' ClarkBrown. "Everyone is waiting for their scene, laughing and having a good time ."

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ANY MINUTE NOW. Kate

Keller (sophomore Emily Thomas) and Aunt Ev LJunior Stephanie Kahler) wait outside while Miss Annie teaches Helen to eat breakfast from her own plate

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THE LADDE When

MISS Annie in h r s Keller (senior an) has to get the ntually •

SHE KNOWS. Once Helen (senior Rachel Pieloch) says water she runs to the bell and rings it for her family to hear Miss Annie LJunior Em ily Schmidt) calls out "she knows! " Helen ' s family is grateful that Miss Annie could help Helen do what no one thought was possible ,

ALLOW ME. Annie Sullivan LJunior Emily Schmidt) and Captain Keller (senior Spense r Stokes) argue over who will carry Miss Annie ' s suitcase Finally Captain Keller lets her take it because she has a doll she wants to give to Helen Photo by Makenzie Brookhouserl Talon

HELP YOURSELF. Helen (senior Rachel Pieloch) helps herself to everyone ' s breakfast plates in the morning Although Helen's family is used tQ it, Miss Annie Uunior Emily Schmidt) is not. Photo by Maken1ie Broo{( houser/ Talon

Photo by Makenzie

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Photo by Makenzie Brookhouserl Talon

SPIRIT! The vars ity cheerleaders get ready to perform a cheer at the homecom i n g pep ral ly Oct. 9 During the pep rally, the royalty for grades 9 through 1 1 were announced Photo by Kaley Cook/Hawk Talk

DANCE BREAK ! Seniors

Katie Tyler, Emily Young , Kristina Wilson , Abby Bordeaux , and Shannon Moon take a break from dancing to cool off from the intense heat. There were drinks and snacks served as refreshments Photo by Talon Staff

Homecoming ' 09, a night of nostalg ia a nd lo o king back . Looking back on the game, loo king back to the ' S0's

Spirit Week , Oct. 12 through Oct. 16, wa s a hit. Students came to school dressed appropriately for each theme Monday was H awaiian Day , Tuesday was Fashion Disaster D ay, Wednesday was Decade Day, Thursday was Monochromatic Day, and Friday was of course, LSW Spirit Day, to give a joyful send off to the homecoming game , Friday Oct. 16 against Elkhorn High School. Elkhorn won, 4 114

Due to people rushing to get ready after the football game, the dance was moved from its original date on Friday, Oct. 16, t o Oct. 17, a Saturday, which give pe o ple more time to prepare , as well as giving people a chance to catch some sleep and study for PSATs that Saturday morning

The theme of the dance was a sort of S0 ' s sock hop theme ; Rock the Night Away The

cheerleaders and the dance team sponsored the dance and chose the theme, but did not want to incorporate a lot of S0 ' s style of music into it.

Fortunately the dance music was familiar to all and easy to dance to But the decorations told the story of poodle skirts and saddle shoes, bobby socks, and lots and lots of hair gel.

Jordan Tyrance and Effie Greene were crowned homecoming king and queen. The winners W!;=re chosen by popular vote of the seniors on the LSW web site Each grade got to vote for their representatives

The freshmen royalty, Josh Banderas and Kristina Zvolanek, sophomore royalty , Gavin Friehauf and Hannah Hamilton , and junior royalty, Brian Vuu and Erica Johnson were announced at the Oct. 9 pep rally, while senior royalty were announced at the homecoming dance

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T HE CANDIDATES ARE. Homecoming queen candidates Alexis Bartek, Gera Cartenson , Effie Greene, Tayler Lord , and Allison O ' Connors stand together during halftime at the homecoming game The candidates were escorted across the field Photo by Tre Uhrmacher/ Hawk Talk

AND THE WINNER IS! Homecoming King and Queen, Jordan Tyrance and Effie Greene wear their crowns proudly as people scream and cheer for them. The other candidates were Jake Linder, Hayden Florom, Ryan Plager, Ted Kocher , Tayler Lord, Gera Carstenson , Allison O ' Connor and Alexis Bartek

LAST MINUTE! Students stand in l ine waiting to buy their homecoming t ickets The homecoming tic ke ts were sold Oct. 12 through luncht ime o n O ct. 15 Students had to pay t h e ir fi n es in ord er to buy a tic ket. Phot o by Emily Kerl/ Hawk Talk

Photo by Talo n Staff

DOOR DECORATING! Alison Kelley's cla ss d ispla ye d their school spirit by d ecora t i ng th is door, and winning first p lace for t h e d oor decorating contest. This t o o k p lace d ur ing first block.

~t do you do to get reaJy for hotv1eeoM1Nc;v

"For homecoming, i'm going to shower, wear so mething nice, a n d I'll get a d at e if I want to, but I'm planning on just going with f riends. I hope homecoming is fun this year Some people say that it's boring, but others say it's fun. So we ' ll see "

-Tyler Hoppes

, freshman

"The amount I'm going to spend will be a bout $30 0 My dress was $250, and paying off my fines and getting me and my date ' s tickets will be around $50 I have a date from out of school. I do my own makeup and hair I expect this t o be my best one yet because it's my senior year, and that is always supposed to be your best! "

- Kelsie Bard , senior

MOVE IT! Students dance at homecoming The DJ played familiar songs, as well as some of the classic tunes from the ' 50's Photo by Talon Staff

ONE COLOR! Freshmen Brittany Beard and Makenz ie Beard are dr esse d up for Mon ochromatic Day dur ing Sp irit week Students dressed in al l one color on this day. Photo by Tre Uhrmacher/ Hawk Talk

COMB OVER! Senior Anthony Reyes combs his hair over during the passing period on Decade Day He dressed as someone from the so s Photo by Dominique Krout/ Talon

Photo by D ominique Krout/ Talon

~FashloN forward

· "All 1hat al\d a M] of chip~ ,,

High school isn't just about the grades, the teachers and who's friends with who - it's also about fashion.

The way you dress every day can reveal who you are to the world around you. Did you know that within the first three seconds of

Imeeting a person, they already have an idea of what your personality is like just from seeing the way you dress? Different people choose different ways to show who they are through different styles of clothing.

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Senior Tim Miller chose to dress in a very independent, down to earth style About 90 percent of his clothes came from the Black Market, a trendy thrift shop which is located downtown His outfit usually consisted of skinny jeans. a tshirt, jacket and comfortable shoes.

'Tm very conscious about what brands I'm buying, " Miller said

When it comes to clothes shopping, he likes to keep it simple. He said he doesn ' t buy shoes from Nike because of their use of cheap labor. Miller was often seen wearing an emerging shoe brand. Toms.

"It feels like you ' re not wearing shoes , " Miller said

For every pair of Toms shoes that is bought, a pair goes to a in need It's a win-win situatio

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If you don ' t know junior Hadlee Henrichs personally, you might know her as "the girl with th purple eyes "

Fashion isn ' t restricted to · just clothing items. It also includes makeup, and things like eyeglasses and colored contacts.

Things like these were popular among teenagers at Southwest, making for a fashionably diverse community

Everyone has their own way to describe their style Henrichs described her own style as unique and different, talking about her colored contacts •

"I hear 'that's the girl with the purple eyes· a lot at school," Henrichs said

Photo by Ellie Franke/Talon

UGG. A popular shoe brand , Ugg boots, were seen around school almost every day They were worn with dressy outfits, such as jeans or a dress. They were also worn with casual wear , such as sweat pants and a t-shirt Photo by runningwithheels com

The variety of fashion at Southwest was nothing short of diverse There were people who had straight set styles, and others who wore whatever they pleased

Junior Natalie Derr is the kind of person who didn't have strict guidelines for her clothing styles.

"I wear whatever I feel like My style basically reflects my personality and my mood most days "

"Everyone has their own sense of fashion th t's ha akes it so unique I couldn't ,_ l:IUlng to a school er everyo

ll0c-.~t1lie same. Ute would be so boring,"

Since the new millennium, many new styles and categories of fashion have emerged. Some of these fashions are very different from anything that existed before the year 2000.

Sophomore Bailey Crowl is someone who you might consider to be part of the "scene" group, because she chose to express herself with darker clothes accented by bright bursts of color and choppy hairstyles.

Although this style differs greatly from many students' choice of fashion, it isn ' t a big deal.

"People don 't care what other people wear," Crowl said

Besides the occasional crazy outfit that was seen around the school, not a fuss was made about the variety of fashion

Photo by Ellie Franke/Talon

Based ON a raK!oM svrvey of S1lver Ha~s

0: You are on a first date and ... (A deal breaker for you would be)

A) UM, HELLO! He's on a date with you, not your waitress. You thought he was just this flirty with you.

B) He's really cocky and into himself, what about you?

[> Senior Missy Lewis

C) She is way too shy. Has she ever heard of a four-letter word?

D) Keep your hands to yourself! You are tried of fighting her off already, and this has just been the first date.

[> Junior Charles Chen

Q: WHAT?I! They cannot be ending it that way. (The worst way to break up with someone)

A) On your anniversary, so much for those big dinner plans

B) Through a text message WHILE you are in isolation with H 1N 1...

[> Junior Brogan Bennett

C) They are making you end it, you can tell. But you are going to do it anyway cause it is just annoying ...

D

) You got on their Facebook and you see that they are single now

[> Junior Allison Bennett

Q : What is your favorite pick up line?

A) "Did you fart? Cause you just blew me away!"

[>Freshman T.J . Mulgrue

B) "Are you a math book? Cause baby you solve all my problems!

[>Sophomore Zachary Cook

C) "Hey, do you like Pokemon? Cause I like to peek-at-chu!"

D) "Get me a library card cause I'm checking you out!

E) "Officer, arrest her! She just stole my heart!"

[> Junior Tony Devries

[>Senior Danny Yang

[>Senior Logan Campbell

Q: You arrive at school and walk into your locker section. Then you realize you're suddenly in the middle of a underclassman couple who feel the need to prove how much they are into each other. (What do you do?)

A) Yell "Get a room!" Do they really think you want to see that? I mean you did just eat.

[> Junior Omar AttaiE

B) Avoid eye contact. You feel like you are ruining a pri v at e moment. Not tha ' they even heard your locker opening over the "I love you more" "No I love yoL more" game they have going on.

C) Think "A ww , t hat is a cute coupl e NOT! What is w ith the whole high sc ho swee t heart thing anyway ?"

!> Se n io r Elliott Schrag

D) Go out of your way to ru in the mom ent. If you can't be happy in a relatio ship, why should some fteshmen7

WHAT A CUTE COUPLE! Junior MacKenzie Ashton brought her boyfriend, Tony Suarez from East High, to Southw est homecoming. Dating kids from other schools was not uncommon. In fact, many prefer it. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon

T H E A RT O F DOU BLE DATING. Many couple like MacKenzie Ashton and Tony Suarez and Taylor Elgin and Andy Gospodarski, get together for dances, school events, or dinner and a movie. Double dating was popular and a fun way to hangout with friends as well as one's partner Photo courtesy of Taylor Elgin

WHAT BABES! Junior Taylor Elgin, of the JV volleyball team, and junior Andy Gopsodarski, who was on JV baseball last year, had been dating since eight grade. They went to most of the varsity football games together like this one, through rain or shine. Photo courtesy of Taylor Elgn

HOW ADORABLE AR E T H EY? Junior Tanner Labach and his sophomore girlfriend, Haylee Cotton had been dating for a year and eight months at the time of homecoming. They also attended last years homecoming together. Photo courtesy of Haylee Cotton

OH BABY! Sophomore Dylan Exstrom and Cassie Schwartz from East had been dating for nine months as of November 2009 They did almost everything together and were called "the Barbie and Ken of relationships by peers Photo courtesy of Dylan Exstrom

MAKlNG lT lAST

Juniors Abby Graham and Zach Gokie had been dating since they were in 6th grade " I really like your personality" jokes Graham, when asked what her favorite thing about Gokie was.

"I really couldn't tell you why we lasted this long, I guess it's because we were best friends before, " she said.

"No, I think it's your bubbly personality," counters Gokie with a laugh. They also believe they have lasted so long because they are not big on PDA and they didn't feel a need to be together every second of everyday.

WHAT SWEETHEARTS ! Senior Mark Korsakas and junior Abbie Sloup celebrated their ten month ~nniversary in October. Korsakas was ba and Sloup a JV cheerleader, all of his games last year. Photo Talon

"We hung out maybe twice a week and it's almost always just the weekends ," Graham said "We haven't got annoyed of each other yet I guess" said Gokie Gokie has attended most of Graham's b asketball games for the past two years and she went to watch his cross country and track meets as well.

They said they believe they are a good support system for each other and really understand each other well.

FOR EV ER. Junior Abby Graham and Zach G ie have made their relationship work for over five years. Photos courtesy of Abby Graham

ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS. Senior W yn W iley spen d s money in t h e snack sh op in the morning. St u dents like to buy different things in the snack shop such as water, Gatorade, poptarts, c h i p s and crackers. Photo by M acy Perry/ Ta l on

Southwest studeNts say ..

Where do you work?

.; 27 worked in fast food

• 10 worked in a grocery store

• 2 worked in a department store

• 3 worked in a retirement home

• 30 had other jobs

86 different students were surveyed in October to find out where they work and how they spend the ir money .

If you don ' t have a job, how do you get money?

• 15 got money from allowance

• 10 g o t money for getting good grades

• 15 got money from presents

•35 got money from asking parents

• 19 got money another way

Student's could choose as many options that applied to them

Has the eco n omy aff ected you r spending?

• 14 spent more money

• 3 1 spent less

• 3 1 stayed the same

Wh at do you sp end m on er o n? (m ark those t ha t a pply spent their money on food

• 76 spent money on en t ertainment

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• 28 spent money on their car

•32 saved t heir money

•25 spent th ir money in other ways

GOT FRUIT? Senior Danny Middleton spends his time outside of school working at Russ's Market stocking fresh produce. Not only does M iddleton stock pro du ce he also is a cashier Photo by Macy Perry/ Talon

BABYSITTING Freshm a n Ki ara Moo d y is not old enough to have a job so she makes money by babysitti n g M any f res hm en and sophomores don't have jobs

Photo by Macy Perry/ Talon

Having a job and making money is important to high school students. Students always need money to pay for the things they want or need

Senior Ashlee Lojka spent her time after school and on the weekends working at Runza. Once school was out Lojka headed home so she could get ready for work. Lojka made $7.25 an hour, but her paychecks were always different because her hours varied

"I love my job because you get to interact with kids to adults everyday," she said.

However, with having a job often came the responsibilities of having to pay for things. Lojka said she paid for her car insurance, gas and her clothes. When Lojka wasn't spending her money on those things, she was saving it for something she needed, rather than something she wanted.

Junior Tyler LaTella worked at GP Autos where he put neon lights on the bottom of cars. La-Tella made $9. 75 an hour, spending his

money on his cell phone , gas and car insurance. Extra money went towards car accessories and cool toys. La-Tella's life style has not changed since the economy has changed.

Freshman Kiara Moody was not old enough to have a job, so she made money by babysitting "I love it," she said. Moody managed her money so she could use it on things she really wanted

Lots of students worked at fast food restaurants, grocery stores, and department stores Restaurants that were popular places to work at were Macaroni Grill, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Famous Dave's, all located near school.

Managing both school and work was important for high schoolers and one of the most difficult things to do, but at the end of the day, most students found ways to make ends meet.

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RUNZA. Fast food was a popular job that high school students had. Runza is another place where students worked. It is close to school and around the SouthPointe area. Photo by Macy Perry/

GOT SCHOOL SPIRIT.

Southwest students and parents take time to spend money in the booster store. They can buy all different types of Southwest items, including sweatshirts and T-shirts.

SUPER SAVER. Many students spent time shopping or working at Super Saver since it is close to school. A.s a job, most students were cashiers or shelf stockers Photo by Macy Perry/ Talon

FROM BAG BOY TO CASHIER Senior Kody Hamelin is a cashier at Russ's. Hamelin has been working at Russ's for almost two years since he started working as a courtesy clerk. Photo by Macy Perry/ Talon

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Photo by Talon Staff

CRAB RANGOON A.sian Caucus spends time selling crab rangoon to students to raise money. Students spend money on school fundraisers to help support their school. Photo by Emily Mickel/sf Talon

Expressing yourself? Why not? High school students do it all the time. Students expressed themselves with tattoos (also called tats), piercings and now even colored contacts Getting tats and piercings could reflect a lot about a person. At the age of 18, many students took advantage of getting whatever they could place on their body

Sophomore Tren Minhas has a tattoo on the left of his chest of Kalsa and Sanskrit writing.

"It symbolizes family and religion. It means a lot to me," said Minhas. Even though it hurt, he said it was worth it and he would want more but is not sure what yet. "I hate people who get tattoos and say they mean a lot when it's like a butterfly or something," said Minhas

Getting a piercing also showed a lot about a person. Most people got them because they looked cool. There are several places you can pierce. The most popular piercing in high school are the cartilage, belly button, the nose, tongue

IMPERFECT BEAUTY.

Senior McKenzie Malone has her tattoo on her upper right back. She got it Halloween in 2008. "I thought no junior in high school had a tattoo," she said.

CRAZY EYES. Junior Allie Imhof has pink eye contacts, a new trend in high schoolers She said it's difficult to see through them sometimes She wore these contacts for Halloween

Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon

and gauges in earlobes

"I like to express myself with something that I wanted. I didn't want to be like every one else," junior Marissa Perkins said. Not only does she have ten piercings, but she also has two tattoos, one of a star on her ankle which was a cover-up for a tattoo she made herself

A new trend is color contacts . Whether it's prescription contacts or not, anyone can get them More and more students are taking the chance to express themselves with different colors Junior Allie Imhof has pink and teal nonprescription contacts, which she bought in Las Vegas over the summer

"I thought that they would be fun and different." Imhof said.

Showing who are and what you're like is easy. You can express yourself in other ways too, like art. Some lived by the motto: Don't be just another face in the crowd, be unique and just express yourself

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HAVING A MEANING. Sophomore Tren Minhas is very proud of his family tattoo that he got last year He ' s not afraid to share the meaning about his tattoo located on his chest.

Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon

Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon

CREEPY SPIDER . Junior Jenna Sorensen shows off her fake tattoo for the Halloween season. Some people prefer fake tattoos opposed to permanent. Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon

GEMINI Senior Casey Dallman has a tattoo that says "Gemini" that is across his right arm. He got it at the beginning of the summer just for fun Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon

Stats ON Tats & Pierci1'qs

20 students were randomly surveyed ab out tatto o s and pierc ings

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[>Did 1t hurt to get a tattoo .:i

3-YES

7-N O

[> Are you scared to get a tattoo .:i

3-YES

17-NO

[>Have you l'v1cl:Je your OWN p1erciNg .:i

6-YES

14- N O

[>Have you l'v1cl:Je your OWN tattoo .:i

3-YES

17 -NO

[>Have you goNe beh1l\d your pareNts- back to get a p1erciNg .:i

7-YES

15-NO

[>Have you goNe beh1Ng your pareNts· back to get a tattoo .:i

6-YES

14-NO

SMILE FOR THE CAM E RA. Junior Marissa Perkins has her tongue pierced and a star tattoo on her ankle She has ten piercings and two tattoos Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon

DAZZLIN G. Junior Nicole Ulm plans to graduate early She got her nose pierced just for the fun of it when she was 15 and also has her tongue and belly button pierced Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon

UFE. Senior Drew Barker has the symbol of death on his left arm and on his right arm a symbol of life. He said that by the end of his senior year it still may not be completed The tattoo on his chest saying "I Shall Die of Having Lived" explains itself, he said Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon.

ST UD MUFFIN Trew Bushousen has both of h is ea rs pierced. It is more common for guys to have b ot h ears pierced, rather than just one Photo by Fe li cia Lopez/ Talon

in

hallway These w ere the res u lts.

ROAR. Senior Drew Barker has this tattoo on his inner left arm. This tattoo represents ho w Barker l ik es to be independent an d live on his own , like a bear Photo by Felici a Lopez/ Talon

PLAYING TH E PART Senior Melissa Schorr and alumni Nick Dahlquist sing a duet from "Mamma Mia" in full costume during Encore Ill. The many festive costumes were one of the many staples o f this year's show. Photo by Tre Uhrmacher/Hawk Talk

IN THE WOODS . Senior Tyson Mizell and alumn Nick Jester sing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" during Encore Ill Jester was one of the alumni who returned to perform in Encore Ill

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GUNS HELD HIGH Alumni Nick Jester

and Nick Dahlquist raise prop guns for • their "Assasins" number during a rehearsal of Encore Ill.

For the third year, Lincoln Southwest Theatre put on a production of Encore, this year titled "Encore Ill". Southwest students and alumni got together and performed numbers from musicals such as "Sweeney Todd," "The Producers," and "Hairspray "

Once again, snow days caused a complication with scheduling, making Thursday night's performance rescheduled to a matinee Sunday, Jan. 10 There was also a performance on Friday, Jan. 9 that was performed as sc h eduled.

by Tre Uhrmacher/ Hawk Talk

STRIKE A POSE Juniors Emily Schmidt and Danielle Parde and senior Aubrey Thompson perform "Welcome to the 60's" during Encore Ill. There were many solo and group numbers, such as this , during the performance Photo by Tre Uhrmacher/Hawk Talk

Photo

Photo by Tre Uhrmacher/Hawk Talk

~IC! Jtl.,..,,~,,.c~ss1 story of ano-Chnstmas groucH Ebenezer Scrooge. You've seen the movies, read the book, and know the famous line uttered by Scrooge whenever Christmas is mentioned.

For the second time , Southwest put on a production of Charles Dickens ' "A Christmas Carol" . Last time "A Christmas Carol" was played here was 2007 This year, Spenser Stokes plays anti-holiday grouch Ebenezer Scrooge

This play started out two years ago as Southwest's first winter play This year, it replaced the initial choice, " Miracle on 34 th Street" , and follows last year's play, "It's a Wonderful Life " This play will now be performed every few years, as a Southwest tradition

However, rehearsals, a matinee and a performance were put off due to severe winter conditions. The matinee was flat-out cancelled , but the opening night performance was postponed to 2 p m Saturday, Dec. 12, with the 7 p m. performance as scheduled

Th r,e,-sc uling put a da111per on the attendance of the play. Tickets were nearly sold out before cancellations, and at the matinee , only about half of the audience that was expected showed up to the matinee.

This year, things went a little differently than last time. Besides the obvious changes of cast, some effects were changed , such as the flying of the ghost of Christmas past and fire effects during the entrance of Jacob Marley's ghost.

"This year we tried different techniques, " said theatre director Bob Henrichs. "We wanted the effects to be amped up ."

With this being the second time that the play has been performed, Henrichs hopes to keep this play a Southwest tradition.

"I don 't know when it actually will be brought back , " said Henrichs "But hopefully it will be brought back every few years."

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PONDERING ABOUT .

Ebeneezer Scrooge (senior Spenser Stokes) ignores Jacob Marley's warning Scrooge is later v isited by three ghosts and transformed into a new man.

Photo courtesy of Rob Wilken/Light Impressions

ROUN AND EAN. Round (sophomore Dylan Glen) an d Lean (sophomore Fred Vogel) pay Ebeneezer Scrooge a visit on New Year's Eve Photo

A CHRISTMAS GATHERI N G. Mr. Fezz iwig (sophomore Dan Peters) and Mrs. Fezziwig ijunior Natalie Derr) congregate with friends and family in their home. The Fezziwigs take part in Scrooge's Christmas past. Photo

BA C K IN T I ME The Ghost of Chr istmas Past ijunior Danielle Pardel greets. Ebeneezer Scrooge (senior Spenser Stokes) The Ghost of Christmas~ wishes to help Scrooge remember good times at Christmas and find here nt wrong. Photo courtesy of Rob Wilken/Lighi-lmpre~ courtesy of Rob Wilken/Light Impressions

HEED HIS WARNING The ghost of Jacob Marley (senior Travis Nelson) warns Scrooge of the three ghosts coming to visit. This year , Marley's ghost's effects were amped up for a more dramat ic effect. Photo courtesy of Rob Wilken / Light Impressions

KeepiNg a Secret?

EveryoNe has a secret.what·syours;,

Have you ever had a secret that you've been keeping from somebody, or possibly even everybody? You're dying to tell someone, but you know if you do, that it may ruin your relationship with whoever is involved. Well, thanks to Frank Warren, you can tell everyone without them knowing

In January 2005, Frank Warren launched his experiment, with the help of blogspot.com, that he called "Post Secret." For this project, people all over the nation decorate post cards with different pictures and their secret, and send it in to Warren, who updates his site every Sunday, which he calls Secret Sundays.

Keeping a secret can be harmful in most cases, and Post Secret makes it easier for a person to get that weight off their chest without anybody knowing who they are.

"Hiding a secret may hurt because a person may be mad at first, but in the long run, it could make them make a decision about a better life choice," said Southwest counselor Peg-

gy Volker "There are not many times where it could be positive to keep a secret."

Many people also believe that they are more trustworthy if they keep a secret, no matter how harmful. "The importance [of keeping a secret] is trust, but the danger is keeping a secret that shouldn't be a secret, [for example] someone have an alcohol problem," said junior Alex Renken.

Many people could give the same answer for the importance of keeping a secret. You don't want to betray your friends, but you're also afraid for their safety

"The importance of keeping a secret is to protect someone or keep something private," said junior Ben Crelin. "The danger is that you may not be helping someone or sdmeone might need to know." I

Everyone has at least one secret that they're keeping from everyone else So you decide for yourself : should you tell it or not?

!>Story and Sprea d by Spencer Krull

f.a1v1ous Secrets of 1he Past

1. In 1972, FBI Associate Director W Mark Fe lt provided information about the Watergate Scandal to reporters Bob Wo odward and Carl Bernstein. He had witnessed everything that was compiled on Watergate before being sent to FBI Director L. Patrick Gray

This information helped lead to the resignatio n of President Richard Nixon in 197 4. Fel t went under the name Deep Throat, and hid his identity until 2005, when he revealed his affiliation with the Watergate Scandal.

2. Today, it's a known fact that former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was crippled by polio and spent his entire presidency . in a wheelchair. However, at the time he was serving his term as President, he did everything he could to keep this fact hidden from the public.

He would make sure he was never filmed or photographed in his wheelcha ir, and went to the extent of putting a trap door on the front of the desk in the Oval Office , so that the public would not be able to see his wheelchair

3. There are many conspiracy the ories surrounding the assassination of President John F Kennedy One theory was that Kennedy was assassinated by a group of conspirators le d by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson while ano ther believed the mafia was involved

Lee Harvey Oswald , the man arreste d and accused of the assassination, claimed to be a " patsy," but further interigation could n ot be made, as he was murdered two days after Kennedy's assassination •

Another famous conspiracy the ory purports that the moon landing was stage d.

ADVICE FROM SENIORS PAST. Last year when Rachael Pflug was a senior , she gathered a group of seniors and had each of them write down an anonymous piece of advice for incoming freshman or any other student at Southwest. This collage was displayed in the B21 8 forum for everyone who passed by to read Photo by Spencer Krull/ Talon

LINE IT UP. senior Natalie Riggs lines up her putt on the green at the Lincoln High triangular Riggs has played on the varsity team all four years.

Photo by Connor Stangel Hawk Talk

READY, SET, WRESTLE!

Senior Juan Cordova prepares to wrestle someone from Lincoln Southeast. Cordova has been on the wrestling team since his junior year, which was when he transferred to Southwest from Crete. Photo by Austin Christensen/Talon

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS! T 1e varsity softball team won th ,r second straight state champ · onship. The Hawks defeate c North Star in the championship game, 2-1 Courtesy

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Your heart is racing, your palms are sweaty, you can hear the fans screaming in excitement and victory is on the horizon.

Sports have helped define Southwest. Whether it's the wins or losses, nail biters, or blow-outs, sports were a big part of Southwest.

To replay some of the highlights, the softball team concluded their season by winning their second straight back-to-back state championship. They took on North Star in the championships and won 2-1 in the final game.

"It was so exciting to be a part of two state championships and such a successful team," senior pitcher Becca Changstrom said.

Another highlight was when the football team advanced to the semifinals of state by beating rival Lincoln Southeast. Earlier in the season, the football team had lost to Southeast, but when it mattered most, the

Hawks defeated them at state.

In cross country, individual runners took home third place on both the boys and girls side. Senior Parker Schoen placed third for the boys and sophomore Mary Hillis took home third for the girls

The girls basketball team won the Heartland Athletic Conference tournament for the first time ever in Southwest's history. They defeated Lincoln Southeast in the championship, 4 1-36 .

"It's been four years since we beat Southeast," Coach Lis Brenden said "And what a great way to do it by winning the HAC championship."

After replaying the highlights, it's obvious sports have become a big part of Southwest. The athletes put in hard work and dedication to achieve their goals. Their hard work was shown through the success found this year.

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READY TO DIG. Senior Miki Freese gets ready to dig the ball. Freese was a multi sport athlete She was on the varsity volleyball team since her sophomore year, and she was on the varsity swimming team since her freshman year Photo by Ann-Christine Narloch/Hawk Talk

BREAK THE TACKLE! Sen ior Jeff Seybold tries to break the tackle of the Norfolk player Later in the game, Seybold caught a 3 1-yard reception from quarterback Rylan Cotton Southwest beat Norfork, 22-1 1 Photo by Kelsey Arends/Hawk Talk

FREE THROWS. Junior Tina Fantroy goes to the free throw line and prepares to shoot after being fouled by Lincoln High The Hawks won this game, 66-25 Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Talon

DRIBBLE! Senior point guard Drew Edmond dribbles the ball back towards the top of the key. Southwest was playing against Lincoln Southeast. Southwest ended up losing 5 166 Photo by Macy Perry/Talon

Behil\d the SceNes with the Silver Ha~s

Do you ever wonder what the varsity football players do before the game and what it is like in the locker room?

Before each game the boys enjoyed turning their iPods on really loud, dancing around and getting pumped up and ready for the game

Coach Mark King helped the boys focus and be ready to win their games

When half time came around the vibe in the locker room changed from when they were first in there The mood is quiet and the team listens as King addresses to the team and reminds them " 24 Minutes" said sophomore backup quarterback Tay Bender

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R NOT. Senior full back Zach Ross for the next play during the NorthThe Hawks won 35-0. This game lightning delay Photo by Alexis n

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Quarterback sophomore ·Tay Bender fakes like he has the ball during the Elkhorn game Bender was quarterback for this game while se-

Rylan Cotton w as out after he pulled a muscle ice earlier tha t week. Photo by Wyn Wiley

RUN FOR A TOUCHDOWN Senior Jordan Tyrance runs the ball in an attempt to get a t ) UC down This was Tyrance ' s second year ori th , varsity team Senior Jeff Seybold r uns lo g him Photo by Macy Perry/Talon

RAISE THEM HIGH. nior Ryan sophomore Ehan Dou ass-WIiey sideline and hold th • to support the team kickoff. Photo by

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i ver Hawks pu l through after a grueliNg ~asoN

This football season was filled with ups and downs Varsity football began with a win against Fremont to kick off the season. Then, they went on to crush North Star 42-20. The win against Northeast involved an hour and ten-minute lightning delay

Next came the 30-31 loss against Grand Island in double ov.er time followed by a close loss to Kearney thanks to a late field goal.

But the season didn't come to an end when the Silver Hawks beat Lincoln East 35-7 in the last game on the season.

The win allowed them to make it in the first round of the playoffs on a wild card. The Hawks played Millard North in the first round, beating the Mustangs 32-21.

In the second round, the Hawks challenged their biggest rival, Southeast, for the second time This time the team came out on top beating the Knights, 14-7

In the semifinals, senior Jordan Tyrance scored the first touchdown against Millard West within the first few minutes of the game The Mustangs were up by one touchdown at half time and the Hawks came back to tie it up. However, the Hawks lost 35-14

Varsity traditions included singing "Hail to the Victor" after every win Wednesday was team movie night and Thursday was team dinners

The football team also depended on the line The line is the group of guys who block and tackle the ot,her team allowing the quarterback and running back to make plays.

Their biggest competition was "probably ourselves," said senior quarterback Rylan Cotton. "We all need to stay focused and concentrate on our goal at hand."

This season was also filled with many memorable moments. For Treyton Buresh it was "while playing Fremont on a side kick Danny Suiter picked the ball up and started running around trying to get extra yards "

Cotton said, "beating North Star 4220" and "scor1ng on the first play against Northeast" were memorable moments.

Several players suffered injuries over the season Junior Austin Tompkins dislocated his shoulder putting him out for a few weeks. Senior Dylan Payne tore his MCL taking him out for a couple games Senior Morgan Bergen was injured when his knee blew out on him. Not being able to .play and be on the field was hard for him

"It drove me crazy to not play," he said. Bergen was a captain and on the starting offense.

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JV Reserve ar-0 Fresht\.1c3N players learN the wat

"W e will win. We think it We feel it We believe it. We are Southwest/"

Before every game the freshmen football team huddles up and chants these words while they jump up and down with their hands and sometimes, fellow teammates in the air.

But they don't consider this to be unique. In fact when asked if there was anything unique about the team, freshman Parker Stock said, "Nothing 'unique· We -are just a group of hard working kids."

The reserve team also strived to make their all sophomore team better. "Our warmups are the same as varsity," said Brandon Rei lly, one of the two quarterbacks for reserve.

Another example of carrying on Lincoln Southwest football traditions were "walking on to the field before the game and walking from goal post to goal post, then praying at the 50 yard line," said sophomore Trey Graf of JV.

These were just some of the traditions passed down from team to team, some of which have been around since the school opened in 2002. Other traditions were adopted from other teams or newly added with the team's pe rsonal twist.

Each team had different playbooks and

favorite memories from this season as w ? I past teams , such as playing sharks and n nows after practice as freshmen or runnin J play, gun flip duce 3 7

For sophomores they enjoyed g Ett pumped up on bus rides on the away g ir and doing the option play

Graf said his most memorable mo n was "running on to Seacrest Field for th , • • time with varsity."

Whether they were the quarterb c =~ linebacker, or even a full back, they all ha ( c thing in common, they looked forward to p ing Lincoln Southeast the most this seasc 1 elly, Graf and St ock all considered them tt toughest competitor.

"It was really disappointing whe r lost to Southeast because we were all sc s we were going to win!" Stock said abm t freshman game.

Although the LSW football teamnot do as well as they have done in past / E in their games against LSE, the y still ha c f, who continued to come t o games to su )~ them and keep th e r ivalry between LS\X. , LSE alive.

At the end of the football seaso r 1 freshm an record was 7-3, reserve was 3-' the j unior varsity was 4-3.

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BOO M! Sophomores Trey Graf ( 14), Trew Bushhousen (33) and junior Robert Krapfl (50) on the JV team get up after getting the tackle in a game versus Lincoln Southeast. The JV team had a mix of juniors and sophomores but no freshmen. Photo by Felicia Lopez/Ta/on

G ET BACK! The freshman team blocks the Southeast offensive line. Freshman Ryan Carstenson (20) takes one for the team by ending up on the bottom of this pile. Photo by Felicia Lopez/Talon

BAM! Soph omore s Sean Buckwald and Keegan Sheridan bloc k for th eir teammate sophomore Grant Behrens This was reserve team's only chance to play Waverly this season Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Talon

HUDD LE UP! The reserve team takes a moment to go over the play before continuing their game. Trevor Meader ( 12) was one of the quarterbacks for their team and was in charge of this play Photo by Kaley Cook/ Hawk Talk

SHOVE OFF! Junior Ryan Newsham on the J team shows Lincoln Southeast how tough they really are Newsham also played on varsity foo t t and was unable to play at the beginning of thE year due to a concussion Photo by Felicia Lop t\ Talon

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TO UC H DOWN ! Sop h omore Ja ke Jor dan sco res arthe first touchdown in a JV game again st Lin coln JOSoutheast. This was the first and only touch down 3r scored by the Silver Hawks dur ing this game

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GET FIRE[~ UP ! The freshman team shows their school sp1nt with the pre-game chat. The freshmen consider this to be a tradition and honor it 1before every game Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on

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49 sophomores

17 juni o rs

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MOVE OVER! Sophomores Brady Eklund (67) and Keegan Sheridan (4 3) and other reseNe teammates block the quarterback from Lincoln High ' s offensive line Although the reseNe team lost, they were ahead in the beginning and never gave up Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Talon

WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW! Freshman Mason Perry shows off how hard he has been working this season Many football players had weekly weight training this summer on top of their 2-adays to get them into shape and ready for the 2009-2010 season. Photo by Felicia Lopez/Talon

WHAT A PASS! The JV team proves just how important timing is Sophomore Logan Mullin (31) comp letes a hand off to a fe ll ow teammate during a game versus Southeast. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon

IBl&GMIES BEGIN. The varsity team ~~li ~s each member's name is angame against Millard West. ,-..,. 1 Stonacek, Becky Baxter, and &JIB:i~ng with all the other players, m. ~hoto by Ellie Franke/Talon

unior Diane Banderas stands in sition against the net. She is e the ball back on Millard West.

YOU GOT SERVED . Senior Miki Freese serves the ball at districts. The varsity girls won districts and moved on to the big challenge - state. Photo by Atley Gustafson/Hawk Talk

SPIKE IT. Linco ln N tine of bu th e ir opp

Varstty volleyball W1NS cfistricts. goes to s

The 2009 volleyball season set off with high hopes and integrity The girls were determined to win and go all the way to state.

By the middle of the season, things were going well for the girls, having won the Silverstar Tournament, and only losing seven out of 24 games by fall break.

"So far our toughest competition was playing Elkhorn, but by the end of the season our toughest competition will probably be Marian,'.' sophomore Hannah Hamilton predicted

The highlights of the season were winning the Silverstar Tournament, winning districts and making it to state.

"Some of the highlights of the season were taking first place at the Silverstar Tournament after beating Millard West," said sophomore Maggie Anderson.

"A definite highlight was our first tourney (the Silverstar). I think it's the best we have done all season team-wise and playing together ," senior Ashley Leitner said.

As they say, great minds think alike. The varsity volleyball team had it together

One of the most important events of the game was preparation. The girls got wired for the game by doing chants and praying.

"Before the game, in the locker room we pray, and then right before we run onto the

court we do our cheer to get pum junior Diane Banderas said

Although the girls won districts went on to state, their journey stopped there. Many fans showed up at the big game on Nov l 2 to show their support for the varsity team . Even students who couldn't attend kept up with the score on the social networking site, Facebook

Although the girls were defeated, they were able to go on with pride knowing that they made it to state.

"The 2009 volleyball team is a unique team," Anderson said "There are no egos on this team. We were reminded of this from our coach Mary Schropher off and on. By having no egos means not one player thinks they are better than another teammate. This team loves play ing for each other and our coaches and our loved ones off the court also."

Being proud of their team, the girls only had good things to say Senior Whitney Mason had the same feelings as Anderson.

"We have no egos Everyone cares about each other, and we work well together. We have a lot of potential, " Mason said

Their potentnial sure showed because they accomplished winning districts and went on to state

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1HEEASTGAME

Going bowling, eating ice cream and bus rides with the team were the most memorable moments for freshman Cami Kopeta on freshman volleyball.

Freshman Maddie Anderson 's most memorable moment of the season was going bowling and getting lvanna cone.

The JV, reserve and freshman teams practiced long and hard hours each week. Reserve players practiced eight hours if they didn ' t have games that week, while freshman volleyball players practiced 7 l /2 hours a week.

" It is very fun. I love my whole team and would not change anything about it, " Kopetka said about the freshman team.

Sophomore Sam Essman described her team as fun and kind of weird because the whole team was mainly freshmen There were only four sophomores on the team.

"Before our game starts we all put our right foot in the huddle so we're all together as a team, " Essman said about what the reserve team does as an tradition

As for superstitions every~me had one , for Kopetka her own superstition was, "If we win a game I wear the same socks untirwe lose "

The coaches also played a huge role for the team and each individual player They are there to support the team and help them

"Our group is very positive and got along

very well. They were fun and persona b very hard workers," said coach Ash l about the JV team

Reserve coach Nicole Kubik sa i : most special and fun thing about he r was this group of girls seemed to ste ~ for the big games " It was frustrating at when we were so quiet on the flo o when we got excited they were really watch," she said.

Being the best meant winning a the biggest competition. For reserv e biggest competition was Lincoln East.

As for JV their biggest competiti o 1 Millard West, Papillon La Vista Sou U East.

"We met East in the finals of t h= Tournament and lost in three sets, w i final set being just a two point win," 1: True said

Anderson, from the freshman vo l team , said her biggest competition w z_ whole team because everyo ne is w hard to get playing tim e So you h , show that you work h ard at all times arc positive "

Junior varsi ty, reserve and fresh 11 over came ob stacles and competition t the season with winning records.

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SPIKING IT T O VICTORY . Sophomore Kasha Meyer, on the reserve team, spikes the ball back at Lincoln East The reserve team beat East both t i mes they played them in the season Photo by Makenzie Brookhouserl Talon

GOIN G FO R THE KILL. Junior Taylor Elgin on JV spikes the ball against Lincoln East. Sophomores Mickey Morton and Shelby Anderson keep an eye on the ball too Photo by Makenzie Balfany/ Hawk Talk

SERVE. Junior Kel sie Bonow serves in the junior varsity game against Grand Island Bonow has played all three years at Southwest and was on junior varsity last year too

Photo by Emily Kerl/Hawk Talk

SET IT UP . Setter Kaitl in Riese sets the ball to fellD\/1 teammate Taylor Elgin Both girls were on the jur varsity team Riese was a sophomore and Elgin w junior The JV team won this game against North Photo by Kaley Cook / Hawk Talk

IN IT TO WIN IT . Freshman Cam i Kopetka spikes the ball back to Lincoln East. Kopetka was an outsider hitter on the freshman team

Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/ Talon

::: ONCENTRATION Sophomore Sam Essman J t~ys focused and ready while playing in the ~,v11llard West game. This was Essman ' s first year lay ing on the reseNe t ea m be cau se her fresh'k lf11an year sh e played on the junior vars ity so ftball ,e :earn. Photo by Ell ie Franke/Talon 1st

f HATS A BUMP. Junior Jenna Sorensen passes ,n:he ball to her fellow teammates for the Mile' ard West game Sophomores Shelby Anderson 3nd Mickey Morton watch the ball as it comes :awards them. The JV finished strong by winning P:he game. Photo by Ellie Franke/Talon

RECORDS

JV : 17- 6 RES ERVE: 15- 6

FRESHMAN: 15- 10

UP . Freshman Cecili a George seNes the ball at the Millard West game Southwest ended up winning this game Photo by Ellie Franke/Talon

ARE YOU READY? Freshmen Cami Kopetka and Maddie Anderson wait for East to seNe them the ball. Anderson was the libero for the freshman team A libero only passes the volleyball and is never in the front row Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Talon

CE LEBRATION DANCE! Freshmen Kylie Brookhouser, Cami Kopetka and Macy Lloyd on the freshman team are ecstatic as they get their point in the second set against Millard West. The freshmen ended up winning this game Photo by Ellie Franke/Talon

SPIK E THAT BALL. Sophomore Sydney Svec on the reseNe team spikes the ball over to the Millard West side. Svec played volleyball last year for the freshman team. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Talon

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JV: Millard We st, Pa pilli on La V is t a So uth & Li nco ln East

RESERVE: Lincoln Ea st

FRESHMAN: Lincoln South east & Lincoln East

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0.- ~t was the biggest di5c'woiNfl'v1c:'Nt?

A.- "The first week and a half of the season the team lost all their doubles matches against East and Southeast, making the team 0-6 for doubles matches ."

0.- The MOSt excitif'q l'v10l\1eNt, A.- "The team ' s redemption win against East at East in the last dual meet winning 6-3 ."

0.- Your tea1v1 l\1eNtioNed 1hat they all showed up to a rv,eet dressed like SaleM ~twas 1hat all about.:i

A.- I show up to a few of the meets with aviators, kha i shorts and a black collar shirt It wasn't on purpose, but the team took note of it and they all showed up to a meet dressed in khaki shorts, aviato~ and black cottared shirts. Theycatled it "dressing for success."

SERVING IT UP. Junior varsity player Bo Yarabe serves the ball in his doubles match against Lincol High. Yarabe played No 2 doubles with r,ore Cale Neelly and they ended up winning tch.

RETURNING THE SERVE. Junior varsity p l yer Bryan Samani returns a serve in a singles n j tc h versus Lincoln High Samani also played d e -J bl ~

GETTING READY. Freshman Jordan Rose · gets ready to return the ball fn his mgles r a versus ncoln Northeast.~h the r

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PJ.8eff number o e doubles at stat both played on varsity since their year Phot<? by Kaitlyn Steinacherl

0 THE BALL Reserve player Riley Knop the ball in a match versus Northeast. was Knop ' s first year playing tennis for thWest. Photo by Kaitlyn Steinacher/Talon

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at this tournament with freshman Gavin Kt 1n C and won both his singles and doubles ma

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Varsi1y fiNishes 71h at state tourNaMeNt

Determination, hard work and a lot of practice helped contribute to the success of the boys varsity tennis team. Coming off of a strong season last year, the boys' varsity team finished seventh at state with No. 2 doubles finishing third

Although the team finished well overall, they did face some challenges along the way.

"Playing at a high level, it is only natural you will run into difficult opponents," junior Nealesh Padhye said. "Losing by a substantial amount is always hard to take."

The team consisted of one senior, six juniors and one freshman Going into the season, the team hoped "to improve match by match and give a solid performance and compete at the state level," Padhye said.

Junior Christian Sanderfer has played on varsity for three years. "The teams worked together very well. The doubles teams helped each other get better and the singles players worked on getting better themselves," Sanderfer said.

Playing tennis also taught players a lot about life. "You need to control your actions and not get mad over simple things," Sanderfer said. His biggest challenge was switching

from playing singles to doubles and having to learn to play with a partner. Overall, he felt that the doubles teams did vyell, but the team could have gotten stronger overall.

Junior varsity and reserve also put a lot of hard work into the season

The JV team consisted of five juniors, three sophomores and two freshmen.

They started out with a few disappointing losses from their doubles matches against East and Southeast. However, they bounced back and ended up beating East when they played them again later on in the season. And that time it was on their own turf.

"If you want something, then you have to put in the effort to get it," said junior Nick Hamilton. This year junior varsity definitely put effort into the season. They placed third at city and finished with a 1 1-1 record Though varsity participates in more invitationals, junior varsity had nine dual meets and went to two invitationals.

