November 2015

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VOLUME 48, ISSUE 3

Alyssa Thiel

Members of the Berlin FFA returned on Saturday, Oct. 31 from Louisville, Kentucky where they attended the National FFA convention. This was FFA’s third time attending the five-day trip.

After arriving in Louisville, the group attended the opening session along with other FFA groups from around the country.

“This session is put on by the National FFA officers to kickoff the convention,” FFA advisor Kimberly Dehn said. “It included Rick Rigsby as the key note speaker this year.”

Throughout the course of the convention, students were able to attend other sessions, workshops, visit the FFA shopping mall and explore hundreds of different expo booths.

Some students chose to attend a session titled Hangry.

“This session had speakers talk about hunger in the world and how we can help,” junior Clinton Ottman said. “It influenced something we did before Thanksgiving.

We had a school wide food drive which helped people that go hungry in our community during the holiday season.”

One night of the trip students got the chance to see Jake Owen

and Maddie and Tae in concert along with the other 60,000 FFA students that attended the convention.

“My favorite experience of the trip was the concert,” senior Elizabeth Krueger said. “There is something about being in a huge building surrounded by people that have the same core interests as you that gets you so excited.”

Students traveled with other Wisconsin FFA organizations on a coach bus to Kentucky. The bus made a stop in Chicago, IL to go visit the Shedd Aquarium.

“We all enjoyed watching the dolphin show,” Krueger said. “I especially enjoyed getting to see the beluga whales when we explored the aquarium.”

While in Kentucky, the group also took time to visit the Louisville Slugger factory, the Louisville Science Museum and attend a rodeo.

“It’s hard to pick just one thing as my favorite,” Ottman said. “Just the experience itself and everything we got the chance to do and see is great.”

With experience of going to the national convention twice, Krueger recommends students to go on the trip.

“Take advantage of this opportunity Mrs. Dehn provides,” Krueger said. “This trip is a once in a lifetime experience.”

Newsbriefs

Foods teacher Whitney Fude’s Practical Living class had a chance to show what they learned at an upscale restaurant. They went to Goodwill in Oshkosh to buy interview clothes. They had a $10 budget for clothes such as dress pants, shirts, ties, shoes and socks.

After Goodwill they went to a fancy restaurant called Primos. They had to practice what they learned in their Employment and Food unit.

The students were to use table manners and good interviewing skills.

“I could use this in the future when interviewing for a job,” senior Mackenzie Schroeder said. “I will have good manners so I stand out from the other people that are interviewing for the same position.”

Sophomores impacted

by P.A.R.T.Y at the PAC Members of FFA toured the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Louisville, Kentucky. This was just one of the group’s activities done outside of the convention.

Photo: K. Dehn

Bria Osterberg

Nathan Strong Park is lit up for the Christmas season, and Berlin High School is pitching in to help make the park brighter.

The Berlin Chamber of Commerce donated four trees to the high school to decorate. FFA, STAR Club, KIND Committee and the Human Spirit class each decorated a tree. The trees were lit after the parade on Nov. 19.

“One of the main goals for our Human Spirit class is to inspire students to spread kindness in our community,” English teacher Amy Wenig said.

Each tree has its own theme or meaning. Tree decorators could also choose to dedicate their tree to someone or something.

“Our students made ornaments that represent the human spirit,” Wenig said. “They put quotes, pictures or names of Holocaust victims on their ornaments.”

Some students wrote Holocaust victims’ names, but others showed the funny side of the human spirit.

“My ornament had a lot of snow and mustaches on it,” senior Jonathan Johannes said. “I thought it would be something different and funny for the tree.”

This was the students’ chance to show what they learned in class about their human spirit and how to display it in the community.

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Sophomores road-tripped to Appleton on Nov. 4 to the Perfoming Arts Center. They watched a presentation about the effects of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and the dangers of texting and driving.

There were live actors staging a car accident and portraying the consequences of the drugs they did. Students said they realized that they should not take risks that could affect the rest of their lives.

“It was really moving. It made you think about how, if something like that happened, it would haunt you for the rest of your life,” sophomore Alyse Bartol said.

