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,,-~ et Pumped! The ~~rve tennis team had a group chat with the players from the East tennis team before a match. Freshmen players Andrew~person and Justin Brinkman along witp their teem and coach Rick Stempsoh join in this pregame tradition. Photo by Kaitlil:I Karins/Talon
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r-;, eppin'! Students from aH aspec ts of • 1,school came out to go in a fa9e"to • face interview with students from [.SE for an LPS video, including Kiara Moody, Abby Flory, (above) Kaitlin Karins, Nealesh Padhye , Jenna Cunningham and Austin Blankenau (not pictured). Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
'j• felcome! LSW was home to foreign tfV exchange students. Marijn Ouwehand, Saikal Shamkeerva , Bruna Corrales, Sophia Dranicki and Thomas Tammen. Photo by Ellie Clinch/Hawk Talk
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Attention all ?r~ma members. SeQiors Austin Blankena~ Stephanie Kahler, Danielle Pa rde anq Juni?r Logan Lem,p~o run a meeting for dre.ima club r\_.iring this meeting • dney discussed a trip to New York atld the state theatre convention. P.hoto by Emily. - ~ ,schmidt/Ta/on
~ I an even bigger name for ourselves. StudE;mts in our ,}ilver • ~ks always outshine, wheJ:~ifb~ clubs have shown the involvement in our school. dominating • r schools in sports, bto6t$lhfog a'n: Heck, in some ways we even out did ourselve~. •; • • impeccaql r ' ttendance record, or shdWfr}_f -'the .·t \ Some Hawks outgrew the boundaries of best scho ; -~pirit at every event. -------,,, ·\ •·.\ school, separating from the school dances to out lasted the days and first blocks that • : create our own From freshman year's Hollister polos s~ ·· last forever. And the early Mondays that • •-Qnd jeans to senior year's thrift shopping for sweats
• •• one dreaded coming to school after a long ·at Target, many Hawks outgrew their personalities eekend of sleeping in and staying up late. But and the viewpoints they arrived with by growing mostly we out lasted others in sports. more mature and independent. ·.-· !'1r
Also Hawks out witted our classes, by studying This book is about the past, present an<;t·· • long and hard on nights before tests, and even future of the Silver Hawks, from what we havei:>een ~: sometimes our own teachers, by texting in class and through , to where we are now, to what is ah:1CJ~J getting a'f:/ay. with it, qr sneaking out for lunch as an of us. The Hawks give advice on how to survive undercJossman withoul getting caught. years to come and- what we have gone through to ,. /we all oatlivedJhe school year, as we all suNive this year.
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•• • • • They're back" ' out to cheer on tl'lj;football team in the
• Carol Ann from "T~e Pft)tergeisr' first game of year versus Southeast. ;:' said it best and thClt Was r8-t likely They outshined thf other'' Cl comm.on rea¢'fi9n throughout the school as they worked togefh6r ?Nith
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• 1,912 s~~'?.°c;iedlhe s~I on changed their shirts from red to vc.tuty , Aug. 19 _ ;.::: ·! _ .":· • - in unison.
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H• ~ their pool bags fo~ ~K back~ Defending our choice to put on the • •• slee~g in -until afternoon, to countin§ play, we came out to watch the
down the minutes when the bell would ·t.outstanding members of the cast free them to soak up what little rays of perform.
_;~ - :'. , . ·- sunshine were left from the summer. Silver Hawks also came out to ....a Juniors Connor Carstens and watch the winter musical, "A White Collin Stange had different views Christmas" which may have been less on being back in school. "It sucks!" controversial but was in no way less _ Carstens claimed as to where Stange outstanding. "likes being back and seeing everyone But ·hot only did our .1~eater hold again.'' attention on the audito.t( " e, but But Stange's favorite part of being the kids of the done.••,. back was "V-neck Frid9ys and cheering people come out to 1 • 1 J~ on my Silver Hawk~! Even _Carste~s raise money for the " 1 _" • er couldn't disagree with cheering on his Drive." The Powder PL:i • , · e also fellow Silver Hawks and threw in a "Go helped with an entry fer l $2 or tyvo Hawks!" cans. I
But what students lacked in -Story/spread fy Ki excitement for bein9 , beck in school, " ·
ive it up! Senior Bret'6.oncroft gave blood at the first term blood '-=T' drive. LSW held four blood drives this year. A donor could give a pint of blood whic'tir could help up to three lives and students could giye all four terms if they wished. Photo by McKenzie Balfany/Hawk Talk
Princlpal Rob Slauson and te r Jeremy' Smith traveled to Japan in October 'f0 visit their ~hool as well.
Photo by Morgan Bo_rer/HowK Talk
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o oo! Seniors Emily Schmidt and Logan ,::,, Lemka take a frightened face photo at the Omaha Henry Dorley zoo. Students from both Zoology and Animal Science went on Oct. 6. Photo by Emily Schmidt/Hawk Talk
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Sports, dances, friends. Almost everyone looks forward to coming back to school. Although we may be back in school, some people had very exciting summers. Some people were busy with work, vacations and camps
For example, junior Stacy Manson moved to her new house near Crete.
"It was a long move. Its a very different experience living on a farm. There are so many responsibilities but its so much fun at the same time," Manson said.
Manson's favorite part about this summer was finding an injured baby deer that had a broken leg. She then took care of it and nursed it
Back to School Students say farewell to summer
back to health. She ended up naming the baby deer Bambi and it now lives in their chicken coop.
Junior Amy Cotton, on the other hand, spent a portion of her summer outside the U.S. She was invited by the Midwest American Honor Choir to tour six different countries in Europe. Cotton went along with l 30 other students, including eight fellow students and choral director Denise Cotton.
"Between the Swiss Alps, Lake Lucerne is the cutest Ma and Pa town and it was by far the most incredible place I have ever been to," she said. The tour began in Paris, France, then went through Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany and the ·Czech Republic.
Although the two-week long trip
was enjoyable and fun, Cotton explains that she would not miss a coupl e things. Europeans rarely used ice in the ir drinks, and air conditioning was not available. •
"America is a great place and I appreciate air conditioning and ice so much more," she joked.
Most people had the opportunity to go on vacations. But others were stuck in Nebraska Whether or not you went somewhere, the wonderful summer time had to come to a halt. On Aug. l 9 everyone went back to reality. School was back in session and students were ready to get back into routine. The 20 l 0/20 l l school year had begun.
Story/Spread by Katie Korta n
SENIOR PICTURES. The senior class of 2011 strikes a silly pose out in front of the school. The group then lined up in the grass and spelled out an 1 1 with their bodies. Students were eager to get a great start to their last year There were a total of 507 seniors. Photo by Katie Kortan/Talon
Wha t did you spend your paycheck on this summer?
-Senior Stephanie Kahler SHOES -Freshman Baleigh Miller
GAS MONEY
SAVE FOR COLLEGE -Junior Jason O'Neal
CLOTHES
-Freshman Katie Hosler
RESONANCE. Senior Sydney Stauffer, junior Ashton Holecheck, seniors Ali Dougherty, Nam Tran, Marielle Saathoff, and junior Jacob Koenig perform "I was made for dancing" at Spirit Fest. This was show choir's first exhibition since coming back from summer. Photo by Ta/on Stoff
NEW SCHEDULES.
and
TRUCK -Freshman Jason Reynders
VIDEOS. Ayet Nguyen, Brooke Fraser, Alexis Rienks, Lisa Ingham, and Owen Maher watch informational videos on freshman day Ambassadors showed them around school and helped them with finding their classes. Photo by Ta/on Staff
KIDDIE CLINIC. Emeralds dance team taught a group of little girls a dance routine. The girls then performed it together at our first pep rally of the year during Spirit Fest. This is the second year that the little girls have performed Photo by Ta/on Stoff
BABY DEER. Junior Stacy Manson and her family found a fawn over the summer on their newly purchased farm. The deer, Bambi, lives with them now in the chicken coop next to their house and loves her new home Courtesy
Photo
Freshmen Caitlin Wendel, Brittany Gill and Tiffany Truong compare their first term schedules with each other. They were very ready
excited for their first day of high school with no upperclassman to be scared of
Photo by Ta/on Staff
South-west -with Spirit
SPF, spirit grou~ urge tea.ms on to victory
The cheers of fans roar in the stands as they clapped their hands. "Bring it on" is the mind set of both the team and the fans Pumped up and ready to yell, these students come to support the team, with painted bodies, flags, and some signs that will eventually get taken away. This scene discloses what fills our stands, come Friday night football.
Outstanding school spirit has been around since the beginning of Southwest. Tradition is building, with much thanks to the Southwest Fan Federation, known as SFF.
Senior and a leader of SFF, Nea lesh Padhye tried hard to keep and start new traditions.
"Even though Southwest has been alive for less than a decade, tradition is something we are trying to build," said senior Klorissa Kavan
SFF was important to the students who were involved with the organization. Padhye said , "Being a part of SFF, to me, is a position I don't take lightly. I view myself as an organizer, leader and indirect hypeman In essence, the SFF represents having a good old time while sup-
porting your fellow student athletes."
Kavan loves SFF. She said, "it adds a whole dimension of excitement to games. We take the SFF very seriously and have been recognized by ESPN for our unveiling of the epic Operation Phoenix. Besides, there's nothing like a • little screaming school spirit to give you a rush of adrenaline. Being a part of this organization is big."
Senior Chase Krueger agreed , "I enjoy being a part of the school and being able to lead the student section is pretty sweet."
Everyone knows that Southwest themes can be amazing, but many wondered how SFF came up with the themes. And on top of that, how they got the details out to students.
"We tell a lot of people to think of different themes and get opinions on them," Krueger said.
Kavan said that while preparing for a game is always fun, it sometimes is a little stressful. "A facebook message is almost always sent out earlier in the week from our fan page to spread the word about the theme and game details. This makes communication between over 2,000 students a lot easier "
Even though SFF is all about tradi-
tion, changes are being made One of the biggest changes that happened this year was fundraising
"By fundraising, we were able to purchase flags, paint, signs, and anything we need to pass down to next year," Kavan said.
Fundraising helps keep SFF going, so Southwest can have the ultimate student section at all times.
Kavan said the big fundraiser was the SFF car wash, which raised $615
"The great thing about fundraisers is that they give SFF potential to make our dreams for the student section less of a dream and more of a reality," Kavan said.
In addition to SFF, support and leadership came from the cheerleaders, the dance team and the band They all contribute to the game day atmosphere, prime for success on the field or the court
"In SFF other than the leaders, nothing will change," said Padhye. Standing strong together, screaming until we can't anymore. Dressed in our best, for success, even though we look crazy. Representing our teams, our school and ourselves.
Story/Spread by Schieler Koch
Spirit F~t kicks off school ye~n with a bang
The annual Spirit Fest event on Aug. - ~-2 l sponsored by the Booster Club brought together different clubs, sports and organizations to celebrate the beginning of another year.
PLAY IT PROUD. The Southwest band stands proudly as they play clad in white at the Spirit Fest pep rally They pumped up students with their powerful music during the school year. Photo by Talon Staff
SING AND DANCE. Show choir shows off their skills the for new school year by performing at Spirit Fest. Photo by Talon Staff
CHEERTASTIC. Junicr Madison Deeds and sophomore Emily Cecava promote the cheerleaders at Spirit Fest The cheerleaders are a huge part of our student section at all games and lead the crowd in many ways
Photo by Talon Staff
GO TEAM.
SHOUT IT OUT. Senior varsity cheerleaders Abigail Sloup, Abbie Albrecht, Megan Sjulin and Abby Collins cheer on the SouH1west Silver Hawks to many victories. Screaming and shouting out are two important things about being a successful cheerleader. Photo bV Aubrev Woolman/ Talon
Seniors Shane Davidson and Travis Stoltenburg cheer in the front row all painted up, at Southwests first game of the season. Even though the team may sometimes lose the game, students never lose spirit. Photo bV Schieler Koch/Ta/on
STANDING TALL. Senior and leader of SFF Nealesh Padhye stands tall as he watched Southwest play North Platte. If pride shows in the stance held by a person, Padhye had major pride. Photo bv Schieler Koch/Talon
:RAZY SPIRIT. Hawks cheer loud and proud at the ,outheast game Students showed what Southwest was node of Photo bv Aubrev Woolman(Talon
No matter what time
How to sneak OUT!
*Warning*
You may get detention if you attempt
Say you are going out to your car
Sneak past the flag pole
Go out the back doors Hide the grade on your I.D.
How to sneak IN!
• Walk back in (Carefully) Put something in the door (Hoping no one takes it out) Hide the grade on your I.D.
Have a friend let you in side door
(Sorry all underclassmen)
Illustrations by juniors Morgan Mills and Kenzie Brookhouser
CHECKING OUT. Senior Kelsey Virus checks out for lunch as she scans her 1.0 Students waited in long lines for lunch but they usually didn't take too long to check out.
CROWDED. Lunch was crowded.
you got out of the lines, it was always a struggle to find a good seat with your friends
Photo by Allie FowlerITa/on
Photo by Allie Fowler/ Talon
.D'S ON?! Students patiently wait to be told hat they could go in to the snack shop They ere only allowed in six at a time Photo by /lie Fowler/Ta/on
PIZZA. Juniors Jason (Henry) O'Neal and Alyssa SPEEDY. Senior Nick Peters waits in line to buy Stander get pizza instead of getting a regular his lunch which consisted of pizza and cookies school lunch Pizza, a very popular choice by The school now has new faster computers for many students was $1 .50 per slice Students speedier checkouts, so that students can get also enjoyed chips and other snacks. Photo by to eat faster. Photo by Allie Fowler/Ta/on Allie Fowler/Talon
Lunch: Munch time!
Stu.dents debate the quality 0£ all three lunches
Lunch. Afavorite time of the day for most students, a time to just han g out and take a break from the stud ying and hard work. With three poss ible lunches to be assigned to, opi nions varied on which was best.
Freshman Andrew Badami who ha d first lunch first term said his favorite thing about having first was that, "yo u get to eat early, and you get a si x minute longer lunch time."
Junior Candra Reynolds who had second lunch first term said, "I re ally liked hanging out with all of my friends during my lunch."
Meanwhile, junior Paige Masters who had third lunch said, "I don't like having third because we have to wait so long but I do like hanging out
with all my friends who have my lunch."
Juniors and seniors had the privilege of going off campus for lunch while freshmen and sophomores stayed back at school. For the most part upperclassmen preferred something other than school lunches.
Some of the favorite places to go out were Runza and Amigos. As for at school, other than the school lunch choices, there were Subway subs and Pizza Hut pizza. Pizza was $ l .50/slice and subs were $3 each.
The lines were long, from fries to pizza to the actual school lunch. "School lunch lines are always long, so thats usually when I choose pizza," sophomore Audrey Berck said.
Most students complained about
the amount of time for lunch, believing that 30 minutes was not enough, even the students with the seemingly longer first lunch.
Some students chose the snack shop as an alternative to the long lunch lines. With only six allowed in at a time, students chose from things like pizza to a lot of other different snacks.
Lunch was about relaxing and hanging out with friends, catching up on the latest gossip, and enjoying time away from learning. As lunch ended, so did all the talking and gossip as students dragged themselves back to class, to attempt learning again.
Story/spread -by Allie Fowler
Guideline to RelationshiJ?S
From first dates to last....
Besides all tl1e school stress ranging from grades to teachers, one of the biggest stress issues was dating.
Whether your first date was going to the movies or even to homecoming, dating affected most everyone, from an embarrassing moment on a date to even embarrassing yourself in front of your senior crush.
In a survey, a majori1y of seniors agreed that high school dating is pointless. Most students said they go on their first actual date when they are freshmen. The most common date consisted of going out to dinner and an
appropriate movie. Several students reflected on dating dilemmas. •
Sophomore Zachary Johnson has had his ups and downs of dating. His worst date was a grenade. The best was at Worlds of Fun. As for the worst breakup, he was dating a girl for two years and she broke up with him for his friend
One girl that would never break his heart would be Megan ~ox, his celebri1y crush. He would take her out to dinner any day.
As for tips, he said, "Don't judge a girl by facebook, it is very deceiving. Don't tell people your number on Omegle. They will never stop texting you. Buy them lots of stuff and give them love."
Freshman David Laird's first kiss was when he was l 2 at the house of the girl he was dating His most embarrassing date was when he had to leave early His first date was at the house of the girl he liked . He met her parents for the first time and had dinner with them. The best date he has ever been on was a dinner date at the Venue Laird also has a celebri1y crush on movie star Megan Fox.
"When I saw her in 'Transformers' I knew she was one," he exclaimed. As for high school crushes Laird had a secret love for a freshman.
Story/Spread by Felicia Lopez t
WHATTA FOX. Freshman David Laird and sophomore Zachary Johnson both love their celebrity cr~sh _~egan Fox. Johnson leans in for a kiss while Lc::md ,s Just ~oo surprised to finally see his drea girl. lllustrafton by Felicia LopezJTalon m
Lauren Mulgrue (senior)
Is dating a senior from Southeast as of October 20 l O. Before dating him her first date was when she and her date had their parents drop them off just to go to dinner and a movie. The best date she had ever been on was a walk around Holmes Lake at sunset, where they looked at the stars.
Mulgrue has had her share of bad dates. One time she went to dinner that she paid for, and then she was dropping him off at his house and his mom yelled at her and told her to never come back!