Reserve placed third at city as well Sophomore Andy He said that the team spent their free time at matches telling funny stories and making up nicknames for recognizable players on other teams.

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3rd place fa,1lsh

ACE. Junior Carey Haefele goes for the ace in his first match at the Heartland Athletic Conference This was Haefele's first year on varsity and he played No 1 singles. He went on to win his match and continued on in the tournament. Photo by Emily Mazur- Mickellsl a/on

RELAXATION. Coach Jim Dans the Pioneers Golf Course while s c during the LNE/LHS trian·s the coach for both girls and o by Connor Stange/Hawk Talk

8 - lt Really Was Great

ri cipal Slauson said in the the year with his phone call , " ar #8 - It's going to be great," e iris golf team seemed to prove him tight. At the state championships in Norfolk, the •girls doubled their place from last year's results by placing fifth, with a team total of 770 strokes

The team had to look forward to not only the pressure of playing against 1 1 other teams, but the pressure of playing in yet another year of terrible weather.

"ltwasfreezing rain," said sophomore Emma Mabry "It makes it kind of hard to putt on with frozen raindrops on the ground."

Mabry was one of two Southwest players to medal at State Gentry Carveth medaled in 10th after scoring 178, where Mabry medaled in 15th after scoring 185 at the two-day tournament.

The team also owes its fifth place finish to sophomores Abbey Jones and Makenna Kroeker, and senior Natalie gs, who has played all four years on • iris golf team.

With this much of an improvement, one to wonder : can the 2010 at this new record?

CONCENTRATION. Freshman Lauren Fry follows the sight of her ball down the green after a drive at the Fremont/Norfolk invite on Sept. 18 Being a freshman on any sports team can put pressure on one for improvement in any way possible

DRIVE IT IN. Junior Brianna Beard lines L >a'. at the Lincoln Golf Classic at Holmes Gol f :ou on Sept. 1O. Beard has een layin e since her freshman year Photol)y.{(aJW Hawk Talk

LINE IT UP putt at the golf meet prepare f hotob

Photo courtesy of Jim Danson

Whether it be making state, playing in torrid weather or s-atisfying sports superstition, the girls golf team had one of their best seasons in Southwest history. Five girls qualified for the state championship, and two of them also medaled, placing Southwest in fifth place

Traveling was one thing the girls had to deal with during the season. Several games and tournaments were held outside of Lincoln, and traveling as much as they do, they all missed some school. ·

Another thing the girls dealt with was pressure , especially when play ing in state, districts, or any other tournaments. But with great pressure can come great achievement, such as the five state qualifiers showed Natalie Riggs , one state qualifier, is finishing her senior year at Southwest, and also her last year on the team. Riggs has played on the team since she was a freshman, and also has an interesting superstition

"My ball marker has to be red side up, and not black, " Riggs said "And also avoid the number six."

Two sophomore players, Gentry Carveth and Emma Mabry, have excelled in the last two years , and this year was no exception Both girls medaled in the top 15, with Mabry at 15 th and Carveth at l Ql h _

" I think I could've done better," Mabry said .

"The second day wasn't as good, b my balls weren't going the right think we all think we could've done netter, but we learned from our mistakes ."

However, Coach Jim Danson felt differently about how the girls did

"Each and every golf tournament, they got a little bit better," he said. 'They dedicated themselves to improve, and they did, and that was great to see that happen."

While Danson proved to be a source of motivation, a grea t a ount of motivation came from the players and their fellow teammates.

"You have to have self-motivation," said Danson. "I try to remind them that they are playing for something greater than themselves. You're representing your school and team, and they're playing for the concept that it's tougher to let your teammates down."

Danson also offered a few words to the wise :

"In a team, don't single out any one player," Danson said "It takes all of the team members to play their best and reach their ultimate goal. " And that seems to be just what the girls did.

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P! Junior Zach Gokie passes a East High during the Harold lnvit. Gokie was on varsity last year, is year. Photo by Jessica Ernestil

Titan Classic

PWSH IT TO THE LIMIT! Senior Parker Schoen comes to the finish line at first place during the Invitational Parker placed third at state :was a varsity captain. Photo by Jessica a/on

TEAMWORK! The boys cross country team udd ld together before the Time Trials Meet. The g i s w first during the meet, followed by. t:}e l::>oys 'h by Mardi Elwood/Hawk Talk

HEAD START! Junior varsity gets a head st against the other schools' junior varsity tea the Titan Classic Event. This fVent inclu~d c from different t wns in zie Balfany/Hawk Talk

Varstty places l 1h at State wtth SdioeN coMi~ i 3rd

"What is cross country?" is a very common question asked because when people think of running, what first comes to mind is track Cross country is different than track because instead of running on a path or a road, the runner is on open or rough terrain. The courses usually include grass, mud, woodlands or water.

Cross country takes endurance, strength, motivation, effort, and also speed. Usually people who join in the sport love to run for long periods of time.

"I like to run, and I found out I'm good at it, so I participate in cross country," said freshman Lucas Keifer

Coached by Ryan Salem, the boys cross country team placed second in their districts and placed 1 l th at state.

Parker Schoen, the state champion for cross country of the '08-'09 school year, continued to lead the team, along with other runners that did good at state last year Lucas Keifer was the only freshman on varsity, which was something unique as well.

Some traditions the team had before meets were spaghetti feeds. The underclassmen brought the deserts, while the upperclassmen brought the healthier sides

"The team members basically ·carbloaded' before the meets," said senior Matt Bax.

There were a number of meets that lead up to districts and state.

"Before the meets we ran, stretched, listened to music and drank lots of water," junior Drew Willis said.

"Even though the schools compete against other schools to get the best time overall, the biggest competition is yourself. Every meet, the players tried their best to improve the time they got during the last meet," stated sophomore Harrison Drake.

The entire boys cross country team qualified for state at districts. Schoen won district A-3 with a time of 16:49.7, while the overall team placed second with a score of 4 3. Along with Schoen, Connor Marshall, Drew Willis, Matt Bax, Lucas Keifer, Scott Ingham and Ted Kocher qualified for state.

The team got 1 1th place at state, while defending state champion Schoen came in at third with a time of 16:26. 7.

"Even though I didn't win sate this year, I still feel that I gave great effort and had a good time doing cross country my senior year," Schoen said.

"Overall, the season was great. I was pleased to be head coach this year. We had a lot of great runners, and they all contributed," said Coach Salem.

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"a race agalNSt yourself "

I G. Coach Ryan Mahoney gives r:;sity girls a quick pep talk before oney always tried to get the d ready to race. This junior s the McConnell Invitational eers Park. Photo by Connor ,;;1/k

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The entire varsity girls cross country team qualified for state during the district meet in Norfolk The varsity team finished second with a combined score of 54 points

Top FiNishers at Districts

3rd place- Mary Hillis

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6th place- Emma Burk

Time= 16:38

13th place- Paola Mwenetanda

Time= 17:03 place- Sydney Stauffer = 17:08

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TAKING THE LEAD. Sophomore Mary Hillis was a top runner at the Harold Invitational at Pioneers Park The girls team got second place at this meet, Hillis finished fifth Hillis has been running on the varsity team since her freshman year. Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Talon

O! The junior varsity runners ,_. , first meet of the season at the tat Papillion La-Vista South and the junior varsity teams nity to travel to out of town w of their races Photo by ny/Hawk Talk

STRIDE OUT. The junior varsity team d o s wa rr up drills as a group before the Heartlan c Athl eO Conference meet. The team does warm - 1p ac ties and stretches before every meet o .Ip pare them for their races and to ,pr.even t !j

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FINISH STRO • • to the finis

Varstty pkes 41h at state ,. Hillis tci(es 3rd

With the piercing sound of the gun. the runners are off, sprinting to get an early lead , pacing themselves and trying to beat their own personal records

All of the varsity girls qualified for districts in Norfolk Sophomore Mary Hillis and junior Emma Burk were top runners finishing in the top ten The varsity team had a combined score of 54 poi n ts

State was held in Kearney and the entire varsity team qualified. The varsity runners were sophomore Mary Hillis , junior Emma Burk, junior Sydney Stauffer, sophomore Paola Mwenentanda, freshman Kylie Gokie. senior Alie Kloefkorn and freshman Lauren Works

The varsity team placed fourth at state with a combined score of 116 points Hillis was a top runner finishing third

"We had the best finish at state in school history, " said coach Ryan Mahoney

Junior varsity focused on improving their own personal times Most of the girls on the junior varsity team got better as the season went on.

"Us and East were the two most competitive teams for junior varsity in the city and it went back in forth between who beat who, " Mahoney said .

The length of the ra ce was two and

meets were in town at Pioneers Par h of town locations were Kearney, Papillion-La Vista and Norfolk.

"Out of town meets were exciting because you get to experience a new course and run against a different school , " said senior Alie Kloefkorn

Both the girls varsity and the junior varsity teams were coached by Mahoney Ryan Salem was the new head coach; he took the place of Ted Larson who ret i red last year.

The team continued their traditions from before and created new traditions with their new head coach.

" Before every race we do the bananas cheer and the slow clap, " said junior Rachel Havekost.

It w a s important for all the girls to be strong and unified. They were there for eac h other every step of the way, they even screamed and cheered for their team during the races until they lost their voices. Cross country wasn ' t just a team ; it wa.s a family.

With practices everyday after school and on Saturday morning, cross country took up a lot of time and was a big commitment. Sunday was their only day off where they could get their much needed rest.

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SUP PORT SY STEM. The girls cheer for thei r teammates during the meet. When they weren ' t running, they got a chance to cheer for the other runners on the team. They did everything they could to encourage each Pho o '.Y G nn tange/Ha Tai

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II-Time Class A State Records :

Most Perfect Games- Season- 6

Most Perfect Games- Career- 7

Most Strikeouts- Game- 20 vs Kearney

Most Strikeouts- Season- 482

Third All-time Lowest ERA- Season (0.19)

LSW Season Records: set this season (T = tied):

Highest Batting Average- (. 452 )-200 9

Highest On-base %- (. 496 )- 2009

Highest Slugging %- (.670)- 2009

Most doubles- ( 13T)- 2009

LSW Career (2006-2009) Records:

Mo st Wins- 68

L west ERA- 0.55

HAND SHAKE Seniors, teammates and f , =nd s Monica Knabe and Becca Changstrom d e a handshake as their teamm Knabe and Changstr the team, to make it t Atley Gustafson/Haw.

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PITCHER Senior Becca Changstrom pitches in a game against East. Changstrom ' s mbst memorable moment was all the team dinners they ' ve had Changstrom plans to attend Creighton to cont inue playing softball Photo by Kaley Cook/Hawk Talk

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The team goal for varsity softball was to make it to state and finish strong Players attributed their hard work and effort to helping them reach this goal.

For the second consecutive year, varsity softball won the state championship.

"Of course we were nervous because we were defending a -state title. I had faith in us though," junior Alex Schmidt said.

"It was really exciting to win and go back to back," junior Mallory Noakes added

Pitcher senior Becca Changstrom said one of the highlights this season was "winning the HAC tournament and winning 18 games in a row at the beginning of the season. It felt amazing to win state back to back, I can't even describe it! "

Winning was important, however it was not the only ingredient. Chemistry between the players contributed to the success

"There is an awesome chemistry on the team and we have a lot of fun," said freshman Michelle Dixon who plays second and shortstop

Junior Brittni Eitzmann , who plays outfield and catcher, talked about the team's toughest competition. "It's probably North Star because both Southwest and North Star try really hard when we play against each other and both are good teams."

Almost every team has certa i n tra or superstitions Varsity softball team different.

"We do our baby hawk cheer befo re the start of each game," said sophomore Tania Carroll who plays outfield

Eitzmann also had something to add to superstitions. "A lot of us wear swea t b ands and will only wear our own ," she said.

The team was different this year in a couple of ways.

"We are a lot younger than th e p ast couple years so we have a lot of tal en t and we all push each other to be the be st playe r s we can be," said senior Monica Knab e.

Every player had goals to help hi ms e lf or herself while also helping their teamm ates. Carroll said her goal was "helping m y team by keeping up and constantly impro v ing m y batting ."

Changstrom said her goal was "t o be a good team leader and consistently do wel l as a pitcher and hitter."

Eitzmann ' s goal was "to play as hard as I can and be the best teammate I can be fo r the team "

The players achieved their goals by working hard and winning state back to back

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WHAT A RU N! After hitting a single, freshman Brooklyn Gartner speeds to first base She barely got out on first , but she let the player at first base make it safely to second. Gartner played on the junior varsity team Photo by Kelsey Arends/Hawk Talk

With the discharge of the ball from the pitcher's hand, to the crack of the bat and a roar from the stands, softball is a competitive sport The team had to focus and be willing to help one another out, whether it was during practices or while playing in their games.

The reserve team finished 15-5-1 They beat every Lincoln team this season, but lost to Grand Island in a close game with a score of 7-6. It was one of the few losses in their season

The girls all had their favorite flashbacks of the season and made friends with all the new incoming teammates.

"My favorite memory of this season would have had to have been beating every Lincoln team and having our team sleep overs on the weekends," said catcher and outfielder sophomore Taylor Scharper

The players who were on reserve helped the new freshmen out by teaching them some of their skills. Outfielder sophomore Eva Lube explained why she liked playing softball.

"It's a sport that you need to know exactly what's going on, even if you're not in possession of the ball," Lube said

Freshman Alexa Hoy on the reserve team agreed "We had to communicate with each other and be aware of our surroundings at all times."

"Overall th e girls did extremely well. They

knew how to communicate with ea c 1 othf and at practices knew what they ne ( jed t work on," said reserve coach Chri s Je}[r, brose .

The JV team's record at the en l of season was 18-4

In the championship game of n e c' tournament, the final score was 3-1 It wa a close game, but Northeast came c Jt will the win.

"Even though we lost, I still thOL Jht ~ had an outstanding season and all ' 1e gir worked very hard," said junior varsi t co ac Jeff Rump

"Our biggest setback and ob s :Kie ( this season would have had to ha be that most of us are very slow, so W E had t work on our basic running skills," s 1id fir. base player Lucy Kneifl, a junior .

The JV girls team had a tradi t m t~ they would do before every gam E ''VI would always say one, two, three lo' e! M we'd also always have to hav e Coa c I Ru rn there beside us while we said it," sa j fre 1t man Brooklyn Gart ner

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GRO UND BALL. Amanda Sherrill moves qui ckly to the ball to make sure she gets it in he r glove The reserve team was playing Fremont, and then ended up winning the game.

Photo by Alexis Bartek/Hawk Talk

CHANGING SIDE S After getting thre e outs the reserve team quickly runs to the dug-out. They run to the dug-out to get a quick drink and into their batting order Photo by Atley Gustafson/Talon

RUN T O THIRD ! Freshman Mackenzie Martin makes her way towards third place The reserve team was playing North Star, and they ended up winning 16-4 Photo by Kayley Cook/Hawk Talk

EYE ON THE BALL! Junior Ali Nolan makes a qui ck toss to get the runner out while playing short-sto i::,-. The game was against Fremont and the JV team end ( d up beating their rivals Photo by Connor Stange/Ha vi. k Ta r

RUN TO FIRST. Sophomore Erin Dike comes to a complete stop after running t o fir st base. Dike was on t h e junior varsity tea m for the secon d year in a row. Photo by Kelsey Arends/Talon

What makes softball unique to you? How long have you been playing?

HAWK POWER The junior varsity team hu~dles together before going to their fie lding positons. They were playing against Fremont. They won the game and this was the only time th ey played Fremont the whole season Photo by Alexis Bartek/Ta/on

"It's

Sophomore Eva Lube (R) said , "I've played since I was a toddler But, I stopped during my middle school years, and I decided to give it a try

TOSSING BACK AND FORTH. Freshman

Andi Stemple tosses the ball back and forth with her partner. The girls are warming up before their game against Fremont Bergan. Stemple is on the junior varsity team. Photo by Connor Stange/Ta/on

BATT E R UP! Freshman Mikayla Nelson waits patiently for the pitch. The reserve team was playing against Fremont. It was a very close game, but the Tigers came up with the win in the end. The final score was 13-12. Photo by Kelsey Arends/Talon

GOING FOR AN OUT! Freshman Taylor Rohde keeps her eyes focused on the ball and the players on base, waiting to have the ball come her way and get an out. Rohde usually played short-stop and second base in the games. Photo by Kelsey Arends/Talon

How many days a week do you practice?

Freshman Taylor Rohde (JV) said,

a sport I really enjoy playing because of the challenges and the rewards you receive while playing!"

Junior Lucy Krieifl (JV) said, 'We usually practiced five to six times depending upon if we h ad g a mes or not."

Boys Varsity Basketba11 STATISTICS record.11 - 11

total po1Nts scored.1. 197

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Thevan5l1team liUd~ t before-the start of the Southeast a tta(fttion they huddle after ers are ca ed befor th start of every game Photo by Alexis Bartek/Talon

b\Y rr: UP. Senior Rylan Cotton goes up for a 11 e to shoot on my own to prepare fur games. It helps me to get focused, " Cotton saad. Photo by Macy Perry/Talon

FREE THROWS . Senior Jordan Tyrance goes to the fre e throw line against Papillion La -Vista South -"'."'" ''-e was on the varsity team since his junior , which was when he transferred here from ew Christian. Photo by Alexis Bartek/Talon

GRAB THAT BALL. Senior Trevino Brow r Jrabs the ball off the ground and looks to pas s head to a teammate in the Southeast game. T Silv r Hawks lost to the Kn igh t s, 5 1-66. Photo t Mac Perry/Talon

DEFENSE. Junior D against the oppone defeated

Varsi1Y boys try to fif\d 1heir poteNtial

After being runner-ups at the state tournament the previous year, the boys varsity basketball team's goal was to get back to that state tournament again.

The three captains were seniors Drew Edmond, Rylan Cotton and Alex Duff. All had been on the varsity team for at least two years

The captains led the varsity team consisting of eight seniors, five juniors and one sophomore

On and off the court, the players treated each other like family. They formed a special bond through spending so much time together all season

"We're a close-knit team that likes to have fun and mess around with each other," Cotton said.

Some traditions the boys had included listening to music in the locker room before games and having a team dinner at least once a week.

However, it wasn't just all fun and games This season proved to be a tough year for the boys.

'This year has been very challenging with us trying to find ways to play to our potential, and I finally think we're making some good

progress," Cotton said midway through the season.

Going into districts with a 1 1-1 0 record, the boys had to play Kearney a second time They had previously played Kearney in the regular season, beating them 57-53.

However, playing them a second time proved to be a challenge After a tight game, including lots of fouls and free throws, the boys lost 58-67.

But even though the boys didn't make their goal of making it to state, they still had a successful season

They ended with an 11-1 1 record, and some of the highlights of the season included wins against top-ranked Lincoln High, Fremont and the out-of-state Sioux City.

The season was filled with ups and downs, struggles and victories, but through it all, the boys pushed through and always tried their hardest.

"We put our heart into every single game we played," said senior Landon Schmidt. "And even though we didn't make it all the way to state, we still found success and had a lot of fun ."

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"I think my favorite memory of the season was our first game and we were losing by a lot, but then we ended up making a comeback," said reserve sophomore player Brandon Reilly.

Southwest basketball was a hardworking bunch and JV coach Tony Kobza agreed. He said it was great working with the boys because they were all very coachable. He said this even after the team's problem with injuries (or as Kobza said "injury-plagued " ) because the team improved over the second half of the season.

Since they were all so dedicated, not only did they work hard during the basketball season, they kept busy on the off-season doing things that would help them for next season's basketball.

"On the off-season I do two different sports, football and soccer, and weight training," said JV player Austin Tompkins, a junior.

Players had to stay on top of the game and in shape for basketball so when the season came around, they were as ready as ever. While many of the boys did different sports to stay in shape, some did weight training and just simply played basketball.

In order for the teams to play well, they needed to have good chemistry

Midway through the season Tompkins tore his labrom, a ring of cartilage attatched

to the rim of a joint. He noted, "The ch <mistr of the team is at its highest point. M1 inju r_ set me back, but the whole team w a re alt cool with it."

As a team, players had to work t o Jeth to be successful, especially with the hi g I pr e~ sure of winning in high school sports. It wa great to have teammates cheering eac l oth r and supporting them through it all.

"The chemistry of our team is prett good We get along really well," sai d j un io LJ Vella, a transfer from College Vievv Ac afr emy He said the major difference b t we en basketball here and at his old school "' :1 sj u competition.

'Tm glad I moved to Southwest. It' s nice school, with good coaches and a r exc lent team," Vella said

In order to be the best, the teams r =ed the assistance of their coaches along t r _ wa) Besides Kobza for JV, reserve was coa c 1ed b , Chris Johnson and the freshman coa t n wa Ryan Keeder

The hard work and dedication J f ttr coaches and player s h elped t he boy fin is: their seasons strong. The JV record w 2 ) 7- 1I The reserve reco rd was 7- 7. The fr e ,hrn ei concl uded the ir season with a 14- 1 ecor and they were also city champs

KEE P A W AY The reserve team works hard against rival Southeast. They played tough on defense to make sure that the Southeast boys couldn't get through Photo by Erin Lenzi Talon

LAY U P Junior Austin Tompkins scores a quick layup against the Southeast JV basketball team The final score of this game was close, ending 58-59 Southeast Photo by Kelsey Comfort/Hawk Talk

DEF E NS E. Freshman Easton Edmond plays defense against Kearney Edmond was a starter for the junior varsity team Photo by Zach Cook/Talon

RUN IT In the Southwest freshman game against Southeast, the team continued to dominate the court As the clock was about to hit 0.0 at the end of the second quarter , Seth Barkley threw a half court shot and swished it through the hoop Photo by Carter Hill/Talon

JUMP SHOT Sophomore Daniel Suiter shoo t s at just the right time. Suiter played on reserve fJ r some of the season but then moved up to tr, = junior varsity level. Photo by Leah Letcher/Tc Ion

CL~SE OUT . In a game against Northeast, junior varsity players Gunnar Peterson and Shane Davidson play defense aga ins t a Sout h east player w hile Leo Ro ese g u ar ds a player in t he back. It wa s a close game. b u t Southwest won 45-43. Photo by Erm Lenz/Talon

POINTER. Brandon

~t do you 1hil\k your coaches expect trorv, you ?

"To pl ay hard and t o hustle "

- Freshman

Nick Neisius

"To b e a leader and stay positive"

-Sophomore

Brandon Reilly

GOOD GAME. The freshman basketball team, coached by Ryan Keeder, shakes the Lincoln High ' s players hands after a game Southwest won 54-30. For this being the boys first year they worked together, they succeeded as a team

Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon

GOING FOR A BASKET. The reserve team shoots the ball against Lincoln High, but missed the shot. The players then go for the rebound In the end, Southwest beat Lincoln High Photo by Taylor Scharper/Ta/on

SHOOT IT. Freshman Gunnar Peterson shoots free throws in the game against Lincoln High when he played for reserve The rest of his team watches as the ball goes in to the hoop so they can get back on defense Photo by Emily MazurMicke/1s/Ta/on

"To be a good ro le model and a so li d defender"

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Austin Tompkin s

THREE

Guenther from reserve shoots a three pointer against the Southeast Knights. This was one of the closer games of the season g o in g into overt ime. Photo by Erin Lenzi Talon

About Varsity

-The girls sang karaoke on the bus trip back from North Platte.

-Everyone pitched in around Christmas time to buy presents for a family in need.

-They were extremely good at making half court shots. "Their half court percentage is better than their three point percentage," Coach Lis Brenden joked.

- e team went to Village Inn begames on Saturdays and ate n of breakfast food for good

.,-....~r Faith Fantroy dribbles down g w ith teammates senior Alexis einmcirt~~man Lauren Works in the ame Fantroy's twin sister, ''-"" "•-0 -' on varsity. Photo by Atley

ior Alexis Bartek concentrates on s in the first round of state Bared on varsity since her sophomore Emily Mazur-Mickells/Talon

SNATCH! Senior Taylor Rung tries to dribble through Kearney ' s defense Rung was one of three seniors on vars ity Photo by Emily MazurMicke/1s/Talon •

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The girls varsity basketball team surprised everyone with an extremely successful season. They had an unexpected record of 19-7, won districts, made it to state and won their first game, a first-ever accomplishment.

With only three seniors, the underclassmen had to step up and work harder . Everyone on the team pushed each other to their limits.

Playing their last year, the team had three seniors, Alexis Bartek, Taylor Rung and Paige Traynowicz.

In addition, six juniors played on varsity including Tina Fantroy, Faith Fantroy, Kelsie Bonow, Jenna Cunningham, Hannah Welter and Mackenzie Ashton.

Underclassmen included sophomore Elizaeth Dike and freshman Lauren Works.

"This season has been so much fun. All of us get along really well and it shows on the court. We've been really successful this season," said senior Alexis Bartek.

Team bonding was the girls' motivation and their favorite part about playing basketball this season.

"I am honored to be the only freshman on varsity All the coaches are awesome, and the girls are too! I absolutely love basketball at Southwest, and am very happy to be on varsity," Works said.

i hlights from th season winning the Heartland Athletic C n erence Tournament over winter break, a big accomplishment for Southwest. Other highlights include being city, conference , and district champions. Also, winning 19 games was a great accomplishment for the girls.

During districts, the team played Norfolk and North Platte and remained victorious in both games. The team then went to state for the first time in four years.

During the first round of state, they beat Kearney and continued to the next round. They played number one seed Millard West close, losing by only five points They then lost to Elkhorn in the third place game by eight points, and ended up taking fourth.

The team was excited to make it to state and to be able to do better than many past seasons.

"Making it to state was the best part of the season. We were really excited because we knew we would do really well. It was great being a part of the best team in Southwest history!" said Tina Fantroy

When asked about their success this season head coach Lis Brenden said, "Our success comes from the team chemistry. We play for each other and win for each other."

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"My favorite part about playing basketball here is meeting new people, new friends and making bonds with the people on the team," said reserve player Ali Love

The most important part to a successful team is good teamwork In order to have good teamwork, good chemistry between the team is essential. Players work together as a team and form bonds that one wouldn't get anywhere else

"We ' re all best friends," said freshman Taylor Sherrill

Along with all the benefits of forming bonds there was also playing the game they loved

"I chose to play basketba l l because it's my favorite sport, and I' m good at it," said junior varsity player Kayla Magnuson

Many chose to play because of the team members and simply because they loved the sport

. For Southwest girls , it was all about accomplishing goals and doing well.

Through over half of the season reserve player Monica Smid stated that "the biggest accomplishment for me is that I've started every game ."

In order to reach the goals and accomplishments every girl set for themselves and the team, they needed the help and inspiration of their coaches The freshman coach

was Alisha Stopp, reserve coach v-.. s Kh a · Wallace, and junior varsity coach w , NicOlt Kubik These coaches spent their tim <' 1elp ir,; the girls improve to become better t sket b2 players. The coaches expected the r to giV'. their best effort and work together

" I think my coaches expected r e to tx aggressive and take chances," said j L- 1ior va rsity player Kylie Gokie

Girls basketball wasn 't only ab c It bei~ serious and working hard . It was a l J ab o~ having fun The teams experience c this ft1 through team dinners and fun mem c ,es fror practice and making new friends . T e Ju nie varsity team even worked together a d mad their own step team routine at a t m dir ner

The hard work and extreme ef Jrt of 2 of these girls led to some great re \ ards fc this season "One of the major ao Jmp li s r ments for girls basketball this year \ as bea ing Southeast," said junior varsity p ie. ,er Lea Letcher . "I've never beaten th em," Let c 1er sa it " until now. "

An accom plishment for the eshrn3 team was makin g it to the LPS cham ii ons hif

The teams worked hard all se c. on lor end ing with records of JV: 8-10, re ~~rve : San d freshma n : l 1-5

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DOWN T HE COURT. Junior varsity player Megan Haugerud runs the ball down the court next to a Northeast player to score a basket. The Northeast player followed for an attempt to steal the ball. Photo by Justin Schoen/Talon

GRAB IT Dur i ng a Northeast basketba ll game the junior varsity team scramb les to get the ball so they can have a chance at scoring All of the girls dove for the ball. Photo by Tayler Lord/Hawk Talk

SHOOT IT . Sophomor es Monica Smid and Gentry Carveth t ry t o keep the ball in their possession and away fro m their opponent at the Southeast reserve game They were successful with keeping the ball, instead of getting a turnover. Photo by Emily Mazur-Micke/1s/Talon

OFFENSE The freshman team runs their offense against Southeast In the end , Southwest came up on top Photo by Erin Lenz/Talon

DEFENSE Reserve players Emily Cecava a n c1

Emily Johnson work hard to make sure th at t he Southeast team doesn ' t shoot. They use th e defense skills taught by coach Khari Wallace .P1 oto by Emily Mazur-Micke/1s/Talon

DRI BBLE. The reserve girls dribble the ball up the court against the Southeast Knights Southwest got possession of the ball and t o ok it down the cou rt to have the chance o f scoring. The e nd result of the game was yet another victory for Southwest. Photo by Carter Hill/Talon

TEAMWORK . Junior varsity players Kylie Gokie and Kayla Magnuson use teamwork to pass the ball and look to score. They played against the ~Orth Star Gators In the end, they won 69-18 hoto by Kelsey Comfort/Hawk Talk

What was your favonte MeMOTY of 1he seasoN ?

"Playing against Pius"

- Freshman Amanda Sherrill

"The bus rides and when we came up with a step team rou tine together at one of our team dinners"

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Kayla Magnuson

GE T IT. The girls reserve team gets in a mess while trying to steal the ball away from Grand Island They end up in a twisted pile and with the referee's whistle, he calls a jump ball Photo by Emily Shanahan/Talon

STRE TCH. Sophomores Kasha Meyer and Megan Haugerud , juniors Leah Letcher, Mackenzie Ashton and Hannah Welter all stretch out before their junior varsity game against Grand Island Stretching was a great way to prep and get warmed up before a game Photo by Betsy Elwood/Hawk Talk

REA D Y The freshman team stands ready to make a play. These g irls ' great season took them to the LPS championship games. The great season was due to working together as a team and trying their hardest. Photo by Erin Lenz/Talon

"O ffens\ye fou l drills"

-Sophom ore Monica Sm id

beat the f'llll1ber l ':kid • kutt invite M ehr g also becam champ "The more you sweat in e less you b_leed in battle, " Muehling

Sophomore Madison Vachal has been a wrestling manager for two years Vachal likes being with the other managers and being friends with the wrestlers Vachal's favorite time was going to state and hanging out with everyone at 5 a m

It's not all just fun and play. While at the duals, managers like Vachal have to keep track of every player's score and moves they perform Also if it's a home tournament or dual , the managers have to help put the mats away " I just love being with everyone, " Vachal said

0: What are some techniques you use while wrestling?

A : "I use the fireman carry which is where you grab your op onent's arm. and under their legs, then you flip them over yo1:Jr shoulder. I also like to ride legs, which is when I wrap my legs around my opponent.~ Tony Delaney said.

FIGHT TO THE FINISH. Southwest wr e tied C lumbus on Feb 2 While the team didn ' vV in , sity sophomore Connor Carstens pinne d 1is m~ and showed them that he was still in t h f gam This season Carstens set the pin record 1 e o nine seconds Photo by Tay1or

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TAKE OVER. JV sop wrestles against Col but fini ed t "Aft r wres • stated.

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VICTORY. With good effort and smart thinking N sophomore Payne Schwerdtfeger pins his man. This was a dual at Lincoln High Photo by Taytor Scharper/Talon

WARM UPS. Varsity seniors Tony Delaney and Vi ny Delaney warm up during introductions at • coin High The De laney's both qualified for The Delaney' s were known for their good pirit, leading and encouraging the other rs. Photo by Kelsey Comfort/Hawk Talk

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The Southwest wrestling team knows how to bring a man down This year their team record was 14-4 A highlight was winning the LPS classic by defeating some of the top Columbus wrestlers This was the first tournament won by Southwest in the school ' s history

Coach Aaron Finley said, " As a coach, to improve players there are only a few things you can really do But something that sets the good players apart is the mental aspect of wrestling. The fact that you don ' t have anyone to help you and it's just you out there It's hard for a lot of people to get used to "

" Finley is a really good coach. He is a good leader , role model and leads by example ," varsity junior Jayson Holechek stated .

Varsity senior Tony Delaney said, " I consider myself a good role model for the other wrestlers ." One of Delaney ' s goals was to make the other man scared of him

"I get really nervous before a match I don ' t care if I win or lose , I just don't want to let my team and coach down. But whatever you put into wrestling is what you get out of it, " Delaney explained

"This year has probably been the best year in the sense of a t eam We didn ' t have any captains but we had good senior

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leadership ," Finley said

Many wrestlers said that wrestling is all about technique They worked hard in practice and were always trying to i mprove their skills by thinking about matches Some wrestlers listened to music before their matches, while others said it was distracting and they just kept moving and focused on their moves.

Of the 10 wrestlers who qualified for state, Beau Muehling was the only one who made it to the third day . O n Saturday, Muehling placed sixth in state.

Muehling said, a big accomplishment for him this season was "pinning the # 1 kid in state at the Skutt invite "

Not only was the varsity team doing well , but the JV team earned second at the tournament in Fairbury

"To the guys on JV and the varsity kids who didn ' t qualify , there is no way we could 've been successful without you, " Finley stated "It couldn ' t have been scripted better to send 10 guys to state. We were hoping for at least eight , but 10 was amazing. "

The wrestlers sure brought it all and showed their love for wrestling. They all worked hard and as Holecheck would say, "work hard to the last second "

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t, you share , you grow up together en swim together!

ar a lot of siblings that swam togethou est's swim team The Calkins ' sisters am ogether, Clara a freshman and Ellen a sen ·or, as did senior Lauren Meeske and freshman alton Meeske

Sw imming with your sibling has its ups and its downs Clara Calkins likes it because she always has a ride to practices and meets, but Ellen Calkins says it get a little annoying having to drive her little sister everywhere

According to Dalton Meeske, he likes swimming with his older sister because it makes it more competitive Both pairs of swimming siblings overall enjoyed swimming together "You always have someone pushing you to do better and practice with, " said Lauren Meeske

TIME Sophomore Clara Calkins 00 fly Calkins took fifth place in , 1 0 fly and 100 IM at conference. t k 2nd place in the 200 free Brianna Beard/Hawk Talk

UN. Senior Stacy Luedtke swims actice Luedtke said she enjoys ecause it helps her improve Photo eard/Hawk Talk

ior Lauren Meeske gives little hman Dalton Meeske advice before The pep talk worked, during state. ke's relay team broke a new school

ON YOUR MARK GET SET GO . Junior Erica Johnson gets ready to swim the 100 backstroke in the East meet. Johnson also swam in the 200 IM and the 100 fly. Photo by Connor Stange/Hawk Talk

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Gtrls fiKf success 1N breaGNg records

Just like the boys, the girls were all abou am bonding. Although the girls on't bleach their hair to do well in state and stay close, they spend their traditions tp-ing the boys team after team dinners

The team had a successful season finishing third at conference Senior Miki Freese won the 50 free and 100 back stroke Freese also broke the schooi record in the 200 free and sophomore Meghan Senne set a school record in the $00 free Also, the girls 400 free relay team which featured Freese, Senne, senior Ellen Calkins and senior Lauren Meese broke a school record.

Coach Tanner Penrod said that at conference everyone had a "life time best time" and he was proud of what was accomplished.

The girls started off with a devastating loss to in-town rivals Lincoln East. Senior Effie Greene said, "It was a real wake up call to what the competition was like this year ." After continuing to practice hard every day the girls came back and defeated Lincoln Southeast, Lincoln North Star, Lincoln High, Fremont and Kearney.

To get ready for meets junior Erica Johnson drank lots of water and went to bed early Freese listened to her ipod before her race in order to get pumped. "I just hung out with Erica," Greene said.

The girls were close and spending im together before m ets.

Like the boys, the g'irls didn't enjoy 6 a.m practices. Johnson said that she would be tired and then she usually had a bad day. Freese said she even fell asleep in some of her classes.

"If you're like a minute late to practice, then the doors are locked and you just sit outside the doors and get really mad cause you got up early for nothing; it happened to me more than once," said Greene. Penrod enjoyed 6 a.m. practices because he could see who was dedicated to swimming and the work ethic in the morning was good

State qualifiers were freshman Ashley Peterson, sophomores Meghan Senne and Clara Calkins, junior Lauren Mulgrue and seniors Ellen Calkins, Stacy Luedtke, Lauren Meeske and Miki Freese.

The girls took 1 1th place at state. Freese finished 5th in 50 free and finished 3rd in the 100 free, setting a new school record. Also, the 400 free relay team finisheq 7th at state, setting a new school record.

The girls had a winning season, broke school records at state and those returning say they can't wait for next swim season.

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ST SPIRIT. eniors I I reese, ins and Lauren Meeske cheer on Meghan Senne as she swims in the ey relay. Senne was the only underon the 400 medley team. Courtesy P oto rap y

Senior Lauren Meeske focuses in the 400 medley relay ·sew test feeHng ever

Six A.M. Practices

"Yo~ wake up your head hurts and then you Jump 1n a freezing cold pool, and work hard ," said sophomore Andrew Murphy

To keep in shape the swim team had 45 6 a.m. practices Coach Tanner Penrod enjoys these pra c tices because he knows the people that showed up were the ones who wanted to improve their skills

"The ~ffort level given in these early morning practices are no different than the afternoon practices ," Penrod said.

Senior_Justin ~C?nes said that morning practices were Just at t1nng as a normal practice and team members worked just as hard Senior Tyler Mills only has one word to describe morn ing practices and that is, " heck ." Morning practices were obviously not the h1ghl1ght of the swim season, but the extra practice helped better the team.

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0 tM relay at th e Lincoln rel;,y team w~ \jef)' SU€Ce$ nd broke school record s Photo Stange/Hawk Talk

OFF TO STATE. Senior Tyler Mills ates during the send off to state. The rs paraded through the halls and cafa while students cheered Photo by Mika/a '/Talon

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Senior Ju stin Jones works hard at practice to get ready for the state meet. Jones swam the 100 Breast Strots,e at the state meet. Photo b.y Bnanna Beard/Hawk Talk

WORDS OF WISD O M Coach Tanner Penrod co acb e s from the sid e at the East meet. Penrod Iles to c heer on his swimmers for encouragement Photo by Connor Stange/Hawk Talk

DOWN T I ME. Senior Justin Jones wa t c team during the conference meet. Jo n e swimming all four years Photo by Leah Talon

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Tyler M ills goof off du r ing th e Ea

Although focus is imp • team stll finds time to Conn o r Stan elH wk

Team nights, team dinners or just hanging out to be with teammates was how the swim team was successful.

"We ' re closer than most teams and we ' re definitely really committed There is a lot of trad ition that goes with swimming, " said sophomore Andrew Murphy as he pointed to his bleached blonde hair.

Before conference the entire boys team bleaches their hair and then shaves it off before state for good luck

Although the boys seem to think that bleaching their ha i r will help them in state, coach Tanner Penrod said the team will do well if "everyone has a lifetime best time, " which is easier sa id than done

The boys season started out rough with a loss to in-town rival Lincoln East.

" Meets li ke these only make us better," said Penrod

Most swimmers like Murphy swim for recreationa l reasons, however, the team was still extremely competitive

To get ready for a meet, swimmers typically listened to music like rap "or hard core stuff, to g~t in the mood ," Murphy said

Senior Tyler Mills said he drank three to five Gatorades a day and ate a power bar before meets

earv,work are key

Those little pump-up routines helped the team succeed with a winning record of five wins and four losses The boys ended up defeating Lincoln High, Northeast, Fremont North Star and Kearney

Besides Mills and Murphy, other stand out swimmers were seniors Joe Howeter, Justin Jones, juniors Matthew Delisi, and freshmen Dalton Meeske and Walker Weatherly

Mill ' s goals were to break his brother' s records and previous records he had broken himself, making his goals a little more personal than most.

As a whole, the main goal for the boys team was to shave off time from previous meets and qualify for state. They were ranked 62 out of 130 other teams

The boys finished 13th at state Matt Delisi set a new school record in the 100 fly during the state meet, finishing 8th Delisi also set a record in the 100 backstroke, finishing 1 1th. Mills placed 12th in the 200 free and 1 1th in the 500 free All relay teams placed at state as well.

Overall the boys had a very successful season , and they were proud of their accomplishments

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~SportsaNd SpiritTeaM Pictures

r:>Compiled by Alexis Bartek

Varsity Softball: Front Row : Monica Knabe, Mallory Noakes, Alex Schmidt, Abbie Moser , Brittni Eitzmann. Second Row : Ashley Neukirch, Bailey Schulenberg, Michelle Dixon, Becca Changstrom, Taylor Rowlett. Back Row : Coach Mark Watt, Georgia King, Tania Carroll, Kylie Garrett, Liz Dike, Coach Lis Brenden, Coach Brittany Pascale

Reserve Softball: Front Row : Marisa Laue, Sara Fulton, Amanda Sherrill, Tay lor Sh erri ll, Em ily Johnson. Alexa Hoy Second Row : Kayla Sh iers, Mackenzie Martin. Eva Lube, Ka ty Sheaff. Rebecca Toelle. Back Row : Coach Emilia Force , Mikayla Nelson, Taylor Scharpe r , Ton Vanderbeek , Meaghan Muehling, Coach Chris DeAmbrose

JV Volleyball: Front Row : Kaitlin Reiss. Erica Trautman. Jenna Sorensen. Shelby Ander

Dahl. Bac k Row : Nikki Elgin Taylor Elgin, Sarni Nelson. Mickey Morton, Natalie Coope

Strong. Coach Ashli True

Freshman Volleyball: Front Row : Megan Hastings, Morgan Mavis, Hannah Cornis h, Erin Lenz Cecilia George Back Row· Kylie Brookhouser, Gila Delaney, Maddie An d Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa. Ali l.o\fe Q1mi ~- M-=v U,oyd

Varsity Football : Front Row: Nakemm Evans, Zach

Martin Teylor Wolfe Dominique Pe arson, Jake Jordan, Logan Mullin , Daniel Suiter, Gavin Friehauf

Second Row: Beau Muehling Scott Fraser Jo sh

Weils Trew Bushhousen Eh an Dou g la ss-Wil ey, Jo rdan Straight. Darren Jenkins Payn e Sc hwerdtfege r.

Third Row Morgan Bergen Se th Sh reve, Brian

Hand , Ryan Newsham , Just in Pee t, Robert Krapfl.