Academic Decathlon competes at Oshkosh

Senior Jonathan Johannes hangs up a glittery snowflake in Nathan Strong Park for the Human Spirit class’s tree.

Photo: B. Meyer “It makes me happy that I was part of helping,” Johannes said.

The Human Spirit class has done the tree decorating a couple of times in past years. They will most likely do it again because the students said they had fun and they always get something out of it.

“It was worth it because it shows the community part of our class and what the human spirit is all about,” Johannes said.

STAR Club also decorated a tree in the park. The

theme for their tree was what the club is really all about, equality and anti-bullying.

“This is the first year we have enough people in the club to do something like this,” sophomore Parker Brasch said.

STAR Club made ornaments that represent the things that they want the public to understand.

“My ornament represents the pan-sexual flag,” Brasch said. “It is pink, yellow and blue and it says, ‘Love is love.’”

Students had to study many different subjects for the India theme for the Academic Decathlon. They went to Oshkosh on Nov. 10 to compete against 58 other schools and earned a ranking of 45th.

The students did well enough at the competition that they will move on to regionals on Jan. 2. If they are in the top 20 there, then they will go to state.

“We have a really good chance to go to state,” senior Heather Behm said. “We just need to study a little harder.”

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Opinion

Monday, November 30, 2015

Alyssa Thiel & Emily Beltran

Editorial School Grounds brewing up business Coffee! Coffee! Coffee!

When students are walking to first hour, they may have to take those extra few minutes to stop

by School Grounds and pick up some caffeine for their morning.

Coffee Shop owner Nicole LeDioyt decided to turn the old classroom, A100, into BHS’s new School Grounds coffee shop.

LeDioyt gave up her free time during the school day to allow BHS to have the snacks and drinks they want. Not too many people hear about teachers going above and beyond for their school these days. LeDioyt is doing this here at BHS with School Grounds.

LeDioyt and her students put so much hard work and dedication into selling coffee before and after school each day, and we cannot forget that warm, delicious coffee and hot chocolate they made on Friday nights during the cold football season.

When School Grounds opened in the beginning of the school year, they had a small menu, but still managed to have a wide variety of different, but flavorful coffee choices to choose from.

School Grounds got even more business with the convenience of pre-paid punch cards. When someone buys a punch card, School Grounds willingly gives them a free coffee with it.

Students and staff can also text or email their order and the teacher they have first hour in to School Grounds each morning, and the student employees will deliver the orders right to their first or second hour class.

Some teachers will not let their students walk down to School Grounds at the last five minutes of class or even be excused from standing in line too long to grab their coffee before class.

If teachers would allow their first or second hour students to have coffee or snacks in class, School Grounds could deliver it right to their door. The student staff is always so good at dropping off deliveries before class without having to interrupt.

The wide variety of drinks and food such as hot chocolate, potato chips and granola bars on the School Grounds menu is worth every penny. The prices of everything at the store are reasonable and affordable, especially for high school students.

The student employee staff in the coffee shop also gets a round of applause for their commitment and devotion to their customers throughout the day. They take time out of their day to run the shop, making School Grounds the one-stop-shop when the students and staff of BHS need a quick caffeine fix.

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Adviser:

Shannon Kuehmichel From word around school, it has come to our attention that students want more dances and a formal homecoming dance.

Students want more dances simply because they are fun for everyone. The entire student body is invited and students get a chance to mingle with kids from all grades.

During a school day students are limited to interaction with just the few students they have in class, where at a dance they get to spend time with people they may not normally see.

Dances are also a popular way to get our minds off of school work.

For about two hours we can take a mental breather and get some cardio in bouncing up and down to the latest hit single. Dances are a nice reward for all of our hard work during school.

An easy way to fulfill this request is to have more clubs sponsor dances. This will help the club that is sponsoring the dance raise money for themselves. If the cost for a DJ is a problem, students can be hired to DJ instead of a professional.

Another way to cut down on cost is to skip decorations. Decorations are not needed for informal dances. All students need to have fun is a good DJ and their fellow students

Letter to the

Editor

Photo: E. Schmidt around them.

Informal dances are great, yet students think homecoming should be changed to a formal dance.

Students do not get the opportunity to dress up nice very often and many enjoy it. This would also add another formal dance for freshmen, since they only get one.

