November 2017

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2017

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VOLUME 50, ISSUE 3 222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923

A BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OPEN FORUM SINCE 1924 Newsbriefs Kelsi Cravillion

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Class serves Veterans Day meal The tradition continued as Whitney Keyes’ Food for Service class presented a lunch for all veterans following the Veterans Day program on Nov. 10.

“I think that it is very nice that we are able to host this event,” class member Erica Naparala said. “It feels good and makes me feel proud that we care for them.”

As a class, the students hold the responsibility for the preparation of the lunch.

“We spend a few days in class preparing the meal for the veterans,” Naparala said.

“The meal includes items like muffins, diced fruit and a variety of drinks.”

Many students like Naparala participate in events like these not only as part of the class, but also out of the kindness of their hearts.

“Although it’s not much, it is still something that shows the veterans that we are thankful for them and what they have done for us,” Naparala said.

STAR Club revived As a student who sees the importance of safety and being welcomed, senior Amelia Roost revived STAR Club.

“I was part of STAR Club my sophomore year; however, the club was not offered last year,” Roost said. “I decided to start the club again because I feel it is important to have a place for those who are not always welcomed easily and to allow them to feel as if they are part of something.”

The club meets every Wednesday during CIA in room A117.

“We use our time to talk about things that are really important to us such as what is going on in the world,” Roost said.

With few students attending the meetings, the club is doing their best to get their name to be known. According to Roost, their main focus is to let everyone know that the meetings are a safe environment and are open to all who are part of the minority.

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Wordsmiths of Berlin host third annual Poetry Slam Caley Huggins

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Berlin’s third annual Wordsmiths of Berlin Poetry Slam took place on Nov. 18. There were a total of 12 participants--11 participants from Berlin High School and one from Ripon High School. There were also two guest poets from Ripon High School, along with three guest teacher poets. The participants competed and the guest poets shared some of their poetry noncompetitively.

This was the first year that Berlin opened the doors for Ripon poets to participate.

“Mr. Paul Wiegal teaches English at Ripon High School. He has students that attend Berlin High School and heard about our event. He asked if his Creative Writing students could attend,” English teacher and Wordsmiths adviser Andrew Reise said. “I eagerly said yes.”

The judges are selected randomly from the crowd. All judges are given a score sheet, pencil and calculator. At the end, all of the judges’ score sheets are added up, and whoever had the most points wins the Poetry Slam. Emily Fritts, the lone Ripon participant, took first place and senior participant Parker Brasch took second place overall.

“As the defending champion of last year, I had some high expectations coming in. I took a lot of time to prepare and went

Senior Parker Brasch recites his poem titled “Crave” at the Wordsmiths of Berlin Poetry Slam on Nov. 18. Brasch took home the second place trophy at the event. “It feels good that my hard work is noticed and paid off,” Brasch said.

Photo: C. Huggins to the library to find inspiration,” Brasch said.

This year, there were very passionate poets and even some tears shed onstage during reciting.

“I think it is sentimental because poetry is something that people don’t normally talk about or share. Some of the poems are very deep and hard for people to open up about,” junior participant Melissa Gerber said.

The Poetry Slam is open to any poet currently in high school or older. There are no other restrictions or guidelines other than preparing two poems to read.

“I like the Poetry Slam so much because it offers people, of all kinds, to express themselves. It is empowering to hear the poets speak to the public.

It’s also nice that the judges are randomly selected because then

we know that it isn’t rigged,” Brasch said.

There are big plans for the future of the Poetry Slam and the Wordsmiths of Berlin plans to make some changes.

“We want to invite in more nearby schools to participate, too. It worked well with Ripon, so next year we want to try having even more schools, maybe such as Winneconne, Green Lake, etc.,” Gerber said.

Moulis overcomes adversity, receives initiative scholarship Mercedes Zabel Business Manager After being told she was the recipient of the Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship, a financial burden was lifted off the shoulders of senior Maggie Moulis.

The Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship awards $10,000 to 100 high school students across Wisconsin who put forth their utmost effort in the classroom and have overcome adversity, but may not be eligible to receive other academic scholarships.