Al ex Peiman Tr ey G raf Fourth Row : Ry lan Co tton , Jeff Seybold , Au sti n To mp kin s, Bra nd o n Pi en in g

Aleem Malik , Kal eb Bryan t. Brandon Earhart. Fifth Row · Tay Bender Treyton Buresh. M att Marisette , Matt Robertson. Dillon Horne Devin Douglass-Wil ey, Dylan Heath. Sixth Row Co~ch Larry Hrbek Brennan Johnson. Zac Ross. Vino Brown Jordan Tyranc e, Dylan Payne, Matt Richmo n d, Coach Ke vin Schrad

Seventh Row : Rebecca To wn send. Crystal Kjar

Scott Bender , Co ac h Mark King , Coac h Dan Carpenter , Bill Mc Ewe n Trenten M eye r , Spe n ce r Mullins. Coa ch Cody Fi sh er Back Row : Coac hes Fred Thorn e. Grant Traynowicz. Troy Kantor , Tyler Bell. Jeff Jo ch um Tony Kobza Andrew She rman, Terry Be r ks, Scott V ampola

JV Foo tb a ll: Front Row : Jake Jor d a n Gavin Frieh au f, D an ie l Su t ier, Con ner Koerpe ri ch Alex Peiman, Ty ler Waddell , Quintin Pack. Second Row : Trew Bu sh h o u se n, Ehan Dou glass-W i ley, Jor dan Straight, Jerome Bre au x. Da rr en Jenk ins. Payne Schwerdtf ege r, Ch ris ta e n Str au ch. Third Row Ryan Newsham. Ju sti n Pee t Ro b ert Krapfl, Aa ron Arauco Mustafa Attaie, Al ex Stahl, Al exander Ta gart Back Row Coach Terry Berks , Logan Mull in , Kaleb Bryant, Kash Wolff, Brandon Earhart, Tr ey Graf, Michael Hekl. Coach Kevin Schrad

Reserve Football : Front Row : Jo rdan Horan Scott Luedtke, Shane Bateman, Co dy Bri stol Chase Hartman Cameron Price. Cole Genrich. Second Row · Joe Anderbery. Cole Ridder, Da lto n Miles, Andy Nitz. Aaron Al len Pat r ick Soucie, D nte l Peters. Third Row

Trevor Meader, Brady Eklun d Bra ndon Reilly, Brandon Guenther. Jake Kloefko rn D ere k Nordgren Keegan Sheridan Fourth Row : Tyl er Dittbrenner. Sean Buckwald. Ian Stipke , Ian Ko bl er , Grant Behrens, Michael Horst, Danny Funk. Fifth Row: Caleb Ullman, Quentin Lazaro, Ricky Steve ns, Boone Lieb , Tren Min has, Tae-Woo Kim, Kyle Hinz Back Row : Coach Larry Herbek, Coach Dan Carpen ter, Coach Jeff Jochum, Shane Oltman, Michael Ingle, Ethan Rohde, Anthony Styskal, Tim Webb

Freshman Football: Front Row Peter Niimi, Dustin Hansen, Jason Chau, Ryan Cars~enson, Ryan Krapfl. Dustin Piening, Corbin Smeal. Second Row · Alex Embree. Alex Jaeger , Lan ce H1ebner, Michael Thompson. Trevor Rentschler, Parker Stock, Tristen Nelson, Sawyer Gore. Third Row Gunnar Peterson, Kaleb Blakemore, Dillayn Bind er , DeAndre Francis. Nick Fynbu. Tyler Hoppes. N ick Neisius. Fourth Row : Jordan Peet, Mason Perry, Josh Banderas. Seth Barkley, Cody De ters, An drew We1ls, Konrad Chri sten, Alex Ma lone. Fifth Row : Aaron Lewis, Connor Thompson. Jared Torell, Ca rlton Frazier, Reagan Bergen. Aus t in Esca m illa. Jose p h Bratt, Nolan Shea. Sixth Row : Coach G ran t Trayno w,cz, Lucas Grossman. Bobby Jagadic h , TJ Mulg rue. Easton Edmond, JJ Carngbe, Yancey Jense n , Coac h Troy Kantor. Back Row : Coach Tony Kobza. Ma tt hew Meyer, Joe Becht ie. Hec t or Valladares, Eri c O ltman, Max Berger, Kyle Cl a r k, Coach Tyler Bell. Not pictured: Zach Baillie

Girts Cross Country: Front Row : Coach Matt James. Ceolia Prussa, Nicole Hamilton, Kylie Gokie. Erin Kocher. Lauren Works, McKenzie Balfany, Sydney Havekost, Coach Cortney Klaver. Second

Row : Claire Fergen, Sydney Stauffer, Tessa Daugherty , Sydney Svehla, Allison O'Connor. Ali Dougherty , Hayley Hamm, Veronica Vanderbeek, Rachel Havekost. Third Row Ashley Richards , Caylee Chambers Kristal Schuster, Bri Brestel, Joslyn Souoe, Alie Kloefkorn, Kate Weskamp, Mary Hillis, Lisa Keys Back Row : Coach Ryan Salem, Nyabang Buom, Paola Mwenentanda, Undsey Linville Brianna Saeger. Katie McKitterick, Courtney Jarosz, Mackenzie Steinauer. Emma Burk. Coach Ryan Mahoney

Lexi Dougherty, Torr Ann-Christine Narloc Lisa Keys, Sarah Koc Danielle Stansbury. Freese. Coach Tao

Wrestling : Front Row: Coach Aaron Finley, Dominique Pearson, Brendan Horner , Brendan Shotkoski , Connor Carstens , Beau Muehling, Josh Weils, Dillon Horne, Becca Changstrom. Second Row: Coach Marcus Hellwege, Trew Bushhousen, Vinny Delaney, Leo Navarro, Robert Krapfl, Ricky Skillett, Tony Delaney, Karissa Hevelone. Third Row: Coach Terry Morrow, Rowdy Jensen, Tren Minhas, Sheldon Lukow, Patrick Lowrey, Brandon Charroin, Patrick Soucie, Chris Wasser, Andrew Hill, Madison Vacha!. Fourth Row: Coach Sean Trampe, Aleck Gao, Nam Tran, Payne Schwerdtfeger, Jayson Holechek, Milan Knezovich, Nathan Guyer, Ethan Rohde, Beau Connely, Aubrey Woolman. Fifth Row: Coach Matt Spain. Shaukat Papal, Javier Sanchez, Alex Shigley, Ryan Carstenson, Nicholas Fynbu, Ky Veney, Matthew Meyer, Yancey Jensen, Megan Barnett

Sixth Row: Eric Oltman, Kaleb Blakemore , Jared Torell, Ryan Krapfl, Keegan Williams, Evan Augustyn, Dillayn Binder, Monica Knabe Back Row: Richard Coryell

ra a er, uren , n, and Coach Rick Stempso

Varsity Baseball: Front Row: Cole Frederick, Andy Gospodarski, Zane Mapes, Gavin Frieh f, Daniel Suiter. Second Row: Tyler Waddell. Mark Korsakas, Colby Dahlke, Tanner Lubach, l 1yl or Anderson, Alex Steinmeyer. Back Row: Coach Nick Schieffer, Thomas Klostermeyer, Kyle Fr ntje , Rylan Cotton, Ty Headley, Elliott Engle, Coach Doug Kaltenberger

d Row: .4Jex~ Dustin Torell, ManSted

Back Row: c~ Chris r Peterson. Dalton Potter

Girls JV Soccer: Front Row : Allison Everman. Madison Plautz Sydney Worley , Abbie Sloup, Emily Cecava, Ton Bohlen Second Row: Ali Carstens Dakota Sonderup Katelyn eyer. Megan Hastings Chelsea Anderson. Back Row : Coach Phil Voigt, Mallory Waller. Jenn i fe r Jones Delanie Barnard, Megan Haugerud , Katie McKitterick

Gtrls Reserve Soccer: Front Row : Sidney Delozier. Anna Eisenmann Ama nda Sherrill. Taylor

Sherrill Samantha Norman. Pujaa Rajan Second Row : Patricia Flores, Morg an Malone. Syd Davidson Abby Syfie. Jordan Fricke Ali Love. Back Row : Coach Tanner Pe nrod. Addison Fairchild , Hailey Batterton, Kristina Zvolanek. Riley Bell. Jessica Mills

Boys Track : Front Row : Campbell Kennedy, Jason Chau. Josh West, Jason Hudgens Jacob Hudgens, Patrick Souc ie, De Wayne Taylor

Kadin Kline Jordan Will iams Reagan Bergen. Second Row: Reid Hunsaker, Neal Klein, Gavin Kennedy , Seth W olkenhauer. Conner Koerperich. Brandon Earhart , Connor Marshall Ben Coatney, Aaraon Lewis. Austin Grams. Third Row : Luke Gormley Andrew Arkebauer

Jordan Roszhart Kamal Harns. Miles Mulgrue. Kai Singh. Ted Kocher, Lucas Grossmann, Tyler Hoppes, Chris Wasser. Fourth Row: ~II Holden. Christian Sanderfer , Drew Willis. Lucas Keifer, Andrew H0e\lel'\ Billy Stock, Landon Schmidt, Colton Reeder. Carlto n Frazier, Nid)0las

Fynbu. Fifth Row : Matthew Bax. Beau Mue h llng, Brian Hand, Matthew Petersen. Benjamin Shield. Kyle Hinz. Logan M ulhn. Trevor Harris, Jonathon Danson Sixth Row : Zachary Ross. John cCave 1y Pabidt Beardsl ee Schyler Kerns Derek Nordgren. Andy Nitz Jacob Kloefkorn

Josh Band eras. JJ Carngbe , Parker Stock. Seventh Row: Jeffrey Seybold, Zachary Gokt Scott Ingham Clayton Frede rick Albert Zhou, Peter Nnm,. Nichola s Pete rs, Rei d Willi ams . Teylor Wolfe. Back Row: Jordan Tyrance, Trevino Brown. Jerome Breaux. Tavanus Bender Enc Ottman Trenten Meyer Jordan Peet

Fantroy,

Daugherty, Ashley Leitner. Alexandria Schmidt, Nyabang

Second Row : Kelsey Helget, Laine Sanburg, Sarni Nelson.

Cami Kopetka Malory Dahl. Kylie Brookhouser, Taylyn Watson

Ashley Peters, Kiara Moody. Alexis Dougherty, Melanie Pe-

tersen Th ird Row : Sydney Sta·utter. Maggie Anderson, Bailey

Schule berg. Mary Hillis, Kaitlin Weskamp, Rebecca Swenseth, Emma Burk. Erin Kocher. Molly Hogancamp, Jord a n Patterson.

Fourth Row : Kylie Gokie, Whitney Mason. Tor i Vanderbeek, Becca Ch angstrom. Monica Knabe. Preethy Brockman. Cecilia

Georg e. Gina Delaney, Mikayla Bax, Valerie Peterson Fifth

Row: Hannah Welter, MacKenzie Ashton , Kayla Magnuson.

Sydney Svehla, Abbey Jones , Makenna Kroeker, Claire Fergen.

Sarah Kocher. Allison O'Connor. Sixth Row: Cecilia Laughter.

Courtney Bryant, Diane Banderas, Olga Mwenentanda, Hadlee

He richs, Gina Babcock. Paola Mwenentanda, Lisa Keys, Katy

Andersen. Kylie Garrett. Back Row: Hayley Hamm, MacKenzie

Ste inauer. Mardi

Girls Track: Front Row: Kayla Frazier. Tania Carroll. Faith

Joslyn Soucie. Brianne Brestel. Kristina Fantroy, Tessa

Buom

Elwood. Talia New lun Nicole Hamilton. Betsy Elwood Melisa Sarajlic. Hannah Antholz, Lindsey Linville.

Boys Golf Front Row : Spencer Lindahl, Sam Gemar. Baylor Bond, Seth Barkley, Matt Watson.

Second Row : Trevor Meader. Eric Jaack s, Nick Small, Jordan Straight. Back Row : Coach Jim Danson, Bryce Brown, Hayden Thomson. Dylan Lester. Brandon Boosalis. Not Pictured: Scott Fraser

Varsity Cheer: Front Row: Michaela Whitesell. Amy Cofer. Karli Gaines. Allison Bennett. Abby Collins. Second Row : Sarni Nelson, Rochelle Athan, McKenzie Malone. Tonya Maksimenko. Haley Urwiler. Emily Krivda. Back Row: Kally Brennan. Karissa Hevelone. Kelsey Comfort. Emily Danahay. Sydney Meister, Katie Sieps, Melissa Lewis.

ReseNe C eer: rant ow: rynn oc Row : Kanai Kuhnel, Allison Herbert Stacy M Megan Birman, Lexi Reeder

Athletic Trainers: Front Row: Amy Cotton. Taylor Dobbs, Dakota Sonderup. Shelbi Schw2 z Second Row : JuliAnna Scusa. Sara Norman, Reagan Bergen Brooks Carveth. Jessica Mills. B : k Row Rebecca Townsend, Morgan Bergen. Ryan Keys, Crystal Kjar

JV Cheer: Front Row: Makenzie Brookhouser, Bailey Burkett, Lindsay Strong. Second R ney Jarosz, Nicole Schwery, Megan Sjulin. Katie Maude. Third Row: Hanna Olson, Ale x, Abbie Albrecht, Marielle Saathoff. Back Row: Chelsea Kyle, Abbie Sloup, Courtney Leika • Meyer, Hannah Schlemmer

Football

~-5 state semi-finalist

Volleyball

27-8 state quarter-finalist

Cross CouNtry

Girls Bc)ys

4th place state finish 1 1th place state finish

Girls Golf

5th place state finish

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54 lace state fini

Boys TeNNis

9-3-1

7th place state finish

Softball

37-2 state champions

Basketball

Girls Bc)ys

19- 7 1 1-1 1

4th place state finish

WrestliNg

14-4

10 qualified for state

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spirit up Photo by Wjti iley for Talon

HOMECOMING. Seniors Whitney Sterns and Kyla Richardson and junior Ashley Amend dance during the homecoming game where the Emeralds wear one of the football player's jerseys Photo by Emily Mazur Mickells/Talon

featuring senior McKenzie Malone

HAWK POWER Junior Allison Bennet holds up a sign getting the crowd involved during Spirit Fest Varsity cheerleaders helped organize one of three pep rallies Photo by Alexis Bartek/Talon

WORK IT. Emeralds perform during half home game The Emeralds danced at ev r football game and worked hard coming their routines Photo by Wyn Wiley for Ta

KEEP ON STEPPIN. The step te am, En vy forms at Spirit Fest at the b e g inning of t h The step team also performed at pep ral l1 sometimes basketball games Photo by Ct Stangel Hawk Talk

S-P-I-R-1-T. School spirit can't be done without the amazing support of the varsity cheerleaders, dance team and step team.

The bond made by a group of girls is irreplaceable; every team has their own challenges and struggles. But that's what makes them the team they were

With those challenges comes amazing results. Each squad hefped the community in different ways. Varsity cheer collected money for the Safe Quarters walk for the Friendship Home. Varsity cheer also helped decorate the school for homecoming .

Seniors Kally Brennan and McKenzie Malone were captains for varsity cheer. Brennan worked on coming up with t h e dances that the team would do while Malone came up with the different cheers that the team did.

Emeralds captains, Whitney Sterns and Kylie Klockenga were two girls who had been on the team since freshman year When coming up with new dance routines , the girls split up into groups of three where they then chose the music and choreography for the dance

Both teams also walked in the streets of downtown Lincoln in the Star City parade Dec. 5.

At camp, the Emeralds team got all

superior ratings Varsity cheer received firs t pl ace b ot h in d ance and extreme routi n e as well as winning the leadership award

Sterns said, "Our competition routine was choreographed by Emily Pike, a senior and former Emerald "

As for struggles, Sterns said, " I honestly don't feel we have any struggles because we work very well as a team and we H"ave an awesome sponsor who keeps us on track."

Being on the team has helped the girls in many different ways.

Senior varsity cheerleader Rochelle Athan said, "It's really motivated me in getting more involved in school. It's helped me improve my school spirit."

Also motivating the crowd is the Southwest step team known as Envy They performed at pep rallies, along with some basketball games. The step team consisted of six students who put their hands an feet together to make neat routines a interesting sounds.

Through all the struggles and challen the teams faced, they were still able to keep up the morale of the school and athlete

Without the cheerleaders, dance team a step team the school would be lacking plen of S-P-I-R-1-T

M J. The Emeralds dance at a pep rally as • tribute to Michael Jackson by dancing to o of his songs. The dance team also did a ki clinic with this music that allowed little girls have a chance to dance with Emeralds Ph

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VARSITY CHEER

Senior Michaela Whitesell and -sophomore Sarni Nelson perform at a p rally When th weren't c;;he • g ports p rallies , t e were competing in cheer compet1tt0ns and volunteering . by AJe,as Barrek/Talon

ENVY STEP Sophomore Molly Hogancamp and junior Katy Mohat r a p ll t uses their hands and fee to create sounds durtng their perfonnances.

Photo by AleXJS Bartek/Talon

Go Hawks! Lincoln Southwest cheerleading met every morning at 7 a.m in the gym for practice. All the teams were coached by Nikki Baker and Heather Lambert

The 68 cheerleaders were broken up into four teams of varsity, junior varsity, reserve and freshman just like any other sport.

Each team had a different style of porn porns and uniform shells or tops The cheerleaders performed at pep rallies, doing pep-tunes and cheers and cheered at football, volleyball, basketball and wrestling.

Some major events for cheerleaders were Spirit Fest and Spirit Week.

Homecoming was also hosted by the cheerleaders.

"I liked hosting homecoming because we got to decorate and know what it looked like before everyone got to the dance," said sophomore Kana Leia Veney, a reserve cheerleader They vote on the theme and design for the dance and the t-shirts. Before the dance the cheerleaders all volunteer and decorate for the dance

The cheerleaders also cheered in the Star City Parade, marching behind the band. They did cheers to the fight song and "Jingle Bells" during the parade.

"It was really fun," said freshman Kylie

Brookhouser, "I liked waving and che Eri all the people."

The freshman team included 18 g the beginning of the year and ended vi girls. Captains of the freshman squa c Kiara Moody, Ella Prussa, Taylyn / Ella Seacrest and Emily Cecava. The J i freshman came from many different ;c but managed to become good frie r js have fun together

The reserve cheerleading consisted of 1 1 girls. Their captains ir cl Megan Birman, Morgan Mills, Tayle Allison Herbert, Maddie Deeds an I Manson. Many of the girls on rese ve their favorite things were having squa l r and just having fun.

Junior varsity had 16 girls on the ' s this year. The captains were Courtne) Jc Kate Meyer, Chelsea Kyle and Abbi E S Nicole Schwery was one of the sopr o on JV this year

"Being on JV was really fun anc I r a lot of new friends," Schwery said.

"Cheerl eading is more than havi r 19 it's making new friends and suppor in( school," s2.id junior Courtney Liekam "I more people should consider cheerle 1di

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SHOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT. Sophomores Morgan Mills and Makayla Reed, reseNe cheerleaders , cheer on the court during the Spirit Fest pep rally Photo by Alexis Bartek/Talon

KEEP IT UP. Freshmen Taylyn Watson and Catherine Dalton talk about what the next cheer will be . " I like cheerleading because it is really fun to be able to watch the football games from the sidelines, " Watson said. Photo by Felicia Lopez/Talon

G THE CROWD. Juniors Abbie Al~nd Kate Meyer cheer to the crowd at varsity football game at Seacrest Field eerleaders are required to all wear the ow during a game Photo by Felicia a/on

HIT IT ReseNe cheerleaders Maddie Deeds, Allison Herbert and Lexi Reeder cheer to the crowd during a volleyball game against North Star Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on

Dalton , Makenzie Beard , Natalie Beard, Arna , Hoyt, Kiara Moody, Taylyn Watson , Lauren F Brittany Beard, Daphne Weber, Ella Prussa, c r Emily Cecava , pose for a picture at half time d ing a football game. Photo by Talon

~CHING. Sophomores Brynn Stock and Kana 1a Veney march in the Star City parade The neerleaders practiced marching behind the band ,e week before their performance. Photo by Ion

~at's your f avoTite cheer?

"Roudy is my favorite because everyone knows how to do it with us."

- Junior Chelsea

Kyle

=~LIT LOUD Juniors Courtney Jarosz, Megan hn, and Marielle Saathoff cheer at a pep rally 1three juniors were on the junior varsity squad lOto by Talon

"The fight song because everyone stands up during it."

- Sophomore Kana Leia Veney

"Attack because it is fun to do."

- Sophomore Lexi Reeder

TUMB LE. Sophomore Tayler Mack does a back handspring while cheering on the reserve volleyball team when they played East. "I like cheerleading because I like to cheer on all the teams and show school spirit." Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Talon

SMI LE. Freshmen cheerleaders Ella Prussa , Taylyn Watson, Lauren Fry and Catherine Dalton cheer on the volleyball team The cheerleaders are required to stand in their "game lines" during a game to make sure they stay in formation Photo by Kaley Cook/Hawk Talk

SHAKE IT. Junior Hannah Schlemmer and sophomores Nicole Schwery and Makenzie Brookhouser cheer on the Silver Hawks in the fourth quarter of a football game against Southeast. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Talon

"Aruba because it gets the crowd standing and involved."

- Freshman Mandy Hoyt

PUT YOUR TRUMPS UP ! Students show their spiri t by holding up their instruments before kick off Junior A dam Lif h as b een in t he So uthwest band for three years. He really enj oy s being in band and is looking forward to his senior year

ALL TOGETHER NOW! Ba n d and Col orgu a rd perform together at the homecomin g g a m e against Elkhorn They practiced with eac h other for long and hard hours so they could be perfect

Colorguard

Varsity Marching Band: Nicki Ahlschwede, Paul Ahrens , Courtney Allen, Austin Andersen. Julia Anderson , Libby A de Dani Baker. Jonathan Barber Jim Bash Evan Bischoff Austin Blankenau Jalisa Bonilla, Casey Brant Sam Buckner, Ka 1 y Ca t ie Bu rgess, Ellen Calkins, Clara Calkins , Suzanne Carnazzo , Ashlee Carstens, Katelyn Carstens , Eun -Jin Chung , ck burn, Ben Coatney, Hannah Coatney, Juan Cordova, Ben Crelin, Bailey Crowl, Skyler Crowl, Biz Dalke, Ben Damke , ~ic DeGag n e, Matthew Delisi, Katie Denell, Jacob Denniston, Makinsey Douglas-Hill, Erin Dresser Brandon Earhart A ssa mann, Brady Eklund , Morgan Emmert. Addison Fairchild , Anna Fangmeier, Maren Finsand, Hayden Florom , Emma F ser, vis Freeburg, Miki Freese , Corinne Fuoco , Ryan Geisert, Sam Gemar, Cole Genrich, Hayden Grabast , Brandon Guern , : hn Hale, Nicholas Hamilton, Colleen Harris, Chase Hartman, Andy He, Jake Heidelk, Christopher Hibberd , Ryan Hill, Al e Hi Kyle Hinz , Molly Hogancamp, Paul Honnens, DJ Hosler, Kelsea Hughes, Rebecca Humphress , Kate Hunsaker, Daniel J, Jer. ley Janssen, John Jasa. Gregory Jeffery Jake Jirovec Kayla Johnson, Ashley Jones, Abbey Jones Justin Jones, Arna a Jo Stephanie Kahler, Amanda Kessler, Tae-Woo Kim, Lucy Kneifl, Sarah Kocher, Ali Korte, John Kosch, Ke lly Krueger , Ka n Ku Spencer Labedz, Celeste Labedz. Cece Laughter, Jimmy Lee Adam Lif, Lindsey Linville, Lana Liverm ore. Stacy Lued t 1 ?, Mack, Ghazal Mahjouri Samani, Connor Marshall, Jani Martinez, Diana Martinez Romana. Jessica Mills, Spencer lont Andrew Murphy, Max Nagel , Ann-Christine Narloch, Michael Nguyen, Harry Norman , Adrianna Ochoa , Allison o c o 1or, tany Paul, Kyle Pedersen , Alex Peiman, Daniel Peters, Krystal Peters, Micah Petersen. Julia Peterson , Rachel Pieloch, Jc , Pin Ryan Plager, Mike Richards Shelby Rood, Laine Sanburg Sydney Schaal Steph Schantell, Paul Schiefelbein, Jord a r Sch Justin Schoen , Connor Schulte, Hannah Scollard, Meghan Senne , Amanda Shaner , Jennifer Stevens , Michael Ste v Szudlo, Dewayne Taylor Jordon Thomas. Hayden Thomson, Cody Tinnean, Trent Toelle, Lauren Troester, Erika Tro e s Ullsperger. Brady Vance , Veronica Vanderbeek, Connor Villanueva, Fred Vogel, Brian Vuu. Courtney Wagner , Ash lc Kiefer Watson Meredith Weber, Michaela Wilson, Be cca Wolf MacKenzie Woodward, Sydney Worley Bo Yarabe Zhang , Leon Zhang

Freshman Marching Band: Katy Andersen, Chelsea Anderson , Jeffrey Athey , Jackson Bauer, Chris Beasley, Max Ber er, Der Boden, Brian Botz, Brittany Cash , Brendan Coogan, Sydney Davidson , Kristen Delisi , Sidney Delozier. Jayden Denni n And re Epperson , Joe Espinosa, Jonathan Fangmeier , Taylor Graham Jacob Hahne. Charli Harker, Sydney Havekost. Matth f Hilnr Cera -Rose Hughes Reid Hunsaker, Holly Hunt, Sara Jaber, Bobby Jagadich, Zachary Jeffery, Yancey Jensen, Dyl a Kite Neal Klein, Ryan Klute, Nick Knapik, CJ Lechner, Aaron Lewis, Macy Lloyd , Connor Logsdon, Angela Lorenz Ericka L ns. · Malone, Morgan Malone. Hunter Miller Kody Miller, Meaghan Muehling , Andrew Muir, Mikayla Nelson, Alex P1 ch. Reber, Jordan Rosenbohm, Jordan Roszhart. Austin Schafer, Cody Schilling Brad Shaner, Matt Stedronsky , Charl es Abby Syfie, Tori Vanderbeek, Matt Watson

Colorguard: Courtney Ali e, Jali Bon illa, Katelyn Cars t ens, B, ley Cro wl, Katie D enell, Ashley :mssen, Ka nai Ku hne l, Cece La ghter Kryst al Peters, Shelby Roo d , 5ydney Sch aal, Amanda Shaner, O f Ullsp erger, Ashley Walker

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TWISTA FEVER! Junior Steph Schantell practices baton throwing before halftime at the Elkhorn game with the

Before the games t hey practice on the side field. Colorguard practices after school too Photo by Emily Ma zur-Mickells/Ta/on

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Waking up to go to marching band practice at 7 : 15 twice a week in the parking lot, was really worth it this year. The marching band had the opportunity to go to London over winter break

The band was also invited four years ago to participate in the London Parade on New Years Day. They marched 2.2 miles Most students in took the opportunity to go

On the trip they had the chance to do a lot of fun activities. Junior Lindsey Linville experienced for the first time seeing the Crown of Jewels, went on the London Eye, went to the Stonehenge, saw Big Ben and also went to a castle. The band had a New Year's Eve Dance She also did a lot of shopping

"My favorite part was The Eye, It was pretty awesome" said Linville. The Eye is the world ' s third largest ferris wheel.

It wasn ' t quite easy getting to London The whole trip cost roughly $3000. Linville had to raise most of the money by fund-raising and the other part was contributed by her parents. This was true for most students

In addition the marching band and colorguard both did well in competition, including state, scoring either a superior or an excellent.

There are a lot of interesting facts about band that most people don't know about.

"Every section of the band, as in drum line, saxophones, trumpets etc., have a chant they say before every game or contest," said junior Travis Freeburg. This was Freeburg's third year in the drum line

Another interesting fact about marching band, if you combine the number of people in freshman and varsity band they equal up to the UNL marching band in size

Freeburg has been playing in ban d since he was in sixth grade at Scott Middle School. His freshman year he played the quads (tenor drum) and now he plays the snare. His favorite song is "Big Noise".

Besides playing at football games and participating in competitions, the band was also divided up into two pep bands called the "Silver" and "Green " bands They alternated at basketball and volleyball games while all members played at pep rallies

Every summer the band goes to ban camp and they have a spirit week. They dress up as ninjas and pirates They also have days where the girls dress up as guys and guys dress up as girls Each section of the band thinks of a theme to dress up as Last year drum line dressed up in togas.

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WHATTA SIGHT! Big Ben is located at the 1 north end of the Palace of Westminster in London The students were able to tour and experien ce th e g reat London sites They also went downtown and went shopping Photo courtesy of Ashley Wal k er

GO HAWKS GO! Freshman Marcos Cordova plays the school fight song at a varsity football game The band would play the fight song whenever the Silver Hawks scored a touchdown Photo by Emily Mazur-Mickells/Ta/on

LEADERS OF THE PACK. Junior Austin Blankenau, and senims Maren Finsand and Harry Norman were the drum majors All three of them led tie band at the Star City Parade Both freshman and varsity along with colorguard participated in e parade. Photo by Kelsey Arends/ Hawk Talk

FAIR SNARE Senior Hayden Florom drums along the streets in Lo ndon with the band The band recei ed an opportu ity to go to London to perform. Photo courtesy of Chris Way

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Gymnastics is a brutal sport and requires hours of practice and determination. Sopho~e ontana Whittle is a level 9 gymnast. Whittle practices 20 hours a week and describes f'l&F sport as "unique because there are four events that are completely different from each -other. It's also a team and an individual sport."

Whittle started gymnastics when she was 5 years old. Whittle has had many injuries ch a back injury and other minor injuries Whittle said that the most challenging things aoou her sport are the skills such as "double back dismounts on bars and vault because the small t rnistake can make the skill go wrong. You have to do it just right." Whittle has been All-Around champion at state and Region IV floor champion.

RIDING THE RANGE. Sophomore Emma Bueling and her horse Denali practice running around the range at Still Waters Ranch in Hickman Bueling describes horseback riding as "challenging at times but fun to do." Courtesy Photo

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From the time that sophomore Emma Bueling was in kindergarten she has dedicated her time to riding horses. Bueling has been riding for nine years.

"I really love how in other sports normally you don't get to work with animals but I do, and it makes it more unique," Bueling said. Bueling trains an average of eight hours a week with her horse Denali of two years.

"Horseback riding is really challenging. People just don't know that you have to put a lot of heart into it if you want to become good," she said. Last summer Bueling was shocked at her win in the Hunter Back division at the Lancaster County Fair.

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Baton Twirling is a unique sport, seen mostly during marchng I and perfomances. For junior Steph Schantell it's a big part of her life. Sch , ,1tell , has been twirling since she was 10 years old.

The sport includes many skills such as multiple spin tricks, illusion t c ,ses , and rolls. "Twirling is all about timing," Schantell said.

Baton twirling is a complex sport that includes many events su , 1 a1 solo, 2 baton, 3 baton and flag.

During the school year Schantell practices during band and , very Saturday. In the summer she practices Monday through Saturday rom seven a m to noon.

Baton twirling can cause injuries just like any other sport. "I've g )tte n multiple bloody noses, cuts and lots of bruises," Schantell said

STANDING OUT. Junior Steph Schantell twirls during half time at the Homecoming game versus Elkhorn. Southwest marching band also performed and Schantel performed her baton twirling routine with the music. Photo by Betsy Elwood/Hawk Talk

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ing P.E. but sop more e.ag r p as ee p cl' 1ng Lacros e since practices everyday when it comes around spring time .

"My height sometimes is a disadvantage for me while playing lacrosse at times,"said Gropp. Lacrosse isn't a big time sport here in the Midwest so it makes it more unique to play Like any other sports there are pros and cons.

"You get to travel a lot, but I get a lot of bruises," Gropp said

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Sophomore Reagan Gropp gets ready to catch the ball during a game Gropp likes lacrosse because ," it's a good team sport. that I've gained a lot of friends from play ing " Courtesy Photo

11 lf you work really hard, it definitely pays off."

-Gropp

SkatiNg ON lhiN lee wi1h Nick Pierce

Hockey is one of the most popular ice sports. Sophomore Nick Pierce has been playing ockey since he was 9 years old Pierce practices three nights a week and said, " It' s hard to do homework because I spend so much time with hockey practicing. "

Although not rnany injuries occur, hockey can be really rough sport. When asked about

:he pros and cons of the sport Pierce said, "Pros would be getting scholarships for hockey, 3nd cons would be not having much time for school because we always have practice ." Pierce also said one of his teams biggest accomplishments was "when our team won vlidwest , we were so fired up about winning." He hopes that in the future the Junior Stars Nill go back to the Midwest District and win again.

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"It's probably not a wide known style of dance here but, it's becoming a more and more popular with N and movies," said sophomore Summer Sadat. Sadat is a Bollywood Dancer

"I started to dance at the age of 5 I watched Bollywood movies and started to imitate what the dancers did,"she said Sadat dances an average of three hours a week. "Usually I dance with other people, it's more fun that way and you get a sense of the Indian culture while you dance ." Like most sports, dancing also has its challenges.

"I really would have to say the jumps, in Indian dancing are the biggest. challenge, it's very energetic sport." All together Sadat has gained a lot from dancing "I learned how to become more active and made a lot of great friends from all this ."

1 Tve gained a lot of friends from this."

-Sadat

SK8TING. Nick Pierce (top row , third in from left) and his hockey team on the ice with their trophies. " I like hockey because it is fun and challeng ing ," Pierce sa id Courtesy

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li classes required stude n , to bring a personal read i I b daily

HARD WORK Teacher Dan Carpe n ter helps Nicole Schwery as Ale c Rowen works on a gen eti cs worksheet in their Diff Bi ol ogy class Biology is a re q uired class for sophomores

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Students file into the gym for the Honors Convocation in October Students were recognized for perfect attendance , grades, or being in the top 3 % of their class. Photo by Mardi Elwood/ Hawk Talk

Allen and Andrew Cas t e - a freshman Dylan Vella sit 1n the hall to read Most E1 g

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Longer days in February was the result of school being cancell e d for six snow days during term two . The LPS schedule was set up to only allow five snow days total so students had to make up the extra day.

"I like snow days because I don 't have to go to school, but I hate all of the snow, " said sophomore Austin Ryder.

Finals weren't the only tests that students were required to take this year.

Freshmen have many tests to do in their four years of high school, but first they had to complete the Graduation Demonstration Exams before t hey would be able graduate. After several chances to pass the tests, students would be placed in special classes to help them pass them.

Sophomores took the PLAN test, the only test of the year with a late start for students not taking the test. o, sophomores could take the lf test that students had to pay a

SHALL WE DANCE? Students partner up and dance together during their ballroom dance class. The girls outnumbered the boys in this class so sometimes two girls would have to be partners and one would have to learn the boy's part. Photo by Thao Huynh / Talon

fee for . Some sophomores ended up waiting t o t ake t h e PS AT u nti l th e ir junio r y ea r

"Th e PSAT he l p e d prepare me for wha t t h e SAT w i ll b e l ike," sa id junio r M a ckenzie St einauer.

Most ju n iors took the PSAT for the first or second tim e this year and some took the ACT or SAT. Juniors were r e quire d to do t h e st ate w ri ting test in February and the reading, math, scien ce and social studies state writ i ng tests in April.

" In order to get every junior to complete the state writing tests, we had to have six labs open at a time all day long ," sa id test coordinator Virginia Geige r.

Seniors had to take the ACT or SAT tests if they were attend ing college

All students took CRT tests in many of their classes that were required by the state These tests could be a big part of a student's grade.

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SPEAK UP. Freshman Hannah Guenther presents a cu r ren t eve n t to her Civics class In Civics students learn e d about the types, levels and branch es of g o v e rnm ent and t he Constitution

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POTTERY WHEEL. Junior Ka t ie M aude cleans off the pottery wheel in Willie Sapp's pottery class after she is done u sing it. The pottery wheel can be very difficult when a student first learns how to use it. Photo by Ellie Frankel Talon

BODY LANGUAGE. Seni or Rebecc a H a rtz molds clay to a model of a human skeleton in her Anatomy class The class used clay to visualize the muscles in the body Photo by Kelsey Arends/ Hawk Talk

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1 SPANISH 2

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Favorite Class: Geometry and science ecause I think they are easy and I have good teachers.

Mo·st Challenging Class: Spanish 2 b cause it has a lot of new parts that I have to earn and it confuses me.

Changes to your schedule: none

Overall Opinion of Schedule: I like it because I would rather get all my hard classes done early. Sure it's hard with homework and cheer , but I can get through it and my grades are all B or higher. In the long run, it ill help me.

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Favorite Class: AP World History b e cause it was fun and I liked that it challen :::) ~d me a little bit.

Most Challenging Class: Biology D because it was challenging and there wa s a lot of homework.

Changes to your schedule: I didn 't have time for Jazz Band anymore so I had :o drop it.

Overall Opinion of Schedule: I like j it, but I wish I could've had more time for o tt er classes . I pretty much only took core clas s ~s this year because I'm in music for a full bl c : k.

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3 AP LANG/COMP 3 FRENCH 4

4 WIND ENSEMBLE

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1 AP US HISTORY

2. PRE CALCULUS D

3. CHEMISTRY D

4. AP MACRO ECON

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1. AP PSYCHOLOGY

2 AP US H ISTORY

3 PRE CALCULUS D AP PSYC)7OLOGY

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1 WATER GAMES

2 ADV COMPUTER APPS

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4. GOV & POLITICS

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1. LIFETIME SPORTS

2 TEAM SPORTS

3 AP CALCULUS

4. * PASS PERJOD*

Favorite Class: French 4 because the class was great and Madame Phelps is really fun!

Most Challenging Class: AP Language and Composition because it's not a class to take for the weighted credit, you have to work for it.

Changes to your Schedule: Nope, because Mrs. Winter worked with me last year so that my junior year would turn out great.

Overall Opinion of schedule: I like it a lot! I have just enough weighted classes this year!

Plans for College: I might go to college here at UNL or go to Grove City, in Pennsylvania.

Career Goals: I would like to be a pastor after I graduate college. So I will have go o seminary, probably out of state.

Favorite Class: Business management because I have friends in the class and we do real world projects.

Most Challenging Class: Accounting because there's a lot of busy work and we have to remember several different papers and concepts.

Changes to your schedule: I dropped aerobic cross training to be a T.A. for Penrod {because I can't make it through swim practice with first lunch) and physics for welding.

Overall Opinion of Schedule: I like it, but third term will be a challenge with calculus and swim season. Later, I might enroll in SCC classes.

Plans for College: sec in Lincoln for Automotive Technology and Business Administration. After, maybe go to Morningside or USO to swim and finish up business school.

Career Goals: Own my own full ser-

GETTING INVOLVED Seniors Chad Hassebrook and Ebad Sadat make an outline for their final" presentation in Toni Siedel ' s fourth block Women's Literature class In the class, students learn h o' ' women have affected literature over time and what it means . 'There are frequent in depth discu '. sions, lots of papers to write and a lot reading time. It is a lot to do, but it's also lots of fun, " said ~ dat.

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hat is Fantasy Literature?

antasy Lit is a chronological text tasting of this genre We begin with Fantasy of the 1ents with a sampling from the "Thousand and One Arabian Nights" and work our way r ugh the early Europeans such as the Grimms brothers. Then we take a look at early Amerins like Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe as well as Victorian British with C.S Lewis inally, we end the semester with modern American and British Fantasy writers, such as J K owling

: What a re som e of the activities that you do in the class?

: We read, write, view films, make wands, dragon egg poetry and literary treasure chests n our fabulous Fantasy Fridays student groups choose and plan a theme f or the day arid we o gaming, food and films that fit the theme.

0 : What are some of your memories from the class?

A: During first semester we had a class mascot whom the class named Lafawnduh. They could k~ep hJ:r for tt,ree days for photo ops and scra pb ook pages of her adv en t ures!

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TASY . Senior D L iny Middleton stud i s his notes for the fir I in Fantasy Lit. Aft e the students studie c f or about ten min u : s, they watched a ilm on Fantasy Lite r 1ture

CLASS TRIP. Junior Taylor Nelson takes a picture of the Holocaust Museum. Every year the Holocaust Lit class takes a trip to Washington, D C. to visit the Holocaust Museum Photo by Morgan Emmert/ Photojournalism

NG OUT. Freshman Brendan Coogan helps shman Matthew Hilfiker with his interpreta"The Odyssey ." The students in Lori Ford's h 9D class had to make up skits for each the Odyssey Photo by Dominique Krout/

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Students dread when teachers tell them to fix their grammar. Each and every day students change and mangle the English language to fit their own needs. Most students think they do not need to learn more about English. when that is not the case.

" English helps you express who you are and provides examples of life that you will experience through reading," said teacher Lorrie Ford, who teaches English 9

There are many different varieties of English classes than just r.eading, spelling and grammar Southwest offers a number of classes that count for English credits

In 9th grade students read personal reading books and learn vocabulary Students explore "The Odyssey " and take a look into the thoughts of Shakespeare by reading "Romeo and Juliet. "

"In my ninth grade English class I had a really strict teacher that I don't remember ever smiling. We diagrammed sentences, similar to doing math problems My aunt Mary, who sat diligently at the kitchen table with me. helped me enjoy the challenge," Ford said

When students become sophomores they move on to 10th grade English, which goes deeper into Shakespeare. and some read "Hamlet. " Students focus on poems and do a poetry slam , which is when students write poems in each of their classes, and then each class picks representatives with the best poems to compete against the other representatives

When students become juniors and seniors , they have more opportunities to choose from for English classes Classes range from composition and literature to Holocaust Literature and Science Fiction. as well as a new class that had been offered this year called Fantasy Literature

"I teach a wide variety of students and learn from all of them, " said teacher Cindy Dwyer, who teaches Sports Lit and English 10 "A fun memory I have was when we made tents in my Creative Writing class "

Over students' high school careers they also have to take Communications classes such as Oral Comm Students learn how to write speeches and how to present them

Even though students come to high school not too excited to learn the basics of English, most students leave high school looking back on English remembering that it was not just about the basics, but branched out to other areas of English as well.

"I remember that when I learned how to write, I ended up loving it," Dwyer said.

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CATCHING UP. Sophomore Torri Borcher s foc us es on getting her work caught up in Lori Nakagawa ' s readin ideas class The students had days that were reserved for getting caught up Photo by Dominique Krout/ Talon

INSTRUCTIONS. Cindy Leitner and Allison O 'Con class Dwyer instructs her sentations based on the n by Mika/a Schwery/ Talon

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WORKING TOGETHER. Freshman Holly Hunt and sophomore Luke Gormley work on their m a· 1 homework together in their Geometry Diff class Two brains can often be better than one Ab m getting a certain grade in math, Gormley said, "I have to get an "A " because it's my own expec t 10n of myself But I would also get grounded if I got a grade much lower than an "N. ' I' m sure ." Ph o I by

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0: What's your favorite type of math to teach?

A: I love to teach all math classes and I am comfortable with any topics related to math

0 : What was your math class like back when you were in school?

A: Mathematics was my favorite subject when I was a student and I always knew more tha n y teacher All the students were taught in one math class. There weren't any differentiated an c regular math classrooms.

0 : Was your math class big or small back when you still went to school?

A: In elementary and middle school boys and girls were in the same class, so we had a big c m. In high school girls and boys attended different schools so the classes were smaller.

0 : What's you r le a st favo rite thing about math?

A : I don ' t think I have any least favorite thing about math

0: What's your favorite thing about math in general?

A: Math is fu n an d I neve r get bored w ith •

GETTING HELP Senior Alex Steinmeyer uses a calculator in his " problem solving class to solve a problem Students had the option of checking out a calculator to use for the class

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CHING . Junior Dustin Wischmann pays tion as Advanced Algebra teacher Cullen ens teaches It's hard to keep focus espefourth block when school is almost out.

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Math is one of the most important classes in all your schooling years. For almost every career, you need to have some sort of math education.

At Southwest, a student needed at least 20 math credits to graduate. Every student also had to pass Algebra But besides Algebra there were quite a few other math classes such as Geometry, advanced algebra, pre-cal and AP cal, that students might take

"My favorite thing about math is working with the numbers and just having fun with the class," sophomore Dylan Exstrom said.

Everyone had a different opinion about math. It may have come easy to some students But to others, it may have been their most difficult subject.

Junior Hannah Sader said, "Math comes pretty easy to me if I have a good teacher ."

Senior Amber Hoffmeyer added, "It all depends on what type of math you're taking. Calculus is difficult, but algebra, not so much "

Some students had to get a certain grade to keep privileges such as their phone and spending time with friends

"I don't have to get a certain grade but I always try to get an A I only get grounded if I don't apply myself and not even try," sophomore Sydney Schaal explained.

Math is one of those subjects that tends to have a lot of homework . The homework was not weighted much in the students' final grade. Chapter tests and final were worth 85% to 90% of their grade. While homework was worth only 10% to 15%.

Another change in math was that the math help room was removed. In the math help room , help was available before and after 'School. If students needed help, they needed to find their own teachers.

For some students, it may have been hard to balance extracurricular activities and homework

"I feel like sometimes it can be hard to balance homework and sports. I just make sure I always save enough time for both," sophomore Cole Ridder said.

Some students feel that they will not need math later in life However as they reach their junior and senior year, they might start thinking about college and what classes they need to get into the college of their choice.

Albert Enstein said 'There's a genius in all of us."

That should help everyone realize that even if they have difficulty in an important subject like math, if you put your mind to it, anything is possible

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MUSIC AND MATH. Junior Chelsea Fricke l istens to her ipod while working on her advanced algebra war " Math is one of my harder subjects I'll definitely need it in life, but sometimes I think some of the material is pointless," she said Photo by Luda Konovalchukl Talo

CONCENTRATING. Junior Adam Hill works on his homework in his Algebra Ext. class Hill said, " I have to get a C+ or higher I get a lower grade than that, my punishment is cleaning the whole house ." Photo by Luda Konovalchukl Talon

GET CONNECTED! Senior Tyson Mizell pieces together a strand of DNA Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with heredity among similar or related organisms. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon

WHAT? Sophomore Marissa Upton gets from Dan Carpenter in biology class Biy is the science of life or living organisms courtesy of Jen Wehr/ Photo journalism

PLANT PICKING! Sophomore Ella Leupold checks out a plant under the green lights in her bi o gy class Students learned about plants by not only looking at their leafs under microscopes but b) :: arning the genetic make up and about their traits. Photo by Jen Wehr/Photo journalism

On Oct. 13, Charley Bittle's Environmental Studies class helped out at the Elliott Elementary Nature Night. The studies were put into groups and created a fun interactive way of getting kids interested in nature. Arts and crafts, animals, food and fun filled the evening.

Seniors Ian Neeman and Zach Bryant teach kids to fish at Elliot Elementary

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Some of the games included bare foot hiking, learning to eat like a humming bird, and Fishing 101

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Thirty science credit hours were required in order to graduate from Southwest. Some may feel like that is a lot, but with Southwest offering 28 different science classes, more than any other Lincoln school, students had no problem filling this requirement. Charley Bittle said his favorite science class to teach was "Environmental Studies because it's NATURE AND it goes against the MAN!"

Environmental Studies covers many controversial topics such as pollution, littering, green house gasses and global warming Junior Jeff Reyes said global warming was a science issue that he knew the most about. On the either hand, senior Matt Robertson said, " I do not believe in global warming!" This was and still is a hot topic that some have been debating for sometime

But if you are not on the green side of science, there were many other science classes such as Genetics, Physics and Chemistry Chemistry was a favorrte class for senior Inga Guliyeva who liked it for all of the labs,

"Acids Anything with acids made for fun labs!" senior Guliyeva said

But Bittle said his favorite labs were, "anything outside dealing with living materials and sampling the flora and fauna around our campus I also thoroughly enjoy the fake virus lab that causes everyone ' s hands to glow to demonstrate a contiguous viral transmission "

But as much as Reyes and Robertson disagree on environmental issues, it's nothing compared to their choices for where to have labs for science class ,

"Outside labs, because it's more hands on," was what Roberstson preferred as did Guliyeva on her terms, "You have to have nice weather, and no mud!" On the other hand, Reyes said, " inside, because I got an allergic reaction from going outside once, I had red bumps for days!"

A typical freshman science class would include Geo science or Physical Science . Most freshmen end up taking both classes their freshman year . More freshmen seemed to prefer Physical Science to Geoscience because there were more labs involved .

As a sophomore , students are required to take Biology A lot of sophomores will take the differentiated class Southwest offers because grades are weighted. Sophomores tend to like biology because of the "Alive and Satisfied " project. Students are expected to keep a pet or plant alive and satisfied for the entire semester while documenting their progress .

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KEEPING IT GREEN! Sophomore Leon Zh ang waters plants in the mini green house. There are ma ny plants as well as some animals in the green house Photo by Landon Sadler/Photo journalism

ALL BETTER! Senior Preston Block makes a new sign for the out door classroom The old sign had began ~ rust as well as was covered in writing The new sign will be not only bigger , but a lot more environmentally. friendly. Photo by Kaitl in Karins/ Talon

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Social studies teacher Ryan Salem has spawned everything from an Oba rr :1 -pa r· ody Cross Country t-shirt to a Facebook group (which has since been taken do v n ) for what he's most famous for: his outrageous hand gestures.

In the 2008-2009 school year, Salem's AP Government and Politics student s rnd e a t-shirt focusing around his many hand gestures.

"I've never seen the Facebook group, but I thought the t-shirt was nice sinc e 1 t w a i made by nice kids," said Salem. "I don't really mean for my students to notice th en lt'i just how I teach " •

Students taking AP World History or AP Government and Politics will exp E ien cc Salem's hand gestures for years to come.

" I can't change who I am," said Salem. and the Omega."

OFFERING HELP Teacher Lisa Bales helps freshman Audrey Berck with an assignment in Civ i cs Civ ics focuses on studying the constitution and roles of the government. Photo by Greg Ganda/11 Photo journalism

T TO WRITE. Senior Keli Reeder transnswers to the board in Jalaina Handa's logy D class. Students had the option of osing between Human Behavior, SocioloPsychology to receive credits for human c:1vior Photo by Emily Shanahan/ Talon

MAN OF THE HOUR. Teacher Ryan Mahoney addresses his Psychology class Mahoney was · d ) se n to be awarded the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award, and he received a $25 , 0 0 check for the award He was surpr ised with the award prior to the fall pep rally Photo by Pai g e Lan gfeldt/ Photo journalism

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Many important events in our past have shaped our present-day lives.

