October 2013

A BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OPEN FORUM SINCE 1924

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VOLUME 46, ISSUE 2

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013

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• Breast Cancer Awareness pg. 4-5 •Halloween Crossword pg. 7 •Cross Country pg. 8

Basic Essentials supports students by

Sierra Klawitter

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 15.9 million children under the age of 18 live in households where nutritious food is not available.

At BHS the Basic Essentials pantry provides students and their families with food and other supplies.

“It was started a couple of years ago with a group of student council students,” guidance counselor Ann Ragus said. “They decided to keep the food we collected instead of delivering it to the local food pantry down the street.”

Also helping out this year is physical education teacher Michelle Walker.

“Since I’m not coaching any sports this year, I wanted to help out somehow,” Walker said.

Those who help with the pantry organize supplies, date everything and hand out items to those who need them.

“About 5 percent of students here use the food pantry,” Ra-

gus said. Currently, granola bars, toaster pastries and fruit snacks are most needed.

“Marian Kobishop brings in fresh foods every day,” Walker said.

Other items the pantry needs are winter items such as coats, hoodies, hats and mittens.

“My favorite part of working in the food pantry is knowing that I’m helping people,” freshman Alyssia Flores said. “It makes me feel like I’m part of something bigger.”

During Winterfest, there will also be a personal hygiene drive, where items such as deodorant, shampoo and dental care products will be collected.

There is no definite qualification for a family to use Basic Essentials.

“If someone needs something, all they have to do is ask,” Ragus said.

Helping out in the food pantry is also now an option for students during CIA on Fridays.

“There is always something to do to help out in the pantry,” Walker said. “I have been knitting mittens like crazy.”

Photo: S. Kuehmichel Freshmen Alyssia Flores (back) and Marissa Gies (front) help stock shelves in the BHS Basic Essentials pantry during CIA. If students would like to sign up to help in the pantry during CIA, it must be done quickly, as there are only four spots open each Friday.

Newsbriefs Class studies academic cheating Speaker shares feelings about bullying

On Wednesday, Oct. 2 speaker Eric Samuel Timm talked to the student body about the effects of bullying. He demonstrated his message through painting the word “death” and then flipping the painting around so that the word “life” appeared instead. This painting showed that students can either speak words of death or words of life. “After listening to the speaker I think we should all be awesome to one another,” senior Lucas DeRuyter said. “We should spread kindness and respect each other.”

Art class paints, donates pumpkins

The art classes celebrated Halloween by painting pumpkins. “I thought painting pumpkins would be a fun activity for the class,” art teacher Angela Breunig said. Some students’ pumpkins are displayed in teachers’ rooms, and the other pumpkins were donated throughout the community. History teacher Andrew Kasuboski donated all the pumpkins to the art classes to paint.

Red ‘n’ Green staff earns highest honors

The Red ‘n’ Green staff won highest honors, All-KEMPA for the overall 2013 publication division on Friday, Oct. 18. The staff attended the fall journalism conference at UW-Whitewater to accept the award and also learn new techniques for the paper.

Referendum Update: On Tuesday, Oct. 15 the referendum vote took place and passed. There were a total of 1,196 votes, and 913 voted to pass the referendum. Next, the architect, Catherine Cruickshank will continue designing the floor plan and then get it approved by the subcontractors. “To ensure the project will be ready for the start of the 2015 school year, we expect to bid the work in two phases,” Cruickshank said. “The first being the site preparation and the second the actual construction of the building.”

by

Danielle Fralish

Earlier this month, the History of Social Problems class conducted a survery about cheating. The class was surprised by the results of the academic cheating survey. They found that the number of seniors who cheat at BHS was higher than they expected.

The History of Social Problems class did research to figure out what topic they were going to study.

“We read some articles and we came to the conclusion that academic cheating is an important topic,” Social Problems student Madeline Bologna said.

The class also had to put thought into who they wanted to take the survey.

“Since the class is all seniors we decided to make our target seniors only,” Social Problems student Heather Brey said. “Also, we thought it would be more accurate with just one grade.”

Most of the students in the Social Problems class were surprised with the results including the teacher, Bob Prellwitz.