"It was just so upsetting. After that I did not go another date with him," she said.
On a better note, if she could have a dream date it would be with Brad Pitt on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Other than her celebrity crush Brad Pitt, her biggest crush was on a senior when she was a freshman. "He was a big football player and I was secretly in love," she said.
Gavin Friehauf (junior)
Knows the entire do's and don'ts of dating. "Pay for your date and don't check out other girls while you're with your girlfriend."
Friehauf's first kiss was a dare in the fifth grade at his friend's house. Being such a romantic at a young age, his first date was the typical at the movies. The best date by far was driving to go to the Omaha Zoo and after they ate dinner. Luckily he has never had a traumatic break up.
"It was never really bad. We just didn't talk for awhile," he said.
His celebrity crush is Hayden Panettiere, the young actress best known in "Bring It On." "She's a beautiful cheerleader."
Hannah Cornish (sophomore)
Has had some of the cutest dates, with her first date going to the park.
"We climbed tress and flew a kite. The best date was at a concert or on Christmas going to dinner and the movies," said Cornish.
As for embarrassing, she has had a traumatic experience by falling down the stairs and tore two muscles in her shoulder.
Ashton Kutcher is one guy she would love to go on a date with. Her ideal date with him would be going sky-diving or bungee jumping. She says when you're on a date, enjoy the person's company and just have fun, but don't text or call constantly.
Yasmine Kamelian (freshman)
If she could have a dream date with anyone she would go out to dinner with all star Portuguese soccer player Christiano Ronaldo. She would probably follow the do's and don'ts that she uses.
"Always brush your teeth before you go, bring gum. Make sure you have chopstick or lip-gloss. Wear clothes that are comfortable and cute. Never put your date on the spot with personal or embarrassing questions. Never bring up your ex's, don't talk about depressing things and try to keep things light, · easy and fun!"
Kamelian has also long distance dated but it only lasted for two weeks. She said ifs boring because you never get to see them, plus you can get really insecure because you don't know if they are cheating or not.
The J;araID.ie Project' Fall play.
Discrimination has always been an issue in society. "The Laramie Project' depicts interviews done by the Tectonic Theatre Project about the 1998 murder of 21-yearold Matthew Shepard, a gay man who lived in Laramie, Wyoming. Performances occurred on Sept. 30 and Oct l and 3
The play conveys a strong and emotional message about hate that many people can relate to. "The Laramie Project" is probably the most unique play Southwest has put on since it opened because of the issues it addresses and the way it was produced
"There is no "safe" show that will please everyone," said play
a breaJh-baking experience
director Bob Henrichs. 'We received letters of complaint when we did shows like 'The Wizard of OZ', 'Footloose' and 'Beauty and the Beasr." Henrichs chose this play as part of his master's degree project.
Senior Emily Schmidt said, "I think ifs a bold choice in a good way. We're confronting issues and sending some very powerful messages." Schmidt played three of the roles that make up the cast including Reggie Fluty, Rebecca Hilliker and Zubaida Ula. The structure of the play was a lot different than past years. "The Laramie Project" is a documentary styled production and focuses more on the acting rather than technical aspects. Each person involved in the
STOP THE HATE. Cast members watch a slide show at the end of the play The slide show consisted of pictures of Matt Shepard in the happy moments before his life ended. It also displays other rallies supporting him and his cause hosted by friends, family and other gay right supporters
play was given two, three or even more roles to portray Many actors felt that having more roles made the play a fun and unique challenge.
"I just love having the opportunity to play different roles and searching to find contrasts between them," senior Emma Gruhl said. Cast members hoped the play will would open people's eyes about the consequences of hate
Senior Austin Blankenau, who plays the role of Matthew Shepard's father, said, "Hate is so embedded in our lifestyle that most people don't realize what they are saying can cause a great deal of pain."
Story/Spread by Makenzie Brookhouser
ANGELS. Junior Emma Gruhl plays Romaine Patterson, part of a group of protesters who support Matt Shepard The group arrived wearing huge angel wings to cover up the offensive signs of the other protesters. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
Photo by Morgan fvJills/Ta/on
LIFE SENTENCE. Senior Stephanie Kahler plays the close friend of Aaron McKinney (played by senior Logan Logsdon) and cried when she found out he is given a life sentence for the murder of Matthew Shepard. Photo by Morgan Mills/Talon
SETTING THE STAGE. For the documentary styled play they used a more wide-spread set up. Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
STAGE TECH. Junior Logan Lemka manages the stage during a production of the play. Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
MAKE UP. Junior Ashton Holechek puts make up on sophomore Will Reber before the play. Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
GUILTY Senior Logan Logsdon plays Aaron McKinney as he stands in the court and receives his guilty sentence for the murder of Matthew Shepard. McKinney received a life sentence for his crime Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
HOPE. The message of having hope is very strong throughout "The Laramie Project." It was displayed several times throughout the play on the projector and on picket signs. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
Junior Fred Vogel and other cast members gather to listen to a fellow cast member share his memories and experience shared with Matthew Shepard Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
LISTEN.
FASHIONISTA. Senior Emily Schmidt expresses her self through fashion. The way someone dresses tells a lot about who they are. Schmidt gets her inspiration by the mood she is in that day. Clothes can give people a new identity Photo by Leah Letcher/Ta/on
money
Silly Bands
You can't walk down the hallways without seeing a student wearing silly bands. Silly bands appeared at the end of last year and have rapidly gained popularity since then. Trading silly bands and comparing the fun shapes you have collected are what make silly bands so popular and fun.
FASHION DIVA. Junior Grace Jacobson models her Lolita fashion. Lolita is type a fashion that is rapidly growing world wide. Jacobson says that a way to save
on this expensive fashion is to make some of the clothes yourself. Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon
GOTHIC LOLITA. Junior Shelby Landreth expresses herself by wearing the latest Japanese style, Lolita. Landreth is into Gothic Lolita. "I love all the bright colors you can add to the outfit ." Landreth said Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
DESIGNER. Junior Sophie Hines expresses herself by making her own clothing. Hines is so talented that you can find her clothes being sold at the Farmer's Market and Stella's Boutique. Photo by Emily Schmidt/ Hawk Talk
PROFESSIONAL. This tattoo was professionally done and one of senior Jay Holechek's favorites He plans to have it touched up soon Its a picture of a sun with a cross on the inside. Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon
£xpress Yourself
Fads, fashion, fun combine to make you be you
With a piethora of colorful people, Southwest has a melting pot of diversity that can be defined in many ways.
What really inspires people to express themselves in the way that they do?
The "look" can be telling. " I decided to get a sun with a cross in the middle because I wanted something unique, that no one else had and I thought it looked cool ," senior Jay Holechek said.
Holechek one day was bored and decided to give himself two tattoos. One is a cross on his forearm which he plans to have professionally fixed and the other is a Japanese symbol on his back that means
warrior. Holechek has no other reason for giving himself tattoos. He said it was just something to do.
Juniors Grace Jacobson and Shelby Landreth chose to express themselves by wearing the latest Japanese fashion called Lolita. Jacobson is more into Wa Lolita while Landreth is more into Gothic Lolita. Wa Lolita is more traditional and with a touch of a punkier side Gothic Lolita is more of the typical Goth look with black boots and extremely bright colors.
" I've been to Japan once and I fell in love with their fashion. It's more eccentric than fashion in the U.S. It can range from all black to being absolutely colorful," Jacobson said Jacobson has also been fortu-
note enough to host four foreign exchange students at her home, all from Japan.
"I really like having foreign exchange students because its nice to have someone to talk about cultures with and play anime with," she said Landreth chooses Gothic Lolita because of the bright colors.
"I love how the bright colors look against black. It really makes it stand • out," Landreth said.
Southwest students find many different ways to express themselves. Whether they chose to do it artistically musically or athletically, students here were born to stand out and express themselves.
Story/Spread By Leah Letcher
Crea.tive Minds 0£ Our Generation
The world demands Ininds like theirs
Their eyes tell silent stories, and they contribute creative content to our community. Many students interested in fine art have some of the best chances to have their art and talent displayed through classes.
But other students' talents may be hidden in the shadows of those who are already recognized for their art. They have the passion for their ideas, and the world demands minds like theirs.
Junior Rebecca Denell is talented in many ways. She can make anything art, including her photographs, sketches, paintings and even clothes. Her inspiration of becoming an artist came from her grandfather who would create stories and make her illustrate what was happening. Her parents saw the artistic ability that Denell had and bought her a new camera for her birthday. This gave
her something new to work with.
This past year Denell took her talent to a whole new level and now is making herself known. She went from taking embarrassing close up shots of her older sister to designing themed photo shoots. She does mostly high fashion photography including shoots of the board game Clue, animals, paint and even a Candyland shoot.
"lrs super easy to become a photographer, but people often forget that you need much more than a camera," Denell said.
Denell's goal is to become a famous photographer. A huge part of why Denell does photography is to be able to tell a story through her art and find a way to get to people. She wants to find a way to mix all of the different elements of photography and combine them into one. She feels that , it is important that she express her art in a
feeling that not only she knows but others understand as well.
Story/Spread by Morgan M 'ls
Photos to right
PASSION. Junior Rachel Dowd performs as "Snow Queen" in the production of the Nutcracker in 2009. She received the lead role as Clara for the 201 0 performance. Photo courtesy of Rachel Dowd
BREATHTAKING. Sophomore Luke Nispel's doodling paid off. Now he is making beautifu l pieces of art. This painting is an example nam e d "The Next Generation," created by him last ye r Photo courtesy of Luke Nispe/
DEVOTION. Senior Ben Fischbein, juniors Payn Schwerdtfeger, Hayden Florum, and Evan Potte r pose for pictures for their band Silent Havok, to help promote one of their new albums. Photo courtesy of Ben Fischbein
RACHEL DOWD
Junior Rachel Dowd has been dancing at True Dance Academy since she was 4 years old. She began to dance after being inspired by her older sister, Elizabeth, also a dancer. Dowd participates in a variety of different dance classes including ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip-hop , contemporary and tap.
Through the many years of dance Dowd has progressed a lot and is involved in many different dance activities. She has been an Emerald at Southwest for two years now, and is a member of the Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company. She also has danced in LMBC's production of the Nutcracker since she was 8, and she has performed the big roles of Snow Queen , Arabian Princess and Clora and also danced the lead role in LMBC's production of "Snow White" last spring.
In the past she has studied at many summer dance programs Some of these include Pittsburg Youth Ballet, Ballet Austin, Chautauqua School of Dance, Kansas City Ballet and Ballet Chicago Advanced Intensive. She also has spent the past three summers at Pacific Northwest in Seattle, and the past two summers at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in New York and most recently Boston Ballet.
"My favorite thing about dance is that it gives me an opportun ity to express myself and it gives me a chance to travel and meet other people with the same interests. Plus I am the happiest when I am dancing," Dowd said.
She would love to dance in a professional ballet company or attend a college and major in dance.
LUKE NISPEL
Sophomore Luke Nispel has been doodling all his life. His mother encouraged him to do art as a kid and he ended up taking his first art class in seventh grade. When he first started becoming an artist Nispel actually could not draw at all until he was in his first art class and suddenly it just clicked. Not knowing what kind of talent he had, Nispel began by painting his very first painting of a bowl of fruit in his kitchen.
"I cringe when I look at it now, but everyone has to start somewhere," Nispel said. But now Nispel has improved his art and has created many pieces of art including his most recent painting about sculpture for the 201 0 Cattleman's Ball.
"My mom was the one who had inspired me and gave me the passion but it was God who gave me my talent. I am so blessed to have such a talent," Nispel explained.
Nispel loves to portray feeling and thoughts through his art. He explained that he wants his viewers to puzzle over it and wants them to think of it in many different ways and maybe find a way for them to relate to it.
''My strongest talent is detail in anything, but my favorite is painting. I love the flow and loose feel of it. I love the mess it leaves on your skin and picking the remains of your art from the crevasses of your finger nails, knowing it was a creation well done," Nispel said. Nispel's goal is to go to college on a scholarship for art and eventually be a successful graphic designer.
Senior Ben Fischbein is a singer and guitar player for a band called Silent Havok. The band just recently recruited new members to join the band consists of a bass player Payne Schwerdtfeger, guitar player Evan Potter, Hayden Florum on drums, along with Fischbein on guitar and vocals.
The band believes that they will do fine with the new members since they have been successful in the past. They have won four battle of the bands and made a couple of albums.
Fischbein, who had once lived in California, also knows some people that have a clothing shop there.
"I became reconnected with them now that I am in Nebraska and the shop prints out our band's t-shirts and whatever else we want made to help promote the band," Fischbein said.
Fischbein explained that if it wasn't for his dad, he doesn't know if he would be where he is now with the band. Fischbein said his dad would play music non-stop around the house and even bought him his first guitar. He is so thankful his dad brought music into his life considering that its what he loves to do now.
He stated their latest album "Choke The Silence" came out April 201 O and a new album called "On My Own" said to come out late November 2010. In the future, Fischbein hopes he and his band will get signed with a record company and become famous.
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BEN FISCHBEIN
Ha-wks Stay Green
It's easier than ever to do the rtght thing
Trash on the ground, smog in the air and oil in the water. The world became more polluted each day, but there were ways for people to help out and go green
Saving the environment became more convenient. Recycling bins are now usually placed right next to trash cans so its easier to do the right thing and recycle. Some homes can recycle by just putting a bin on the end of their driveway.
'We put the recyclable items in the blue container and put it out in front of the street to get picked up," said senior Allie Hurlbut
There are many ways for people to make a difference in the world. Students have their own ideas on how they can stay green
Sophomore Ryan Carstenson said,
"Don't throw away stuff."
Sophomore Parker Stock said to "ride a bike."
Senior Allison Bennett said, "Recycle and use green items around your house, like reuse water bottles "
With gas prices constantly fluctuating, carpooling became more practical than ever. The average gas price of 20 l O was · $2.75. People can save the environment and money at the same time.
Senior Hannah Schlemmer and junior Halley Schlemmer are sisters that share a car and carpool. They take turns filling up the gas tank and decide who gets the car based on their schedules. It can get complicated when they both need the car, but they can ask their parents or a friend for a ride.
Even though recycling is getting easier to do, some students admit that they litter
SHARE A CAR. Senior Hannah Schlemmer and junior Halley Schlemmer are sisters that share a car They carpool to and from school and then take turns driving the car the rest of the time
Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Ta/on
Use compact fluorescent light bulbs. They use 75% less energy and last l O times longer than regular light bulbs.
once in a while.
"If I do litter it's because I'm too lazy to find a trash can or recycling bin ," said freshman Alex Clark
The question, paper or plastic , is now being replaced with reusable canvas bags. People can request for the cashiers to put their items in the reusable bags. Now people don't have to worry about trees getting cut down for paper bags or plastic bags that don 't compoSt ,
Even though people are going green, there is still a lot of pollution occurring in the world. For example, the BP oil spill contaminated the Gulf of Mexico , killing many animals and infecting the water
"If people want their grandkids to live, they will change, " Clark said Story/Spread by Jessica Ernes fl
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5 Easy Ways To Be Green at Home
Carpool. It reduces emissions and is more cost effective
Turn off unnecessary lights. It saves energy.
Turn off water while brushing your teeth. It saves 8 gallons of water per household, per day.
Unplug cell phone chargers when not in use. Your charger uses electricity even when your phone isn 't being charged
KNOCK THE CAN. Senior Brogan Bennett observes a knocked over trash can in the hallway Many students throw away paper and plastic bottles instead of recycling them in the recycling bins Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Talon
COUCH BREAK UP. Senior Kit Lofgreen works on pulling apart a couch during his theatre tech cl a s The class worked on breaking down the couch into separate pieces
it was easier for them to dispose of it
Photo by Felicia Lapel/Talon
WATER BOTILE REUSE Senior Bai ley Burkett reuses he r water bottle and fills it up instead of throwing it away in the trash. Students cou ld save money by reusing their water bottles instead o f buying a new one in the snack shop. Pho to by Jessica
LE ME. Sophomore Parker Stock pretends to be a plastic bottle as he jumped into the recycling bin. Plastic bottles take hundreds of years to biodegrade in landfills so it is important that they get recycled
got
because some students didn't take the time to dispose of their trash properly.
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RECYC
Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Talon
TRASH CAN. Junior Nicole Schwery throws away a p iece of trash she found on the ground The hallways often
cluttered with trash
Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Ta/on
NEW RU LE As students entered the dance they were each given a green wristband to wear for the night. If a student was caught "dirty dancing" they were given a mark on their wristband by a chaperone and once someone had two marks, they wer asked to leave the dance for the rest of the night.
Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
their
KI NG AND QUEEN. Celebrating with smiles are seniors Abby Flory and John Jaso as they are crowned Homecoming King and Queen and receive the ir sash and flowers at the dance Sept. 24 Seniors voted online earlier that week.
Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
DATES. Students were seen arriving in groups or as dates like sophomores Marisa Laue and Konrad Christen. People could go as dates whether they were already a couple or just two friends going together
Photo by Ashley Kent/
(Baci<)Freshmen Saige Hammond, Anna Hurlbut, Sydney Thompson, Lisa Ingram and Tara Deschaine. (Front)Freshmen Erin Dail, Koriye Cygan, sophomores Kylie Brool<houser and Daphne Weber
NEW MCS. The new MCs juniors Dan Peters and DeWayne Taylor talk to the crowd at the first Pep Rally that they MCed, being the Homecoming Pep Rally, Many students said both are funny guys to be around Photo by Emily Schmidt/Hawk Talk
PE P BAND. The band performs the fight song at the Homecoming Pep Rally to get the students ready and pumped for the football game and dance. Marching band also performed
routine at the football game during half time at Seacrest Field Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
HOMECOMING PAG ES. Sophomores TJ Mulgrue and Kristina Zvolanek, juniors Brandon Guenther and Gentry Carveth receive their winnings at the pep rally. Freshmen Abbigail Pleiss and Owen Maher were also pages. Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
Night at the Circus'
Introducing new rules and new consequences
With almost seven hours of school, the varsity football game at 4:30 p.m. and the dance starting at 8, students who attended the Homecoming festivities didn't have much time to spare Sept. 24.
The halls were filled with crazy outfits the week of Sept. 2024 for Spirit Week. Monday was Tie Dye, Tuesday was What Not to Wear, Wednesday was Superfan and Thursday was Animal. Ending the week on Friday was LSW Spirit to send off the football team. The Silver Hawks took on North Platte, winning 36-18.
"Night at the Circus" was the Homecoming dance theme chosen by the cheerleaders and Emeralds
John Jaso and Abby Flory were crowned as homecoming King and Queen at the dance. The other nominees were Taylor Elgin, Danielle Parde, Tori Greene, Morgan Emmert, Nam Tran, Conner Koerperich, Matt Sherrill and Austin Tompkins.
Students of all grades danced until l l p m. having a blast whether it was their first or last homecoming. The attendance count was about 775.
A new rule for homecoming this year was that only Southwest students we re allowed to attend the dance.
As people entered the dance they were each given a green wristband to wear If a student got two marks on their wristband , they must leave. Chaperones watched over the students
to make sure students ·were dancing appropriately.
"Its dumb because people have friends and boyfriends and girlfriends that go to other schools," sophomore Hannah Cornish said.
Junior Dalton Kellogg agree d, "I think it ruined a lot of people's plans and not as many people went."
The night after Homecoming, Sept 25, a "fake" homecoming called "Fall Ball" was hosted by parents at the Hillcrest Country Club.
At this dance the new rules were not enf or ced. Students could bring dates or fr iends from other schools
It was estimated that about 430 people attended.
Story/spread by Ashley Kent
The Buried Lif'e
Live your hfe how you want it to be
Bungee jumping is one of the want to teach a close friend how to dance and two of my brothers." most common, exotic activities many because dancing is becoming a lost art. Whittle then joined her new family ir people say they want to do in their lives, Also I want to teach someone to dance South Carolina and moved to Nebraska i whether irs for an adrenaline rush, to because being able to hear a song and 2003. conquer a fear or just for the fun of it. being able to just start swing dancing or Whittle said, "I want to find my biolo i·
"I want to go bungee jumping, sky salsa is so much fun and I want others to cal parents I just want to know why? Wh y diving, scuba diving and take a ride in experience that fun." did they not want me? What was wrong?' a hot air balloon," senior Dan Johnson Junior Gabby Alvarez said, "I would Whittle loves her parents so much now said. "I am kind of an adrenaline junkie. love to build an orphanage in Guatemala but said she just wants to find out who sh I want to do something bigger and bet- because my mom's side came from there came from and find who she truly is. ter than the ripcord in Kansas City." and were poor. I want to become a doc- Dreams can be anything and they
"The Buried Life," a new show on tor and I want to use my money for some- can be an accomplishment. MN introduced in 2009, was intended to thing more than just an item that won't help "I've always wanted to learn to whisinspire lifelong dreams because dreams anyone but me, and I also want to base tie," junior Coren Fielder said. "All of my are sometimes buried in life. The show my orphanage off of Christian beliefs." friends can whistle and I always feel left o ut. was inspired and cast by Duncan and Another student aspiring to a different I want to be able to whistle the song 'Therv Jonnie Penn, Ben Nemtin and Dave dream is sophomore Derek Byerly. It Go' also known as the 'whistle song .' It Lingwood. Together they set out on a "I want to help stabilize the economy," would be funny to whistle at hot guys too " journey to acComp/ish some of their Byerly said. Byerly wants to be able to Fielder said, "I have tried my whole dreams. As do the stars of this MN eventually own his own ethanol plant and life, I just can't do it." show, students also have a variety of have the best solar panels. Dreams can be anything you desir dreams.
Freshman Rebekah Whittle has al- them to be. Life is not always what you wa nt "I want to learn to scream, like ready been to the Ukraine and back. When it to be, but it will be what you make of 'screamo'. I used to hate screamo but she was three she was adopted. it. So create your dreams. The message of then I began to listen to a lot of Christian Whittle explained, "My mom was the show is to not let your dream be burie d rock and found out a lot of screamo is listening to the Christian radio station and in your life, but to enjoy who you are, laug h Christian or in other words screaming for heard about a bunch of kids that needed till you cry, never give up and do what yo God," junior Kelsey Imhof explained. to be adopted in the Ukraine. So my mom want to do.
Junior Jason (Henry) O'Nea/ said, "I and my dad flew over and adopted me Story/Spread By Taylor Scharpe r
DRAW YOUR HEART OUT. Junior DeWayne Taylor drew this picture in the summer of 'l 0 The 314 represents where he came from, St. Louis. Taylor wants to one day have his own comic strip
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Dewayne Ta'lfor
HIKING. Junior Riley Sullivan went to Pilmont , New Mexico with his former Boy Scout troop. Sullivan and his troop hiked 72 miles in 1.2 days Sullivan said, "That was a huge accomplishment!" Courtesy Photo
Eleven Top Dreams for 2011 ..
1. Junior Ashton Holechek: \\Restore an old house."
2. Junior Kaeli Stone: \\Be a marine biologist."
3. Senior Austin Cassne r: \\Sing like Aretha Franklin."
4. Freshman Muhamad Sallae: \\Play professional basketball."
5. Senior Allie Imhof: \\Meet the Kardashians."
6. Sophomore Mallory Luebbe: \\Be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader."
7. Teacher Willie Sapp: \\Ski the Alps."
8. Freshman Jill Bax: \\Play volleyball for the Huskers."
9. Junior Michael Horst: \\Have a party in the Playboy Mansion."
10. Teacher Alyssa Watson: \\Stomp on grapes to make wine."
11. Junior Neil Holly: \\Obtain exotic pets."
LIFE
IN
A TATIOO
Junior Dalton Kapke got a tattoo of an angel cross.
"I have always wanted to get a tattoo because my older brother Brandon has one." Kapke said.
The tattoo represents his family. "On the top is my little brother Austin because he is the littlest and he is still growing. I'm in the middle with the wings because I'm flourishing. My older brother at the bottom because he has grown
WRIGLEY FIE LD. Sophomore Connor Dahlke up and he is our role model. My parents on the right made his dream come true when are at the bottom because they'll always he went to Wrigley Field Dahlke wants to watch the Cubs win the world Series. Courtesy be there for us. The halo 1s at the top
Photo because I lost my dad in a motorcycle accident," Kapke said.
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DRIVE BABY DRIVE. Junior Kana i Kuhnel sped around the corners of the small figure 8 track in David City Kuhnel fulfilled her lifelong dream to be behind the wheel of the car
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Kim Senior Kadi Larson has always wanted a kitten of her own. Larson finally got one and she named him Rikko. Larson also wants to visit Japan in her life and go on a cruise
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First Winter Musical
·White
Christmas' draws large crowds
''W hite Christmas" directed by Bob Henrichs, was one of the first musical winter plays put on by the Silverhawk Theatre. The performances occurred in the evenings of Dec. 9-11 and 17-19.
The play depicts Bob Wallace played by senior Austin Blankenou and Phil Davis played by junior Harrison Drake, two friends and former army members that share a musical act on the Ed Sullivan show.
It also stars sisters Betty Haynes pl ayed by senior Danielle Parde and Judy Haynes played by freshman Annaleise Saathoff. These two are an aspiring musical act looking for a shot at the big time. The Haynes sisters and Ed Sullivan show stars cross
paths and so begins a Christmas tale and love story all in one.
"My favorite part of the play was all the dancing involved." said ensemble member senior Brett Bancroft. "I liked taking part in the play because of all the performances."
'White Christmas" contained a lot of big musical numbers that required a lot of dancing skills. The performers practiced hard in order to be prepared.
'When I started this show I had two left feet. Now that its over I can at least do synchronized movements," said Blankenau. "The feeling of doing something ridiculously difficult and actually pulling it off, you can't beat that."
One of the big numbers included "Sisters," an act performed by Parde
LET IT SNOW? Cast members sing about their excitement of the snow that awaits them as the arrive in Vermont, although they are disappointed to learn that the weather in Vermont is 79 degrees and sunny. This warm weather causes many Inns to lose business
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and Saathoff. A reprise of that son g was also performed by Blankenau and Drake. Another famous act w 1s "Blue Skies" which involved a large number of the cast.
Performing a play like this was very different than those previously performed at Southwest. Because of all the vocal and dancing perfor mances, this play really challenge o the cast .
"Performing in front of an aud ience is really nerve racking but it's also really fun to see how the audience reacts to the unique parts of the play," said junior Hayden G rab st who played General Henry Waver ly Story/ Spread by Makenzie Brookhouser/talon
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REUNITED. Bob Wallace (senior Austin Blankenau) and Betty Haynes (senior Danielle Parde) kiss when reuniting after a misunderstanding that caused them to go their separate ways.
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SOLO ACT. Martha Watson (sen ior Maddie Stewart) and General Henry Wave rl y (jun io r Hayden Grabast both work at the Inn when t he Sullivan stars and Haynes sisters offer to put o r a show to attract business to the Inn. Photo b 1 Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
%ite Chrisilv1as- Lead cast and dance ensemble perform la st number to white Christmas Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
PUCKER UP. Ensemble members sophomore Dellante Clark-Brown and junior Alexandra Gallardo share a blind folded kiss under the mistletoe. This was one of the two other kisses performed in the play. Photo by Morgan Mills/ Talon
'TIS THE SEASON. Military men Phil Davis (junior Harrison Drake) and Bob Wallace (senior Austin Blankenau) perform for fellow soldiers as they near the holiday season. Phil and Bob then moved on to have an act together on the Ed Sullivan Show. Photo by Morgan Mills/Talon
SISTERS. Sisters Betty (senior Danielle Parde) and Judy Haynes (freshman Annaliese Saathoff) perform their act in front of an audience. This is one of the first plays that features several freshmen actors.
Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Tolon
FOOTBALL GAMES M students are • an y football rnvolv~d in either th2ames. They're cheerleacf layers, trainer , raphers ers, photog, and as m people kn any student se~;, our roaring Ali Carstens1:Ji~k ~2~tos Y
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Survival Tips
What you mm. to know to make it through high school
Everyo ne needs some advice 3ry now a nd then. Between keeping good g rad es and still having a ~ial life , sch ool can make you pretty izy.
High school is made so we e a place to go to get away from everyday lives to learn Yet there is much mo re to school than learning Dra m a is huge in high school
and sometimes it seems like our world is unraveling Little do we know its only a speed bump in our lives that will hopefully make us stronger. Friends always seem like ci huge priority When in reality our main priority at school needs to be our school work. Without all of the drama and without friends what would high school be like? Would we have any funny stories to tell? Like falling going up the
stairs or being to school late because we didn't hear the alarm. Some of us have had bad break ups, dealt with parental pressure or had mean teachers But we have survived. We stand here today ready for the next day to come, stronger than before and this is how WE survived
Story/Spread By Taylor Scharper
·What do you think is worse?
*These statistics were based off of 40 people interviewed for this spread.
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wk Power! Juniors Sa.mi Nelson and Makenzie Brookhouser cheer on the football team at one of the,µnany home ,Q:ames. Thi~ was Nelson 's second year on varsity and Brookhousers first. Photo by Aubrey W oolrrla.n!Talon
mack! Sophomore Amanda Dunn bl ba ~ fro m ,} getting to another East player. This Dunn s f i r st year on girls reserve basketball Photo py A s._hh3 F~n -b Talon d
ove! - ·· or Christian Sa.nd~rfer is mid serve during a game. Sanderfer was a smgles player at this match.
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• g a golf meet. Mabry has placed irNtt:ate for two years. Photo by Kaitl in Karins/Talon , • ,
W atch.;ng the clock fourth block with "To prepare the girls for state, we only a fe w more rninutes until the bell rings f9r reduce volume and step up the intensity," the end of school, all some students could coach Ryan Mahoney said. think about was going to the D wing to the Girls cross country's top runner was locker rooms to get ready for sports pra6tice. Mary Hillis who was number three in class A.
One s~hool day could feel like it la~eq •,.. • All fall sports out lasted the others for a week b t:Jt sGme students spent thE3tr and all qualified for 201 0 state. 0ntire day at school for classes, then went to
Another huge accomplishment was ; ;; practice. Thes e students devoted their time varsity wrestling becoming city champions and energy t o help our school win titles and With Lincoln High being the last Uncoln school make a name for L;JS. dual, the team pulled through with a win. They
Sport s have given Southwest the also placed third in the LPS classic. reputation of b eing filled with a lot of excellent Besides our sports players, giving athletes. Ou r success is due to dedication everything their all, roaring student sections
To highlight some of the results in the were there to back them up. Our spirit teams begin~ing of the year's records, football won and fans have helped strengthen each team districts aga inst Kearney, aualifying the Hawks by their support and team spirit. for state Southwest sports helped round wM~t J
Boys cross country took second in· ~ti/school is really about; never give up, ·ao districts a nd qualified for state, placing irial~ your best, support your peers and most of all, • • all sea son long. Girls cross countrvton believe in yourself. distric was rate~~ going to state.
-Story/Spread By Aubrey Woolman
Take him down! Junior Trew Bushhousen wrestled. for his second year on va.rstty. Bushhousen wrestled. in the 1 71 weight class and quahfied. for state. Photo by Aubrey W oolma.n/Talon
<t,. Senior Matt ~ust keep ~'00 a.gainSt ./Delisi swrrns t Southwest teat Lincoln North~ t. Photo by Northea.st a.t thiS rnee Krotlin Ka.rmsfTalon
The winds of change
This volleyball season had many changes that were made. All high school volleyball teams switched over to a tricolor ball. The reason for this change was to try and make high school volleyball more like the collegiate level to prepare girls for the future.
Assistant coach Nicole Kubik said that NSAA are just trying to create high school volleyball at a 2 college level.
Another change in the season was that the state tournament would be held in Grand Island instead of in Lincoln. With so many changes the girls would not be affected.
Kubik stated that she didn't think that the team would be affected. Everything is the same just a different location.
• "I also don't think the fans not coming will hinder our performance because the fan base here isn't as strong and the girls are used to it," said Kubik.
Photo by Leah Letcher/ Ta/on
1. TEAMWORK. Senior Mackenz ie Ashton and all starters would run down the line and get high -fivers from teammates
2. WARM UP. Senior Hannah Welter warms up during the Pius game This is Welter's second year on varsity.
3. GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. Freshman Marysa Wilkenson tells her teammates to get focused during the Millard North game
Photos by Leah Letcher/ Talon
SERVING IT UP. Senior Jasmin Stonacek prepares to serve the ball. Silver Hawks beat the East Spartans in all three matches Photo Ali Carstens/ Hawk Talk
ACE. Junior Hannah Hamilton serves the ball. Hamilton has been on vars ity for three years.
Photo by Ali Carstens/Hawk Talk
DIG . Senior Mackenzie Ashton digs the ball Ashton had the most digs on the team.
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Varsity Volleyball
Girls
find team chemistry
Varsity Volleyball looked promising with l O returners, eight of which were seniors.
Coach Mary Schropher said the reason the team was so successful this season was because the amazing team chemistry the team had.
" We have really come together as a team this year and played well," said senior Sarah Faubel.
Senior Mackenzie Ashton agreed with Faubel.
"This year were more comfortable and open with each other which allows us to trust each other on the court," Ashton said.
The girls ended up 28-8, finishing fourth at state, after going into the tournament as the district champions. The girls also won the Silver Star tournament and the Columbus triangular, and competed well against Papillion La Vista South, the number one team in the state and nation, In regular season, they took one set from them.
Junior Maggie Anderson led the team in assists and Ashton led the team in digs.
The team goal was to make it to state and advance farther than they ever had before. Down two sets in the first game at state, the team came from behind to defeat Papillion LaVista in five. In semifinals, they lost to Millard North in four.
"State this year was such a great experience. Although we weren't in Lincoln, it was fun being able to stay together as a team Our team has such great team chemistry both on and off the court," Faubel said.
The team will always remember the volleyball traditions they had, like praying in the locker room before games, listening to music, team dinners before game days, going to state, and of course, "Big sister, Little sister."