Social studies teaches about these events Southwest offers many classes, such as the required Government and Politics for seniors, US History for juniors, World History for sophomores, and Civics and Geography for freshmen

Thirty-five credits of social studies are required to graduate with GOPO included in those credits. Students also have the choice of taking AP or regular classes to earn credits, such as AP US History (APUSH), AP World History (WHAP) and AP GOPO.

Each class covers different events and areas of history. World History's units cover everything from King Louis XIV of France to World War II and the dictatorships of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini to the Cold War between Russia and the United States. Government and Politics covers the subjects of US Supreme Court cases and Amendments of the Constitution, much like Civics, which is required of freshmen. Geography covers the cultures and religions of different countries throughout the world.

Other classes offered include Micro-Economics, Macro-Economics , Psychology and Sociology.

This year a new class was added to the list: History Of the Holocaust taught by Alison Kelley and Alyssa Watson. This class offered an in-depth look at Hitler' s rise to power, important events of the Holocaust, the liberation of the Jews from concentration camps, aftermath and modern-day genocides

"Holocaust Lit focuses on teaching about the Holocaust through literature, but this class teaches in more of an interactive way , " said Kelley . " It teaches more on a timeline basis, as well."

History of the Holocaust was offered three terms this year but will be offered all four terms next year.

With great classes also comes great teachers. Ryan Mahoney was awarded with the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award, complete with a $25,000 check at a the fall pep rally on Oct. 9

"I was excited," recalled Mahoney "There are a lot of good teachers in the district and I wondered about them and why they picked me ."

Social Studies, often stereotyped as a curriculum not applicable to life, can range in topics from history shaping our world today to roles of government representatives to how the human mind and personality develop. Social Studies offers a variety of topics and classes in its curriculum to help students understand various aspects of life and politics.

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ART OF PRESENTATION. Sophomore Megan Haugerud gives an oral report on the WWII and th e Ho locaus in Ryan Salem ' s AP World History Class The Holocaust is one event focused on in this class Photo by Spence Krull/ Talon

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In this class students see how a lot of the origins of words come from the ancient Latin language.

"We made posters to promote the Latin language since it's about to be time to register for next years classes," commented teacher Shirley Roeber. It's like any other language class, although it' s a little more challenging, but students are told that the study of Latin can help improve ACT/SAT scores.

Latin class was also not located in a typical classroom at the beginning of the year due to a smaller class size. The posters they created were in hopes to inspire other kids to sign up for the class.

FRENCH. During French class sophomore Courtney Wagner copies down the new section "from her book Wagner did this to practice for her upcoming chapter test Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

THE TEST! Japanese teacher Jeremy Smith announc es to his class that he has made a review pap er for them. He prepared the class for their fi nal test. Photo by Emily MazurMicke/1s/ Ta lon

SAVE LATIN! Latin class posted flyers around the school e ncouraging students to join the ss. Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

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STUDY TIM E Junior Heather Byr rn works on an assignment in Latin 's makeshift classroom Photo by Azi< Cru Talon

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World Language classes were open to all students and may have had a mix of all grades in the classes. French, Japanese, Spanish, Latin and German were all offered. Span ish and French are the only languages taught that went all the way to the year five.

Paying attention, keeping focus and staying up with all the homework and projects were a big part of world languages. Most of a students' grades revolved around participation and tests over the sections.

"I wanted to take French because I was already fluent in Spanish and I wanted to try to take on learning another language," said sophomore Lisette Morales.

Like Morales, other students may be taking the class because they already speak another language and they want to try something new to switch it up. But most people just like the challenge that world language brings and the excitement that comes out of learning and doing something other than the regular.

"My Spanish class can be difficult at times, but Senora Phelps is a very good teacher and really helps you understand the material," said sophomore Delanie Barnard, "I've learned a lot in this class that I never thought I would know."

World language wasn't required for graduation, but most colleges required students to have a certain number of hours at entrance or students would have to earn them in college Those hours cost money if taking the language in college

Some people might think learning a new language is hard and boring, but a lot of teachers offer fun projects to interest students while learning the language at the same time For example, teacher Nila Jacobsen played her guitar from time to time to teach her students songs in Spanish four.

Teachers set up different activities up so it was more hands on learning than just writing down the words on paper. Also some students learn to love speaking their language so much that they take as many years as the language provides.

"My favorite activity we did in my Spanish two class was we did an activity where we had to design a town and label the streets and buildings. At the end once Sr. Hill told everyone to put an X on our starting place and make directions to the ending place which we couldn't label. Then we got little toy cars and had to follow the person's directions and see where we got too," said junior Megan Treece "It was really fun because sometimes we ended up in the completely wrong spot."

A majority of Southwest students took a foreign language creating a mix of culture throughout school.

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ALL ABOUT FRENCH. Teacher Madame Angela Knop teaches her French class a new chapter as sophomore Shay Doyle and freshman Dustin Piening take notes After the lesson Madame Knop has the class write down new vocabulary. Photo by Azia Cruz/ Talon

SHARING. Sophomores Shelby Anderson and Emma Mabry share their legend in their Spanish 3 class with Sra Phelps. They shared their legend about a flamingo that was all white and boring and then drank out of a pond of lemonade and turned pink Photo by Kateyln Crew/ Photo journalism

JAPANESE. The Japanese 2 class learn characters from their new vocabulary Sophomore Lana Livermore and junior PJ Bell practice writing the words in characters on their white boards Photo by Emily Mazur-Mickellsl Talon

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Art is a significant part of everyone's life No matter where you are or what you do, there is art around you Art is what makes the world look and feel the way it does.

Some students want to take art into their adulthood, while others don't. Art may be just a hobby for many students.

''I've never really thought taking it into a career I might get bored with it eventually and plus I hear about 'starving artists' a lot. That wouldn't be very fun," said junior Patrick Beardslee, who took Beginning Drawing

If you ask someone what their opinion on art is, you'll get a different answer every time. It depends on the person, but it's not often that you find someone who dislikes art.

"I think art is just something you can be free with and do whatever you want. There's really no rules to it," Beardslee said.

Art comes in many shapes and forms Every artist has their own way of expressing themselves

" In the same way that writers type their stories, emotions and opinions on paper , artists put those same things into paintings and sculptures and so on," said sophomore Molly Steadman, who has taken Pottery

Art classes were available to all students. The classes allowed the students to be independent with their work while having fun. Some of the classes provided include Beginning Drawing, Beginning Photography, 20 Design, 30 Design, Beginning Painting, Beginning Jewelry, Beginning Pottery and some advanced classes branching off of those.

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RERO. This sculpture was by senior Alec Rinke in potass This is just one of the impressive sculptures in the hoto by Ellie Frankel Talon

JEWELRY. Junior Carly Birman saws a design in her metal bracelet in beginning jewelry In this class , students make a variety of jewelry including bracelets , necklaces, and broaches

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CHEMICAL BATH. Junior Anissa Payne develops her photos in the chemical bath for photography The lights in the darkroom were turned on for display

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WOR KI N G W ITH C LAY. Sophomore Jennifer Stevens works on her clay vase in pottery class Students are allowed to express themselves through various techniques with clay includin using coils, slabs, and the pottery wheel. Pho to by Ellie Frankel Talon

MASK. Junior Dylan Yuen 1ows off the design he drew on ,is mask used when bufferin g -n etal in beginningjewelry Pho t c by Ellie Frankel Talon

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Drama and music are both things that occur in our daily live s They happen both separately and tog ethe~, and come in many forms. It's not just about the act of making music or drama production s, it's also about the people who make it happen

The LSW band and choir students went to London, England for New Year's Day. Students joined together in several ways to help fund raise for the event.

In addition, Terry Rush and Beth Goldsmith were new music teachers with Rush teaching instrumental music and leading the marching band while Goldsmith taught vocal music and directed the show choirs . The band and orchestr a also played music in the ENCORE Ill and Peter Pan productions

"A lot of my friends are in band with me, and we have a lot of fun playing at football and basketball games I also went to London this year for marching band It was great , " junior Libby Anderson said

Students could take a variety of music classes such as Concert and Show Choir, a variety of Orchestra and Band courses , and Musical Arts . Some available drama-related classes were Theatre , Advanced Th e atre, Theatre Production, and Technical Theatre

Students found these classes to be fun and exciting One of the best parts students discovered about joining drama and music was how close all the students and faculty can become

"The best thing about the drama and music departments is that we are all one big, happy family," said instrumental music teacher Alyssa Wilhelm.

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MAKING MUSIC. Denise Cotton teaches her Chamber Cho ir class a new song

The mu si c cla sses w e re located in the E-W ing , near the auditorium All music classes were on a split block schedule

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Students in Technical Theatre work on the set for "A Christmas Carol" production in December Both Technical Theatre and Scenery Crew worked on the set. Photo by Ellie Fran kel Talon

Did You KNOW?

-Upstage is the back of the stage

-The House is the audience.

-Striking the set means taking the set off the stage .

-A beat is a break or pause for effect.

-An 'apron ' is an extension of the stage into the auditorium.

-To 'corpse ' means to laugh uncontrollably during a performance.

-The word ' Macbeth' is bad luck to say in a theater.

In music.

-A violin has four strings.

-There are usually two sections of violins in an orchestra

-The full name for the piano is forte piano.

-A piano has 88 keys - 52 white, and 36 black keys

-The kettle drum originated in Arabia.

-F clef is also known as bass clef.

-G flat and F sharp are ~~:~a 2 note with a different n..,....J

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Woodward and Michael Stevens perform with the Jazz Band in the auditorium for a concert in early January The band consists of a var iety of instruments like bass , drums , piano, saxophone and more Photo by Kelsey Arends/ Hawk Talk art / e-

STRUT YOUR ST UFF . Junior Kate Meyer dances and sings in a Show Choir performance in January. The Show Choir focused on a range of singing and choreography in order to create a stunning show Photo by Kelsey Arends/ Talon

ENCORE! Students and former st udents participated in the ENCORE Ill production in early January This production was a musical college scholarship for students :nterested in drama. Photo by Tre Uhrmacher/ Hawk Talk

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Many students will choose to take a Family a n d Cons u mer Science class during high school. Family Cons u mer Sc ience classes were one of the most popular electives to c hoo se from, whether it be Creative Clothing Design, culinary baking or fo ods and wellness

Students usually took FC S classes for relief f ro m their core classes and to enjoy their creative side for a b lock d ur ing th e d ay. There were about 14 Family Consumer Science s clas ses o ffered.

Taking FCS classes benefited stu d ents by lea rn in g hel p ful skills to use. For example, learning to cook in Culinary Skills could benefit one by learning how to cook different types of cuisines. Over the past few years students have learned how to bake cakes , cookies, breads, pies and other tasty things

" It's a fun class , and you get to make some really cool stuff," said sophomore Rebecca Toelle.

Creat ive Clothing helped improve sewing skills. The class taught the basics of sewing at the beginning, but later on students could ch oose what they wanted to sew and put their own personal creative touch into it, whether it was a pillow, purse or quilt.

" I grade the students on their creativity and the skills they have to meet criteria, " said creative clothing teacher Tracy Way.

Not all Family Consumer Science classes dealt with cooking and sewing . Some of the other FCS classes offered dealt with learning about family and personal aspects, such as Relationships, Teen Issues and Family and Crisis.

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JUST ABO U T RIGHT . Junior Christia n Sanderfer measures how much fl our to put in th e bowl in Culina ry Skills The class helped improv e cooking skills and choices 1n health foods Photo by Ellen Peterson/ Photo journalism

A TOU CH O F CRE A TIV ITY Sophomore Macy Baade measures out pieces of cloth to cut out for a quilt during Creative Clothing Students got the chance to sew bags, blankets, and other items

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Junior Quintin Pack tries a bite of an apple pie during Culinary Foods that he and his group made "The pie wasn't all that good," said Pack Culinary Foods was elective course that was offered to sophomores, juniors and seniors In the past fewyears Culinary Foods has made a variety of types of food Which include pizza , pies, muffins, cakes and other delicious foods

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ON POINT . Junior Ali Car ens paints a model house in Ir erior Design Interior Design cl ;- s focused on architectur e an c de si gning rooms Photo by Tayl c Woffei Photo journalism

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It's not like one of your core classes where you have to sit all block in a classroom In P.E. classes students g et up to use their energy and do something like playing sports That's why it was one of the most popular classes among students

"I like Team Sports because you actually get active rather than taking notes and all of that," said sophomore Paige Masters.

Physical education classes are essential to graduating high school. There are 14 physical education classes students can take. Students needed to earn at least 7. 5 credits in this department plus five credits for health. Some classes to choose from were Health, Fitness for Life, Ballroom Dancing, Team Sports, Weight Training, Advanced Weight Training, Lifeguard Training, Aerobic classes and Lifetime Sports.

Besides earning credits students learned to develop a healthier life style for themselves. According to study in USA Today, 11 percent of teens are overweight by the time they get into their 20 ' s, and about 22 % of them are obese

"It's good for students to become actively fit now, to help with them develop w ith their healthy habits," said teacher Andrew Sherman .

In health students learn the basics such as healthy foods and information on drugs and sex It was taught by _Doug Kaltenberger and Scott Skultety

"I really liked health because you got to learn some of the interesting facts and new ways to become healthy," said sophomore Samantha Steele.

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During Lifetime Sports students had the opportunity to go canoeing while playing ball at the same time

Lifetime Sports was only offered to juniors and seniors and is usually taught by Lis Brenden or Andrew Sherman.

The class is not any ordinary sports class Students learned different types of recreat ional sports while actually getting to play the sports at the necessary facilities, such as the gym or pol

SHALL WE DANCE Students learn t he bas ics of dance in Ballroom Dance class. Taught by Jeremy Smith, the class was not one of the typical Physical Education classes offered Students learned different styles of dance such as the waltz and the square dance Photo by Thao Huynh/ Talon

BULLS EYE Junior Kamal Harris draws his bow back to shoot at t~e target in Lifetime Sports. Lifetime Sports was a physical education class that focused on recreational sports. Photo by Alexis Bartek/ Talon

WORKING OUT. Senior Angie Prewitt and junior Ashley Jones achieve an aerobic workout by riding bikes during weight training Students could also take weight training during zero hour

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G ETTING FIT. Sophomore Jessica Mendoza does a leg press during weight training All grades could take Weight Training or Advanced Weight Training

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PUMPING IRON. Junior Justin Peet holds the bar for senior Alex Duff to bench during Advanced Weight Training Most athletes at Southwest took Advanced Weight Training Photo by Taylor Rung/ Photo journalism

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Every day students go to classes where t hey lea rn so m ething new. In history, they learn about the past; in art clas ses they get to learn new techniques and can get a differen t perspective about things; and in business classes students learn how to prepare for the future

''I'm planning on going to college for a busines s degree," said senior Nicholas Allen "Knowing how t o manage your m o ney is one of the most helpful skills you can have "

In Career Education, multiple guest speakers come and visit the class and give students a valuable insig ht on their fiel d of work. Throughout the term-long class, students are taught how to make a resume, how to be prepared for a job interview and other skills to help get a job To help find out whatjob might be best for someone, the class offers a survey through Career Crusing .com which recommends a career based on their interests and skills

There were nine different business classes offered including World of Business, Business Management, Business Law, Accounting, College Accounting, Sports Marketing, Marketing, Promotional Marketing and Keyboarding.

"Marketing with Mr Kobza is one of my favorite classes," senior Trenton Blundell said "We get to learn about how to make products look appealing and get to watch commercials in class."

The goal for any school is to see their students succeed in the future and this is true with the help of the business department. They prepare students with skills to help them after high school and for the rest of their life .

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Brett Witty and Andrew Bowers participate in a discussion about commercials in World of Business Marketing, accounting and advertisement is taught in this class. Photo by Taylor Scharperl

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Every term the Career Education class brings in businesses for their mock interview fair, but how do they decide who comes in?

"We bring in businesses all around the area We try and get nearby businesses like Super Saver and McDonald's to attend," said teacher Shelly Tvrdy. "There are some businesses that come by every year because they like to help out."

While the activity is meant to give students an opportunity to practice their interview skills, sometimes businesses will actually hire the person.

"There have been times that companies come to us wanting to be in the interview fair because they need employees," Tvrdy added. "Other times if someone does exceptionally well the business will ask them if they want to come in an do an official interview for a job ."

SURVEY SAYS Sophom or Alec Rowen browses Career Cr ising during Career Ed St u 1 .: nts would often visit the sit e t lo ok at recommended jobs and f , d ou t information about them ! , oto by Dylan Exstroml Photo Jo u 1alism

CONCENTRATE Sophomore Senad Saija w or ks on his project in Internet and Multimedia clas s At the end of the term, students would burn th eir · final projects to a DVD to take home.

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N ' SHARP. Sophomore Straight attends a mock iew with Talent+ for Career tion Businesses came in to iew students every term for terv iew fair Photo by Kaitlin Ta l o n

AB O UT M E. Freshmen Diamond Shouse works on her All About Me powerpoint for Computer Apps The project was the first step to learning different applications Photo by Taylor Scharperl

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Constructing model homes and creating cabinetry from scratch aren't some of the things that people think of when they hear the words "high school". However, indusfrial technology is one of the most important subjects for students looking for a career in engineering, woodworking or manufacturing.

There were three woods classes offered this year: Introduction to Woodworking, Furniture Construction, and Advanced Cabinetry

In Introduction to Woodworking, teacher Kevin Hennecke taught the basic skills needed for future classes, like using the band saw, table saw and sander. In class, students constructed a model home with a floor plan and foundation. After building the house, students then had the option of creating a small box

Furniture Construction and Advanced Cabinetry was the next step for students looking to learn more than the basics Common projects for Furniture Construction included tables and chairs while Advanced Cabinetry consisted of larger projects such as beds, poker tables and futons

'This year we got a brand new CNC router for students to use this year. Gives students a chance to carve designs into their pieces, " department chair Jeff Jochum said

For those looking into a career in engineering, teacher Cory Free taught the majority of the Computer Aided D~sign classes (also known as CAD) Four different CAD classes offered: CAD Tech, CAD Architecture, CAD Engineering and Advanced CAD. In these classes students created 3D models of every day objects and even some of their own ideas.

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THINK ABOUT IT. Senior Trenten Meyer works on a project in CAD Architecture. For most of the term, students create a house design and then enter the design in a competition Photo by Chelsea Keller/ Photo journalism

DRILL BABY, DRILL! Freshman Jared Torell uses a Kreg Jig on a project in Introduction to Woods and Construction The Kreg Jig is just one of the tools that students learned how to use Photo by Minh Trani Photo journalism

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At the end of May 2009, the industrial technology department bought a new $22,000 CNC router

"With this new router students will be able to make designs using a CAD type program and then send it to the router to carve them," said teacher Kevin Hennecke "(At the end of first semester) we have been doing some basic designs and hope to make more complex designs during the second semester."

Students taking the Advanced Furniture and Construction class during terms three and four were able to test out the new machine

WHAT "WOOD" YOU DO?

Senior Colby Dahlke measures out a cut on his table top Tables were a popular project for students to create in Furniture Construction and Design Photo by Austin Christensen/ Talon

DON'T LOO K SO "BOARD "! Teacher Kevin Hennecke watches while senior Ryan Plager uses the table sander After creating a table top, students would often use the table sander to make sure that everything was flush and smooth. Photo by Austin Christensen/ Talon

THIS RULES! Senior Brenton Knight measures a piece of wood for the table he made On the top he carved a big N to represent the Husker football team Photo by Austin Christensen/ Talon

GETTING SOME KNOWLEDGE Senior Marshal Fisher picks up "The Beauty Myth: A Guide for :: al Girls" in the media center for Psychology Students often visited the library to learn about topic s , at they did not have much knowledge about. Photo by Austin Christensen/ Talon

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The library is full of books, but where do they all come from?

"Each year we spend about 40% of our budget on books and the other 60% on technology," said media specialist Laurie Logston "Our goal is to eventually get all new iMacs for the media center."

However, books are released every week, how do you decide what books to buy?

"We try to buy books that are ·needed for classes," said Logston, "We just bought a cart of books about survivor testimonies for the Literature of the Holocaust class "

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'TECH " IT OUT Seniors Logan Campbell, Kody Hamelin and Zach Eisenmann watch as Hamelin uses his laptop Students had access to school computers, but sometimes used their own Photo by Austin Christensen/ Talon

SCAN-A-JAMA. Counselor Colleen Finkhouse makes a co py of a schedule Students sometimes lost t heir copy and needed a new one

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It was the start of a new term and not all students were happy with their classes. They rushed into the counseling center only to be greeted by a line of other students who also \Vanted to change their classes

'The counseling center is always open to students to change their schedules an d other academic activities , " said counselor Dolores Simpson-Kirkland . 'The best way to avoid problems with scheduling is to be careful with the classes you choose when you register. Prioritize what classes you need to take first then your electives."

However, schedule changes weren ' t the only thing that counselors worked on. Seniors had interviews with their counselors to get help with college applications, financial aid, scholarship research and other plans for the future. Juniors had meetings to discuss what their plans for college were and to make sure they were on the right track for success.

Those who were having trouble keeping up with their classes could talk to them about how to manage their time and make sure their homework was getting done on time

"Again, it is about setting priorities," added Simpson-Kirkland "You need to decide what is most important and start with that and go from there "

Students who needed to do research could visit the library There they could find books and encyclopedias to help them almost any topic. If there was a book that the school media center didn ' t have, they could bring in the book from another school. Those who were looking for electronic sources , the library had many computers available with online resources

"We operate with the belief that the media center must support and foster successful learning. This includes information literacy, the use of technology, and the ethical decision making when using information This year, we will spend over 20 percent of our budget on digital resources unique to the needs of our Silver Hawks. " said media specialist Laurie Logsdon

Last year students checked out a total of 9,253 books, averaging to about five checkouts per student each year The most popular books were: "A Child Called It', "The Lost Boy ," "Katie com, " " Speak " and "The Five People You Meet In Heaven ."

The goal of any school is to make sure that students succeed and that is especially true at Southwest. Besides counseling the school had special education and gifted programs to offer extra help Saturday morning school was also available to help keep students on track. With a library filled with books and other resources, students have many opportunities readily available to them to help them succeed

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SAY CHEESE. Freshman Brandon Levinson , jun ior Dylan Hodges , senior Tyler Andelt , freshman Clayton Stull, freshman Natasha Cidlik and senior Christopher Heble along with therapy dog " Bo" collect attendance sheets to turn in They on ly collected the sheets dur ing terms one ~nd two becau e a new online attend an ce and grading pro g ram went into effect beinn te m three. Photo by Berenice Gonzalez/ Photo journalism

CONNECTING. Teacher Doug Kaltenbe r ger t a lks with his health class at the end of class. Teacher s would have to reserve a spot in the library before bringing their classes in Photo by Austi n Christensen/ Talon

WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK. Paraeducator Kylee Foral watches freshman Clayton Stull , senior Dillon Gladding and junior Cody Gray while they work

Photo by Austin Christensen/ Talon

LOOKING AHEAD. Counsel student look at classes for ne to keep in mind what credits ate Photo by Dani ell e Graul

WATCH AND LEARN Sophomores David Munro, Halley Schlemmer and Jenniffer Jones prepare to show a video to a group of freshmen on their first day. Student Ambassadors and Student Council created informative short videos about areas in school. Photo by Elicia Rardon/ Talon

SHOW OFF. Juniors Mikaela Balfa ny and PJ Bell rehearse for their show choir compe t ition Show choir performs at many competitions throughout the year. Photo by Tre Uhrmacher/ Hawk Ta lk

NEW IN TOWN. Sout r .1 est had seven fore ign exc r 1ge students : Tinatini Gi a Kt 1sia, Laura lmsirov ic , Ivan a f' di e, Ann a Lenting, Ann -Katr ,n Nieb e rgall , Julian a SilvE and Ann-Christ ine N ar i -h. These students repr es e d four different countr ie

JUST PASSING TIME. Senior Kylie Klockenga and juniors Abby Flory and Ellie Clinch stop to talk between their finals Students were given a 15 minute break that gave them time to talk to friends or do some last minute studying. Photo by Kaitlyn Steinacher/Talon

To the unfamiliar eye, Southwest probably seems like nothing more than your average high school: tan brick walls, overcrowded hallways, and herds of students dragging their heavy backpacks from class to class. But in reality, there is much more to Southwest than just that.

Southwest was full of enthusiastic sports fans who were known across the state for their spirit while supporting some of the best athletes in the state. It was also home to some of the most eloquent speakers and dedicated debaters. The theatre department was comprised of many students who spent hours memorizing lines, preparing sets, and preparing to put on some of the best productions ever put on by a high school.

This school was filled with some of the best leaders who work hard to come up with fun and creative ways to better our school. Southwest was I of future doctors, lawyers, soldiers teachers.

STUDENT TO SLAUSON. Sophomore Nicole Ullman speaks to Principal Rob Slauson before his welcoming speech at Future Hawk Night. Future Hawk Night was held Jan 27 for incoming students to see what Southwest had to offer Photo by Elicia Rardon/ Talon

This year, Southwest was home to the only teacher in Nebraska for 2009 to receive a Milken Award - an award that is given to teachers for what they have achieved and for the promise of what they will accomplish.

Seniors Aubrey Thompson, Aleem Malik, Wyki Walstrom, and Erin Kocher were all National Merit Scholar Semifinalists.

Juniors Albert Zhou, John Jasa, Brian Vuu, Michael Nguyen, Charles Chen and sophomore Jimmy Lee all competed on the math team and took first at the Doane College Math Contest.

Freshman attended the first ever S.O.A.R. camp that helped them learn skills that will be useful throughout their high school career.

Even though an outsider may not see it, Southwest is full of many talented individuals.

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CHECK IT OUT. Seniors Abby Bordeaux and Kristina Wilson stop to receive their planners before the year starts Planners were given out at locker check out on Aug. 5 for seniors and juniors and Aug 6 for sophomores and freshmen

YOUR SPIRIT!

Photo by Elicia Rardon/ Talon

SHOW

Junior Karli Gaines shows off her outfit for the "Fashion Disaster" themed spirit day. Many students participated in Spirit Week by dressing up in different outfits the week before homecoming. Photo by Dominique Krout/ Talon

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The transition from middle school to high school can be a daunting one.

As a freshman you've probably heard a whole bunch of stories about being in high school, some good and some bad. But with all those rumors, who wouldn't be nervous for high school. Just as any other high school has its stories, so does Southwest. From funny ones to serious ones.

"Some of the things that I heard about LS\,1/ from other people was that · ghosts lived in the bathrooms and the carpets were all super soft," Devon Nelson said

. Another myth that would give any freshman jitters was "Freshman Fridays, where every Friday all of the upper class would pick on the freshmen," Michelle Ingle said.

Getting lost was another fear.

"That it's hard to find classes," Erin Gandall said.

That's probably true for anyone on the first day of school. But for most freshmen or anybody in high school just starting, the situation that would be most intimidating was trying to fit in with other people and make new friends. Even though the perception of starting high school back in middle school was different, most freshmen probably realized that most of these myths were not true, and the best advice was to just be yourself.

"I was scared back then, but now I just realized that I was being nervous over something that wasn't a big deal," Isabella Zier said

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FIRST IN LINE. On freshman's first day Student Ambassadors and Student Co u cil helped out by answering any questio n and showing them around the school. Ph o J by Talon Staff

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Malia Hinz

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A Quinceanera is a coming of age ceremony for the Latin American g irls They are somewhat like Sweet Sixteen's or Bat Mitzvah's but with a twist. Quinces happen when the girl turns 15. Freshman Lizbeth Herna n dez was having one this year in April.

"During the night, I have to follow many traditions that symbolize my co ming of womanhood . But overall, people are most recognized for having f:1 bulous parties, so I hope mine is too, " Hernandez said.

One of the traditions that one has during the Quince is having c big dress, which symbolizes that the girl has become a woman, which is al s<) the reason she wears a crown. The girl also learns a waltz that she performs 2 : the beginning of her party with her father as her partner.

Sophomores Elizabeth Ruiz and Lisette Morales had their Quince p , rtie last year

"One of the traditions before you have your party is to go to er J rc h before it. I remember taking a lot of pictures and the color I chose, whi d wa lime green. I especially remember riding in the limo with all my chamb ane (escorts)," Ruiz said

"I loved having a special dance with some guy friends and so rr gi r friends. I remember my father's speech, the dance routines and feeling s ,eci al on my day But overall, I mostly remember dancing with my father and 1cle s, all my uncles," Morales said

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An im p o rta n t tra diti o n is to we ar a ti a ra to your party W earing this tiara symbol ize s the becom ing of a woman

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Advice to lNCOMiNg Fresh1v1eN

F~eshman year .is one of the most important years of the high school experience. So after a tough year of t j eing a freshman, what advice did some freshmen say they would give to incoming 9th graders next year? Here i-;; advice by Josh Banderas, Jacey Lawrence, Nick Niesius, Daphne Weber and Brayden Young.

Do ' s

1. ·Go to all the dances -Banderas

2. Be a stud - Young

3 Be extremely friendly - Niesius

4. Stay Organized - Weber

5 Try your hardest in all your classes - Lawrence

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D on'ts

1. Don't mess with upper classmen - Yo 19

2 Don't be cocky - Niesius

3. Don't clog the hallways - Banderas

4. Don't do anything embarrassing - Lawre n r 2

5 Don't write all over your locker with expo marker. It's hard to get off. -W e ' er

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"I like how we got to pick the classes that we wanted to take, like extra curriculum wise. I also like how we're getting to take more challenging classes because it'll look better on my college application when looking for colleges to attend," responded Henry O'Neal.

"I like how I'm not a freshman and how upper classmen don't look at me all immature anymore. I also have a better curfew now that I'm a sophomore so I can stay our later and hang with the friends," said Eduardo Anaya.

wtiat are so1v1e of ihe ihi"Ngs you doNt like c1Jout bei"Ng a sopho1v1ore ?

"I don't like how freshmen or sophomores aren't able to go to the prom unless we're asked by upperclassmen. I think it'd be fun if we could go without an older date," said sophomore Pa i1 Masters.

"I don't like how we can't go off campus I think it's dumb because a lot of kids do already . I don't see why we just can't go out to eat as long as were back before lunch is over," respond i sophomore Melanie Petersen.

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Andrew Clyne

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Kyle Coffey

Tyler Comfort

Haley Condello

Zachary Cook

Mikala Cooper

Amy Cotton

Haylee Cotton

Joe Creglow

Katelyn Crew

Michelle Crites

Bailey Crowl

Azia Cruz

Dakota Cusatis

Elizabeth Dalke

Benjamin Damke

Madison Deeds

Michaela Degagne

Emily Delisi

Rebecca Denell

Erin Dike

Kathy Dinh

Tyler Dittbrenner

Mitchell Domant

Alexis Dougherty

Ehan Douglass-Wil y

Rachel Dowd

Shaylyn Doyle

Harrison Drake

Nicole Dreeszen

Chasidy Drueppel

Drew Dupont

Austin Dutcher

Timothy Dvorak

Alyssa Eitzmann

Brady Eklund

Nikki Elgin

Kyle Ellison

Samantha Essman

Cashmear Evans

Allison Everman

Dylan Exstrom

Addison Fairchild

Britney Feuerhammer

Coren Fielder

Shaun Fischer

Brent Flentje

Caroline Flynn

Kelsey Follmer

Allie Fowler

Emma Fraser

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Danny Funk

Alexandra Gallardo

Isiah Garcia

Raven Gatewood

Ryan Geisert

Brant Geller

Sam Gemar

Cole Genrich

No matter where you are, distractions surround you Teens think they can do it all, but teachers may not agree A big distraction now seems to be texting and music. While the teacher is teaching a lesson or students are taking a test, some students put their backpacks in front of them and can text the whole class period without getting caught.

'Tm distracted in class by texting sometimes but I've never gotten caught, " sophomore Sophie Giesemann confessed

Sophomore Taylor Rowlett had a different response to what her distraction led to " My biggest distractions in class are texting and listening to music and when I get caught, I get my phone and I-pod taken away, " she confirmed

Another big distraction is food Students sneak food into class and eat it during class

" I bring in Mountain Dew , chips and anything that fits in my bag When I get caught my teachers just tell me to put it away, " sophomore Nick Small explained.

"I usually bring in some kind of candy but don't usually eat that much and teachers don ' t really care, " sophomore Sam Gemar said about his distraction.

Friends talk i ng can also distract from schoolwork and can cost people their grades Classmates talking d is tracts Small too

"Listening to a story about some insane weekend is way more exciting than parabolas and the Pythagorean theorem ," Small said

When you ' re trying to concentrate on taking a test and there are people around you popping gum , it can so be a huge distraction.

" It definitely distracts me ," sophomore Carter Hill said .

The r e are distractions no matter whe re one is, whether it's at school , work or at the library How you chose to deal with them is what matters

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Zak Tripp

Erika Troester

Lauren Troester

Tram Tu

Taylor Tunnison

Caleb Ullman

Nicole Ullman

Devin Ullsperger

Marissa Upton

Haley Urwiler

ONfesslONS

"What'syour guilty pleasure ?"

What is a guilty pleasure? A gu ilty pleasure by definition is something one enjoys and considers pleasurable despite feeling guilt for enjoying it. Often, the "guilt" involved is simply fear of others discovering one's lowbrow or otherwise embarrassingtastes, rather than actual moral guilt.

Fashion, music, dancing, childhood favorites and food (especially unhealthier foods high in sugar and/or fat) can be examples of guilty pleasures.

Sophomore and 16-year-old Harrison Drake admitted he enjoys "Rocking out to music in my room." And 15-year-old Hannah Scollard said, "I like to break out the old school dance moves in the comfort of my own room! "

Emma Mabry, 16, says her guilty pleasure is Facebook creeping. Facebook creeping is a common activity among teens, and this is one of the few pleasures that many are guilty of Kristen Kramer, 15, says her guilty pleasure would have to be listening to Japanese boy bands Boy bands like Backstreet Boys and 98 degrees used to be very popular in the 90's.

In fact, 15-year-old John Kosch said his boy band guilty pleasure would have to be " NSYNC They have some pretty sick harmonies, but whenever I tell someone I like them, they look at me like I am crazy "

Music and technology are major parts of the guilty pleasure but the worst of the worst usually have to do with parents

Or if you are 15-year-old Quentin Lazaro, your guilty pleasure has to do with all three , (his was) "Playing Guitar Hero with my mom ."

[> Story by Kaitlin Karins

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Hannah Scollard ' s favorite dance is the running man

Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon

ith lost ages

boy band is Kanjan 8.

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Kana Leia Veney

Jimmy Vo

Fred Vogel

Austin Von Rentzel

Courtney Wagner

Derek Wagner

Blake Walker

TJ Walker

Mallory Waller

Trey Wayne

Timothy Webb

Jenny Wehrli

Jake Weldon

Stephan Wendeln

Rachel Wernsing

Josh West

Carleigh Whelan _

Tyler White

April Whiting

Montana Whittle

Michaela Wilson

Amanda Wimmer

Becca Wolf

Seth Wolkenhauer

Sibyl Wood

Sydney Worley

Jennifer Yanagida

Bo Yarabe

Duop Yiel

Kaleb Young

Eduardo Zavala

Brittany Zeiger

Emily Zeilinger

Leon Zhang

t> juniors _

<J <J Favorite TV Shows I Movies troM the 90 '5

Remember when you were a child? What were some of your favorite W shows or movies to wa c h when you were little? Childhood memories can be some of the best memories for us "90's Kids". Take so r 1e time to remember some of your favorite movies and W shows from back in the day .

Remember when you were a child? What were some of your favorite W shows or movies to wa t : h when you were little? Childhood memories can be some of the best memories for us "90's Kids". Take so , 1e time to remember some of your favorite movies and W shows from back in the day.

TV Shows

Arthur

Barney

Beetlejuice

Blues Clues

CatDog

Dinosaurs

Doug

Dragon Tales

Franklin

Full House

Hey Arnold!

Pokemon

Reading Rainbow

Rocket Power

Scooby-Doo

Sesame Street

Teletubbies

Veggie Tales

Zoom

Breanna Abbott

Trey Adams

Paul Ahrens

Dayshan Akins

Baqir AI-Rubaiai

Abbie Albrecht

Movies

Beauty and the Beast

Cinderella

Flubber

Fox and the Hound

Lion King

Little Mermaid

Pokemon movies

Elia Alvarado

Ashley Amend

Libby Anderson

Taylor Anderson

Aaron Arauco

Nick Arena people

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GumAtem

Mustafa Attaie

Omar Attaie

Danielle Baker

Jerome Breaux

Mikaela Balfany

Brett Bancroft

Diane Banderas

Emily Barker

Connor Barr

Drew Bartek

Tony Bartels

Jim Bash

Mckensi Bateman

Sabra Baustert

Rebecca Baxter

Brianna Beard

Patrick Beardslee

Joanne Becker

Joyanne Becker

PJ Bell

Emylee Bellefeuille

Anthony Belling

Allison Bennett

Brogan Bennett

Hillary Berger

Madeline Bien

Carly Birman

Kirsten Bjorman

Austin Blankenau

Tori Bohlen

Kelsie Bonow

Brent Borrego

Tasneem Bouzid

Tyler Braden

Brandon Brethouwer

Larisa Brockman

Caitlin Brophy

Kaleb Bryant

Tori Bryer

Sam Buckner

Emma Burk

Bailey Burkett

Robert Butler

Taylor Byers

Heather Byrne

Eliezer Calderon Robles

Nate Caldwell

Briana Campbell

Suzanne Carnazzo

Ali Carstens

Derek Carstens

Austin Cassner

Shawn Chaloupka

Caylee Chambers

Drew Chancellor

Katy Chapman

Dakotah Cheever

Charles Chen

Haley Christensen

Taylor Christiansen

Sara Christianson

Ellie Clinch

Ben Coatney

Jill Coatney

Abby Collins

Dalten Collins

Tegan Colton

Alanna Connely

Beau Connely

Detric Cook

Tyler Cook

Natalie Cooper

Richard Cornejo

Caitie Cornelius

Richard Coryell

Benjamin Crelin

Matthew Cromer

Skyler Crowl

Tayler Culhane

Jenna Cunningham

Jacob Dalton

Tyler Damerst

Tessa Daugherty

Shane Davidson

Destiny Davis

Faith Davis

Jacob Dearmont

Brandon Delgado

Matthew Delisi

Katie Denell

Natalie Derr

Tony Devries

Taylor Dobbs

Brian Doland

Ali Dougherty

El izabeth Dughman

Brandon Earhart

Adam Egger

Brittni Eitzmann

Taylor Elgin

Melissa Elseg

Morgan Emmert

Jessica Ernest i

Nakemm Evans

Katie Everitt

Faith Fantroy

Kristina Fantroy

Sarah Faubel

Jami Felton

Leya Feng

Samantha Fergus

Ben Fischbein

Aaron Fischer

Brandon Fisher

Abigail Flory

Will Folsom

Alex Ford

Austin Ford

Adam Foster

Andrew Francis

r>HiddeN TaleNts, EveryoNe Has 0Ne

Everyone in this world has his or her own special talent. However, passing them everyday in the hall, you cannot just tell that a person could be a dancer, play the piano, or do anything they can for the arts You may not even know the person's name.

Some examples of some famous hidden talents would be former President Bill Clinton, who was an accomplished tenor saxophone player. Actor Dana Carvey became an accomplished drummer, which is shown by his character Garth Algarin the movie "Wayne's World "

Some talents come to people naturally, and some take people years of practice to perfect, such as dancing, which LSW Emerald Jordan Murphy has been doing since she was two.

"I take part in all styles of dance," said Murphy. "I just really enjoy it, there fore I keep working hard, going to class, and practicing which makes me stronger."

Logan Logsdon has been perfecting one of his talents all his life: his singing. "In Las Vegas, schools were very populated, so for talent shows, they held auditions," said Logsdon. "I was one of ten kids who g c picked. I sang 'God Bless the USA'."

Ben Fischbein currently shows his talent to many people around Lincoln, playing in local band Silent Havok. "My talent is guitar, and I began harnessing that talent at 8 years old, and I got my first guitar ." Fischbein's band recorded their first album "Choke the Silence" with Fuse Studios in 2009.

There are many different talents that one can possess, but only you can share your talent with the world

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Emily Frandsen

Kendra Frank

Matthew Frank

Ellie Franke

Clayton Frederick

Travis Freeburg

Chelsea Fricke

Jordyn Fuller

Corinne Fuoco

Karli Gaines

Gregory Gandall

Aleck Gao

Jord·an Murp hy Logan Logsdon

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Photo Courtesy of Logan Logsdon

Ben Fischbein

Photo Courtesy of Lori Naka g •N a

Logan Gates

Schuyler Geery-Zink

Briana Giles

Zachary Gokie

Berenice Gonzalez

Andy Gospodarski

Abby Graham

Danielle Grau

Cody Gray

Tori Greene

Atley Gustafson

Carey Haefele

Alexander Hagan

Sarah Hamelin

Nicholas Hamilton

Taylor Hansen

Colleen Harris

Kamal Harris

Samantha Hart

Kayla Hass

Hamilton Hasty

Rachel Havekost

Micah Hayden

Ty Headley

Dylan Heath

Jake Heidelk

Michael Hekl

Derek Hemann

William Hendrix

Hadlee Henrichs

Andrew Henry

Hannah Herman

Kyrsten Hessheimer

Adam Hill

Andrew Hill

Heather Hillebran

Sophie Hines

Melvin Hite

Dylan Hodges

Joshua Holbrook

Jayson Holechek

Emma Hoppe

Matthew Hormandl

Allie Hurlbut

Miranda lenn

Allie Imhof

Laura lmsirovic

Scott Ingham

Mackinsey Jackson

Alex Janssen

Courtney Jarosz

John Jasa

Gregory Jeffery

Nica Jensen

Rowdy Jensen

Erica Johnson

Sara Johnson

Amanda Jones

Ashley Jones

Jessica Jones

Alan Julien

Tyson Jurgens

Stephanie Kahler

Kaitlin Karins

Klorissa Kavan

Chelsea Keller

Stacy Kellough

Schyler Kerns

Tiko Khasia

Shandrelle Kilgore

Kun Young Kim

Tae-Wan Kim

Jacob Kiner

Georgia King

Thomas Klostermeyer

Lucy Kneifl

Shelby Knorr

Skyler Knuth

Hunter Koch

Conner Koerperich

Robert Krapfl

Mitchel Kremer

Sarah Kroll

Chase Krueger

Spencer Krull

Zachary Kuhn

Nathan Kumwenda

Chelsea Kyle

Drew Labadie

Morgan Lambley

Kadi Larson

Kassandra Laughter

Courtney Leikam

Chelsea Lemburg

Anna Lenting

Dylan Lester

Kaleah Letcher

Sammi Lewis

Adam Lif

Lindsey Linville

Kit Lofgreen

Mary Beth Logan

Logan Logsdon

Nikki Loomis

Felicia Lopez

Patrick Lowrey

Tanner Lubach

Cole Lueckenhoff

Sheldon Lukow

Kayla Magnuson

Michelle Malin

Zane Mapes

Nathan Marks

Connor Marshall

Seth Martin

Zach Martin

Diana Martinez Romana

Kathryn Maude

John McCave

Melissa McDermott

Katie McKitterick

Sydney Meister

Angie Mendoza

Sarni Merchant

Cameron Meyer

Katelyn Meyer

t>RA NDOM 1H1NES ffl~T 19APPEN ... .JN THEHALLWA

Wonder what happens in the hallway during passing time or in the empty hallways during class7 Five junior students tell the strangest things they have witnessed in the hallways and most embarrassing th 1 1gs that have happened to them .

THE QUESTIONS : 1 . What's the most random thing you have done in the hallway?

2.What's the most random thing you have seen in the hallway?

3.What's the grossest thing you have seen in the hallway?

4. What's the most embarrassing moment in the hallway?

Miles Mulgrue

1. Slapped a butt (on accident)

2.People making out

3 Someone farmer blew

4.1 got pantsed

Emily Frandsen

1.Pushed my friend in a recycling bin because we were bored

2 .Some girl ductaped to a pole

3 ." Cool" under classmen spitting in the hall

4.Tripping in UGG boots is t he worst, and it happens all the time

Alex Michael

Emily Michael

Mandy Miller

Marlon Miranda

Drew Mitchell

Katy Mohatt

pencer Montoya-Kaplan

Mason Moore

Emmanuel Morales

Christopher Moss

Lauren Mulgrue

Miles Mulgrue

Jacob Kiner

1.I once hopped on one leg from classroom A2 1 1 to B2 13

Nam Tran

1 Stalk someone

2.Water balloon fight

3 Girls making out

4.Fall down

Anissa Payne

1 Touched every single locker c I pass by them

2 Last year, when "the green n m" asked Sarah Faubel to prom, t r i t was very random

3.PDA!! Too much, very trash y

4.Tripping UP the stairs

2 .A man completely covered in duck tape . I took a picture of him . . . but I lost it

3 .Vomit. Don't ask

4. I was running through the hallway at a slow speed and some kid starts out of nowhere and slams right i nto me

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Levi Munns

Jordan Murphy

Ann-Christine Narloch

Ivana Nedic

Taylor Nelson

Nicole Nessetti

Ashley Neukirch

Tanner Newlun

Ryan Newsham

Bob Nguyen

Cindy Nguyen

Michael Nguyen

Kathi Niebergall

Joseph Ninh

Jason Nitz

Mallory Noakes

Alexandria Nolan

Evan Novotny

Nikki O'Brien

Cori O ' Neal

Sarah O'Neill

Matt Ober

Maisie Ocampo

Sarah Oertli

Thomas Olin

Harry Oliver

Hanna Olson

Maggie Olson

Tyler Osborne

Antonio Ostiguin

Samone Pabst

Quintin Pack

Nealesh Padhye

Danielle Parde

Jordan Pavel

Anissa Payne

Justin Peet

Alex Peiman

Kelli Pekarek

Ashley Peters

Nicholas Peters

Micah Petersen

Danielle Peterson

Tyler Peterson

Matthew Pettit

Lac Phan

Katherine Pieloch

Joe Pinnell

Makall Poulsen

Paul Poulsen

Daniel Prendes

Mercedes Printz

Jacob Quandt

Navid Rahmany Eskandary

Coral Ramos

Rachel Randola

Amelia Rangel

Austin Rath

Tanner Reed

Hailey Reiser

Alex Renken

Jeff Reyes

Ashley Richards

Desiree Ricketts

Becca Ringleman

Jacob Rinke

Hannah Robertson

Markyl Robinson

Alexa Roper

Marielle Saathoff

Hannah Sader

Brianna Saeger

Brittani Salvatore

Bryan Samani

Chelsey Samek

Christian Sanderfer

Kayla Schaaf

Stephanie Schantell

Hannah Schlemmer

Alexandria Schmidt

Emily Schmidt

Skyler Schmutzler

Connor Schulte

Matt Schwartz

Julianna Scusa

Kyle Seuferer

Darian Sewell

Emily Shanahan

Amanda Shaner

Evan Sheaff

Matthew Sherrill

Jacob Sievers

Juliana Silveira

Kalvinder Singh

Megan Sjulin

Abigail Sloup

Miranda Smetter

Gregory Smith

Jayme Smock

Jenna Sorensen

Seth Spataro

Matthew Speich

Alex Stahl

Ashley Stahl

Katherine Stauffer

Sydney Stauffer

Mackenzie Steinauer

Michael Stevens

Brynn Stewart

Nathan Stokes

Hillary Stoll

Travis Stoltenburg

Jasmin Stonacek

Nick Stout

Christaen Strauch

Jon Streich

Lindsay Strong

Elizabeth Sundberg

Briana Swetson

Fresh Tagaloa

Alexander Tagart

Ali Taha

Joshua Talbott

Colby Talcott

Max Taylor

Grant Thomas

t>Are you Afraid ?

