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Emily Schmidt

Having new challenges presented every year with only six hours of work time each week can be very difficult.

There were many tasks for Berlin Area School District’s VEX Robotics team to complete in competitions every weekend in order to make it to the semifinals on Dec. 10.

VEX Robotics is played on a 12 foot by 12 foot square field.

Alliances of two teams compete against each other. The task is to achieve a higher score than the other alliance by having your robot pick up stars and cubes and throw them across the fence. Robots may even balance the objects on the fence.

Resources are very limited to the students, and having to follow the rules and regulations are very important for the competitors, too.

“We can only use Plexiglas, tape, rubber bands and materials from VEX that we get online,” junior Adam Wiegel said. “Sponsors pay for it or we do fundraisers.”

Wiegel has been in VEX since seventh grade. The High School and Middle School participate and work together as one team.

“There are different schools in Wisconsin that we compete with on Saturdays,” Wiegel said. “If

Food Science makes beef jerky

Junior Thomas Sahotsky constructs one of VEX’s robots before their home competition on Dec. 10.

Photo: E. Schmidt our robots don’t do well, we revise them the following week and hope they work after.”

However, things did not go as planned for the VEX team on Dec. 10 at their competition here in Berlin.

“Our robots were not working, so we had to finish building them that morning. Thankfully, we got teamed up with another good ro-

bot from a different school and they basically carried our team,” junior Thomas Sahotsky said.

The team made it to the semifinals on the same day, but did not make it to the finals.

“The school we were paired with earlier programmed our robot and made it easier to drive, but there were still some glitches in the code that made our robot

not move at all,” Sahotsky said.

The VEX Robotics team competes until April, and within that time they still have one more competition.

“This year I learned a lot about our robot and what we needed to change on it,” junior Jeremy Wissell said. “Just my team alone has learned how to properly build a robot.”

Students form social connections beyond school walls by

Peer mentor Emma Rucks (L) and freshman Iesha Moore (R) write a letter to Santa as part of a scavenger hunt during the Appleton Mall Peer Mentor Trip on Thursday, Dec. 15.

Photo: M. Zabel

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The Appleton Mall Peer Mentor Trip went far beyond educational benefits such as using reading and math in a real life setting, and Special Education teacher Michelle Gregor’s hopes for it exceeded that as well.

“Ultimately, I wanted all of the students and peers to be inspired, realize more about themselves, and hopefully provide a catalyst for friendships and social connections that go beyond the school walls,” Gregor said.

Throughout the day Gregor’s Special Education class and 12 peer mentors participated in a scavenger hunt, reading and math activities, purchased Christmas gifts and sang Christmas carols.

“This outing is meant to give my students a chance to interact and communicate with peers in a social setting outside of school, as well as generalizing math and reading skills in a store setting,” Gregor said.

As a result of multiple new students in Gregor’s class this year, this trip was an entirely new experience to a majority of the participants, one of them being freshman Iesha Moore.

“I have never done something like that before so I enjoyed it very much,” Moore said. “It was a good opportunity because it showed me more about life and using math.”

During this outing, both the students and peers were exposed to new people and activities. This provided an opportunity to form new social relationships, which was one of the trip objectives.

“We got to talk to people we normally wouldn’t talk to on a daily basis, it’s good for both the peers and the students in Special Education,” senior (peer) Andrea Briese said. “You get out of your comfort zone and it’s a lot of fun.”

Although this trip is mostly geared toward improving certain skills for the special education students, it can also be a very beneficial experience for the peers assisting them.

“This trip has the potential to be life changing for our peers. I have had students tell me that this experience is what prompted them to go into the teaching profession,” Gregor said. “Peers are put in a position where someone else is counting on them and often times this makes an individual realize talents and strengths they may not have been aware of.”

Kim Dehn’s Agricultural Food Science class had an assignment to make their own beef jerky. It was a competition to see who made the best.

“We had to chop up the meat in jerky size pieces, marinate it in whatever recipe you want and then dehydrate it for about a day,” senior Jordan Krentz said.

It took the students about two days to do the entire process. One day was for cutting and marinating and the other day was for dehydrating.

