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A BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OPEN FORUM SINCE 1924 Newsbriefs Jonathan Cervantes Reporter New challenges for Forensic students As new students join the Forensics Club, they will be met by new challenges.

“The beginning of this season is difficult for them because there are so many different catagories to compete in, and it is daunting for them,” Forensics coach Nicole King said.

There are currently 15 members in Forensics. Most are new to it and three of them are returning members.

Most Forensic members have not spoken to a big group or audience.

“This allows them to try something new, take on a persona of acting and also helps them overcome a fear of speaking without a grade,” King said.

Teachers create reading initiative English teachers were concerned about students doing well on the ACT, so one teacher started an intitiative to improve students’ test taking abilities.

“When we started to really focus on ACT prep as a school, I decided to step up my efforts in reading. Conquering reading comprehension is over half the battle of taking the ACT,” English teacher Angela Femali said.

“You have to be able to read for sustained periods of time and have strategies for figuring out what the test is asking in order to be really successful with it.”

Femali has even involved non-English teachers.

“I started by asking teachers of subjects other than English to do booktalks for my students. I asked teachers to hang up something outside their rooms that shows what they are currently reading.

Then, I created a Twitter account and the hashtag #BASDRead to Tweet about books.”

Femali did not just want BHS to do it, but the entire district.

“I invited the entire district to start tweeting out their books,” Femali said.

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Robotics wraps up season at State

Caylie Krebs

Editor-In-Chief

Seven years ago, the high school introduced the Robotics Club and on March 2, they competed at state at Milwaukee School of Engineering and placed 42 out of 47.

“Seven years ago my son was on a high school robotics team at Oshkosh West,” robotics adviser Sharon Hansen said. “I went to his regional tournament and saw the excitement that the students had about robotics and I wanted to bring it to Berlin, but I wanted something a little smaller. I had Robotics Education and Competiton Foundation come in and show me all the different things like Vex Robotics equipment and Lego League equipment.”

Senior Ben Piechowski has been on the team since the beginning.

“My cousin was telling me about robotics and I went and joined as soon as I could,” Piechowski said. “It was a little unorganized, but I was able to grow with robotics, help learn things, figure things out and share those things with everyone else.”

To get to state, the team had to compete in other competitions. They had to reach a certain level in semi-finals, do well in a skills challenge or win the tournament.

“This year at state, 47 teams attended. Each time there is a

Piechowski, Wiegel, Sahotsky and Wissel adjust the robot.

Photo: L. Piechowski

Thomas Sahotsky, Ben Piechowski and Adam Wiegel patiently wait for the match results to come in.

Photo: L. Piechowski different task you have to complete. This year at state we had to stack cones on a heavier cone,” senior Emily Cottello said. “At worlds each year they announce what next year’s state task will be.”

Testing the robot can be a little hard for the team at some times because the robotics room is not the same dimensions that they compete in.

“To test the robot, we drive it around, practice picking up the field elements that we have to interact with this year and make sure that we can do everything as quickly as possible and that everything functions right,”

Good Pickles wins Trivia Night

Caylie Krebs

Editor-In-Chief

History teacher Gary Knoke has been hosting the annual Trivia Night since the 1970’s.

This year’s Trivia Night was held the night of March 16 to the morning of March 17.

“There was a WISS local radio contest around the 1970’s or so and Mr. Chovanec and I thought it was so fun so we thought we should bring it to BHS,” Knoke said.

For Trivia Night, students form a small group, are assigned a room and have to stay there for 12 hours answering questions periodically. Though staying awake is hard, it is important.

“We stayed aware by stuffing ourselves with food and watching movies,” senior Joseph Schmidt said.

The team that won first place this year was Good Pickles. The team memebers were seniors Kyle Rogers, Evan Anderson, Joseph Schmidt, Richard McMartin and sophomore Steven Laverenz.

“We had Evan who knew basically everything about music,

Joey knew the movie and show questions, Richie knew most sport related questions, Steve knew few wrestling questions and we also had an president encyclopedia,” Rogers said.

The team had a special system of getting the answers in.

“We’d find the answer, argue over it, send it in and the stress if we got it right or not,” Schmidt said.

The race was close the entire night, and the drive to get the correct answer was even stronger.

“We were second all night,” Schmidt said. “We were more excited and took the most exhausting victory lap.”