Having homecoming formal would also mean the dance would be on a Saturday, not Friday night after the football game. This way, no matter if the team wins or loses, by the time Saturday comes everyone is in a good mood.

It would also extend homecoming week meaning that students could go out for a nice dinner with friends Saturday night before the dance. Like many other schools do, this change would make homecoming week seem more complete and special.

Let’s face it, students love dance, clubs love to make money and anyone can be a DJ. So, why not have a few more dances?

Dear Editor, With only a 25-minute CIA, many students find themselves cramming too many things into one CIA, not getting the sufficient help they need. To get the sufficient help they need and to finish what needs to be done, the high school needs to rethink the length of CIA. The current 25-minute CIA just simply isn’t working. BHS has five classes, each 70 minutes. If a student has to make up a test during CIA, the student will need more time to finish the test as well as if they took it during class. We are setting ourselves up to fail taking a 70-minute test in only 25 minutes.

Each CIA classroom can be either empty, full, or anywhere in between. When a classroom has more than 10 students, it is hard for teachers to help each student that needs help in only 25 minutes. On top of helping each student that needs help, by the time the teacher is done helping them she has no time to get the work she needs to get done.

In order for students to succeed as much as they can, a longer CIA is highly recommended. For a longer CIA, we can start school at 7:45 so students have approximately 10 minutes extra to benefit off of during CIA. Sincerely, Alex McClelland

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Who’s that student: Samantha Hill by

Music has always been part of junior Samantha Hill’s life. In the musical, “My Fair Lady,” Hill played the main role as Eliza Doolittle.

Besides music, Hill takes part in other school clubs like Wordsmiths of Berlin, and also does hobbies where she can express herself.

Photo: B. Osterberg

Brittney Meyer

Most of the school knows junior Samantha Hill as the lead in the musical, but her friends get to see another side of Sam. “Sam is definitely sassy. She’s creative and quirky and overall a hoot to be around,” senior Britney Robinson said.

Audience members recently had the chance to witness her on stage as she took the lead in the musical “My Fair Lady” as Eliza Doolittle.

“On stage she tries her hardest to accept direction and she feeds off of the energy of the crowd and her co- stars. She inspires the younger people in theater and gives me hope for the theater when the seniors leave,” Robinson said. “She makes musical practice fun and was a great person to share a dressing room with.”

Other co-stars in the musical also said that she was perfect for this part.

“Sam was great for this part because she is good at showing her emotion, which is necessary for Eliza,” junior Trevor Carlson said.

Hill also takes part in band, choir

and other extracurricular musical activities.

“I participate in honors choir, honors band, madrigals and the musical,” Hill said.

Starting when she was a child, Sam has always had a knack for music.

“My mom made sure that music was always a part of my life. I practically owe my life to it. It’s also simply just a passion of mine,” Hill said.

Besides her musical extracurriculars, people may see her in other clubs at school.

“I am also in Drama Club, Stitch Happens and Wordsmiths of Berlin,” Hill said.

She also has hobbies that she does outside of school that most students do not know about.

“I read, paint and write,” Hill said.

“I enjoy them as a way to relax and express myself.”

Outside all of her hobbies, school and extracurriculars, Hill still amazes her friends by being there for them and keeping her spunky personality.

“She’s a good friend in that she’s caring and takes jokes very well,” Robinson said. “She and I work out together, and she’s calm and supportive.”

Seniors chosen for Student of the Month by

Allison Marks

Described by those who know him as a hard worker, very kind, involved around BHS and mature beyond his years, Sam Marks is this month’s male student of the month.

Marks is the Student Council treasurer, a member of the golf team, National Honors Society, KIND committee and Mock Trial.

“One teacher that has made an impact on me would have to be Mr. Knoke,” Marks said. “Mostly because of his Law and Criminal Justice class. It’s because of that class and his impact that I have decided to join Mock Trial, and have taken an interest in the criminal justice system.”

Knoke has helped Marks see what he might be interested in in the future.

“His success has come as a result of hard work and dedication,” Knoke said.

Marks has also grown socially over the years.