“I checked on mine once and they were good so I stopped dehydrating them,” Krentz said.

This was a competion between the students to see who made the best beef jerky.

“Mine was pretty successful,” Krentz said. “It took second place.”

Spring play holds auditions

The spring play auditions for the play “Arsenic and Old Lace” were held on Dec. 8 and 9.

“We had a good turn out and had an even number of guys and girls audition,” Director Alecia Starks said.

There are not many roles in the play, so there was no need to double up on roles.

“It was a really tough audition process this year because there were not that many roles” Starks said. “In fact, we sadly had to turn away a few people for roles this year.”

The audition process involved reading through a few selected scenes for the part that the student would most like to have.

“We read through a few times with different people reading different parts,” Starks said. “This is how we determined who is the best fit for the part and who works best together in a scene.”

The lead female roles went to Sam Hill as Abby Brewster and Emily Cottello as Martha Brewster. The lead male role went to Jeremy Wissell as Mortimer Brewster.

The performance will be March 24 and 25. Tickets will Photo: be available for purchase in the main office in March.

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Opinion

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Created by Caylie Krebs

Editorial

Donation of life

Senior social commentary: life after high school by

into four steps: registration, medical history as well as a mini-physical, donation and refreshments. During the donation, a sterile needle is used only once for each donor and then discarded after taking about one pint of blood. The average donation takes anywhere from 10-15 minutes.

The best part is, blood containers can be transported to their specific destination within a few weeks. It is not hard to transport blood to patients in need. For example, just because someone donates blood in Wisconsin, does not mean that it will be supplied to people only in Wisconsin. It gets distributed throughout the entire country.

More than 1.68 million people are expected to be diagnosed with cancer by the end of 2016. Many of these patients will need blood during their chemotherapy treatment. One car accident victim will need up to 100 pints of blood alone.

There is a constant demand of blood throughout the United States and only a small group is willing to donate blood.

Every body in this world needs blood to survive. We can easily give twenty minutes out of our day to add tears to somebody else’s. **All information from: http://www.redcrossblood.org/

Letters to the

Emily Schmidt

“High school is the worst four years of your life.”

“Don’t blink, it goes by so fast.”

“Freshman year is so scary.”

Whatever teenagers hear about high school, it is not true. High school can be the some of the best years of our lives if we make it that way, then again it could be some of the worst.

The 2017 senior class has very little time left to make their mark at Berlin High School and some of us want to help out the underclassmen.

Procrastination is not worth it. Setting things off to the side will only make things disorganized.

Staying involved in extracurriculars can make high school more memorable, plus they look good on applications. Berlin has so much to offer and it is very easy for everyone to find something they are interested in.

The next survival tip of high school is to not take just “fun” classes with friends. Do not plan for next years’ classes, plan for the future. Still take a few fun electives, there are so many offered here at Berlin.

We never know when we will need to ask a favor from a teacher or staff member. Treating them with respect and going out of our way for them every once in a while is never a bad thing. Hold a door open or say “hi” to them when you walk into class.

Take advantage of the resources offered here. The teachers, staff and administration are always willing to help their students.

Letters of recommendation are always something to consider junior and senior year. Teachers can and do

There is nothing better than the “feel-good” feeling after giving someone a helping hand. Whether it is giving a compliment, opening the door for the person, or even something as simple as an exchange of smiles, It feels great to know that a mark has been made on somebody else’s day.

Now think about how incredible it would feel to be part of saving a life.

By donating blood, we could be that someone. We could be that someone that helps save another human on the edge of life or death and our blood could be the factor.

The blood drive that happened over the summer had a little over 20 students participate. Last spring, just under 60 students donated blood.

This year on December 14, we donated 38 pints of blood that potentially saved 114 lives. These numbers are large, but we believe our school can do even better. With our school of over 500 students, at least 100 should be able to donate blood. It should be a goal of ours to have at least one-fifth of the students to donate at the next blood drive.

Many people that do not donate blood are nervous or do not understand fully how donating works.

They may not realize that it is a safe and quick process.

