November 2019

VOLUME 52, ISSUE 3 222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019

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A BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OPEN FORUM SINCE 1924 Newsbriefs Kalynn Wilson

Sources of Strength aims to promote mental health awareness Reporter Helena Buttke

Annual short story contest held The annual short story contest concluded as the judges, at-risk aid Marian Kobishop, English teacher Erika Pethan and Spanish teacher Jody Ziemann, decided who the winners were.

In third place is junior Nick Chier, In second place is senior Gracie Brownlow. In first place is freshman Anna Shumacher.

“The genre was wide open for any student who wanted to get involved,” English teacher and contest adviser Andrew Reise said. “There were 10 stories submitted, and we try to entice all students to get involved.”

Top writers get cash prizes, $30, $20 and $10.

"Winners also get their stories published on the Berlin website,” Reise said.

BHS holds bread and butter drive Berlin High School hosted a food drive from Monday, Oct. 28 to Friday Nov. 1.

“We decided to have a bread and butter drive because it’s a staple and it’s easy for kids to take,” guidance counselor Ann Ragus said.

Kids can pick up food to take home from the district school pantry at BHS, upstairs in the old weight room.

“We have grocery bags for kids to take,” Ragus said.

Not only will the food drive benefit students, the drive has benefits for teachers in the district.

“We had a competition between Clay Lamberton, BMS and BHS to see who brings in the most bread and butter. If a staff member brings in bread or butter, they get to wear jeans,” Ragus said. “There will be another food drive, sometime in the future.”

There was a total of 96 items donated. Clay Lamberton won the competition, with 66% of the staff participation. Second place was the middle school, with 48%. In last place was the high school with 33%.

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Sources of Strength is coming to Berlin to help students battle suicide and other mental health problems.

For the past 21 years a group called Sources of Strength has helped students properly handle problems like suicide, mental health and stress.

“Sources of Strength is a peerled group with the idea that it is a suicide prevention group that focuses on the strengths of students instead of those weaknesses,” group leader and English teacher Erika Pethan said. “Often when we think about suicide prevention, we talk about the risks and the bad things that we see.

Now we are going to be looking at risks, but also the strengths of those students.”

According to the website, sourcesofstrength.org, Sources of Strength is the first suicide prevention program that uses peer leaders to enhance protective factors associated with reducing suicide.

Throughout the United States and Canada, Sources of Strength is gaining popularity. In the United States 34 states have adopted this method to help spread awareness for students who choose not to talk to an adult, but want to talk to their peers about their problems and obstacles.

“We are making a conscious

Photo: H. Buttke Sources of Strength had their training on Nov. 19. in the LMC. Sources of Strenght has helped students feel empowered and united, knowing they are not alone. “We are coming together as a team and as a group to look for those students who need someone to reach out to them,” English teacher Erika Pethan said. effort to look at students that are in the background, students that aren’t always thought of,” Pethan said. “We have people that are ready and trained to meet with those kids and be friends with those that are involved.”

Topics that are going to be covered in Sources of Strength will be risks of suicide, signals commonly seen in suicidal people and the eight-piece puzzle

in the Sources of Strength logo, according to art teacher Angela Breunig.

In Sources of Strength, students will be able to share their stories and be involved with campaigns throughout the school.

“We will start with campaigns like what Sources of Strength is, how can we be more generous, how can we be more thankful,

or how can we be mindful of ourselves,” Pethan said. “Mental health will be a big part of this, but also things like physical health and what does it look like to be a good friend? How are we good students? How are we helping our community? All of those things are what make healthy people.” e next Sources of Strength meeting will be on (date).

Academic Decathalon tests at local competition Isabelle Willett Editor-in-Chief Academic Decathlon team competed at their local competition on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The Academic Decathlon theme for the 2019 season is “In Sickness and in Health," with an overall emphasis on cancer.

“There is a topic picked every year and all 10 categories are based around that,” coach Nick Kvam said.

Each team has nine test taking members, with the other members acting as alternates on the team.

The key to a successful team is having test takers on all levels of the grade point average scale. Contrary to popular belief, all teams need participants with lower GPAs to score points.

“Every team needs all GPA ranges and if you don’t fill all ranges you forfeit those points for your team,” Kvam said.

“What makes the big difference

Photo I. Willett Academic Decathlon members take their local competition tests on Tuesday, Nov. 12. This test will determine if the team advanced on to the regional competition. They will compete at regionals on Friday, Jan. 10. are the middle GPA students.

We are finding that it is important to have students even if their GPA isn’t great, but they are good test takers and they want to learn.”

Team members are able to test at a higher GPA level if they

feel they can benefit the team.

“We have three levels of testing, varsity being the lowest, scholastic and honors. If you have a varsity GPA you can test as an honors, but if you are an honors tester you can’t test down,” sophomore Sophie Ryf

said.

The Academic Decathlon team welcomed five new test taking members.