Story and Spread by Leah Letcher
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1. SPIKE . Junior Hannah Hamilton spikes the ball over the net. Hamilton plays front row. Photo by Leah Letcher/ Ta/on
2. CONCENTRATE. Senior Sarni Merchant concentrates on her serve. Southwest went undefeated against Pius Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
3. READY SET SERVE. Junior Maggie Anderson prepares to do a jump serve. Anderson has been
BE AGGRESSIVE . Seniors Diane Banderas, Taylor on varsity for three years Photo by Ali Carstens/ Hawk Talk
H?nsen and junior Hannah Hamilton celebrate the win over North Star Photo by Taylor Scharper/Talon 4. DEFENSE . Senior Becky Baxter waits patiently as Papio South returns the ball. Baxter is a back row defense player Photo by Ali Carstens/ Hawk Talk
Freshman volleyball played several teams such as East, North Star, and Southeast to obtain their title as city champs They won the first two games against East and North Star which advanced them to the intense championship game aga inst Southeast They lost their first game but won the second two games claiming their victory and title. Being the last person to serve for Southwest, Zoe Norris helped her team to score the last point and win the game
"It was a lot of pressure , but-making the serve over and getting a point was amazing ," Norris said.
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VICTORY. Freshman Chelsea Erickson spikes the ball during a game against Millard North and gains a po int for the team. Photo by Leah Letcher(Ta/on
HIT IT. Sophomore Samantha Va ll ab h bha i sets the ba ll to a teammate o n th e court The team was exc ited to be able to play Northeast
Photo by Taytor Scharper/Ta/on
NUMBER ONE. Fres hman te am mem b ers celebra te after winn ing c ity c o urtesy p ho ro
Practice Hard Play Harder
Junior Varsity, Reserve and Freshman·Volleyball
Loud cheers fill the stands as an intense game takes over the court. Bump, set, spike, score Silver Hawks! None of these scenes would have been possible without the d~termined teamwork and dedication it takes to play volleyball.
"Our reserve team works very well together. We don't play as individuals, we come together to play as a team," said reserve player Niki Hevelone.
The freshman, reserve and JV teams practiced hard each weekday after school to achieve their goals.
Tryouts for volleyball were intense.
"You have to make a good impression from the moment you walk in to the moment you walk out, and have a good attitude." said freshman team member Rachel Burress. Every year anywhere up to l 5 girls can make each volleyball team, but only six girls play at one time.
"To even have a chance at winning a game, your team has to work very well together." said JV player, junior Sarni Nelson. "Our JV team is very close and we're all friends. Because of that we seem to play well on the court."
Each volleyball team had their own traditions.
"Our volleyball team does a unique 'clap line' to congratulate each other. Every other person stands up or squats down and our team mates run down the line and clap our hands," said freshman team member Tara Brookhouser.
"On reserve, whenever Megan Hastings scores a point, the team yells 'Yeah Hastings!"' said sophomore Cami Kopetka.
"We have a lot of team dinners together," Nelson said. "Having these dinners really helps us bond and get to know one another."
"For me volleyball is more than a sport because you make new friends, get involved with and represent the school," said JV player, sophomore Cecilia George.
Story/Spread by Makenzie Brookhouser
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1. SET IT UP. Freshman Alyssa Meyer sets the ball up for a spike during a reserve game against North Star.
Photo by Taytor Scharper/ Ta/on
2. BLOCK. Freshman and JV volleyball player Jill Bax jumps up to spike the ball and gain a point for the Silver Hawks. Photo by Morgan Mills/ Hawk Talk
3. SPIKE TO WIN Sophomore and reserve volleyball player Kylie Brookhouser spikes the ball in a heated game against East. Photo by Stacy Kellough/ Hawk Talk
1.
Hawks take
districts
Districts were held on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at Pioneers Golf Course.
District Champ
Emma Mabry l st Place Score of 83
LSW - l st Place Score of 356
Ariel Blackman - 2nd Place Score of 90
Brianna Beard - 3rd Place Score of 90
Makenna Kroeker - 6th Place Score of 93
Gentry Carveth - 7th Place Score of 93
LOW. Junior Gentry Carveth gets down low to line up the ball. Getting at this low level can help a golfer aim better.
2. TEAM. Junior Abbey Jones and senior Kirsten Bjorman watch as sophomore Ashley Thomas studies the hole. The JV team stays together when they golf.
3. COACH. Coah Jim Danson stands with parents observing his team. He provides feed back during practices and games.
All Photos by Ashley Kent/ Talon
AT THE TOP. With a steady hand junior Gentry Carveth putts the ball. Carveth had a big impact on the team. Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
BIG SHOT. Junior Ariel Blackman tees off at Pioneers Golf Course This is Blackman's first year on varsity. Photo by Ashley Kent/ Talon
PATIENCE. Focusing on the ball is junior Makenna Kroeker. Kroeker joined the varsi ty team just this year Photo by Ashley Kent/ Talon
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Varsity'S- JV Girls Golf
Girls take on state!
"You have to learn how to play within yourself to get better," is the advice Coach Jim Danson gives to the varsity girls golf team.
The talented team consisted of seniors Brianna Beard, Kirsten Bjorman and juniors Emma Mabry, Gentry Carveth, Ariel Blackman and Makenna Kroeker. Mabry and Carveth kicked the season off with top scores the first tournament, leading Southwest to first place with a score of 35 l at the East Kickoff Tournament on Aug. 19.
Both the varsity and junior varsity improved a lot since last year with their consistency and being positioned better. They strived for improvement and practiced a lot. "The team also had better chemistry, which allowed them to play better," said Danson.
Golf is an individual sport and a team sport, in Bjorman's opinion. "It is also a mind game and takes patience."
Traveling was a factor that played a big part in the season because many of the varsity and junior varsity tournaments were out of town. Only three tournaments and districts were held in Lincoln. The girls also missed part of school once a week because most of their tournaments were in the morning.
With golf came challenges the girls were faced with each time they stepped on the course. The challenges were different for each player and they each had different ways of dealing with them.
"Keeping a good attitude when I'm not playing" was the challenge for junior Ariel Blackman.
From the words of Danson, "Conquer yourself, then conquer the course."
The girls made it to state again which took place on Oct. l 2 in Norfolk. Mabry tied for seventh place with a score of l 73. Gentry placed at l 5 with a score of l 76 for the twoday event. Story/spread by Ashley Kent
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4. LOOKING ON. Freshman Brooke Fraser looks
team this year.
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EOFF. Senior Brianna Beard gets ready to tee
by lining up the club and ball. A voice called
ut that she hit a "perfect shof' by scoring a l.
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1. FORE. Sophomore Ashley Thomas watches her ball after she swings. Thomas is the only sophomore on the team.
2. CONCENTRATE. Junior Kirsten Bjorman studies the course before teeing off. Doing this helps the golfer do better.
SWINGING HARD. Abbey Jones swings hard at the LPS Open. This tournament was for
school in Lincoln to participate
How to serve a tennis ball!
Serving is not as easy as it looks, there are many different ways to serve. One of the ways is the "basic serve."
·Your left foot points more towards the net :. '{ ,,,.· post, and your right foot , .. : I > \ is parallel to the base line with the ball in your finger tips.
1 ,_ ·Start your toss up with the ball over your left foot. Pull your racket back.
·Lean back and have your elbow bent back. Start to straighten your legs and pull your wrist up and forward to hit the ball. ·Meet the ball high, about a foot above your head. And be ready to follow through. ·Follow through, your right foot will come over the baseline. Your racquet will finish on your left side and you will have leaned far enough over the baseline. Now that you know how to serve, get out there and play!
Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Hawk Talk (Info from videojug.com)
1. SERVE. Senior Carey Haefele gets ready to seNe the ball to his opponent Haefele played reseNe through varsity all four years Photo by Ellie Clinch/Hawk Talk
2.GET READY. Sophomore Andrew Epperson is ready to hit the ball back to his opponen t. He played against East Photo by McKenzie Balfany/Hawk Talk
3. BALL. Junior Cale Neelly hits the ball back over the net to his opponent. Neelly played all three years on J.V Photo by El/lie Clinch/Hawk Talk
PiCTURE TIME. Senior P.J. Bell waits at a match versus Kearney, Bell was one of the top players for his doubles team. Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Hawk Talk
GAME TIME. Freshman Justin Brinkman gets ready for his opponenrs seNe. He played a reseNe match versus East. Photo by Morgan Boyer/ Hawk Talk
HIT. Freshman C J. Sjulin gets ready to hit t r ,e ball back over to his opponent Sjulin was tr ,e only freshman on the team Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Hawk Talk
Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Hawk Talk
BoysTenniS Varsity takes 3rd_ at state
,, We play and act as one" said freshman C.J. Sjulin. That was the good attitude for the boys tennis team as they pushed through their season and dominated on the court. The boys stuck together and pulled all of their efforts into one.
The varsity team started off well and ended well, finishing their season with great scores, which led to 3rd place at state.
Seniors Drew Bartek and P.J. Bell led in number 1 doubles much of the season. Bell and Bartek placed first in number one doubles at the Heartland Conference. And Sjulin placed sixth in number 1 singles. Sjulin was one of the team's strongest players. Sjulin placed third in number one singles at the Heartland Conference and first at many other matches.
"When we aren't playing matches we usually are cheering on our teammates or just goofing around eating snacks," said senior Nick Hamilton. The team loved to hang out together and were close.
Junior Cale Neelly said one of his favorite things about being on the team was the bonding experience. The JV team also did well; Nick Clayburn emerged as the top singles player for the team.
•"We had a great season due to the fact that our talent was so high and our players were so close in their tennis ability. I'm very proud of the whole team that played hard all season," said JV coach Chris Salem.
Reserve did good as well. They won the city tournament at the end of their season. "I love feeling a part of something bigger than myself," said sophomore Andrew Epperson.
Story/spread by Allie Fo wler \\.
Sanderfer and Chase
ainst Kearney. Sanderfer and
placed second in number two doubles.
1. READY. Freshman Michael Clinch gets ready to return the ball back over the net. The reserve match was against Lincoln High School. Photo by Katie Kortan/ Talon
2. OVER. Senior Chase Krueger serves his ball over the net to his opponent. Krueger and Sanderfer placed second in number two doubles. Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Hawk Talk
3. RETURN. Senior Drew Bartek returns his opponents serve over the net. Bartek played with a S~RVE. Freshman Carter Thomson gets ready to doubles partner, P.J. Bell. Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Hawk Talk hit the ball to his opponent, at a JV match against East. Photo by Allie Fowler/ Talon
4. SMACK. Junior Nick Clayburn returns the ball to his opponent. The match was against East. Clayburn was the top player for the JV team
Photo by Katie Kortan/ Talon
Rey, Coach
Ryan Salem was first inspired to run by his older brother who made him run with him so he had someone to beat Even though his older brother tortured Salem, he began to love it.
When Salem was in high school he volunteered as a coach for a middle school cross-country team. He explained that he became a coach because he loves working with kids and loves being able to run with them.
In '97, Salem ran cross country for Wesleyan and was a NCAA allAmerican. He has now been running for 20 years, and has a lot of experience to share with his team. He also runs for a club team called Team Nebraska-Brooks.
Salem said varsity did well finishing second at districts and qualifying for state. The boys were ranked in the top ten this whole year, and Salem hoped they would be ranked in the top five at state.
1. REPLENISH. Senior Drew Willis takes a water break getting himself hydrated for his big
2. PERSISTANCE. Senior
3. DEPARTURE.
race. Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
Albert Zhou pushes himself to the finish line. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
The varsity boys take off from the start line, sticking together as a team before they part individually Photo courtesy of Drew Willis
DETERMINATI ON. Sophomore Lucas Keifer stays strong through the middle of his race keeping his determination to not let his opponents pass. Photo by Morgan Mills/Talon
SP IRIT Senior Zach Gokie parades around with a Southwest flag supporting his school and fellow teammates Gokie hoped to end the year with a strong finish. Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Ta!on
STEP BY STEP . Senior Albert Zhou makes his move toward the finish line alongside so p homore Reid Hunsaker who had ran the rac e shoeless. Photo by Morgan Boyer/Hawk Talk
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Boys Cross Country-
Sacrificing the gilt
Cross Country did not require tryouts, just the willingness of the runners to dedicate themselves to hard work. As a result, a wide array of people showed up for the first day of practice. Throughout the year, however, the boys discovered that while anyone can run, it takes more to be successful.
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
Many members of the boys Cross Country team admired this quote by Steve Prefontaine. He was a long-distance runner, who once held the American record in the seven distance track events from the 2,000 meters to the l 0,000 meters, but then died at the age of 24 in a drunk driving car accident.
The quote inspired the team to be focused but have fun at the same time. They realized that if they have a gift, they need to be willing to sacrifice what they have.
Salem explained that keeping his team motivated is one of the hardest things to do in cross country. Unlike other sports where running is usually a punishment, in this case its a way to sacrifice yourself in something you love.
"Pain is temporary and glory is forever," Salem said . Both varsity and JV teams did well. To pump up for their meets the team would get together before and have spaghetti feeds and some bonding time.
The boys got second at districts and qualified for state. Top runners consisted of Lucas Keifer with a time of 16:45, Drew Willis with l 7 :08, Connor Marshall with l 7 :02, Noah Burke with 17: 12, Greg Atkin with 17:36, and Scott Ingham with 17:45.
The boys were ranked in the top ten during the season. They then placed ninth at state.
Story/spread by Morgan Mills/ Talon
\1BER UP . Senior Kai Singh does his warm up et_ching before his big race. Listening to some his favorite music keeps his mind on the race. oto by Katie Kortan/Ta/on
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1. REFRESH. Junior Brent Flentje puts a damp towel on his head to help cool himself down after his treacherous race. Photo by Katie Kortan/Talon
2. PRAYER. Junior Brent Flentje leads the JV cross country team in the Husker prayer before they line up at the starting line According to the team, the prayer must always be led by a "Flentje."
Photo by Morgan Mills/ Talon
3. CONCENTRATION. Junior Greg Atkin prepares himself mentally before he parts from the starting line, determined to win. Photo by Katie Kortan/Talon
4. POWER. Varsity boys cheer after conducting the Husker prayer, knowing that they have the power to win big Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
Hillis earns 3rd at state
"Running has been my number one activity since -freshman year," said Mary Hillis, a junior and a varsity runner since freshman year.
An all around kind person, Hillis was a big deal in the high school cross country world. She took third at state in 2009 and maintained ~ that place at state this year. At the Titan Classic she won first place with a time of 15:50 minutes . Hillis joined the cross country team because of the people. "Ifs really fun and the atmosphere is just so wonderful," she said.
"My whole family comes and watches me at every race My teammates and coaches are another big support group. I couldn 't do it without them."
Photo by Schieler Koch/ Talon
1 FUN RUN. Sen ior Ashley Richards sprints the final stretch of the meet at the LPS Open.
Photo by Aubrey Woolman/ Talon
2. PACING. Jun ior varsity runne r Hayley Hamm concentrates on pacing herself. Photo by • Schieler Koch/ Talon
3. ALMOST DONE. Sophomore Sydney Svehla runs towards the shoot
Photo by Ali Carstens/ Ta/on
PUSHING ON. Senior Ali Dougherty at the LPS Open meet is pushed on by the cheering of family and friends Photo by Jessica Ernest;; Talon
STEADY PACE. Senior Veronica Vanderbeek heads to the finish at the LPS Open meet against East and Southeast Photo by Jessica Ernest;; Talon
HER NUMBER ONE. Junior Mary Hillis , one cf Southwest's best runners , races at the Haro id Scott Invite. "Cross Country is my number o ne activity." Photo by Schieler Koch/ Talon
Girls Cross Co~try
Girls set new standards
Sweat drips, hearts pound, feet push against the grass. Adrenaline rushes through the {.,)) veins of the runners, as a breeze brushes across l their faces. That one single shot is the start of -< what feels like the longest run of their lives. d'
Following the lines around trees and across long paths, these runners learn to pace themselves -+, • for far distances.
This is a typical day in the life of a cross l... country runner.
On Sept. 27, at the Kearney Invite the team score was 91 , third place for girls cross -t- . country. Their top finish and first place holder was junior Mary Hillis with a time of 15: 14, just shy of beating her personal best 15: 12.
Most people think that cross country is all about winning, but in reality its about the runners pacing themselves and getting a new personal best.
At the LPS Championship Oct. 3rd, the team score was 52, an improvement for the whole team. Top finishes were Hillis in first with a time of 15:23, freshman Mckenna Dodd in fifth place with a time of 16:04, and freshman Anna Hurlbut in sixth place, her time being 16:09.
This vigorous sport is important to those who run it. It is their passion and they focus entirely on what they are doing during a meet.
"I run because its the sport I feel most comfortable doing," said sophomore Valerie Peterson, who ran varsity. Peterson was later injured and unable to run, but still cheered on her fellow runners.
Hillis said, "I run for me and my team, and because I love it."
At districts the team won first place, a great accomplishment. They went home with sixth place at state. Hillis finished third.
Coach Ryan Salem said,"Over all we had a great year. With three underclassmen girls in the top 20, I expect great things."
Story/Spread by Schieler Koch
BIG
SUPPORT. Freshman Mckenna Dodd finish es up a meet. "People who support me are my mom, dad, sister , grandparents, friends and Southwest fans."
Photo by Morgan Boyer/ Talon
1. FOR THE FINISH. Junior varsity runner, sophomore Valerie Peterson, heads for the finish a the Harold Scott Invite. "I run because it keeps me in shape." Photo by Schieler Koch/ Talon
2. UP THE HILL. Freshman Anna Hurlbut keeps on pushing after running up the hill while pacing herself on the course, following the line to improve her time. Photo by Allie Fowler/ Talon
3. PUSHING IT. Nya Buom, a sophomore, sprints for a victory for Southwest. Photo by Morgan Boyer/ Ta/on
4. CONCENTRATE. Sophomore Kylie Gokie , junior varsity runner, concentrates on improving her past times. "I have ran almost my whole life." Photo by Morgan Boyer/ Talon
District Champions
The girls were in district A- 7. The site was at Doris Bair Softball Complex. There were four teams including Southwest, Fremont, Omaha Central, and Grand Island. They were hoping for an easy win at districts, only then to head on to the state competition. Their first game was against Fremont on Oct 7.