“I felt really relieved to have received this; I started crying. I have a big family with not a lot of money, and that was my biggest worry about not getting into college,” Moulis said. “I never thought that something like this would happen.”

This scholarship is on a 7-year rotation, which enables each school in Wisconsin to award this scholarship to one of its students every seven years. Recipients are selected through an internal process by school administration and staff.

“Focusing on academics after high school was part of the cri-

Senior Maggie Moulis was selected as one of the 2018 recipients of the Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship. She plans on attending a university for large animal veterinarian medicine.

Photo: M. Zabel teria for Herb Kohl. The students selected have the ability to do that, but may not have the means to do it because of their hardships,” guidance counselors Ann Ragus and Matthew Willett said. “Herb Kohl believes in teachers and kids, and because of that this school has the opportunity to pay it forward to a student that may have limitations, and hopefully free them up.”

Since middle school, Moulis

has had ambitions of becoming a large animal veterinarian and potentially faces 12 years of additional schooling. However, English teacher Cory Willhite does not envision her backing down from achieving the life she has set out for herself.

“Perseverance, respect and a good attitude pays off in the end, and I honestly believe that’s what Maggie takes away from all of this,” Willhite said. “Life, like it has to all of us, has kicked her down a few times and she’s always been able to fight through, get back up and find the persistence to carry on. That’s something that makes her a great fit for this scholarship.”

The Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship was designed to give students who do not always have the ability to perform at a high academic level due to hardships an easier way to pursue their future educational goals.

Now, with this opportunity more available to her, Moulis plans to attend either UW-Fond Du Lac, UW-Oshkosh or Ripon College.

“I work a lot and sometimes don’t have time for school, so I don’t always have the best

grades, but I’ve learned to keep going no matter what,” Moulis said. “This scholarship is a good start for me, and now I know that I will definitely be able to get into college.”

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Editorial

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Participation in school food drives too low On a daily basis, high school students do not think about what food we consume, or more importantly, how grateful we are even to have it. We often take for granted the variety of snacks we have to choose from and the meals we have put before us. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, nearly 795 million people are hungry throughout the world.

About three times a year Berlin High School puts on food drives. Faculty has been rather disappointed with the turnout of items brought in in the recent food drives.

In class the other day, a student said out loud to the whole class, “There is a food drive going on?” after an announcement over the loud speaker. It is not only one student, either. Many students feel like they have not been notified.

It is astonishing that people do not know about some of the food drives being held. We

Mercedes Zabel Business Manager Today marks the start of the second trimester, meaning that the high school has already had 11 Thursdays where school began at 9 a.m. instead of 7:52 a.m. Since there is an extra hour available on Thursday mornings, students have been able to accomplish multiple things that they would not be able to do on a normal day. There has been time for an additional hour of sleep, to go out to breakfast or to finish lastminute homework.

In addition, Thursday late starts feel like a small break during the week. It is almost as if there is more relief on a Wednesday night knowing we might not have to get up as early the next morning.

This might make it so we can stay up later to complete homework or to watch an extra episode on Netflix.

Because of late starts replacing the periodical half day, classes are able to accomplish the necessary learning material within a

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believe that it is crucial for all the students and teachers in the school to be well aware of the drives. Whether it is more announcements, posters or even designated speakers to go to each classroom to explain the importance. Our school is capable of doing this in order to increase participation.

The food from the most recent food drive put on by Key Club was given to the Berlin High School food pantry.

For the Key Club food drive, specific items were being asked for. Yet, that still should not lower participation. The high school should be jumping at the opportunity to help, especially knowing that some students in our own school are hungry.

The food from the drives provided at our school are either given to our school pantry or community pantry.

We are one school body and should “be hungry” to help others who need it.

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Senior Column:

Loving on Late Starts trimester in a more efficient manner. Occasionally, class periods on half days are used as work days, study halls, or just thought of as not enough time to achieve what really needs to be done, so everything is pushed until there is a full class period.