“The new members were kind of scared, but I think everyone did the best they could at the local competition,” Ryf said.

The team competes in two competitions each year, with the aspiration of making it to the state level of competition.

“We hope to make it to regionals again. From our regionals the top two teams advance to state. You can win individual awards at regionals, but you can not individually advance to state, it must be as a team,” Kvam said.

The team found out they advanced on Friday, Nov. 15.

“I was kinda surprised because Mr. Kvam came up to me in class, junior Sam Petraszak said.

They will compete at the regional competition on Friday, Jan. 10.

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Opinion

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Red ‘n’ Green

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Berlin High School 222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923 920.361.2000

Service clubs bring good work to school community

Many clubs and extracurricu- This creates a more welcoming lars come with hefty benefits, ambience for students, focusing ranging from achievement let- its benefits to those in need. ters to scholarships to the conSelflessness is the common tinuation of a family legacy. demoninator found in these Recognition comes in many clubs. Members are not involved forms, often specific to each club for any benefits except to purely and the experiences they pro- help others, adding to the warm, vide. But, think, what external inviting environment we are benefits do clubs like KIND Com- lucky to have here at BHS. mittee and other service clubs Clubs like Power Pals and provide?

Sources of Strength come with Clubs and committees offer benefits unique to them. As it students real-life experiences may be noticed, there is yet to be and act as attractive resume a Power Pals letter to be earned, builders beneficial to them in the or a KIND Committee one, for world after high school. that matter. These are simply Involvement also tends to pro- clubs working towards the greatvide personal gratification and er good in our school and comfufillment, physically, mentally munity. and socially.

Those who dedicate such Sports offer students a pres- time and passion to clubs such cence within the school com- as, but not limited to, Power Pals, munity and the clout that often KIND Committee and Sources of comes with it. Over time, signifi- Strength are true pioneers of the cant brand building has associ- greater good within our school. ated itself with being an athlete.

Having no rewards other than Isabelle Willett Clubs like KIND Commitee and knowing the good they bring Power Pals instead offerEditor-in-Chief an inclu- to the school makes these clubs sive environment with the lack of something to be proud of and competitive nature within them. applauded.

Isabelle Willett Editor-in-Chief The secret to high school is simple, but it normally takes high schoolers four long years to figure it out and by the time they do high school is already coming to a close.

It has taken me my own four years to crack the code, but it didn’t have to. The secret to high school success is asking for help.

High schoolers have placed a stigma around asking for help, saying they do not want to bother their teachers or even worse, come across as unintelligent. The fear of admitting that we as teenagers do not know everything keeps us from asking questions and in turn leads to less than impressive test scores and grades.

The teachers here at BHS want to see their students succeed. They are willing to make

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time to answer our questions one on one. Students simply need to let go of the stigma and ask them.

It may seem intimidating as freshmen to go to teachers after class or during CIA, but this little bit of extra effort shows teachers that we want to learn, which then allows us to build a relationship with them. This connection will help students to succeed. Having a teacher in our corner as we move forward in our high school career can be a beneficial asset.

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Make sure to pay attention in class and fill out any study guide teachers gives. This is the main way to help yourself.

All of the things on the test are somewhere on the study guide. Our teachers are not trying to trick us. They are giving us the resources to succeed, so we should use them. If we have questions on notes or the study guide, it is better to help ourselves by going to a teacher.

I have learned that most teachers in the department are willing to help even if they are

or were not ever my teacher. If we are more comfortable with one teacher over another we shouldn’t be afraid to go to them for the help we need.

We have to know our strengths and weaknesses and be able to own them in order to be successful in high school.

It is okay to admit that we need help, and as soon as we understand this the easier classes will be.

I have learned that high school is much more enjoyable to go through when I understand my classes rather than struggling through them.

If we want to make the grade, Berlin High School teachers do a great job giving us access to the materials needed to make that happen. We simply have to utilize what we are given and the knowledge of our teachers.

The secret is simple, do not be afraid to help yourself: ask for help.

Letters to the Editor Students want scan cards From the perspective of a student that has a senior leave first hour, I think the school should use a scanner to open up doors for students, using their student IDs. I also think they should do a trial run first with seniors that have senior leave so they don’t do this blindly.

-Senior Catherine Krause

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Class break time a big desire It would be really nice if teachers gave us social media breaks during class. It’s hard to stay off your phone during class, so if teachers gave us breaks during class for a bit to check our phones, it would be nice.

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Power Pals builds peer interaction Grace Hoffman

Reporter

A school where all people can comfortably and postivily interact and build friendships is the main goal of the Power Pals group.

The group provides a unique way for special education students to form relationships with their peers through mentored lunches and other activities.

The group of mentor students, led by special education teachers Alecia Starks and Mark Trampf, focuses on relationship building and positive interaction.