The girls were nervous , but had confidence in themselves which led to the first win. The final score was Southwest 9 and Fremont 3
The second game was versus Grand Island on Oct 7 as well. They won but not by as big of a margin as their first game The final score ended as Southwest-5 and Grand lsland -4
The final game was decided after the Grand Island received a win over Fremont on Oct H Southwests final district game was schedu led for later that day The team wasn 't worried , cons idering the previous win Southwest won 5 - 2
The girls then went on to state to ".'in thei r first game , but lost the last two. They finished fifth overall
1. STEAL. Senior Mallory Noakes tags a player from Northeast The team beat Northeast all three of the times the team met them
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2. CATCHER. Ashley Neukirch, senior, catches in the game against Northeast.
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3. BATIER UP. Tania Carroll , junior, is up to bat
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STRIKE. Sen ior Georgia King pitches a fast ball against the Northeast Rockets King played both pitcher and first baseman on for the team.
Photo by Katie Kortan/ Talon
YOU'RE OUT. Sophomore Amanda Dunn catches a toss while playing first baseman. Dunn's effort resulted in an out against Northeast
Photo by Katie Korfan/ Ta/on
GROUND BALL. Liz Dike, sophomore, is in p osi- BU tion to catch a ground ball hit towards hei. ga Dike was also on varsity last year. ha
Photo by Ali Carstens/ Ta ton
Varsity Softball
Girls win big at districts
With l O returning starters, the two-time back-to -back defending state champions were fearless and a threat to all of their competition
Varsity softball team was hoping to win state for the third year in a row, a 3-peat. They finished the regular season with a record of 256.
The majority of the varsity team has been playing softball for their whole life. It wasn't just a game , it was a lifestyle for the players Freshman catcher Megan May, had been playing softball for nine years This was May's first year on varsity.
The majority of the teammates returned from 2010. In fact, l O of the 13 players were back from last year's varsity team Senior Alex Schmidt had .been on varsity ever since she moved here her sophomore year She also plans to play in college.
"I love everything about softball, except for the feeling of dirt in your socks," senior Georgia King said. The girls were dedicated and set on winning state once again. One of their toughest competitors was Papillion-LaVista South
"I know no other way than to play all out," said sophomore left fielder Bailey Schulenberg, as she described her devotion to the team. The team had great spirit as a whole and worked together magnificently. They set difficult goals both individually and as a team, but not impossible goals.
"My goal is to be the starting pitcher for LSW," said sophomore Allyssa Castoral. "I love the competition and the adrenalin I get when I pitch." Castoral also plays outfield when she is not throwing strikes.
Schmidt related her motives for softball by the quote, 'We're in it to win it. We go big or we go home "
Story/spread by Katie Kortan
Senior
x Schmidt bunts the ball in a
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1. OUTFIELD . Junior Bailey Schulenberg, senior Alex Schmidt, and junior Tania Carroll chat in the outfield during the game against Grand Island Photo bv Atlev Gustafson/Hawk Talk . !
2. SEND OFF Junior Liz Dike, senior Brittni Eitzmann, and sophomore Amanda Dunn walk through the crowd during the send off It was to go to state. Photo bv Jessica ErnestV Talon
3. TEAM HUDDLE. Taylor Rowlett, Liz Dike , Amanda Dunn, Brittni Eitzmann, Ashley Neukirch, Allyssa Castoral, Mallory Noakes, Tania Carroll , Georgia King , Bailey Schulenberg, and Coach Brenden huddle up at the game versus Northeast Photo bv Katie Kortan/ Talon me ve rsus No rtheast. Schmidt plays center and been p layin g softball her whole life. 4. DUGOUT Coaches Watt, Colee , and Brenden , senior Brittni Eitzmann , and sophomore Mi-
Photo bV Katie Kortan/ Talon chelle Dixon attentively watch the Grand Island game. Photo bv AtlevGustafson/ Hawk Talk
1. STRIKE. Sophomore Allyssa Castoral pitched for her second year on JV. Castroll swings varsi1y. Photo by Atley Gustafson/Hawk Talk
2. SWING. Sophomore Mackenzie Martin kept her eyes on the ball and swung. Reserve beat Fremont 1 7- 1 Photo by Katie Kortan/Ta/on
3. OUTFIELD. Junior Morgan Pierce stands in the outfield waiting for the ball. One thing Pierce has learned is, "The game is always changing. You never know what will happen." Photo by Ali Carstens/!a/on
Holbrook makiri' the mo
Sophomore Molly Holbrook started t-ball when she was 5. Holbrook has played select softball for seven years.
Holbrook transferred from Pius this year. Little did she know it was too late to play varsity sports. Holbrook filed for a hardship that didn't go through.
She played catcher for the Southwest JV team.
"I love the JV team and Rump," Holbrook stated.
Holbrook hopes to play -for a D l school when she graduates.
Through all this Holbrook followed the motto used by her summer softball team, "Believe."
Swing, swing. :&.tter swing
Junior Varsity and Reserve Softball
l>own by five in the first inning against Grand .Island, tired , with sweat dripping down their face, the reserve softball players stood The team picked it up and didn 't give up. They ended up winning the game 7-6. This was the first time the reserve team had beat Grand Island in three years. Southwest softball kicked it up a notch on all levels. The JV team won the city tournament and the LSW JV tournament. Their record was 20-2. Reserve was 12-6 "I enjoy coaching softball because I just love any opportun ity to work with students. Second ly • softball players are a bit of a different breed from basketball players or volleyball players. They are tougher!" junior varsity coach Jeff Rump said. "You have to admire anyone who will slide on hard agrilime covered clay, wearing shorts. "
Every softball player has their own technique with a different way to play the game . But they make one team . Reserve coach Chris DeAmbrose said, "I like to coach because I like the game. It's a lot of fun to see a group of players who have not played together before become a team together "
Reserve sophomore Tori Vanderbeek was encouraged by the quote, "You can't control what the ump calls or the mistakes your teammates make. All you can control is how you react to it and come back stronger the next inning."
Sophomore junior varsity player Marisa Laue said, "I want to do the best that I can and most of all have fun."
DeAmbrose said, "In pre-game in the outfield practice, Mikayla Nelson was known as the 'fence magnet because somehow she always found a way to run into the fence. Luckily, she was never injured but she has the scars and bruises to show how well she knows the fences at Doris Bair Field. "
Rump said, "Most of our funny moments usually involve someone saying or .doing something silly and that is usually an everyday occurrence."
Southwest softball was definitely the place to be From the records, to the skill, all the way to the team atmospheres; the Hawks, always bring what they got.
Story/Spread by Taylor Scharper
1. BUNT. Fre shman reserve player Markee Tripp goes to bunt Th is is Tripp's first year playing for Southwest.
Photo by Atley Gustafson/ Ta/on
2. THROW TO 1st. Freshman Sarni Ne lson throws down to first This is Nelson 's first year playing for the Hawks
Photo by Atley Gustafson/ Talon
3. SMACK DOWN Sophomore Andi Stemple makes contact with the ball in the Northeast game "I love the ~>"-'
fee lin g yo u get when the ball flies off your bat so perfectly," Stemple said. Photo by Atley Gustafson/ Talon ~\)(£:.
4. GET READY Sophomore Amanda Sherrill positions herself in the outfield. Sherrill has played softball at 6~re,
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ou hwest for two years. Photo by Ali Carstens/ Talon
How To Kick a Football
1. Position the football o·n the tee almost perpendicular to the ground, but angled towards you with the laces forward.
2. Have the holder kneel on the opposite side of the ball from where you'll be running.
3. Take 3 steps back.
-Left Footed: Take 2 and a half steps to the right. -Right Footed: Take 2 and a half steps to the right.
4. Run toward the ball, starting with the foot you won't be kicking with.
5. Plant your non kicking leg firmly l foot to the side of the ball, your foot pointing in the direction you want the ball to go.
6. Power through the ball with your kicking foot, making contact near the lower tip of the ball.
7. Follow through as much as you can .;;..~_,r-,.,....... Interviewed : Senior Robert Krapfl, ~-~.,e,,:,,_ ,.<11 the kicker
Photo by Emily Schmidt/ Hawk Talk
1. SWEAT. Senior Aaron Arauco sweats during a game. Photo by Schieler Koch/ Talon
2. WATER. Sophomore Josh Banderas takes a drink of water on the sidelines. It was important to stay hydrated. Photo by Schieler Koch/ Ta/on
3. SPIRIT FEST. Senior Nakeem Evans walks onto the gym floor from the bleachers during Spirit Fest Photo by Talon Staff
HIKE. Senior Justin Peet practices hiking the ball to senior Zane Mapes. Players had time to warm up before each game. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/ Talon
TEAMWORK Junior Tay Bender hands off the ball to junior Danny Suiter during the homecoming game vs. North Platte. The Hawks won 28-3.
Photo by Emily Schmidt/ Hawk Talk
RUN t)efor
YELL . Junior Keegan Sheridan gets the c 1owd R~ loud as he yells during the Southeast ga r 1e. The crowd was a big support for the tea 1.
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UT. The team runs out through the tarp sign the Southeast game The cheerleaders charg f the streamers and holding up P by Ali Carstens/ Hawk Talk
Varsity Football Boys qualify for state
Varsity football took time, hard work and determination. The team spent so much time together with practices, games, traveling and pregame meals, that it was hard not to become a family during the season.
The best part of being on varsity football for senior lineman Aaron Arauco was "going to all the games and having fun."
During practice, the team had an opportunity to train and improve their skills. It also gave them time to lift and get stronger so they could be at their best. They did everything they could to improve themselves and their teammates.
"During practice we work hard and learn plays." said senior lineman Zach Martin.
The team l,ad many different plays that they worked on during the season.
"Victory is my favorite play because that means the game is over and we're going home with a victory," said senior tight end Alex Peiman.
Southwest had many rivals during the season. The biggest rival was Southeast and it has been that way since Southwest opened.
"LSE is by far our biggest competition. Every game we play against them it takes our best effort. Games like that is when your true colors show," said junior line backer and full back Keegan Sheridan.
The homecoming game was played against North Platte. The Hawks came out with a big win, 28 to 3, during this home game.
In the end, the boys qualified for state. They made it to the first round of playoffs and played Millard South at Buell Stadium in Omaha. During the third quarter, the Hawks were catching up with a score of l Oto 14. The Hawks lost the game with a score of 16 to 28, which knocked them out of play offs. The team ended their season with a record of 5-5.
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1. FUN AT SPIRIT FEST. Senior Dylan Heath, junior Grant Behrens and Senior Kaleb Bryant sit together during Spirit Fest. Spirit Fest was a time for students to get involved with sports, clubs and activities at school. Photo by Talon Staff
2. HAND OFF. Junior Tay Bender hands off the ball to junior Jake Jordan during the North Platte game. The Hawks came out with a win of 28 to 3. Photo by Taytor Scharper/ Talon
3. CATCH Junior Logan Mullin runs to catch the ball during the East game The Hawks came • Junior quarterback Tay Bender runs with the out with a big win, 37 to 0 Photo by Emily Schmidt/ Hawk Talk as a North Platte player dives in to tackle him Hawks played strong during this game. Photo 4. SPRINT Junior Jake Jordan runs with the ball during the Fremont game. Jordan scored two Emily Schmidt/ Hawk Talk touchdowns and helped his team win 14-0 Photo by Schieler Koch/ Talon
1. TOUCHDOWN. Christian Donohue scores a touchdown at the freshman Northeast game. Morgan Boyer/Hawk Talk
2. RUNNING FOR THE WIN. Sophomore Gunar Peterson catches the ball at the reseNe Southeast game. Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
3. THROW TOWARDS VICTORY. At the Lincoln High reseNe game sophomore Cody Deters passes the ball to his fellow teammates. Photo by Makayfa Balfany/Hawk Talk
4. HOLDING ON. Southwest tries to hold on to the ball in a run against the Knights of Southeast. Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
THE MASTER PLAYS
Have you ever wondered what plays the team does and how it is done? These are the three most common and popular that LSW football players enjoy doing Provided by the football players in story.
GUN DEUCE 92 POST OUT a deep pass
JET SWEEP
The four back gets the ball to the outside
22 ISO I combo down on shade with guard.
F reshman, Reserve and JV Football
The skill to win is im!X)rlant, but the will to win is vital
The blow of the whistle starts the intense practices of football. Each long day of practice gets hotter and hotter,
and each day is a new challenge.
Junior Michael Heibel described practice as competitive and tiring. Besides all the hard work the freshmen, reserve, and JV players had memorable moments.
For the freshmen it was winning their first game, agreed Zach Guenther and Avery Prai. For reserve player Jordan Peet, the most memorable moment was beating Lincoln High. Junior Brady Eklund said it was "smashing Northeast' in JV.
Being a team player was a really big deal. Each of the teams had to work together. Prai's favorite thing about being on the team was working together.
"Our chemistry, we are all like brothers to each other," he said Just like Prai, sophomore Alex Embree enjoyed being on the team because he got to be with his friends. As team players they learn a lot from fellow teammates. ·They even learn enough to give advice to future players
Players had advice on said something that has helped them. Guenther said to work as hard as you can; Prai said to play hard and be a team leader on and off the field; Embree said to always work hard and listen to coaches; Peet said to be athletic, work out, and have a positive attitude; Eklund said to work hard and don't fake injuries; and Heibel said to go hard all the time.
Being the best meant competing against the best. All of the teams' toughest competition was Southeast. The boys worked to finish strong in the end and show good sportsmanship.
In the end the boys had a good season of wins and losses. But in the end they were all winners for giving it their all. The freshman finished 2-6 , and the reserves and JV both ended with 5-3 records. No matter where they were designated to play, home or away, one thing the players will never forget is the time and effort needed to defeat their competition in the end.
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1. THEY GOT IT. Freshman Devin Stueck Hughes runs with the ball at the freshman East game Photo by Morgan Boyer/ Hawk Talk
2. KNOCK EM DOWN. The reserve teams tackles the Fremont Tigers when they had the ball. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/ Ta/on
3. READY, SET, HIKE. Freshman Avery Prai waits as the ball is about to be thrown at a game against Southeast
Photo by Aubrey Woolman I Talon
4. AVOIDING THE OPPONENT. JV player Marquis Kirklin, sophomore, runs with the ball trying to avoid Northeast
Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/ Talon
5. THE INTENSITY. Number 31 Kevin Morales Marenco, junior, and his fellow teammates warm up before the JV Northeast game. Photo by Morgan Mills/ Talon
Injuries on tlie team
When senior Tina Fontroy tore her ACL in her knee last July, she had to put basketball and her team on hold . She was sidelined for five games before Christmas but was then cleared part time towards the end of December. It wasn't until February that Fantroy was cleared full time to play again.
Senior Jenna Cunningham also tore her ACL towards the end of her basketball season.
"In our Benson game I was jumping up for the ball and when I landed my knee just went out," said Cunningham. Her recovery was to take six to eight months. Due to the injury, she missed the end of basketball regular season, her spring high school soccer season and also half of her summer soccer season and conditioning.
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l Junior Olga Mwenentanda
shoots the ball before a game against Northwest She was one of the main starters this year. Photo by Leah Letcher
2 Senior Tina Fantroy runs the ball down the court This was at a game against Papio South.
Photo by Mikaela Balfany
3. Senior Tori Tramp guards at a game against Kearney Southwest won this game 51 to 29
Photo by Tori B ow ers
ON GUARD. Olga Mwenentanda guards at a game against East Southwest won this game 51 to 41 Photo by Taytor Scharper I Ta/on
PASS Lauren Works looks around to pass the ball at a game against Southeast. Works was the only sophomore on varsity Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
REBOUND . Faith Fantroy and Kasha Me ve r get ready for the rebound at the line Thi s g 1 m e was against Millard West
Photo by -L eo h Letcher/ Talon
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V amity Girls Basketball
Girls make it to district final
Whether it was playing on the court, or hanging out outside of basketball, the varsity girls basketball team was practically a family.
The girls had a very successful season, finishing (17-6) and finished one game short of making it into the state tournament. That was definitely something to cheer about.
A highlight from this season was when the Southwest girls beat Northeast in overtime. This event was a memorable event for most of the girls on the team.
The girls played against a lot of strong teams. Senior Jenna Cunningham said, "The most difficult teams to play against would have been Southeast and Millard West because both have very strong offensive and defensive players."
The team also had many fun times outside of basketball such as going bowling at Parkway Lanes and having the team party at the end of the season.
"I love the team! We all get along so well and we play for each other! I just love the game of basketball. It is so fun to play!" sophomore Lauren Works said.
This season Works broke her own threepoint school record.
"The most memorable thing for me this season would have to be just seeing the girls improve and seeing Tina overcome her knee injury," said coach Lis Brenden.
Having senior Tina Fantroy out for five games before Christmas, and playing only part time up until February was tough on the team but they pulled through and ended the season with 17 wins.