“He went from being very shy

Sam Marks

Photo: A. Miller his freshman year to very vocal in Student Council,” adviser Ann Ragus said. “His leadership skills have grown tremendously.”

Marks applied to UW-Madison undecided, but is thinking about majoring in something like business finance and minoring in history with a possibility of law after.

“He’ll be missed next year,” Ragus said. “Some people have a strong prescence around the building, and they are missed when they leave.”

Hard working, caring and dedicated are a few of the words the friends of this month’s female student of the month, Alesha Guenther, might use to describe her.

“Alesha is a good student who is always working to make BHS a better place,” history teacher Jennifer Leahy said.

Guenther is very involved throughout the school.

“This year I am Student Council president, class president and I’m one of the captains on the swim team,” Guenther said. “I am also continuing my involvment in National Honors Society, KIND Committee, Youth Alive, Mock Trial and speech and debate.”

Guenther has attended five years of leadership camp through the Wisconsin Association of Schools and Colleges, was nominated to attend Badger Girls last summer and has qualified for five different national tournaments in speech during the last three years, which have also had an impact on her personality.

“That has really shaped me as a person because I have been able to hear the perspectives of different

Alesha Guenther

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Even though Guenther is involved in many things, she still spends time with her friends.

“She is a great leader and very outgoing,” senior Alaina Labbus said.

“She is also very confident and not afraid to be her own person.”

Guenther plans to attend Marquette University or UW-Madison to study economics and eventually go on to law school.

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School Grounds expands with experience by

Brittney Meyer

Since opening its doors, the new coffee shop, School Grounds, has been making changes and updates to fit its customer’s needs.

“We are now selling snacks, water, tea and other treats,” teacher Nicole LeDioyt said. “We also started baking muffins or brownies daily and we added larger iced coffee cups.”

The students who work at School Grounds are also noticing and improving with these changes.

“I like how we now have different types of drinks that we make,” senior Aerin Putzke said.

Workers say they enjoy the changes that they have now, and that they look forward to future changes.

“I’m looking forward to having more products and different types of drinks that we don’t have now,” Putzke said.

Customers of School Grounds also notice the improvements around the store, and say they like what they see.

“I like that there are more flavors,” sophomore Elizabeth Sonnentag said. “It’s attracting people’s attention.”

Besides thoughts from staff about updating, School Grounds loves recieving customer suggestions so they can improve.

“We are always looking for feedback from students and staff on possible changes to make it better,” LeDioyt said.

Workers not only like the changes that are here, and to come, but the learning experience that comes along with working.

“It gives you the experience of working at a business and managing it,” Putzke said.

One of the biggest changes that School Grounds has recently made is reimbursing the students that are working there.

“Students are being reimbursed for time for certain hours of the day. If they work before school, during lunch, and during CIA they punch in and out for reimbursement,” LeDioyt said.

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Teachers speak out about social media by

Emily Schmidt

The teachers and staff at BHS took a survey and got a chance to express some of their feelings about social media.

Of the 37 teachers and staff surveyed, 71% voted that Facebook was their favorite social media app, while 43% of teachers said that Snapchat was their least favorite.

Science teacher Patrick Arndt was one of the many teachers that said Facebook was their favorite social media website and Snapchat was their least favorite.

“I use Facebook strictly for my Winery business,” Arndt said. “It’s my fastest way to show new products, promote events, show my opening and closing hours and communicate with my customers.”

Arndt personally does not use any other social media.

“I’ve never had a Twitter or Snapchat,” Arndt said. “I don’t even use social media for my classes.

Teachers have to be really careful using online sites for school related topics, and I just don’t want to

put myself in that position.”

Computer teacher Luke Konrath was the only staff member that voted for Facebook being his least favorite social media app. Twitter, though, was his favorite.

“I follow Marquette basketball information, The Associated Press, NBC News and other news pages,” Konrath said.

Konrath has had Twitter for over four years now and has nothing bad to say about it.

“I like to follow up on sports, national, technology and environmental news,” Konrath said.

Konrath teaches students in his different computer classes about the pros and cons of social media and how harmful it can be to high school students in the real world.

“I teach my students about the seriousness of social media and how businesses can decide whether they want to hire or fire someone if they see something on their page that should or shouldn’t be there,” Konrath said.

