Lemmon High School Squeezer

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1 In This Issue *Mock Accident * Pgs. 2-3 & 7 School News * Pgs. 4-6 Sports * Pg. 8, Student Spotlight/ Question of the Issue Lemmon High School Squeezer Squeezer Staff: Editor: Taylee Raba Jessica Lopez, Avery Haase, Kodee Bolte, Sierra Peters, Amber Ellison Volume 91 Issue 1 Sept. 29,2016 By: Taylee Raba Roughly 270 ninth graders from 13 different schools and 75 adults came to Lemmon on September 14 to participate in this year s Freshman Impact. This is an annual event that takes place in Lemmon to inform the freshman on the dangers that drinking, texting, and being distracted while driving can do within just a matter of seconds. There are seven morning stations that all the freshman get to participate in. The five stations that have stayed the same for the past years have been the fire and medical, walking and driving with the alcohol impairment simulation goggles, suicide prevention, cyberbullying and drug prevention. Two new stations were added this year, the water challenge which had kids transferring water with PVC pipes into a bucket and the seatbelt challenge which had the students timed in every spot in the car racing and putting their seatbelt on. After the seven morning classes and the lunch break is when things really got serious. This year s main speaker told the freshman how his two sons were walking a friend home when a drunk driver going 60 miles per hour in a miles per hour zone hit one of the boys and took his life. Following the speaker was the mock accident, funeral, and trial. This year s mock accident incorporated texting. JoLinda Hay stated, The accident is just so real and you feel like you actually lost the people. LHS Freshman Jenaya Lockrem stated, I was sad, mad, and scared Hundreds Impacted by Mock Accident throughout the whole day. I was like an emotional rollercoaster. Which comes to show that the program is effective in making the freshmen realize what could happen to themselves, a loved one, or anyone. By the end of the mock trial scene, the freshmen learned that the person would be in prison for 20 years and that they would owe the families for restitution, medical bills and a funeral cost which came up to a grand total of over a 100,000 dollars. Freshman Chloe Trogstad stated that Freshman Impact will help me think twice about the decisions that I make in life. Above: Preston records the firefighters demonstrations to the freshmen. Above Right: Doing her best to stay on the line Morgan performs a mock sobriety test with a local police officer. Right Bottom: Mesha participates in the team building exercise at Freshman Impact.

2 -School Page 2 Changes Bring Mixed Emotions By: Amber Ellison New to LHS this year is Superintendent Mr. Johnson, as well as the many changes that he doesn t even consider changes, as he states this is how he has always run things. Many changes weren t optional and had to be enforced, such as the new no -driving policy and the removal of the vending machines. The senior class suffered a loss with the no-driving policy, which prohibits driving in all instances during the school day, but the addition of a senior lounge and senior trip has helped soften the blow. Preston Baumgarten admitted, Getting rid of our driving was hard at first, but the senior trip and lounge is making it almost halfway better. Already the senior lounge is being utilized, with the class of 2017 working on their dual credit classes, playing friendly games of trashketball, and stocking the room with snacks. The seniors are looking forward to their senior trip, a four day retreat that is proposedly going to take place during the break between winter and spring sport seasons. The senior trip will be possible due to the reduction of prom spending. Instead of spending almost $10,000, the prom budget will be limited to around $2,500. Krista Miller agreed with the cutbacks, arguing, It seemed like a wasteful amount of money to be spending on one night. Already Mr. Johnson and Mr. Peterson are coming up with ideas to save money while still maintaining a fun evening for the students. Some controversial policies are being introduced. Students on the newly renamed Friday School List due to discipline or failing grades will be assigned to Friday school. Mr. Johnson feels it will give students more incentive to not be on the Friday School List. Along with this policy comes the new rule that states if a student gets in trouble, the school will no longer send home a note to their parents. The student must tell their parents themselves and bring a note from their parents back to school that confirms the parent received the message. Lastly, students must sign out when they leave the school and again when they return. This may seem like a hassle to some, but Mr. Johnson wants A group of seniors work on their dual credit classes and homework while sitting on the new furniture in the senior lounge. to be cautious so that in the case of a fire or other emergency situation, the school will know where each of the students are. All of these modifications of how Lemmon High School is run are in the entire school s best interest, even though a couple may take some time to accept. Students Analyze Soil Qualities By: Avery Haase On September 21, Mrs. Gebhart s eighth grade class and Mrs. Knuth s third hour class rode the bus to a field near the cemetery to listen to Kent Cooley inform the classes on the importance of our soil and land. Kent Cooley is a soil scientist from the Natural Resources Conservation Service and spoke about soil health, management, structures, profiles, land capability classes, textures, and career opportunities. Right: Kelly examines the texture of the soil. Above: While analyzing soil, a group of eighth grade girls finds a worm.