Piechowski said.

Although Hansen is the adviser, she wants the students to do as much as they can by themselves.

“They know more about it than I do at this point,” Hansen said. “I keep them on task and make sure they are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

I also have really good parents that come and chaperone build sessions, but I would like to get some real mentors. I want people who have experience to come and give us input, not do it for the students, but just be a mentor.”

During competitions, each

student has different jobs. For example, Piechowski is head builder of the team, making sure everything works on the robot and making sure everyone is in line. Cottello and Piechowski also alternate time during matches.

Now that state is over, the seniors complete a few final tasks.

“All that is left for seniors is organizing the room and doing demonstrations to the middle school and high school,” Cottello said. “Robotics is losing five seniors and they need to fill those spaces. We want to show them what robotics really is.”

Hansen explains why robotics is so important to her.

“The education and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is huge,” Hansen said. “STEM is really important to have. I wanted to get kids brains moving in a different way that weren’t interested in the regular sports.”

- Prom Court 2018 -

Top 5 Teams & Scores 1. Good Pickles - 1,660 2. Quizlamic Extremists - 1,645 3. Knights who build blanket forts - 1,485 4. Blazing Unicorns - 1,330 5. Lets get Quizzical - 1, 295

Front row: (L-R) Emma Erb, Ashlyn Ballard. Second row: Bryn Hermanson, Paige Krause. Third row: Tess Mueller, Clair Werch, Kristen Krentz. Fourth row: Kevin Sanchez, Camryn Reck, Heather Hunt, Scott McGibbon. Fifth row: Mitchell Strebelinski, Jack McAllister, John Gonzales. Sixth row: Lane Sobieski, Sam Ryf, Adam Sobieski. Seventh row: Mitchell Krueger, Garrett Krueger. Not pictured: Erika Mullen Photo: A. McClelland

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Opinion

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018

Editorial

The Red ‘n’ Green Berlin High School 222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923 920.361.2000

Schools need improved security Since the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in 2012 over 400 people have been shot in over 200 schools, according to nytimes.com.

Starting there, it seems as if there is a cycle where a tragedy like this happens and everyone has an opinion on how to prevent the next one.

Then, as time passes all the ideas and opinions stay opinions and ideas because it is not a headline anymore, so we tend to forget about it.

We all see the hashtags and the slogans, but since Sandy Hook there have been 16 mass shootings (it is considered a mass shooting when at least four people are killed).

Students should not have to worry about their safety while in school, or have to actually consider what it would be like seeing our teachers carry weapons in case of an emergency like a mass shooting.

For the safety of students everywhere, metal detectors and improved emergency response procedures are a must.

Although it is sad that students have to consider unthink-

able actions being committed by their peers or someone in the community, knowing that we are prepared and can find closure in that aspect is absolutely vital.

Sitting in a locked classroom hoping we are safe is not the answer. The shooter knows that is the routine, and leaves students feeling like sitting ducks.

After the most recent mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, students across the nation have stood up and said enough is enough.

It has gotten the attention of a lot of big name gun distributors, implementing new rules despite state laws.

Universal background checks need to happen, and frankly it is mind boggling that it is not.

A gun is one of the most dangerous weapons people can obtain and the process is way too easy.

It seems the only way that we are ever going to see the changes we students would like to see happen is if we take a stand because it’s ultimately the students and staff being affected.

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Important dates to know for

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Rube Goldberg students stand in front of the U-Haul where the Rube Goldberg machine sits. The group competed in Waukesha County Technical College on March 9, 2018 Photo: J. Cervantes

Rube team competes in Waukesha Jonathan Cervantes Reporter Physics teacher Paul Bell gave the students a brief of what the class was about and what they will be doing for the second and third trimester. They would be building the Rube Goldberg project.

“This project started on the first day of the second trimester, but we did not start building the machine until six weeks into the trimester,” senior Garret Dament said.

This project is a complex contraption in which a series of devices perform simple tasks and are linked together to make a domino effect. One device triggers the next and so on.

“The Rube Goldberg’s task this

year was to pour a bowl of cereal, but we did not add milk to the machine,” senior Dylan Johnson said.

When planning this machine, students made corrections and adjustments over time.

“The dimensions were a challenge when it came to this project,” Bell said.

For one student the industrial section was the hardest part.