“The goal is to help our students be integrated into student life, and help them form relationships they normally wouldn’t be able to make,” Starks said.

Mentors, chosen from the lists of students who participate in activities such as KIND Committee, LINC Crew and Student Council, are encouraged to treat

the oppurtunity as a way to make genuine friendships.

Mentor Mercedes Eichstedt says the reason she is in the group is that she feels it is important to make all students feel welcome.

“I think it is good because it makes everyone feel important and gives the students the chance to meet new people,” Eichstedt said.

The group meets every other Friday for lunch. They also do other fun activities throughout the year.

“We had our Thanksgiving meal and we talked about what we are thankful for in our lives.

We sat by students we don't always get the chance to talk to, and shared what plans we had for Thanksgiving," mentor Ashley Ryckman said.

Mentor Vincent Evans says that all mentors share the same goal.

“We want the kids to build up their confidence and feel more comfortable talking to others

and making new friends,” Evans said.

The club is not only beneficial to the special ed students, but for the mentors as well.

“The mentors also gain better communication skills, and we get to make friends with different people in the school,” Evans said.

Eichstedt says she looks forward to all that will come from being part of the group this year.

“I’m looking forward to bonding with the students through more lunches and other activities,” Eichstedt said.

The biggest idea that Starks and the Power Pals group wants all students to take away is that students do not need to be part of the club to be a kind and a welcoming person.

“The idea of Power Pals is something that can be integrated at BHS, and something students can do their classes, afterschool activities, lunch and after school,” Starks said.

Cason returns from Conserve School Deacon Eberhardy Reporter Last year senior Zach Cason traveled to Conserve School, a boarding high school in Land O’Lakes in northern Wisconsin to pursue his passion about environmental science. Cason was part of a semester long program that started in January and ended in May. “When I first got there I was nervous, but after the first week that all went away and I really felt like I belonged,” Cason said.

Conserve’s 1200-acre Lowenwood campus is home to many different types of plants and animals.

Students can explore their many forests, bogs, lakes, and praires.

Conserve boarding school focuses on the environment and environmental science.

“The classes were a lot harder than Berlin’s, and they were more focused on liberal arts and the environment,” Cason said “even the math or the Spanish classes tried to put an environmental spin on it.”

During his time at Conserve Cason had to adjust to living in a dorm with the other students away from home. “(Living in a dorm) was great, I’m looking forward to doing it again in college,” Cason said.

While living so far from home may seem intimidating Cason’s classes left him with plenty to do.

“On an average day I would wake up at 5 a.m. and go to the weight room and work out for

an hour, then it was all one big class so we were all together.

We’d eat, then we’d move on to classes. There were eight hours of classes then we’d do homework or we would clean,” Cason said.

Conserve offers a variety of electives that relate to the environment such as Nature Photography, or Earth Art. “There were math, English and all those required classes, and for my electives I took Environmental Stewardship and Spanish,” Cason said.

While most of Conserve’s students are from Wisconsin their are plenty students from all around the country.

“It was great to meet different people from all around the country,” Cason said.

Wordsmiths of Berlin’s annual

Poetry Slam Saturday, December 14, at 7 p.m. in the Berlin High School Auditorium

Talk to Mr. Reise for more details.

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Jodarski, Bartol chosen as November Students of the Month Isabelle Willett Editor-in-Chief Her fun-loving personality mixed with her dedication to academic success has made senior Myah Jodarski November’s female student of the month.

Jodarski has been a student athlete her four years at BHS, participating in cross country and basketball. She is also currently in Graphix Club, National Honor Society and she is the class of 2020 Vice President.

“I used sports as my way in to high school, but it helped that I had brothers still in school to help me find my way. I also just got through it with my friends,” Jodarski said.

Jodarski’s character and kindness has made an impact on many of her peers, but those closest to her consider her to be an inspiration.

“She’s determined. She’s made me a better person by showing me what unconditional love is like. I never have to wonder if Myah is in my corner, because she always has my back,” senior Josie Reich said.

As Jodarski continues her journey, Coach Matt Willett believes her personality will carry her far.

“Not only will her academic intelligence open up many doors for her but her personality, sense of humor and kind Four years packed with academic and extracurricular success has made senior Ryan Bartol November’s male student of the month.

Throughout high school Bartol has been an active member of the BHS community. He has been a three-season athlete, competing in football, basketball and track. Bartol is also a LINC Crew leader his senior year.

“I think my competitive drive and work ethic is what made me successful throughout high school, whether it’s in sports or in school. I always try to work as hard as I can to be the best I can be at something,” Bartol said.

His strong leadership presence has made Bartol a staple on the Indian’s football team.

“Ryan is one of the better athletes on the field. He doesn’t always say the most, but everyone on the team really looks up to him,” senior Alec Moriarty said. “I know he’s made me better. He is always pushing me and I look up to him as a hard worker.”

Bartol credits his success to many important adults in his life.