“I did not realize the extent of cheating that goes on,” Prellwitz said. “By now the seniors know the consequences of cheating and they still do it.”

Survey Highlights

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(62 seniors responded) -28 out of 62 seniors said they helped someone else cheat on a test or quiz.

-30 out of 62 seniors said they copied from another student during a test or quiz.

-34 out of 62 seniors said they worked on an assignment with other students when the teacher asked for individual work.

-36 out of 62 seniors said they turned in work they copied from another student.

-40 out of 62 seniors said they let another student copy their homework.

“It really surprised me how many seniors have cheated over the past four years,” History of Social Problems student Heather Brey said.

Photo:D. Fralish

I figured the majority of seniors have cheated before, but I did not think they would have done it more than once,” History of Social Problems student Madeline Bologna said.

Opinion

Editorial

Praise for Basic Essentials It is no secret that some families have a hard time providing for themselves.

Our school should be very proud that we help families going through tough situations.

BHS participates in food and clothing drives every year, although not many students know what happens to their donations after they turn them in.

People can be certain that their donations will help someone who really needs it, and sometimes that person is a lot closer than we think. Basic Essentials is a pantry that was started by the student council, and now run by guidance counselor Ann Ragus, physical education teacher Michelle Walker and at-risk support Marian Kobishop.

Programs like this show how students can learn responsibilty while giving back to their community. These people should be showcased more often. They make more of a difference than people may think.

The pantry offers not only food items, but also clothing and hygiene products, all of which are collected from drives held at school.

During Homecoming and Winter-

fest weeks, the school typically hosts competitions between classes to gather items. Or like this year, if students brought in a nonperishable food item, they could get into the dance for $1 less. Also, those feeling generous can always donate to the pantry without a drive.

For students who need these items, it is great to have them offered at a place where they spend a significant amount of their time. If someone needs an item, all they have to do is ask.

Not everybody knows that our school offers such an amazing resource. The student body was aware that they were helping, just not that they were helping their own peers.

Programs like Basic Essentials helps everyone involved. Those who give to the pantry deserve praise, those who run it learn more about responsibility and of course have the pleasure of knowing they helped someone who is not as fortunate.

The students and staff who run the pantry deserve praise for putting in the effort to help their peers and community. Everyone who participates in the drives also deserves thanks.

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Danielle Fralish

Plus, if there is a bigger group it will be more fun and less terrifying.

There are countless unlucky individuals dragged to haunted houses by their friends.

Unfortunately, I am guilty of being one of those friends, but rather than giving in to pushy friends and fixating on the horrors that await, use these tips to survive a haunted house.

Always stay close to reality:

If the person is scared really easily, and I mean genuinely, screaming so loud they lose their voice scared, then they simply should not go.

The haunted house will not be any fun if they are forcing themselves to go just because their friends are going.

are not scared are going to make jokes and try their best to scare the ones who are vulnerable.

If a member of the group is missing it is likely they are going to sneak up behind the group and attempt to spook them.

If someone is getting super freaked out the number one thing to remember is that none of it is real. Calm down and breathe. The monsters are not going to come after them.

Do not let the brave ones Determine whether it is re- gang up on the scared ones: ally worth going: It is a given that the ones who

Plan something afterward:

Do not let the person who peed

Go with someone close or their pants go home alone. Organize a get-together at a friend’s in a large group:

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A person should go with people they are comfortable with because if they are really that scared, they are going to need someone to grab onto and pull in close.

It may not be as scary knowing that friends or family are nearby.

Payton DeMaster

Selfie: a picture of oneself just for the heck of it. As I scroll through my news feed and Instagram, I constantly see selfies...of the same people. We need to set a limit for posting selfies.

There is a difference between posting every day and posting once every two weeks. I do not mind a selfie randomly here and there, but posting one every day is just annoying and absurd.

A classic selfie by a park, an old barn, or even sipping coffee can be cute and is totally acceptable. On the other hand, I do not need nor want to see one sitting on a couch saying, “I’m bored,” or even worse a duckface pose in the bathroom mirror.