Blood donation is broken down

Editor

CIA should be optional

Photo: B. Meyer say “no.” They will not just do them to make students look good. Putting forth the effort and hard work in class can really make a difference in what they have to say about their students.

Keeping up with required classes will pay off during senior year. By then, students might have more of an idea on what they want to do in college. Use senior year to its full advantage and really focus on life after high school.

College applications are probably the most stressful thing about senior year.

Writing that college statement is not something to do last minute. When writing an application, it is the time to look back at high school accomplishments and for some students, maybe even failures.

Then again, college is not for everyone. There are so many options to chose from after high school.

Planning for the future can be hard to do, but by following these simple steps, the underclassmen will find themselves one step closer to a better life after high school.

I don’t think CIA should be a thing because it’s unnecessary and wasting my hunting and fishing time.

Y’all people know that people sometimes don’t even come at all to CIA. Not one person says they like CIA and if you need help in a class you should talk to your teacher and make time for the help. People don’t even do any work in CIA. I see kids always on their phones and talking when they could have something to work on unless the teacher yells enough. In conclusion, CIA should be a decision.

Sophomore Joe Olvera

Festivities should be more plentiful

I think that our school should be more festive. I was thinking that we should add more decorations. I think we should get out of class to do more activities of the seasons.

I think this because we do not have as much festivity as we should. We should also donate presents to the homeless. At Easter, we should hide Easter eggs around the school and see who can find the most. The Golden Egg will have a Kwik Trip gift card.

Sincerely,

Freshman Steven Lavarenz

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ment, dedication and the ability to keep an open mind when working on a team,” Dehn said. “Clinton’s maturity has also been an asset to his position as President.”

Ottman’s positive attitude, and his ability to stay on track, will be missed by his advisor and club.

“I will miss Clinton’s go-to attitude,” Dehn said. “Clinton stepped up in my absence and made sure we never missed a beat. He is always looking toward the betterment of our chapter.”

Putting time and effort into all of her extracurriculars, this month’s female Student of the Month, Brianna Hameister, is recognized for all her hard work and involvement.

“I was really touched,” senior Brianna Hameister said. “It was really nice that the teachers thought of me because there are so many kids who are super involved in school.”

Life-long friend, senior Amanda Gimenez, says Hameister is a friend everyone hopes for.

“She definitely helped me get through high school by being super supportive and it is great to have a friend like her,” Gimenez said.

Gimenez has known Hameister for over 11 years. In two sports together, they work to be the best people they can be.

“We push each other to do as much as we possibly can in and out of school,” Gimenez said. “We swim and play soccer together and I want her to be the best that she can be.”

Helping her with music over the last four years, Band Director Ben Ruetten has also been pushing her

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Thrilled when he was notified, Clinton Ottman was chosen as December’s male Student of the Month. Ottman participates in jazz band, Crimson Shield, NHS and is president of FFA. Being described as always persistent, very helpful to his friends and ones around him and always willing to lend a hand, his qualities stand out.

“I always try to do my best in school,” Ottman said. “I try to be a good example for others.”

Always by his side, senior Brittney Meyer could not agree more with him being December’s Student of the Month.

“Clinton has shown me that if you work hard for things you want you always can reach your goals,” Meyer said.

FFA adviser Kim Dehn gave him the guidance and push from freshman year that helped him fit the president role.

“Clinton just possesses skills such as responsibility, time manage-

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“He holds a dear place in my heart,” Hameister said. “He has definitely pushed me to go above and beyond, especially this year with performing in New York during the spring.”

Hameister’s passion for music in the band room really stands out to Ruetten.

“She has excellent work ethic,” Ruetten said. “She works hard regardless of what is going on in her life.”

James Hinton

The Red Cross put on a blood drive at Berlin High School on Dec 14. The event was hosted by the Key Club.

In total, the students and community of Berlin donated 47 pints of blood in total, passing the set goal of 35. Of these, 38 were usable, potentially saving 114 lives.

“This was a great way to give back to others and the community,” Red Cross Donor Recruiter Amanda Frank said.

Earlier in the month, the students were told of the drive, and encouraged to give blood this holiday.

“There’s no easier way to give back to the community than to give blood,” Frank said.