“I’ve had help from countless teachers and coaches. They have all given me advice and support whenever I needed it. My parents have definitely helped me out the most, and I’d be nowhere without them,” Bartol said.

He has also equally impacted the adults in his life.

“Ryan is special because of

Photo: Shannon McNeill heart will lead her to some very cool life experiences. Her future is very bright,” Willett said.

Moving forward in her schooling, Jodarski plans to pursue a career in medicine while still making sports a priority.

“I’m going to major in nursing and play basketball. I’m thinking I’ll either go to Marian University or UW-Stevens Point,” Jodarski said.

BHS has been forever changed because of Jodarski’s presance and many will miss her influence.

“Her fun-loving attitude and dedication to both school and athletics has been very influential both on me and to her teammates. She will be greatly missed next year,” Willett said.

Photo: Catrina’s Creations the way he carries himself on a daily basis. He is respectful, intelligent and always willing to help others. Bart is as good of a student-athlete as we’ve had at Berlin High School since I got here 10 years ago. They don’t come much better than Ryan,” Coach Joe Stellmacher said.

Moving forward in his schooling, Bartol’s friends have no doubt that his leadership skills will carry over from the field to the workplace.

“I think he has a good future, and he can go wherever he wants throughout his life. Ryan will be a leader no matter what group he’s in,” Moriarty said.

Although Bartol does not have a concrete plan for his future, he has many goals he hopes to accomplish.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In-Depth Series

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Through the eyes of students with two languages Nya Osterberg

Reporter

For many students at BHS, English is their primary language, but for some students, it is their second language. This is true for sophomore Luyen Pham, whose primary language is Vietnamese.

“When I first came to Berlin, it was hard and tough. I barely spoke English. I didn’t know any English besides, ‘Hi, how are you?’” Pham said. “It was hard to communicate and not knowing what other people were trying to tell me and they didn’t understand what I was trying to tell them.”

When Pham came from Vietnam in November, 2015 of her seventh grade year, she chose to start in sixth grade. Since English is not her first language, school has been more challenging for her.

“When you guys look at a problem for example, you know what it means, when I look at the work I don’t know what it means because it’s not my first language and it just takes longer to learn. It’s way harder. That is why I am better at math than English and science,” Pham said.

At home, Pham speaks both English and Vietnamese.

“We speak English, but Vienamese is the main language because my mom comes back and forth from Vietnam. She will come and visit me and then she’ll go home.

She doesn’t know English so we speak mainly Vietnamese,” Pham

Photo: G. Hoffman Sophomore Jazmin Esquivias works on her family heritage poster in Jario Granados’ class. “I think it is a struggle to teach because you want to cater to their needs, but also make it academically rigorous. It is hard to strike that balance between maintaining interest and also making it challenging,” Granados said. said.

While Pham is learning English, she is also trying to teach it.

“I have to help my niece and nephew with English. My family wants them to learn the language because it will help them a lot in the future," Pham said.

The majority of ESL students in Berlin come from Spanish speaking countries. Spanish teacher,

Jairo Granados, for whom English is also a second language, offers a class for heritage speakers to help these students perfect their language.

“It is designed for students whose main language at home is Spanish, whether they are proficient in it or not. They are exposed to the language at home and they know how to speak it, but typi-

cally they don’t know how to read or write and also they don’t have academic vocabulary,” Granados said.

Aside from just grammar and vocabulary, Granados also includes culture in his teachings.

“We also explore history and other aspects of their culture. All of my students have Mexican ancestry,” Granados said.

One student from this class is sophomore Jazmin Esquivias.

School for Esquivias is different from many students. She is not only taking this Spanish class, but also Doctor Jody Ziemann’s Spanish IV Honors class.

“In Mr. Granados’ class I feel like I am in just normal Spanish, but he encourages us to use only Spanish in that class,” Esquivias said.

Like Pham, she also speaks both her primary language and English both at school and at home.

“Between school and home it can be confusing sometimes because we use Spanish at home, but it is okay,” Esquivias said.

Although she believes English is easier for her, one thing Esquivias says she struggles with the most is her vocabulary.

“Those pretests of just random words I have a really hard time understanding. Freshman English was harder because we did more vocabulary tests, but now it is easier because we do speeches and stuff like that,” Esquivias said.

Both students say they are glad to attend a school where English is the primary language.

“I think English is a really good thing, even in my country where I went to school they offered English so we had to take it at school.

In every country English is so popular, everyone needs to know it,” Pham said.

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Through the eyes of colorblind students

arlie Streck

Reporter

Imagine this, you are four years old d coloring at your grandma’s house d you color a whale pink, then go to your mom and ask her if she likes ur ‘blue whale.’

This just so happened to be the way ior Landen Sobieski found out he s colorblind.

According to the U.S. National Library Medicine, 1 in 12 males are born colblind while only 1 in 200 females are rn colorblind.