After taking the classic selfie, people feel

the need to edit the life out of it. Yes, adding a cool scheme to a picture can look pretty cool, but adding a quote that has no correlation to the photo is not necessary. How does the quote, “I’m ready to face my fears, and take the fall,” have any meaning when the person is flashing her big smile?

Save the selfies for snapchat. Have fun snapping selfies back and forth with friends who will see it for fewer than 10 seconds, and then the photo can dissappear. The whole world does not need to see a simple meaningless selfie.

Whether one has a perfect smile, a hot body or the prettiest blue eyes, calm the selfies. Share the amazing experience at the beach with friends, and post one selfie. People want to see fun times and cute pictures, but they do not need to see five of the same photos with a different facial expression.

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Editor-in-Chief: Payton DeMaster Business Manager: Danielle Fralish

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Letter to the

Editor

Dear Editor,

Photo: L. Schmidt

There are many problems with our school, but my main concerns are the rules on chewing tobacco. I do not mind people who are of age doing it outside of school, but I do mind when I see it in the water fountain.

Chewing tobacco is a bigger problem than gum in our school. There seems to be a spit stain on the floor in about every corner of the school.

The school should crack down on the tobacoo policies a little harder because not only does it make a mess, it is also illegal. It would not only make the school day easier for other students walking around, but it also makes the custodians’ lives easier.

Sincerely, Junior David Meza

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Above: Freshman Victoria Chaplian poses as the girl from “The Ring.”

Left: Seniors Kayla Borderick and Lee Laudolff greet visitors at the entrance of the Haunted High, warning them that they may not come out alive.

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Kinsey Harmon What have you enjoyed most about high school?

“Walking down the hall and seeing Mr. Kasuboski wearing his rainbow sweater.”

What subjects are you most interested in?

“Science, math and gym.”

What college do you want to attend, and what will be your major?

“I’m not sure which college, but I want to major in biology.”

Tip for high school students: “If you don’t like it, run away.”

Hannah Trochinski

It seems like BHS always has a foreign exchange student from Germany. This year it almost did not happen, if it were not for a timely decision.

Jannik Mueller, enrolled here as a senior but would be a sophomore in Germany, was a late addition to this year’s student body.

“This was all a last minute decision,” Grit Gimenez, Mueller’s host mom said. “It started with an article in the Berlin Journal at the end of August that talked about how I am from Germany.”

That week the Gimenez family got a call from World Heritage Organization in Omro. They asked if the family would be willing to host a student and they needed a reply that weekend.

Gimenez first asked her freshman daughter Amanda Gimenez how she felt about hosting a foreign exchange student.

“It was very new and I was kind of worried, but I thought it would be good,” Amanda said.

After all of the family was on board and things were finalized, all they needed was for Mueller to arrive.

“I was nervous,” Mueller said. “But, I came here to have a great year and have fun.”

The family has been doing multiple activities to show Mueller what daily life is like in Wisconsin.

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Andrew Clark What have you enjoyed most about high school?

“Messing with Ms. Leahy, and meeting tons of new people.”

Photo Submitted German foreign exchange student Jannik Mueller and his host sister Amanda Gimenez hanging out in the commons. Mueller is looking forward to school in Berlin. “School is not as much fun in Germany as it is here,” Mueller said.

“We took him to the high school football games, a corn maze in Ripon and the Fox River Mall in Appleton, where he tried Panda Express,” Gimenez said.

Mueller also enjoys making meals at his host home.

“There is a lot of good food here,” Mueller

said. “Especially dessert.”

Although Amanda is an only child she has adjusted to suddenly having a new sibling.

“Just another setting at the table,” Amanda said.

Mueller looks forward to visiting other places while he is here such as Chicago.

What subjects are you most interested in?

“History.”

What college do you want to attend, and what will be your major?

“UW-Madison for law/criminal justice.”

Tip for high school students:

“Definitely get involved in as many sports and clubs as possible.”

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After-school clubs came up with different ways to get the student body involved and support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Kind Committee held a friendly competition between first hour classes on Thursday, Oct. 17 to see who could wear the most pink.

“We wanted to spead kindness and support the people who struggle with breast cancer,” Kind Committee member Megan Werch said. “By having a Pink Day competition we were able to get the whole school involved.”