"My favorite part of playing basketball is being with my teammates and working together," Cunningham said.
Being on a team was all about the teamwork.
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CH. Faith Fantroy, Tina Fantroy, Hannah lltef.;:.mi,to Mag nuson, and Kasha Meyer sit on t he ng a game against Norfolk
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THE COURT. Hannah Welter, Kasha Meyer, Tor i Tramp prepare to enter the court before eir game ag ainst Omaha Northwest. Photo by h Letc he r/ Talon
IN ACTION Faith Fantroy runs the ball down the court. Jenna Cunningham runs along side her.
Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
SHE SHOOTS. Liz Dike shoots the ball at a game against Omaha Northwest. Southwest won this game 69 to 19. Photo by Ludo Konovalchuk/ Talon
DR IBBLE. Jenna Cunningham dribbles the ball at a game against Southeast. Cunningham was one of the main starters this season. Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
PASSING. Tina Fantroy plays at a game against Southeast. Fantroy was a guard and was injured part of the season. Photo by Emily Frandsen
1. TIME OUT. Reserve team huddles around coach Khari Wallace during a time out against Lincoln High Reserve finished with a winning season of 9-3 Photo by Kayla Hass/Hawk Talk
2. LAY UP. Sophomore Taylor Sherrill goes for a lay up Sherrill was a starter for the reserve team Photo by Erin Lenz/Hawk Talk
3. SHOT FAKE. Sophomore Emily Cecava pushes the ball up the court for a fast break against Norfolk Photo by Kasha Meyer/Ta/on
4. ALL TOGETHER. Junior varsity girls huddle during a game JV finished with a winning record of 10-8 Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon
Carveth for the win
Junior Gentry Carveth has been a part of Southwest basketball for three years, starting on the freshman team and making her way up to junior varsity.
"I've progressed a lot in the past three years. My skills have gotten a lot better and I've improved the way I play," Carveth said.
When they weren't practicing, the team spent quality time together to improve team bonding and relationships.
"My favorite part of the season was team dinners ," Carveth said.
Carveth said she was a part of a really fun team this year. They worked hard and worked together to finish with a great season. Story by Katelyn Crew and Jenny Wehrli
Shooting to Win Junior Varsity, Reserve and Freshman Basketball
l-l ard work and team effort were relentless throughout the season for girls JV, reseNe and freshman basketball. The season was all about accomplishing both individual and team goals and more importantly, going above and beyond with teamwork.
Good teamwork was inspired by team chemistry. Players bonded with the rest of their team along with the coaches.
Junior Monica Smid said, "Our team is like a family because we sometimes fight but we always come together. We also get annoyed of each other because · we're like sisters, but at the end of the day we're all laughing again."
Junior varsity was coached by Nicole Kubik and assisted by Anna McVay. They held a record of l 0-8. One of their main goals was to improve their skills and work hard as a team every game. A tradition they had was to receive a John Wooden quote every first practice of the week.
Freshman Baleigh Miller said, "My most memorable moment of being on the JV team this year was totally falling on my face the first practice we had. It was really embarrassing at first, but then I realized the rest of the team is just as uncoordinated as I am."
ReseNe was coached by Khari Wallace and ended the season with a 9-3 record. They were able to push themselves each game to keep their winning season alive.
Sophomore Taylor Sherrill said, "Our team was always tight. We worked hard together and had a good record."
Freshman was coached by Alisha Stopp, who worked hard with her team of only nine girls. They ended their season with a record of 6- l 0. They had to push themselves and work hard to keep their heads in the game.
Freshman Kali Schwenke said, "My favorite part of the season was knowing we improved and practicing with Coach Stopp,"
Girls basketball wasn't all centered around intense practices and hard work. A majority of the time the girls enjoyed bus rides, team dinners and just being around each other. Part of being on the team was just getting to know new people and making bonds that they would always remember.
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PASS . Aulana Willi a ms passes the ball to a fellow teammate. Reserve won against Lincoln High. Photo by Atley /.
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DRIBBLE. Jun ior Megan Haugerud dribbles the ball across court during the Southwest versus Grand Island bat yet
game Hauge rud has played basketball since her freshman year Photo by Kasha Meyer/Talon
HUDDLE Freshme n girls gather around coach Alisha Stopp during their game against Fremont Photo by
Katelyn Cre w/Ta /on
SHOOT Fres hman Brittany Gill goes for a two-pointer against Fremont. Photo by Katelyn Crew/ Talon • JU~ P. Reserve player Attyn Johnson goes up for the jump ball in their game against East The girls were able to fight off the Spartans and win the game. Photo by Ashley Kent/Hawk Talk
Behind the scenes with Headley
Senior Ty Headley knows a thing or two about basketball. He played varsity his junior and senior year, swinging from JV last year up to varsity. •
Headley said that playing his last year of basketball was actually exciting.
"I was excited Basketball is an exciting sport and I love to play it."
Headley trained almost every day of the week except one. And to get pumped for all of his games he listened to all of his favorite songs on his lpod
Headley had previously had injuries to his shoulder and knee which he received surgery on both, but said they did not affect him this year.
"My body was a lot stronger this year than last year ;" he said.
After high school Headley plans to attend a four year college and play basketball. Headley said he had a great support system at home ."My family is all very supportive and very encouraging to me ."
Story by Allie Fowler
1.FOLLOW THROUGH. Junior Josh Isherwood shoots the ball against Lincoln High Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Ta/on
2.TEAM. The boys gather around in a huddle before the game starts to give pep talks and really get ready for the game ahead of them Photo by Leah Letcher/Ta/on
3. BLOCK. Sophomore Reid Williams
his
blocks
opponent from Lincoln High as he tries to pass the ball. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
DRIBBLIN'. Junior Brandon Reilly dribbles down the court around his Southeast opponent. The Hawks ended up losing in the end. Photo by Felicia Lopez! Talon
PLAY. Senior Ty Headley tries to get away from his Northeast opponent and get the ball Headley started for the varsity team Photo by Jenny Wherli/ Talon
SHOOT. Senior Kit Lofgreen gets ready to shoot a free throw in the Millard West g o e after a foul against him Photo by Aubre1 Woolman/Ta/on
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Boys look to teamwork
The Southwest boys varsity basketball team opened with a roller coaster season. Finishing with a l 3- l 0 record.
Head coach Duane Baack said, 'This team was very hard working team and fun to coach!" He said the only thing he would have changed about the season was that he wanted to play more games during the postseason.
The boys won the HAC tournament beating Lincoln Southeast and winn ing with a 44-39 lead. This was the Hawks' second time in three years to win it.
The boys lost to Southeast during districts, 58-55 at Omaha Bryan during the semi-finals of city districts.
Seniors Ty Headley and Dylan Heath, both key players, were the "go to players," according to Baack. "They were our leaders."
Along with Headley and Heath, seniors Shane Davidson and Kit Lofgreen were also key players.
Heath, who was on varsity all four years, said he liked being one that was depended on during the games,
"I liked the pressure that it brought." Heath plans to continue playing basketball when he attends college. Most of the boys plan on playing some kind of sport in college whether it be basketball, baseball or soccer.
Overall the boys enjoyed their season. They had a team dinner before their last game and celebrated during senior night at one of the games. The boys said their favorite part was getting to play with their teammates, and just have fun.
It was sad to the senior boys because it was their last season. "I was pretty sad cause I won't play basketball like this again," said senior Shane Davidson. The season is over but the boys will never forget the memories made Story and spread by Allie FowlerITa/on I SURVIVE:1' . I; 5,'/ent Kn,jht 3aMe. •• JLin,'or Lex; ,/(eeder
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. Sophomore Reid Williams helps his ~mate, senior Ty Headley up at a Southwest Lincoln High game. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/ on
Sophomore Easton Edmond passes the ball to his teammate at a Millard
game This was his first year on the varsity team Photo by Felicia Lapel/Talon.
2. COACH. Coach Duane Baack sits on the sidelines watching his team play against Millard West. Baack is the head coach of the varsity team Photo by Aubrey Woolman
3.YELL. Senior Shane Davidson gets aggressive while blocking a Lincoln High player, before he can turn around to attempt to shoot the ball or pass to another player Photo by Felicia Lopez! Talon
4. JUMP. Sophomore Brayden Young shoots the ball as a Lincoln Southeast player blocks him. Young swung from JV to varsity quite a bit this year Photo by Allie Fowler/Talon
DRIBBLE. Junior Logan Mullins dribbles on t~e attack. This was Mullins' third year playing basketball. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Talon SHOOT. Freshman Elijah Lovell shoots a free throw in a game against Fremont. Photo by Kaitlin Crew/Talon DEFENSE. Freshman Corey Williams gets back on defense to guard a Fremont player dribbling the ball. Defense was a big part of their games this season : Photo by Grace Gustafson/Hawk Talk POST UP. Freshman Connor Schueth posts up on a Fremont player. He was the tallest kid on the team this year. Photo by Kaitlin Crew/Talon
let's take a closer look
The JV coach Tony Kobza, was is also a business teacher and sponsors the DECA club.
Kobza enjoys coaching and loves the game of basketball. Most of his players enjoyed the chance to be able to play for him. Kobza has gotten the chance to become a lot closer with the guys on his team this year because of his friendly personality. He was able to throw up the Taylor Gang symbol at practice and in games with the rest of the team. One game he even threw up the "Taylor Gang" symbol for a play. (For those of you who don't know what Taylor Gang is, it is Wiz Khalifa's symbol for his gang. The JV team members also mentioned that Kobza did a great job in pumping them up for the games. Some speeches even gave the players goose bumps and would ma ke them all pumped up to give it all they had and win the game. Story by Kasha Meye r
STRIVE Junior Alex Guye court. Guyer has playe west. Photo by Ta'f1or Sc
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JV, Reserve and Freshman &sketball
Being on the JV, reserve, or freshman basketball teams took a lot of dedication. Team members would have to wake up early on Saturdays for practice and also attend practice almost every day after school and sometimes to perfect their abilities and talents. They also usually had at least one or two games each week.
Many of these basketball! players acted as a family and not just teammates. Several members of the basketball program even road tripped to Oklahoma City for the Thunder vs. Trailblazers game to enjoy a couple days of team bonding and a good basketball game. During this time the team got to get really close together which carried over to the season on the court. The teammates could then communicate effectively on and off the court.
The players and coaches also went Christmas shopping for Cedars Kids. They all got to enjoy this experience and even more importantly, it went to a good cause.
The junior varsity team made it to the second round of their city tournament, placing second. The team lost to the Lincoln Southeast Knights by five points This was a good season for their team. They ended up with a winning record of l 3-8 which was one of their team goals.
Before each game the teams would listen to their ipods to get pumped up for the game . The JV team would listen to Kobza give them great pump up speeches. They also prayed for their pre-game rituals.
"Gunnar would sing before every game to get the team pumped up," junior Derek Nordgren said.
Each time the team would walk on to the court they would have the idea in their mind that they had to leave everything on the court.
The reserve basketball team finished with a winning record as well. The team's overall record was l 0 -4. The reserve team's goal was to win city. One of the inside jokes that the reserve team had was "Johnson can't spell," sophomore Scott Harmens said. Before every game the coach, Chris Johnson, would say "this is another chance to play." This was one of the team's pre-game rituals.
The freshman basketball team had a good season also They finished with a 5- 7 record. The team was able to get closer with one another this year which will help them for the three more years to come. The freshman team's goal was also to win city but they fell short.
"My favorite part about this season was the North Star over-time win and the practices," team member Devin Stuek said.
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CHEER Trey Graf, Derek Nordgren , Braydon Young , Brandon Guenther and Trevor Meader watch the game from the bench. They played Lincoln East Photo by Taylor Scharper/ Talon FOCUS. Sophomore Scott Honnens looks at the play happening on the court This was his second year playing for Southwest. Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
DRIVE Sophomore Austin Underwood drives to the basket against Lincoln High. This was Underwood's second Year in the basketball program. Photo by Jenny Wherli/ Talon
JUMP SHOT Sophomore Braydon Young shoots the outside jump shot against East.
As the season came to an end
Southwest varsity wrestling team ended the year on a good note.
Coach Aaron Finley said, 'We feel very good about Connor (Carstens)
being in the finals. But I also feel good about how all of our qualifiers competed."
Carstens finished second in the 125 2 _ weight class.
"I've been working at wrestling a long time and to finally come through when it counted was a big accomplishment for me . But I couldn't have done it without the help of my teammates and the great coaching staff," Carstens said
Also in state, junior Nathan Guyer placed 5th in the 215 weight class and junior Ricky Skillett placed 5th in l 30 weight class
Southwest finished with a l 6-3 dual record. Finley said, "I'm looking forward to next year's challenge of bringing home a trophy from next year's state meet "
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1. SMACK. Varsity sophomore wrestler Eric Oltman pins him man Oltman was the district champ and qualified for state Courtesy Photo
2. FRESHMAN. Freshman junior varsity wrestler Nick Vrbka takes down a player from Southeast Vrbka competed in districts due to teammate injury and qualified for state. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser(Ta/on
3. PIN. Sophomore Jared Torell won his match with a pin against Southeast Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser(Ta/on
YES. Varsity junior wrestler Milan Knezovich throws his hands in the air after winning the match with a pin "I just got mentally ready, focused on my match ," Knezovich sa id
Courtesy Photo
STRATEGIC . Varsity wrestler sophomore Evan Augustyn begins his match. Augustyn was one of the nine to make it to state. Courtesy Photo
GET HIM Freshman junior varsity wrestle r Chris· YEAl duri1 tian Leblanc wrestles an East player. Le t,, a nc Sou· wrestled in the l 45 weight class Photo by Toto Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
JVIVarsity Wrestling
The boys bring the he.at
Pin em', take down, reversal, escape, near fall and back points were all common terms used in the world of wrestling.
"This year's team is very similar to last year's team in that we are all very close and selfless," coach Aaron Finley said. "We have more varsity experience, which has translated into a bit more of success on the mat."
The success resulted in sending nine wrestlers to state, including freshman Nick Vrbka, sophomores Evan Augustyn, Eric Oltman, Jared Torell, juniors Connor Carstens, Ricky Skillett, Trew Bushhousen, Nathan Guyer and senior Jay Holechek.
Oltman qualified for state when he took home the win in districts for the 285 heavy weight class.
Junior varsity wrestlers competed with the same effort as varsity.
Junior varsity wrestler championship winners included, Taylor Graham and BrandonThelen at Kearney, Brandon Thelen and Nick Vrbka at Fullerton, and TJ Burbach at the Millard South Freshman Invite.
Varsity junior wrestler Milan Knezovich said, "My favorite win was against Southeast when I won my match, which won it for the team."
Wrestling wasn't just about the members and how well they did. The coach played a big part in the outcome of the season and left a big impact on some of the wrestlers.
"Finley is an awesome coach. He's more involved than with just the sport. He cares about each of us," Knezovich said. "The whole team has been encouraging."
Holechek agreed: "Wrestling for Finley the past four years has been a blast and I'll never forget the things he taught me on the mat and off the mat."
As the team wrapped up the year, they recognized all of the dedication, effort and teamwork that was needed to be successful.
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• Coach Aaron Finley coaches a player
districts. Finely has been the coach since rwest opened. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/
1.BOOM Varsity sophomore wrestler Keegan Williams goes for the pin. Williams ended the season with a concussion and couldn't compete in districts or state. Courtesy Photo
2. ATTACK. Varsity junior wrestler Ricky Skillett takes his opponent down. Skillett qualified for state.
Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Ta/on
3.SLAM. Junior Nathan Guyer wrestles a Southeast player. Guyer has been on varsity for two years and wrestled in the 215 weight class. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/ Talon
4. TAKE EM'. Senior varsity wrestler Jay Holechek wrestles during districts. Holechek qualified for state, finishing his senior year. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talo
Getting to know
Sophia Nelson
Freshman Sophia Nelson medaled in both of her events for state, which were the 200 individual medley and the l 00 breaststroke.
Nelson set a new school record in the 200 individual medley and l 00 Breaststroke placing fifth in both events with the times of 2: 13.82 and l :09.85.
"I love to swim. I have been swimming for seven years and I really enjoy it," Nelson said.
She noted that the hardest thing though about swimming was the 6 a. m. morning practices, but yet she enjoyed it because without the practice she wouldn't be where she's at in swimming.
Story by Tori Bowers
1. MEDLEY. Freshman Frannie Calkins swims her best at the Norfolk meet. She finished in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2 :32.21. Photo by Ludo Konovalchuk/Ta/on
2. CHAT TIME. Swim members have a team bonding moment as they wait for the next event at the Norfolk meet Photo by Ludo Konova/chuk/Talon
3. ON THE DECK. Freshman Bailey Jorgensen and sophomore Michaela Bauer cheer on their teammates. This meet was against Pius. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
PRACTICE. Junior Montana Whittle gets ready to do a dive off the board at swim practice. Whittle is also involved in gymnastics. Photo by Mellisa Byerly/ Ta/on
READY! SET ! DIVE !. A Southwest swimmer goes up against Pius in a dual meet Swimmers get to choose their swim suits but not their team caps. Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Ta/on
THE TALK . Swim coach Tanner Penrod t a lks with a swimmer at the Norfolk meet Last min· r ute advice always helps the swimm e rs Photo by Ludo Konovalchuk/ Talon
Girls Swimming
Girls give it their all
J:= rom swimming in blow up pools to swimming in indoor pools, girls swimming did well overall at state.
