Red ‘n’ Green
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019
The
222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923 VOLUME 51, ISSUE 7
A BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OPEN FORUM SINCE 1924 Newsbriefs Grace Hoffman Natalie Ceman Reporter Reporter Key Club attends DCON Eight members from the Berlin Key Club attended DCON (District Convention), a convention where Key Club participants from around Wisconsin and Upper Michigan come together to interact and share ideas. Club members were able to attend workshops and informational seminars, which provided new ways to improve the club. “Something I learned about and think could help our club is working on membership development, like adding incentives in our first few meetings to keep our club members interested,” senior Alicia Nikolai said. Along with the seminars, there were also elections. Sophomore Sydney Radke was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Division 13. Snow day make-up decided The school board met on March 20 to discuss ways to make up the most recent snow day on Feb. 25. According to the board highlights from the superintendent, the board has decided to take away three more Wednesday late starts. There will now only be late starts on April 3, May 1 and May 8. With this change students will now meet the minimum hours of instruction required. This year BHS has had seven and a half snow days, all of which have been accounted for. Rube Goldberg wins presentation category Science teacher Paul Bell’s physics class attended the Rube Goldberg competition on Friday, March 1 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The team placed first in the presentation category. They constructed a machine that showed the process of dropping money into a piggy bank. “The goal of the machine was to drop change into a bank, so we made the machine look like chores a boy would do to earn money. There was a yard he had to work on, he had to clean a bathroom, do laundry and do the dishes,” junior Alysha Pischke said.
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-Seniors graduate early, pg. 3 -Freshmen trap shooters, pg. 7
Faith Community Chuch hosts annual Dodgeball Tournament Natalie Ceman
Reporter
In the spirit of fun and hope, the annual Faith Community Church Dodgeball Tournament was held on Friday, March 8 in the high school gym. From elementary schoolers to adults, a total of around 112 community members participated in numerous rounds of dodgeball in pursuit of the $200 grand prize for first place. $100 was also given to the team placing second. A “Bombs Away” style competition, where all participants battle at once, was also held. The winner, second grader Evan Reiser, (with help of sophomore Austyn Rodensal) was awarded $100. A total of 16 groups with four to seven members each participated, with the winning team being composed of juniors Ryan Bartol, Alec Moriarty, Aidan Schilling, Trevor Boening, Preston Morgan, Bryce Greening and Winneconne High School junior Claire Gentry. The team had a specific strategy to secure their success. “Having a girl was definitely an advantage,” Morgan said. “We would match our team members with people on the other team to race for the balls.” Not only did the team take first in the dodgeball competition, but in the best dressed portion as well.
Juniors Aidan Schilling, Alec Moriarty and Preston Morgan face off in pursuit of the $200 grand prize at the March 8 tournament. “The goal was to get all the balls then charge at the other team,” junior team member Preston Morgan said. The team went on to take first place. Photo: E. Reiser Both participants and spectators cast their votes for best dressed and the winning team was awarding yet another $100 dollars. “We wanted something cool and unique, and I think we looked pretty good,” Bartol said. Behind the scenes, organizers Eydie and Ben Reiser have been passionately hosting the event from its very beginning. The event first began with a grant from the AODA (Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse program) to provide a fun night for students
Students compete in all night trivia Deacon Eberhardy
Reporter
The 33rd annual Trivia Night ended Saturday March 23 with My Name is Carol as the winner. Trivia Night had a number of teams competing such as second place team Marquardt’s Cubbies, who were competing in honor of former math teacher Eric Marquardt who passed away over spring break. “After his passing it just felt like we needed to win for him,” junior Leonard Phillips said. Marquardt’s passing was the motivation for the team. “It made us try alot harder than we would’ve because at that point we felt like we had to do our best to try to win,” Phillips said. Trivia night was created by former teachers Gary Knoke and Craig Chovanec in the 1980’s, and has since been taken over by science teacher Ben Sanderfoot as of this year. “I’ve helped out in past years, and Mr. Knoke asked if I would take over,” Sanderfoot said. The night involves students staying overnight at the high school for 12 hours while they answer various trivia questions. Students were al-
lowed to bring books, but electronics with access to the internet such as phones were not allowed. Teams answered 140 questions over the span of 12 hours, or about 12 questions per hour. “They typically do a question every five minutes, but it’s as fast as they can to hopefully answer correctly,” Sanderfoot said. During Trivia Night students have to not only answer questions but stay awake as well. “ We bring lots of games, drink lots of coffee and just fight through the night,” Phillips said. The questions covered a number of topics including music, TV, sports, general knowledge, movies, Berlin High School, current events and history. “General knowledge would kind of be questions you would see in game shows such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Jeopardy,” Sanderfoot said. The subject of adding science as a new category came with Sanderfoot taking over, but no new categories were introduced this year. “I kind of agree with adding science. It was always my speciality,” senior Nathan Wendt said.
along with an anti-drug message. Once this grant ended, Faith Community Church and the Reiser family took over. This year, a Webster Foundation grant was also there to help. The family says they are honored to be able to share their spiritual message along with erasing stereotypes surrounding churches, and exercise some generosity as well. “Churches get a bad wrap for always asking for money, so we thought we would give some
away,” Ben said. “We believe it’s always better to give than to receive.” Overall, the night was a success, according to the Reisers, who have nothing but praise for those involved. “The teams were all very positive this year. We had good sportsmanship all around,” Eydie said. “Bombs Away was the biggest group ever this year so that was exciting. We also had an all-adult team, and we would love to see more of that.”
Prom Court 2019
Front row: (L-R) Ally Wendt, Leah Vang. Second row: Maddie Huber, Belle Willett, Josie Reich. Third row: Natalie Nigbor, Emily Klawitter. Fourth row: Kara Block, Myah Jodarski, Amelia Buttke. Fifth row: Brady Wagner, Preston Morgan, Sam Multerer. Sixth row: Alec Moriarity, Micah Harmon, Zak Kapp. Seventh row: Ryan Bartol, Isaiah Taylor, Luke Piechowski, Sam Piper. Photo: L. Sonnentag