The Kind Committee plans to spread kindness throughout the whole school for various activities in the future.

“We want to continuously spread random acts of kindness,” Kind Committee member Celia Mueller said. “If we continue to spread kindness, maybe other students will, too.”

As students walked down the hallways all decked out in pink, they also shared their pictures on Instagram by using #rngpinkday.

“I think it is important to spread breast cancer awareness throughout the school and on the web because it is for a good cause, and people need to know you support the fight,” junior Megan Sondalle said.

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Photo Submitted Although Brenda Podoll (pictured above with her family) went through 21 months of chemotherapy, she never shaved her head. “I thought shaving my head would show that I was a person with cancer and not just a normal person,” Podoll said.

by

Lauren Schmidt

Each year, 7.6 million people are killed by cancer worldwide. According to www.cdc.gov, 40,676 of those deaths are from breast cancer.

Junior Bridget Freimark’s mother, Brenda Podoll, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 41 in 2007, when Freimark was beginning fifth grade.

“Although I worked as a receptionist in the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Berlin Hospital, scheduling countless X-rays for patients, I had never thought of scheduling a mammogram for myself,” Podoll said.

There had never been history of breast cancer in Podoll’s family, which is why Podoll had never gotten a mammogram previously.

“My son Chase was watching ‘Good Morning America’ when Robin Roberts announced that she had breast cancer

and Chase asked me if I had ever gotten a mammogram,” Podoll said. “When I went to work that day, I talked to coworkers who convinced me to get one.”

The results from the mammogram came back and Podoll was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer.

“After I was first diagnosed, the lab work didn’t seem right, so they continued to take tests,” Podoll said. “They then found out that I had liver metastases and my breast cancer was then moved from stage one to stage four.”

Podoll was diagnosed with liver metastases, which are cancerous tumors in breast cancer that had traveled to her liver.

She underwent a mastectomy only four weeks after being diagnosed with breast cancer and liver metastases. After, she had two liver biopsies a month after her mastectomy. Podoll then began chemotherapy.

“I was there with my mom all nine months of chemotherapy, which was very difficult to watch,” Bridget said.

“She never complained and continued working the whole time.”

Later, doctors found a suspicious spot on Podoll’s ovaries, so she scheduled yet another surgery to have them removed.

Even after three surgeries and months of chemotherapy, Podoll learned that the liver metastases had once again returned.

“I wasn’t able to have surgery on my liver metastases because they were located right on top of a main artery and that was too dangerous to operate on,” Podoll said.

The most common places for breast cancer to spread are to the brain, bone and liver, according to Dr. Robert Geller, the oncologist at CHN. Podoll then went through a full year of chemotherapy and five months of radiation.

“I was announced cancer free during May of this year,” Podoll said. “My fight with cancer is finally over and I won.”

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Sierra Klawitter

After more than two decades, nine albums and an abundance of songs that have been written down in pop culture history, The Goo Goo Dolls released their newest album, “Magnetic.”

Throughout the years, The Goo Goo Dolls have released countless tracks that have topped music charts overnight. With their new album, it is no different.

When “Magnetic” was released in June, the band’s hit single, “Rebel Beat,” was instantly thrust into the spotlight.

With its uplifting rhythm and lyrics, “Rebel Beat” tells listeners that there is always someone there to help them through tough times.

Personally, my favorite song on the album is “bulletproofangel.”

The main reason that this song is constantly playing on my ipod is due to the slow but uplifting background rhythm.

This is a song to play over and

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over again while falling asleep.

Another of my favorites would be “Caught in the Storm.”

Going with the general theme of the album, this song urges fans to push through their own pain and help others.

The one drawback about this album is how many of the songs sound basically the same.

While it is admireable that artists are confronting worldwide issues with their music, I wish they could cover the smaller issues, such as hunger, abuse and self-conciousness, to name a few.

All in all, this album is really thought out and meaningful, but it could have been so much better.

I hope that The Goo Goo Dolls are not done releasing new music, because this is definitely one band to pay attention to.

by

Lauren Schmidt

Hoping to venture out of my comfort zone and go some place other than the Burial Chambers, I was amazed to find not just a haunted house, but an entire haunted village for only $10.

