In This Issue

*FFA Chapter * Pgs. 2-4 School News * Pgs. 5-7 Sports * Pg. 8 Kids Voting, Question of the Issue

McCartney and Sattler Compete at State

By: Megan Baumeister Mrs. Heil, Kaitlyn McCartney, and Sierra Sattler went to state, and McCartney came back with a superior award. McCart-ney’s goal when going to state was to bring back a superior award, but she had also hoped to bring back a team award for Mrs. Heil as well. Both, McCartney and Sattler have been in oral interp for three years, and while Sattler will be graduating, McCartney plans on doing it next year without a doubt. One of Mrs. Heil’s favorite pieces this year was “An Open Letter to the Girl with a Broken Heart.” That was also the piece that McCartney took to state. Another one of her favorites was the duet, “Gym Class.” She liked that one also because she

thought it was humorous, and it required a lot of work to figure out where to put people. To get to state Mrs. Heil said, “We prac-ticed, and we worked on clean move-ments and articulation, so they would be exact and on time.” Sattler’s favorite memory from the sea-son was playing Dungeons and Dragons the night before regions. McCartney’s favorite memory was the search for her binder after she was done performing at state. See more results on page 4.

Issue 3

Dec. 18, 2018

Squeezer Lemmon High School

Volume 93 Squeezer Staff: Editor: Macyn Flatmoe Assistant Editors: Lauren Weishaar, Madison Weishaar Reporters/Photographers: Zayda Dirk, Abbie Hulm, Alena Mollman, Megan Nehl, Ronny Nehl, Kole Reede, Macy Schiley, Beth Tennant

Kaitlyn performs her piece at the district competition in Mobridge.

Sierra practices at region oral interp in Pierre before her performance.

Macyn and Megan perform their piece, "Gym Class," in front of the school to prac-tice for regions.

District Results

*Sierra Sattler 2nd - poetry

*Ronny Nehl 3rd - serious

*Macyn Flatmoe 2nd - storytelling

*Kaitlyn McCartney 3rd - non-original oratory

*Kaitlyn McCartney 1st - humorous

Flatmoe & M.Nehl 4th - duet

*advance to region competition

Region Results *Sierra Sattler 2nd - poetry

Ronny Nehl serious Macyn Flatmoe storytelling

*Kaitlyn McCartney 2nd non-original oratory

*Kaitlyn McCartney 1st - humorous

*advance to state

-School– Page 2

By: Lauren Weishaar

Mrs. Klitzke’s Spanish I and II classes

celebrated Día de los Muertos (Day of the

Dead), a Mexican holiday that honors

death and the afterlife.

Students in the Spanish I class celebrated

this Mexican holiday by making ofrendas,

a collection of objects that are set up on

the altar to remember and honor the

memory of their ancestors. Students

worked together with a partner to pick

who they wanted to make their ofren-

das for and how they wanted it put to-

gether. They had to bring eight to

twelve elements into their ofrendas and

were graded based on their presenta-

tion and use of elements. As the finale

of the project, students got to watch the

movie Coco.

Spanish II was busy commemorating

Día de los Muertos. The students made

candy skulls, which is a traditional Mexi-

can activity to remember Day of the

Dead. They decorated them, ate some,

and gave the others away to

students in the school to

enjoy.

Students in Spanish II also did

other activities in the class-

room that did not center

around Día de los Muertos.

They learned how to describe

food in Spanish as being hot,

spicy, cold, sour, or sweet. Each

student signed up to bring food

that would represent what ad-

jective they were given. While

being blindfolded, students

were required to answer ques-

tions in Spanish about what

they were tasting. Mrs. Klitzke

stated, “It was a good way to

practice their vocabulary, and it’s some-

thing different.”

Students were also given restaurant sce-

narios and had to develop their own skits

and present them to their classmates.

With the help of fake food props and oth-

er materials, students made their skits as

realistic as possible. Jada Erlacher said,

“They teach you an easier way to remem-

ber some of the harder words.”