What are your worst fears in Ii£ ? Why? E rybody has their a n fears, e en you, regardless o how "dumb" you might think th are. Cha ces are, someone hares the me fears as y

KADI LARSON

"I HAVE MANY FEARS. SOME AND DRIVING. I THINK ONE OF THE REAS CIDENTS AND I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TOG

Flying Public Speaking Heights

Darkness Intimacy

Rejection Spiders Commitment

Lucas Thompson

Hayden Thomson

William Threats

Cody Tinnean

Sydney Tisdel

Zoe Tobin

Trent Toelle

Austin Tompkins

Salem Topalovic

Joana Torres

Dillon Town

Tori Tramp

Nam Tran

Alyssa Trautman

Meghan Treece

Ahmed Tuma

Lydia Ullman

Jacob Vachal

Fallin Chang Abandonment Germs

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•P ME FROM LIVING TO THE FULLEST."

LAC PHA

HEY' RE REALLY CREEPY."

Being Touched

Engulfment

Girls

Thunder

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Open Spaces selfhelpcollective.co n

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Renna Van Deusen

Veronica Vanderbeek

L J. Vella

Kelsey Virus

Allan Vo

Brian Vuu

Tyler Waddell

Ali Wagoner

Ally Walker

Declan Walker

Dustin Ward

Courtney Ware

Denzel Washington

Chris Wasser

Kelsey Watson

Jacob Wavada

Alex Webster

Hannah Welter

Jessica West

Elizabeth Wichers

Aaron Wiese

Berindin Wiese

Ellen Wilkinson

Cortez Williams

Haley Williams

Drew Willis

Shay Wilson

Dustin Wischmann

Scott Witty

John Wohlgemuth

Mackenzie Woita

Kash Wolff

Corinne Wolford

Mackenzie Woodward

Aubrey Woolman

Kristy Yoakum

Chris Yokel

Mark Yuen

Catherine Zhang

Albert Zhou

Brandon Zimmerman

seniors

[> SeNioTitis Gets 1he Best of 4 0, StudeNts wi1h Early Grc:X:Juati

The beginning of your senior year comes and gJ e: fast and sometimes the only thing you have run n~ through your mind is that you can't wait to graduate

Every year students get the chance to graduate e :ffl~ if they have already met the graduation requirem e its Most of those who graduate early are seniors but U en are always a few juniors who choose to graduate a , ea early as well.

Most of the seniors who were able to graduate f arl~ did so because they had earned all 230 credits at the =nc of their junior year

Senior Kecia Johnson was one of those ab l tc graduate early.

"Just working hard and passing all my class e c i: what Johnson said led to her decision to leave f ffly With finishing early , Johnson said she plans to co n' 1 uE working at Ruby Tuesday and will be going to colle < e tc become a child psychologist.

Senior Ebad Sadat graduated at mid term. "I ool GoPo over the summer so I did not have to worry a b ut i in high school," Sadat said.

Sadat took two months off to wait for the s rinc classes at sec for the academic transfer program.

"I can't wait to start getting ahead with all the )als have for my education," he said.

By the end of second term, 4 1 seniors gra d atec early, but not only seniors graduate early. Some j 1 ,ior: leave a whole yearbook early

LEAVING THE NEST EARLY. Senior Chastity Wall talks to counsler Peggy Volker about the forms for graduaing early Students had to get signatures from different staff members so they cou·ld graduate early. Photo by McKenzie Bafany/Hawk Talk

Kelsie Bard

Jordan Brown Sh a e

Catie B r ess

Ashlee Carstens Katelyn Car

Jeanne Cumbry

Barbie Doll revealed 1959

<] <] Toys af\d TTiNkets Take SeNiors

PokeMON revealed 1996

Easy Ba<e OveN revealed 1963

Camy l.al\d revealed 1949

They were one of the major things that we cared about when we were 11'-t le, something that was always there for us, rain or shine. We probably spent more .; me with these things than our families. Toys opened doors to a child's imagination t 1en and now Rewind back to the top 10 toys, according to 25 random seniors

Hot'Wheels revealed 1968

GaMeboy revealed 1989

Super NiNteT\do revealed 1990

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6.

7.

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Alex Duff

Ashl y Ekeler

Garrett Esau

Stuck ON You

If you had to be handcuffed to someone for an entire day, who would it be and w h

"My favorite singer A.J. Rafael because he is my hero,"

-Paul Honnens

B.f.f.

"Katie Tyler because I know if I were stuck to her, I wouldn't have to shoot myself by the end of the day,"

-Emily Young

"My boyfriend Ryan because I am so comfortable around him,"

-Chastity Wall

"Willy Wonka, - c can kick it with 2 I t Oompa Loomp c )," -Alec ~ir

Brendan Horner

Justin Holbrook

Ciera Horse

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Laurel Holmquist Paul Honn e r

Joseph Howerter Jason Hu dg e i s

Ashley Leitn e r

Carolyn Levtsenyuk

Kirstie Lewis

Melissa Lewis

Justin Liekh u ,

<J

<J Forget Regret

or Lite is Yours to Miss

When you look back on your high school years, you may be reminded about how fast those four years had passed. What do you think you missed out on? Here a few seniors share what they wish they hadn't missed.

"I regret not keeping up with my grades as much as i should have." -Bryan Stephens

"I regret not getting more involved in activities and sports."

-Kinsey Douglas-Hill

1

"I regret not doing a theatre production. But with all the sports, work and clubs I did, I didn't have time."

-

Kayla Frazier

"I regret not hanging out with my friends as much and just not having more fun"

- Connor Stange

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Timothy Miller

Tyler Mills

Nisha Minhas Tyson Mize ll

Jordan Neukirch

Josh Nitzel

Juli Pet s n

Emily Pike

Ryan Plager

Aaron Plymesser-Hansen

Maral Pop al

Amber Reec e

S t Ri h

Matthew Richmond

Shelby Rood

Future PlaNs, Life After High School

After spending four years in high school, seniors have received their diplomas and are finally ready to r1 0 on to the next part of their lives. For some this means going to college or enlisting in the armed forces. For o hE it means working full time or just taking a break for awhile. Seniors shared what they plan on doing after t h graduate from high school.

"After high school I think I'm going to take a month off and go visit Italy, Spain and Amsterdam. And of course I'll go to college and hopefully I can do great things." -Tony

Delaney

"I haven ' t decided between going to West Point along with my twin sister , Erin, and going to UNL, but I know I want to study biomedical engineering and Spanish." -Ted Kocher

"I am waiting to see about being accepted to the Naval Academy and I will hopefully go there. If I'm not accepted I plan to enlist in the Marines." -Noah Hines

"I plan to move to Ohi o where I'll work for a ye 2 while I am establishing 1 ~sidency. Then I'll attend ~nt State ." -Hilary Kuhns

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Kait yn St inach r

Taylor Stimbert

Jaden Tromp kE

Nicole Ulm

Jeffrey Wal ke

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ichaela Whitesell

Kris Williamson

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t> A New way to do 1hiNgs

The new Pinnacle grading system, which was introduced in January, has been a learning process for many teachers and has brought about many changes in teacher routines

The new system changed little things for the faculty as they managed grades, such as having the program online instead of on individual computers so that teachers could access grades from anywhere. They could also share information with other faculty, and were able to put in notes and publish them One of the greatest changes was that teachers took attendance online.

"I love that we can see pictures of the students. It makes it so much easier to rememer students' names," said language teacher Elaine Harris. Teachers also had the ability to ee students' grades in other classes, which they said can help. However, some teachers had mixed feeling about the changes

"Whatever your preconceived notions are about it (grading system) is what you will rnk. Some teachers don't like the change but you might as well get used to it because it's not oing anywhere," said math teacher Ashli True. During third term students were not allowed o access grades online while teachers learned the ins and outs of the system, hopeful that it ~d make grading easier in the future and parent communication better.

d1v1iNistTatioN.-

Health

Keri Applebee

John Hastings

Susette Taylor Virginia Geiger Associate Principal Associate Principal Associate Principal Instructional

Dave Gillespie Athletic Director

Kim Carson Assistant Athletic Director

Duane Baack Asst Attendance Coordinator

Coordinator

A CC EPTING CHANG E Elaine Harri s 1ters grades into the new Pinnacle grad ir system. The system was piloted durin g d an 4th term by Southwest and North e2

Tracy Way Chair Ma ry ~erte l

Sherry Mccranie Jolene ( 1l em1

Office .-

Melissa Mordy

Willie Sapp

Julie Walstrom

De b c ~h Ry Heal 1 Teet

Terry Abrahams Chair

Melanie Gross

Terry Berks

Mark Gudgel

Elaine Caster Cyndi Dwyer

Matt Heimes Toni Heimes

Dianne Kuppig Lori Nakagawa

Marla Payant Todd Pernicek

Anthony Reda Shirley Roeber Shelly Shanahan

Toni Siedel

Lorrie Ford

Bob Henrichs

Tracy Piper

Mindy Wright

Marge Kneifl Chair

Josh Hinrichs

Linda Kreifels Judy Noteboom

Mary Schropfer Shelly Tvrdy

GuidaNce .•

Media

Library..

HeariNg lNterprete~-

Cat eteria Staff..

Judy Fleischman (manager), Lisa Ashenba c Sand ra Brenneise, Marva Cayetano, Lori DeVries, - resa Gifford, Margarita Hatfield, Lea Hoeven, Susan J , es, Yelana Koval, Gloria Krason, Marla Lottman, Ma ri l , Paolini , Pat Piper, Amy Whitmarsh

Tim Ernst

Heather Foster Speech/Language

Eric Feeken

Not Pictured: N an cy Clare Social Worker

Chris True

Colleen Finkhouse

Dee Simpson- Peggy Volker

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Erin Stutzmar Kirkland

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Psychologist

Laurie Logsdon Chair

Alyx Knight

Lori Mescher

Kim Heise r AV/Media Technician Media Para Ed L

Sid lhring Cindy Skiles

TechNiciaNS·

A1hletic TraiNers: •

Mark Watt Chair Terry Berks Lis Brenden

Jalaina Handa Doug Kaltenberger Mark King

Andrew Sherman Scott Skultety Scott Vampola

John Strain

Kathy Herz Instructional

John Himmelberger Brandon Gunderson Scott Engel Theater Computer Theater

Crystal Kjar Head trainer

Pam Sutton Tracy Wiese

Not pictured: Rebecca Kepkes, Becky Moock, Pam Morrison

Custodial

os, Nik Rasrnµ en

Brian Albrecht

Lisa Bales Travis Brady

Ryan Mahoney

N ot Pic t u r e d : Amy Hilzer

Jim Danson Jalaina Handa Dennis Hershberger

Mike Dudek Scott Lanham Building Superintendent Assistant Building Superintendent

Rich Dondlinger Lou Wilken

• Jay Badorek, Charles Boyce, Michael Caldwell, Rusty Coy, Mark Franckowiak, Matthew Franck, Richard Hartel!, Mark Kemper , Richard King, Be verly Krier, Darrel Kuhlman, Mike Lundy, Bozica Mi

Special Ed ucatiON.·

VisioN Specialist Therapy Dog.·

Secretari es-•

Athletic/Activities

Tricia O stermeier Pattie Brown Amy Jewell Chair

Angela Kramer Matt Mezger Daniel O'Brien

Jessie Sazama Dawn Sebek

Alisha Stopp

Lynn Strack David Tien

Faye Wall

Linda Shonka AP Secretary

Janene Way Counselors

Sarah Schweers Crystal Steinmeyer. Loree Woods

Purins, Nancy Sedlock

TAKE A STAND New to Southwest was STAND. STAND

time

and

BAKE TO CREATE. Duri r l parent teacher conferen c s Art Club held a bake sale r hey sold various treats such a: cookies, Rice Krispie trea t ~ ::md ice cream

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PUMP IT UP! Junior Austin Blankenau and senior Harry Norman get pumped up and showcase their school spirit on the sidelines during tr1e varsity football game against North Star Photo by Wyn Wiley for Talon

spent

raising money

awareness for Darfur Here Senior Alyssa Kloefkorn represents the club at Future Hawk Night. Photo by Elicia Rardon / Talon

cones. Photo

Elicia Rardon/ Talon

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NO PAIN NO GAIN! Junior Daniel Prendes donates blood for the HOSA blood drive that took place Feb 24 and 25 This was HOSA' s third blood drive of the year. HOSA also had their fourth blood drive in May Photo by Emily Mazur-Micke/1s/ Talon

High school just wouldn't be the same without all the extracurriculars school has to offer.

Whether you were interested in language or business, art or your community there was something for everyone. But if the club list just didn't fit your interests this time around, Southwest could always make room for something new.

Clubs and activities outside of the curriculum were a great way to meet other students to relate with and build connections for college and later on in life.

These organizations helped plan a considerable number of events.

Japanese classes and the club had 200 student pen pals from Senshu Matshudo School in Tokyo , Japan visit the school during third term finals week. Ambassadors and NHS members gave tours of the school to the guests.

STUCO raised over $1 , 000 for the Polar Bear Plunge (an event that raises money for they Special Olympics), and raised enough money for Campus Supervisor, Tami Lang and Principal Rob Slauson to take the plunge as well.

Many groups took time to raise money :or the earthquake victims in Haiti. STUCO anized a cakewalk during lunch one

"HOW CAN I BE SURE" Jan 12 Resonance had their first official concert of the year It was held at Southwest. Resonance took part in five competitions, had a total of three concerts and hosted their own competition in which at least 25 schools attended. Photo by Tre Uhrma cher/ Talon

afternoon, FCA and FCCLA had a bake sale, and Multicultural Caucus encouraged students to save the money that they would have spent on Starbucks, or bottled water and drink tap water instead They donated all the money they raised to Haiti Relief Funds.

Many groups al -so raised money for "The Safe Quarters Drive" for the Friendship Home. This year Southwest raised more money than any other school in Lincoln, Key Club alone raising nearly $800.

FBLA put together candy with little notes to show their appreciation for teachers and staff around Thanksgiving break

STUCO also organized the second Green and White affair, taking place March 19 at Wilderness Ridge. Last year the event raised enough money to build a school in Africa This year the event raised money for the American Cancer Society.

NHS added a wooden arch to the "Memorial Garden" outside the front of the building. They took donations throughout the year and starting building it during spring break. They put the arch up in May ,

In a school of nearly 2000 students there was always someone one could relate with through various school organizat ions and clubs.

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FLC. FBLA sponsor Josh Hinrichs and junior Ben Crelin get ready to head to Omaha for the FBLA Fall Leadership Conference (FLC) FLC was a great time for students to network and catch new fundraising and event ideas for their FBLA chapter Courtesy Photo

HELP HAITI! FCA members Natalie Cooper, Rebecca Baxter, Sarah Faubel and Jenna Sorensen along with a few FCCLA members helped sell cupcakes after school to raise money for the earthquake victims in Haiti.

Photo by Emily Mazur-Mickellsl Talon

ONVENTION Seniors Kaitlyn Steinacher , Emily azur-Mickells and junior Jessica Ernesti enter he welcoming session at the Nebraska Journalm Convention The October convention was for oth newspaper and yearbook Photo by Talon

EWSPAPER FIRST SEMESTER. FRONT ROW: elsey Comfort , Kaley Cook, Tayler Lord , Kelsey ends. BACK ROW: Betsy Elwood , Mardi lwood, Atley Gustafson , Tre Uhrmacher , Emily zur-Mickells, Connor Stange , Colton Messman, Kenzie Balfany, Ann-Christine Narloch NOT CTURED: Emily Kerl, Hannah Leuty

SPAPER SECOND SEMESTER.

ONT ROW: Kaitlin Karins , Kaley Cook , Kelsey omfort, Brianna Beard BACK ROW: Detric ok, Connor Stange, Emily Kerl, Tayler Lord OT PICTURED:Carter Hill

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Write, revise, publish and repeat. These were the things that yearbook, newspaper and the literary magazine entailed through the year.

Senior Kaley Cook led the newspaper with 15 members at the beginning of the year, and eight at the beginning of second semester.

Newspaper released eight issues of the Hawk Talk which included two in-depths. Tensions rose as each deadline grew nearer

"It gets a little bit tense in the .room around deadline times. We come in before and after school to finish the paper and it takes a lot of time and effort," Cook said.

Yearbook conquered six deadlines throughout the year revealing the eighth volume of the Talon Yearbooks were sold seven different weeks of the year including Locker Check Out, Spirit Fest, parent teacher conference weeks and at yearbook distribution

Both newspaper and yearbook had a unique grading system Students took pictures at school events and sporting events, sold yearbooks, distributed newspapers, wrote stories and did page layouts in order to earn points.

The number of points students had at the end of the term determined their letter grade with 18 to 20 points equaling an "A".

"Sometimes when photo opportunities

are scarce it can be hard to get all points done, otherwise I don't have 1 lem with it," senior Kelsey Comfort sai

In advanced creative writing, teacher Lori Nakagawa, students < the literary magazine They chose an theme, designed pages and picked poems, photography and artwork to Their theme was "Creative Phenomen

In 2009 the literary magazine e2

Superior rating from NCTE.

Senior Emily Mazur-Mickells wa ~ three staffs.

"All three require you to writ Newspaper came out twice a term eluded more writing than yearbook. T ary magazine is just a process of pic k and making work to submit in the ma ~ Mazur-Mickells said.

Newspaper and yearbook, b e vised by Dianne Kuppig, were criti c state competition and individual work was also entered

At school, yearbook's "Tunnel c finished third for the winter sports t t door decorating contest. The class r , heart-shaped suckers for their achievE 1

Tensions rose, yet the three grrn : vailed, each flying past deadlines a ing their final products

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YEARBOOK FIRST SEMESTER:

FRONT ROW: Thao Huynh, Kaitlin Karins, Luda Konovalchuk, Elicia Rardon, Azia Cruz, Ellie Franke, Makenzie Brookhouser.

BACK ROW: Felicia Lopez, Kaitlyn Steinacher, Dominique Krout, Alexis Bartek, Spencer Krull, Austin Christensen, Jessica Ernesti, Emily Mazur-Mickells, Macy Perry.

YEARBOOK SECOND SEMES-

TER. FRONT ROW: Taylor Scharper, Elicia Rardon, Emily Mazur-Mickells, Kaleah Letcher, Emily Shanahan, Mikala Schwery, Taylor Genrich. BACK ROW: Zach Cook, Justin Schoen, Carter Hill, Erin Lenz, Jami Felton, Alexis Bartek. NOT PICTURED: Aubrey Woolman, Kaitlin Karins.

SPEAKER. Freshmen Mardi and Betsy Elwood listen to Scott Winter, a professor from the yo College of Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as he speaks to newspaper a prot Winter spoke to the class about developing story ideas Photo by Talon

HELPING

Newspaper editor, senior Kaley Cook helps freshman Tre Uhrmacher revise his story Uhrmacher was on newspaper

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ism workshop during the summer to learn how to create a better newspaper. Photo by Talon

UNCAGED. Schuyler Geery-Zink, Emily Kroll, Morgan Bo Emily Mazur-Mickells, Bianca Conway, Paige Strothkamp Nicole Ulm, Vinny Delaney, Jonathan Barber, sponsor Lo Nakagawa NOT PICTURED: Sammi Lewis

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. NatioNal Hof\Or Sociefy erects a MeMOlial gardeN

All 80 National Honor Society members came together every other Friday morning to d iscuss how they could better their community.

Through events such as participating in th e Crop Hunger Walk, Child Advocacy Run, and tutoring NHS members upheld the Four Cornerstones: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character.

In order to be accepted into the So ciety, students must have had a GPA of 3. 7 5 and completed an application in addition to a timed essay relating to service. Afterwards, during the first meeting, chapter members voted on officers. The officers chosen were co-presidents; Kelsey Arends and Kaitlin Weskamp; co-vice presidents Aleem Malik and Parker Schoen; secretary Mikala Schwery; treasurer Kathy Kurth and historian Erin Kocher.

NHS also created a new committee, the memorial garden. The garden commemorates students or community members who have suffered a loss After much fundraising, the committee had gained enough to be able to add an arch in the garden However, putting up the arch was a feat in itself.

"It took a lot of time and effort to finalize the arch because we wanted a specific kind But eventually it came together nicely," said senior committee chair Kaley Cook.

Whatever the service, NHS members could be counted on Afterall, their main goal was to h pin whatever way they could

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NHS M EMB ERS : Kelsey Arends, Rachel Arkebauer, Alexis Bartek, Casey Berger, Carina Ber k Nitz, Brandon Boosalis, Bryce Brown, Brendan Byrne, Ellen Calkins, Nate Christensen, Eun-Gui C u ng , Kaley Cook, Christina Dowd, Colbi Duren, Drew Edmond, Anna Fangmeier, Nathaniel Fi n ~ Humes, Maren Finsand, Miki Freese, Cole Frederick, Kylie Garrett, Lauren Giesert, Tayor G e ic h, Effie Greene , Hilary Hamilton, Katie Higgins, Amber Hoffmeyer, Kelsea Hughes, Kate Huns , er, Emily Kerl, Kelsey Kinnison, Erin Kocher, Ted Kocher, Kelsey Kramer, Kathy Kurth, Spencer L ) edz , Tayler Lord, Melanie Lorenz, Tonya Maksimenko, Aleem Malik, McKenzie Malone, Jani Ma rt ezRomana, Tess Mayer, Katie Miller, Travis Nelson, Cynthia Nguyen, Michael Nordell, Allison O'Connor, Brittany Paul, Sarah Pawling, Julia Peterson, Rachel Pieloch, Emily Pike, Ryan Pl 2 r, Ke! Reeder, Kyla Richardson, Landon Schmidt, Parker Schoen, Melissa Schorr, Mikala Schwery , att Shallenberger, Aaron-Dakotah Sicking, Kaitlyn Steinacher, Krys Stevens, Taylor Stimbert, Re , cc a Swenseth, Senad Topalovic, Aubrey Thompson, Juee Trivedi , Jordan Tyrance, Connor Vill e= · Jeva , Lauren Wachter, Wyki Walstrom, Chris Way, Meredith Weber, Kaitlin Weskamp, Wyn W il e Teylor Wolfe, Danny Yang

PLAN T IM E. With the need to accumulate more points, members of service committee Kelsey Arends , Katie Miller, Meredith Weber and Michael Nordell dig into planning. As senior Katie Miller said, "Every Friday that we meet , we have a lot of ideas to propose It's all about deciding!"

WELCOME ! Seniors Aleem Malik and Parker Schoen present senior Landon Schmidt with his induction certificate at the November Induction Fellow NHS officer Kelsey Arends welcomes Schmidt into NHS

DO DGEBALL ANYONE? Members on the dodgeball committee plan on events that will take place at the annual dodgeball tournament in March. Unfortunately only two teams signed up, so this event was cancelled. Photo by Mika/a Schwery/ Talon

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STUDENT COU NCIL MEMBERS: Hillary Stoll (President Second Term, Secretary First Term), Chris Way (President Firs t Term ), Zan e M apes (Vice President both terms), Caroline Flynn (Secretary), Morgan Lambley (Co-H is tor ian), Jordan Murphy (Co-Historian) , Halley Schlemmer (Co-Historian), Jennifer Jones (Co-H istor ia n ), M ikaela Balfany, Ryan Carstenson , Brittany Cash, Michelle Dixon, Til er Grossman, Jacqie Han sen , Me gan H astings, Sydney Havekost, Cami Kopetka, Dylan Kitchen, Chase Krueger, Courtney Le ikam , Em ily M aher, Mackenzie Martin, TJ Mulgrue, Shellie Pinell, Kishahnica RaJendran, Nicole Schwery, Kai Si n g h , Parker Stock, Sydney Svehla, Connor Villanueva, Matt Watson, Kristina Zvolanek.

ADVENTURE I S OUT THERE! Student Counc il members helped out t ea chers at parent teacher conferences While the teachers were at conferences f or third term, members baby sat thei r children and spent -time watching the mov ie " Up. " Besides offering baby sitting at conferences members also gave treats to staff members each season

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SAY CHEESE! Members of Student Council come together during the annual Future Hawk Night to promote their organization Sophomore Courtney Leikam offered the foll o wing about Future Hawk N ig h t "It's a great wa y for the eighth graders to get an ide a of what LSW has to offer and what they can get involved in " Photo by Talon

TRASH DETAIL. Student Council members show their dedication by picking up litter near the highway Through t hi s and other activities, the council showe d how much they care abou t t he co mmunity. "W e want to be positive le a der s in our school and community." co mmented pr esident, Hillary St oll. Co u rtesy Photo

The purpose of Student Court(: strive to make improvements in the SI to put on fun, successful events that enjoy and attend But to do that, me to put in many hours. All members morning at 7: 15, and sometimes after. plan everything

In order to become a memb , st must first complete the application proc writing an essay, filling out a written applic handing in teacher applications as well as interviewed,and afterward members could servicing the community

Student Council put on many activities j eluding the 2nd annual dance off, lunch jam cake walk, 2nd annual Green and White Affair, the 3v3 Soccer Tournament, Prom, Winter Formal and Powderpuff football. Senior Chris Way, who served as president first semester, commented that he "likes that we all seem to form a bond and work together to achieve a common goal " during these activities

One activity that passed wit h flying colors was the donation dots for Haiti. Sponsors Allysa Wa t son and Jalaina Handa fell upon the donat ion dots in a fundraising catalog Junior Hillary Stoll, president second semester, said they thought it was a "fun , unique way to get people to donate money to a great cause." Not only did they help Haiti, which was hit by a devastating earthquake earlier this year, but they also helped the scl1ool to get genuinely interested.

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Thls te a1v1 has got lt all

The debate team coached by Toni Heimes completed another great season. They had many wins including one at Southeast. They also won the first two tournaments and finished the season by placing third at state.

Individual state champion was junior Paul Poulsen for Lincoln Douglas Debate

In the team's victory at Southeast everybody contributed to take first place Poulsen took first in Lincoln Douglas debate, and senior Kaityln Steinacher took second place in two categories for her duo performance with senior Kate Hunsaker and her Ethos, Pathos, and Logos debate.

Participants said they had a blast with each other while at the meets While debate was a fun way to meet new people and to express one's opinion, it was also challenging and time consuming.

Sophomore Landon Sadler said, "I like everything about debate except that is can be very time consuming " Many debate tournaments can last for hours

Sometimes the topics were not easy and it was difficult to find good information for it or against it. Some things that people enjoyed about this activity was that everyone was great to be around , it was a good way to improve speaking skills, and students could be in control.

The national qualifiers for debate for Public Forum were Erin Lenz, Sydney Hayes Kate Hunsaker, Katilyn Steinacher, Sarah O'Neill, Lindsey Peterson , Landon Sadler, and Alex Renken.

For the Lincoln/Douglas, the national qualifiers were Paul Poulsen, Ben Crelin, Jimmy Lee, and Christine Choe.

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DANG, WE ARE GOOD. Members of the debate team who are going to state are con ~ =i tu ed for all of their efforts over this past year at a send-off in the gym Nine members repr f =nt Southwest are Alex Rinken,

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PROTECTING THE HOUSE. Although debate can be a lot of work there is still time for fun Sophomores Jimmy Lee, Sam Gemar, and Lindsey Peterson dress up for a tournament hosted by Southwest. They were the debate team " Body Guards " for the day Courtesy Photo

REPRESENTING. Team members of the debate team host a tournament at Southwest. They were responsible for receiving ballots from the judges This was just one of the jobs that members must do while hosting a tournament. Courtesy Photo

SMILE.Members prepare at the Millard South tournament. DEBATE TEAM: Christine Choe, Jonathon Danson, Joe Espinosa , Emma Fortney, Erin Lenz, Erin Mansur , Dat Nguyen, Kaylee Otto, Kist,ahnica Rajendran, Noemi Berkowitz , Sam Gemar , Sydney Hayes, Jimmy Lee , Shahdi. Negahban, Lindsey Peterson, Landon Sadler , Joanne Becker , Joyanne Becker , Madeline Bien.Charles Chen , Ben Crelin , Sarah O ' Neill, Paul Poulsen, Alex Renken , Catherine Zhang , Hilary Hamilton , Kate Hunsaker, Katherine Kurth , Jani Martinez-Romana, Kaitlyn Steinacher

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The best known aspects of the speech team are the suits students don on tournament days.

"Everyone looks like they are ready for a nice job interview," said sen ior Kelsey Comfort. Comfort competes in Duo Interp r etation . "At firs t you wonder what you 've gotten yourself into to , but it starts to grow on you "

The speech team placed first at three tournaments and second at five to urnaments th is season They also placed second at the district meet and ended up third at state. Junior W ill Fo lsom won at state speech for his humorous inter- · pretation and as a team, seniors Juee Tr ivedi and Chad Hassebrook won d u et acting

Not only does participation with speech mean rese a rc h a nd practice outside of school, but the act u al performance cau ses angst for so me.

"It is a little nerve racking, but it's more routi n e now ," sa id senior and co-pre sident Kelsey Ar ends The team competes at qver 12 tournaments throughout the season

"We all know each other. When you spendthat much time together, you kind of have to become friends, " said senior and co-president Kaley Cook "It ' s really hard not to have a good t ime I mean, we get away w ith tal king to walls ."

Each year the team competes in a two-day nat ional-qualifiers tournament. St udents competing at nationals this summer are jun iors Nealesh Padhye, Andrew Francis, Austin Blankenau an d senior Aleem Malik

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SPEAK YO UR M IN D Jun i or Austin Blankenau performs his humorous in t erpretation at the forensics showcase a t Southwest. The showcase was open to the public and gave parents an opportunity to see the team perform. Photo by Kelsey Comfort/Hawk Talk

DREAM T EAM Senior Kaitlyn Steinacher, sophomore Landon Sadler, freshman Elizabeth Nguyen and juni or Grant Thomas promote speech an d debate at Future Hawk Night. Stei nacher is a member of the deba t e team, Sadler participates in both speech a n d debate, Nguyen participates in dramatic interpretation and Thomas pa rt icipates in persuasive speaking Photo by Zach Cook/Talon

COULD YOU SPEAK UP? Sop h o m or e Alex H in t on presents h is i nformativ e sp eech at the f orens ics showcase at Sou th west. Pho to by Kelsey Comfort/ Hawk Talk

Fo u r speech team members participated in the state send-off: seniors

W egu lo and Chad Hassebrook, j unior Andrew Francis and freshman Alex Pieloch Othe r

lifiers in c lud e: se nior s Ju ee Tri v edi, Kelsey Arends , Alyssa Kloefkorn and A leem Malik and

Wi ll Fo lsom and Aust i n Bl ankena u .They w ere introduced by their coach Matt Heime s Phoio

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OrgaNizatioNS tcl(e studeNts to ihe top

Across the state to across the country, these organizations donated their time for a better future. Whether time was spent making connections for college, or raising money and awareness for a genocide, each student put efforts towards making a difference for someone.

FBLA was a club committed to making its members into business leaders that will lead their generation to business success. They started the year placing in three events at their first competition, doubling their membership and selling purple "March of Dimes" wristbands and Hawk T-shirts throughout fall. The chapter also organized their third Candy Cane Gram fundraiser before winter break

DECA focused on keeping members involved more than ever before. Tl1ey tried out a new fundraiser where teachers signed up at the beginning of the year for DECA members to clean off their car windows after school when it snowed. DECA also participated in the giving tree and returned with their 3 vs. 3 volleyball tournament.

New to Southwest was S.T.A. N .D., Alyssa Kloefkorn, Melanie Lorenz and their sponsor Mark Gudgel started the chapter. S.T.A.N.D is a national division of the Genocide Intervention Network. Their main goals were to recruit bers and raise awareness. One of their

first projects was a quiz presentation 2 :> ut the genocide going on in Darfur to class e school. The group also spent tim ( letters to congressmen and raising rr the Darfur Schools program, a pro ~ raises money for building schools, s teacher salaries and school supplies

Promoting career opportunitie : care and enhancing the delivery , health care to all people was what all about. HOSA organized a ca competition at the LSW vs. LNS be basketball game .The group atten d winter conference on Feb. 5 in Gr 2 and the state HOSA competition ; and 26 in Boys Town.

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Family Career Community LE_ j ers of Americas (FCCLA) projects involv suckers around Halloween fo r Schlemmer and Alyssa Eitzmann t o Cluster Meeting (Leadership Confe Kentucky They also participated in a with FCA in February to raise mon e~ earthquake victims.

selling Halley end a 'l ee) in ~ke sale o r Haiti 1 t1ealth quality )SA was :d food ; varsity l a mid· d Island ::i rch 25

From bake sales to wristb ar 1s these clubs all lent a helping hand and w e ed hard to organize, fund raise and compet e ,1eir wa~ to the top

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.A.N.D. OFFICERS. (Top) Alyssa Kloefkorn cl Melanie Lorenz (presidents) Emily azur-Mickells , Veronica Vanderbeek (vicepresidents), Taylor Genrich and Kate Weskamp {Secretaries), and Kate Hunsaker (publicist).

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ICKIN-IT AT COMPETITIONS. (Above) FBLA members tour Memorial Stadium while waiting r competition results 'The American Business petition" at UNL was the first competition e year Courtesy Photo

ESS • ded their first competition at U N L in th e fall. Juniors Grant Thomas, Abby Graham and Ben Crelin all placed in a variety of busine s categories This was G ra h am ' s first competition with FB LA. She took first in Mana g em e n t Decision Making. Photo by Emily Mazur-Mickells /Talon

A HELPING HAND. HO SA is an organization for studen ts thinking about pursuin g a career in health · care. President Nick Peters an d HOSA member Matt Lickei represented HOSA at Future Hawk Night for incoming f res hm e n on Jan 2 7. Courtesy Photo

MARK ETING MADNESS O n

Jan. 26 DECA members attend districts at UNL's st u den t union. Didi Kobler, Megan S j ulin, Tonya Maksimenko, Aleem Malik and Nealesh Pa d hye all took first or second place in their marketing categories.

FBLA. OFFICERS: Taylor Christiansen (presid Samone Pabst (co-vice president), Grant Thoma (co-vice president), Benjamin Crelin (secretary),. Melanie Lorenz (historian) MEMBERS: Lee Yoon, Emily Mazur-Mickells, Hannah Bell, Bailey Burkett, Laura Calfee, Haley Christensen, Jessica Ernesti, Will Folsom, Aleck Gao, Abby Graham, Atley Gustafson, Kayle Hass, Sara Johnson, Felicia pez, Jeff Reyes, Brianna Saeger, Emily Shanah Katherine Stauffer, Brynn Stewart, Shay Wilso , Megan Barnett, Megan Birman , Chasidy Drue pel, Cashmear Evans,Chung Lee, Ella Leupold, Matt Lickei, Ellen Peterson, Landon Sadler, Et Schwarten, Sydney Svec, Madiso n Vacha!, Ab Bro, Courtney Donald, Lauren Fry, Dzung Le, Ashlyn Lee, Lorin Leifert, Angela Lorenz, Mall Luebbe, Megan Powers, Kishahnica Rajendr Tony Sanchez, Aubrey Shumake

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HOSA MEMBERS Sara Christ ia nson , N ick Peters, Matt Lickei, Cindy Nguyen, Tyler Peterson , Nick Hamilton, Ahona Gha ni, Gi n a Sanchez Katelyn Koozer and Tony Bartels (other memb ers att end LNS)

FOR A CURE. La st ye ar after final s DECA hos ted a " Bu rg er B they d on at ed to th e MDA in support o f t h e Mu scular Dystro be g inni ng of t he y ear Courte sy Ph o to

KEY CLUB. Key club members group together for a picture Officers included all seniors for the school year President Wyn Wiley , vice -president Taylor Genrich , treasurer Cindy Nguyen, secretary Kelsey Kramer, and historian Rachel Arkabauer made up the senior leadership team Photo by Talon

SERVICE LEARNING CLUB. Co-presidents, seniors Kelsey Arends and Kaitlin Weskamp er ted the new Service Learning Club Other officers include vice-president, senior Cindy Ng yen and secretary , junior Ellen Wilkinson. o byTalon

G PLUNGE. Juniors Veronica Vanderd Al i Dougherty along with senior guye n participate in the Polar Bear ith Service Learning Club The club oney for Special Olympics by particilhe plun ge Photo by Taylor Genrich

From learning about service to making it reality, Service Learning Club, Key Club, FCA, Friendship Club and Principal's Advisory Council all wanted to help make a difference

Service Learning Club was formed from the ground up by co-presidents Kaitlin Weskamp and Kelsey Arends. Co-president, senior Kaitlin Weskamp said, "The club goals were to make a difference by volunteering in the community and then discussing what we learned at the weekly meetings."

Members had to go through an application process in the spring and were chosen for the upcoming school year.

Service Learning was involved in a variety of volunteer work, but mainly worked with the Foster Care Closet. A charity golf tournament held last summer helped raise money for the organization to switch locations

Key Club was another club looking to make a difference in the community. Key Club is a nationally recognized organization that is a branch off of the Kiwanas Club.

Key Club helped package food at Kids Against Hunger and held a yearly event named Holiday Hawks. This year. the fifth Holiday Hawks was held for elementary students. Parents could drop their k.ids off and go shopping while kids played games and made crafts.

FCA, or Fellowship of Christia n focused on students coming tog e serving local communities by equip r powering and encouraging peopl e a difference.

FCA Breakfast Club met on Fri e ings for fellowship and food. FCA al s weekly meetings on Sundays for bi b • Friendship Club members su p 1 dividuals with disabilities both in ar school by creating friendships. The c this year to 35 dedicated members

The club had a monthly "Lun e where students got together d u ; lunch and sat at designated tables ir mons . Friendship club has also ha c Night" and a "Winter Celebration ." also supported the Special Olympic s Principal's Advisory Council w group of students from each g r worked together to enhance and irn school community.

The council met with Princip al son the first Tuesday of each mo r school to work on ideas that direct ly student body

Despite the different goals of E they still had one thing in common , difference.

ADVISORS.

SERVICE IS KEY. Seniors Cindy Nguyen and Rachel Arkabaue r sit at a booth at Spirit Fest to promote Key Club. Each year new freshmen join the club to become more involved in school. Photo by Talon

FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Josh Adams, Tyler Andelt, Ali Carstens, Natasha Cidlik, Katie DeNell, Timothy Dvorak, Leya Feng, Abigail Flory, Dillon Gladding, Cody Gray, Megan Hastings, Micah Hayden, Christopher Heble, Ryan Hill, Dylan Hodges, Aubri Lamb~rt, Brandon Levinson, Jasmine Miller, Kiara Moody, Emily Post, Jacob Ready, Hannah Robertson, Paul Schiefelbein, Ian Stipke, Chris Stone, Clayton Stull, Riley Sullivan, Rebecca Swenseth, Ashley Thomas, Ally Walker, Elizabeth Wichers, Anthony Wiegert , Aulana Williams and Mark Yeun.

PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP. Friendship club members, senior Christoffer Stone and junior Ali Carstens along with sponsor Jessie Sazama sit at a table during Future Hawk Night. Photo by Talon

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES. The FCA leadership team was led by seniors Drew Edmond and Landon Schmidt and by juniors Sarah Faubel, Jasmin Stonacek , Kelsie Bonow and Elizabeth Sundberg Anyone was welcome to join the group and participate in breakfast club meetings or the outside Bible studies.

MISSION POSSIBLE. Seniors Landon Schmidt, Alex Duff and Brian Hand work at the City Mission distribution center sorting clothes FCA was very involved in community work and also bought toys for the Toys for Tots foundation this school year Photo by Talon

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The Principal Advisor's group meets the first Tuesday of each mon th They worked together with Principal Rob Slauson to talk about issues that affected the school The students went through an application process to be accepted on the council. Photo by Taylor Genrich/Talon • •.

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BulldlNCJ Cultural Wl~rn~

Fr01v1 aroul\d the school to arouf\d 1he world

Southwest was filled with culture clubs that had a common goal: to bring the school together and to spread a feeling of respect and acceptance. Many of these groups were returning clubs. They were also joined by a few new groups as well. Together they made new friends and shared similar interests

Student ambassadors would be found roaming the halls acclimating new students to the everyday life of Southwest. Their numbers peaked at 70 members. They helped at Future Hawk Night, freshman first day and during eighth -grade visits . They operated under the direction of counselor Colleen Finkhouse.

Japanese club was formed to create a wider understanding and acceptance of the Japanese culture by taking part in activities like eating Japanese food, writing the three different alphabets and watching Anime. They made new friends when they wrote to pen pals in Japan. LSW became the sister school for Senshu Matshudo School in Tokyo.

Asian Caucus helped to spread the Asian culture through the school and community. All students were welcome to join despite their ethnic background . They continued their tradi-

tion of selling crab rangoon as a way to fund their club. They visited Cavett Elementary and taught a class of fourth graders about the different aspects of the Asian culture.

Classics Club was a new addition to the line-up of the numerous clubs. The club was created in January mostly by students of Latin class as a way to continue their education. Their plans for the future included food, games and continued Latin learning.

Multicultural Student Caucus worked for another year of cultural acceptance . They hosted a multicultural night which included speakers, food and presentations. They also conducted a fund raiser for the Haiti relief fund. Students were asked to save the money they would have spent on coffee, soda, and other beverages and donate it to help those in need after the devastating Haitian earthquake . Multicultural student caucus wanted to bring the school together into an appreciation of all world cultures.

Whether you wished to write to foreign students, volunteer for those in need or give a helping hand to our new students, Southwest provided a culture club for everyone.

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WELCOME! Student Ambassad o o phomore Dewayne Taylor greets inc c ii ng students at Future Hawk Night. A "J assadors were in attendance to he ir l Ut the incoming students. Photo by Eli e" Rardon! Talon

AMBASSADORS Julia Anderson, Hannah Bell, J 1ka Berringer, Kelsie Bonow, Tasneem Bouzid, Cody Br J I, Rebecca DeNell, Bailey Burkett, Ellie Clinch, Benja r 1 Crelin , Jenna Cunningham, Faith Davis. Ali Dougherty, )shua Dugger, Brandon Earhart, Taylor Elgin, Jessica E 1esti, Abigail Flory, Kayla Frazier, Kylie Garrett, Chad Ha s'.> )rook, Derek Hemann, Allie Hurlbut, Michelle Ingle, AI E Janssen, Haley Janssen, Erica Johnson, Klorissa Kavan, 0 sea Keller, Lucy Kneifl, Chelsea Kyle, Kaleah Letche r, j am Lif, Anglea Lorenz, Tonya Maksimenko, Melissa M c[ -matt, Sydney Meister, David Munro, Devon Nelson , S 1i Nelson, Samantha Nessetti, Ryan Newsham, Cou rt t y Nissen , Allsion O 'Connor, Cori O'Neal, Henry O'Neal, S, i h Pawling, Melanie Petersen, Ellen Peterson, Alex Piel a 1, Ryan Plager, Taylor Roberts, Taylor Rowlett, Brianna S 0 ger, MyRranda Sams, Alexandria Schmidt, Mikala Sc h e ry, Nicole Schwery, Evan Sheaff, Katy Sheaff, Meg a Sjulin, Brynn Stock, Elizabeth Sundberg, Dewayne Ta y r , Alyssa Trautman , Erica Trautman, Juee Trivedi, Laure n -oester , Jaden Trompke, Tre' Uhrmacher, Nicole Ullma n )amantha Vallabhbhai, Veronica Vanderbeek, Kelsey Viru 5 :::: atherine Zhang , Kristina Zvolanek.

JAPANESE CLUB Members of the Japanese Club display their new gifts They received books, games and toys from their pen pals in Tokyo, Japan. Courtesy Photo

CRAB RANGOON. Members of Asian Caucus sell Crab Rangoon for their annual fund raiser Later in the year they added egg rolls to their line-up of delicious Asian foods. Photo by Emily MazurMickells/Talon

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GEORGIA Members of the Mult icultural Student Caucus and student ambas sa d ors converse with Georgian natives They tra veled to LSW in Octobe r Photo by Thao Huynh/ Talon

MMM , COOKIES! Latin stud ents held their very fir st Cl assics Club meeting in Fe b ruary. Cookies were seNed as officers with the c lub were chosen Photo by Carter Hill/ Talon

GREETING FRESHMEN A group o f st u dent ambassadors get ready to greet on Freshman Fir st D ay. Clinch, Brianna Saeger and Mikaela Ba lfa n y. Photo by Kaley Cook/Hawk Talk

L STUDENT CAUCUS. M e mbe rs m et once ev ery we ek to s topics and plan activities They hosted events that helped to I learning and acceptance Photo by Carter Hill/Talon

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ASIAN CAUCUS. Gabriel Arenas, Charles Chen, Chris Chu, Bianca Conway, Jonathon Danson, Nancy Ho, Michael Nguyen, Lac Phan, Emjfy Pike, Allan Vo, Brian Vuu, Danny Yang, Leon Zhang. Photo by Cartel' Hill/Talon ambassadors/multicultura

Zhou, Brian VlJu, Charles , Eun-Gui Chung, Eun Jin Chung, Ha Yoon Lee, Jimmy Lee, John Jasa, Mason Moore, Matthew Hormandl, Michael Nguyen, Nisha Holay, Pujaa Rajan, Sungwoo Bae.