Males are more likely to inherit color ndness because the gene for the red d green color receptors are located the mother’s chromosome, the X omosome, of which males only ve one, compared to females who ve two.

Using these statistics, it is likely that proximately 30 males in our school ve color blindness, but only approxitely two females have color blindss, such as sophomore Ally Borland o was born with the most common pe of color blindness.

“I have protanomaly. It’s a base of ng red-green colorblind that has do with how you perceive shades at are similar like reds and oranges blues and purples,” Borland said. “I dn’t know I was colorblind until I was und 12. I took one of those number ts at the eye doctor and I couldn’t e the number. I don't think I would ow otherwise.”

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Photo: Wikimedia Commons The left side pictured above is what a person with regular vision sees, while the right side is what someone with red-green color blindness sees. “I’d say art is the most affected by color blindness, along with choosing what to wear. I tend to match with simple colors to avoid mismatching. I stick to blue, black, grey, khaki, stuff that always works,” junior Johann Becker said.

There are three main types of color blindness. The most popular, affecting 8 percent of the world’s population, is red-green color blindness, affecting the way certain shades of green and red are perceived.

“Whenever I say that I am colorblind there’s always that idea that everything I see is in black, white and grey or that my reds and greens turn to brown,” junior Johann Becker said. “It is hard for people to understand it because they’re used to seeing colors regularly and it’s hard for me to understand what seeing colors regularly is like because all I’ve ever known is color blindness.”

Similar to Borland and Becker, most people that suffer from color blindness do not realize they are colorblind until they are between 10-20 years old, simply because they have never seen the world in any other way.

There are several misconceptions about color blindness.

“I can still see colors. I just get differ-

ent shades of certain colors mixed up,” junior Landen Sobieski said. “It affects me sometimes if I want to wear colored shorts and I need to match it to a shirt.

I’ll have to ask my mom if it matches or she’ll have to pick something else out.”

Often times, people with regular vision can take things for granted such as the color of the sky, notes the teachers write on the board or the trees changing colors in the fall.

“I think reading and class projects can be hard because now that we’re using technology so much in class sometimes teachers pick colors in their presentations that are very similar so then that gets to be a challenge,” Borland said. “Or they give projects where you have to color diagrams with similar shades, and that’s challenging too. I don’t think people really think of that because people often can associate color blindness with just art or just creative aspects of life when it can very much affect all aspects of your life.”

Advanced Classes Q &A With Sophomore Mateja Clark

Reporter Deacon Eberhardy: Q: What advanced classes are you taking right now?

Sophomore Mateja Clark: “Right now my only advanced class is Honors Chemistry. I did Algebra 1 in seventh grade then Geometry in eigth grade, but I finished it early cause I kept working ahead. Then I took Accelerated Algebra 2 the rest of the year, then freshmen year I took Pre Calc and I am taking Calculus this year.”

Q: What are some challenges you face in all of these advanced classes?

A: “I didn’t know anyone, and it took a lot of work to make friends in my classes. I don’t have people I can relate to cause all of my friends my age aren’t in the advanced classes, and my upperclassmen friends don’t relate to underclassmen stuff.”

Q: What do you plan on doing once you graduate?

A: “I want go to MIT for an aerospace engineering degree, and I might minor in math.”

Q: How do your advanced classes affect your regular classes?

A: “I get bored in most of my classes, so I don’t really pay attention in those classes. I’ve gotten in trouble a couple times for reading in class because I already know what's going on in those classes, but for the most part I just stick it out.”

Q: What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced in school so far?

A: “Just being able to relate to people, because I am kind of really different from everyone.”

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“It affects me in my reading, but also in math as well,” junior Catie Olsen said.

“I see how easy it comes to other people, and makes me have to try twice as hard.”

Generally around the age of five or six is when children begin to read and the symptoms become more apparent. It can also go years without being diagnosed.

“I study super hard, and when I need some extra help I ask Mr. Mills, a special ed teacher, who is always willing to help me when and where I need it most,” Olsen said.

Sources: dyslexiaida.org and healthline.com

Q: How do your advanced classes affect your plans for the future?

A: “My senior year I am going to be taking a lot of classes at the college level, so when I actually go off to college it’ll be cheaper for me because I’ll have a lot of those done.”

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Arts & Entertainment

Teacher Bromance

History teachers Andrew Sotter and Andrew Kasuboski Friends Since: Beginning of Sotter’s first year (2018) Favorite things to do together: Eating tacos and going to football games Nicknames for each other: “He’s Nerdy Andy and I’m Handsome Andy,” Kasuboski said.

Fun Fact: Both Sotter and Kasuboski have significant others named Sarah. Kasuboski’s son and Sotter’s grandpa also share a name, Charlie.

Text and photos by Natalie Ceman

Two truths and a lie Sophomore Erica Jones 1. I have eaten alligator.