Spanish Celebrates Día de los Muertos

Students Shine at Music Festival By: Kole Reede

After auditioning and waiting for ac-

ceptance, a group of students from Lem-

mon’s choir and band programs per-

formed at a concert in Dickinson, ND.

When the students arrived at the North-

ern Plains Music Festival, they were given

music and had ten total hours with their

instructor to practice before concert day.

According to one instructor, a class usual-

ly has an average of 40 hours of practice

time leading up to the day of the concert.

So, preparing for a concert in this small

time frame takes focus and attention.

Bowen Arnold and Kole Reede performed

with the mixed choir and Macyn Flatmoe,

Dillon Reede, Jade Witt, and Jake Ellison

performed with the band.

(Below) While blindfolded, Britt tries to distinguish

what item of food he was given. (Above) Madi and Jessica work on their

ofrendas in Spanish I class.

Students attending the Northern Plains Music Festival were Jake, Dillon, Jade, Bowen,

Kole, and Macyn.

Page 3 -School/Sports- Student Council Regions

By: Bethany Anderson The Student Council region meeting was held on November 7. At this meeting, the students broke down into groups, and there were stations with different topics that they rotated around to. Different activities gave students different infor-mation on topics such as study habits and networking that they could bring back to their student council. According to Mrs. Straight, “Our student council’s main goal at the meeting was

networking to share and gain ideas with other schools so that we get fresh new ideas.” The meeting was in Mobridge, SD, and some of the schools that attended were Timber Lake, Dupree, and McLaughlin. Beth Tennant, Peyton Anderson, Zayda Dirk, Meza Ham, Ronny Nehl, Britt Oliver, Chloe Trogstad, and Jade Witt represented our school at the meeting. What they were looking forward to most in the meeting was sharing ideas, listening to

various speakers, and networking with different schools. Student Council president, Beth Ten-nant, shared some goals, “I want to run the student council meetings more for-mally than what we are doing now.” Something Tennant learned from the meeting was, “How the meeting is sup-posed to be run.” She also commented that “some ideas that we brought back to our student council were ideas for our pep rallies.”

By: Zayda Dirk On Thursday, December 6, 2018, the annual Christmas concert was held. How-ever, this year’s concert came with a few changes. One of these changes was a new music teacher, Ms. Struble. She intro-duced a couple of new traditions, such as

having a color guard. The Brattvet Green American Legion Post #66 color guard began the concert by walking into the gym, with the entire crowd singing along to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Another change to past concert formats was a combined elementary and high school concert. Throughout the night, the crowd had the pleasure of listening to the increase of experience and complexity, starting with the kindergarteners and end-ing with the high school band and choir. The concert consisted of mainly tradi-tional selections and ended with the audi-ence singing along to “Silent Night.” Ms. Struble commented, “Having the crowd sing “Silent Night” at the end was some-thing that I haven’t done before. Listening to everyone singing is pretty neat.”

Winter Concert Mixes Old and New Traditions

During the 7-12th grade band perfor-

mance, Jade Witt plays a solo on her saxo-

phone.

Members of the junior high and high school

choir sing one of the four selections they

performed.

National Honor Society Gives Toys to Santa’s Helpers

By: Ian Riesinger The National Honor Society, composed of eleven juniors and seniors, hosted a toy and sock drive from November 26 through December 6. During this time, students could bring toys and socks into Mrs. Dirk’s room, and their names would be entered into a drawing for three different prizes. During the drive, the National Honor Society collected numerous toys and socks. The toys were delivered to Linda Hamand with Santa’s Workshop, “to help make Christmas special for all children,” said Mrs. Dirk. Dirk also commented, “It has been a good experience working with

them.” Morgan Dauwen won the Geo’s Corner gift certificate and Palace Theater movie passes, and Avery Haase won the Powder-horn gift certificate. The NHS would like to thank all the stu-dents and staff who donated items. Another activity that the National Honor Society participated in earlier in the year was decorating doors at the Five Counties Nursing Home this past fall.