Now that half days have been replaced and class periods are only shortened from 70 minutes to 60 minutes, valuable assignments and activities can be completed in a more methodical way.

Furthermore, since school begins later, CIA starts later, but only by five minutes. Essentially, juniors and seniors get an additional hour in the morning in return for staying

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just five extra minutes than normal. It is not a bad tradeoff.

However, underclassmen are still required to stay on Thursdays for CIA, just like any other day. But, is this really worth it? Although five minutes later does not seem like much of a difference, in the end it is taking away from the already short 20-minute CIA. By the time Thursday CIA starts at 3:05, there is only 15 minutes until school is over. For those who are trying to get some work done, this is not a sufficient amount of time to sit down, get organized and be productive.

As students sit though the first three periods of the day watching the clock tick by, which feels as

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if it is moving slower with each passing minute, most are eagerly awaiting lunch. But, with school starting later on Thursdays, lunch is also later. Now that we eat from 12:10-12:50, stomachs seem to grumble much louder and for much longer as students wait to gorge themselves at SoulFood, McDonalds, or on a homemade meal. Although the lunch period is pushed to a mere 25 minutes later, it feels like an eternity since most are not yet accustomed to it at this point.

Although the later lunch and shortened CIA are two small flaws within the Thursday late start schedule, the good outweighs the bad. Both upper and underclassmen are benefiting from weekly late starts by being able to accomplish various things before school begins, and by being able to complete learning material in a more efficient way within their classes. Simply put, students have been more than happy to oblige with this school year’s new implementation.

Dear Editor, I don’t like how our clocks are set up in the school. Most of our classroom clocks are 5 minutes behind. Because of this, it is hard to keep track of time and know when to pack up to get to your next class on time. The hallway clocks are even worse, being anywhere from 5 minutes to a complete hour off. Personally, I think it makes our school look unorganized. Although after 2 weeks most of the clocks have been changed to the correct time, some are still incorrect while others are still not even working. I think that they need to be all on the same time so that everyone can be on the same page and there are no more excuses of being late.

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Students trek out of state for hunting

Bryn Hermanson Social Media Manager During his 10-day mule deer gun hunting trip from Nov. 3 to Nov. 12, junior Devon Seaman was thrilled to hunt an animal that he has never hunted before in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

With only having the problem of getting the big bucks from private land on to public land to shoot them, Seaman got lucky on his first mule deer hunt.

“My goal for the first couple of days was to go for a big buck, then on the last day I would just shoot one,” Seaman said.

Seaman ended up shooting his first mule deer on the second to last day on his trip.

While Seaman shot a five-pointer mule deer on his trip, best friends and avid hunters, junior Dylan Gravunder and senior Carter Rohde, did not get as lucky on their hunting trip in Bellflower, Missouri.

From Nov. 1 until Nov. 5, Gravunder and Rohde were bowhunting for whitetail deer. Even though they set the goal to leave Missouri with a big

Bartol, Wiegel chosen as Students of the Month Paige Krause

Junior Devon Seaman shot his first mule deer on his gun hunting trip to Colorado. Seaman is looking forward to going back in the future. “I felt really excited because it was the first mule deer I ever shot, and I was with my grandpa,” Seaman said.

Photo submitted buck, it was not their lucky hunt.

Gravunder and Rohde planned, it “Honestly, the hunt went terrible,” was still different from other hunts Rohde said. “We had a hard time see- they have been on. ing any deer at all, and the only good “This trip was a big experience for us thing to happen was when Dylan because even though we did not get and his dad (Paul) saw a big buck two anything, our guide invited us back nights, but they were not able to get for another hunt,” Gravunder said. “It a shot.” was also cool to experience hunting Although this trip did not go how someplace else other than Wisconsin.”

Principal, family man shares life outside of school

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Being involved in many activities, Alyse Bartol has been chosen to be the female student of the month. Bartol has been in volleyball, basketball, soccer, musical, madrigals, show choir, LINC crew and Spanish Club.