Many students were willing and eager to donate for a good cause.

“I figured I might as well do it, if it could help people,” first-time donor junior Cassidy Krall said.

Many students that donated found the process to be relatively easy and not as scary as they might have thought.

“It’s not really scary,” senior Ethan Becker said. “You can just give it a shot, and if you don’t like it, don’t do it again.”

There are still more opportunities to donate for those that did not or could not this time.

“There are two more drives in Berlin. One in May, and another in the summer,” Frank said.

All in all, the blood drive was a very positive experience for a lot of people.

“Everyone there was really nice, and they didn’t poke or prod,” Krall said.

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In-depth series

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Holiday giving at BHS The Angel Tree Q&A

Reporter James Hinton: What is the Angel Tree?

Secretary Laura Sobieski: “The Angel Tree is a tree that anonymously advertises people in need, so people who want to can give to those people.”

Q: Who provides the tree and the angels?

A: “The Green Lake County Health and Human Services department.”

Q: How are the people shown on the tree?

A: “They are on paper angels that have age, gender, and what they want or need for Christmas.”

Students from Choir built a grand piano Show.”

Q: What kinds of gifts do they ask for?

A:“Clothes and toys are the usual request. We also get the occasional wish for CDs or art supplies, but it is usually clothes.”

Text and Photos by James Hinton

Manne-Can Challenge raises money, collects food for community by

Caylie Krebs

In a smaller community of just over 5,000 people, Berlin High School raised about one dollar or one can for every person that lives in Berlin.

BHS collected well over 2,500 cans and gathered cash donations of over $2,000.

Throughout the week of Dec. 5-9, students, clubs and businesses donated canned food or money. With those canned foods, five teams built sculptures for the Manne-Can Challenge, hosted by the Red ‘n’ Green. The five teams included Key Club, Graphics, Choir, Wordsmiths of Berlin and Geometry, and they could win “Best in Show,” “Can-Do Attitude” and “Most Cans Used.”

In addition to building the sculptures, there was an additional challenge. During the sculpting of the cans, the song “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd played and all teams and people in the stands had to freeze while members of the Red ‘n’ Green recorded them.

The canned food that was donated was divided among the Berlin Food pantry and Basic Essentials Pantry.

“We had a group discussion about what we wanted to build,” Key Club

member Haley Brooks said. “We wanted it to be 3D, not just lie flat on the ground, so we thought a key and a lock would fit us best.”

Choir and Graphics had a plan, too.

“We wanted to do something musical,” Choir Director Lisa Utecht said.

“I suggested we try a grand piano because that’s what happened to be sitting in front of us in the choir room at the time.”

It was not just hard work for the sculptors, but also for the donors.

“The bank sets aside a certain amount of money to donate/give back to the community each year,” Angie Fralish, customer service representative at Farmers and Merchants Bank said. “Donating time and money is very rewarding. These donations help save lives in our community.”

Food Assistance in Berlin The Berlin Food Pantry is located at 192 E Huron St, Berlin, WI 54923

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cans of food, the Graphics Club won the “Most Cans Used” award with their n “B.”

their cans, winning the “Can-do Attitude” award.

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How did these clubs spread their holiday cheer?

FFA

Photo: E. Schmidt

FFA hosted the second annual Teddy Bear Toss at the varsity game on Tuesday, Dec. 13 to raise toys for Toys for Tots.

KEY CLUB

Photo: A. McClelland

Key Club sold Yuda Bands Dec. 7-21 during the lunch period and CIA. All profits go towards paying for the education of a child they adopted from Guatemala.

ENCORE

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Encore performed for the crowd at Breakfast with Santa at the Heidel House in Green Lake on Dec. 9.

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School Grounds adopts 17 kids for Christmas by

Allison Marks

School Grounds coffee shop, along with the elementary school, Kind Committee and Student Council raised enough money to be able to shop for 17 kids this holiday season.

In total, they were able to raise over $2,500 which allowed them to adopt 17 kids.

“School Grounds donated all of their tips since the beginning of the school year to the cause,” special education teacher Nicole LeDioyt said. “Additionally, all of the proceeds made in School Grounds for the first week of December was also donated.”