3 Page 3 -School- Wildlife and Fisheries Develops Mitosis Models By: Avery Haase In Mrs. Knuth s wildlife and fisheries class, eight students had the opportunity to learn about the stages of mitosis. The students had to create a model of the stages using pipe cleaners and completing an activity sheet later on. The goal of this activity was to learn about the duplication of cells in animals. The stages that the students had to create included interphase one, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and interphase two. One thing I learned from doing this project was that there was another interphase stage, which was the second resting stage before the cell completely separates into two cells, added Allison Preszler. Mrs. Knuth s Wildlife and Fisheries class has an upcoming activity in which students will be learning about different biomes for wildlife and species. Above left: Michael builds his mitosis model out of pipe cleaners and pompoms. Above Right: Allison writes about each stage of mitosis after creating it. Putting the Fun in Fundraising Left: Cameron pays a dollar and serves a volleyball to try winning a Powderhorn pizza. The volleyball team is raising funds to help defray medical expenses in Jennifer Kilzer s ongoing battle with cancer. Right: Close-up parent Kim and Close-up member Raechael sell pumpkins donated by Jay and Holly Moser to raise money for the Close-up trip this coming spring. Apps, Downloads, Do You Know the Risks? By: Avery Haase You ve downloaded the new game that everyone s raving about, but what information are you really giving out to have that game? Pokémon GO is one of those games that requires a lot of personal information. According to the Google Play Store, they can modify or delete the contents in your storage. In addition to going through your storage, they can also take your identity. Games for children like My Talking Tom and Angry Birds are just as harmful. My Talking Tom has access to read your phone status and identity. Angry Birds can also modify or delete the content in storage. Save your identity by reading through the permissions before downloading, then making the choice whether or not you re going to download the app. Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, and Instagram are some of the apps that are greatly used by teenagers, but they all require more information than we d like to give them. Most of the apps I previously listed can be tracking your location at any given time. Location services can track you any minute of the day which can be considered an invasion of privacy. Although, there are some benefits to having your location services on; for example, GPS can help you find your destination. If you re trying to find a radio station nearby, location services also work great for that. If bad weather is coming and location services are turned on, your phone has the ability to alert you. Turning off your location services can also save battery life who doesn t want their battery percentage higher? If you give an app permission to access your camera, a hacker can potentially hijack your phone camera and watch you at any given time. According to university student, Szymon Sidor, the hacker keeps a tiny preview window open so the app keeps running in the background. Sidor also mentioned that most hackers go for apps like Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat because of the amount of daily users. To conclude, simply reading through the permissions and researching before you download apps is essential in protecting your privacy and keeping yourself and your device safe.

4 -Sports Page 4 Cowgirls Fourth at LMC Tournament By: Sierra Peters The Cowgirls went into the LMC as the fourth seed ranked under Harding County, Bison, and Faith. For five girls, this was their last Little Moreau Conference Tournament. Heading into the tournament, senior, Amanda Riley, stated, I m excited, but sad to know that the season is half over and I m expecting great things. Another senior, Shelby Klein, also added, My focus for this tournament is to encourage my teammates to play to their best potential and to have no regrets. The Cowgirls first match of the tournament was against the Dupree Tigers. The Cowgirls came out strong in the first set, but later let the Tigers back in the set. The Cowgirls found their fight and won the set After winning over Dupree in two sets, the Cowgirls moved up the bracket to face the undefeated Bison Cardinals. Although both sets were very close, the Cowgirls lost. They would need to keep winning and work their way through the losers bracket if they were to make into the championship game. The third match for the Cowgirls was against the Timber Lake Panthers, whom the Cowgirls had faced earlier in the season. After winning in three sets, the Cowgirls found themselves playing their third back to back match against the Faith Longhorns. The Cowgirls lost in the third set against Faith eliminating the Cowgirls from the championship game and leaving them with a fourth place finish at the Little Moreau Conference Tournament. Outside hitter, Camryn Shockley, and setter, Sierra Peters, were named to the All-Tournament Team. Head Coach, Kelli Penfield, commented, We received the ball well off serve for the most part and did a great job moving the ball around to utilize many different attacking options, including more direct attacks from our setter on the 2nd contact. With the season about half over, the Cowgirls are putting their focus into defense, communication, and making aggressive plays every time the ball comes onto their half of the court. The Cowgirls are 7-7 this season after losing in a home court rematch with Bison on September 27. Above: Junior, Abby, attacks the Faith Lady Longhorns during the first junior varsity game of the season. Below: During the home game against McIntosh, the Cowgirls come together Junior High Volleyball Team Dominates with Small Numbers By: Amber Ellison With only eleven girls in 6 th through 8 th grade playing junior high volleyball this year and still