“Organization was something I learned in high school,” Bartol said. “I learned that time management is a key to success. I also learned how to talk to people.

I was kind of shy before high school and now it’s hard to keep me quiet.”

Bartol hopes to attend college at UW-Madison or UW-La Crosse to either be a news reporter, or to do something in the medical field.

“In the future, one of my goals after college is to travel because I want to experience new people and things. I don’t want to just live,” Bartol said.

Throughout high school, sister Olivia Bartol has been greatly influenced by Alyse.

“Some of Alyse’s best qualities are her selflessness, sense of humor and hard-working attitude.

Photo:Ally Corrine Photography She also always can make someone laugh. Her best quality is that she never gives up in anything she does. She is always giving everything 100 percent,” sophomore Olivia Bartol said. “Alyse has inspired me to be the best that I can be. She will continue to inspire me to be a better person.”

Since early in her high school career, Bartol has also been inspired by her volleyball coach, Eydie Reiser.

“I whole-heartedly agree that Alyse is a Berlin student that others can look up to and aspire to become like. I have been honored to have Alyse in my life,” Reiser said. ”I hope she never loses the understanding of what a gift to the world she is.”

Alex McClelland Editor-in-Chief

Principal Lynn Mork began teaching in the Berlin district 38 years ago as a fourth grade teacher before becoming the high school principal in 2011. What do the students really know about him other than he is not the face they want to see when we do something wrong, or that the Harley in the parking lot is his?

After graduating from the University of South Dakota in 1979 with an elementary education degree, Mork married his wife Pam. They have two children, Erik (34) and Laura (30). Mork is also the proud grandfather of three boys, ages 7, 4 and 1 ½ with a fourth grandson on the way.

“The hugs, their smiles, watching them grow and hearing ‘papa’ are some of my favorite parts of being a grandfather,” Mork said.

With both of his children living in two separate states, family time does not happen as much as Mork hopes it would. Because of that, the family traditions that are made are cherished.

“Every year during Christmas we go to Mecan River Outfitters by Montello, WI for a horse drawn sleigh ride,” Mork said.

“Just the peacefulness of going

Principal Lynn Mork (L) pictured with grandsons and wife. (L-R) Lincoln, Landon, Pam and Anderson. With two grandkids living in Minnesota and one in Texas, family time is cherished. through the woods being pulled by horses on a sleigh makes it my favorite.”

His family and the traditions that come along with them all hold a special spot in Mork’s heart, but so does the Harley his wife gifted him on their 25th wedding anniversary.

“It was a present from my wife,” Mork said. “I had always dreamed of having a Harley, and I hadn’t ridden one for many years so she found one for me.”

Someone who knows Mork in both the school and home environment is Building Grounds Director Josh Youngbauer, who has been good family friends with Mork for 36 years.

“He’s a family man, easy go-

ing and I never really see him mad,” Youngbauer said. “We do a lot of family stuff together like birthdays and weddings. Our relationship is really more of a family relationship than a work friendship.”

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Being involved in robotics, the Academic Bowl and the Academic Decathlon, Adam Wiegel has been chosen as the male student of the month.

Wiegel has dreams to accomplish after high school.

“My future plans are to go to college for engineering and graduate. After I graduate, my dream would be to go to outer space and explore the planets.

Something that inspired me was ‘Star Wars,’ it made me want to build space ships,” Wiegel said.

Wiegel has had some struggles throughout high school.

“A struggle of mine throughout my high school career was homework. At times it was hard to balance all of my activities and my homework,” Wiegel said.

Wiegel has many influences, but his sister Laura Wiegel stood out most to him.

“Adam and I were home schooled together and we learned a lot together. He in-

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Not only does sister Laura inspire Adam, but so does science teacher Nick Kvam.

“I think Adam will go far in life.

With his work ethic and ability, he will be able to pursue any career in science he chooses.

Adam has an analytical mind and a passion for learning. He has a curiosity that drives him to understand the world around him,” Kvam said.

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Throwback

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Red ‘n’ Green Time Machine Throwback Question: What was a strange quirk you had as a child?

