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Happening Now •Bowling: vs. West Central 4 p.m. at Sport Bowl •Girls Basketball: vs. Harrisburg at WHS—JV and freshmen 4 p.m., sophomores 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m. in gyms •Boys Basketball: At Yankton High School—JV and freshmen 4 p.m., sophomores 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Pizza burger, ribbon fries, steamed broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, beef fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Boys Soccer: Players will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in A-104. •SALSA: Volunteer club will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in the orchestra room, C-111. •Renaissance Committee: Members will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in E-112. •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet to practice at 7:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Thursday in A-136. •Knitting Club: Will meet at 7:15 a.m. Friday in A-233. New members are welcome. •Students: Interested in participating as a member of the marching band color guard next fall will meet after school each Wednesday beginning Jan. 22 in the band room, C-107. All are welcome to come learn more. NOW Tuesday Staff
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Boys basketball team falls to Rough Riders Warriors travel south to Yankton tonight to face Bucks
By Stephan Burkhart arrior varsity boys basketball team members fell to the No. 5 rated Roosevelt Rough Riders 65-54 Friday at WHS to fall to 3-3 on the season. Junior Eli Williams led the Warriors in scoring with 17 points and six rebounds. Senior Kemmer Schramm had 12 points and three rebounds and senior Ganin Thompson had 10 points and seven rebounds. Coach Craig Nelson said it was a learning experience. “I learned that our guys have a lot of grit, and a lot of fight in them even when we got down big early in that game,” Nelson said. In sub-varsity games Friday, the JV defeated the Rough Riders in a fast, high scoring game 84-74. Junior Akok Aguer had 24 points. The sophomores fell to Roosevelt 64-39. Jackson Lechtenberg had nine points. The Freshman A lost
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51-48. Mandalla Mohamed had 11. The Freshman B pulled out a 37-35 win. Bryce Ronken had nine points. Things will get no easier for the Warriors tonight as they head south to take on the No. 2 rated Yankton Bucks. Yankton has lost only two this season, in the Hoop City Classic and to O’Gorman on Jan. 3 Junior Elijah Williams said they will be ready. “We need to play great defense to force the opponent to make difficult shots,” Williams said. “We are looking to contest (Yankton junior Matthew) Mors and double team him to shut down his offense.” Nelson said it will be a tough game tonight. “I know that even with a hostile environment down in Yankton that our guys will come ready to play, and expect to win against a really good Yankton team,” Nelson said.
Photo by Jaden Wieser for the Warrior Yearbook JUMPER—Sophomore Mikele Kambalo puts up a shot vs. the Rough Riders.
Girls host Harrisburg in No. 3 vs. No. 4 tonight By Ben Peterson Varsity girls basketball team members, rated No. 4 in the most recent Sportswriters Poll out today, will host the No. 3 rated Harrisburg Tigers tonight at WHS. The Warriors are 4-1 and are coming off a 10 day break. Harrisburg is an undefeated 8-0, most recently defeating Mitchell 56-41 Thursday. Head coach Jamie Parish said Harrisburg is a good bas-
ketball team and will present a challenge tonight. “This will be a good test for us tonight,” Parish said. “We’ve been working on a lot of things. Now, we need to take these skills to the floor against a good basketball team and execute them.” Parish said they have worked hard to prepare. “We have spent the majority of our time worrying about things that we can control,”
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Parish said. “Playing the way that we play, practicing the way that we practice, doing the things that we do.” Senior Gabby Reck said the Warriors are ready. “We focused on our defense and press attack,” Reck said. Games will begin at 4 p.m. today with the varsity around 7 p.m. tonight in the Warrior gym. Fan dress theme for tonight’s game is “Disney/ Frozen.”
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Editor’s note: The Warrior Q & A is a weekly profile of Warrior students with the goal of helping members of the WHS community come to know each other better. Subjects are chosen by the Student/Activity Leader of the Month Committee at WHS. Assembled by Ganin Thompson
Senior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to attend college and dream of becoming a professional soccer player. •What are you involved in at WHS? I was a member of the WHS soccer team. •What was your favorite class last semester? Government. I enjoy learning about laws and the U.S. Government. •What is your advice to readers of the NOW? Do not let people let you down—stand up and be strong. You can do better.
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 Kaitlin Nardiello
Senior student of the month •What are your plans/dreams for the future? My plan after high school is to attend the University of South Dakota and obtain my nursing degree. •What are you involved in at WHS? I am a member of the Army JROTC program at WHS. •What was your favorite class last semester? Peer tutoring. •What is your advice to readers of the NOW? Work hard, even if you don’t plan to go to college. You don’t know when your plans will change.
Bowling team sweeps O’Gorman Knights By Cloie Jellis Warrior bowling teams swept the O’Gorman Knights Jan. 3 after having nearly three weeks off. The boys bowled 19 200+ games as the varsity won 38-12 and averaged 204. Junior Will McMartin bowled the high game of 287 and high series of 700. The JV won 31-19. Freshman Alex Strawn had the high game of 253 and high series of 655. Coach Derek Schumacher said it was an exciting match. “I can tell all these bowlers were very happy to be back on the lanes
competing as Washington Warriors,” Schumacher enthused. “Our Warrior boys bowled 19-200 games! In the boys varsity match, out of the 18 games bowled, there were 13 games that were over 200 and there was also a 700 series that included a 287-game bowled by William McMartin. Such great and amazing bowling by this group!” The varsity girls won 43.5-6.5. Senior Cassidy Van Noort had the high game of 215 and high series of 567. The JV girls bowled unopposed, as junior Addisyn Winker had the high
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game of 157 and high series of 435. Schumacher said he was impressed with the girls, as well. “Our Warrior girls had some unbelievable things happen when (sophomore) Peytn Wierenga picked up a 6-7-10 split and (sophomore) Sydney Hansen picked up the 6-7 split,” Schumacher said. “If you don’t know what these are, please look it up and see. I’m so happy that I was able to witness these great accomplishments.” The Warriors will now take on West Central at 4 p.m. today at the Sport Bowl in Sioux Falls in a match rescheduled from Friday.
Price of gold jumps today in 1980 History.com (MCT) After being released from government control, gold reached a new record price on Jan. 14, 1980, exceeding $800 an ounce.
Our History Beginning in Great Britain in 1821, units of currency were redeemable for a fixed quantity of gold, a change that Britain hoped would stabilize its rapidly growing economy. As the Industrial Revolution spread, other countries followed suit, and by the late 19th century most industrialized nations were on the gold standard. In 1930, the world economy collapsed and the gold standard with it. In response, most governments sharply limited the convertibility of paper currency to gold. In the United States in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt prohibited the circulation of gold coins; though gold was still used in defining the value of the dollar. In 1971, the United States suspended the free exchange of U.S. gold for foreign-held dollars, then in 1974 lifted its four-decade ban on the private purchase of gold. At that time, gold bullion was being traded in European markets at highs approaching $200 an ounce. In 1975, the U.S. government began to sell some of its holdings on the open market and in 1978, along with most other nations, officially abandoned the gold standard. After being released from government control, the price of gold soared, with its most staggering increase recorded Jan. 14, 1980, when the price jumped to more than $800 an ounce. As of today, the price of gold is $1,543.59 an ounce.