Avery and Dillon deliver toys to Linda, a

volunteer with Santa’s Workshop.

-School– Page 4

Student Rally in Support of Local Community Member

By: Macy Schiley On Friday, November 16, more than 20 students from Lemmon attended the Dis-trict LDE competition in Wall. LDE stands for Leadership Development Events. Some of these skills include public speaking, Ag sales, Ag Issues, and Ag com-munications. Most of these learned skills are reinforced within the classroom to help students to better themselves before competitions. The top placers from Lemmon include the Ag Issues and Ag Communications Teams, both placing 3rd. In Extemporane-ous Speaking, Tally Katus placed 6th. In Employment Skills, Korrie Zentner placed 6th . In Ag Broadcasting, Justin Schopp placed 9th. In Public Speaking, Tayte Kohn placed 6th and Anna Beer 8th, and the Ag Sales Team placed 4th. All in all, Renae Gebhart, the Lemmon FFA Advisor, said, “The competition went well. It was a great learning experience; the students learned some important life-time skills. “

Lemmon and McIntosh student athletes bond together as they rally the community’s generosity at

the medical benefit for Steve Anderson. The volleyball, football, and cross-country teams along with

the LHS Student Council organized the volleyball game and silent auction. The Lemmon Sports Boost-

ers organized a walking taco meal before the game. The Anderson’s commented, "It was so great to

see all the support from the students, teachers, and community. We really enjoyed the evening and

loved to see all the smiles on everyone's faces. We would really like to thank everyone who was in-

volved. It was a lot of fun."

(Above) Meza stands in the

penalty can while she waits

for a donation to “bail” her

out.

FFA Members Practice Employable Skills

FFA members wait in anticipation before the awards are given.

Sturgis Invitational Oral Interp Results

Sierra Sattler 7th - poetry

Ronny Nehl 4th - poetry

Macyn Flatmoe 2nd - storytelling

Bowan Arnold 4th novice storytelling

Kaitlyn McCartney 3rd - non-original oratory

Sierra Sattler 8th - non-original oratory

Kaitlyn McCartney 7th - humorous

Megan Nehl 9th - humorous

Ronny Nehl 5th - serious

McCartney & M. Nehl 4th - duet

Flatmoe and M. Nehl 7th - duet

Oral Interp results continued.

Golddigger Invitational Oral Interp Results

Kaitlyn McCartney 6th - non-original oratory

Sierra Sattler Tied 9th - non-original oratory

Sierra Sattler Tied 9th - poetry

Ronny Nehl 16 - poetry

Macyn Flatmoe 1st - storytelling

Bowen Arnold 4th - storytelling

Ronny Nehl 12th - serious

Flatmoe & M. Nehl Tied 13th - duet

Kaitlyn McCartney Tied 1st - humorous

Megan Nehl Tied 8th - humorous

Anna Beer waits for her turn at District LDE's

Anna waits for her turn to compete at District LDE's in Wall.

Page 5 -School- JH Cowboys Take the Mat - Mentally and Physically

By: Madison Weishaar

With Lemmon High School’s winter

sports gearing up, one of the activities in

full swing is junior high wrestling. The

team comprised of five sixth-graders,

three seventh-graders, and four eighth-

graders, and they were coached by Wes-

ton Ginther. The young wrestlers began

their season mid-October and ended be-

fore the expected date of December 1st

when the Rapid City tournament was can-

celled due to weather.

Although the team lacked experience

and was quite young, the Cowboys were

determined. Coach Ginther commented,

“The wrestlers always gave 100% effort at

practice. Wrestling practice is extremely

demanding physically and mentally.”

Within only a few short weeks, the wres-

tlers participated in six tournaments

where they wrestled in a variety of weight

divisions, fighting for the top spot.