T HEATRICAL WELCOME. Drama Club president Austin Blankenau and historian Bianca Conway welcome incoming students at Future Hawk Night. Other officers included Rachel Pieloch (Vice President), Danielle Parde (Secretary), Catie Burgess (Scribe). Photo

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Math Club, Drama Club, Science Olympiad, Skills USA, and Art Club were all great ways to expand members' knowledge outside of the classroom.

Math Club members took their outstanding success from last year and built on it. At this year's UNL Math Day, Southwest finished 4th overall in the team competition. Junior Albert Zhou continued to be a strong force by taking home 1st place in both PROBE I and PROBE II of the competition, earning him an $8,000 scholarship and a $3,000 cash reward. Also notable were juniors John Jasa and Charles Chen anq fre~hman Hayoon Lee, who all qualified for Probe II in the competition, a first in Southwest history

Drama Club had the chance to view some of the years most talked about producions. They attended White Christmas, South acific, Legally Blonde, and the Color Purple. lso on their calender was the State Theater estival in January and the International Thespian Festival in June. A new event the club articipated in was "Trick or Treat so kids can eat," a national canned food drive that raised ver 400 pounds of food

The two-time defending Science Olympiad state champs had a lot to look up to after two events placed in the top ten at nationals last year, but with a more structured practice time in the morning, an increase in practice meets, and more active members, the club had little to worry about.

Skills USA was a way for students to go beyond the information they received in traditional industrial tech classes. Skills USA prepares students for technical, skilled and service careers. Junior Allen Vo and freshman Connor Dahlke competed in the technical drafting competition and junior Brandon Delgado competed in the commercial baking competition at the state conference held in Columbus.

Art Club kept busy with several projects, including one that was seen all around Lincoln. Sponsor Melissa Mordy said she was excited to see 25 members enjoy making new friends and completing creative new projects. Other projects included learning how to knit and crochet, print-making, and creating photograms. To support funding for their club, members hosted a bake sale.

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SCI ENCE O LYMPIAD. Adam Lif, Ahsan Kamal, Albert Zhou (Event President). Aleck Gao, Alex Malone, Alex Renken (Engineering President Andy He, Bo Yarabe, Catherine Zhang, Celeste Labedz (Secretary), Charles Chen, Danny Yang, Eungul Chung (Vice President), Eun J Chung, Felicia Phares, Jimmy Lee, Joanne Becker, John Jasa, Joyanne Becker, Krys Stevens, Kyle Hinz (Are~ Coordinator) Madison Bien (Historian), Mara Frey, Michael Weska Mike Richards, Nate Caldwell (Se tary), Nathaniel Fink-Humes, Nisha Holay, Pujaa Rajan, Rebecca Hartz.. Rebecca Humphress, Sarah O'Neill (Historian), Senad Topalovic, Scott Ingham, Shelby Clausen, Sungwoo; Bae, Tasneem Bouzid, Chung Ja Lee

GETTING CREATIVE Sophomor

Casey Brant and Jennifer Stevens work on tie-dying t-shirts. Art Club allows students to be creative if they are unable to fit an art class into their schedules. Photo by Emi Mazur-Mickellsl Talon

CE ED Juniors Charles Chen and Neleash Padyhe and seniors Danny Yang and Senad Topalovic work at prep aring for a Science Olympiad meet. There were nearly 40 mem b ers in Science Olympiad. Photo by Emily Shanahan / Talon

SKILLS USA. Brando n Delgado, Allen Vo, Connor Dahlke Not p ictured: Ashley Ru d d. Skills USA prepares students for technical , skilled , and service ca r eers Courtesy Photo

ART CLUB. Carleigh Whelan (president), Casey Brant, Celeste Labedz, Diana Martinez-Romana, Ellie Franke, Emily Mazur-Mickells, Emily Post, Emma Fortney Erika Troester, Felicia Phares, Grace Jacobson, Hannah Robertson, Hannah Scollard (secretary), Ivana Nedic, Jennifer Stevens (vice president), Tiko Khasia Landon Sadler, Leah Weber, Lisa Keys, Marissa Jackson, Michaela Wilson nouncer), Morgan Roark, Nina Okazaki, Rebecca Humphress, Shelby Cla Sophie Giesemann.

From bowling al leys to shooting ranges and the Special Olympics, Southwest doesn ' t just end at the football field

Most all of these activities take place outside of school . They travel, compete and place just like any other team at school.

Trap team started practice in late February They practiced every Monday and Wednesday right after school. Many students on the team have experience beyond expectations, and others picked up the sport recently, if not even until high schbol. It' s something anyone can do but it does take quite a bit of practice.

Sophomore Kaleb Luther, has been shooting on the trap team for four years now. He started with the Southwest junior team (at Scott Middle School)

Trap team, which competes during the spring , is one of the best teams from eastern Nebraska They normally brought home at least one medal to show after every one of the six Saturday shoots . They also went to state

The Special Olympics team at school started practicing in January during fourth block in the gym with Coach Liz Brenden. The team played basketball and also did track events The state Olympics basketball game the students attended took place March 2 7.

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to change society' s perception and tr e2 n en of those with an intellectual disability .

This summer Lincoln is host i th National Special Olympics with 1ent including bowling, power lifting, riou aquatics and floor hockey

An estimated 3,000 athlet e ar participating in these games from air O' r th country

The Special Olympics is also brin g , g th " largest peace time airlift in the worl c sai d actor Harrison Ford, thanks to many ( ssn a Citation owners from around the c J nt~ who have donated their planes and t 1e to make getting athletes and their coa c __ s to the games possible.

This year the bowling tea rr too k sophomore Celeste Labedz and seni or 1amie Korth to state. To go to state stude n t m ust qualify throughout the season Ho w tr =Ydo and place at meets determines if the y m go to state The bowling team practice d t Su n Valley Lanes on Thursdays and Frid a., afte school

The ROTC program is loc at d at Northeast High, but students from LS could participate as well. ROTC (Reserve ) ffice Training Corps) is a program for st: d ents interested in careers in the Air Force t> Story and spread by Justin Sc , n

GIRLS VARSITY BOWLING. Jamie Korth , Jessica Backman , Dani e lle Grau. Tiko Kh ai sh a, Ivana Nedic, Hailey Backman , Celeste La bed z, Jennifer Stevens , Rebe c ca Toell e Courtesy

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BO YS VARSITY BOWLING. Morgan Pric e, Spen cer Labed z, Davin Wilson, Micha e l St Yen s. Tr e nt Toell e, Ca m eron pr ice , Chris Low rey Courte sy Photo

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TRAP TEAM MEMBERS Zachary Jeffrey, Hunter Koch, Gregory Jeffrey, Ryan Plager , Kaleb Luther , Ryan Klute, Sam Elwood, Mackenzie Woodward, Stacy Manson, Morgan Mavis, Zak Tripp, Kyle Flanagin, Brandon Zimmerman, Dillon Horne, Chris Hansen, Zach Bryant , Jacob Ripa , Neil Holly, Eli Koziol , Seth Richert, Derek Ballard, Dillon Pfingsten, Courtesy Photo

POLAR BEAR PLUNGE. The Polar Bear Plunge at Holmes Lake was held to raise money for the Special Olympics Several staff members and members of Student Council and Service Learning Club participated Photo by Sydney Svehla/ Photo journalism

PULL! Trap team practices out at the Issac Walton League shooting club Trap had six competitions this year. At a trap competition five shooters line up and make 50 shots 16 yards away from the Trap House (what throws the target clay bird) and another 50 shots at their handicap distance of 18 to 27 yards. Courtesy photo

SHOOT! The Special Olympics team practices for their tournament in late March There Were seven members with four returning from last year They practiced with coach Liz Brenden during fourth block every dcly before competitions Photo by Justin Schoen/ r. on

ROTC. Students from Northeast represented ROTC at Future Hawk Night trying to start a ROTC program at Southwest. The program is for students interested in joining the Air Force There are currently two students from LSW participating, Dalten Collins and Evan Sheaff. Photo by Elicia Rardon/ Talon

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Jazz bands have been a hot item, playing in more concerts than any other musical group as they had more exciting opportunities to play at great events. This year they even played with the Bobby Layne orchestra, at the Pia Mor Ballroom

There were four main jazz bands including, Jazz 1 and 2, Prep Jazz, and Jazz Combo, all together comprising of 75 members combined.

Most students from jazz band came directly from a concert band class, working hard for a full block, to make their many songs sound great.

Concert band was divided into three groups, Wind Ensemble, which comprises of mostly juniors and seniors, symphonic band, which is mostly juniors and sophomores, and then freshman band

All of the concert bands normally played in • the same concerts. Wind Ensemble was lucky enough to attend a trip to play in London in one of the major concerts leading up to the New Yea(s Day Parade.

The Wind Ensemble and Concert

Choir attempted something never done before in the history of the music department. The idea was to have the entire choir sing along as the band played "Winter Wonderland." It turned out to be very successful, so they decided to perform it again when they went to London.

The orchestra is the last of the three main groups from the "E-Wing." Conducted by Terry Rush, the orchestras met in three groups everyday, starting with the freshman during 2nd block and varsity during 1st and 3rd block. The orchestras played in a few concerts a year mostly with concert band concerts and jazz concerts. The orchestras combined were made up of 5 1 highly skilled members.

This was the first year for Rush in the music department. Besides orchestra he also conducted concert band and marching band.

Rush has been teaching music for 3 1 years in three different schools, most recently at Lincoln High.

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SOLOING Harry Norman whips out notes on his sax during the jazz bands January concert, Norman was in a wide variety of music groups , including Jazz 1, Choir and Show Choir Photo by Kelsey Arends/ Hawk Talk

JAZ.Z 1 Saxes: Brian Vuu, Corrine Fuoco, Harry Norman, Anna Fangmeier, Brittany Paul , ,1icr Nguyen. Trumpets: Maren Finsand, Kate Hunsaker Meredith Weber, Brady Vance Trom t me

Jordan Neukirch, Jake Heidelk, Andy He, John Jasa. Piano: Jake Jirovec. Bass: Jake Lind e , GL Spencer Krull Drums: Hayden Florom. Photo by Robert Wilken of Light Impressions

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JAZZ 2. Saxes: Kiefer Watson, Jani Martinez-Romana, Spencer Labedz, Diana Martinez-Romana, Amanda Jones, Libby Anderson, Matt Delisi, Ben Coatney Trumpets: Skyler Crowl, Alex Hinton, Sam Gemar, Austin Blankenau, Juan Cordova. Trombones: Nick Clayburn, Rachel Pieloch, Connor Villanueva, Ryan Plager, Teylor Wolfe Piano: Erika Troester, Nate Caldwell. Bass: MacKenzie Woodward Guitar: Logan Logsdon Percussion: Hayden Thomson, Michael Stevens, Celeste Labedz. Photo by Robert Wilken of Light Impressions

VARSITY ORC HESTRA Violin: Alyssa Allaire, Gabriel Arenas, Carina Berkowitz, Noe mi Berkowitz, Kirsten Bjorman, Tasneem Bouzid, Shaylyn Doyle , Kelsey Follmer, So p h ie Hines, Sydney King. Paige Langfeldt. Ellen Peterson, Lindsey Peterson, Kins ey Peterson, Emily Pike, Kinsey Poskochil, Rebecca Toelle Viola: Suzanne Carnazzo, Andy He , Elsa Hines, Kristen Kramer, Kana Leia Veney Cello: Jordan Broo ks, Courtney Catlett, Shelby Clausen, Travis Nelson, Albert Zhou. Bass: Connor Ba rr , Melanie Lorenz, Davis Rempe. Photo by Robert Wilken of Light Impressions

SWEETJAZZ MUSIC The Jazz 1 band is conducted by Alyssa Willhelm. This Jazz band played in five concerts, and also played with the Bobby Layne Orchestra at the Pia Mor Ballroom Photo by Kelsey Arends/Hawk Talk

FRESHMAN ORCHESTRA . The freshman orchestra practice in their 2nd block class. The orchestras are conducted by Terry Rush, who also conducts the concert bands Photo by Justin Schoen/Talon

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A look at choral 1v1usic iN E-Wi"Ng

The choir department had another successful year. lnstuctors directed five choirs including freshman choir, concert choir, varsity concert choir, chamber choir, and women ' s choir.They were all under the direction of Denise Cotton and Elizabeth Goldsmith, and were joined by a number of student teachers.

The five choirs performed at four concerts during the school year and at multiple choral competitions Music students had the opportunity to compete at solo and group ensemble events. They were also able to audition for honor choirs

• which brought students together from throughout the entire state

Students also had the opportunity to audition for one of two LSW show choirs. Show Choir kicked off their year under the direction of a new head director, Elizabeth Goldsmith.She led Resonance (Varsity show choir) and Ambiance (JV show oir) to five competitions

Ambiance began their competition ason with a prep group win at the Mid-

west Cup, hosted by UNL

"When Ambiance got their first place trophy at Midwest Cup it was great to share in their excitement," Goldsmith said Ambiance also took second place at Grand Island and first place at Omaha Westside.

Resonance upheld their personal record of continually making finals at every competition. Their line up consisted of five songs and numerous solos.

"As Rez warmed up for their last competition it was amazing to see how all their hard work and dedication came together for a common cause, " Goldsmith said Resonance took fourth at Omaha Westside and second in Musketeen, Iowa

The show choirs also brought home additional awards for best back-up band (Omaha Westside and Benton Iowa), and best female soloist Danielle Parde (Musketeen and Benton, Iowa) "The first year at a new school is special. The students always hold a special place in your heart," Goldsmith said

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WOMEN'S CHOIR T elve woman worked to g e er p e rforming at man y ( the con ce rts and often t E n ed up with the vars ity con e Soprano: Ashley W a i beth Dughman , Ly d i Courtney Bryant, As r sen , Adrianna Och o c Ashley Jaber , Katey R Mikala Schwery, Ki r st man, Hayley Heide n

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LADY KILLER Sophomore John Kosch sings a solo in " Billy Jean. " Ambiance's show consisted of six songs. Photo by Kelsey Arends/ ~awk Talk

AMBIANCE Sop rano Alanna Connely, Harper Anderson. Noemi Berkowitz, Jordan Brooks, Amy Cotton. Kelsey Follmer. Emma Fraser. Alexandra Gallardo. Ashton Holechek. Kelly Krueger, Stacy Manson. Morgan Mills. Nicole Ullman. Becca Wolf Sydney Worley Alto Ashley Amend, Hannah Bell, Abigail Flory, Natalie Derr. Darcy Arends. Clara Calkins. Elizabeth Dalke. Rebecca DeNell. Nicole Dreeszen Abbey Jones, Sydney King, Lana Livermore, Makenna Kroeker. Stephanie Newton, Sydney Schaal. Emily Thomas, Courtney Wagner Teno r Brett Bancroft, Andrew Castor, Harrison Drake, Dylan Glen, Hayden Grabast. John Kosch, Dan Peters, Davis Rempe Bass Connor MarshaU, Nam Tran, Brady Ecklund. Jacob eniston, Ryan Geisert, Christian Hale, Carter Hill, Daniel Hanson, Darren Jenkins. Jacob Koenig. Logan Lemka. Fred Vogel. Photo by Wyn Wiley for a/on

STRANGER TO THE RAIN. Members of th varsity show choir Resonance take a drama pause during their ballad. Resonance performed during finals at all five of their com tions Photo by Kelsey Arends/Hawk Talk

RESONANCE. Soprano Cary Brand, Arianna Dye. Kylie Klockenga. Kirstie Lewis. Melissa Schorr. Mikaela Balfany, Allie Hurlbut, Danielle Parde, Amelia Rangel, Megan Sjulin. Sydney Stauffer, Haley Williams Alto Amanda Brown. Karoln Elsberry, Anna Fangmeier. Lauren Geisert, Katie Miller, Allison O'Connor. Julia Peterson. Aubrey Thompson. Michaela Whitesell, Taylor Byers. Alex Janssen. Katelyn Meyer. Emily Schmidt:, Corinne Wolford. Brianna Giles Tenor Chad Hassebrook. Jake J1rovec. Jake Linder, David Mayers. Jaden Trompke, Wyn Wiley, Bryan Samani, Fresh Tagaloa. Josh Talbot Bass Casey Berger, Tyson Mizell, Suhaus Na Jim Newton, Harry Norman, Br Vance, Chris Way, P.J. Bell, N Caldwell. Cole Leuckenhoff, M Nguyen. Matt Ober. Photo b WIiey for the Talon

ENSEMBLE. Flute: Allison O'Connor, Joe Pinnell, Suzanne Carnazzo, Ali Dougherty, Katelyn Carstens, Erika Troester, Rebecca Humphress, Kneifl, Morgan Emmert, Catie Burgess, Anna Lenting Oboe: Corinne Fuoco, Celeste Labedz Clarinet: Anna Fangmeier, Tae-Woo Kim, Brittany Pa u Carstens, Addison Fairchild, Haley Urwiler, Diana Martinez-Romana Bass Clarinet: Colleen Harris Bassoon: Spencer Labedz, Paul Ahrens Alto Sax : Vuu, Kyle Hinz, Michael Nguyen, Jani Martinez-Romana, Kiefer Watson, Connor Schulte, Emily Kerl Tenor Sax: Libby Anderson, Amanda Jones, M Bari Sax: Ben Coatney Trumpet: Maren Finsand, Brady Vance, Skyler Crowl, Alex Hinton, Austin Blankenau, Meredith Weber, Kate Hunsaker, Jim ash, Paul Honnens, Rachel Pieloch, Juan Cordova Horn: Julia Peterson, Sam Gemar, Miki Freese, Ellen Calkins, Kelsea Hughes Trombone: Andy He, Jo i Jas Jordan Neukirch, Justin Jones, Mike Richards, Brandon Guern, Nick Clayburn, Teylor Wolfe Baritone: Chase Hartman, Ryan Plager Tuba: Jake He ic 'lk, MacKenzie Woodward, Connor Villanueva Percussion: Hayden Florom, Kyle Pedersen, Michael Stevens, Veronica Vanderbeek, Bo Yarabe. Photo t •Ro ert Wilken of Light Impressions

BAND. Flute: Hannah Coatney, Alyssa Eitzmann, Sarah Kocher, Hannah Scollard , Emma Fraser, Courtney Wagner , Sydney Worley , Mills, Cecilia Laughter, Devin Ullsperger, Michaela Wilson, Alicia Szudlo, Julia Anderson, Lana Livermore, Alyson Lottman , Krystal Peters, Pauline Pe ley Burd Clarinet: Abbey

Nicki Ahlschwede, Sydney Schaal, Bailey Crowl, Ghazal Mahjouri Samani , Al i Korte , Ashley Jone s Janssen, Trent Toelle, Kayla Johnson Bass Clarinet: Amanda Kessler Bassoon: Alex Gallardo Alto Sax: Evan Bischoff, Meghan Senne, Dan Peters , Troester, Cole Genrich, Casey Brant, Daniel Jaber, Sam Buckner Tenor Sax: Nick May, Lindsey Linville, Molly Hogancamp Bari Sax: Ryan Geisert T Jimmy Lee, Michaela DeGagne, Ryan Hill, Jacob Denniston, Laine Sanburg, Jonathan Barber, Brandon Earhart, Nick Hamilton, Jordon Thomas, C Allen, Austin Mack, Justin Schoen Horn: Connor Marshall, Clara Calkins, Greg Jeffery Trombone: Becca Wolf, Austin Andersen, Cody Tinnean, Be, Fred Vogel, Jordan Schoen, Chris Hibberd Baritone: Paul Schiefelbein Tuba: Hayden Grabast, Brady Eklund Percussion: Eun-Jin Chung, Christi a. DJ Hosler, John Kosch,

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FRESHMAN BAND. Flute: Ericka Lyons, Macy Lloyd, Ashley Peterson, Morgan Malone, Abby Syfie Clarinet: Alex Pieloch, Angela Lorenz, Nisha f- )lay Mikayla Nelson, Nicole Peterson, Brittany Cash, Kristen Delisi, Sydney Havekost Bassoon: Yancey Jensen Alto Sax: Jordan Rosenbohm, Reid Hu _ ke Jordan Roszhart, Neal Klein, Andrew Epperson, Brendan Coogan, Nathaniel Eppens Tenor Sax: Andrew Muir Bari Sax: Marcos Cordova Trum • Kitchen, Nick Knapik, Jonathan Fangmeier, Brian Botz, Cody Sch1ll1ng, obby Jagadich, Max Berger. Taylor Graham. Brad Shaner, Cera-Rose Hu Jayden Denning, Sara Jaber Trombone: Jackson Bauer, Ashley Weatherhogg, Holly Hunt, Ryan Klute, CJ Lee;hner Batlt : M:x -4ach

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l1Y CHOIR . M ikaela Balfa ny, Pj Bell, Brogan Bennett, Casey Berger, Carina Berkowitz, Austin Blankena u , Ja li sa Bonilla , Cary Bran d, Tayl or Byers, Nate II, Ellen Calkins , Tegan Col ton, Jua n Cordova, Arianna Dye, Karolyn Elsberry, Anna Fangmeier, Kyle Flentje, H ayden Florom , M iki Freese, Lauren rt, Briana Giles, Colleen Har ris, Chad Hassebrook, Allie Hurlbut, Alex Janssen, Jacob Jirovec, Kylie Klockenga, An n a Ko e nig , Paige Langfe ldt, Anna ·ng, Kirstie Lewis , Jake Lind er, Sophie Liu, Melanie Lorenz, David Mayers, Katelyn Meyer, Katie Miller, Tyson M izell, Suha u s Nataraj , Jim Newton, Michael Nguyen, Ha r ry Norman , All i so n O'Connor, Matt Ober, Danielle Parde, Brittany Paul, Julia Peterson, Makall Poulsen, Rac h el Ra ndoJ a , A melia Ra ngel, Bryan Samani , Em il y Schm i dt, M e liss a Schorr, Megan Sjulin, Sydney Stauffer, Fresh Tagaloa, Aubrey Thompson, Erika Troester, Ja d en Trom pke,

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Brady Vance, Chris Way, Michaela Whit esell , Wyn W iley, Haley Williams, Corinne Wolford, Bo Yarabe Photo by Robert Wilken of Light Impressions

CONCERT CHOIR. Ashl ey Am end, Harper Anderson, Darcy Arends, Brett Bancroft, Hailey Batterton, Ian Beinlich, Hannah Bell, Noemi Be rkowitz, Evan Bischoff, Kirst en Bjorma n , Jord an Brooks, Kayley Burd, Clara Calkins, Andrew Castor, Courtney Catlett, Shelby Clausen, Alanna Connely, Amy Cotton, Bailey Crowl, Elizab et h Dalke, Mic h a e la DeGagne, Rebecca DeNell, Jacob Denniston, Natalie Derr, Harrison Drake, Nicole

Elizabeth D u ghman, Brady Eklund , Jacob Elliot, Britney Feuerha m mer, Brent Flent_Je, Kelsey Follmer, Emma Fraser,

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Ryan Hill, Heather Hillebran, Mary Hillis, Ashton Holechek, Ashley Jaber, Grace Jacobson, Ashl ey Janssen, Darren Jenkins, Kayla Johnson, Abbey Jones, Shandrelle Kilgore, Jacob Kiner, Sydney King, Sarah Kocher, Jacob Koenig, Ali Korte, John Kosch, M akenna Kroeke r , Kelly Krueger, Jordyn Labadie, Logan Lemka, Lana Livermore, Stacy Manson, Connor Marshall, Jessica Mills , Morgan Mills, David Mun ro, Jason O'N e a l, Jac k O lson, D aniel Peters, Shellie Pinell, Katey Rehm, Davis Rempe, Makayla Ross, Sydney Schaal, Casey St reet, Alicia Szudlo, Dewayne Taylor , Emily Th om as, N am Tra n , Nicole Ullman, Devin Ullsperger, Fred Vogel, Courtney Wagner, Becca Wolf, Sy d ney Worley. Photo by Robert Wilken of Light Im pressions

CHOIR Evan Augustyn, Max Berger, Haylee Bice , Dellan e' (lark-Bro n, Marcos C:ordova , H annah Cornish , Clai r e Crawford, Courtney Donald, , Kelcee Fuller, Megan Hastings, Sarah Hove, Sara Jaber , Yancey Jensen, Mansa Laue , Jacey Lawren ce, Alex Lemon, Sh e lby Leschinsky, l\aron Uoyd, Alexandra Mabry, Morgan Malone, Hunter Miller, Meaghan Muehling, Elizabeth Nguyen , Samantha N orman, Courtne y O l dha~, Ashley ole Peterson, Katelynn Piper, Samuel Potter, Cassandra Rinne , Samantha Rucker , M?ckenz,e Sanchez_, Tia Scheel , Calvin Sheldon, Kassi SherShumake, Wednesday Stamper, Sydney Svehla, Keeley Thayer, Dakota Tupper, Tre Uhrmacher, Ton \1/anderbeek, Ky Veney, Matt Watson, ogg, Leah Weber, Dane Wiley , Lauren Works

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EXPECT MORE'. PAY LESS.

Sophomore Shellie Pinell checks on a customer at Super Target. Many local high school students are employed by Target. Not only is it close , but it also has great discounts

Photo by Mika/a Schwery/ Talon

GEAR. PASSION. SPORTS. Senior Andrew Cecava is one out of the many students that works at Scheels. Cecava says that one of the things he likes most about working at Scheels is "interacting with the customers ."

Photo by Mika/a Schwery/ Talon

THE LANDING. Seni or ) idi Kobler started workin g t The Landing, a retiremen t t )me, in October. She "love s 1e people here, because 1 ,:'? ' re all family and the work is , 1sy "

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ALL SCREAM FOR ICE

Even though th e economy has started to rep air itsel f, t here is still the problem of a loss o f jo bs.

Many local stud ents h ave been lucky enough to be ab le to have a job. But the reasons they wanted one are entirely d ifferent.

"I thought it would b e a fun opportunity and I come her e a lot," said sophomore Shellie Pin el l in response to why sh e started at Targe t.

Another viewpoint wa s that of senior Tess Mayer who sa id she applied to Shopko because "I heard that it was a good place to w ork."

Some reasons are a litt le bit simpler. " Because I knew I cou ld g et a job here (at Panera) ," said senior Sam Olson

Most students , like Pinel l, c hose their jobs based on this i nformat ion while others chose their jobs based on other classifications.

Once you are employed, you an have inside connections. Like the

WIPE OUT! While remembering a funny story about a "customer who completely wiped out when (we) were mopping, " senior Sam

chuckles. Olson has worked at Panera for a year and a half Photo by Mika/a Schwery/ Talon

50% off with restrictions that senior Andrew Cecava said he receives working at Scheels in SouthPointe.

Money is not always the issue, however. Some liked their jobs because of the people they worked and interacted with weekly.

Others, like Brynn Stewart, said that she "likes (her) job because it is close and because it is convenient."

This sentiment was widely agreed with by the employed population at Southwest.

Another sentiment agree d on was that money was needed to b u y things. Most spent their m o ney on gas or entertainment, like se ni o r Allison O'Connor who said sh e ne e ds money so she can "get around."

Whether you liked your job for the money it brings, or the pe op le you could interact wi th , at lea st y o u could say that you were employed in this eco nom y.

[>Story a n d Spread by Mika/a Schwery

YOU STOP AT U - STOP! Senior Allison O'Connor fills up her gas tank at the local U-Stop. She commented that she "hates how expensive it is getting. It used to be $30, and now it is $40!" Photo by Mika/a Schwery/ Talon

WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THATI. As juni o r Brynn Stewa rt m ixes a shake at Runza, she commen t s t h at she "l i kes her job because it is clos e t o ev eryth ing ." Photo by M ika/a

w ery / Talon

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CR EAM! Everyone lo v es ice cream, and the same goes for senior Inga G u liyeva. She u ltimately started working at Co ld st one because "it was the only place that was hi ring at 15," she said. Photo by Mika/a Sch w e ry/Ta l on.

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1a- We are so proud and excited to see art the next chapte

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

-Judy Garland

Love You!

You have been full of life and laughter from day one. You make our world a better place. Follow your dreams!

Love, Dad, Mom, and Jackson

Connor, we are so proud of you!

Love, Mom and Dad

Mom, Steve , Meridee, Crystal, Brady and

You 've grown up to be beautiful and talented You always b r ing a smile to

everyone ' s face! Look back on all you 've already accomplished for inspiration. There is nothing you cannot achieve, so believe As you look to the future , embrace change, enjoy your experiences along the way and capture your dreams We love you, support · you, and want you to be forever happy! 202 <J<J

Congratulations! Where did th ( t irr go? We are so proud of y ! ;t:~t!r-·ra1 · Remember we will always be t h re 1 you. Dream big and work h ( d ! Jeremiah 29: 1 1

of kindergarten to the last day of high schoolyou've always made us proud!

We hope you

"Lack of will power and drive cause more failures than lack of intelligence - and ability ."

-Harry Banks

Love, Mom, Dad and your sisters

,

Luke

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A lex is, Congratulations! We are very proud of you! Continue to work hard, enj o y life, a n d keep that beautiful smile o n your face and you will go far!

Wyn, we are so VERY proud of you! Our fine young man has grown into a true leader; star student; talented singer and dancer ; artistic photographer and young entrepreneurand most importantlya Wonderful and Loving Son and Brother. Carry our love and blessings with you every day of your lifet

WYC O NDA, WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU!

Much love, Mom and Dad

We know you will accomplish anything you set your mind to!

Carpe diem cena parata est.

Remember the Lord in everything you do And He will give you success

Proverbs 3-6 We are so very proud of your hard work and accomplishments! Thanks also for all the smiles and laughs we have because of you!

Dad, Der; k , ala, y ya g. are so proud of the woman you've become! Follow your heart and God's path Life has no boundaries!

Love, Mom, Dad and Nicole senior ads t>t>203

Love , M om, Dad, Taylor, Hannah and Eric

Love, Mom and Dad

Congratulations, Laurel! We appreciate your kind heart, determination, playful spirit and your delightful sense of humor

Your smiles brighten our world You can accomplish whatever y o u set yo u r mind on!

Congratulations, Kelsea! We are so proud of you! We wish you all the best as you head off to college!

We love you; Mom, Dad and Cera-Rose

You have made us all proud! We vyish you all the best in your future endeavors!

Phil. 4: 13

Congratulations, Chris! We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished!

May all your ., future dreams come true!

Kyle"The longestjourney begins with a single step." -Confucius

Enjoy the journey!

Love, Mom, Dad, Brent and Lily

Love, Dad, Tracy,

Kyle, Emma and Quentin

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Our adorable dimpled gi rl as grown into a beautiful yo L , g woman. We are so very p rt -u d of who you've become a t~ d wish you the best in your f u cu re.

taylor adams

Congrats, Taylor!

Love, Your Family

Landon, We are so proud of you . May all of your dreams come true. We love you!

Congratulat ions , Emily! Wishing you the best in all that you do!

Love, Dad, Mom and Dan

Kyle John, We can't begin to tell you how proud we are of you! It seems just like yesterday we sent you off to kindergarten and now you're graduating Live life to the fullest and dream big! We love you!

Julia- Wherever you go, you will always be our little Husker! We love you SO much!

Love, tu mamma y papa y tu hermanas, Ashley and Nicola

May God's love guide you through the special plans He has for your life. Congratulations, Billy!

Love, Mom, Mike, Brynn, Parker and Brady Bears, Follow the path he has laid out for you and success will follow. Set your goals high, work hard, follow your dreams. Keep smiling and laughing!

proud ur accomplishments. May all of your dreams come true!

Congratulations, Kelsey! We are so proud of the way you have used your special talents Continue to inspire others with your gentle heart and kind ways. You are our pride and joy.

Kylie- You're a wonderful daughter and sister and you have filled our lives with lots of joy and laughter over the past 18 years. We ' re very proud of you and know that you will succeed in whatever you choose to ·do with your life. We ' ll miss you but you should know that we will always be there fqr you. We love ou

ct justly, dwalk ur God.

surprises and you were the best surprise ever. You have brought us nothing but happiness We are very proud of you!

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Congratulations, Andy! The last 18 years have been a "kick" watching you grow. We are so proud of your hard work and accomplishments. We know you will achieve success in whatever you choose to do.

We are so proud of you, Colby!

Love, Your Family

Kate, A new journey awaits you . ., go confidently towards your dreams and live the life you imagined! We love you , Kate We are so very proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, a r

your high school years. We are very proud of the young man you are. Thanks for the joy you have brought to our lives . Stay strong, keep the faith and follow God's light. We love you dearly!

Phillippians 4: 13

Love, Mom, Dad an d

We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad and Brooke

;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

Eleano r Roosevelt

Believe in yourself. Congratulations.

Love always, Mom, Dad and Jonathan

brandon guern

Brandon, Congratulations! We are very proud of you. Ke ep following your dreams.

The day you were born brought us love and joy and for 17 years you have made that love and joy grow beyond our dreams Now it's your turn to go after your dreams

Let your hair down and have fun! where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else! "

-Yogi Berra

Wherever you wind up Alex, we ' ll be behind you all the way!

Congratulations and Good Luck!

We Love You, Mom, Dad and Sam

Love, Mom and Dad

Congrats on a successful trek through high school! We are so proud of the man you have become. The future holds all your dreams you can do anything you set your mind to and we are behind you all the way We love you.

Dad, Mom, Pat and Chris

Tyson, You've proven you can accomplish anything that you put your mind to! We can't wait to see where that bright mind takes you next! We are so proud of you!

We are so proud of you. Continue to aim high, pursue your passion and know He is in control.

Love, Mom and Dad

ads

Philicia

jessica backmarl

Where did the time go?

Our little girl has become a beautiful young lady.

Love, Mom, Dad, Haley and your family

lsber

It's ti me to trust your instincts. Close your eyes and leap. Defy gravity! We are so proud of the beautiful confident young lady you have become!

We love you, Dad and Mom

tson

Thanks for always making us smile, Kiefer! You have such an amazing future ahead of you. With a little hard work you can accomplish anything, so dream big and know that we are - very proud of you.

Remember today, it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all of your dreams. Make those dreams come true

Love Mom, Dad, Brian, Carrie and Scarface

hatalie riggs

Natalie- We are so proud of you and look forward to the future as you take on the world.

Love, Mom and [ 3d

scott fraser.

work and determination will take you far. We know you will find success in all you do!

We love you, Mom, l =i d, Michelle and Chris t i a

melanie lorenz

We could not be more proud of the amazing person you have become and the many things you have accomplished. We love you!

Oeut. 31 :8

jaber

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it; We are very proud of you, Ash. Always believe in yourself. We know you will go places.

Love, Mom, Dad, Kelsey, Grandma and Grandpa whitney sterns

Love, Dad, Mom, Angela and M ~hell ashley

Love, Mom, Dad, Nicole, Daniel

ka ley coo k

Going your own way since way back when. Good luck in the future. We are very proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad and Corey

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alek sander lien

We are so proud of you and all your hard work. God has an amazing future planned for you.

Put God first and He will direct your path.

Jeremiah 29 : 11-13

Congratulations, Paul! We love you!

Love, Mom, Dad and Carrie

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Little man to big man.

Love you

Son. -

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Love, Mom and Dad

Katie , We ' re proud of all you've accomplished and the young lady you have become We ' re excited to see what the future holds for you We ' ll miss having your happy spirit around to brighten our days Your faith and determ ination will serve you well as Love, Mom, Dad you attend college and and Amber beyond.

We love you, Mom and Dad monica knabe

Monica-We are so proud ofyou!Ybur future is so bright!

Love, Mom, Dad and Pat

~ca:tie bwrgess

Dream big and reach for the stars. You have great strengths that will take you on many wonderful adventures. •

We are proud of you!

tan neemann

Love, Mom, Reynold, Amanda and Tyler

Congratulations, Ian!

Never stop learning

We are all so proud of you!

Love, Your Family

Dreams take you to the corners of your smiles.

Dream Big!

Congratulations! Thank you for all the joy you brought to us. Follow your dreams and trust in Him who will lead you there. We love you!

Young, beautiful, and intelligent. We look forward to your next great endeavor Congratulations!

Love, Your Family

Congratulations, Matt! We're so proud of you. May all of your dreams come true!

Love, Mom, Dad and Scott

Congratulations, Morgan!

We're proud of you and wish you all the best!

You may have out grown our laps but you will never out grow f our hearts!

Love you, Mom and Dad

Congratulations, Brian , all of your achieveme rWe are proud of yo L Dream big and rely your faith as you mov e Jn to new adventures ·.

Love, Mom, Dad an , Lindsey

not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight."

Proverbs 3 5-6

May your future continue to be blessed and your faith remain strong

rochelle athan

Congratulations!

All of your hard work has been rewarded. We are yery proud of your accomplishments.

We're proud of you. We wish you success in everything you do! Good luck!

not be more proud and know that you will go on to do great things. Be humble in your success We love you and persevere dearly, Mom, Dad when adversity and Ryan comes.

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With love and respectMom and Dad

0 feelin' alright."

-Billy Joel Congratulations!

Love, Mom, Dad and Kelcie

Christopher, Build upon your dreams and create the life you have imagined. We are so very proud of you!

"If you DREAM it, you can DO it."

-Walt Disney

Congratulations, Dillon! We are proud of you. Good luck a UNL and with all the future has in store for you.

Keep marching to new heights! We are proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Brayden and Christopher senior ads t>

From Kindergarten to graduation you -have always made us proud! We can't wait to see what the future holds for you.

Love , Mom and Dad

Congratulations , Ashley!

We are very proud of you. We wish you success and happiness in everything you do

eson

Be Faithful Be Happy Be Great Win the Race

Love, Dad and Mom

Love, Mom, James, Coop and Gma Joan

Travis, Great Scott! Your future is bright, but has not yet been written! Have fun writing it! We are very proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad, Trina and Troy (and Rocky)

Congratulations, Shanta y (: ! We are so proud of yo u .

Love Mom , Dad, Kisha, Mychal, Danyel and Deand r

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Congratulations, Didi!

On to the next adventure! We love you!

Love, Dad, Mom, Ian and Ev( 1

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Chri s, W e are so proud of you and will miss you while you're away at college. You will always have a room at __:_j:::::111.:!~

HOME! Good We love you, Mt 1 , luck at UNK! Dad, Brandon 2 d

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f;rom VIOiin to voice. show choir to stage, it' a joy to watch you perfor m You're smart, talented, beautiful, and the light of our lives Congratulations on your many accomplishments and -blessin~s for the future!

Our love, Dad, Mo n and Allison

Rudy

We are so proud of you!

Good luck in college and your goal as a Vet Tech for a career!

Love you! Randy and Mom

Stacy, words cannot express how proud we are of you and how much we believe in you. We love you the mostest!

Love, Mom , Dad and Scott

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W e love you and will be by you every step of your journey. Wherever you go, go with all our heart.

Your family's love FOREVER acn

tike the purest light in a darkened world, so much hope inside such a lovely girl. Everywhere she goes, everybody knows she's so glad to be alive she's a butterfly. Give her the strength to fly.

Gera Seara, We are very proud of you! Be the best you can be and live life large!

Love yo

Spencer, A new journey awaits you challenge yourself, never give up, continue to live life to the fullest and eat your vegetables Remember we love you and will always be there for you. Proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, and Mikhaela

Ryan-We are very proud of ou and every thing you've accomplished. ongratulation on your graduation . "All the world's a

Love, Mom, Dad and Katie pl<e

The future lies befo re you like a field of driven snow, Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.

-Author Unknown

Love, Dad, Renee, Emerson and Everett

ads

Congratulations, Paige! We are so proud of you!

Always be ready for the next adventure.

Kevin, We wish you well ne~t year at SCC-Milford. Go conquer the world.

Love, Mom and Dad

We wish you best wishes in your endeavors!

Love, your family

Love you, Dad, Mom and Allison

Congratulations, Lex! We hope the next step of your life is as exciting as the first! Carpe diem!

Youth Fellowship

St. Mark's United Methodist Church - 8550 Pioneers Blvd. - Lincoln, NE 68520 - 489-8885

Schedule

Worship

Saturday - 5:00pm

• Sunday - 7:45, 9:00, 10:30am

Sunday Church School

Confirmation ................. 9:00am

Refuel church school 7th-12 th grade ...... 9:00, 9:50am

J.A.M. (Jesus and Me)

Middle School (6 th -8 th ) Sun., evenings

Sr. High (9 th -12 th ).......... Sun., evenings

House of God Worship Service (6th.12 th )........... 4th Sun. 7:00pm

Special Events T.B.A.

Youth Servant Team Mon., 6:30pm

Youth Cross Roads Choir & Band Wed. 6:00pm

Life Manual Bible Study ................... Wed., 7:30pm

Youth Leadership Team .. .4 th Sunday of the month

Sr. High Bible Study ............... Tues., 7:00-7:30am

5th Quarter-Fridays, September-October (footba ll ; and January-March (basketball) 9:30pm-mid r ht

St. Mark's.... Athletics-Mon ., Tues., Thurs.

Softball, Fall Volleyball, Summer and Winter Basketball, Sand Volleyball, Flag Football (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 2010: Chicago, IL , Myrtle Beach , c , Washington DC, Minneapolis, MN, Lincoln, NE

Phone number

Church office ...... 489-8885

Youth Minister Pastor Don Stewart .489-273 F

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 I ve Eternal llfe."-John 3:16

Yearbook used a Lifetouch or student identification photo, if available. Seniors were aske

October The "not pictured " list was compiled from a I st of students dated at the end of September, and one at tft apologies for any mistakes made

SeNio~- JUNlOTS·

Tyran Aldrich Renee Pfarr

Kristen Conn Alexis Pulver

Keegan Furry Miguel Reed

Tyler Gilloon Cynthia Reyes

Hayden Gorgen Bobb ie Schmitz

Jonathan Hart Shoni Sears

Marisa Herrington Megan Smetter

Joshua Hougnon Ruach Tang

Brittany Johnson La Mia Union

Elizabeth Johnson Alicia Villagomez

Randy Julien llhana Vrazalica

Alicia Lovato Randy Weedman

Jesica Miller Cassandra Worrall

Shelby Nesbitt La Monica Ybarra

Meghan O ' Melia Nyawarga Yiel

Shelby Parks Dillon Yawn

Ryan Belden

Morgan Boyer

Laura Calfee

Cody Chapman

Samm Collicott

Taylor Hernandez

Sophie Liu

Jordan Mundt

Tyler Ostrowsky

Nicole Phillips

Micah Reddish

Bridget Reichenbach

Daniel Reyes

Ashley Rice

Chy Schierling

Devin Scott

It)- memorials

ANNe Brewster

I'm Free

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free.

I'm following the path God laid for me.

I took His hand when I heard Him call, I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day to laugh, to love, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way.

I found that peace at the close of the day

If my parting has left void, Then fill it with remembered joy.

Kendrick Stabler

Chais Srand

Sophie Stutzman

Garrett Wall

Dylan Yuen

Sophrnv1ores-

Keenen Aldrich

Ali Ali

Cameron Beattie

McKinzie Bickford

Ariel Blackman

Tyra Bluford-Bedford

Gloria Cabada-Contreras

Derek Dennis

Carter Hill

Damian Kobza

Shea Kravig

Alyson Lottman

Kaleb Luther

Nick May

Kevin Morales-Bolanos

Whitney Munn

Danielle Stark

Vincent Villamonte

November 13, 1991- May 25, 2009

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah yes, these things I too, will miss.

Be not burdened with time of sorrow.

I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.

My life's been full: I've savored much. Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.

Perhaps my" time seemed all to brief, Don 't lengthen it now with undue grief.

Lift up your heart and share with me.

God wanted me now, He set me free.

E1v1ily JohNSON

March 9, 1993 -August 22, 2009

Laugh and cry for the ones gone, for they will send angels to watch over you until you see them again.