"Girls had a great meet ... placing eighth place and scoring the second most points in school history!" said Coach Tanner Penrod.
The four girls that competed at state were freshmen Aimee Fischer, Sophia Nelson, Lauren Ayars, and junior Meghan Senne.
Junior Meghan Senne made top l 2 at state in the 500 free and made top 6 at state in their 400 free. The team also broke the school record in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:43.18.
Most swim team membe rs disliked the morning practices at 6 a.m.
"The practices can be really hard and having two practices a day can be really tiring," Senne said.
Staying focused on their goals throughout the season, and keeping themselves healthy and mentally strong could also be hard for some of the swimmers.
Not only was this team about just about practicing, but team bonding outside of swimming kept the girl swimmers close too.
"One team tradition that I think is really fun is when the girls team match the freshmen and sophomores girls up against the junior and senior girls We call them swim sisters, which we make posters and snacks for ," Fischer said.
Some other bonding times they had were listening to music in the locker room, bringing healthy snacks to swim meets, making state shorts and long road trips. Times where the whole team came together were the team dinners.
Pulling pranks on the coach was also a fun tradition to the team, like saran wrapping his gym bag and water bottles, despite Penrod's response of "No Fun" to their antics.
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N. Senior Alexandria Schmidt gets
to dive off the board at the Kearney meet
was her first year in diving. Photo by Kaitlin
1. STRETCHING. Freshman Bailey Jorgensen stretches before swimming This was at the Norfolk meet Photo by Ludo Konovalchuk/ Talon
2. BUTTERFLY Senior Lauren Mulgrue does the 100 butterfly at the Norfolk meet Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Ta/on
3. BACK FLIP Junior Nicole Schwery does a back flip off the diving board at the Kearney meet
Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Ta/on
4. PIUS. Sophomore Nisha Holay gets ready to take a dive into the pool up against Pius. Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Talon
The lone male
"Jaylon,
Jaylon, Jaylon."
Junior Jaylon Peters tried to fight it, but he Just couldn't help himself and before long he had 1. rejoined the dive team.
"I missed hanging out with the team because the swim team is one of the coolest, - team·s out there," Peters said.
But as much as he missed diving, nothing could have prepared him ~'"!!WO!-- for being the only male diver.
"It makes me feel scared and alone," Peters joked but "out-numbered," he decided, was a better way to describe it, with the three girls to one boy ratio on the dive team for the 201 l school year.
Peters has been on diving team since 2009 when he was a freshman and thinks his best and favorite dive would have to be a one and half flip.
So far he plans to dive again next year and hopes for more boys. _
But his plans for his senior year is "an all male speedo car wash. Past swim boys and all." Peters joked.
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1. AT LAST. Senior Hayden Thomson's banner hangs in 3. the Southwest pool area. All seniors have their banner hanging during the season Photo by Ellie Clinch
2. CONCENTRATION. Coach Tanner Penrod watches in anticipation as his team competes against Kearney.
Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
3. GETTING READY. Senior Kai Singh listens to his ipod to get pumped for his swim meet against Norfolk.
Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon
4. ONE AND ONLY. Junior Jaylon Peters prepares for his back dive. He spent a lot of time after school practicing for conference. Photo by Melissa Byerly/Talon
FOCUS. Junior Andrew Murphy gets ready to swim his 400 free style relay in the Norfolk meet held at Southwest. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
WATCH FOR THE SHARK. Senior Matt Delisi swims in the 200 free relay. He qualified for state in this event along with l 00 fly, 200 medley relay and 400 free style relay. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
BLEACH. Senior Max Taylor's mother, Cqri stine, TA dyes sophomore Dalton Meeske's h a ir d uring prE the traditional bleaching at the Tayl or t1 o use So
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Working to achieve excellence
It's hard to imagine life without seeing the sun, only seeing the moon and pure darkness in the early mornings and late evenings, but that is what dedication and commitment does to Southwests boys swimmers.
"Ifs weird thinking that we usually don't even see the sun during the day, at all," senior Max Taylor said
From the 6 a. m. practices to the practices after school until 6 p.m., these boys put in hours of effort daily to work their way toward a successful season.
Not only did the before and after school practices keep these boys on their toes, but the annual tradition of bleaching and shaving their heads kept their motivation in high gears.
Before conference, the entire boys team bleached their hair and then shaved it off before state, which they believed could boost their placing. This tradition originated from Chase Taylor, Max Taylor's older brother who went to Southeast, but was carried on by the other three Taylor brothers as a Southwest tradition. The bleaching was still done at the Taylor's house.
At conference, all three relays placed third while Murphy picked up his state cut in the l 00 fly and placed third as well. Burke also did well, finishing 6th in the 500 free style.
State qualifiers for boys swimming and diving consisted of seniors Matt Delisi and Kai Singh, junior Andrew Murphy, sophomore Dalton Meeske and freshmen Griffin Day and Noah Burke. Delisi, Singh, Meeske and Murphy have all been on the state team in past years.
"My favorite part of season was swimming at conference and the time after practice got over," Singh said.
State Prelims were on Feb. 25 and finals were held on Feb. 26.
A tradition for boys swimming was singing their favorite song by Benfold before meets to get them pumped up.
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yard free style at Northeast. Taylor played a big part in motivating the team and getting them ready for big meets.
2. FASTER.
Noah Burke swims his 500 free style against Norfolk at Southwest. Burke placed high in state swimming the free style for it being his first year at state. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
3. FIRE UP. A group chant led by Max Taylor pumps up the rest of the swim team. This was a tradition for the boys to get them ready for their meets Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon
4.JUST KEEP SWIMMING. Freshman Griffin Day swims the butterfly against a competitor from Pius. Day was one of the two freshmen to make it to state. Photo by Ellie Clinch/Talon
KE THE PLUNGE. Sophomore Lucas Keifer
epares for a relay during a swim meet held at
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1. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Senior Max Taylor swims the 100
Photo by Leah Letcher/ Ta/on
Freshman
BACK ON D Seniors Clay Frederick John M~Cave and Matt Speich play defense during an intramural game
Photo by Grace Gustafson/Talon KNOCK ' EM DOWN . The girls bowling team poses after their match Courtesy photo by Cindy Stevens/Parent LINE IT UP . As the game comes to a close , the boys line up to shake hands with Creighton Prep.
Photo by Emily Frandsen/Hawk Talk
TRAP . Bryan Aldendifer, Derek Ballard , Nick Berte, Connor Comstock, JP Deeds, Jared Dickey, Brooke Emmert, Nick Fynbu, Ben Heiliger, Neil Holly, AJ Hudson, Greg Jeffery, Zach Jeffery, Taylor Jensen , Mitchell Johnson , Ryan Klute , Hunter Koch , El i Koziol , Michael Langfeldt, Schyler Luther, Will Malcom , Stacy Manson , Morgan Mavis, Barret Moyer, Andrew Muir, Garrett Pfingsten, Ethan Ripa , Jacob Ripa , Drew Shuman, Markee Tripp , Zak Tripp , Chase Walter , MacKenzie Woodward , Colton letterman, Brandon Zimmerman
Bowling .a t a glance
Junior Celeste Labedz was one of the two bowlers along with fellow junior Cameron Price that made it to state for the Southwest bowlers
To qualify for state Labedz and Price had to qualify throughout the season. This meant how they performed at meets determined their acceptance into the state competition Labedz also made it to state last year for the girls team.
"The LSW bowling team had a great season this year! All of our bowlers had a stellar day at the district tournament in January in -Columbus," Labedz said State took place in February with both Price and Labedz finishing well. Labedz placed in the top l 5 for class A girls. •
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ON THIN ICE . Adam Foster fights for the puck during a hockey game against Creighton Prep Photo by Emily Frandsen/ Hawk Talk
Sports outside our poundaries
Intrrunurals, Bowling, Hockey and Trap
There's more than just the commonly recognized sports at Southwest. Many sports and activities stem much farther than just the court or football field Some students play in sports that aren't as popular as football and basketball. Many don't realize that hockey, bowling and trap are also offered.
Bowling club was created for students who want to learn how to bowl and compete against other teams They met twice a week for practice at Sun Valley Lanes and participated in tournaments and matches almost every weekend during the winter sport season. The coaches were Lon Hollibaugh and Elmer Tuttle with assistant coaches Andy Wardyn and Karly Robeson
Most don't realize that Southwest had a non-school sponsored hockey team which was made up of 14 players, all from Southwest except for three. The team started practicing in October with practice twice a week while the official season began in late October with two games a week. These took place on Wednesday nights at the Ice Box in Lincoln and at the Mayland Ice Complex in Omaha on Sundays. The season went through mid March
"I've been playing hockey for 10 years and its a lot of fun being on the Southwest team. You can 't be afraid to give it your all; 100 percent of the shots you don't take won't go in," said senior Tyler Peterson.
Three players from Southwest were chosen to play in the All-Star Game, which consisted of two teams formed from players selected from teams around the league.
Trap team is the club where students go out on a shooting range and try to shoot clay disk targets out of the sky. The club was created and sponsored by teacher Russ Raatz for students who want to improve their skills and just have fun doing their hobby. Trap started in late February and extended into May. Just like any other sport Trap had state and attended numerous competitions throughout their season.
All students were welcome to participate in intramurals in basketball. Students chose their own team members and team names which were usually pretty interesting. Basketball met on Saturday mornings in January. lntramurals were organized by athl e tic secretary Nicole Kubik.
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1. HOCKEY. Front Row: Luca s Thompson, Andrew Marr, Josh Calidonna , Deric Boden , Justin Hoffman 2nd I
Ro~: Andrew Tho mpson, Adam Foster, Joseph Espinosa, Tyler Peterson , Konrad Christen Back Row : Nathan
2. BOYS BOWLI NG. Front Row: Austin Sievers, Sonny Burns, Chris Hubbard, Quinton Flynn, Andrew Badami \
Back Row: Ca meron Price, Dylan Rotert, Trent Toelle Coaches : Andy Wardyn, Lon Hollibaugh, Elmer Tuttle ,
Karly Robeson
3. GIRLS BOWLING . Front Row: Abbey Nelson, Haley Backman 2nd Row: Ashton Scott, Dana Okazaki, Ce-
leste Labedz , Suza nne Polzkill, Nina Okazaki Back Row: Caylee Chambers, Danielle Grau, Jennifer Stevens L,vi~e..y
Varsity Softball : Front Row: Alex Schmidt, Allyssa Castoral, Megan May Bailey Schulenberg, Mallory Noakes 2nd Row : Michelle Dixon, Amanda Dunn, Brittini Eitzmann, Georgia King, Ashley Neukirch , Taylor Rowlett Back Row: Coach Ashley Colee, Coach Mark Watt , Tania Carroll, Liz Dike, Coach Liz Brenden
JV Softball: Front Row : Amanda Sherrill, Taylor Sherrill, Marisa Laue , Brooklyn Gartner, Kelsey Koozer 2nd Row : Alexa Hoy, Megan Hartman, Erin Dike , Molly Holbrook, Karlye Cygan, Morgan PierceBack Row : Manager Lindsey Deprez, Alyssa Eitzmann, Andi Stemple, Taylor Rohde, Coach Adam Monk Not pictured Coach Jeff Rump
Reserve Softball : Front Row : Brooke Emmert, Markee Tripp, Bree Burkinshaw, Grace Gustafson, Sara Fulton , Kayla Shiers, Ryley Pierce 2nd Row: Alyson Fitzgerald, Sarni Nelson, Mackenzie Casement, Mackenzie Martin, Trina Nelson, RyAnn Cooper. Back Row : Mikayla Nelson, Jami Bohlen, Tori Vanderbeek, Drue Marr, Coach Chris DeAmbrose Not pictured: Alexis Bloomfield
Reserve Volleyball: Front Row : Sam Vallabhbhai , Morgan Mavis, Ali Love, Maddie Anderson 2nd Ro 'v1 egan Hastings , Hannah Cornish , Preethy Brockman, Cami Kopetka, Kylie Brookhouser. Ba , iC Row: Alyssa Meyer, Niki Hevelone, Erin Lenz, Coach Nicole Kubik.
Freshman Volleyball:Front Row : Brittany Gill, Jenna Burgason, Hanna Caulkins, Zoe Norris, Rachel Burres~ 2nd RoW' Amanda Rudd, Jaidin Stonacek, Tara Brookhouser, Clare Sidner Back Row : Coac h c en OdSO' Morgan Bath, Tessa Tramp, Chelsea Erickson, Abby Pleiss
Varsi1y Football
Front Row : Conner Koerperich, Zane Mapes, Justin Peet, Zach Martin , Lance Hiebner, Max Berger, Keegan Sheridan. 2nd Row : Scott Luedtke , Robert Krapfl, Brandon Earhart, Alex Peiman, Ryan Newsham, Ryan Carstenson , Jake Kloefkorn. 3rd Row : Christaen Strauch, Sean Buckwald, Logan Mullin, Matthew Meyer, Ehan Douglass-Wiley, Marquis Kirklin, Kevin Morales, Slade Molt. 4th Row : Derek Nordgren, Jordan Horan , Kaleb Bryant, Brandon Reilly, Gavin Friehauf, Grant Behrens. 5th Row: Eric Oltman, Aaron Arauco, Payne Schwerdtfeger, Trew Bushhousen, Danny Suiter, Jordan Straight, Jake Jordan, Tyler Dittbrenner. 6th Row : Andy Nitz, Josh Banderas , Dylan Heath, Austin Tompkins , Tay Bender, Trey Graf, Tyler Hoppes. Back Row : Alex Tagart, Daniel Hanson, Kash Wolff , Alex Stahl, Michael Hekl.
JV Football
Fro nt Row : Tim Webb, Hayden Grabast, Ryan Carstenson, Keegan Sheridan, Scott Luedtke, Marquis Kirklin, Max Berger. 2nd Row : Matthew Meyer, Tyler Dittbrenner , Cameron Price , Eric Oltman , Lucas Grossman, Jordan Horan, Jake Kloefkorn. 3rd Row : Shane Oltman, Michael Horst, Ehan Douglass-Wiley, Grant Behrens, Daniel Hanson, Kevin Morales, Sean Buckwald Fourth Row : Shane Bateman, Joe Anderbery, Lance Hiebner, Tyler Hoppes, Brandon Reilly, Gavin Friehauf, Branden Nyhof, Andy Nitz Bac k Row : Kyle Hinz, Chase Hartman , Brady Eklund, Trey Graf, Aaron Allen, Derek Nordgren, Luke Gormley
Reserve Football
Fro nt Row : Joseph Bratt, Kyle Clark, Jared Torell, Charles Moore, Scott Cross, Nolan Shea , Jacob Hudgens 2nd Row : Kaleb Blakemore , Curtis Pester, Konrad Christen, Aaron Lewis, Reagan Bergen, Yancey Jensen, Bobby Jagadich 3 rd Row : Andrew Weils, Dillayn Binder, Parker Stock, Mason Perry, Chance Farley, Cody Deters , Dilla('l Walter, Connor Thompson. 4th Row : Peter Niimi, Tristen Nelson, Jordan Peet, Ryan Krapfl, Gunnar Peterson, Easton Edmond , Alex Embree, Jordan Williams Bac k Row : Jayden Denning , Baylor Bond , Nick Fynbu, Carlton Frazier, Dustin Piening , Dot Nguyen, Michael Thompson
Freshman Football
Front Row: Nie Fitzsimmons, Corey Will iams, Zach Guenther, Devin Stueck , Baxter Kanter, Austin Rowlett, Elliot Choi, Seth Tague, Taylor Jensen , Sean Nordgren, Tommy Anderson, Caleb Petersen 2nd Row : Derek Solberg, Cody Wavada, Griffin Thomas, Avery Micek, Michael Siewert, Tanner Diero, Bobby Weyhrich, Christian Le Blanc, Connor Blankenau, Mitchell Oestmann 3rd Row : Nick Conger, Conor Behrens, Matt Mansur, Drew Shumann , Christian Donohue, Eli Lovell, Kansas NaQuin, Caden Huskey, Cory Kobza. 4th Row : Zach Beck, Barrett Moyer, Mitchell Johnson, Dylan Guyer, Jonathan Freese , Tanner Bice, Trey Suhr , CJ Ways , Avery Prai. 5th Row : Alex Hansen , David Laird, Chandler Krull, Tyler Bordeaux, Sebastian Schank, Ethan Ripa, Tyler Schuster, AJ Hudson, Justin Reynolds 6th Row : Clayton Cope, David Kaltenberger, Cody Williamson, Mark Grodnov, TJ Burbach, Calvin Taylor, Braydon Ashton , Josh Cook, Jared Dickey Back Row : Connor Mayhew, Austin Feuerhammer, Mark Hruska, Adam Tagart, Joshua Bauer
Girls Cross Country Front Row : Anna Hurlbut, Valerie Peterson Claire Fergen Mackenzie Steinauer, Tessa Daugherty, Rachel Havekost, Nicole Hamilton 2nd Row : Megan Stolz, Sara Steinauer, Mckenna Dodd, Ali Dougherty, Sydney Svehla, Kiara Moody, Metzli Patino. 3rd Row : Kayley Burd, Amy Keys, Ashley Richards, Veron ica Vanderbeek, Hayley Hamm, Sydney Stauffer, Mary Hillis, Emma Burk. 4th Row : Ellen Peterson, Caylee Chambers , Nya Buom , Madison McGuire, Kylie Gokie , Lisa Keys , Ellie Wiltfong Back Row : Coaches : Ryan Mahoney, Ryan Salem, Matt James.