Konrath also teaches his students the business application part of social media and how they can make money off of people downloading free apps.

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Social media affects self-image by

Allison Marks

Social media is a big part of the world today. It is used to keep up with news and the business world and to stay in touch with family and friends. For teachers, it is a great way to keep students up to date with what is coming up in class.

Social media might not always be such a great idea, though.

“I think it can be good and bad,” freshman Kaylie Merrick said. “People can say good things about someone one moment, then bad things about them the next.”

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You said it, ‘My Fair Lady’ succeeds in entertaining audience We write it by

In math teacher Kay Rossow’s calculus class, students were talking about fast food Mexican restaurants.

Senior Alyssa Thiel said, “Yeah, did you hear Chipotle’s food has the Ebola virus in it?”

She meant to say it has E. coli.

As Junior Michael Prindle was looking at a picture of a trombone in English teacher Shannon Kuehmichel’s Advanced Grammar class, he said, “What’s that in the middle?”

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“My Fair Lady” was another success from the musical cast. They put on this musical three times over the course of three nights, plus a dress rehearsal.

The plot was about an English woman named Eliza Doolittle, (Samantha Hill) who slaughtered the English language. A man, Henry Higgins (Trevor Carlson), who was a proper Englishman with flawless speech, tried to teach Doolittle how to speak properly. He and his partner Colonel Pickering had a bet to see if he could teach Dolittle well enough that people would take her for royalty.

The way the the two leads were

portrayed together was great. Carlson did a wonderful job of acting like an Englishman who thinks he knows everything. Hill’s accent against Carlson’s played perfectly.

With Carlson’s deep voice and Hill’s high sweet voice, they just seemed right to work together. The different tones of their voices in songs was astounding.

After days of nonstop working at trying to fix Doolittle’s speech, they finally prevailed and put her to the test at a horse race where they met Henry Higgins’ mother (Britney Robinson). She was born for that part. It was like she was an actual rich woman from England, her accent was so perfect.

It was frightening when people found out Doolittle was a fraud and not an actual proper English woman.

Eliza Dolittle (Samantha Hill) shows off what she learned from Henry Higgins (Trevor Carlson) about proper speech at the race course.

Photo: B. Osterberg Everyone thought she was doomed, so she ran away. As Higgins and Pickering were searching for her it became clear how fond Higgins had grown to her. It was so sweet how a heartless Englishman could find love for a non-proper woman.

Everything about the musical was entertaining. The songs were all well sung, everyone’s accents were spot on and it was funny, too.

Rating out of 5:

Voices in the hall

“If you could wake up tomorrow as someone else, who would you be and what would you do?”

Junior William Weisensel said, “Trombone herpes?”

At a cross country meet, freshman Scott McGibbon said, “Man, I think I’m hitting a growth spurt.”

“Why?” senior Noah Pomplun said.

“My ankles are killing me,” McGibbon said.

While looking at ornaments of dogs and cats at the mall after the LINC crew conference, junior Allison Marks said, “Why are there so many different dog ones but only five cats?”

Junior Haley Brooks replied, “Because there are only like five brands of cats.”

“I would want to be Shania Twain, and I would want to go on a music tour around the world,” junior Rachel Disterhaft said.

“I would love to be a musician and either play in a band or a symphony orchestra,” Spanish teacher Jodi Ziemann said.

“I would be an astronaunt.

It would be cool to chill in space,” senior Christian Coria said.

‘Tactile Wars’ excites by

Hazel Reck

“Tactile Wars” is an intense, mind boggling and an overall great game.

“Tactile Wars” is not the average video game that is popped into a device and played off an X-box, Playstation or Wii. It is an app for a smartphone.

When the player starts the game they choose a color for their soldiers. The game is formatted to give directions on how to play the game,

but not in great detail.

This is a game of strategy. When going into battle, colored soldiers are provided in the beginning of an attack and the player uses his or her finger to draw a shape that the soldiers form to attack oncoming soldiers.

A positive note on this game is how the player can pick how the attack will happen and that the player has to actually think to play the game.

The goal is to form the soldiers in a certain shape so that the soldiers

“I would be Lebron James, and I would be dunking all day,” freshman Joey Rhein said.