Upon arriving at Ghosts of Galloway Haunted Village located in Fond du Lac, my friends and I saw a long line that snaked back and forth through a large convenience store.

We were told the wait would be about an hour.

Having been told by multiple others also waiting in line that the haunted village would be well worth the wait, we decided to take the chance and wait it out. Little did we know we would be standing in line for a total of two and a half hours.

After finally reaching the front of the line, no one was in the mood to

be scared, in fact we were all ready to fall asleep.

We were then told the rules and assigned a guide. The guides were not allowed to talk or enter any of the houses with us.

The guide led us to a total of eight haunted buildings, each a little different. We went through an old train, a garage and multiple regular “scary” houses.

There was an old barn complete with a screaming girl trapped in a chair and Jigsaw, the man from “Saw,” on multiple television screens.

The scariest part of the barn was the girl’s blood-curdling screams.

Another house was intended to reenact an old fashioned BBQ, with my group and I as the main course.

The only thing that caused me to gasp was the man hiding behind the door with a chainsaw, and that is only because he caught me off guard.

There was even a building that

required 3-D glasses, which was very fun, but not scary at all and we walked through it in about 30 seconds.

Spending only a minute in each building, the entire haunted village only took us 25 minutes, which was very short, especially compared to how long we waited in line.

Overall, the haunted house was not very scary. It was difficult not to laugh at the “monsters”. I left feeling very disappointed. The idea of a haunted village was so great, but Ghosts of Galloway Haunted Village just did not live up to my expectations.

Do not be surprised to see me back in Neenah at the Burial Chambers next year.

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If you could be any age, how old would you be and why?

When talking about countries with the highest percentage of AIDS:

“5,” sophomore Marlee McAllister said. “I wouldn’t have to worry about anything.”

“I would be 8 years old,” senior Tom Tumbarello said. “That was a time of no stress, no tests and playing outside. You just can’t do that in high school.”

“65,” junior David Meza said. “I would get senior discounts, be retired and golf all the time.”

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“I would be 24, then I could live independently,” freshman Brianna Hameister said.

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Seeing “Carrie” was definitely out of my comfort zone, since I am not one to watch scary movies. Walking into the theater, I thought to myself, There is no way I will survive 100 minutes of this. When the movie started, my mind changed.

Main character Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz) is a high school student who gets bullied. Ms. Desjardin (Judy Greer) befriends Carrie and attempts to stop the girls from bullying Carrie. It was a little unrealistic how good of friends Carrie and Ms. Desjardin became because most schools would classify that friendship as inappropriate.

After Carrie’s mom, Margaret (Julianne Moore), picks up Carrie from school after the bullying incident, she makes Carrie go to the closet to pray for God’s forgiveness even though she was the victim.

I felt bad for Carrie for how forceful her mom was to pray even though Carrie did nothing wrong.

I started to dislike Margaret because of that.

When Carrie was in the closet praying, suddenly the Jesus statue in the closet started gushing blood. That was a shocker and now things were getting scary.

Margaret is a very religious woman, she prays all the time for almost any reason. It was a little creepy at first because she would be talking to Carrie and suddenly she will break into prayer.

Margaret was easily the scariest character of the movie. She seemed almost possessed and

like she was performing an exorcism on herself.

Unlike Margaret, Sue Snell (Gabriella Wilde) was easy to like because she stood up for what was right. She was one of the girls who bullied Carrie until she realized that bullying does not make her a better person.

Sue is dating Tommy Ross (Ansel Elgort) and she told him to ask Carrie to prom. After Tommy asked Carrie to prom, the movie lost its thrill, until the end at prom.

The end of the movie was quite shocking. I hid behind my sweatshirt for about five minutes straight.

When I did peek out of my sweatshirt I saw lots of blood, and all a person could hear was people screaming Carrie’s name.

There was a scene in the end when the sound was so loud the seats started shaking. I did not realize that it was the noise making the seats shake, instead I thought it was Carrie coming to attack me.

I definitely recommend this movie, especially to people who love a thriller. Just make sure a pillow or blanket to hide behind is within reach.

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8. The undead.

10. Clothes that people wear while trick or treating.

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3. Usually depicted as ugly women.