There were also other ways in which money was raised besides the tips and proceeds from School Grounds.

“The elementary school conducted a penny war to raise the money,” LeDioyt said. “Also, any high school teachers that donated $5 were able to wear jeans on Friday.”

Many students helped with getting gifts and wrapping them, including senior Nick Stueber.

“It’s important because we’re helping kids who deserve to get gifts,” Stueber said.

Senior Andrea Fish and special education teacher Nicole LeDioyt (not pictured) work together to wrap gifts for some of the 17 adopted kids. Over $2,500 was raised between School Grounds, the elementary school, Kind Committee and Student Council.

Photo: B. Osterberg

It also means a lot to many of the other students who helped, including senior Andrea Fish.

“This is very important to me,” Fish said. “I used to be one of the kids who people bought presents for so it’s nice to be able to give back to people.”

Adopting kids for the holidays is something that has been going on since before LeDioyt was a teacher

here, and it has been continued since then. Many students, like Stueber and Fish, say they hope it will continue for years to come, and LeDioyt also says it is a good idea.

“This is my favorite part of December. Watching all of my students get excited to shop for other people, it really does feel good to give back to our community,” LeDioyt said.

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Arts & Entertainment ‘Nerve’ gives shivers #bigbuckrng

Thursday, December 22, 2016

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Congratulations to Senior Richard Markham on getting first place for the Red ‘n’ Green Big Buck Instagram contest. He shot his eight-pointer with a 16-inch spread on Nov. 1 in the late afternoon.

“This is the only deer I have shot in my life so it felt nice to shoot a buck,” Markham said.

“I was the last to shoot a buck in my family this year.”

Markham plans on getting it mounted since it was the biggest buck ever shot in his family.

“I can hold this one over my sister’s head,” Markham said.

“Also, a shout out to Carter Rohde for helping me track it and gut it out.”

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‘Celebration of Lights’ shine bright by

Angie Evans

Snow is falling, Christmas cheer has finally arrived in all shapes and colors and Oshkosh Celebration of Lights has been shining bright for 15 years.

The lights are located at Menominee Park in Oshkosh. The line to the entrance was packed just like usual on a Saturday night. It is $8 to enter the park, but with a canned food donation visitors get a dollar off.

The workers at the booth informed visitors about a radio station that would sync music with

Photo: R. Evans

Photo: R. Evans the lights. The music brought the lights to life and it seemed like the lights were telling a story.

A little further into the drive was a pit stop to get some candid photos with some cut outs and sleds.

When the photo taking is done, people can hop in line to visit Santa and his elves.

After visting with Santa people can start up on the journey again at the 100-foot, bright Christmas tree and then to the red and white bridge. The only downfall was that in previous years they had two sets of lights that would blink to a certain song. They sadly did not have it this year, but they did

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buy some new lights and props to make the experience better than before.

Something that really stood out, and is quite a show, is the ending of the drive where people can watch a building come to life.

Next to the building is a sign with another radio station, 96.5 FM, which played both “Up on the Roof Top” and the Trans Siberian Orchestra jamming to “Carol of the Bells.”

The lights flashed and danced with the music. It was certainly worth the watch and a good way to end the night.

Overall the experience gets better every year, with some new added features here and there. It is great way to spend time with family, friends or even a significant other.

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“Nerve” is a movie that just came out on DVD and was way better than expected. It stars Dave Franco as Ian and Emily Roberts as Vee. They could not have been more perfect for the roles.

Nerve itself is a game like truth or dare, but without the truth. The more watchers the players had, the higher they scored in the game and the more money they received.

Ian and Vee met during a dare where Vee had to kiss a random guy. It was really exciting because everyone loves Franco and the audience could not wait until he was introduced.

The players must keep on doing these thrilling dares or else they are out of the game. The dares take everyone’s breath away, keeping them in anticipation.

Ian and Vee have to run out of a store naked and ride blindfolded on a motorcycle going 60mph. The more daring things they do the more watchers they get so they can get to

the end of the game and win all the money.

But, we cannot have a good movie without complication. Ian deceives Vee a few times about his past which increases the tension between them.