Text and photos by Kaytlynne Null

shoot down the other color first and take their territory.

After several attacks the player will earn gold, diamonds and points that will earn the player stronger defense weapons and new territories.

The game is a new twist on war games while giving a feeling of acomplishment when a victory is Photo: H. Reck earned.

Even though the game is great, Rating out of 5: after playing for a couple weeks, it becomes repetitive and a little boring.

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Girls basketball gains new leadership

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The girls basketball program is going to be different because the JV and varsity teams have new coaches.

A returning coach from last year, history teacher Matthew Marquis now coaches the freshman team.

Eric Hacker now coaches JV, and Joe Brandl, the school’s Athletic Director, now coaches varsity.

“I am very excited at the opportunity to join Coach Brandl’s staff and look forward to seeing the program grow,” Hacker said.

With new coaches, the girls now have a new practice schedule. Along with their first week of afternoon practices, they also had morning practice every day, except Monday and Friday.

“I think the coaches having us do morning practice is improving us as a team,” senior Fallon Goetsch said.

“Even though it is improving us, it is tiring.”

Brandl, as the school’s Athletic Director, is known for getting involved with sports and Hacker also has previous coaching experience, mainly with basketball.

“I have coached many different age

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New basketball coaches from left to right, Eric Hacker (JV), Joe Brandl (varsity) and Matthew Marquis (freshman) talk to senior Fallon Goetsch about their practice plans.

Photo: H.Reck levels from second grade up to high previous years. level high school AAU (Amature “I want to make sure the girls are Atheltic Union),” Hacker said. having fun, competing on a daily baWith Brandl and Hacker’s back- sis and getting better every time we ground they plan on having an out- enter the gym,” Brandl said. standing season.

With the coaches having goals set “I feel as though making the game for the team, their coaching is giving fun and rewarding are some of the some of the girls like Goetsch great main goals that I have,” Hacker said. motivation already.

Brandl and Hacker both have been “I am already excited because I feel preparing for this season for awhile like we will win more games than last now and plan on a better record than year,” Goetsch said.

With a four-month gap between fall and spring athletics, girl soccer players who do not participate in a winter sport are taking advantage of the Oshkosh YMCA’s indoor soccer arena.

A group of nine girls formed a team to play in the high school girls indoor soccer league held at the YMCA arena.

“I really like soccer, so it’s nice to be able to play it in the winter on an indoor field,” freshman Clair Werch said.

The girls will face some area teams that they will most likely see again in the regular season, whether it be for conference or regional play.

“We are going to play some familiar teams like Ripon, Waupun and Omro,” senior Melissa Edinger said. “It’ll be good to play them once or twice indoors before the regular season.”

There are a few differences between indoor and outdoor soccer that the girls will have to adjust to game-bygame.

“We play on our own without a coach there telling us what to do,” junior Gabrial Naparala said. “We rely on each other to communicate while we’re on the field.”

Another difference is the game rules.

“For indoor soccer you get to have

six players on the field at once instead of 11 in outdoor,” Edinger said. “The field is small, so you are playing right up against the wall. Kicking the ball off the wall is legal.”

Besides the rules and no coaching, the overall feel of the game is different.

“Indoor soccer is crazy,” Werch said.

“It’s very intense and fast-paced. You don’t just play one position, you have to rotate and play everywhere when people are subbing in and out.”

There are not any official practices for this league, but the girls use the gym after school when it is available.

“We practice when we get the chance,” Naparala. “When there’s an open gym, we take advantage of it.”

The team’s main goal of this indoor league is to get a head start on the regular season.

“We want to get into shape so that we are ready for the spring,” Edinger said.

After getting a few games in, the team is also looking to improve their basic skills.

“We need to get better at passing,” Werch said. “In the first game we had the ball stolen from us a lot.”

The team will continue to play games on Monday nights at the YMCA into December and will end the season with a tournament with all the other teams in the league.

improve her dance skills.

“They help dancers work on technique, teach the senior girls the roles we have for being team captains and give us ideas for choreography that we can bring back to our school,” Vlachina said. “I get dances from all different camps and then I modify the dance routines to fit our team.”