“We were trying to figure out how this part was going to work because some of the steps would set off on their own or it would trigger another one,” Dament said.

The other challenge was teamwork. ”We learned to communicate better with each other and listen

to other’s ideas patiently,” junior Nathan Wendt said.

People sometimes did not agree with each other and that is where the problem begins.

“In the beginning of the project, people were not cooperating and were butting heads with one another, but after a while we calmed down and started to listen to each other’s ideas,” Wendt said.

At the end of the project, students got excited because they had accomplished their goal.

“In the end, when we saw it run in the competition, We had a couple problems, but after being solved we saw it at its full glory and saw it run smoothly at the event. We were all happy,” Dament said.

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Mularski, Van Dyke chosen as Students of the Month

Alex McClelland

Reporter

Active in the musicals, Encore!, Show Choir, Pop Acapella, National Honor Society, LINC Crew and dance are all things that female student of the month ReBecca Mularski takes pride in.

For the musical, Mularski was given a unique opportunity to showcase her dancing talents.

“I got to choreograph the dances for this year’s musical which taught me leadership, along with how to make accomodations for the groups,” Mularski said.

Choir director Lisa Utecht has worked closely with Mularski and said she is grateful for the choreography help Mularski provided.

“She takes her part as a leader in all of our groups seriously and has been a big part of our success,” Utecht said. “I believe she has a great work ethic, sense of commitment to the tasks at hand and works well with people.”

Mularski plans to attend UWOshkosh for radiology. The program requires two years on campus followed by two more years at a clinical. Mularski plans to complete her clincal in Waupaca.

“I went to the high school experience class at the hospital and they had a radiology section and it interested me,” Mularski said.

Photo: Amanda Ketterhagen Photography “Then I had an interview with a radiologist who showed me pictures of scans, and I actually got to sit in and watch a procedure. I thought it was the coolest thing.”

Sharing many of the same interests and being motivated

by Mularski’s personality is close friend Alyse Bartol.

“She taught me to reach and work for my goals and let nothing get in my way,” Bartol said.

“She’s also helped me come out of my shell since she moved here in seventh grade.”

In preparation for college, Mularski plans to use her experiences and struggles as lessons.

“I know that the things I’ve taken away from my high school experience have made me stronger and I do feel prepared for college,” Mularski said.

Accepted at UW-La Crosse for a major in physics, Paul Van Dyke was chosen as male student of the month.

“I have been interested in physics ever since I was a kid, and taking physics this year with Mr. Bell gave me a better look at what to expect at college.”

Van Dyke is currently in National Honor Society, was in pit band for two years and marchPhoto: Mary Van Dyke ing band for four years. Van Dyke was also chosen as drum major, sense of responsiblity that stands an important role that leads the out to me,” Ruetten said. “With reband. gard to drum major, there was a “Being drum major will help level of focus that was very apme in college the most because parent and he took his preparamost people don’t get the option very seriously.” portunity to do this kind of thing Close friend Chris Werch has in high school. It taught me a lot,” been alongside Van Dyke since Van Dyke said. freshman year and says Van Dyke Van Dyke plans to minor in is overall an exceptional person. music in college, but will like“Paul is a very creative person ly not seek a career in music. and a fantastic musician. He isn’t Band director Ben Ruetten inafraid to pursue the things he spired Van Dyke to follow music loves and is very honest about through the many drum lessons how he feels,” Werch said. “Unlike and Ruetten’s approachability. many people, you can trust Paul’s “Paul is certainly ready for the opinions because he doesn’t next step in education, he has hide things he feels just to make the academic skill set, but it is his other people happy.”

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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018

17 minutes: Students walk out for victims, stricter gun control

Bryn Hermanson Business Manager One of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history occurred at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. In the duration of an hour and 35 minutes, 17 students and staff members were shot and killed.

Since the shooting, Stoneman Douglas students have met with state and congressional lawmakers urging bans on assault weapons that are similar to the one used that killed their classmates and teachers. So far, Florida’s House of Representatives has approved a bill that will raise the buying age for firearms to 21, call for a three-day waiting period between purchases and authorize some school staff members to be armed on a volunteer basis.

From an article posted on CNN called “What we’ve learned 3 weeks after the Parkland shooting -- and what’s next”, a Senate bill called “The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act would also give law enforcement more power to seize weapons and ammunition from those deemed mentally unfit and provide additional funding for mental health services and armed school resource officers.”

