Happening Now•Boys Golf: Metro Conference Meet 1 p.m. at Prairie Green•Soccer: State Playoffs First Round—girls 4 p.m. at Aberdeen Central; boys vs. Roosevelt 7 p.m. at Yankton Trail Park•Girls Tennis: vs. Roosevelt 4 p.m.—varsity at WHS; JV at Kuehn Park•Football: Freshmen vs. O’Gorman 4:15 p.m. at WHS•Volleyball: At Roosevelt—JV and freshmen 4:30 p.m., sophomores 5:45 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.•Softball: vs. Mitchell 6 p.m. at Mitchell Cadwell Complex•Senior Class Party: Parent planning meeting 7 p.m. in library

Lunch Time at WHS•Today’s lunch: Pizza burger•À la carte lines: Pasta, beef fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings•Bowling: Pre-season student and parent meeting 6 p.m. today in the Little Theatre—team try-outs 4 p.m. Oct. 15 and 17 at Eastway Bowl.•Green Club: Members will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in A-209 to discuss T-shirts and this quarter’s project. New members welcome.•Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet to practice at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in A-159.•DECA: Marketing students should check their school e-mail accounts regularly for updates on meetings and events.

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Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Heckand Hannah Smith

Assistant Editor . . . . . . . .Meg WolstenholmStaff: Trey DeCroock, Shannon VanErmen, Rayden Collins, Reagan Stenzel, Aliyah Hudson, Mariah Madsen, Mohamed Farah, Maham ShahEditor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . Jack NachtigalManaging Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Lizzie SpierAdviser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Jason Lueth

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Cross country teams have good showing at Roy Griak MeetCross Country By Shannon VanErmen

Warrior varsity cross coun-try team members traveled to Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, to compete in the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota.

The boys finished 14th out of 56 teams and the girls fin-ished third out of 51 teams in the Maroon Division. Senior Logan Swenson placed 28th overall and senior Alipo Oluak 64th. Sophomore Kelsi

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13th overall and freshman Carlie Kray 16th. FootballBy Aliyah Hudson

Varsity football team mem-bers fell to Brandon Valley 38-21 in Metro Conference action Friday in Brandon.

Junior Stephen Cordell said he was impressed with the Warriors’ performance, overall.

“We played a little sloppy in the first half, but we pulled it together and played great in the second half,” Cordell said.

By the end of the game, the Warriors rushed a total of 206 yards. Senior Rasheed Benton had two touchdowns and senior Logan Raabe one.

The Warrior football team will next take on Huron at 6 p.m. in a special Thursday game this week. The fan dress theme is camouflage.VolleyballBy Trey DeCroock

Warrior volleyball team members traveled to Brookings Saturday as all teams fell short of the Bobcats.

The varsity lost in five hard fought sets 25-16, 23-25, 25-22, 7-25, 12-15 as senior Rochelle Ramharter had 12 kills and two blocks in the loss.

The JV fell in three sets and the sophomores in three. The Freshman A lost in two sets and the Freshman B in two sets.

The Warriors next visit Roosevelt tonight. The JV and freshmen will play at 4:30 p.m. The sophomores will take the court at 5:45 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m.

Girls TennisBy Reagan Stenzel

The varsity girls tennis team had a strong performance in the Metro Conference Meet Saturday at McKennan Park, coming in second with 54 team points. O’Gorman won with 72. Lincoln took third with 45 followed by Brandon Valley with 36 and Roosevelt with 20 team points.

Senior Mical Johnson fin-ished as runner up in the first flight of singles and runner up in the first flight of dou-bles with eighth grader Libby Nachtigal.Marching Band By Mariah Madsen

The Warrior Marching Band took home fourth place Saturday at the Papillion La-Vista South Titan Invitational in Papillion, Neb.

WHS finished the evening finals with a score of 64.40. First place went to Millard, Neb., West with a score of 72.45.

The band serves as a host at the Festival of Bands Saturday.

By Meg Wolstenholm

Today marks the first day of South Dakota High School Activities Association post-season sanctioned playoff action for the

Warrior varsity soccer teams as the varsity boys, the No. 8 seed, take on No. 1 seeded Roosevelt at 7 p.m. at Yankton Trail Park and the girls, seeded No. 7, travel to No. 2 Aberdeen Central for a 4 p.m. game.