playing two games with each opponent, they are doing a great job of overcoming that obstacle. On Saturday, October 1, the Cowgirls placed 2nd in the Junior High LMC Tournament in Lemmon. They won in two sets against Bison and then Newell, and lost in two close sets to Faith in the championship game. Sheri Anderson, the junior high volleyball coach, is trying to work with their numbers by rotating the girls constantly to be able to play two matches a night. I have already seen some big improvements in these 11 girls, Anderson shared; They all love the game of volleyball and it shows. They have practiced with the high school volleyball team multiple times, playing short court games and receiving tips from the older players. These junior high girls kicked off their season with a win against Harding County. They also participated in a tournament in Faith on September 17. During this tournament they pulled out wins against Cheyanne Eagle Butte and McIntosh. They ended with a 3 rd place finish, with their single loss to Philip, an intense match that went into a third set that finished At first we were intimidated by them, Tayte Kohn, 8 th grade player, stated. We definitely had potential to beat them, though. Overall our team played great! The Cowgirls also won two games both in two sets against Grant County at home. Below: Regan approaches for an attack during the Grant County game, while Macy, Dara, and Jecoliah cover.

5 By: Kodee Bolte The Lemmon/McIntosh Cowboy football season is off to a 4-1 start after beating the Grant County/Flasher Storm at home September 30. The Cowboys led at the end of the 3rd quarter. The Storm turned up their passing game in the fourth quarter and scored three touchdowns to the Cowboys one, but the Cowboys prevailed and put up some big stats in the game. They earned 10.3 yards per rush and 39 yards per catch. Dirk Wolf had 241 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Duell Tomac made 18.5 tackles, 13 of these solo, and Kaleb Bucks had 9.5 tackles on the night. Their first game against the Bowman County Bulldogs came down to the fourth quarter, after a scoreless first three quarters for the Cowboys, they pulled off an 8-6 win. With just 5:06 left on the clock, senior quarterback, Wyatt Huffman had a complete pass to senior tight-end, Jace Kocer, in the end zone for a touchdown. This tied up the score at six a piece, but after a successful two -point conversion run by junior, Kaleb Bucks, the Cowboys were up two on the board. Senior, Duell Tomac led the team in tackles with a total of nine, followed by senior, Braydon Katus, and Bucks, who each added seven. In week two, the Cowboys battled the Nighthawks for the wooden nickel in the Battle of the Border. Unfortunately, Lemmon/McIntosh fell to Hettinger/Scranton and had to turn over possession of the traveling trophy. Cowboy Football Brings Intensity Week three brought Cowboys playing the Timber Lake Panthers, where they came out with a 43-6 win. According to head coach, Brent Dirk, compared to the first two games, We played much better verses Timber Lake, and we came out and dictated the tempo of the game. Senior fullback, Preston Baumgarten had a total of four touchdowns, 129 rushing yards, and 57 receiving yards. Baumgarten commented, One person, can t be on their game, the whole team has to be on their game in order to play good. None of my touchdowns were possible without my blockers. Tomac again led the team in tackles with 9.5. Tomac commented on the season, It started out strong. We got a win with Bowman, but we still made a lot of mistakes, which showed our weaknesses when we lost to Hettinger/Scranton. But the next week in practice, we came out more physical, and that followed to the field when we beat Timber Lake Our bye week came at a good time with quite a few injuries. We ve been a lot more physical in practice preparing for upcoming games, and I hope this shows on the field. The Cowboys faced off against the Newell Irrigators next resulting in a 53-6 win despite an hour storm delay. Baumgarten contributed three touchdowns, one of which was an 80 yard kickoff return, and 204 rushing yards. Senior, Dirk Wolf rushed for 114 yards and added two touchdowns. Peterson also added two touchdowns. The Cowboys rushed for a total of 389 yards on Junior High Football Learns Basics Page 5 -Sports- 28 attempts compared to Newell s 152 yards on 39 attempts. The Cowboys have outscored their opponents , averaging 32.8 points a game. Tomac leads the team in tackles thus far, with 58 total, 37 being solo tackles. Dirk Wolf has rushed for a total of 545 yards for 6 rushing touchdowns and Baumgarten has rushed a total of 475 yards with an average of 15.3 yards per carry and has 11 touchdowns. Huffman has thrown for 426 yards and 6 touchdowns. Above: Duell lunges for a tackle against the Bowman County Bulldogs. Below: Touchdown. Senior, Jace comes down in the end-zone putting six points on the board for the Cowboys. By: Kodee Bolte Eight games into the junior high football season the boys have a record of 5-3. The Cowboys were undefeated in the Lemmon Jamboree. Coach Brad Derschan, commented on the goals of the season saying, their main goal is to have fun, relax and play football. They are also learning the basics, including hanging onto the ball, blocking and tackling. So far this season, the boys have improved in many areas. Mainly working together and taking it one play at a time. We had a tough time doing that early in the year, commented Derschan. The boys are also working on, doing their own jobs and not worrying about what they players next to them are doing. There are 22 players on the junior high team, Above: The junior high offensive line keeps the defenders away from quarterback, Talon Trogstad as he hands the ball off to Cord Beer. Right: The junior high football team gets on the line for an offensive play against the Bowman County Bulldogs so they have been working on being focused and disciplined. The team has two games left this season against Faith on October 3, and Mott/ Regent on October 6.