Not only have the students of Stoneman Douglas and citizens of Parkland taken part in the action, but people across the country have also been involved in acts supporting the students.

Schools across the nation took part in school walkouts on March 14, one month after the shooting. These walkouts were to get the attention of lawmakers to do something before an-

Students take a survey about safety during the walkout. Some students walked out for more gun control laws, while for some it was in support of the 17 victims of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. “I feel like we need change with gun control. It’s ridiculous that our generation has to worry about being shot and killed in algebra class,” junior Kevin Sanchez said. “It’s a sad reality that we may face.”

Photo: J. Cervantes other school falls victim to gun violence and to support the students at Stoneman Douglas. The walkout lasted for 17 minutes, one minute for every victim of the shooting.

Approximately 130 students participated in the walkout at BHS. During those 17 minutes, participants filled out a survey about their safety at school. Staff members were also positioned at every school entrance at this time.

For BHS participants, the walkout meant exactly what it was designed for, to send a loud message to lawmakers about gun violence.

“We, as a generation, are voicing our opinions on how we’re

treated without value,” junior Kevin Sanchez said. “They judge us for doing dumb things on the internet, but when we say something as serious as voicing our opinions about school shootings, our opinions don’t matter and we are too immature to understand the value of our lives.”

As some stood for more gun control, many students walked out just in honor of the victims.

“I walked out because we needed to remember those who died in the shooting and make sure it doesn’t happen again,” freshman Julia Boe said. “Walking out to me meant that we were showing our support to the families of those who died and remembering and honoring the stu-

dents and faculty involved in the shooting.”

Tomorrow, thousands of individuals will take part in the “March for Our Lives” march in Washington D.C. and other parts of the country to require that students’ lives and safety become a number one priority and to end gun violence and mass shooting in schools. This event was created by the Stoneman Douglas students, and is expected to attract up to 500,000 people and have student speakers, musical performers, guest speakers and video tributes.

Sources: CNN.com, sun-sentinel.com, marchforourlives.com, washington.org

17 Numbers - In the Midwest 35% of households have guns, 34% in the West, 38% in the South and 27% in the Northeast.

- Over 400 people have been shot in over 200 schools - 14 states and Washington, D.C., have laws that impose criminal liability on those who store guns at home - One third of Americans with children under 18 have a gun in their household - About 85% of people favor background checks for private and gun show sales, 12% oppose it and 3% does not care.

- In the United states, about 40% of people favor more teachers and school officials to have a gun in school, 57% oppose it and 3% does not care - More than 22 million children live in homes with a firearm - There have been 17 school shootings in 2018 alone, and 290 since 2013

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17 Acts Mercedes Zabel

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In response to the Stoneman Doug High School shooting on Feb. 14, the K Committee created 17 Acts of Kindness w hopes of commemorating the 17 victi Students and faculty at BHS have been c lenged to spread generosity throughout school, community and at SDHS. “While we cannot control the action others, we can control how we respond. believe the KIND committee has the abilit make a positive difference,” KIND Commi co-adviser Amy Wenig said. “It’s important students and the community as a whole to that there is still good in our world. The m selfless acts are the most important ones.”

Among the several clubs and classes par pating in the challenge, one is Key Club. W intentions of increasing positivity towa children in the school district, they m bookmarks to deliver to Clay Lamberton ementary.

“There isn’t anything that we could d help those people (in Florida), but we can this,” Key Club member Hannah Mertens s

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17 Lives Taken from Stoneman Douglas High School

February 14th, 2018

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Gina Montalto, 14

Alaina Petty, 14

Martin Duque Anguiano, 14

Joaquin Oliver, 17

Meadow Pollack, 18

Nicholas Dworet, 17

Alex Schachter, 14

Peter Wang, 15

Aaron Feis, 37

Carmen Schentrup, 16

Alyssa Alhadeff, 14

Luke Hoyer, 15

Helena Ramsay, 17

Jaime Guttenberg, 14

Cara Loughran, 14

Chris Hixon, 49

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Active shooter drill process at BHS

Active shooter drill process explained by Principal Lynn Mork: “Code Red is set up in the phone system. For drills teachers will set off alarms which go over the PA system. It announces that we are on lockdown procedure, rooms are locked, and administration goes around making sure everything’s secure.