This is the first season for Sioux Falls Public School teams in the sanctioned tournament after many seasons as club teams.

Senior Aaron Plagman said it’s nice to be in the “official” tournament.

“The team is pumped up to play,” Plagman said. “I can’t wait to see all the fans that are com-ing out to support us at 7 p.m.!”

Senior Hayley Durland said she is anxious for the playoffs to begin.

“We’ve never played Central before, so this should be a good matchup,” Durland said. “Hopefully, we can pull off a win so we can pro-ceed in the playoffs.”

Both teams finished their regular seasons Saturday at Yankton Trail Park. The girls beat West Central 2-0 and the boys fell to unbeaten Sioux Falls Christian 2-1. The boys finished the regular season 6-5-1.

Soccer teams both qualify for state playoffs beginning todayGirls travel to Aberdeen, boys face Roosevelt

Sports

By Hannah SmithEach year, a select few high school girls from each

county in South Dakota are given the opportunity to participate in Girls State, an event that provides students with the chance to experience a week of leadership growth while learning about their state and national government.

High school girls going into their senior year are given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain understanding of the American government through mock elections, speakers and seminars. Girls are selected by their GPA

and an application process demonstrating their character within their schools and communities.

Senior Lizzie Spier was not only among the few chosen students selected to participate in Girls State this past sum-mer, but was also inaugurated as the Girls State Governor for the 2014-15 year.

“I began my experience just as any other delegate, but after my inauguration as Governor, I began to take an active role as the leader of Girls State and had the honor of concluding the 2014 Girls State week,” Spier said.

The week began by dividing the students into different “cities” in which the students spent the week.

“I was a part of the city of Chicago,” Spier said. “On a city level, we participated in mock elections for city gov-ernment, and I was elected as Public Relations Manager. In county government, I was then elected as a Senate member for Minnehaha County.”

Overall, Spier’s experience was extremely positive, she said.

“I really discovered a passion for political issues,” she said. “It was intellectually stimulating and encouraged me to get more involved in politics.”

Spier was later selected as the Nationalist Party repre-sentative for the position of governor.

“My party platform was based on the empowerment of youth, women and racial minorities,” Spier said.

This is the fourth year in a row that a boy or girl from WHS had been elected Boys or Girls State governor, quite an honor as there are only two governor positions per year in the state.

As governor, Spier will speak at various conventions and American Legion meetings throughout the year, along with attending and being honored at the 2015 Legislative session in Pierre. Next year at the 2015 Girls State, Spier will lead the week and will participate as active Governor.

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Senior Lizzie Spier elected to top spot available at Girls State event

Feature

History.com (MCT)The USS Nautilus,

the world’s first nuclear submarine, was commis-sioned by the U.S. Navy on this date in 1954.

The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946. In 1947, he was put in charge of the navy’s nuclear-propulsion pro-gram and began work on an atomic submarine. Regarded as a fanatic by his detractors, Rickover succeeded in developing and delivering the world’s first nuclear submarine years ahead of schedule. In 1952, the Nautilus’ keel was laid by President Harry S. Truman, and on Jan. 21, 1954, first lady Mamie Eisenhower broke a bottle of cham-pagne across its bow as it was launched into the Thames River at Groton, Connecticut.

Commissioned on Sept. 30, 1954, it first ran under nuclear power on the morning of January 17, 1955.

Much larger than the diesel-electric submarines that preceded it, the Nautilus stretched 319 feet and displaced 3,180 tons. It could remain sub-merged for almost unlim-ited periods because its atomic engine needed no air and only a very small quantity of nuclear fuel. The uranium-powered nuclear reactor produced steam that drove propul-sion turbines, allowing the Nautilus to travel underwater at speeds in excess of 20 knots.

After a career span-ning 25 years and almost 500,000 miles steamed, the Nautilus was decom-missioned on March 3, 1980.

First nuclear submarine

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Photo by Haley Grandpre—Sacajawea ScrollIN CHARGE—Senior Lizzie Spier works on her inau-guration speech after being elected Girls State Governor June 6 in Vermillion.