Throughout the season, each wrestler

showed great signs of success for each of

them placed high at several meets. At the

Spearfish Middle School Tournament,

sixth-grader Blair Ham placed first. Avery

Peterson also managed to sweep his com-

petition, bringing home a first-place med-

al. Wrestlers, Jonah Bucks, Nathan Pen-

field, Gage Anderson, Emmitt Maher, An-

drew Dirk, and Ethan Nehl fell just short of

first and received second. “The Cowboys

wrestled extremely well against some very

solid competition,” stated Coach Ginther.

Eighth-grader Gavin Mathis added, “My

favorite match of the year was my last

duel in Belle Fourche because I pinned my

opponent.”

“We had a very successful season this

year. There is a huge amount of potential

for this team in the years to come. I have a

lot of big goals for this team, and I know

many of the wrestlers have set equally

high goals for themselves. I’m very excited

to see how the next few seasons start to

unfold,” commented Coach Ginther.

The junior high Cowboy’s season will

officially end in February at the Junior

High State Wrestling Tournament in

Pierre. Until then, it depends on who

moves up with the varsity team to deter-

mine who can attend this state tourna-

ment.

Belle Fourche Tournament

Name Place

Jonah Bucks 2nd

Cash Schiley 4th

Nathan Penfield 4th

Gage Anderson 1st

Trevor Ellingson 1st

Emmitt Maher 1st

Blair Ham 2nd

Gavin Mathis 4th

Tyler Ellingson 3rd

Andrew Dirk 2nd

Avery Peterson 2nd

Ethan Nehl 2nd

Newell Tournament

Name Place

Jonah Bucks 2nd

Nathan Penfield 1st

Gage Anderson 1st

Trevor Ellingson 2nd

Emmitt Maher 1st

Blair Ham 2nd

Gavin Mathis 3rd

Tyler Ellingson 3rd

Andrew Dirk 1st

Avery Peterson 3rd

Ethan Nehl 3rd

Baker Tournament

Name Place

Jonah Bucks DNP

Nathan Penfield DNP

Gage Anderson 2nd

Trevor Ellingson 1st

Emmitt Maher 1st

Blair Ham DNP

Tyler Ellingson DNP

Andrew Dirk 3rd

Avery Peterson DNP

Sturgis Tournament

Name Place

Jonah Bucks 5th

Gage Anderson 1st

Emmitt Maher 1st

Spearfish Tournament

Name Place

Jonah Bucks 2nd

Nathan Penfield 2nd

Gage Anderson 2nd

Emmitt Maher 2nd

Blair Ham 1st

Gavin Mathis 4th

Tyler Ellingson 3rd

Andrew Dirk 2nd

Avery Peterson 1st

Ethan Nehl 2nd

Lead Triangular

Lemmon/McIntosh & Newell

54

Belle Fourche

46

Nathan looks for the opportunity for a

takedown.

Tyler fights for a pin.

-School– Page 6

By Alena Mollman The Lemmon/McIntosh Wrestling team is looking forward to another full season. Head coach, Scott Peterson said, “Every year I look forward to watching the kids improve and grow as wrestlers and young men.” With a small team of five high school boys and four junior high boys on the var-sity team, they are still looking strong, even with the low numbers. “Our low numbers are going to affect how we compete on a team level, but we are still focused on as much individual suc-

cess that we can have. Even though our numbers are low the future still looks bright for Cowboy Wresting because of the younger kids coming up,” Coach Peterson stated. Dylan Witt and Jake Ellison, two senior wrestlers, are looking forward to their sen-ior year of wrestling. Witt said, “I’m mostly looking forward to the banana split.” Showing optimism, Ellison said he’s look-ing forward to “seeing how well I’m going to do at state.”