This drill occurs two to three times a year. The school is currently looking at changing the code red to the A.L.I.C.E procedure. This procedure stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. It is to be done by January of 2019. The district also has a safety committee who looks at our policies and how we can make our doors secure,” Mork said.

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“We can help the people who they left behind, not by directly giving to them, but by showing them that the world still has hope, and even though bad things happen you can’t lose hope in the world and in humanity.”

To show support for the students affected at SDHS, various Berlin students chose to write letters offering condolences and comfort. One of them was senior Molly Thill. do to “Writing the letters was very important to n do show that people around the country we’re said. there for them so they didn’t feel alone during

this traumatic experience,”Thill said.

While some efforts are staying local or going directly to SDHS, others are going much farther. Over spring break, the students and staff traveling to Guatemala are taking kindness with them.

“The Guatemala travelers will be purchasing school supplies, recreation equipment and anything else needed by the after-school program Semillero Mi Ángel Guardián in Guatemala,” Guatemala trip organizer Jody Ziemann said. “We are also bringing along clothing for the children, sewn by the women of Grace Lutheran Church of Berlin as part of the Dress a Girl Around the World campaign.”

The 17 Acts of Kindness is a way to unite people and make a positive impact after a tragedy, despite being separated by great distance.

As a representation of life, the Botany class intends to plant a tree in the Native Roots Garden om April 10.

“Even though we are many miles away in Wisconsin, BHS students and all citizens in the United States should try to provide support and comfort to the grieving families,” Botany teacher Pat Arndt said. “We are one country, and when we have citizens grieving from violence, we should all be grieving.”

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17 Acts of Kindness around BHS

- Family and Consumer Science department passed out oranges with kindness quotes - KIND Committee is doing pay it forward acts around town - School Grounds handed out free drink cards - Four teachers, Nicole LeDoiyt, Lisa Utecht, Shannon Kuehmichel and Angie Fe-

mali’s students wrote letters to Stoneman Douglas Students - Angie Breunig’s students made ceramic heart magnets for the SDHS art department - Pat Arndt’s Botany class intends on planting a tree in the Native Roots Garden April 10 - Front Office Staff made heart-shaped cookies for the hospital cafeteria - Youth Alive passed out candy with postive messages - Jody Ziemann’s Spanish 5 class purchased and delivered a Scholarship Spaghetti supper meal for a community member - The Guatemala travelers will purchase supplies for the after school program in Guatemala - The Guatemala travelers will also bring along clothes for the Dress a Girl Around the World campaign sewn by the women of Grace Lutheran Church of Berlin - Key Club and other students in the library made bookmarks to send to the LMC at Clay Lamberton - PowerPals is doing a chalk talk on April 6 - Lisa Utecht has intentions of taking her students to sing at the nursing home

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“Wonder” truely wonderful

Kalynn Wilson

Reporter

In “Wonder”, it was very heart warming how Auggie’s family supported him and how they were always there for him.

It was special how Jack was friends with Auggie right away and he did not care what Auggie looked liked. The audience did not have to see Auggie go through the school year alone, struggling with friendship. “ Wonder” was a beautiful movie about overcoming differences between children because of how they look.

Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) is a 10-year-old boy with Treacher Collins Syndrome, which is an inherited condition in which some bones and tissues in the face are not fully developed.

In Auggie’s life he has had the protection of his mom (Julie Roberts), his dad (Owen Wilson) and his sister Olivia (Izabela Vidovic). Auggie starts at a new school, and on the first day the whole family walks to school together. Auggie’s mother is nervous about his first day of school because she knows other kids will not be nice to Auggie

and she does not want him to to feel bad about himself. She wants to protect him, but when he is at school she feels bad because she can not do anything.

Auggie was wearing the space helmet that he always wears to hide his face, and is asked by his dad to take it off and be brave.

Auggie is not ashamed by his face, but other kids make him feel uncomfortable for being himself.

As Auggie walks up to the doors, kids get quiet and stare at him. He felt embarrassed, but he remembered what his mother always told him, “If you don’t like where you are, just picture where you want to be.”

A classmate of Auggie’s, Julian Albans (Bryce Ghesiar), did a great job of portraying a bully.