6 -Sports Page 6 Cross Country Team Focuses on Improving By: Jessica Lopez According to cross country coach, Mr. Pelkofer their team goals for the year include improving throughout the season, getting as many kids to state as they can, and placing as high as they can in the conference and region. Amber Ellison s goal this year is to go to state for the fifth consecutive time. The team has been to several meets already including Mobridge/Pollock, Faith, Wakpala, Gettysburg, Rapid City and the LMC Conference meet in Lemmon. At the Wakpala meet, Tayte Kohn placed second and Alena Mollman placed seventh for varsity girls. Varsity boys, Dillion Reede, Daniel Dho, and Kole Reede placed fourth, tenth and fifteenth respectively. On average, the distance varsity runs during a meet is five kilometers and the junior varsity runs anywhere between three to five kilometers. When the team practices, the distance they run varies and they run, at times, up to seven miles. At the Little Moreau Conference Meet, the Cowgirls varsity team placed fourth. Tayte Kohn placed 7th, Amber Ellison placed 13th and Alena Mollman placed 17th in varsity at the conference meet. Dillon Reede placed 19th in the boys varsity division. According to Mr. Pelkofer, D. Reede and Dho have improved a lot since their first meet. Mollman has also improved a great deal since last year and had been running throughout the summer. Kohn stated that her main goal for this year is to place top10 at regions and top 50 at state. Above right: Sixth grader Andrew goes all out on a hilly course in Mobridge. Below Right: Alena passes a runner at the Mobridge/Pollock meet and continues to run a steady pace. Armory Gets New Scoreboards and Shot Clocks with Help from Dacotah Bank The Lemmon School District Athletic Department would like to thank Dacotah Bank for their generous donation toward the purchase of the new scoreboards and shot clocks in the armory. Over the past few years Dacotah Bank has helped support the athletic department by purchasing the volleyball net and standards used at our home volleyball contests and this spring will be the third year they have sponsored the Dacotah Bank Relay s Track and Field Meet. Thank you Dacotah Bank and the Lemmon Dacotah Bank Staff for you continued support of Lemmon High School Athletics. Below: President of Dacotah Bank, Travis Ellison, presents Lemmon Athletic Director, Brent Dirk with a check to help with the payment of the new scoreboards and shot clocks in the Armory.