2. I do not like coffee.

3. I have two golden retrievers.

Truths: 1 & 2 Lie: 3

Junior Emma Jenkins 1. My dad used to have an afro.

2. My first job was washing local dogs.

3. I did a handstand in the Sears Tower.

Truths: 1 & 3 Lie: 2

Senior Samuel Piper 1. I had to perform CPR on a stranger at my sister’s wedding.

2. I wanted to be a mortician and work at a funeral home.

3. Before I was born, doctors told my parents they thought I had Down syndrome.

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Musical cast makes “Elf” their own Kalynn Wilson

Reporter

“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear,” Buddy the Elf said. The family Christmas musical “Elf” made its way to the auditorium on Nov. 14-16. As “Elf” is a family favorite movie, it was exciting to have a goofy, fun Christmas show on stage with classmates taking up those roles.

Junior Nick Chier immediately comes out on stage and performs a bright and cheerful Buddy.

After the performance “Happy all the Time,” Buddy overhears Charlie, played by senior Garrett Simon, and Tiara, played by senior Ally Wendt, discussing how Buddy is not actually an elf. The two characters argue, revealing to the audience they are a couple as Tiara says, “Charlie do not make this about us.” As the characters argue, the audience sees the comedy in their relationship.

When Buddy arrives in New York, he meets Walter Hobbs, played by junior Johann Becker.

As we know, Hobbs is a grumpy man who is in the publishing business, and when Buddy shows up to his office for the first time, Becker truly embodies Hobbs’ character as a grumpy, white collar male who prioritizes his work instead of his family.

Hobbs does not believe Buddy is his son. Buddy tries to impress his dad, singing, “I’m here with my dad...I love you,” but is then escorted out of the building.

After leaving the office, Buddy goes to Macy’s, and meets Jovie, played by junior Lindsay Mularksi.

As Buddy’s love interest, Mularski plays a funny, independent woman who gives love a chance as her relationship with Buddy progresses. Mularski shows the crowd her singing talent and humor. When Buddy asks Jovie if she wants a hug, Jovie then asks if Buddy would want a punch in the face.

Through bad timing and Buddy forgetting, Jovie is stood up for her date, and sings “Never Fall in Love (With an Elf )” as she wonders why she put herself out there. She also shows vulnurable she can be.

Photos: K.Wilson Above: The first song “Happy all the Time,” is performed in Santa’s workshop. Lead Nick Chier, who plays Buddy, gives an outstanding performance with electric, happy energy.

Below: In Act Two, Scene One, Fake Santas perform “Nobody Cares About Santa” at a Chinese restaurant, Chung Fu Palace.

After forgetting about his date, Buddy finds himself in a Chinese restaurant, Chung Fu Palace, with a bunch of Santa impersonators as they all sing “Nobody Cares about Santa."

As the scene carries on, Buddy, the Santas and the waitress, junior Julia Boe, perform a dance routine with a kickline. It is a memorable scene with fun choreography.

To make matters worse, Buddy gets into a fight with Walter, who tells him to get lost. Buddy leaves a note on an Etch a Sketch where Michael, sophomore Jaron Clinch, finds it.

In the movie Michael goes to Central Park by himself and attempts to find Buddy, but in the musical Michael shows his family the note, and they all go to find Buddy.

In Central Park Charlotte Dennon, played by senior Carlie Streck, is reporting. In the movie Micheal interrupts her trying to prove Santa is real, and trying to help Buddy make people believe in the Christmas spirit

again. As Micheal helps his brother, the audience sees how important the brothers have become to each other.

Chier performed with radiant energy, and Mularksi brought out the humor in her character, as well as her true emotions.

The two make a great pair and balance each other out, due to the fact that Buddy and Jovie are complete opposites.

The whole cast was phenomenal, as each scene was performed flawlessly. All the students in the musical were enjoyable to watch.

With an extra, surprise performance on Monday Nov. 17, the cast, the crew and the orchestra put on a great show with excellent musicality and exceptional timing, never missing a beat.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019

All-ECC Athletes Volleyball

Lueck only runner to make state cross meet Lily Sonnentag

Girls Swim Kaylee Kriha: First Team

Josie Reich:

Second Team

Alysha Pischke:

Honorable Mention

Soccer

Cross Country Boys

Isaac Lueck:

Austyn Rodensal:

First Team

Honorable Mention (M)

Ethan Jones:

Honorable Mention (F/M)

Jaden Schubert:

Honorable Mention (GK)

Chris Mankoswski: Honorable Mention

Girls

Isabelle Willett: Second Team

Mariah Wagner:

Honorable Mention

Natalie Nigbor:

Honorable Mention

Football Alec Moriarty: First Team (RB)

Preston Morgan: First Team (ILB)

CJ Kurczek:

First Team (DE/OL)

Ryan Bartol:

First Team (ATH/DB)

Mauston Reilly:

Second Team (OL/DT)

Aidan Schilling:

Second Team/First Team (RB/OLB)

Payton LoBianco:

Second Team (K)

Kobe Krebs:

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Through the long and unseasonably cold season, junior Issac Lueck finally made it where he has always wanted to be. Placing second out of the top five individual runners at their sectional meet, Lueck advanced to the cross country state meet on Saturday, Nov. 2.