“I played Spider Man 2 on game cube very often,” freshman Joventino Garcia said.

Text and photos by Harry Kujawa

“I needed hot sauce on literally eveything,” senior Jose Macedo said.

“I was obsessed with Pokemon,” math teacher Bailey Beyer said.

“I would always wear my slides because I did not know how to tie my shoes until third grade,” sophomore Pablo Jaimez said.

Markel rewinds to her high school years Caylie Krebs

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When students see teachers and staff around the school, they sometimes forget that they were once in high school themselves.

Student services secretary Sarah Markel takes us back to her own high school years.

“I was friends with everyone,” Markel said. “I had my group, but I got along with everyone.”

Markel attended Berlin High School and represented her class as homecoming and prom queen.

“My friends and I did the basic teenage things,” Markel said.

“We went to the movies, went to the school sports games and hung out at each other’s houses.”

Markel said not much has changed since her high school

years.

“Everyone still dresses similar, but we were more conservative. We didn’t get away with short shorts and low cut shirts,” Markel said.

Although some things did not change, there are certain things that have changed quite a bit.

“When I first started, we had

eight classes that were 45 minutes long and we had quarters,” Markel said. “Eventually, it changed to the five classes for 70 minutes and into trimesters sometime while I was in high school.”

Markel was interested in country artists like George Strait and Toby Keith.

“I listened to mostly country

and WIXX,” Markel said. “We always recorded songs off of the radio with our cassette tapes.”

At first, Markel did not see hereself as a secretary.

“I went to school to be an elementary teacher and decided I didn’t want to do that,” Markel said. “After deciding not to be an elementary teacher, I went for speech therapy and decided I didn’t want to do that either. I ended up here, but now I want to go back to school to be a counselor to better myself and also help students that are going through things.”

Still being young, Markel had some of the teachers that are still teaching at BHS today.

“I remember her,” Science teacher Pat Arndt said. “She was always very kind and quiet.

She was a model student, and was always so polite.”

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The barbie is an 11.5 inch, blonde doll that children have been playing with since the 1960s. A woman named Ruth Handler designed and created the first Barbie doll. It was created in hopes to show that the doll could be anything kids wanted it to be and that should mimic how young girls should think, too. According to www.telegraph.co.uk, the business started booming in 2008 with one Barbie being sold roughly every three seconds. Girls all around the world, including juniors Evyn Stadler and Alexia Arndt, fell in love with the doll.

Evyn and Arndt share their personal Barbie experiences from

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when they were in elementary school, specifically second and third grade.

“We would spend hours playing with barbies at Evyn’s house when we were little. We would make her sister’s room the entire ‘Barbie house’,” Arndt said.

The girls would designate different areas of the room for different activities for the dolls. They would create different rooms and even have tables signify the stories of the house. The ground would be the first level and on top of the table would be the upstairs.

“I remember one time we wanted to have our Barbies take a vacation so we pretended that my bed was the Bahamas, and put all the Barbies on a cruise

ship,” Evyn said.

Sometimes Evyn and Alexia would invite Evyn’s little sister, Ella Stadler, to play Barbies with them, too.

“My favorite part is when I had the Barbies ride horses and have animals,” Ella said.

There are many reasons the girls fell in love with the imaginary world of Barbie dolls.

“I loved playing with Barbies because it was a world that you could create and make it exactly how you want it to be,” Evyn said.

Although they are just dolls, Evyn explains that playing with Barbies also taught her valuable lessons.

“I think the most important thing they taught me is that you can be absolutely anything you want to be,” Evyn said.

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Q: What are your likes and dislikes about your car?

A: “If I fix my power steering and windows she’ll be in mint condition. Otherwise I’m fine with everything else.”

Q: What is unique about your car?

A: “I have a frolfing disk holding my rear passenger window up.”

3. “My favorite places I have traveled to are Belize and Italy.”

Historical musical raises roof After weeks of hard work, the musical cast hit the stage three separate nights performing “Fiddler on the Roof”, leaving the crowd hoping for more.