Meagan Barger

Jacquelyn Howell-Davis

Breanna Schmidt

Tristan Scott

Tommy Shaw

Brittanie Smalley

Abbott, Breanna 136

Abrahams, Terry l 7 l

Ackland, Parker 1 10

Adams, Josh 11 0, 187

Adams, Taylor 150, 205

Adams, Trey 136

Agler, Jeff l 7 l

Ahlschwede, Nicki 82, 122, 198

Ahrens, Paul 72, 82, 136, 198

Akins, Dayshan 136

AI-Rubaiai, Baqir 136/=

Albrecht, Abbie 7 6, 80, 136

Albrecht, Brian 97, l 74

Alby, Sarah 122, 145

Aldendifer, Bryan 1 1O

Aldrich, Keenan 21 7

Aldrich, Simone 122

Aldrich, Tyran 21 7

Aldridge, Peg 175

Alford, Mercedez 110

Ali, Ali 217

Allaire, Allyssa 9, 150, 195

Allaire, Emily 122, 161

Allen. Aaron 71, 86, 122. 164

Allen, Courtney 82, 150, 198

Allen. Nicholas 104, 150

Alvarado, Elia 136

Alvarez. Gabby 122

Amaro, Alejandra 150

Amend, Ashley 74, 76, 78, 136, 197, 199

Anaya, Eduardo 122

Andelt, Tyler 107, 187

Anderbery, Joe 71, 122

Andersen, Ashley 30

Andersen, Austin 82, 122, 194, 198

Andersen, Katy 76, 82, 110

Anderson, Chelsea 75, 82, 11 0, 198

Anderson, Harper 122, 197, 199

Anderson, Julia 82, 122, 188, 198

Anderson, Libby 82, 10 1, 136, 195, 198

Anderson, Madison 42, 43, 70, 11 0

Anderson, Maggie 41, 70, 76, 122

Anderson, Riley 75, 123

Anderson, Rosemary 150

Anderson, Shelby 42, 43, 70, 99, 123

Anderson, Tawny 123

Anderson, Taylor 73, 74, 136

Andrade, Elena 123

Antholz, Hannah 76, 11 0

Anthony, Tyler 123

Aota, Saki 74, 123

Applebee, Keri l 70

Arauco, Aaron 71, 136

Arena, Nick 136

Arenas. Gabriel 150, 189, 195

Arends, Darcy 123, 197, 199

Arends, Kelsey 150, 178, 180, 183, 186, 206

Arkebauer, Andrew 72, 75, 11 o

Arkebauer, Rachel 150, 180, 186, 187

Arnold, Cody 136, 150

Arnold, Tersen 73

Arraseef, Ali 137

Arraseef. Omar 15 1

Arriaga, Karina 1 10

Arten, Sarah 30

Arvizo, Victor 11 0

Ashenbach, Lisa 172

Ashton, MacKenzie 17, 24, 61, 63, 70, 73, 76, 137

Atem, Gum 75, 137

Athan, Rochelle 76, 79, 151, 211

Athey, Jeffrey 82, I 1O, 198

Attaie, Mustafa 71, 137

Attaie, Omar 24, 137

Aude, Kelsey 15 1, 21 3

Augustyn, Evan 65, 74, 110, 199

Ausdemore, Michael 123

Aust, Wesley 1 10

Baack,Duane 57, 73,170

Baade, Macy 102, 123

Baade, Megan 15 1

Babcock, Gina 76, 123, 184

Backman, Haley 123

Backman. Jessica 151, 192, 208

Bacon, Caleigh 15 1

Bacon, Sydney 93,123

Badorek, Jay l 74

Bae, Sungwoo 190, 191

Baher, Freshta 11 0

Baher, Melad 123

Baillie, Zachary 71 , 1 10

Baker, Danielle 74, 82, 137

Bales, Lisa 96, l 74

Bales, Skyler 123

Balfany, McKenzie 72, 178

Balfany, Mikaela 9, 76, 108, 137, 181, 189, 196, 197, 199

Ballard, Derek 123, 193

Balogh, Brad 72

Bancroft, Brett 13, 137, 197, 199

Banderas, Diane 40, 41, 70, 76, 137

Banderas, Josh 20, 71, 73, 75, 11 0, 118

Barber, Ashley 1 1 1

Barber, Jason 123

Barber. Jonathan 82. 151, 179, 194, 198

Bard, Dylan 14, 75, 111

Bard , Kelsie 2 1, 15 1

Barg, Taylor 151

Barger, Meagan 21 7

Barker, Drew 29, 151

Barker, Emily 13 7

Barker, Laura 1 1 1

Barkley, Seth 58, 71, 73, 76, 111

Barnard, Delanie 75, 99, 123

Barnett, Megan 74, 123, 185

Baroud, Ashley 123

Barr , Connor 137, 195

Barta, Logan 1 1 1

Bartek, Alexis 20, 60, 61, 73, 74, 179, 180,203,226

Bartek, Drew 44, 72, 137

Bartels, Tony 137, 139, 185

Bash, Jim 82, 137, 198

Bateman, Mckensi 13 7

Bateman, Shane 71 123

Bates, Angela l 72

Batterton, Hailey 75, 123, 199

Bauer, Jackson 75, 82, 111, 198

Baustert, Sabra 13 7

Bax, Matthew 49, 72, 75, 151

Bax, Mikayla 70, 76, 111

Baxter, Rebecca 40, 41, 70, 137, 177

Beacom, Kyle 74

Beard, Brianna 46, 72, 137, 178

Beard, Brittany 21, 76, 80, 111

Beard, Makenzie 21, 76, 80, 111

Beard, Natalie 72, 76, 80, 88, 111

Beardslee, Patrick 72, 75, 100, 137

Beasley, Alex 151, 207

Beasley, Chris 73, 82, 111, 198

Beatti, Cameron 2 17

Beatty, Derek 123

Bechtle, Alex 15 1

Bechtle, Joseph 71, 74, 111

Becker, Joanne 13 7. 182, 191

Becker, Joyanne 13 7, 182, 191

Behrens, Grant 38, 71, 74, 123

Beinlich, Ian 123, 199

Belden, Ryan 7 4

Bell, Hannah 137, 151, 185, 188, 197, 199

Bell, PJ 72, 99, 108, 197, 199

Bell, Riley 70, 75, 111

Bell, Tyler 7 l

Bellefeuille, Emylee 13 7

Belling, Anthony 74, 137

Bender, Scott 7 l

Bender, Tay 36, 71, 73, 75, 123

Bennett, Allison 24, 76, 78, 137

Bennett, Brogan 24, 137, 196, 199

Bennett, Samuel 1 1 1

Bennie. Sadie 15 1

Berck, Audrey 96, 1 1 1

Bergen, Morgan 16, 37, 71, 77. 151

Bergen, Reagan 11, 71, 75, 77, 111

Berger, Casey 151, 180, 196, 197. 199

Berger. Hillary 137

Berger. Max 71 82, 1 11, 198, 199

Berkowitz, Carina 151, 180, 195, 199

Berkowitz, Noemi 123, 182, 195, 197, 199

Berks, Terry 71, 171, 173

Berringer. Jaraka 9, 123, 130, 188

Berry, Wes 111

Bice, Canyon 2, 15 1

Bice, Haylee 2, 1 11, 199

Bickford, MicKinzie 123, 21 7

Bien, Alec 111, 137

Bien, Maddie 137, 182, 191

Bigelow, Ahstin 111

Bigelow, Raevin 123

Binder, Dillayn 71, 74, 111

Binnick, Brandon 1 1 1

Birman. Carly 100, 137

Birman. Megan 76, 80, 123, 185

Bischoff, Evan 82, 123, 194, 198 , 199

Bistol, Cody 188

Bittle, Charley 6, 94, 95, l 73

Bjorman, Kirsten 72, 137, 195, 196, 199

Blackburn, Kerry 151

Blackman, Ariel 21 7

Blakemore. Kaleb 71, 74, 111

Blankenau,Austin 3, 82, 83,137,176, 183, 190, 195, 196, 198, 199

Blase, Dave l 73

Block, Preston 6, 95, 151

Blowers, Jerome 173

Bluford-Bedford, Tyra 21 7

Blundell, Trenton 104, 151 Bo 175

Boardman, Ben 15 1

Boden. Deric 74, 82, 111, 198

Boesiger, Kelsey 123

Bogdanov, Anna 74, 123

Bohlen, Tori 75, 137

Bolden, U 123

Bomberger, JoLynn l 74

Bond, Baylor 76, 111

Bonilla, Jalisa 82, 151, 196, 199

Bonow, Kelsie 42, 61, 70, 73, 137, 187, 188

Boosalis, Brandon 10, 45, 72, 76, 152, 180

Borchers, Torri 72. 91, 123

Bordeaux, Abby 20. 109, 152. 227

Bornhoft, Tate 152

Borrego, Brent 137

Bott, Ashley 152

Botz , Brian 82, 1 1 1, 198

Botz, Brittany 152

Bouzid, Tasneem 137. 188, 191, 195

Bowers, Andrew 104. 111

Bowers. Brooke 152

Bowers. Tori 123

Boyce,Charles 174

Boyer, Morgan 21 7

Boyle, Morgan 152, 179, 21 O

Bradbury, Lisa 152

Braden, Tyler 137

Bradley, Taylor 11 1

Brady, Travis 174

Brand, Cary 152, 197, 199, 205

Brant, Casey 82, 123, 191, 194, 198

Bratt, Joey 7 1

Brawner, Daniel 123

Breaux, Jerome 71, 75, 137

Brenden, Lisbet 52, 6 l. 70, 73, l 73

Brennan, Kally 76, 79, 152

Brenneise, Sandra l 72

Brestel, Brianne 72, 73. 76, 152, 207

Brethouwer, Brandon 137

Brethouwer, Taylor 1 11

Bristol, Cody 71, 123, 188

Bro, Abi 1 1 1, 185

Brockman, Larisa 13 7

Brockman, Preethy 70, 76, 111

Brookhouser. Kylie 43, 70, 76, 80 , 1, 227

Brookhouser, Makenzie 8, 76, 123 17S

Brooks, Jordan 123, 195, 197, 19 '

Brophy, Caitlin 13 7

Brown. Amanda 152, 197

Brown, Aubriesha 1 11

Brown, Bryce 76, 152, 180

Brown. Jordan 152

Brown, Mark 74. 123

Brown, Pattie l 75

Brown, Shantaye 152, 212

Brown, Trevino 56, 71, 73, 75. 1

Bryant, Courtney 76, 124, 196

Bryant, Kaleb 71, 137

Bryant, Zach 94, 152, 193

Bryer, Le 124 ~.

Bryer, Tori 138

Buckner, Sam 82, 138, 194, 19 8

Buckwald, Sean 38, 71, 124, 16 '

Bueling, Emma 84, 124

Buettgenback, Julian 124

Bulin, Trenton 11 1

Buman, Jan 175

Buom, Nyabang 72, 73, 76, 1 1 1

Burchett. Briana 1 1 1

Burd, Kayley 82, 124. 198. 19 9

Burden, Matthew 1 1 1

Buresh. Treyton 16, 37, 71, 75

Burgess, Catie 82, 152, 190, 19 : 09

Burgess, Lacey 12 4

Burk, Emma 50, 51, 72, 76, 13 E

Burkett, Bailey 76, 138, 185, 18 f

Burns, Toby 152

Bushhousen, Shayla I 72

Bushhousen, Trew 38, 65, 71. 7 124

Butler. Robert 138

Byerly, Derek 1 1 1

Byerly, Melissa 124, 143

Byers. Taylor 15, 138, 197, 19 9

Byler, Ryan 74, 111

Byrd, Kayley 198

Byrne, Brendan 152, 180

Byrne, Heather 98. 138

Cabada-Contreras. Gloria 2 17

Calderon Robles, Eliezer 138

Caldwell, Michael l 74

Caldwell, Nate 138, 189, 195 , • 19 199

Calfee. Laura 185

Calkins, Clara 66, 67, 72, 82 , 1 194. 197, 198, 199

Calkins, Ellen 2. 66, 67, 72, 8 2, 2, 180, 196, 198, 199, 21

Campbell, Briana 138

Campbell, Jim l 72

Campbell, Logan 24, 106, 15 2

Campbell, Sandi l 7 l

Carman, Christine l 75

Carnazzo. Suzanne 82, 138 , 1S 198

Carnazzo, Tony 111

Carngbe, J J 73, 75, 112

Carpenter, Dan 71, 75, 86, 94 3

Carroll, Tania 52, 53, 70 , 76, l

Carson, Kim l 70

Carstens, Ali 72, 75, 102. 138, Carstens, Ashlee 82, 152, 198, Carstens, Connor 64, 65, 72 , 7 tJ. ! 24

Carstens, Derek 138

Carstens, Katelyn 82, 152, 19 8

Carstenson. Gera 7, 20, 153. 2 :

Carstensen. Ryan 38, 71, 74, 1 1 18 1

Carveth. Brooks 77, 1 12

Carveth, Gentry 46, 47, 62, 72 3, 12

Cash, Brittany 82, 11 2, 181, 19 :