Because of that Vee and her best friend fight and Vee ends up taking a dare to walk across a ladder between two tall buildings. This part was very intense as Vee could have lost the game, or even her life.

There are only three players left, Ian, Vee and this other scary guy named Ty, who will do anything to win the game. Ian has to do the scariest dare ever but I cannot give that away, it is too good.

There is a rule, if players snitch to the cops they become a prisoner to the game. All of the three are prisoners to the game so they must win to be free.

The dares are getting more thrilling.

Instead of being just dangerous, they are actually a matter of life and death Not only do they have to win the game but they have to shut it down so no one else has to go through this.

What happens to them? Watch it and find out. It will give viewers shivers.

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Fude’s Holiday Treats: M&M Pretzel Buttons

Ingredients and Supplies: • • • •

Pretzel rings Hershey Kisses M&M’s Parchment paper

1. Heat oven to 350°F. 2. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper.

3. Unwrap all the Hershey Kisses.

4. Place rows of pretzel rings onto the parchment paper.

5. Place a Hershey Kiss in the middle of the ring.

6. Bake for three minutes. Do not overbake, they can burn.

7. Gently press an M&M into the point of the kiss (wiggle the M&M in place to help push the chocolate up to the entire inner edge of the pretzel).

8. Allow chocolate to set fully. You can put it in the fridge to hurry this process.

9. Store the M&M Pretzel Buttons in an airtight container.

10. Enjoy

Text and photos by Emily Schmidt

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Sports

Thursday, December 22, 2016

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Wrestling team faces real opponent, off the mat by

Brittney Meyer

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Freshman Christopher Kurczek takes to the mat, but instead of making a move on the mat, he steps up onto the scale.

To make weight, Kurczek needs to gain six pounds and move to the 182-pound weight class.

“It’s important for me to fall into my weight class so that I can have an advantage and be a little heavier,” Kurczek said.

Kurczek keeps track of how much weight he is gaining or losing.

“I do keep track of my weight and how much I gain or lose,” Kurczek said. “I will weigh myself every day, before and after practice.”

Former wrestler, senior Marcus Krentz, was on the opposite end of the spectrum. Instead of having to gain weight for a meet, he had to lose it.

“I had to drop to 132 at one point, which is about 15 pounds below my normal weight,” Krentz said.

Krentz had different strategies that he used to lose this weight.

“I have had to not eat, run stairs in coats to sweat it out, and lie next to the heater on the bus ride to the meet,” Krentz said.

Wrestling coach Scott Wagner says that it is important for the wrestlers to fall into the appropriate weight class.

“We have 14 different weight classes. If we don’t

have someone in each weight, then we forfeit six points to the other team,” Wagner said.

Last year’s team had problems getting wrestlers into all 14 weight classes.

“We would win most of our matches, but not win the dual because we gave up a lot of forfeits,” Wagner said. “This year we have a lot more wrestlers, so we have a guy in most weight classes.”

However, there are risks to losing weight too fast.

“If you lose too much weight, most of it is by dehydration, which is not good,” Wagner said. “If you lose too much over a long period you can start to lose muscle mass.”

There are ways to make sure that wrestlers are not losing too much weight.

“We have a minimum weight test that the kids must perform before they can wrestle so most kids aren’t losing too much weight,” Wagner said.

Although making weight may sound unhealthy and dangerous, Wagner says that losing weight is also a natural thing that all people do.

“Most people don’t understand that you will naturally lose weight if you cut out junk food and exercise vigorously, which we do in wrestling,” Wagner said.

Krentz agrees with Wagner, and says that wrestling is not as bad as it seems.

“No matter how bad wrestling sounds, it’s the only sport that will push you to your limits if you want to learn how,” Krentz said.

Sisters chosen as varsity and rookie athletes for December by

Bria Osterberg

With her positive attitude and willingness to learn, junior Alex McClelland was chosen as Varsity Athlete for dance.

“Alex asks good questions and catches on very quickly,” Head Coach Laura Sobieski said. “She is always very polite at practice.”

Next to being polite, McClelland has also improved a lot since freshman year.