The setting is a small-town Jewish community in Eastern Europe after the Crusades. The community was represented by a big back drop that had multiple houses painted on it with trees and a bright blue sky, setting the scene beautifully.

The main character Tevye, the dairyman, was played by senior Joey Schmidt. He potrayed his character perfectly with the beard he had been growing out, which along with the facial make up, made him look exactly like the Tevye on the musical logo. Schmidt’s accent was spot on, and he never stuttered or forgot his lines as Tevye, which added to his unbeatable stage presence.

Tevye has five daughters, Tzeitel (Claire Heil), Hodel (Rebecca Mularski), Chava (Amelia Roost), Shprintze (Clair Werch) and Bielke (Melissa Gerber). In the musical, the two youngest daughters, Shprintze and Bielke, are not old enough to marry,

so the drama that soon occurs with the three oldest daughters marrying does not involve them as much.

When Tzeitel admits to Tevye that she would not be happy marrying the butcher, Lazar Wolf (Mitchell Krueger), she begs Tevye not to force her. He is torn between breaking marriage tradition and allowing her to marry the guy she’s happy with, Motel, the Tailor (Calob Congdon). Congdon and Heil’s acting together had to have been meant to be, the intimate way they talked to each other really convinced the crowd they were in love.

For those who have not seen “Fiddler on the Roof” before, it could be easy to get lost in the plot. Reading about the history of the musical in the program helped, and viewers can began to understand that the Russians were targeting all nonRussian minorties, pushing Tevye and his Jewish community out of Anatevka.

In Act l Scene 7, Grandma Tzeitel (Alyse Bartol) comes to Tevye in his dream and persuades Tevye to let Tzeitel marry Motel. Grandma Tzietzel stole the show with the dramatic way she came in, the moving upbeat song she sang, and the chorus that was dancing behind her.

Junior Lukas Viars 1. “I’ve been out of the country more than three times.”

After Tevye’s other daughter Hodel marries the modern Jewish man Perchik and Chava marries Fyedka, a Russian man, traditions in the community are broken. But that’s not all, after Tevye gets an order from a Russian officer stating that a pogrom (violent act aimed at a certain minorities) could take place, Tevye tries to ignore it and just continue with life as normal. Schmidt did an excellent job of showing how Tevye’s optimistic personality did not diminish, and how he carried on as the ordinary dairyman.

At the end of the musical, the pogrom becomes a reality and the Jewish community emigrates.

When the curtian finally drew to a close, I was disapointed the five star musical had ended.

2. “I fell off a bike and broke my collarbone.”

3. “I play the drums at church every other week.”

Spanish teacher Missy Daubner 1. “I tried out for American Idol.”

2. “I went on tour with a band in their tour bus.”

3. “I danced on stage on Broadway in New York.”

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2. “I went to state for gymnastics for six years.”

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SPORTS PLAYOFF DIVISIONS EXPLAINED Boys and Girls Cross Country

Football

D2

D3

Overall, 224 teams in the state are seeded in the playoffs. To even receive consideration for playoffs, teams need to follow a certain list of criteria. The 224 teams are grouped by enrollment largest to smallest based on the enrollment indicated in the “2017-2018 WIAA Directory of Member Schools”. In the end, there are seven divisions with 32 teams in each division. The 32 teams in each division are then divided into four geographical groups (A, B, C, D) of eight teams that are then ranked between one and eight.

Boys and Girls Swim (Berlin and Green Lake)

The largest 120 schools sponsoring cross country are division one. The next largest 122 schools are division two. The remaining schools are division three.

Boys and Girls Basketball

D3

Schools with an enrollment of 1,200 or greater are division one. Schools with an enrollment between 600 and 1,200 are in division two. Division three and four are split equally between the remaining schools. The smallest 128 schools are division five.

D2

The largest 112 WIAA member schools that sponsor softball are division one. The remaining WIAA member schools that sponsor softball are divided equally into divisions two, three, four and five.

Volleyball

D2

D2

D2

D2

Cheer is divided up into five groups based on how many members are on the team.