Small Team, Big Dreams

By: Ronny Nehl Junior high girls basketball season start-ed and ended in the past two months. The new coach for the team is the new math teacher, Mrs. Oliver. This is her first-year coaching junior high basketball, but she has had previous coaching experience. This season started on October 29, and they had 17 players and two stats. The stats were Dara Bauer and Emily Ander-son. There were only three 8th graders on the team: Rosie Storm, Katelyn Arnold, and Sarah Hetzel. With such a young team, some of the 7th graders had to step up to fill positions on the 8th grade team.

The goal for the team this year was to improve on the fundamentals of the game, gain confidence in their skills, and to most importantly have fun. According to Oliver, the willingness to show up ready to work and the great atti-tudes of the players have shown great rewards. The 7th grade team ended with 8 wins and 3 losses, and 8th grade team ended with 11 wins and 3 losses. (Scores on page 8)

New Coach, New Year, New Team

6th grader, Karley, hustles down the court during the game against McIntosh.

Jake has his opponent in the cradle as he

goes for the pin.

Student Council Hosts Christmas Fun Night By: Madi Bucks

On December 13, the junior high/high

school student council members held a fun

night for all elementary kids.

Kindergarten through second grade

started at 6:30 and went to 8:00 p.m. The

third grade through fifth grade session was

from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. The cost was $5

per child. Some games and activities held

were Christmas cookie and ornament dec-

orating, dodgeball, and a parachute game.

Student council advisor, Mrs. Straight, with

help from student council president, Beth

Tennant, decided to do this because they

want to have the kids interact more with

each other.

“A big goal for the student council body

this year was to raise our school spirit, and

the only way to do that is to continue to

work with the kids frequently,” said Beth

Tennant.

Mrs. Straight said, “This event benefited

all students involved. The elementary kids

had the opportunity to participate in vari-

ous activities. The high school students

also got to interact and play with the kids

and to act as leaders. This event was com-

pletely planned and executed by the stu-

dent council members, and they did an

incredible job. I am very proud of them!”

The Student Council members are also

doing a secret Santa gift exchange with the

high school staff in the month of Decem-

ber, and starting in January they will also

be going to the elementary school to read

to the students.

Lauren helps students decorate their Christmas cookies during the student council fun night with the elementary students.

Page 7 -School-

By: Megan

Nehl

The basketball

boys are back

and breaking

out the new

season with

their new head

coach, Tyler

Kostelecky, and

new assistant

coach, TJ

Shockley.

Coach

Kostelecky

shared that one

of his goals is

“to have a successful season,” defining

successful as “getting better individually

and as a team.”

With just a few games under their belt,

the Cowboys are determined to make the

best of this basketball season. Losing 50-

72, the varsity boys’ first game in Timber

Lake did not quite go as well as they had

hoped. “It was good to see how we

matched up against one of the best teams

in the state, and it showed our strengths

and weaknesses” stated, junior, Britt Oli-

ver about the game against Timber Lake.

The boys did, however, have an 80% free

throw average. Junior varsity had the

same luck that night, losing 36-13.

Although they lost their first game, the

boys regained their confidence during the

first home game against McLaughlin the

next night, winning 61-43. Peyton Ander-

son was the leading scorer with 25 points.

“We started out really well, played good

offense and defense, which are both key

steps to winning the game,” commented

sophomore, Jaden Kelley. The junior var-

sity team also won 44-37.

“I’m extremely excited for my first op-

portunity as a head coach at varsity level

and the amount of talent that I get to

work with in my first year!” expressed

Kostelecky after just a few practices. The

boys are looking forward to the rest of the

season

and what

it brings.

Starting Fresh

(Above) During warmup before the Timber Lake game, Britt shows off his basketball skills.

Jaden spins ball on his finger as he waits for play to re-sume.