4. They say “boo.”

5. Everyone’s favorite part of Halloween.

6. Howl at the full moon.

9. They never run out of TP.

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Sports

Thursday October 31, 2013

Cross girls capture Eastern Valley Conference, sectionals by

Photo: L. Vang The girls cross country team took first place at conference on Oct. 19 and won the sectional plaque on Oct. 25.

Sportsbriefs Volleyball loses in first round regionals

Entering the first round of regionals with a conference record of 1-7, the varsity volleyball team played at Winneconne on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The team took Winneconne to four sets, but could not pull off the win. Junior Stacie Klika had 11 kills, junior Megan Sondalle had 23 digs, junior Andrea Chier had 21 digs and 3 aces.

Football loses chance for post season

The hopes of playing in post season came to an end after the varsity football team lost their last game against Xavier. The team finished their season with a conference record of 3-4. “We had an amazing season,” senior Trevor Dawson said. “I’m going to miss the feeling of playing on that field and representing Berlin every Friday night.”

Girls swimming pulls off win

Girls swimming held their last home meet of the season on Tuesday, Oct. 22, with a win against Appleton West. The score of the swim meet was 96-73.

The girls plan on sending multiple swimmers to state. The conference meet will be at Appleton North on Saturday.

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Both girls and boys Cross Country teams have been doing exceptionally well.

The girls team won first place at most meets and also earned the titles of Conference Champs on Oct. 19 and Sectional Champs on Oct. 25.

“The conference meet is a challenge every year considering the teams in our conference,” junior Anna Falk said. “However, the only way to improve is to challenge yourself.”

The First Team All-Conference was made up of sisters sophomore Malerie Harmon and senior Kinsey Harmon.

“Kinsey placed first on the first team all-conference,” Coach Matthew Willett said. “And, Malerie placed third.”

To achieve their success, the Harmon sisters motivate each other at

every meet.

“When I see that Kinsey can do something,” Malerie Harmon said.

“I believe that I can do it too.”

This was the first EVC title since entering the conference six years ago, as well as the first conference championship in the past ten years for the girls program.

Kinsey was also awarded the EVC “Runner of the Year” for her first place finish. She became the first two-time girl’s individual champion and two-time EVC “Runner of the Year.”

“My sister definitely motivates me to run each race,” Malerie Harmon said. “Everyone motivates each other on the team, but since she’s my sister, I know she’ll be there for me no matter what.”

For the boys, sophomore Jacob Caswell was awarded third team all-conference honors with his seventeenth place finish.

The cross country state meet is on Saturday, Nov. 2 at Wisconsin Rapids golf course.

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Maintain eye contact with the ball Extend arm high for full contact and power Contract abdominal muscles

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Senior Stephanie Klika Photo: EDGE Photography

Boys’ soccer kicks 7 wins by

Melanie Haedt

The boys soccer did not have an easy season. Playing against very strong opponents led to some games the team will never forget.

The team played against Lourdes, which was the hardest loss of the season.

“We lost in the last second of overtime,” Coach Don Demick said. “We played hard all game (80 minutes) and then a 10 minute overtime.”

From the Lourdes game, freshman Kollin McGregor received

a lot of attention on the Oshkosh Northwestern’s Twitter account.

Lourdes coach Peter LaCourse on Berlin keeper Kollin McGregor: “He was one of the best goalies that I’ve seen,” Oshkosh Northwestern tweeted.

McGregor played on varsity as goal keeper for 17 games and stopped 92% off all shots that came toward the goal.

The varsity team has six freshmen, including McGregor, which is unusual for Coach Demick.

“It is very difficult when freshmen have to play against

juniors and seniors,” Demick said.

The season was memorable for five seniors who have played soccer all four years of high school.

Boys soccer ended with a 7-13-2 record. Berlin was ranked seventh out of eight teams in the conference with a record of 1-6-1.

Playing 22 games, the greatest accomplishment of the year was defeating Fox Valley Lutheran 2-0.

Photo: EDGE Photography “It felt good,” senior Alex Vang said. “It was the first time Goal keeper Kollin McGregor (left) captures the ball from Xavier at a home game. beating them in awhile.”