All-Girl Super Small has five to nine athletes on a team, All-Girl Small has 10 to 12 athletes, All-Girl Medium has 13 to 16 athletes, All-Girl Large has 17 to 20 athletes and All-Girl Super Large has 21 to 34 athletes. There are also Co-Ed divisions, but Berlin competes as All-Girl and only against small teams.

Wrestling

Boys and Girls Track

Softball

Small

The 128 largest WIAA member schools that sponsor wrestling are division one. The remainder of the WIAA member schools are split 50 percent into divisions two and three. If there is an uneven number of schools between division two and division three, the extra school is placed into division three.

The largest 60 percent of schools that sponsor swimming are division one. The remaining 40 percent of schools are division two. Teams that consist of more than one school are placed into divisions by the combined enrollment of all schools.

The largest 138 WIAA member schools that sponsor track and field are in division one. The remaining WIAA member schools are divided equally into division two and three. If there is an uneven number of schools between division two and division three, the extra school is placed into division three.

Cheer and Stunt

Boys and Girls Soccer

D3

The largest 64 schools sponsoring soccer are division one. The next largest 64 schools are division two. The remaining schools are divided equally into division three and four.

Golf

D2

The largest 138 schools that sponsor golf are division one. The remaining schools are split 50 percent into divisions two and three. If there is an uneven number of schools between division two and division three, the extra school is placed into division three.

The 128 largest WIAA member schools that sponsor wrestling are division one. The remainder of the WIAA member schools are split 50 percent into divisions two and three.

If there is an uneven number of schools between division two and division three, the extra school is placed into division three.

Baseball

D2

The largest 96 schools that sponsor baseball are division one. The remaining schools are equally divided between division one, two and three.

**All sports divisions for playoffs are divided based on geographical basis, except football. ***The divisions that are listed are the sports regular season division, not playoffs. ****Sports, except football and cheer, are allowed to play up one division from where the enrollment would place them if an application is submitted before a set date.

Source: WIAA Fall, Winter and Spring Season Regulations

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Sports Briefs

Alex McClelland Editor-in-Chief

Co-Coach takes new position Leading the dance team as head coach will be first grade teacher Amanda Ketterhagen, replacing former Head Coach Laura Sobieski.

“This year will be a lot different in the fact that I won’t have another coach to collaborate with, but I’m excited to try some new things, too,” Ketterhagen said.

Ketterhagen plans on using her previous experience of competing in dance to improve the team.

“I want to jump in more with the choreography and help add in ripples and formation changes when maybe the girls’ choreography didn’t think of it,” Ketterhagen said.

Cheer and stunt on to new season After ending their first season at the last football game, the cheer team makes the transition into competition season.

“We compete with our routine to be the best in our division,” senior Katie Pitzrick said.

“Versus football where we just cheer to cheer on our football team.”

According to Pitzrick, competition season is kind of like performing at homecoming, just more difficult.

“We have to practice more stunts and have more difficult jumps and sequences,” Pitzrick said. “It’s not just for fun and games.”

Girls basketball kicks of with win Girls basketball kicked off their season with a win against Wautoma on Nov. 14.

“We were down a few girls so it forced us as a team to pick up for their absense,” Block Bailey Sternitske said.

After going 6-17 last season, the team hopes to improve as a whole, but also individually.

“We’ve all grown as better players all in our individual areas. For some it’s shooting range, and for others it’s ball handling,” Sternitske said.

“Outside of basektball we’re all similiar and spend a lot of time together in the off season.”

Boys season opens with win against Wautoma Paige Krause

Reporter

The first boys basketball event, a scrimmage on Friday, Nov. 19, was a success for the varsity team.

“As a team, playing in the scrimmage definitely gave us a boost of energy and confidence to start off the season,” junior Joe Rhein said.

Being one of the only sophomores, Ryan Bartol was excited to play his first scrimmage.

“The scrimmage went well. We shared the ball and played as a team. It is very nerve wracking playing varsity as a sophomore, but it’s nice knowing my teammates and coaches believe in me,” Bartol said.