Cowgirls Take on Panthers and Lady Tigers

By: Abbie Hulm The Cowgirls’ fell short in their season opener game losing 46-64 against the Tim-ber Lake Panthers. The leading scorer from the Cowgirls was sophomore, Tally Katus, with 17 points followed by junior, Morgan Dauwen, with 10 points. Head coach, Ryan Kohn stated, “We shot pretty well from the outside. We made some

good pick and rolls to the basket and had good man to man defense.” The Cowgirls took on the Dupree Lady Tigers on Tuesday night, December 11, winning by a score of 50-39 to win their first home game of the season. The lead-ing scorers were Tayte Kohn with 14 points and Tally Katus also with 14 points. Morgan Dauwen ended the night with 13 defensive rebounds. Chloe Trogstad commented, “My fa-vorite part about basketball is spending time with all of my teammates.” Senior, Lexi Lopez stated, “My goal for this season is to get 10 rebounds in a game because those are always good.” The JV team lost against the Timber Lake Panthers 15-42. Eighth graders, Allie Kohn and Mikailah Byre were the leading scor-ers with 6 points each. The JV girls won against Dupree with a score of 39-11. Allie Kohn was the leading scorer with 20 points.

(Above) Eighth grader, Sarah gets ready

to box out under the hoop as a player

from the Timber Lake Panthers shoots. Lexi defends her opponent to help out the

team.

Question of the Issue

If animals could talk, which one would be the rudest? By: Beth Tennant 12th Alexis Lopez: “Cat” Dillon Reede: “Cat” 11th Anna Beer: “Giraffe” Britt Oliver: “Hyena” 10th Tya Peterson: “Bald Eagle” Cody Thompson: “Llamas” 9th Justin Schopp: “Prairie Dogs” Bethany Anderson: “Parrot” 8th Chantz Helton: “Parrot” Jim Stevens: “Dogs” 7th Shannon Gebhart: “Donkey” Cody Zentner: “Weasel” 6th Karly Riley: “Raccoon” Gage Anderson: “Shark”

-Sports/School–

Lemmon School District - Kids Voting Results

Grades Voted: k-12 Grades Voted: 3-12 Grades Voted: 9-12

US Representaive State Auditor Constitutional Amendment W

Dusty Johnson - 75.7% Rich Sattgast - 74.4% No - 50.8%

Ron Weiczorek Tom Cool Yes - 49.2%

George D. Hendrickson

Tim Bjorkman State Treasurer Constitutional Amendment X

Josh Haeder - 100% Tied - at 47.5%

SD Governer Aaron Matson

Kristi Noem - 76.2% Constitutional Amendment Z

Billie Sutton Commissioner of School & Public Lands Yes - 55.7%

Kurt Evans Ryan Brunner - 87.8% No - 42.6%

Woody Houser

Secretary of State IM-24

Steve Barnett - 69.9% Public Utilities Commissioner No - 55.7%

Alexandra Frederick Kristie Fiegen - 91.0% Yes - 44.2%

Wayne Frederick

Attorney General IM-25

Jason Ravnsborg - 84.4% Yes - 57.3%

Randy Seiler No - 40.9%

Kids Voting Results

(Right) Student council member, Peyton, gives out "I Voted" stickers to the elementary

students after helping with Kids Voting.

8th Grade Girls Basketball

Opponent L/W Score

Harding County W 28-21

McIntosh W 21-16

Dupree L 14-26

McIntosh W 44-37

Harding County W 22-15

Faith W 36-30

Timber Lake L 17-38

Hettinger/Scranton W 40-15

Bison W 53-50

Grant County L 37-48

Harding County W 41-23

Dupree W 29-17

Hettinger/Scranton W 43-12

McIntosh W 37-9

7th Grade Girls Basketball

Opponent L/W Score

Dupree L 27-35

Newell W 27-24

McIntosh W 26-20

Faith W 27-14

Timber Lake W 42-13

Hettinger/Scranton W 34-15

Bison (2 quarters) W 23-8

Grant County W 23-22

Harding County L 16-18

Hettinger/Scranton W 29-10

McIntosh (2 quarters) L 5-10