Not only does Vlachina attend a summer dance program, freshman Abbey Freimark is in the all-yeararound dance program, Backstage Studio Dance.

“I’ve been at Backstage Studio since I was three years old,” Freimark said. “Practice for that is every Tuesday in Ripon.”

Freimark has been in dance her whole life but still has her own improvements for herself this season.

“I want to be able to do the splits

easier and just get in shape and be more flexible,” Freimark said.

Coach Laura Sobieski said she has another great group of girls this year who is driven to work hard and learn new routines.

“I never compared previous years because I get such a different group of girls each year, which is great,” Sobieski said. “I like new years of dance. We have fun and do well with our performances.”

Sobieski had 40 girls try out this May and had to cut down the team to only 16 girls.

“I’m looking forward to our half time performances,” Sobieski said.

“The girls do so well and I’m always so proud of them afterward.”

The dancers’ first performance is tomorrow night during half time at the boys home game against North Fond du Lac.

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Dance team kicks off their season by

Senior captains in the front row, Dayna Schmidt (left) and Emily Vlachina (right), lead the rest of the dance team in their hip hop routine during practice.

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Emily Schmidt

The 2015-16 dance team has been practicing new dances, reinforcing team chemistry and working with new and experienced dancers on the team.

“We are performing hip hop, kick, pom and a field routine (stunts and dance performed across the whole court),” captain Emily Vlachina said.

Vlachina and the other senior captain Dayna Schmidt are both leaders of the dance team this year.

“At practice, I get the girls together, lead stretches and teach the choreography to the girls,” Vlachina said.

Just for Kix is a summer dance program that Vlachina attends to

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Arndt saves best for last by

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Alyssa Thiel

After placing third in the 200 IM and second in the 100 fly at sectionals, senior Mattea Arndt earned herself a third straight trip to the state swim meet. Competing against the best of the best, Arndt was able to set a new personal record and land herself on the podium for the first time at the state meet.

“Last year, making podium wasn’t even a thought in my head,” Arndt said.

“I couldn’t believe it.”

She posted times of 2:11 in the IM and a 59.7 in the fly placing her fifth and eighth respectively.

A week prior to the state meet, Arndt set a new school record in the IM at sectionals. Arndt swam a 2:10.99 and the record was a 2:13.65.

“I was confident she would break it this season,” father Patrick Arndt said.

“But, the fact that she broke it by two and a half seconds is huge.”

Along with setting a new school record in the IM, Arndt broke a minute in her fly, something that she has been trying to do for the past two years.

“That’s been one of my goals since junior year,” Arndt said. “Accomplishing it felt really good and made all the hard practices where you feel like death

Cheer and stunt begins competition season The cheer and stunt team started practicing for upcoming competitions. Their hopes are to place first every chance they get, but with new regulations and a practically brand new team the girls will have to work harder to achieve their goals.

“There are numerous changes this year made to the sport of cheer. Team size parameters have changed, as well as division classifications, making competitions much tougher this year,” Head Coach Dianne Weiske said.

Senior Mattea Arndt stands on the podium after finishing fifth in the 200 IM at the state swim meet on Friday, Nov. 13. The meet was held at the UW-Madison natatorium.

Photo: L. Arndt-Christensen worth it.”

Arndt’s mom, Lisa Arndt-Christensen, watched the race standing next to Coach Bill Clewien.

“Coach looked at me and said, ‘I want this so bad for her. She can break that minute’,” Arndt-Christensen said. “At the end the scoreboard read 59.7 and we both high fived.”

In order to accomplish these goals, Arndt adjusted her training regimen pre-season.

“Bill had me try out a bunch of new drills like tying my legs together, pulling parachutes and swimming with a can on my head to keep my form correct,” Arndt said. “Overall, I didn’t focus on the number of laps but on the quality of them. I did short distance, but high intensity workouts.”

Behind her, Arndt has had a solid support system these past four seasons.

“The team and families of the team members were always behind her

cheering her on. And Coach Bill was always there in her corner,” Arndt Christensen said. “When you know people support you, you can do all that much more.”

Arndt will continue to swim this winter for the Oshkosh YMCA and has plans to swim collegiately.