Lueck worked with his coaches the week before state to help prepare himself and fine tune his performance.

“We had open conversations with Isaac about how he was feeling physically, and went from there to plan out his workouts for the week leading up to the state meet,” Coach Jeremy Mercer said.

“We also had numerous conversations about the course itself and what he should expect from prerace to the hills to the finish.”

Going in with a strong mindset, Lueck hoped to run his race as he usually does, but there were some things that challenged him from the start.

“I went in just wanting to run my normal race, but with so many great runners there it was hard to do,” Lueck said. “When I usually start there are typically three or four other guys running along with me, but when I started there was a mass of people that ran out in front of me.”

Another disadvantage to the experience for Lueck and all the other runners was the weather.

Winter conditions make it harder to run, and it just happened to be cold and snowing, which runners are not familiar with “Weather conditions were far from ideal. As distance running goes, wind and cold temperatures are two of the most influential conditions a runner can face and Lueck faced both of those,” Coach Matthew Willett said. “At race time

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Photo: V. Lueck Junior Isaac Lueck runs at state after placing second at sectionals. His performance was not what he was hoping for, but he says he is grateful for the experience. “I didn’t place how I feel I should have, but just being able to make it and run the course was an experience in itself,” Lueck said. the wind was blowing 10-15 mph, it was snowing and the temperature was around 33 degrees.”

No matter what the outcome of Lueck’s run was, what his coaches wanted most was for him was to enjoy the experience that he earned. Lueck worked hard throughout the entire season, his goal being to make it to state.

“We always like to say the state meet is icing on the cake. Making it there is a difficult accomplishment. We wanted Isaac to enjoy the ride because he earned the right to be there, soak it all in and have fun,” Mercer said. “As a junior, he also will have another opportunity at this, so we wanted him to gain the experiences that come along with running at state.”

Lueck had much support from teammates, coaches, friends and family who all had his back throughout the entire season.

One of his biggest supporters was Chris Mankowski, who is a teammate of his.

“Isaac has so much talent as a runner,” Markowski said. “Through-

out the season I have supported him by going on runs with him and being his running buddy at practice. I also went to state to cheer him on.”

Everyone on the team was very proud of him and his performance overall.

“Isaac’s performance at state was maybe not what Isaac was hoping for, but as far as his coach, I was very proud of him. It can take a lot out of an athlete when faced with a very difficult course, running without his teammates and in front of thousands of people. I thought he did just fine for his first experience at the state level,” Willett said.

Although Lueck may not have performed as he wanted to, having a time of 18:03 and placing 116 out of 152 runners in Division 2, he says he learned from the experience and hopes to be back next year.

“For next year, I learned that I can’t be shy in the first mile, I just have to go out strong and get ahead of the big pack,” Lueck said.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Sportsbriefs Carlie Streck

Reporter

Dance team prepares for season ahead The dance team will perform their third annual hip hop, Jingle Bell Rock performance choreographed

by Abbey Freimark ‘19 and Ashlyn Ballard ‘19, during halftime at the girls home basketball game on Dec. 17.

“We’ve already started working on our Jingle Bell Rock routine and I’m excited to perform that since it’s now a tradition,” Captain Leah Vang said.

Vang has high expectations for the team and is anticipating time well spent together.

“Since it’s my senior year, I just want to have fun and really have a lot of team bonding,” Vang said.

Girls basketball anticipates another winning season The girls basketball team kicked off their season with their first practice on Nov. 11.

Down in numbers from previous years, they approach the season without a JV2 team.

Despite the lower numbers, the team aspires to maintain their winning record they have established in years prior.

“Our goal is to have a winning record and beat some of the teams that we’re not supposed to beat because we’re not ranked high in our conference,” Captain Kara Block said.

The team will strive to start the season off with a win against the Wautoma Hornets at home next Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Boys swim struggles with numbers With only around 10 returning members to boys swimming, the team wishes to start the season off determined.

“For the most part I’m excited about being back on the team and being a captain this year and just getting to see all the new boys that come out this year,” Captain Hunter Neubauer said.

Neubauer also anticipates working together and providing more team unity than in years past.

The boys have their first meet Friday, Dec. 6 at the Oshkosh West natatorium.

Football finishes in third round playoffs Nya Osterberg

Reporter

The Berlin football team made history, making it the furthest into playoffs since the 1989 season.

The Indians ended their season in the third round of playoffs against Kiel on Nov. 8 with a score of 21-14.