Casper, Gabe 1 12

Cassner, Austin 138

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Caster, Elaine 171

Castillo Rosales, Saul 124

Castor, Andrew 86, 124, 197, 199

Castoral, Allyssa 70, 112

Catlett, Courtney 124, 195, 199

Cayetano, Marva 172

Cecava, Andrew 130, 153, 200, 201

Cecava, Emily 62, 73, 75, 76, 80, 112

Chaloupka, Sara 1 12

Chaloupka, Shawn 138

Chambers, Caylee 72, 138

Chancellor, Drew 138

Changstrom, Becca 35, 52, 53, 70, 74, 76, 153, 226

Chapman, Cody 21 7

Chapman, Katy 138

Charroin, Brandon 72, 74, 124

Chau, Jason 3, 71, 75, 91, 112

Cheever, Dakotah 138

Chen, Charles 24, 109, 138, 182, 189 190, 191

Choe, Christine 95, 11 2, 182

Choiniere, Rachel 70

Chopp, Shelby 153

Christen, Konrad 71 , 1 12

Christensen, Austin 153, 179

Christensen, Haley 138, 185

Christensen, Nate 138, 153, 180

Christiansen, Taylor 138, 185

Christianson, Sara 138, 185

Chu, Chris 153, 189

Chung, Eun Jin 82, 124, 190, 191, 194, 198

Chung, Eun-Gui 153, 180, 190, 191

Cidlik, Natasha 107, 112, 187, 193

Cisneros, Yaquelin 124

Cisneros l~odriguez, Alma 153

Clare, Nancy 172

Clark, Kyle 7 1, 1 12

Clark-Brown, Dellante' 4, 18, 19, 1 12, 199

Clausen, Shelby 124, 190, 191, 195, 199

Clayburn, Nicholas 72, 124, 195 , 198

Cleal, Shannon 153

Clinch, Ellie 74, 109, 138, 188, 189

Clyne, Andrew 124

Coatney, Ben 72. 75, 82, 138, 195 , 198

Coatney, Hannah 82, 124, 198

Coatney, Jill 138

Cockrill, Walker 2, 153

Cody, Sean 1 12

Cofer, Amy 7 6

Coffey, Kyle 124

Cohn, Greg 153

Coleman, Arica 30

Collicott, Samm 21 7

Collins, Abby 76, 138

Collins, Dalten 138, 193

Colton, Tegan 138, 196, 199

Comfort, Kelsey 76, 153, 178

Comfort, Tyler 124

Condello, Haley 13, 124

Condello, Morgan 153

Conn, Kristen 21 7

Conne~,Alanna 13~ 197,199

Connely, Beau 74, 138

Conway, Bianca 153, 179, 189, 190, 210

Coogan, Brendan 72, 82, 90, 112, 198

Cook, Alexa 153, 214

Cook, Detric 138, 178

Cook, Kaley 153, 178, 179, 180, 183, 209

Cook, Tyler 73, 138

Cook, Zach 24, 124

Cooper, Greg 173

Cooper, Mikala 124

Cooper, Natalie 70, 74, 138, 177

Cordova, Juan 34, 82, 153, 195, 198, 199

Cordova, Marcos 83, 112, 198, 199

Cornejo, Richard 138

Cornelius, Caitie 9, 76, 138

Cornish, Hannah 70, 11 2, 199

Cotton, Haylee 25, 124

Cotton, Rylan 35, 36, 37, 56, 57, 71, 73, 74, 153

Cotton, Trevor 11 2

Coy, Rusty 174

Crawford, Claire 76, 112, 199

Creglow, Joe 75, 124

Creglow, Jon 75 , 147, 153

Crelin, Ben 32, 72, 82, 89, 138, 177, 182, 185, 188

Crew, Katelyn 124

Crew, Makenzie 153, 217

Crites, Michelle 124

Cromer, Matthew 138

Crom, Kyla 172

Cross , Scott 11 2

Crowl, Bailey 23, 82, 124, 198, 199

Crowl, Skyler 82, 138, 195, 198

Cruz, Azia 124, 179

Cuevas, Andy 1 12

Culhane, Tayler 138

Cumbry, Jeanne 153

Cunningham, Jenna 61, 73, 75, 139, 188

Cusatis, Dakota 124

Dahl, Malory 70, 76, 112

Dahlke, Colby 74, 105, 153, 206

Dahlke, Connor 74, 112, 190, 191

Dahlquist, Nick 30

Dakan, Lora 153. 204

Dakan, Melissa 153, 204

Dalke, Elizabeth 82, 124, 197, 199

Dallman, Casey 28, 154

Dalton, Catherine 76 , 80, 81, 112

Dalton. Jacob 139

Damerst, Tyler 139

Damke, Benjamin 82, 124, 198

Danaha~ Emi~ 76,154

Danson, James 46, 72, 75, 76, 174

Danson, Johnathon 1 12, 182, 189

Daugherty, Tessa 72, 76, 139

Davidsaver, Patrick 72, 112

Davidson, Shane 59, 75, 139

Davidson, Sydney 72, 75, 82, 11 2, 198

Davis, Destiny 139

Davis, Faith 139, 188

DeAmbrose, Chris 70, 74

Dearmont, Jake 139

DeBoer, Linda 170

Deeds, Madison 7 6, 80, 124

DeGagne, Michaela 124, 194, 198, 199

Delaney, Gina Fay 70, 76, 112

Delaney, Tony 64, 65, 74, 154, 166

Delaney, Vinny 64, 65, 74, 154, 179

Delgado, Brandon 139, 190, 191

Delisi, Emily 124

Delisi, Kristen 82, 11 2, 198

Delisi, Matthew 69, 72, 82, 139, 195

Delozier, Sidney 7, 75, 82, 112, 198

DeNell, Katie 82, 139, 143, 187

DeNell, Rebecca 124, 188, 197, 199

Denning, Jayden 82, 11 2, 198

Dennis , Derek 21 7

Dennis , T.J. 154

Denniston, Jacob 82, 125, 194, 197 198,199

Deprez , Lindsey 70, 112

Derr, Natalie 23, 31, 139, 197, 199

Deters, Cody 7 1, 1 12

DeVries, Jeff 172

DeVries, Lori 172

Devries, Tony 24

Dike , Elizabeth 60, 61, 70, 73, 125

Dobbs, Taylor 77, 139

Doehling, Josh 154

Doland, Brian 139

Domach, Dian 154

Domach, Nyakiam 1 12

Domant. Mitchell 125

Donald, Courtney 21 7

Donald, Courtney 112, 185, 199, 21 7

Dondlinger, Rich 174

Donlic, Alma 155

Dougherty, Alexis 72, 76, 125

Dougherty, Ali 72, 139, 186, 188, 198

Dougherty, Brenda 155, 203

Douglas-Hill, Makinsey 82, 155, 162

Douglass, Samantha 155

Douglass-Wiley, Devin 71, 155

Douglass-Wiley, Ehan 36, 71, 125

Dowd, Christina 155, 180

Dowd , Rachel 76, 125

Doyle, Shaylyn 99, 125, 195

Drake, Harrison 49, 72, 74, 125, 134, 197, 199

Dreeszen , Nicole 72, 125, 197, 199

Dresser, Erin 82, 155

Drueppel, Chasidy 125, 185

Dudek , Mike 17 4

Duff, Alex 10, 57, 73 , 75, 103, 155, 187, 204

Dugas, Justin 155

Dugge~Joshua 112,188

Dughman, Elizabeth 139, 196, 199

Duncan, Hannah 76, 112

Dunn,Amanda 70, 73,112

Dunn, Jesse 155

Dunn, Lanette 175

Dunn. Macy 1 12

Dupont, Drew 125

Duren, Colbi 155, 180

Dutcher, Austin 125

Dvorak, Timothy 125, 187

Dwyer, Cindy 91, 171

Dye, Arianna 155, 196, 197, 199

Evans, Cashmear 125, 185

Evans, Nakemm 71, 139

Everitt, Katie 74, 139

Everman, Allison 75, 125

Ewalt, Zachary 1 13

Exstrom, Dylan 25, 74, 93, 125

Fagan, Aaron 11 3

Fairchild, Addison 75, 82 , 125, 198

Fangmeier, Anna 82, 155, 180, 194, 197, 198,199,207

Fangmeier, Jonathan 82, 113, 198

Fantroy, Faith 60, 61, 73, 76, 139

Fantroy, Kristina 35, 61, 73, 76, 139

Faubel, Sarah 40, 70 , 75 , 139, 144, 177, 187

Fech, Emily 1 13

Feeken, Eric 172

Feiling, Riley 155

Felton, Jami 139, 179

Feng, Leya 139, 187, 193

Fergen, Claire 72, 76, 113

Fergus, Samantha 139

Ferrusca, Victoria 155

Feuerhammer, Britney 125, 199

Ficken , Bryce 75, 156

Fielder, Coren 125

Finkhouse, Colleen 106, 172, 188

Fink-Humes, Nathaniel 156, 180, 191

Finley, A.aron 65, 74, 99, 174

Finsand,' Maren 82, 83, 156, 180, 194, 198

Fischbein, Ben 139, 140

Fischer, Aaron 139 • Fischer, Shaun 74, 125

Fisher, Brandon 139

Fisher, Cody 71

Fisher, Marshal 106, 156

Flanagin, Kyle 156, 193, 205

Fleischman, Judy 17, 172

Flentje, Brent 74, 125, 199

Flentje, Kyle 72, 74, 156, 196, 199, 204

Flores, Patricia 75, 113, 139

Earhart, Brandon 71, 75, 82, 139, 188, 198

Earl, Donnie 155

Edmond, Drew 35 , 57, 73, 75, 155, 180, 187, 206

Edmond, Easton 58, 71, 73, 74, 112

Egger , Adam 139

Eisenhauer, Breanna 21 7

Eisenmann, Anna 75, 113

Eisenmann, Samuel 155 Eisenmann, Zachary 106, 155

Eitzmann, Alyssa 70, 82, 125, 184, 198

Eitzmann, Brittni 53, 70, 139

Ekeler, Ashley 155

Eklund, Brady 39, 71, 82, 125, 194, 197, 198, 199

Eley, Brian 7, 155

Elgin, Nikki 70, 125, 145

Elgin, Taylor 24, 42, 70, 139, 188

Elliot, Jacob 199

Ellison, Kyle 125

Elsberry, Karolyn 155, 197, 199, 208

Elseg, Melissa 139

Elstun, Sean 1 13

Elwood, Betsy 76, 113, 178, 179

Elwood, Mardi 11 3, 178, 179

Elwood, Sam 155, 193

Embree, Alex 71, 74, 113

Emmert, Morgan 82, 139, 198

Engel, Scott 173

Engle, Elliott 74 , 155, 212

Dike, Erin 55, 70, 73, 75, 125

Dilley, Max 154

Dinh, Jackson 154

Cornish, Susan 174

Coryell, Richard 74, 138

Cos/or, Brandon 73

Cotton, Amy 77, 124, 197, 199

Cotton,Denise 101,171,196

Dinh, Kathy 125

Ditmars, Diane 175

Dittbrenner, Tyler 71, 125

Dittmer, Jacob 154

Dixon, Michelle 53, 70, 73, 112, 181

Eppens, Nathaniel 1 13, 198

Epperson, Andrew 82, 11 3, 198

Ernesti, Jessica 139, 178, 179, 185, 188

Ernst , Tim 1 72

Esau, Garrett 155

Escamilla, Austin 71 , 1 13

Espinosa, Joe 82, 113, 182, 198, 199

Essman, Samantha 42, 43, 70, 125

Flores Robles, David 139

Flores Robles, Genesis 139

Florom, Hayden 7, 20, 82, 83, 156, 194, 196, 198, 199

Flory, Albigail 76, 79, 109, 139, 187, 188, 197, 227

Flynn, Caroline 75, 125, 181

Follmer, Kelsey 125, 195, 197, 199

Folsom, Will 139, 183 , 185

Fora/, Kylee 107, 175

Force, Emilia 70

Ford, Alex 139

Ford, Austin 16, 139

Ford, Lorrie 171

Fortney, Emma 113, 182, 184, 190, 191

Foster, Adam 74, 139

Foster, Heather 172

Fowler, Allie 125

Francis, Andrew 139, 183

Francis, De Andre 71, 113

Francis, Kortny 1 13

Franck, Matthew 174

Franckowiak, Mark 174

Frandsen, Emily 140, 144

Frank, Kendra 75, 140

Frank, Matthew 140

Franke, Ellie 140, 179, 191

Fraser, Emma 46, 72, 82, 91, 125, 197, 198,199

Fraser, Scott 71 , 76, 156, 208

Frazier, Carlton 71, 75, 113

Frazier, Kayla 76, 156, 162, 188

Frederick, Clayton 72, 75, 140

Frederick, Cole 72, 74, 156, 180

Freeburg, Travis 75, 82, 83, 140

Free, Cory 105, I 73

Freese, Miki 2, 35, 40, 67, 70, 72, 82, 156, 180, 198, 199, 207

Frey, Mara 7, 113, 191

Fricke, Chelsea 93, 140

Fricke, Jordan 75, 113

Fricke, Riley 113

Friehauf, Gavin 20, 71, 74, 125

Frisch, Tim 175

Froschheiser, John 143, 175

Fry, Lauren 46, 72, 74, 76, 80, 81, 113, 185

Fuller, Jordyn 140, 199

Fuller, Kelcee 113, 199

Fulton, Lacey 156

Fulton, Sara 70, 1 13

Funk, Danny 71, 125

Fuoco, Corinne 82, 140, 194, 198

Furry, Keegan 21 7

Fynbu, Mariah 113, 184

Fynbu, Nicholas 74, 75 , 113

Gaines, Karii 76, 109, 140

Gallardo, Alexandra 125, 197, 198, 199

Gandall, Erin 11 0, 11 3

Gandall, Gregory 140

GaQAleck 7~ 14Q 185,191

Garcia, Isiah 125

Garman, Justin 156

Garrett, Kylie 70, 76, 156, 180, 188

Gartner, Brooklyn 54, 70, 113

Gates, Logan 72, 141, 148

Gatewood , Raven 125

Gatkek, Nyaboth 1 13

Gatkek, Nyaduoth 1 13

Geery-Zink, Schuyler 141, 179

Geiger, Virginia 87 , 170

Geisert, Lauren 156, 180, 196, 197, 199, 211

Geisert, Ryan 72, 82, 125, 197, 198, 199

Geist, Mike 173

Geller, Brant 125

Gemar, Sam 2, 76, 82, 125, 126, 182, 195, 198

Genetti, Joelle 113

Genrich, Cole 71, 75, 82, 125, 194, 198

Genrich, Taylor 13, 156, 179, 180, 184, 202

George, Cecilia 43, 70, 76, 113

Gerner, Rachel 156

Ghani, Ahona 74, 126, 185

Ghani, Muijj 72, 156

Gharzai, Shukria 92, 172

Giesemann, Sophie 126, 190, 191

Gifford, Teresa 172

Giles, Briana 141, 197, 199

Gillespie, Dave 170

Gilson, James 126

Giraud, Maddy 1 13

Gladding, Dillon 107, 187

Glen, Dylan 31, 126, 197, 199

Gokie, Kylie 7, 51, 62, 63, 72, 73, 76, 113

Go~eZachary 25, 48, 75,141

Goldsmith, Elizabeth 171, 196

Gonzalez, Berenice 14 1

Goodrich, Brittany 156

Gordon, Kellie 1 13

Gore, Sawyer 71 , 1 13

Gormley, Luke 75, 92, 126

Gospodarski, Andy 24, 74, 95, 141

Grabast, Hayden 72, 82, 126, 194, 197, 198, 199

Graf, Trey 38, 71, 73, 126

Graham, Abby 25, 141, 185

Graham, Austin 1 13

Graham, Linda 175

Graham, Taylor 82, 1 13, 198

Grams, Austin 75, 113

Grau, Danielle 14 1, 192

Gray, Cody 107, 141, 187

Greene, Effie 20, 67, 72, 156, 180

Greene, Tori 141

Grobe, Collin 156

Gropp, B.j. 156

Gropp, Reagan 85,126

Grosshans, Sean 30

Grossman, Lucas 71, 75, 113

Grossman, Tiler 156, 181, 21 3

Gross, Melanie 91, 17 1

Grubbs, John 126

Gruhl, Emmajane 126

Gruhn, Bryce 1 14

Gudgel, Mark 171, 184

Guenther, Brandon 59, 73, 75, 126

Guenther, Hannah 87, 114

Guern, Brandon 75, 82, 156, 198, 207

Guliyeva, Inga 95, 156, 201

Gunderson, Brandon 173

Gustafson, Atley 141, 178, 185

Guyer, Alex 73, 75, 126

Guyer, Brandon 75, 157

Guyer, Nathan 64, 74, 126

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Haas, Karly 1 14

Hadrtel, Mary 14 3

Haefele, Carey 45, 72, 141

Haertel, Mary 170

Hagan, Alexander 14 1

Hager, Miranda 11 4

Hagood,Jayden 126,184

Hahne, Jacob 72, 82, 114, 198

Hahn, Jas 1 14

Hale, Christian 82, 126, 197, 198, 199

Hamelin, Kody 9, 27, 106, 157

Hamelin, Sarah 141

Hamilton, Hailey 21 7

Hamilton, Hannah 20, 41 , 70, 126

Hamilton, Hilary 157, 180, 182

Hamilton, Hope 66, 72, 126

Hamilton, Nicholas 72, 75, 82, 141, 185, 198

Hamilton, Nicole 72, 76, 114

Hamilton, Zedaya 15 7, 199

Hamm, Hayley 72, 76, 126

Hammond, Matthew 15 7

Hampton, Lee 127

Handa, Jalaina 96, 173, 174, 181

Hand, Brian 71, 75, 157, 187, 21 0

Hanna, Kyle 1 14

Hansen, Audra 175

Hansen, Chris 6, 157, 193, 212

Hansen, Dustin 7 1, 1 14

Hansen,Jacqie 70,127,181

Hansen, Nate 15 7

Hansen, Taylor 17, 70, 141

Hanson, Daniel 127, 197, 199

Hanssen, Zachary 15 7

Hargrave, Alex 157

Hargrave, Andrew 127

Harker, Charli 82, 114

Harris, Colleen 82, 14 1, 198, 199

Harris, Elaine l 74

Harris, Kamal 75, 103, 141

Harris, Trevor 75, 114

Hart, Jonathan 21 7

Hart, Samantha 14 1

Hartel/, Richard l 74

Hartman, Chase 71, 82, 127, 198

Hartman, David l 72

Hartmann, Alex 10

Hartsook, Keaton 127

Hartz, Rebecca 87, 157, 191

Hass, Kayla 14 1, 185

Hassebrook, Chad 3, 90, 157, 183, 188, 196, 197, 199

Hastings, John l 70

Hastings, Megan 70, 75, 114, 181, 187, 199

Hasty, Hamilton 141

Hatfield, Margarita l 72

Haugerud, Megan 62, 63, 73, 75, 97, 127

Havekost, Rachel 51, 72, 74, 141

Havekost, Sydney 72, 82, 114, 181, 198

Hayden, Micah 141, 187, 193

Hazen, Harry 1 14

He,Andy 45, 72, 82,127,191 , 194, 195, 198

Head, Daniel 157

Headley, Ty 57, 73, 74, 141

Heath, Chris 127

Heath, Dylan 56, 71, 73, 141

Heble, Christopher 107, 187

Heckman.Andy 75,157,206

Heidelk, Jake 82, 141, 194, 198

Heiden, Hayley 67, 72, 127, 196

Heiliger, Benjamin 114, 138

Heimes, Matt l 7 l

Heimes, Toni l 7 l

Heiser, Kim l 72

Hejl, Kalie 9, 76, 157, 202, 227

Hekl, Michael 71, 14 1

Helget, Kelsey 76, 127

Heller, Taylor 1 14

Hellwege, Marcus 74

Hemann, Derek 141, 188

Hemmett, Lori 140, l 74

Hempfling, Austin 127

Hendrix, Brandon 1 14

Hendrix, William 14 1

Hennecke,Ke0n 105,173

Henrichs, Bob l 9, l 7 l

Henrichs, Hadlee 22, 76, 141

Henry, Andrew 14 1

Herbek, Larry 7 l

Herbert, Allison 76, 80, 127

Herman, Hannah 14 1

Hernandez, Carlos 127

Hernandez, Julianna 157

Hernandez, Lizbeth 14, 1 14

Hernandez, Melissa 98, l 74

Hernandez, Taylor 21 7

Herrington, Marisa 21 7

Hershberger, Dennis 72, 7 4, l 74

Herz, Kathy l 73

Hessheimer, Kyrsten 14 1

Hevelone, Karissa 74, 76, 157, 207

Hevelone, Nikole 70, 114

Hibberd, Christopher 82, 157, 198, 211

Hiebner, Lance 71, 74, 114

Higgins, Katie 4, 157, 180

Hight, Caitlin 114

Hight, Mitchell 157

Hilfiker, Matthew 45, 72, 82, 90, 114, 198

Hill, Adam 93, 141

Hill, Andrew 74, 141

Hill, Carter 179, 199

Hill, James l 74

Hill, Kacie 157

Hill, Ryan 82, 157, 187, 194, 198, 199, 213

Hillebran, Heather 141, 199

Hillis, Mary 35, 50, 51, 72, 76, 127, 199

Hilzer, Amy l 74

Himmelberger, John l 73

Hines, Elsa 127, 195

Hines, Noah 15 7, 166

Hines, Sophie 141, 195

Hinrichs, Josh l 7 l, I 77

Hinton, Alex 82, 127, 183, 195, 198

Hinz, Kyle 71, 75, 82, 127, 191, 195, 198

Hinz, Malia 114

Hite, Melvin 15, 14 1

Hladik, Tanner 11 4

Ho, Nancy 14,127,189

Ho, Sean 115

Hoagland, Aaron 75, 115

Hodges, Dylan 107, 141, 187, 193

Hoeven, Andrew 72, 75, 127

Hoeven, Lea l 72

Hoffman, Kennedy 1 15

Hoffman, Sarah 157, 202

Hoffman, Shaunte' 158

Hoffmeyer, Amber 93, 158, 180

Hogancamp, Molly 76, 77, 79, 82, 127, 198

Holay, Nisha 72, 11 5, 190, 191, 198

Holbrook, Joshua 14 1

Holbrook, Justin 158

Holechek, Jayson 65, 74, 141

Holly, Neil 127, 193

Holmquist, Laurel 97, 158, 204

Holt, Kay 170

Holweger, Austin 11 5

Honnens, Julia 127

Honnens, Paul 82, 158, 198

Honnens, Scott 73, 74, 115

Hoppe, Emma 14 1

Hoppes, Tyler 21, 71, 73, 75, 11 5

Horan, Jordan 71, 127

Hormandl, Matthew 142, 190

Horne, Dillon 71, 74, 158, 193

Horner, Brendan 74, 158

Horse, Ciera 7, 158

Horst. Michael 71, 75 , 127

Hosler, DJ 127, 194, 198

Hougnon, Joshua 2 17

Hove, Sarah 72, 74, 115, 199

Howerter, Joseph 72, 158, 203

Hoy, Alexa 8, 54, 70, 115

Hoyt.Amanda 8, 76,80, 81,11 5

Hrbek, Larry 7 l

Hudgens, Jacob 75, 115

Hudgens, Jason 75, 158

Hughes, Cera-Rose 115, 198

Hughes, Kelsea 82, 159, 180, 19 f '. 0 4

Hummel, Nathan 75, 127

Humphress, Rebecca 82,127, 19 ! 9 1, 198

Hunsaker, Kate 82, 159, 180, 18 ~ 8 4, 194, 198, 206

Hunsaker, Reid 72, 75, 82, 115 , Hunt, Holly 82, 92, 1 15, 198

Hurlbut, Allie 142, 188, 196, 19 7 19

Hutchins, Becky 159

Huynh, Thao 12, 13, 84, 87, 1o;; ) 3 , 110, 127, 179, 189

ldigima, Leera 73, 115 lenn, Miranda 142

lhring, Sid l 72

Ilic, Andrea 73, 115

Imhof, Allie 28, 142, 184

Imhof, Kelsey 127, 184

lmsirovic, Laura 108, 142

Ingham, Scott 49, 72, 75, 142 , l

Ingle, Michael 71, 127

Ingle, Michelle 102, 11 0, 11 5, 1,

Isherwood, Josh , 73, 74, 127

Izaquirre, Natalie 11 5

Izaguirre, Rafael 159

Jaacks, Eric 76, 127

Jaber, Ashley 82, 159, 196, 20 8

Jaber, Daniel 72, 82, 127, 198

Jaber, Sara 74, 82, 115, 198, 1c

Jackson, Mackinsey 142

Jackson, Marissa 127, 190, 19 1

Jacobson, Grace 127, 190, 19 1 .J 9

Jacobson, Justin 6, 75, 159

Jacobson, Mike 75

Jacobson, Nila l 74

Jaeger, Alex 71, 74, 115

Jaffery, Cyrus 75

Jagadich, Bobby 71, 75, 82, 11 1 198

James, Matt 72, l 72

Janssen, Alex 142, 188, 196, 19 199

Janssen, Ashley 82, 127, 196, 1( 199

Janssen, Haley 74, 127, 188

Jarosz, Courtney 72, 76, 80 , 8 1, 1

Jasa, John 82, 109, 142, 190 , 1' 194, 198

Hayes, Sydney 127, 182

Haynes, Russell 15 7

Hays, Sandy l 75

Holden, Merrill , 73, 75, 127

Holder, Darian 127

Holechek, Ashton 127, 197, 199

Jasso, Julian 11 5

Jeffery, Gregory 72, 82, 142 , 18- 193, 198

Jeffery, Kevin 10, 159, 214

Jeffery, Zachary 82, 115, 193, 198

Jenkins, Darren 71, 128, 197, 199

Jensen, Kourtney 159

Jensen, Kristof 128

Jensen, Nica 142

Jensen, Rowdy 74, 142, 148

Jensen, Trey 115

Jensen, Yancey 71, 74, 82, 115, 198, 199

Jester, Nick 30

Jewe/1,Amy 175

Jirovec, Jacob 159, 194, 197, 199, 211

Jochum, Jeff 71, I 05, I 73

Johnson, Berit 128

Johnson, Brennan 71, 159

Johnson, Chris 58, 73

Johnson, Elizabeth 128, 139, 217

Johnson, Emi~ ~62, 7~ 73,115,217

Johnson, Erica 9, 20, 66, 67, 72, 142, 188

Johnson, Erika 1 15

Johnson, Jaden 1 15

Johnson, Kayla 82, 128, 198, 199

Johnson, Kecia 150, 159

Johnson, Macey 159

Johnson, Matthew 1 15

Johnson, Sara 142, 185

Johnson, Stephanie 128

Johnson-Tagaloa, Charlene 70

Johnson, Taylor 128

Johnston, Spencer 115, 144

Jones, Abbey 46, 72, 73, 76, 82, 128, 194, 197, 198, 199

Jones, Amanda 82, 142, 195, 198

Jones, Amber 175

Jones, Ashley L ( 10) 82, 128, 198

Jones, Ashley N ( 11) 103, 142

Jones, Jennifer 75, 108, 128, 181, 198

Jones, Jessica 142

Jones, Justin 68, 69, 72, 82, 159, 198, 212

Jones, Susan I 72

Jones, Taitiana 128

Jordan, Jake 39, 71, 128

Josenberger, Cydnee 76, 115

Julien, Alan 142

Julien, Randy 2 17

Jurgena, Alex 159

Jurgena, Austin 128

Jurgens, Tyson 142

Kahler, Stephanie 19, 82, 142

Kaiser, Dane 1 15

Kaltenberger, Doug 74, 107, 173

Kaltenberger, Kelsey 102, 11 5

Kamal, Ahsan 72, 128, 190, 191

Kantor, Troy 71

Kapke, Dalton 128

Karins, Kaitlin 142, 178, 179

Kaup, Russell 128

Kavan, Klorissa 75, 142, 188

Keifer, Lucas 49, 72, 75, 115

Keller, Chelsea 142, 188

Kelley, Alison 17, 21, 97, 174

Kellogg, Dalton 128

Kellough, Stacy 142

Kelly, Kaitlin 159, 202

Kemper, Mark I 74

Kennedy, Campbell 72, 75, 1 15

Kennedy, Gavin 44, 72, 75, 1 15

Kent, Ashley 1 15

Kepkes, Rebecca I 73

Kerl, Emily 159, 178, 180, 198, 203

Kerns, Schyler 75, 142

Kerns, Trevor 1 15

Kessler, Amanda 82, 159, 198

Keys, Lisa 72, 76, 128, 190, 191

Keys, Ryan 77, 159

Khasia, Tiko 108, 142, 190, 191

Kim, Kun Young 142

Kim, Tae-Wan 5 , 142

Kim, Tae-Woo 82, 128, 195, 198

Kiner, Jacob 142, 144 , 199

Brandon 13~ 159

King, Georgia 70, 142

King, Mark 36 , 71 , 173

King, Richard I 74

King, Sydney 128, 195 , 197, 199

Kinnison, Kelsey 159 , 180, 204

Kinser, Dani 159

Kirianov , Eugene I 73

Kirstine , Devin 128

Kitchen, Dylan 72 , 82 , 115 , 181, 198

Kjar, Crystal 71, 77 , 173

Klein, Neal 72 , 75 , 82 , 115 , 145, 198

Kline , Kadin 75, 115

Klockenga , Kylie 74, 76 , 79, 109 , 159, 197 , 199 , 206

Kloefkorn , Alyssa 72, 159, 176, 183, 184

Kloefkorn , Jacob 71 , 75, 128

Klostermeyer, Thomas 72 , 74 , 142

Klaver, Cortney 72

Klute , Ryan 82, 115, 193, 198

Knabe, Monica 52, 53, 70, 74 , 76, 159, 209

Kneifl , Lucy 54, 55 , 70, 82, 142 , 188, 189, 198

Kneifl , Marge I 71

Knezovich , Milan 74 , 128

Knight , Alyx 172

Knight, Brenton 6 , 105 , 159 , 210

Knop , Angie 99 , 174

Knop , Riley 44 , 72 , 116

Knopik , N ick 74, 82 , 116 , 198

Knopp , Breeanna 128

Knorr, Shelby 75, 142

Knuth, Skyler 142

Kobler, Didi 130, 160 , 185, 200, 21 2

Kobler, Ian 71, 128

Kobza, Damian 217

Kobza , Tony 58 , 71 , 171

Koch, Hunter 142 , 193

Kocher, Erin 72 , 76 , 109 , 160 , 180

Kocher, Sarah 67, 72, 76 , 82, 128 , 198 , 199

Kocher , Ted 20, 49, 72 , 75 , 160 , 166 , 180

Koenig, Anna 160 , 196 , 199

Koenig, Jacob 128 , 197 , 199

Koerperich, Conner 71 , 75 , 94, 142

Kolodziejski, Tom 128

Konigsmark, Sydney 128

Konovalchuk, Igor 160

Konovalchuk , Luda 128, 179

Konovalchuk , Vita 1 16

Koozer, Katelyn 74, 128 , 185

Kopetka , Cami 42, 43, 70, 76 , 116 , 181

Korsakas, Mark 25 , 74, 160

Kort, Jaclyn 128

Kortan, Katie 128

Korte , Ali 82, 128, 198, 199

Korth , Jamie 160 , 192

Kosch,John 82 , 128 , 134,194,197, 198 , 199

Kava, Yelana 172

Koziol, Eli 116, 193

Kramer, Angela I 75

Kramer, Kelsey 160, 180, 186

Kramer, Kristen 128 , 134 , 195

Krapfl, Robert 38, 65, 71, 74, 142

Krapfl, Ryan 71, 74 , 116

Krason, Gloria 172

Kravig, Shea 2 17

Kreifels , Linda I 7 I

Kremer, Mitchel 142

Krier, Beverly I 74

Krivda, Emily 76, 160

Kroeker, Makenna 46 , 72, 76, 128, 197, 199

Kroll, Emily 160, 179

Kroll, Sarah 142

Krout, Dominique 128, 179

Krueger, Chase 45 , 72 , 142, 181

Krueger , Kelly 82, 128, 197, 198, 199

Krull, Spencer 143, 179, 194, 195

Kuhnel, Kanai 76, 82, 128, 130

Kuhns, Hilary 97, 160, 166

Kulovac , Mirela 128

Kumwenda, Nathan 14 3

Kuppig, Dianne 17 I, I 78

Kurth, Katherine 160, 180, 182

Kutsenko, Valeriya 129

Kyle, Chelsea 76, 80, 81, 14.3, 188

La Tella, Tyler 27, 129

Labadie, Drew 143

Labadie, Jordyn 129, 199

Labedz, Celeste 82, 129, 190, 191, 195, i98

Labedz, Spencer 82, 160, 180 , 192, 195,198,214

Lacefield, James 160

Lambe , Ethan 7 4, 1 16

Lambert, Aubri 187

Lambley, Morgan 76, 143 , 181

Lang, Shelby 160

Lang , Tami 173, 177

Langer, Denton 160

Langfeldt, Paige 160, 195, 196, 199

Lanham, Scott 174

Larios Alvarado, Angelica 160

Larson , Kadi 143, 148

Larson , Kristin 129

Laue, Marisa 70, 1 16, 199

Laughter , Cecilia 76, 82 , 129, 196, 198

Laughter , Kassandra 143

Lawrence , Jacey 7 6, 11 6 , 118, 199

Lazaro , Quentin 71 , 74, 129 , 134

Le , Dzung 11 6 , 185

Lechner , U 75, 198

Lee , Ashlyn 1 16, 185

Lee , Chung Jae 129 , 185

Lee, Ha Yoon 190

Lee , Jimmy 82, 109, 129, 182 , 190, 191, 198

Lee , Yoon 116, 160, 185, 190, 191

Lehn , Joyce 172

Leifert , Lorin 1 16, 185

Leikam , Courtney 76, 143 , 181

Leitner , Ashley 41, 70 , 76, 91 , 160, 212, 226

Lem burg, Chelsea 77, 14 3

Lemka , Carly 160, 211

Lemka, Logan 129, 197, 199

Lemon , Alex 11 6, 199

Lenting, Anna 108, 143, 198, 199

Lentz, Timmy 73 , 74, 116

Lenz , Erin 70, 1 16, 179, 182

Leppky, Colton 74, 129

Leschinsky , Shelby 1 16, 199

Lester , Dylan 76, 143

Letcher , Kaleah 62, 63 73, 75, 143, 179, 188

Leupold, Ella 76, 94, 129, 185

Leuty, Hannah 1 16, 178

Levinson, Brandon 107, 116, 187, 193

Levtsenyuk, Carolyn 160

Lewis, Aaron 71, 75, 82, 116, 199

Lewis, Kirstie 160, 197, 199

Lewis , Melissa 3, 160, 197

Lewis, Sammi 143, 179

Lickei , Matt 75, 129, 185

Lie~ Boone 71, 75,129

Liekhus, Justin 160, 193

Lien , Aleksander 75, 161, 209

Lif, Adam 82, 143, 188, 191

Lif, Christopher 1 16

Lind, Micheal 16 1

Lindahl, Spencer 7 6, 129

Linder, Jake 12, 20 , 161, 194, 196, 197, 199,206

Linville, Lindsey 72, 76, 82, 83, 143, 194 , 198

Lobo, Sara 16 1

Lofgreen, Kit 74, 143

Logan, Mary Beth 14 3

Logan, Robert 1 16

Logsdon, Connor 82, 116, 140, 198

Logsdon,Laune 107,172

Logsdon, Logan 140,143,195

Lojka, Ashlee 27 , 16 1

Lojka, Tyler 1 16

Long, Connor 9, 72, 73, 116, 148

Loomis, Kayla 1 16

Loomis, Nikki 14 3

Lopez, Felicia 143, 179, 185

Lord, Tayler 20,' 161, 178, 180

Lorenz, Angela 82, 116 , 185, 188, 198

Lorenz, Melanie 161, 180, 184, 185, 195, 196, 199, 208

Loth, Graydon 1 16

Lottman, Alyson 198

Lottman, Marla 172

Lovato, Alicia 217

Love, Ali 62, 70, 73, 75, 116

Love, Hannah 129

Lovell, Josef 129

Lowery, Sharlene 175

Lowrey, Chris 129, 192

Lowrey, Patrick 7 4, 14 3

Lubach, Tanner 25 , 74, 143

Lube, Eva 54, 55, 70, 74 , 129

Luebbe, Mallory 116, 185

Lueckenhoff, Cole 143, 197

Luedtke, Scott 71, 129

Luedtke, Stacy 66, 67, 72, 82, 161, 213

Lugn , Troy 1 16

Lukow, Sheldon 7 4, 14 3

Lundy, Mike 174

Luther, Kaleb 193

Lyons, Ericka 72, 82, 98, 116, 198

Mabry, Alexandra 11 6, 199

Mabry, Emma 46, 47, 72, 73 , 99, 129, 134

Machovec, Kevin 16 1

Mack, t\aron 75, 129, 130

Mack, Austin 82, 129, 198

Mack, Tayler 76, 80, 81, 129

Magnuson , Kayla 16, 17, 62, 63, 73, 76, 143

Maher, Emily 1 16, 181

Mahjouri Samani, Ghazal 82, 129, 198

Mahoney, Ryan 5, 50, 51 , 72, 96, 97, 174

Maksimenko, Tonya 76, 161, 180, 185, 188

Maldonado, Juan 1 16

Malik, Aleem 71, 109, 161, 180, 183, 185

Malin, Michelle 70, 143

Malone, Alex 71, 75, 82 , 116, 191, 198

Malone, McKenzie 76 , 78, 79, 161. 180

Malone, Morgan 75, 82, 116 , 198, 199

Mann, Leslie I 74

Mann, Sara 170

Manning-Kechely, Meghan I 7 I

Manson, Stacy 76, 80, 129, 193, 197, 199

Mansur, Erin 11 6, 182

Manthei, Dylan 16 1

Mapes, Zane 74, 143, 181

Mapieu, Ater 129

Marisette, Matthew 7 1, 16 1

Marker, Jami 75, 161

Marks, Jennifer 16 1

Marks, Nathan 14 3

Marshall, Connor 49, 72, 75, 82, 143, 197, 198, 199

Martin , Hannah 1 16

Martin, Justin 1 17

Liu, Sophie 199

Kubik, Nicole 42, 62 , 70 , 73 , I 75

Livermore, Lana 82, 99, 129, 197, 198, 199

Martin, Katrice 16 1

Martin, Mackenzie 54, 70, 11 7, 181

Martin, Seth 14 3

Kieffer, Jill 75, 128

Kilgore, Shandrelle 142, 199

Kuhlman, Darrel 174

Kuhn, Zachary 14 3

Lloyd, Macy Jo 43, 70, 82, 116, 198

Martin, Zach 6, 71, 143

Martinez, Andrew 129, 143

Martinez, Bladen 1 17

Martinez, Damian 129

Martinez Romana, Diana 82, 14 3, 191, 195, 198

Martinez Romana, Jani 82, 161, 180, 182, 195

Mason, Whitney 40, 41, 70, 76, 161

Masters, Paige 103, 122, 129

Matamoros, Carlos 16 1

Matthews, Dylan 73, 74, 129

Maude, Kathryn 76, 143

Mauk, T.J. 117

Mavis, Morgan 70, 117, 193

Maxfield, Corey 129

May, Marissa 129

May, Nick 198

Mayer, Tess 161, 180, 201

Mayers, David 161, 196, 197, 199

Maynard, Dillon 16 1

Mazur-Mickells, Emily 178, 179, 184, 185, 191

Mccaslin, Lexis 129

McCave, John 75

McCloy, Alex 1 17

McCollum, Sean 16 1

McCollum, Seth 129

Mccranie, Sherry 170

McDermott, Melissa 188

McEwen, Bill 37, 71, 140, 162

McKitterick, Katie 72, 7 5

McLain, Dillon 73, 162, 211

Meader, Trevor 38, 71, 73, 76, 129

Meeske, Dalton 66, 69, 72, 74, 117

Meeske, Lauren 66, 67, 72,162

Meiergerd, Jasmine 129

Meister, Sydney 74, 76, 143, 188

Mendoza, Angie 14 3

Mendoza, Jessica 103, 129

Merchant, Sarni 70, 143

Mescher, Lori 172

Messman, Colton 11 7, 178

Meyer, Cameron 143

Meyer, Jessica 129

Meyer, Kasha 42, 70, 73, 75, 129

Meyer, Katelyn 9, 75, 76, 80, 101, 143, 196, 197, 199

Meyer, Matthew 71, 74, 117

Meyer, Trenten 71, 75, 105, 162

Meyers. Keysha 63

Mezger, Matt 175

Michael, Alex 144

Michael, Emily 17, 144

Middleton, Danny 26, 90, 162

Miles, Dalton 71, 74, 130

Miller, Drew 73, 75, 11 7

Miller, Elizabeth 76, 117

Miller, Griffin 1 17

Miller, Haylie 1 17

Miller, Hunter 75, 82, 117, 198, 199

Miller, Jasmine 130, 187

Miller, Jesica 21 7

Miller, Joss 75, 130

Miller, Katie 162, 180, 196, 197, 199, 209

Miller, Kody 82, 1 17

Miller, Mandy 144

Miller, Rebekah 73, 130

Miller, Timothy 22, 162

Mills, Jessica 72, 75, 77, 82, 130, 198, 199

Mills, Morgan 76, 80, 130, 197, 199

Mills, Tyler 6, 68, 69, 72, 89, 162

Milos, Bozica 174

Minhas, Nisha 162

Minhas, Tren 28, 71, 74, 130

Miranda, Marlon 144

Mitchell, Drew 144

Mizell, Philicia 30

Mizell, Tyson 30, 94, 162, 196, 197, 199,207

Mohatt, Katy 77, 79, 144

Monk, Adam 70, 73

Monroe, Court 173

Montgomery, Cierra 1 17

Montoya, Ginno 75, 117, 144

Montoya, Maty 130

Montoya-Kaplan, Spencer 97, 194, 198

Moock, Becky 173

Moody, Kiara 26, 27, 73, 76, 80, 117, 187

Moon, Shannon 20,163

Moore, Jack 1 17

Moore, Mason 144, 190

Morales Bolanos, Kevin 21 7

Morales, Emmanuel 144

Morales, Guadalupe 99, 114, 130

Mordy, Melissa 170, 190

Moreno, Jose 130

Morris, Levi 1 17

Morrison, Pam 173

Morrison, Sammie 130

Morrissey, Zach 163

Morrow, Terry 74

Morton, Mickey 42, 43, 70, 130

Moser, Abbie 4, 70, 163

Moss, Christopher 144

Mota, Luis 163

Motschenbacher, Sammi 130

Muehling, Beau 64, 65, 71, 74, 75, 163, 209

Muehling, Meaghan 70, 82, 1 17, 198, 199

Mueting, Nick 11, 75, 163

Muhic, Seherzada 130

Muir, Andrew 82, 1 17, 198

Mulgrue, Lauren 66, 67, 72, 144

Mulgrue, Miles 75, 144

Mulgrue, T J 71, 75, 117, 181

Mullin, Logan 39, 71, 73, 75, 130

Mullins, Spencer 71, 163, 213

Munn, Whitney 21 7

Munns, Jessica 12, 11 7

Munns, Levi 145

Munro, David 108, 130, 188, 199

Murphy, Andrew 68, 69, 72, 82, 130, 140

Murphy, Jordan 9, 76, 140, 145, 181

Murphy, Makaila 130

Musiel, Samantha 163,210

Mwenentanda, Olga 7 6

Mwenentanda, Paola 51, 72, 73, 76, 131

Myers, Alexandra 163

Myers, Brittany 163

Myers, Gabrielle 1 17

Naber, Rachel 163

Nagel, Maxwell 131

Nakagawa.Lori 171,178,179

Naquin, Kennedy 13 1

Narloch, Ann-Christine 72, 82, 108, 145, 178

Nataraj, Suhaus 163, 197, 199

Navarro, Leo 15, 74, 163

Nedic, Ivana 108, 145, 190, 191, 192

Neelly, Cale 44, 72, 131

Neemann, Casey 163

Neeman~ ~n 3, 9~ 163,209

Negahban, Shahdi 13 1, 182

Neisius, Nick 59, 71, 73, 117

Neisius, Nina 163, 202

Nelson, Devon 110, 117, 188

Nelson, Mikayla 55, 70, 82, 11 7, 198

Nelson, Morgan 163

Nelson, Sarni 3, 70, 76, 79, 131, 188

Nelson, Taylor 90, 145

Nelson, Travis 31, 163, 180, 194, 195, 212

Nelson, Tristen 71 , 1 17

Nessetti, Nicole 145

Nessetti, Samantha 1 17, 188

Neuhaus, Kaylie 163

Neukirch, Ashley 70, 145

Neukirch, Jordan 163, 194, 198

Neverve, Dylan 11 7

Newlun, Talia 76, 117

Newlun, Tanner 145

Newsham, Ryan 36, 38, 71, 74, 145, 188

Newton, Jim 163, 196, 197, 199

Newton, Stephanie 131, 197

Nguyen, Bob 145

Nguyen, Cindy ( 11 l 145

Nguyen, Cindy N ( 12) 163, 180, 185, 186, 187

Nguyen, Oat 1 17, 182

Nguyen, Elizabeth 117, 183, 199

Nguyen, George 1 17

Nguyen, Michael 82, 109, 145, 189, 190, 194, 197, 198, 199

Nguyen.Thanh 163

Nguyen, William 13 1

Nicholes, Kasha 131

Niebergall, Kathi 73, 145

Nielson, Jeremy 117

Niimi, Peter 71, 75, 117

Ninh, Joseph 145

Nispel, Paul 163

Nissen, Courtney 131, 188

Nitz.Andy 71, 75,131

Nitz, Jason 75, 145

Nitzel, Josh 163

Noakes, Mallory 53, 70, 145

Nolan, Alexandria 54, 14$

Nolan, Tanner 74, 131

Nordell, Michael 164, 180

Nordgren, Derek 71, 73, 75, 131

Norman, Harry 7, 19, 82, 83, 164, 176, 194,196,197,199

Norman, Samantha 75, 117, 198, 199

Norman, Sara 77. 164

Noteboom, Judy 171

Novotny, Evan 74, 145

Nunez Maldonado, Jesus 1 17

Nunn, Jordan 164

Nyhof, Branden 7 5, 13 1O'Brien , Daniel 175

O'Brien, Nikki 145

O'Connor, Allison 20, 50, 72, 76, 82, 91, 164, 180, 188, 197, 198, 199

O'Neal, Cori 145, 188

O'Neal, Henry 122, 188

O'Neal, Jason 13 1, 199

O'Neil Guzman, Alana 11 7

O'Neill, Sarah 182, 191

Ober, Matt 72, 145, 197, 199

Ocampo, Maisie 145

Ochoa, Adrianna 1 1, 82, 13 1, 196

Odson, Ellen 70

Oertli, Sarah 145

Okazaki, Nina 131, 190, 191

Oldham, Courtney 1 17, 199

Olin, Thomas 145

Oliver, Harry 145

Olson, Hanna 76, 145

Olson, Jack 13 1, 199

Olson, Maggie 145

Olson, Sam 164, 201

Oltman, Eric 71, 74; 75, 118

Oltman, Shane 7 1, 13 1

Ortiz Gallegos, Daniela 1 18

Osborn, Ashlee 11 8

Osborne, Tyler 145

Ostermeier, Tricia 175

Ostiguin, Alejandro 1 18

Ostiguin, Antonio 145

Ostiguin, Daniel 1 18

Ostiguin, Miguel 1 18

Ostiguin, Mimi 14, 131

Ostrowsky, Tyler 21 7

Otto, Kaylee 118, 182

Oulianov, Michael 72, 118

Overton, Jesse 164

Overton, Nicole 13 1

Owen, David 171

Owen, Emily 164, 205

Pabst, Samone 145, 185

Pack, Quintin 71, 102, 145

Padhye, Nealesh 45, 72, 145, 183 , ' 8 191

Page, Natasha 131,226,227

Paolini, Marilyn 172

Parde, Danielle 30, 31, 145, 190, 1c; $ , 197,199

Pascale, Brittany 70

Patino Zanella, Metzli 1 18

Patterson, Jordan 76, 131

Paugh, Taylor 118

Paul, Brittany 82, 164, 180, 194, 19 ,, 199,227

Pavel, Jordan 145

Pawling, Sarah 164, 180, 188,21 0

Payant, Marla 171

Payne, Anissa 100, 144, 145

Payne, Cooper 13 1

Payne, Dylan 15, 37, 71, 164

Pearson, Dominique 65, 71, 74, 13 164

Pedersen, Kyle 82, 164, 198

Peet, Jordan 71, 75, 118

Peet, Justin 71, 74, 103, 145

Peiman, Alex 71, 75, 82, 145

Pekarek, Kelli 145

Penrod, Tanner 67, 68, 69, 72, 75 7

Perez, Miranda 13 1

Perez, Pauline 13 1, 198

Perkins, Marissa 28, 29, 164

Perkins, Seyd 164

Pernicek, Todd 171

Perry, Macy 164, 179

Perry, Mason 39, 71, 73, 74, 118

Pester, Curtis 1 18

Peters. Ashley 76, 145

Peters, Daniel 1 1, 3 1, 71, 82, 13 1, 197, 198, 199

Peters, Jaylon 72, 131

Peters, Krystal 82, 13 1, 198

Peters, Nicholas 75, 145, 185

Petersen, Josh 118, 198

Petersen, Matthew 75, 164

Petersen, Melanie 76, 122, 131, 1

Petersen, Micah 82, 145

Peterson, Ashley 67, 72, 118, 19 8

Peterson, Danielle 146

Peterson, Ellen 131, 185, 188, 19 c

Peterson, Gunnar 59, 71, 73, 74 , 8

Peterson, Julia 2, 82, 164, 180, 1s 198,199,205

Peterson, Lindsey 13 1, 182, 195

Peterson, Nicole 70, 118, 198, 19

Peterson, Tyler 146, 185

Peterson, Valerie 76, 118

Pettit, Matthew 146

Pfeiffer, Gabe 1 18

Pfingsten, Dillon 6, 164, 193

Pfingsten, Garrett 1 18

Pflug, Rachel 33

Phan, Lac 146, 148, 189

Phares, Felicia 74, 131, 190, 19 1

Phelps, Marilyne 174

Phillips, Nicole 21 7

Phipps, Jill 172

Pickett, Mason 1 18

Pieloch, Alex 72, 82, 118, 183, 1

Pieloch, Katherine 146

Pieloch, Rachel 18, 19, 82, 164, 1 J, 190,195,198

Piening, Brandon 71 , 164

Piening, Dustin 71, 74, 99, 118

Pierce, Morgan 70, 131

Pierce, Nick 75, 85, 131

Pike, Emily 12, 79, 164, 180, 18 9 95

Pinell, Shellie 131,181,200,20 1

Pinnell, Joe 82, 146, 198

Piper, Katelynn 118, 199

Piper, Pat 172

Piper, Tracy 171

Pitcher, Jonathan 13 1

Plager, Ryan 20, 82, 105, 164 , 1t , 1 193, 195, 198

Plautz, Madison 75, 131

Popal, Maral 164

Popa I, Shaukat 7 4, 1 19

Porter Loving, Cpenta 165

Poskochil, Kinsey 131 , 195

18 38 ,

Post, Emily 119, 187, 190, 191

Potter, Samuel 74, 119, 199

Poulsen, f\aron 1 19

Poulsen, Makall 146, 199

Poulsen, Paul 146, 182

Powers, Megan 119, 185

Prendes, Daniel 146, 177

Prewitt, Angelique 103, 165

Prewitt, Gregory 73, 131

Price, Cameron 71, 75, 131

Price, Morgan 75, 165, 192

Printz, Mercedes 146

Printz, Seth Jacob 1 19

Prussa, Cecilia 72, 73, 13 l

Prussa, Ella 76, 80, 81 , 119

Purins, Deirdra I 75

Pulver, Alexis 21 7

Quandt, Jacob 7 5, 146

Quandt, Taylor 10, 75

Raatz, Brandon 73, 132

Raatz, Russ I 7 4

Rader, Michael 119

Rahmany Eskandary , Navid 75 , 146

Rajan, PL!iaa 73, 75,119 ,1 90 ,1 91

Rajendran, Kishahnica 119, 181 , 182, 185

Ramos, Coral 146

Randoja, Rachel 146, 199

Rangel, Amelia 146, 197, 199

Rardon, Elicia 165, 179, 202

Rasmussen, Alex 165

Rasmussen , Nik 174

Rath, Austin 74, 146

Rath, Kramer 75, 119

Rathbone, Robin 1 19

Ratzlaff, Cassandra 1 19

Ray, Ashley 93, 132

Ready, Jacob 165, 187

Reber, Will 82, 119 , 198

'?eda, Anthony I 71

Reece, Amber 165

Reed, Makayla 76, 80 , 132

Reed, Miguel 21 7

Reed, Tanner 146

Reeder, Colton 75, 132

Reeder, Keli 96, 165, 180

Reeder, Lexi 75, 7 6, 80, 81, 132

Reeder, Mark I 70

Reeder, Ryan 58, 59 , 73

Rehm, Jon 1 19

Rehm, Katey 165, 196

Reichwaldt, Alicia 165

Reichwaldt, Nicholas 132

Reichenbach , Bridget 2 17

Reifschneider, Brandon 132

Reilly, Brandon 38, 58, 59, 71, 73, 74, 132

Reiser, Hailey 146

Reiss, Kaitlin 70, 132

Remmers, Shelby 165

Rempe, Davis 132, 194 , 195, 197, 199

Renken, Alex 32, 146, 182, 191

Rentschler, Andrew 165, 214

Rentschler, Trevor 71, 11 9

Reyes, Anthony 21, 165

Reyes, Cynthia 217

Reyes, Daniel 21 7

Reyes, Jeff 95, 146, 185

Reyes, Rafael 165

Reynolds, Candra 132

Reynolds, Jake 132

Richards, Ashley 72, 146

Richards, Mike 82, 132, 191 , 198

Richardson, Kelsee 1 19

Richardson, Kyla 9, 76, 78, 165, 180,

202

Richert , Mallory 1 19

Richert , Seth 165, 193

Richmond , Matthew 71 , 165

Ricketts, Desiree 146

Ridder , Cole 71, 73, 93, 132

Riggs, Natal ie 7, 34, 46, 47, 165, 208

Rinchen, Jigme 132

Ringleman , Becca 146

Rinke , Alec 100, 158, 165

Rinke, Jacob 146

Rinne , Cassandra 119, 199

Ripa , Jacob 132, 193

Roach, Zachary 132

Roar k, Morgan 165, 190, 191

Roberts, Taylor E ( 10) 14, 132

Roberts, Taylor L (9) 119, 188

Robertson, Hannah 146 , 187,190,191

Robertson, Matt 71, 73, 95 , 165,210

Robinson, Markyl 146

Rodriguez, Gabriela 1 19

Roeber, Shirley 171, 174

Roese, Leo 59, 73, 119

Rohde, Ethan 71, 74, 132

Rohde, Taylor 55, 70, 73, 119

Rolenc Carlson, Nathan 1 19

Rood, Shelby 82, 165

Rook, Trevin 1 19

Roper, Alexa 76, 146

Rose, Cameron 132

Rosenbohm, Jordan 44, 72, 82, 119, 198

Ross, Makayla 132

Ross, Zachary 71, 75, 165

Roszhart, Jordan 72, 75, 82, 119 , 198

Rowen, Alec 86, 104, 132

Rowlett, Taylor 53, 70, 73, 92, 126, 132, 188

Rozmiarek, Natasha 165

Rucker, Samantha 1 19, 199

Rudd, Ashley 132, 191

Ruiz, Elizabeth 14, 114, 132

Rump, Jeff 54, 70, 73

Rundle, Jonathon 165

Rung, Taylor 60, 61, 73, 166

Rupert, Jameson 3, 166

Rurup, Shanna 70, 132

Rush, Terry 101, 171, 194, 195

Ryder, Austin 87, 132

Rye, Deborah 170

Saathoff, Marielle 7 6, 81 , 146

Sadat, Ebad 90, 150, 166

Sadat, Summer 85, 132

Sader, Hannah 93, 146

Sadler, Landon 132, 182, 183, 185, 190, 191

Saege~ Brianna 72, 74,146,185,188, 189

Sakar, Jacci I 75

Salem, Chris 44, 72, 74 , 97, 174

Salem, Ryan 72, 96, 97, 174

SaUa, Senad 75, 104, 132

Salvatore, Brittani 146

Samani, Bryan 44, 72, 146, 196, 197, 199

Samek, Chelsey 146

Sams, MyRranda 188

Sanburg, Laine 73, 76, 82, 132, 194, 198

Sanchez, Antonio 75, 119

Sanchez, Georgina 132, 185

Sanchez, Javier 74, 75, 119

Sanchez, Mackenzie 199

Sanchez, Tony 185

Sanderfer, Christian 45, 72, 75, 102, 146

198,199

Schaefer, C;::irson 1 19

Schafer, A.ustin 75, 82 , 119 , 198

Schantell, Stephanie 82 , 84, 146

Schapmann, Jason 73

Scharp er, Taylor 54 , 70, 132, 179

Scheel, Tia 119, 199

Schiefe lbein, Paul 82 , 166, 187, 198, 209

Schieffer, Nick 74

Schierling , Chy 21 7

Schilling, Cody 75, 82, 119, 198

Schlemmer, Halley 16 , 108, 132, 181, 184

Schlemmer, Hannah 7 6 , 81, 146

Schlemmer, Jolene I 70

Schmidt, Alexandria 70 , 73, 76, 146, 188

Schmidt, Breanna 21 7

Schmidt, Emily 18, 19, 30, 146, 197, 199

Schmidt, Landon 57, 73 , 75, 166, 180 , 187,205

Schmutzler, Skvler 146

Schneider, Alex 166

Schneider, Ben 166

Schneider, Kaitlyn 132

Schoen, Jordan 82, 132, 198

Schoen, Justin 82, 132 , 179, 198

Schoen, Parker 35 , 48 , 49, 72, 166 , 180

Schorr, Melissa 30 , 166, 180, 196, 197, 199,212

Schrad, Kevin 71 , 173

Schrage, Elliott 24, 166 Schroeder, Tori 119

Schropfer, Mary 41, 70, 171

Schulenberg, Bailey 70, 73, 76, 132

Schulte, Connor 82, 146, 198

Schumann, Kyle 172

Schuster, Kristal 72, 167

Schwarten, Ethan 132, 185

Schwartz, Matt 7 4, 146

Schwartz, Shelbi 77, 133

Schweers, Sarah 17 5

Schwerdtfeger, Payne 64, 71, 74, 133

Schwery, Mikala 167, 179, 180, 188

Schwery, Nicole 72, 7 6, 80, 81, 86, 133, 181, 188

Scollard, Hannah 82, 91, 133, 134, 190, 191, 198

Scott, Ashton 133

Scott, Devin 2 17

Scott, Tristan 21 7

Scusa, Julianna 72, 77, 14 7

Seacrest, Ella 76 , 80, 119

Sears, Shoni 21 7

Sebek, Dawn I 75

Sedivy, Patrick 30

Sedlock, Nancy 175

Seiko, Jordan 16 7

Senne, Meghan 67, 72,82, 133,198

Seuferer, Jaden 133

Seuferer, Kyle 147, 227

Sewell, Darian 14 7

Seybold,Jeffrey 35 , 71, 73, 75,167

Shada, Jill 173

Shafer, Erika 16 7

Shallenberger, Matthew 167,180,211

Shallenberger, Newt 1 19

Shanahan, Alissa 133

Shanahan,Emi~ 147, 17~ 185

Shanahan , Shelly I 71

Shanahan,Zach 133

Shaner, Amanda 82 , 14 7

Shaner, Brad 82, 119, 198

Shaw, Tommy 21 7

Sheaff,Evan 147,188,193

Sheaff, Katy 9, 70, 133, 188

Shea, Nolan 7 1, 1 19

Shearer, Josh 2 17

Shearer, Mark 173

Sheets, Andrea 7 4, 133

Sheldon, Calvin 120, 199

Sherrill, Taylor 62, 70, 73, 75, 120

Shield, Benjamin 75, 167

Shiers, Kayla 70, 120

Shigley, Alex 74 , 120

Shively, Mike 73

Shonka, Unda 175

Shotkoski, Brendan 74, 167

Shouse, Diamond 104, 120

Shrader , Anthony 133

Shreve, Seth 71 , 16 7

Shriner, Jessica 133

Shumake, Aubrey 120, 185, 199

Sicking , f\aron-bakotah 16 7, 180

Siedel , Austin 75, 167

Siedel , Toni 90, 171

Sieps, Katie 76 , 167, 204

Sieps, Kelly 120

Sievers, Jacob 14 7

Silveira, Juliana 108, 14 7

Simpson -Kirkland, Dolores I 07 , I 72

Singh, Kalvinder 6 , 68, 72, 75,147,181

Sjulin, Megan 76 , 81 , 147, 185, 188, 196, 197 , 199

Skiles , Cindy 172

Skillett, Ricky 74 , 133

Skultety, Scott 173

Slauson, Rob 46 , 170, I 86 , 187 , 177, 227,228

Sloup, Abigail 25, 75 , 76, 147

Small, Nick 76, 126, 133

Smalley , Brittanie 21 7

Smalley, Stefin 133

Smeal , Corbin 71 , 120

Smetter, Megan 2 17

Smetter , Miranda 14 7

Smid, Monica 62, 63, 73, 133

Smith, Gregory 14 7

Smith, Jeremy 98, 174

Smith , Kellen 120

Smock, Jayme 7 4 , 14 7

Smock , Payton 120 •

Snajdr , Lillian 133

Snodgrass, Shawna 16 7

Sonderup, Dakota 75, 77 , 133

Sonthixay, Linda 133

Sorensen, Jenna 17, 28 , 43, 70, 147, 177

Soto, Dillon 120

Soucie, Joslyn 72, 76, 167

Soucie, Patrick 71 , 74 , 75 , 133

Spain, Matt 74

Spangler, Hunter 120

Spataro, Seth 14 7

Speich, Matthew 7 4 , 14 7

Speth, Jamie 16 7

Speth, Michaela 133

Spivey, Lori 173

Stabler, Kendrick 21 7

Stahl, Alex 71, 147

Stahl, Ashley 14 7

Stamper, Wednesday 120, 199

Stander, Alyssa 133

Stange, Collin 133

Stange, Connor 162, 167, 178, 202

Stansbury, Danielle 72

Stauffer, Katherine 14 7, 185

Stauffer, Sydney 50 , 51, 72 , 7 6, 14 7, 196, 197, 199

Steadman, Molly 100, 133

Stedronsky, Matt 74, 82, 120

Steele, Samantha 103, 133

Steinacher, Kaitlyn 167 , 178, 179, 180, 182 , 183, 203

Steinauer, Mackenzie 16, 72, 76, 87, 147

Steinmeyer, Alex 74, 92, 167, 207

Steinmeyer, Crystal 175

Stemple, Andrea 55 , 70, 73, 120

Stempson , Rick 72, 74

Stephens , Bryan 162, 16 7

Sterns, Whitney 9, 76, 78, 79, 167, 208

Stevens, Cullen 92, 172

Sapp, Willie 87, I 70

Sarajlic, Melisa 7, 7 6, 11 9

Satter, Sidnee 11 9

Satterthwaite, Kyndra 132

Sazama,Jessie 175, 187

Schaaf, Kayla 146

Schaal, Sydney 77, 82, 93, 132, 197,

Sherbeck, Kassi 120, 199

Sheridan, Andrew 120

Sheridan, Keegan 38, 39, 71, 73, 133

Sherman,Andrew 71, 103, 173

Sherrill , Amanda 54, 63, 70, 73, 75, 120

Sherrill, Matthew 14 7

Stevens, Jennifer 82, 100, 133, 190, 191, 192 , 198

Stevens, Krys 16 7, 180, 191

Stevens, Michael 82, 101, 14 7, 192, 195, 198

Stevens, Ricky 71 , 133

Stewart, Brynn 14 7, 185, 201

Stimbert. Taylor 167. 180

Stipke. Ian 71. 133. 187

Stock. Billy 75, 167. 205

Stock, Brynn 76, 81, 133, 188

Stock, Parker 9, 38, 71, 72, 75. 120. 181

Stoddard, Jordan 133

Stokes, Nathan 14 7

Stokes. Spenser 19. 3 1 16 7

Stokes, Tyler 133

Stoll, Hillary 147, 181

Stoltenburg, Travis 75, 147

Stonacek, Jasmin 40, 70, 14 7, 187

Stone, Christoffer 167, 187

Stone, Kaeli 133

Stopp, Alisha 62, 73, 175

Stout, Mckenzie 120

Stout, Nick 14 7

Strack, Lynn 175

Straight, Jordan 71, 73, 76, 104, 133

Strain, John 173

Strand, Chais 21 7

Strauch, Christaen 71 , 14 7

Street, Casey 136, 168, 199

Street, Chris 14, 168

Streich, Jon 14 7

Streich, Tyler 120

Stroman, Alex 168

Strong, Lindsay 7 0. 7 6, 14 7

Strothkamp, Paige 168, I 79

Strudl, Jordy 168

Stull, Clayton I 07, 120, 187, I 93

Stutzman, Erin 172

Stutzman, Sophie 21 7

Styskal, Anthony 7 I , 133

Suarez, Tony 24

Suiter, Daniel 58, 71, 73, 74, 133

Sullivan, Riley 133, 187

Sundberg, Elizabeth 75, 147, 187, 188

Sutter, Christin 93, 172

Sutton, Pam 173

Svec, Carter 120

Svec, Sydney 43, 70, 133, 185

Svehla, Sydney 72, 76. 120, I 81, 199

Svoboda. Tyler 133

Swann, Halle 7 4. 133

Swenseth. Charles 82. 120. 198

Swenseth, Rebecca 76, 168, 180, 187

Swetson, Briana 14 7

Syed, Nadia 120

Syfie, Abby 73, 75, 82, 120, 198

Szudlo, Alicia 82, 133, 198, I 99

Taege, Taylor 75, 168

Tagaloa, Fresh 75, 14 7, 197, 199

Tagart, Alexander 71, 147

Taha, Ali 14 7

Talbott, Joshua 14 7, 197

Talcott, Colby 147

Tang. Ruach 21 7

Tapia, Gio 14, 75, 134

Taylor, Dewayne 75, 82, 134, 188, 194, 198,199

Taylor, Max 72, 147

Taylor, Susette I 70

Teska, Taylor 168

Thayer, Keeley 120, 199

Thomas, Ashley 72, 120, 187

Thomas, Emily 19, 134, 197, 199

Thomas, Grant 147, 183, 185

Thomas, Jordon 82, 134, 198

Thomason, Natalie 134

Thompson, Andrew 120

Thompson, Aubrey 30, 109, 168, 180, 196,197,199

Thompson, Codi 120

Thompson, Connor 71, 73, 120

Thompson, Erik 134

Thompson, Lucas I 48

Thompson, Michael 71 , 120

Thomson, Cameron 120

Thomson, Hayden 72, 76,82, 148,195

Thorne, Fred 71

Thorpe, Greg 120

Thorpe, Kyle 120

Thorpe, Ryan 120

Threats, William 15, 148

Tien, David I 75

Tinnean. Cody 82, 148. 194. 198

Tisdel. Sydney 148

Tobin, Zoe 4 7. 72, 148

Toelle. Rebecca 13, 70, 102, 134, 192. 195

Toelle, Trent 82, 148. 192, 198

Tompkins, Austin 37, 58. 59, 71, 73. 148

Topalovic. Salem 148

Topalovic. Senad 168, 180, 191

Torell. Holly 168

Torell. Jared 71, 74, 105, 120

Torres, Griselda 120

Torres, Joana 148

Town, Dillon 72, 148

Townsend, Rebecca 71, 77. 173

Trampe, Sean 74

Tramp, Tori 73, 148

Tran, Minh 120

Tran, Nam 74. 144. 148, 197. 199

Trautman, Alyssa 74, 148. 188

Trautman, Erica 4, 70, 134 188

Traynowicz, Grant 71

Traynowicz, Kramer 168

Traynowicz. Paige 61, 73, I 68. 214

Treece, Meghan 72, 99, 148

Trenerry, Nicolas I 20

Tripp, Zak I 34, 193

Trivedi, Juee 168. 180, 183. 188

Troester. Erika 82. 134, 190, 191, 195, 198,199

Troester, Lauren 82, 134. 188, 194, 198

Trompke, Jaden 168, 188, 196. 197, 199,213

Trube, Jordan I 68

True, Ashli 42, 70, 170, I 72

True, Chris 172

Tu, Tram 13, 134

Tuma. Ahmed I 48

Tunnison. Taylor 75, 134

Tupper. Dakota I 21. 199

Turner. Rebekah 168

Tvrdy, Shelly 104, I 71

Tyler. Katlyn 20, 168

Tyrance. Jordan 20, 36, 37, 56, 71, 73, 75. 168, 180

Uhrmacher. Tre· 121, 178, I 79. 188, 199

Ullman. Caleb 71 , I 34

Ullman. Lydia 77, 148, I 96

Ullman, Nicole 9, 109, 134, 188, I 97, 199

Ullsperger, Devin 82, 134, 198, 199

Ulm, Nicole 29, 168, 179

Underwood, Austin 73, 74, 121

Union, La Mia 21 7

Upton, Marissa 94, I 34

Urwiler, Haley 76, 134, 198

Van Deusen, Madeline 135, 137

VanDeusen, Renna 149

Vachal, Jacob 148

Vachal, Madison 64, 74, 135, 185

Vakilzadian, Kevin 75, 121

Vallabhbhai, Samantha 70, 121, I 88

Valladares Morales, Hector 7 I , I 21

Vampa/a, Scott 71, I 73

Vance, Brady 82, 168. 194, 197, 198, 199

Vanderbeek, Tori 70, 73, 76, 82, 121, 199

Vanderbeek, Veronica 51, 72, 82, 149,

184, 186, 188, 198

Vella, Dylan 86, 121, 149

Vella, U 58, 73, 149

Veney, Kana Leia 76, 80, 81, 135, 195

Veney, Ky 74, 121

Villagomez, Alicia 21 7

Villamonte, Vincent 21 7

Villanueva, Connor 82, 168, 180, 181, 195,198

Virus, Kelsey 149, 188

Vo. Allan 149, 189, 190, 191

Vo, Jimmy 135

Vogel, Fred 31, 82, 135, 197, 198, 199

Voigt, Phil 75

Volker, Peggy 32, 107, 150, 172

Von Rentzell, Austin 135

Vuu, Brian 20, 82, I 09, 149. 189, 190. 194. 198

Wachter, Lauren 168, 180, 213

Waddell, Tyler 71, 74, 149

Wagner, Courtney 82, 88. 98, 135, 184, 197, 198, 199

Wagner, Derek 130, 135

Wagoner, Ali 149

Walker, Ally 75, 149, 187

Walker, Ashley 82, 168, 196, 21 I

Walker, Blake 135

Walker, Declan 75, 149

Walker, Jeffrey 75, 168

Walker. Kayla I 21

Walker, TJ 135

Wallace, Khari 62, 73

Wall. Chastity I 50, I 58 , 169

Wall, Faye 175

Waller, Mallory 75, 135

Walstrom, Julie 170

Walstrom, Wyki 109, 169, 180, 203

Walter, Chase I 21

Ward, Dustin 149

Ware, Courtney I 49

Warzecha, Alexander 12 1

Wasser, Chris 72. 74, 75, 149

Watson.Alyssa 75, 97 , 174, 181

Watson. Kelsey 149

Watson, Kiefer 4, 82, 169, 195, 198, 208

Watson, Matt 76, 82, 121, 181, 198, 199

Watson, Taylyn 76, 80, 81, 121

Watt.Mark 8,53,70,74, 173

Wavada, Jacob I 49

Way, Chris 7, 169, 180, 181, 196, 197, 199,204

Way.Janene 175

Way, Tracy I 70

Wayne, Trey 135, I 40, 184

Weatherhogg, Ashley 198, 199

Weatherly, Robbie I 21

Weatherly, Walker 69, 72, 121

Webb, Christopher 169

Webb, Timothy 71, 135

Weber, Daphne 76, 80, 118. 12 I

Weber, Leah 121, 190. 191, 199

Weber, Meredith 82, 169, 180, 194, 198,214

Webster, Alex 149

Wegulo, Marianne 169, 183

Wehrli, Jenny 135

Weils, Andrew 71, 121

Weils, Josh 65, 71, 74, 169

Weldon, Jake 135

Welker, Jere/ 172

Welter, Hannah 61, 63, 70, 73, 76, 149

Wendeln, Stephan 135

Wernsing, Rachel 135

Weskamp, Kaitlin 51, 72, 76, 169, 180.

184,186

Weskamp, Michael I 21, 191

West, Jessica 149, 227

West, Josh 72, 75, 135

Wetzel. Jordan I 21

Wharton, Megan 169,206

Whelan, Carleigh 135, 190, 191

Whitesell, Michaela 3, 76, 79, 169, 196 , 197,199

White, Tyler 135

Whiting, April 135

Whiting, Jennifer 121

Whitmarsh, Amy 16, I 72

Whitney, Ashley 121

Whittle, Montana 84. 135

Wichers, Elizabeth 149, 187

Wiegert, Anthony 121, 187

Wiese, A:lron 149

Wiese, Berindin I 49

Wiese, Tracy 173

Wiley, Dane 72, 121, 199

Wiley, Wyn 1, 5, 12. 26, 78, 79, 16 ' 180, 186, 196, 197, 199, 2 C 226

Wilhelm, Alyssa IO I, I 71

Wilken, Lou 174

Wilken, Maggie 30

Wilkinson, Ellen 149, 186

Williams, Aulana 73, 121, 187

Williams, Cortez 149

Williams, Haley 149, I 97, 199

Williams, Jordan 75, 121

Williams, Keegan 8, 74. 121

Williams, Reid 73, 75, 121

Williamson. Kris 169, 205

Willis, Drew 49, 72, 75, 149

Wilmarth, David I 02, 169

Wilson, Davin I 69, 192

Wilson, Kristina 20, 109, 139, 169

Wilson, Michaela 82, 91, 135, 19 0 I, 198

Wilson, Shay 149, 185

Wimmer, Amanda 135

Wischmann, Dustin 92, 149

Wiskus, Megan 121

Witte, Drew 121

Witty, Brett I 04, 121

Witty, Scott I 49

Wohlgemuth, John 149

Woita, Mackenzie 149

Wolf, Becca 82. 135, 184, 194, 19 198, 199

Wolfe. Teylor 71, 75, 169, 180, 19 198

Wolff, Kash 71, 149

Wolford, Corinne 149, 196, 197, 1

Wolkenhauer, Seth 72, 75, 135

Wood, Sibyl 135

Woods, Loree 175

Woodward, Mackenzie 82, IO I, 1, 193,195,198

Woolman, Aubrey 7 4, 149

Works, Lauren 51, 60, 61, 72, 73 , 121, 199

Worley, Sydney 75, 82, 135, 197 , 8, 199

Wright, Jordan 74, 121

Wright, Mindy 90, 171

Yanagida, Jennifer 135

Yang, Danny 5, 24,169,180,18 9 i 9I

Yarabe, Bo 44, 72, 82, 135, 191, 1 6 , 198,199

Yawn, Dillon 21 7

Ybarra, La Monica 21 7

Yiel, Duop 135

Yiel, Nyawargar 21 7

Yoakum, Kristy 149

Yokel, Chris 75, 149

Yokel, Katie 169

Young, Brayden 73, 74, 118, 12 1, 4 2

Young, Carli I 21

Young, Emily 20, I 58, 169

Young, Kaleb , 73, 135

Yuen, Dylan 100

Yuen, Mark 149, 187

Zachek, Tyler 169

Zajicek, Matt 73

Zavala, Eduardo 135

Zeiger, Brittany 135

Zeilinger, Alec 169

Zeilinger , Emily 135

Zeilinger, Scott 169

Zhang, Catherine 82 , 14-9, 182, 188 , 191

Zhang, Leon 82,95, 135,189

Zhou, Albert 72, 75, 109 , 149, 190, 191, 195

Zier, Isabella 110, 121

Zimmerman , Brandon 149, 193

Zoucha, Michael 169

Zoz, Megan 169

Zumwalt, Zachary 121

Zvolanek, Kristina 20, 70, 75 , 121, 181,188

Sophomores Zach Cook and Taylor Scharper edited the index. They worked hard for three weeks checking names and correcting problems We apologize for any mistakes made.

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Edttor-1N-ch1et Elicia Rardon.

StudeNt Ute Editor Austin Christensen.

Sports Editor.- Alexis Bartek.

AccrJel\-OC5 Editor.- Jessica Ernesti.

PeqJle Editor.- Kaitlyn Steinacher.

SeMOr sectioN- Emily Mazur-Mickells, Kaitlyn Steinacher, Macy Perrry, Elicia Rardon.

JuMOr sectioN· Felicia Lopez, Spencer Krull, Ellie Franke.

Sq:norvore sectioN· Kaitlin Karins, Luda Konovulchuk, Azia Cruz.

Freci1Nc1N sectioN· Dominique Krout, Makenzie Brookhouser, Thao Huyhn.

fa:ulfy sectioN· Jami Felton, Emily Shanahan

Clubs & OrgaMz.atioNS Editor.- Emily Mazur-Mickells.

8US1Ne'SS Editor.- Mikala Schwery.

SeMOr Ads- Elicia Rardon, Taylor Genrich.

lf\dex Editors- Taylor Scharper, Zach Cook.

Staff Mervoers- Kaleah Letcher, Erin Lenz, Carter Hill, Justin Schoen, Aubrey Woolman. Adv1Ser.- Dianne Kuppig

Coming up with the 201 0 Talon theme was a long process. The first term staff debated for three weeks on multiple themes. The group came to the conclusion of "Remember When?" and "Hidden Messages"

Editor Elicia Rardon decided to combine the two ideas and create Rewind and Reveal with rewind based off " Remember When?" and reveal was based off "Hidden Messages ." A majority of the group agreed, and Rewind and Reveal became the theme.

The theme was initially hard to work with but new ideas unfolded each day Symbols, like play, rewind and fast forward were used on each page Also a variety of RE-words were adapted to the pages.

The cover shows "the big reveal" of the baby powder toss up and the inset picture shows the "rewind" part of the scene.

The Talon staff used Adobe lnDesign CS3 for layouts and Adobe Photoshop CS3 to edit the pictures [ank) *, Wanton, Wingdings 3 and Mixage fonts were used throughout the book.

We would all like to thank Dianne Kuppig for all her time she spent reading , editing and correcting our pages and stories. This was her eighth year advising the Talon and 26th year as a yearbook adviser We would also like to thank our Walsworth representative Mike Diffenderfer and Robert Wilkens from Light Impressions. The eighth volume of the Talon wouldn't have been possible without the student body, teachers, sponsors, coaches and administrators. Thank you for your support and information

Errors and misspellings are nearly impossible to avoid. Our sincere apologies for any mistakes made.

ONE, TWO, THREE. All year Talon staff members: seniors Alexis Bartek, Emily Mazur-Mickells, Elicia Rardon. Photos by Talon

NUMBER O N E! Students show their support at the varsity football game versus Southeast. The theme of the game was Operation Phoenix 2 0. Students wore black , green, white and pink shirts, then changed color ever quarter Photo by Wyn Wiley for Talon

SENIORS RU LE! Seniors gather in front of the school to take a panoramic group picture Later they all gathered to form the number ten representing the class of 2010

Photo by Atley Gustafson / Hawk Talk

SIGN BY THE "X " Flanke d by her parents, senior Ale x is Bartek signs with Northwest Missouri State to play ten• ay, seniors Bec ca and Ashley ed with th e sports Ph o t N arloch l

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Flipping through the pages of this yearbook, students can rewind through their memories over and over again.

Whether it was the memory of taking their first steps into the school as freshmen, staying up all night while cramming for finals, cupping tr1eir hands . full of baby powder before kickoff at the state football game against Millard West or contemplating the possibilities of who sent them a flowergram, all students had their share of memories here.

The students controlled the "remote" to their year, and their reflections may have revealed some new challenges to face. However, many students prevailed, such as the group of students who raised money for a Memorial Garden in honor of the students and/or their family members who have died during their high school years.

At the end of the year the challenges progressed. Se- · niors prepared to leave the nest, juniors began to take on the ir new leadership role, sophomores hang in there and incom ing freshmen learned the ropes. We were always creating memories and facing challenges, big and small.

The way we handled those challenges defined us. We discov er ed what kinds of people we were, what kinds of peop le we are and what kinds of people we would like to become . Ultimately, our past defined our present and helped reveal our future.

GOOD CITIZEN. Junior Kyl e Se uferer registers t

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Photo by Elicia Rardon / Talon

SEVEN SECONDS OF ICE. Principal Rob Slauson wades out of the ice cold water at Holmes Lak e for the Polar Bear Plunge. Student Council raised $1,000 for the Special Olympics Service Learning Club and Student Council members participated in the plunge

Photo by Taylor Genrich / Talon

MIX IT UP! Senior Kalie Hejl and junior Abby Flory d ance with their male partners at the switch rally on Feb 11. All levels of cheer and the step team also participated in the switch rally Photo by Elicia Rardon/ Talon

CLARINET. Senior Brittany Paul plays the Southwest fight song with the band at the send off for state varsity football and volleyball. The band played at all the send offs and pep rallies. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouserl Talon

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REVEALING MOMENTS. Principal Rob Slauson_ gets ready to reveal the winner of the "Y e were Caught Being Good" prize out of "The Nest". Two or three prizes were given out to ra1 domly selected students every week during the Wednesday announcements. Prizes rang e from t-shirts to $.S gift ca'rd from n arby fo d ·oints to a rv d arking spot for a week t first in the lunch line prize. Students could be submitted to the weekly contest by teachers c other adults in the building. This moment revealed which students have been doing well a r l also encouraged other students to do well. Photo by Elicia: arQQOI Talon