“I have become more social with my teammates and I have more faces to turn to,” McClelland said. “I never short myself of trying, I keep doing things over and over until I get them.”

McClelland’s improvements have also stood out to her teammates.

“She has improved in the way she uses her techniques and is more comfortable with her facials,” teammate Jacklyn Jorgensen said.

McClelland always has a smile on her face and is a leader on the team.

“Alex has a great smile and she always knows the routine,” Sobieski said. “She has her own style which is not a showy

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Junior Alex McClelland performs her first dance of the season with her team on Nov. 29.

Photo: C. Huggins dancer, she dances as a team and is a leader to newer dancers.”

Not only does McClelland try to keep up her teammate’s confidence, but also her own.

“To keep up my confidence I keep in mind that it is okay to mess up, I just have to pick myself up and never let my smile leave my face,” McClelland said.

With high potential and her confidence developing, freshman Madelyn McClelland was chosen as this month’s Rookie Athlete for dance.

“Madelyn is always willing to do whatever the coaches or other team members say,” junior Mercedes Zabel said. “Whatever is provided, she is willing to learn.”

McClelland has her own ways of making sure she learns the dance moves.

“When I am practicing with the team I go through the moves in my head and don’t stop until I get them right,” McClelland said.

“I always try to keep a positive attitude.”

McClelland is new to the team but she stands out to the coaches.

“She tries very hard at practices,” Head Coach Laura Sobieski said. “The more she dances the more confident she will be. She already fits very well with the team.”

McClelland is adjusting well and becoming more comfortable with her teammates.

“She is warming up to us and gradually getting more comfortable with her personality,” Zabel said. “And her dancing is progressing well into the swing of things with the team.”

Having previous dance experience has really helped McClelland.

Freshman Madelyn McClelland dances at her second performance of the season on Dec. 2 with the style of hip hop.

Photo: A. Marks “She does not have her own style yet, but it will develop and I am glad she went out,” Sobieski said.

McClelland said she loves the team and is going to stick with it.

“My teammates are very helpful and dancing is fun,” McClelland said. “I am already more confident and I know it will just keep progressing.”

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Sports

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Sports Briefs Boys swim team foresees growth, success

With a few meets already under their belt, the boys swim team is confident they will succeed, even with the team being composed of mostly new members.

“As a team, inexperience is kind of hindering us with our new members, but they are quickly catching on and everything is looking good for the future of our team. There is a lot of potential for growth this year,” sophomore Nathan Wendt said.

Although the swim team has limited members, they are not letting that negatively affect them. Instead, they are using it to their benefit.

With small numbers, they are close knit and can easily form relay teams that will give them an advantage at meets. Their next meet is Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. in Plymouth.

Cheer and Stunt practices for competition season

The cheer team is now getting ready for competition season. They will perform in their first competition on Jan. 28 in Freedom.

“To physically prepare ourselves for competition season we need to build endurance to help us make it through the performance,” junior Hannah Markowski said. “Mentally, we need to focus solely on ourselves and not worry about what other teams are doing.”

Although they are competing against teams that are proficient at what they do, the cheer team is confident they will perform well.

“I anticipate we will be successful during our competition season,” Markowski said. “One of our strongest suits is our ability to pull ourselves together and work as a team when the going gets tough.

When we are learning an elite stunt, it seems hard at first, but then we get in the mindset that we will hit it, and we do.”

Young starters benefit varsity team by

Alex McClelland

With basketball season well underway and a current 5-2 record, the boys varsity team is expecting a good season along with the help of two new varsity starters.

“It’s kind of fun knowing you can play with all the people you didn’t play with last year,” wing Elias Klawitter said. “It’s nice to get to know them more and collaborate with them since I couldn’t last year.”

Also joining the starting lineup as wing is sophomore Grant Miller. Miller, who played on the freshman team last year, is also looking forward to spending this season contributing to the varsity team.

“I have gotten better on defense which will benefit our team because it’s more of a cushion,” Miller said. “We can hold teams to lower amounts of points.”

Captain Brady Polk acknowledges the efforts Klawitter and Miller have been putting forth.