“I was glad to be able to experience playoffs with my team. I wish we would’ve won, but it was still fun,” fullback Aidan Schilling said, who had 45 total receiving yards that game.

Although the team faced a loss, they still fought hard throughout the whole game. Many key plays helped them inch closer to a potential win.

“One key moment was when Kobe made that insane pass to me for a touchdown,” Schilling said.

The Indians scored their second touchdown when junior Landen Sobieski came in for quarterback and first threw an incomplete pass, then ran the ball into the endzone himself, scoring a touchdown.

For most of the game, the Indians were just one touchdown away from moving on in the playoffs.

“The entire game, I thought we could pull it off. It was just one big play away,” defensive end CJ Kurzcek said.

As the clock ran out, players re-

Photo K. Sobieski At Kiel, Aidan Schilling (24) and Landen Sobieski (15) rush into tackle the Kiel player with the ball in his possesion. The boys finished their season reaching all of their goals. “Our goals were to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year and then win some playoff games. We accomplished those,” Head Coach Joe Stellmacher said.

alized there was less of a chance that they could come back and win.

“When the clock was winding down from 1:28, I was hit by the realization that it was going to be the last time I played football with my class,” Kurzcek said.

Kurzcek finished the season having 25 sacks and 54 total tackles.

Leading up to the game, the team took numerous steps to prepare themselves for the play-

off game.

“We planned like we always do.

We knew Kiel was going to be a great challenge, but our guys rose up and gave them a heck of a game,” Head Coach Joe Stellmacher said.

As the team looks back, there are many things they wish would have gone differently when facing Kiel.

“We would have liked to have had a little more success running the football on offense, but our

guys battled. I’m proud of the way they fought and played until the last whistle,” Stellmacher said.

Although the season did not end how the team hoped, they were still very pleased with how far they had come.

“I’m proud of our players, they accomplished something that hadn’t been done here for 30 years. They should all be very proud of that and no one can ever take that away from them,” Stellmacher said.

Wrestling looks to be just as strong as last year Joey Femali

Reporter

The Indians wrestling team will open the varsity season at the Kimberly Papermakers invite on Dec 7.

The team has had some time to figure out how to fill key weight classes that helped them make a run last year at the conference title.

“We really only lacked a true heavyweight this year, and a 106 weight class on the team,” Head Coach Scott Wagner said.

“That’s what hurt us last year, the depth we had in the weight classes.”

The team will be returning five juniors; however, they graduated four seniors from last year’s team, including a state qualifier.

“I think it will be hard to fill in for Austin Schrei. We are going to have Preston wrestle at the 160 class to fill that gap,” Wagner said.

Photo: J. Femali Senior Preston Morgan (top) and senior CJ Kurczek (bottom) practice one leg takedowns. “I plan to help lead the team by being supportive and helpful,” Morgan said.

Senior Preston Morgan will make the jump from 152 to 160 come the start of the season.

“I won’t be cutting as much weight as last year,” Morgan said. “I will be healthier and have more energy when I wres-

tle at the 160 weight class.”

Morgan is not the only one that will step up a weight class for the team. Sophomore Cade Martin will make the jump from 138 to the 152 class.

“The move really was just to

help me be able to manage weight,” Martin said. “I wanted to be able to bulk up and be able to eat what I choose, but still be healthy.”

Martin was one of the four freshmen to wrestle in Little Chute last year for a chance to go to state at the 138 weight class.

“Last year, I think being able to manage weight was a big deal for me. I very rarely found myself scrambling to cut weight before tournaments and I think that it really helped me,” Martin said.

The team will have a hard season to follow coming from last year, but Wagner has faith that the team will still be competitive.

“I think the team should be competing for the conference title against Winneconne come tournament time,” Wagner said.

Up Next in winter Sports

Tuesday, December 3 Thursday, December 5 Varsity Wrestling vs. Laconia, Osh- Boys Basketball vs. Kettle Mokosh North @ Berlin 4 p.m. raine Lutheran @ Berlin JV&JV2 Girls Basketball vs. Wautoma @Ber- 5:45 Varsity, 7:15 p.m. lin, JV & JV2 5:45 Varsity, 7:15 p.m.

Varsity Boys Swimming vs. Oshkosh North @ YMCA (Oshkosh) 6 p.m.

Friday, December 6

Girls Basketball vs. Kettle Moraine @ Berlin JV&JV2 5:45 Varsity 7:15 p.m.

Wrestling JV Invitational @ Kimberly 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Swimming @ Oshkosh West 6 p.m.

Saturday, December 7 Tuesday, December 10

Varsity Wrestling invitational @ Kimberly 8 a.m.

Varsity Boys Swimming Invitational @ Plymouth 10:30 a.m.

Boys Basketball vs. Wautoma @ Wautoma JV&JV2 5:30, Varsity 7 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling vs. Campbellsport @Berlin 4 p.m.