While showing Auggie around the school, Julian starts asking inappropriate questions such as “what’s wrong with your face?” as well as making fun of him on multiple occassions. Watching the scene, it felt as if the writer had experience with the pain of being bullied and wanted to emphasize emotions of the bullied kid.

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Julian is making fun of Auggie because he just does not know what to say to Auggie. Julian has never had a classmate like Auggie before. He just used bullying to deal with Auggie being so different.

A good thing about school for Auggie, is Jack Will (Noah Jupe), a new friend. Jack and Auggie go to each other’s houses to play. The friendship developed quickly. Jack wants to be his friend because he likes Auggie as a person. The two friends eat lunch together every day, and they always work together in class. Jack defends Auggie many times. He likes him for the person he truly is and does not care about others.

Jacob Tremblay’s performance was outstanding, showing Auggies emotions about going to his new school. The movie represented overcoming differences and accepting people for who they are. Auggie wins the Henry Ward Beecher medal being the student “Whose quiet strength carried up the most hearts.” This movie is wonderful.

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Shepards ice cream stuns taste buds Caylie Krebs

Editor-In-Chief

Shepard’s ice cream brings back memories through taste buds.

The Red ‘n’ Green staff tried 11 different ice creams, including a ice cream cake. The ice cream we tried included a marshmellow sundae, pineapple sundae, upside-down banana split, frosted animal cookie sundae, Nerds sundae, shepards s’mores sundae, M&M storm, chocolate malt, sundae of the month, cookie dough storm and an ice cream cake.

The frosted animal cookiessundae made us all flash back to childhood, trying to sneak cookies out of the cupboard when our parents were not looking.

When it comes to food, everyone’s taste buds are different.

Personally, I did not enjoy the sundae of the month, brownie mint drizzle, but the majorty of the Red ‘n’ Green did enjoy it.

They commented that chocolate to mint ratio was was perfect, the brownies added the right amount of texture and the flavor was great.

The marshmallow sundae and the Shepards s’mores sundae

were two of the favorites among staff, tasting like the actual foods.

The s’mores sundae calls to mind campfires, summer and the gooeyness of the marshmallow with the perfect crunch of graham cracker.

The M&M storm with chocolate ice cream was not a favorite.

The flavor itself was amazing, but the frozen M&M crunch was not appealing. The least favorite ice cream among the Red ‘n’ Green was the pineapple sundae. As with pizza, people can argue whether or not pineapple belongs on ice cream.

The overall staff favorite was the upside-down banana split with chocolate ice cream. Everyone loved the crunch of the pecans with the creamy ice cream and fruity banana.

All in all, Shepard’s ice cream is creamy and delicious, and a special seasonal treat in Berlin.

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Sports

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018

Softball girls optimistic for season Harry Kujawa

Reporter

The Lady Indians softball team has an optimistic outlook for this season.

With dedicated upperclassmen leadership, they all have a common goal to improve their record and place in conference.

“I expect our record to improve from last year, and I believe that’s a goal we have every year as a team. We only lost three seniors last year and have some promising underclassmen talent that can fill those holes,” senior Bailey Sternitske said.

With good chemistry and promising young players, the team believes they can really surprise a lot of people on how much they improved.

The team also plans on doing some local volunteer work with Thrivent before their first game.

“It’s nice to get out and do stuff as as a team. It helps build chemistry and also really shows who we are as a team, and could help us get some more fans as well,” senior Amee Schwerzenska said.

The team has started doing good deeds around town early in the season since last year, when they cleaned the field and bathrooms at their home diamond.

“We’ve partnered with Thrivent this year and decided to play bingo with the people at the nursing home, and I like the idea. It’s definitely a step up from cleaning the bath-

rooms last year,” Sternitske said.

The volunteer idea is unique for the softball team, as they are the only team that makes a point to keep this tradition going.

“I like that we do volunteer work. It makes the school look better as a whole and gives the players something to play for and some perspective as well,” junior Sydney Williams said.

As well as the other two girls, Williams has been anticipating this season.

“I put in a lot of work in the off season, and this is my favorite so I’m always really excited for this time of year,”Williams said. “We have good chemistry and don’t have to worry about drama.”

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Sports

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018

Senior Trevor Hendrickson passes the baton to sophomore Ryan Bartol in the 4x200 relay. “In the 4x200 we placed second, and I personally think we did really well, we reached our goals,” Hendrickson said.