“I’ve looked at a lot of colleges and have talked with a lot of coaches, but I haven’t made a final decision yet,” Arndt said.

Boys basketbal returns with experienced line up The boys basketball season has begun and with only losing three seniors last year, there is no big change to the line up.

“I expect us to work hard, play as a team and get better throughout the year,” Head Coach Andrew Kasuboski said.

Their first home game is tomorrow night against North Fond du Lac.

Kramer, Schrei chosen as wrestlers to watch on the mat more aggressive on the mat and by Emily Beltran controlling the match,” Kramer said.

Kramer has been wrestling since he was six years old and has had the dream of going to state since he was a kid.

“He has a lot of mat time under his belt which has helped and will continue to help his success,” Wagner said.

The wrestlers will have a young team this year, and the younger wrestlers will be looking for a leadCoach Scott Wagner instructs se- er. nior Mitchell Kramer to perform “I will lead the team by example,” a wrestling move.

Kramer said. “I will work hard in Photo: E. Beltran the wrestling room and wrestle well ‘Wrestle like it’s your last match.’ during meets.”

Although Kramer is hoping to That is senior Mitchell Kramer’s motto for the upcoming wrestling make it to state as an individual, he will be leaning on junior Zach Wilseason.

“Mitchell was nominated because son to help get him there.

“He will be my partner in the wreshe is a hard worker and realizes that success is achieved, not hoped tling room and he is going to push me to do my best,” Kramer said. for,” Coach Scott Wagner said.

It has been a learning curve for With coming up short last year on a trip to the state tournament, Kramer these past 11 years.

“Wrestling has taught me to never Kramer has his eyes on the prize this year, preparing hard for the quit,” Kramer said. “It pushes me to my limit so nothing is going to be season.

“I have been working on being hard in life for me.”

Wrestling coach Scott Wagner has had his eye on freshman Austin Schrei as a valuable part to their varisty team.

“Austin is willing to pay the price to be a champion and is a very hard worker,” Wagner said.

Heading into his seventh year of wrestling, Schrei is excited to be playing at the high school level.

“I am looking forward to knowing I get to play a sport that I love every day,” Schrei said.

Wrestling is Schrei’s favorite sport and he puts a lot of time and effort into it.

“He has been to many camps and clinics and wrestles whenever he gets the chance,” Wagner said.

Schrei has been training for wrestling season all summer and fall, aiming for the varsity roster.

“I worked out at home by splitting wood because it uses all of my muscles,” Schrei said.

Being a freshman competing with other varsity athletes with more experience will not be an easy task for Schrei.

“There will be bumps in the road as he is a freshman, but I expect Schrei to have a great season,” Wagner said.

VARSITY ATHLETE

Freshman Austin Schrei (top) does a drill on teammate Timo Roberts to prepare for season.

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Girls Cross Country finishes second highest at state in BHS history

Schrei will have to win a wrestle off to crack the varsity squad, and if he does he will use the opportunity wisely.

“I want to learn how to set up shots and take downs so I can get points to win matches,” Schrei said.

Winning matches is one of Schrei’s favorite moments in wrestling.

“It is a very cool feeling after you win a match and your hand gets raised in front of the crowd,” Schrei said.

He will be looking to wrestle at 152lbs and to be a top contender.

The girls cross country team competed at state on Oct. 31 and exceeded even their own expectations. After being ranked eighth going in, they came out sixth as a team and senior Julia Silloway placed 13th individually after being ranked 26th in the state.

“Our original goal was to make it to state, so achieving our goal and beating our ranking was such an accomplishment,” Silloway said. “I don’t think we could have done any better.”

ROOKIE ATHLETE

Up Next in Winter Sports

Tuesday, Dec. 1 • • •

Boys BB vs North Fond Du Lac @ home Dance team performance during half time BB game Girls BB @ Waupun

Wednesday, Dec. 2

Thursday, Dec. 3 •

Varsity Wrestling match @ Winneconne

Friday, Dec. 4 • • •

JV Wrestling Invitational @ Kimberly Girls BB vs Winneconne @ home Boys BB @ KML

Saturday, Dec. 5 •

Varsity Wrestling Invitational @ Kimberly

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