7 Varsity Volleyball Opponent W/L Score Faith W (22-25) (25-16) (25-17) (25-18) Harding County L (12-25) (23-25) (16-25) McIntosh W (25-20) (25-17) (26-24) Edmunds Central W (25-17) (25-21) Timber Lake W (25-21) (25-17) Mobridge-Pollock L (24-26) (14-25) Mott-Regent, ND L (20-25) (25-20) (22-25) (22-25) McLaughlin W (20-25) (25-22) (25-15) (25-20) Mobridge-Pollock L (14-25) (17-25) (20-25) Dupree W (27-25) (25-19) Bison L (24-26) (22-25) Timber Lake W (25-21) (16-25) (25-23) Faith L (26-24) (15-25) (18-25) Bison L (22-25) (9-25) (18-25) Junior Varsity Volleyball Opponent W/L Score Faith W (25-21) (25-17) Harding County L (13-25) (25-15) (13-15) McIntosh W (25-17) (25-21) Mott-Regent, ND W (25-18) (25-9) McLaughlin W (25-22) (25-22) Mobridge L (18-25) (25-15) (14-16) C-Squad Volleyball Opponent W/L Score Harding County W (25-22) (25-23) Mott-Regent, ND W (25-17) (13-25) (15-12) Mobridge L (18-25) (25-15) (14-16) LMC CC Varsity Boys Dillion Reede 15th LMC CC Varsity Girls Tayte Kohn 7th Amber Ellison 13th Alena Mollman 17th LMC CC JV Boys Kole Reede 3rd LMC CC JV Girls Tya Peterson 1st Lemmon Invitational CC Varsity Boys Dillion Reede 19th Lemmon Invitational Varsity Girls Tayte Kohn 10th Amber Ellison 16th Alena Mollman 23rd Lemmon Invitational CC JV Boys Kole Reede 5th Lemmon Invitational CC JV Girls Tya Peterson 2nd Page 7 Sports Varsity Football Score Box Opponent Score W/L Bowman County 8-6 W Hettinger L Timber Lake 43-6 W Newell 53-7 W Grant County/Flasher W Varsity Girls Faith 5000m Tayte Kohn Amber Ellison 8th 11th Varsity Boys Faith 5000m Dillon Reede Danial Dho 17th 27th JH Grade Girls Faith 1600m Tya Peterson 1st JH Grade Boys Faith 1600m Andrew Dirk 6th Girls JV Faith 3000m Alena Mollman 6th Boys JV Faith 3000m Kole Reede 5th Rapid City CC Invite Boys Varsity Dillon Reede 77th Rapid City CC Invite Girls Varsity Tayte Kohn 59th Amber Ellison 67th Rapid City CC Invite Girls JV Alena Mollman 47th Rapid City CC Invite Boys JH Kold Reede 108th Rapid City CC Invite Girls JH Tya Peterson 100th Junior Varsity Football Opponent Score W/L Bowman County 6-42 L Eagle Butte 6-20 L Harding County 6-8 L Hettinger- Scranton 6-0 W Cross Country JV Girls M-P CC Invitational Alena Mollman 13th JV Boys M-P CC Invitational Kole Reede 20th JH Girls M-P CC Invitational Tya Peterson 8th JH Boys M-P CC Invitational Andrew Dirk 5th Varsity Girls CC Mobridge- Pollock Invitational Tayte Kohn 10th Amber Ellison 15th Varsity Boys Mobridge-Pollock Invitational Dillon Reede 22nd Wakpala CC Meet Varsity Girls Tayte Kohn 2nd Alena Mollman 7th Varsity Boys CC Wakpala Dillon Reede 4th Danial Dho 10th Kole Reede 15th Girls JV CC Wakpala Tya Peterson 2nd Boys JH CC Wakpala Andrew Dirk 6th

8 -Student Life Page 8 Kelly Schopp named South Dakota High School Rodeo Queen Camryn Shockley and Sierra Peters named to LMC All Tournament Team All State chorus: Krista Miller Soprano, Krista Schopp Alto, Kelly Schopp Tenor, Parker Minh Bass FFA Officers President-Aubrey Weishaar, Vice President Raechael Seidel Secretary Avery Haase Treasurer James Odell Reporter Jessica Colville Sentential Steven Boeckel Student Spotlight Homecoming Court Brandon Heil, Dirk Wolf, Wyatt Huffman, Jace Kocer, Duell Tomac, Kodee Bolte, Amber Ellison, Shelby Klein, Krista Miller, Amanda Riley Escorts Sierra Peters, Kaitlyn Reimer, Dylan Wolf, Chris Harrison NHS officers President Shelby Klein, Vice President Amanda Riley, Secretary/Treasurer Krista Miller Homecoming dress up days Monday Redneck Day Tuesday USA day Wednesday- Celebrity day Thursday- Favorite ***ATTENTION READERS*** Due to budgeting decisions, this will be the last issue of The Squeezer to be printed as an insert to the Dakota Herald. Please continue to read The Squeezer in FULL COLOR online on the Lemmon School District website at The journalism department appreciates your support. Question of the Issue By: Jessica Lopez If you were famous, what would you be famous for? 7 th grade Macy Schiley: rodeo Talon Trogstad: basketball 8 th grade Tayte Kohn: running or playing basketball Kole Reede: for being a musical artist 9 th grade Alena Mollman: for being amazing Alec O Donnell: being the best at annoying people 10 th grade Beth Tennant: dance moves Jake Ellison: watching the most Netflix and binge eating 11 th grade Taylor Drayton: taking the best snapchats James Odell: having a lot of junk 12 th grade Kaitlyn Reimer: marrying a famous guy because I m not talented Dylan Wolf: completing the American Ninja Warrior course and winning it.