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Boys track places 2nd at indoor invite Alex McClelland & Paige Krause Reporters

Boys track competed for the first time this season at the Oshkosh Indoor Invitational on Mar. 15.

Although this meet wasn’t conference, points and amount of effort still counted. This way, boys track does not go into conference meets blind and can stack their best players in their best events.

“Early season meets like this allow us to just try people in different events,” Head Coach Matthew Willett said. “We see who’s strongest in this event, and who’s not as strong as we thought they would be in that event.”

According to WIAA rules, sports must have at least seven days of practice before they can compete in any events. Track had an abbreviated time of only eight prac-

tice days before the invitational, but got after it strong knowing the first invitational was so close.

“We didn’t see any glaring weaknesses. Every event had someone competing in it,” Willett said. “Something positive we saw was Devin Harmon and Dirk Lueck in the 800. They ran very good times for early in the season.”

Breaking a PR and winning the meet in shot put was ju-

nior Bradon Gulch.

“This meet allowed me to see how much progression I’ve shown over the last year and helped me see where I can compete and who I can compete against amongst other throwers in the state,” Gulch said. “This year I would like to break both school records for shot put and discus, and go state. I know I am close.”

Senior Trevor Hendrickson

competed in three events, the 4x200 relay, 60-meter dash and long jump.

“We saw some good leadership skills out of him. As a senior he has in his mind he’s not afriad of competition and was ready to get after it,” Willet said. “It sets the tone for everyone else, even if he didn’t have the best jump or time.

Just knowing he’s confident going into his events trickles down to the younger kids.”

mates adds to the appeal of the ment in the sportlight they feel sport. forever.

“My favorite thing about “My favorite thing is baseball is the bond when you’re in the I develop with my outfield and the teammates and “Baseball has ball get’s hit to being able to you and you taught me to watch us work always work hard make the play toward big- and never give up,” and everybody ger and better is watching senior Austin things,” senior you,” Reich said.

Beuthin said.

Carter Rhode said.

As the boys At each game, durcontinue to play for ing a certain point of the years, they learn new night, the players have a mo- things and develop even more

passion for the game.

“Baseball has taught me to always work hard and never give up,” senior Austin Beuthin said.

Members on the team have learned different things from baseball through the years.

“I’ve learned that no matter what other people think of you, they don’t know you until they meet you. I learned this in our game against KML last year when they were the number one seed and we were tied

with them until the seventh inning,” Rhode said.

The seniors on the team have to face the fact that it is their last seaon as a Berlin Indian.

“I’m pretty excited about the new season and I’m looking to build off my performance last season,” Reich said. “I’m definitely going to miss playing, but I’ve enjoyed my years at Berlin and am excited to watch our team improve.”

The boys first game will be played on March 27.

Senior baseball players anticipate final season Kalynn Wilson

Reporter

Getting prepared for a another exciting season of baseball, the Berlin Indians are to play baseball again.

For the senoirs on the team, it is their last chance to play, and they are making it their best.

“Baseball has always interested me more than other sports and I’ve enjoyed playing with my friends,“ senior Owen Reich said.

Playing with long- time team-

Up Next in Spring Sports

Tuesday, March 27

Thursday, March 29

Tuesday, April 3

-Varsity Softball: vs. Plymouth @ -Varsity Softball: @ Ripon @ 4:45 -Varsity Softball: @ Winneconne @ 4:45 p.m. home, 4:45 p.m. p.m.

-Varsity Baseball: @ KML @ -Vasity Baseball: @ Wautoma @ -Varsity Baseball: @ Waupun @ 4:45 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

4:45 p.m.

-Varsity Track: Berlin Invita-Varsity Girls Track: @ UWO -Varsity Track: Wautoma Invitational @ 4:00 p.m.

Indoor Invitational @ 4:00 p.m. tional @ 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 5

-Varsity Softball: vs. KML @ 4:45 p.m.

-Varsity Baseball: @ Campbellsport @ 4:45 p.m.

-Varsity Track: Wautoma Invitational @ 4:00 p.m.

Friday, April 6

-Varsity Softball: @ Clintonville @ 4:30 p.m.

-Varsity Baseball: vs. Mayville @ 4:45 p.m.

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