The team agrees the scrimmage was a success, but they still plan to make some improvements.

“Our offense was pretty good, but there’s always room for improvement. We definitely need to clean up our defense because defense can win games,” senior Cole

Sophomore Ryan Bartol (#21) and senior Justin Bartol (#44) put up tough defense at the Berlin scrimmage against Rio. “We just have to play the way we know we are capable of. We are confident in each other and know that if we play together, we can win,” senior Justin Bartol said.

Photo: P. Krause Jecevicus said.

Rhein said he was hopeful about Berlin’s first game against Wautoma on Nov 21 because of their previous scrimmage win.

“Wautoma is non-con-

ference and we will not be seeing them again. It doesn’t matter to me if we play a nonconference team, because no matter who you play, you have to play as hard as you can every time you step on

the court,” Rhein said.

During the scrimmage, Rhein explains that everyone needs playing time.

“For the scrimmage, we played everyone equally because we are looking where everyone can play and how well they can play their position,” Rhein said.

With the North Fond du Lac game coming up, the boys prepare.

“We played North Fond du Lac last year and we beat them by 20. I think they are beatable this year,” senior Justin Bartol said.

Justin explains the team experience that the boys have have together.

“Our team is good at just being a team. We believe in each other as teammates and all hold each other accountable. Everybody has certain skills and roles that fit into the team in some way, which contributes to success on both sides of the floor,” Justin said.

Their next game is tomorrow at home against North Fond Du Lac.

Wrestling increases team size, optimism Harry Kujawa

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The wrestling team has not had a full team since 2010. However, this year they are one heavyweight away from having a full team.

Not only has there been an increase in team members, but also in optimism.

“Our first goal is to fill the heavyweight spot, but the main goal is to win conference. We and Campbellsport are the two top teams in the conference. They are a tough team, but we have a very talented group of guys,” Head Coach Scott Wagner said.

This team is very young, with only only one senior on the team, Jordan Weinkauf.

Wagner has kept in touch with his returning athletes.

“We have good returning guys with varsity experience and four guys with sectional experience, I also know they did a lot of work this sum-

mer to get better and fill that leader position,” Wagner said.

One of these young leaders that has earned praise from his coach is junior Bryce Congdon.

“I’d like to be a sectional qualifier and hopefully make it to state. But, I want to make sure we have good chemistry. We are all very focused on that conference championship and that is well within reach,” Congdon said.

With having a young team, that means varsity positions are going to be a challenge to earn.

“We determine who is on varsity by a wrestle off. But, if I notice in practice that one guy is noticably better, then they will not have to wrestle.

If a guy improves as the season goes on and he or I think he could have that varsity spot, then they will wrestle,” Wagner said.

The team normally has a wrestle off about three days before the first meet so they can really have a lot of time

Head Coach Scott Wagner shows a move to his team assisted by Coach LaBuda. “Our work ethic has been really really good. I told the guys the first week is boring, but they still come in and work hard every day,” Coach Wagner said.

Photo: H. Kujawa to evaluate through practice.

“I try not to think about the wrestle off, and when the time comes I just get down and go as hard as I can. If I get beat then he is the better

wrestler and there is more work to be done,” Congdon said.

The wrestlers’ first meet is Saturday Dec 2 at Kimberly, starting at 8 a.m.

Up Next in WINTER Sports Friday, December 1

Saturday, December 2

• Boys Varsity Basketball @ • Varsity Wrestling Invitational @ Kimberly, 8 Berlin, 7:15 p.m.

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• Boys Varsity Swimming @ • Plymouth, 9 a.m.

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Friday, December 8 Saturday, December 9 Tuesday, December 12 Boys Varsity Swimming @ • Wayland Academy, 5 p.m.

Girls Varsity Basketball @ BHS, 7:15 p.m.

Boys Varsity Basketball @ Omro, 7:15 p.m.

Wrestling Varsity Invitational @ Amherst, 9 a.m.

• Boys Varsity Basketball @ Berlin, 7:15 p.m.

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