“They have been huge contributors for us,” Polk said. “They are both very good shooters and that helps spread the other teams defense.”

Miller and Klawitter have brought more to the court than just their physical abilities.

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Girls basketball reflects on progress, looking to improve

Now that their season is in full swing, with an overall record of 2-5 the girls basketball team is reflecting on their progress so far.

“Our defense has been really good and we are still working on our offense, but we are a young team,” freshman Myah Jodarski said. “We need to continue adding plays to our offense and just really working on fundamentals to get better.”

Although they may be facing difficult teams playing in the East Central Conference, Jodarski described the team as supportive and hardworking, and says there is something that makes the girls stand out from their opponents.

“We are a young team and we have a lot to do and build upon, but we are a really close team so I think that definitely sets us apart from other teams,” Jodarski said. “We all expect support from each other. If we miss a basket, it’s okay. We can get the next one.”

The girls basketball team will play tonight at Waupaca, starting at 7:15 p.m.

Sophomore Grant Miller, 5 , ran a play on offense with the help of Justin Bartol, 23, against Cougar Sonny Johnson, 2 , at the away game in Cambellsport on Friday, Dec.10.

Photo: E. Schmidt “They’re both good at being abilities by attending basketball the team is expecting a winning able to bring intensity every time camps and playing in the off sea- record. on the defensive end,” Polk said. son.

“We are closer as a team this year “They’re also good at being pa“I played AAU basketball in the both on and off the court and it is tient, using their basketball IQ summer for Oshkosh Hoops,” paying off early in the year,” Polk and trusting their ability.”

Klawitter said. “It helped get all said. “We still have a lot of work Both Miller and Klawitter have my skills up.” to do, but we have gotten off to a tried to improve their basketball With their new varsity line up hot start.”

“It was rather natural for me since I’ve been coaching for so long. It was more of a transition from coaching guys to girls. Girls are very coachable and excellent listeners. They are also more timid than guys.

There’s just not that huge aggressive factor there. It’s not a good or bad difference, but something to get used to,” JV girls basketball coach Scott Bartol said.

“Being a teacher has definitely helped me step into the coaching role. My background in dance and teaching has helped me teach the dancers the best ways to use their time at their practices,” assistant dance coach Amanda Ketterhagen said.

by

Caley Huggins

As humans, we are constantly learning. One way of doing this is through coaches and instructors.

This year, we have two coaches new to the athletic department: the new JV basketball coach, Scott Bartol and the assistant dance coach, Amanda Ketterhagen.

“I was excited to take the position as the JV basketball coach. I have been playing basketball all of my life. I coached 17 years in the boys program and wanted to get back into it,” Coach Bartol said.

This coaching job is a little different than the rest because not only is he coaching the other gender, but he is also coaching both of his daughters, Alyse and Olivia Bartol.

“It’s just really cool to experience one of the things I love with one of the most important people in my life,” Alyse said.

The Bartols say that it is easy to work together because they have a special connection that carries over to the court.

“I can really relate to him more so than any other coach. He knows how I think, how I learn and how I feel in certain situations. So, I feel like I really get a lot out of practices and games,” Alyse said.

Coach Bartol agrees that the opportunity is a great one.

“I like coaching my daughters.

But, I’m probably tougher on them than the average player,” Coach Bartol said.

He says this toughness will lead to greater success.

“We (JV) are 3-2 right now. The girls are still learning a lot. Obviously the more they learn, the better they’ll get,” Coach Bartol said.

The dance team also started with a new assistant coach this season.

“I am enjoying working with the girls and helping them showcase their talent. This is my first coaching experience and I am loving it so far,” Ketterhagen said.

From nerves to excitement, there have been many different emotions leading into the new coaching situation.

“I was definitely nervous when I first started working with the dance team. I teach first grade and was super nervous about working with high schoolers, but it’s working out just fine,” Ketterhagen said.

The two performances that the dancers have had so far have been successful. The dances went smoothly, as well as the coaching that lead to the performance.

Ketterhagen explains she has confidence in every dancer individually.

“I would love to push the girls to do their best and maybe compete in the future,” Ketterhagen said.