Boys Varsity Tennis Front Row : Nealesh Padhye , Bo Yarabe , Matthew Hilfiker 2nd Row : Chase Krueger , Carey Haefele, Van Sanderfer , Logan Gates Back Row : Coach Hershberger, CJ Sjulin, Drew Bartek, P.J. Bell , Nick Hamilton
Boys JV Tennis Fron t Row : Jonathan Meyer, Christian Nedstrom , Nick Clayburn 2nd Row : Matthew Andersen Tyler Dirksen, Carter Thomson Gavin Kennedy. Back Row : Jordan Rosenbohm Owen Maher, Cale Neelly, Alex Pieloch , Coach Chris Salem.
Boys Reserve Tennis Front Row : Trenton Rittscher, Thomas N. Byrne , Joe Massey, Justin Brinkman. Back Row : Coach Rick Stempson , Caleb Schauble, Connor Schueth , Michael Clinch , Andrew Epperson. Not Pictured : Troy Nelson
Boys Cross Country Front Row: Kai Singh, Riley Knop , Connor Marshall, Drew Willis , Lucas Keifer, Greg A n, Jarrcxi Pearl. 2nd Row: Ben Crelin, Patrick Beardslee, Reid Hunsaker, Campbell Kenned y , • ri drew Hill, Brent Flentje, Josh West, Brandon Charroin 3rd Row: Bailey Rangel , River Cha n0 e r, Reid Shubert, Andrew Hoeven , Keegan Williams, Evan Augustyn , Andrew Badami. 4th Ro , : SchViei Kerns, Griffin Day Noah Burke, Cody Schilling, Ben Coatney Connor Carstens, Seth a ndergriend. 5th Row: Albert Zhou, Seth Wolkenhauer, Andrew Arkebauer, Jordan Ros zh c , Neal Klein, Scott Ingham, Clay Frederick Back Row: Coaches : Ryan Mahoney, Ryan So -m , Matt James
Girls Golf Front Row : Keegan Rezec, Ariel Blackman Makenna Kroeker Ashley Thomas Kirst 2nd Row : Emma Mabry, Brooke Fraser , Alexa Kasi, Abbey Jones Back Row
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Boys Swimming-
Front Row : Tommy Anderson, Griffin Day, Noah Burke, Kai Singh , Max Taylor , Patri c k vidsave Ryan Geisert 2nd Row : Hayden Thomson , Andrew Murphy, Matt Delisi , Mark Grod
J, Sch~ Kerns Matt Ober Lucas Keifer Joe Massey Back Row : Manager Jessica Mills
Dan~ Stansbury, Coach Ross Mueller, Greg Jeffery, Dalton Meeske , Paxton Puelz , Paul Ahrt ,
Tanner Penrod
Girls SwimmingFront Row : Catherine Gross, Alex Schmidt, Sophia Nelson, Chantel Rosenboom , Se t ler Jol'lr son, Ericka Lyons, Raeann Bronder. 2nd Row : Erica Johnson, Ha Yoon Lee, Nisha Ho JV , Baile\ Jorgensen, Frannie Calkins, Clara Calkins , Ali Carstens, Sarah Hove, Nicole Schwery , rd RoW' Manager Jessica Mills , MiKayla Satterthwaite , Torri Borchers, Hope Hamilton , Lexi Do u,,,h ertv, Aimee Fischer , Ashley Peterson, Nicole Dreeszen, Hannah Heiden. Bac k Row : C oac Dani~ Stansbury, Coach Ross Mueller, Michaela Bauer, Megan Hastings, Meghan Senne , r- yl ey Heiden, Lauren Mulgrue, Natalie Cooper, Larisa Brockman, Coach Tanner Penrod Not Pictured : Sydney Davidson, Anna Hurlbut, Lauren Ayars, Maddie Ober, Lisa Keys, v1 od iSO'I McGuire
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~t Row: Ca le b Petersen, Corey Williams, Braxton Martin, Jason Reynders, Lukas Mroz, peVJn Stuec k. 2nd Row : River Chandler, Griffin Thomas, Elijah Lovell, Jonathan Freese, David ~altenberger. Back Row : Chris Tussing , Clayton Cope, Nathan Duff, CJ Sjulin , Connor Schueth,
Ooch Ryon Reedef.
Girls Basketball VarsityFron t Row : Kelsie Bonow , Faith Fantroy, Tina Fantroy, McKenna Dodd , Lauren Works. 2nd Row : Olga Mwenentanda, Taylor Rowlett, Kasha Meyer, Tori Tramp, Kayla Magnuson, Liz Dike Bac k Row: Coach Anna McVay, Cooch Lis Brenden , Hannah Welter, Jenna Cunningham , Coach Jeff Rump, Coach Nicole Kubik, Coach Adam Monk.
JV Girls Basketball
Fron t Row : CJ Prussa , Megan May, Andrea Ilic, Bai ley Schulenberg, Megan Haugerud 2nd Row: Ali Love , Saige Hammond , Kylie Gokie , Monica Smid. Back Row: Coach Anna McVay, Gentry CaNeth , Cooch Nicole Kubik. Not Pictured : Balei h Miller, Emil Cecava
ReseNe Girls Basketball
Fron t Row : Patricia Flores, Taylor Sherrill , Kiara Moody, Amanda Sherrill. 2nd Row : McKenzie Stout, Alexis Rienks , Emily Johnson , Aulana Williams, Taylor Rohde. Bac k Row : Coach Khari Wallace, Amanda Dunn, Andi Stemple , Nya Buom Not Pictured: Aftyn Johnson.
Freshman Girls Basketball Front Row : Melissa Etherton , Olivia Bolden , Ashlyn Draper , Brittany Gill. Back Row : Coach Alisha Stopp, Marta Jonson, Kali Schwenke, Maddie Klute , Tessa Tramp, Steph Ahrens
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Front Row: Ehan Douglass-Wiley, Andrew Hill , Trew Bushhousen , Christian Donohue, Keegan Williams, Milan Knezovich, Chris Wasser 2nd row: Eric Oltman, Jay Holechek, Connor Carstens , Evan Augustyn , Jared Torell, Ricky Skillett, Brandon Charroin 3rd row : Zach Roeder, Nick Vrbka , Caden Huskey, Ryan Krapfl, Ryan Carstenson, Josh Petersen , Yancey Jensen, Ethan Rohde 4th Row: Aaron Lewis , Nathan Guyer , Calvin Taylor , Cade Shotkoski, Seth Tague , Andrew Weils, Shaukat Popal 5th row: Kenneth Pillow, Ben Murphy, Brandon Thelen, Tyler Bordeaux , Chandler Krull, Taylor Graham , Brandon Jensen , Kaleb Blakemore 6th Row: Megan Barnett, Maddi Vachal, Aubrey Woolman , Niki Havelone, Meaghan Muehli ng , TJ Burbach , Christian Leblanc , Austin Quinton, Michael Langfeldt Back Row: Coaches : Ter Morrow, Marcus Hellwe e , Sean Tram e, Aaron Finle
Vars i'ty Girls Tenn is Front Row: Rachel Havekost, Anna Bogdanov, Dominic Yarbe , Katie Everitt, Brianna Saeger
2nd Row: Sydney Meister, Saki Aota , Sarah Hove, Ellie Cl inch
Back Row : Alyssa Trautman, Natalie Coope r, Coach Den ni s Hershberger
Not Pictured : Ashley Amend
JV Girls Tennis
Front Row: Tiffany Truong , Jessi Horan , Lauren Fry, Eva Lube, Sara Jaber Back Row: Ahona Ghani , Taytem Chapman , Halle Swann, Coach Chris Salem Not Pictured : Haley Janssen
1r s eserve ennis
Front Row: Caitlin Goin, Mallory Bastin Samantha Sterling, Lauren Kelsay Back Row : Sierra Schacher , Schyler Johnson , Trina Nelson , Coach Joel Patrick
Varsity Baseball Front Row : Andy Gospodarski, Matt Speich, Gavin Friehauf, Brayden Young , Danny SL ' er, Zane Mapes, Dylan Matthews 2nd row : Evan Novotny, Ryan Newsham , Anthony Belling , The mas Kk:6termeyer , Dylan Exstrom , Austin Rath, Tanner Lubach, Taylor Anderson Back Row : COL ; h Mitch Vernon , Josh Isherwood , Kit Lofgreen , Ty Headley, Justin Peet, Coach Nick Schieffer , C ach ' Doug Kaltenberger
JV Baseball
Front Row : Eric Anderson , Alex Jaeger, Easton Edmond , Dalton Miles , Joe Bechtle 2nd Row : Austin Underwood , Eli Lovell , Jesse Lee , Shaun Fischer , Scott Honnens , La ne Hieboo
Back Row: David Kaltenberger , Mark Brown , Quentin Lazaro, Dalton Meeske, Coa c h en Stedronsky Not Pictured : Coach Mark Watt
Reserve Baseball
Front Row: Ethan Lambe, Alex Embree, Jackson Rempe , Timmy Lentz , Lukas Mroz , C 1nor Dahlke , Derek Glenn 2nd Row: Ryan Krapfl , Jared Torell , Nick Knopik, Avery Prai, Rya r -..:: arst.enson , David Laird Back Row : Coach Kyle Beacom , Matt Stedronsky, Sam Potter, Za ch •ohnson, Ty Elgin , Jordan Wright , Coach Andrew Edwards
Freshmen Baseball Front Row: Hunter Hennecke, Sean Nordgren , Justin Oehm , Austin Rowlett, Nick Pate s,,Js 2nd Row: Ethan Ripa, Michael Siewert, Bryce Jelinek, Avery Micek Back Row: Braxton Mar n, oere< Solberg , Clayton Cope, Mitchell Oestmann , Coach Chris DeAmbrose Not Pictured: t j d1e Welles
Row : Ba ylor Bond, Seth Barkley, Sam Gemar, Matt Watson , Trenton Rittscher
k Row : Cooch Jim Danson, Eric Jaacks, Chris Tussing, Nick Small
Pictured : CJ Sjulin
Girls Varsity Soccer Front Row : Leah Letcher, Ally Walker, Kendra Frank, Klorissa Kavan, Alexis Rienks, Shelby Knorr, Jill Kieffer 2nd Row Karlye Cygan, Chelsea Anderson, Delanie Barnard, Lauren Works, Dakota Sonderup, Lexi Reeder, Anna Hurlbut, Baleigh Miller Back Row : Varsity Head Coach Alyssa Watson Liz Sundberg Sarah Faubel Kasha Meyer Liz Dike Jenna Cunningham Interim Head Coach Tanner Penrod
Girls JV-Soccer Front Row: Allison Everman , Taylor Sherrill , Ashley Earnest , Madi Plautz , Samantha Norman , Amanda Sherrill 2nd Row: Sydney Worley, Megan Haugerud , Madi Springer, Aftyn Johnson, Maddie Ober, Taylor Siedel. Emily Cecava Back Row: Coach Philip Voigt, Jenny Jones , Saige Hammond , Mallory Waller , Lauren Neben, Megan Hastings
Girls ReseNe Soccer Front Row: Breeanna Burkinshaw , Bailee Nichols, Amy Keys, Sydney Delozier, Natalie Beard, Patricia Flores 2nd Row: Morgan Malone, Eliza Falick, Elizabeth Peterson, Alexa Kasi , Abby Syfie , Emma Kumwenda, Tara Deschaine Back Row: Jordan Fricke , Jamie Bohlen , Marta Jonson , Sydney Davidson, Morgan Swartz, Cooch Tanner Penrod Not Pictured: Taylor Boesiger, Manager Ericka Lyons
Boys Track
Front Row : Albert Zhou , Drew Willis , Connor Marshall , Tyler Hoppes, Lucas Keifer, Josh Banderas , Gunnar Peterson Parker Stock, Tay Bender Corey Williams 2nd Row : Caleb Schauble, Seth Wolkenhauer, Jordan Roszhart, Ben jamin Crelin , Zach Gokie , Scott Ingham , Brandon Reilly, Ehan Douglass-Wiley, Kamal Harris, Braydon Ashton , Michael Hekl 3rd Row : Andrew Hoeven, Nick Conger , Max Nagel , Clay Frederick, Patrick Beardslee , Schyler Kerns, Greg Prewitt, Grant Behrens , Jerome Breaux, Payne Schwerdtfeger 4th Row : on Danson , Carlton Frazier, Greg Atkin , River Chandler , Josh West, Portie Carstens , Aaron Arauco , Reid Williams , Corey Kobza , Jayden Hagood , Lucas Grossman , Luke Nispel 5th Row: Connor Blankenau, T J. Burbach , Derek Nordgren , Andy Nitz, Logan Mullin , Brett Witty, Brandon Earhart, Alex Warzecha, Joshua Bauer, Dillayn Binder 6th Row : Ben Coatney, Brandon Charroin , Reid Shubert, Ryan Hoeven , Christian Leblanc , Nathan Duff , Matt Rehn , Tyler Bordeaux, Zach Guenther, Christian Donohue , Caden Hus key 7th Row : Tyler Schuster Jarrod Pearl Kenneth Pillow Irvin Arvizo Jason Reynders Huy Tran, Trey Suhr Mark Grodnov Michael Clinch Back Row : Dylan Marshall, Seth Vandergriend Re id Hunsa ker, Gavin Kennedy, Nea l Klein , Andrew Ar kebauer , Matthew Vu , Zach Bec k, Tim Webb , Gabe Casper, Ba il ey Rangel , Seth Tague
Girls Track Front Row: Sydney Stauffer, Kiara Moody, Tina Fantroy, Nya Buom , McKenna Dodd , .J ith Fantroy, Olga Mwenentanda , Hannah Welter , Diane Banderas , Lily Flentje , Leera ldi g: ~1 0 2nd Row: Lindsey Linville Sarni Nelson Tan ia Carroll Mercedez Alford C laire Fergen Sat .J Baustei CJ Prussa , Valerie Peterson , Tessa Daugherty, Steph Ahrens 3rd Row: Hayley Ham m a iley Schulenberg, Maggie Anderson, Metzli Patino , Abbi Pleiss , Michaela Dreeszen , Tara B o kh~ Zoe Norris, Jenna Burgeson , Amarida Rudd , Hannah Antholz 4th Row: Sydney Thom ; v0 n, Sore Steinauer, Megan Stolz , Kelsey Hillman , Ellie Wiltfong , Lisa Ingham , Ka li
Fall and W mter Sports Finishes
Football (5-5)- Second in HAC and districts
Boys Cross Country- District Champions
Girls Cross Country- District Champions
Girls Golf- District Champions
Softball (29-8) - District Champions
Boys Tennis- Third in state
Varsity Volleyball (28-9)- City and District Champions
Boys Swimming- Third in City and HAC
Girls Swimming- Second in City and HAC
Girls Basketball (l 7-6 )- District Champions
Boys Basketball (l 3- l 0)- HAC champions
Wrestling- Thirteenth in .state
Keeping you in the game
Trainers and Managers
Injur ie s are very common in the wo rld of sports and so is d iso rganization. So how do the sports team manage to stay o n the field and organized? Team managers and SWA T. ( Southwest athletic training) rarely get recognition for a ll the things they do for Southwest athletes.
Managers are at every practice and game keeping stats a nd completing various other activities. Junior David Mu nro has been a varsity boys basektball team manager for three years now and his tasks included taking stats ,film ing, loading up gear and keeping track of the equipme nt.
"Sometimes it gets hard but I always have fun, I like be ing a p art something bigger than myself ," Munro said.
Munro decided to join the boys basketball team because it was a great way to meet new people his freshman year , and basketball was his favorite sport.
"The most memorable game was definitely the year we made it to the championship. The crowd was in sane a nd the boys played really hard. Even though we lost, it b ro ught us closer together," Munro explained
Th e boys basketball team was fortunate to have to tw o team managers. Senior Mark Yuen has been a manager for a ll four years he has attended Southwest.
Yuen's favorite season of basketball was when both girls and boys basketball teams made it to state.
" I knew we had two championship caliber teams," Yuen said.
Athletes would be nowhere without trainers Krystal Kjar, Rebecca Townsend and their student trainers. S.W.AT motto is "keeping you in the game." That is exactly what they do. Students who are interested in going into sports medicine or just want to be a part of a team join S.W.AT
Senior Taylor Dobbs plans on attending UNO next fall and will train for them as well.
"I decided to become a trainer because I used to go into the trainer when I played volleyball and I just fell in love with the environment," Dobbs said.
Dobbs can 't name just one most memorable game she's trained for.
"There has been so many exciting games that I can't pick just one," Dobbs said
Ones that stand out to Dobbs is senior Austin Tompkins kicking a winning field goal against Kearney, beating cross town rivals LSE in state football, or senior Dylan Heath's three point buzzer beater against Fremont High school in the HAC tournament.
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QUENCHING YOUR THIRST. Junior Jacqie Hansen d istrub utes water during the SW vs SE football ga m e It was really warm that day.
Photo by Aubre y Woolman/ Ta/on
KEEP ING IN YOU IN THE GAME Junior Dakota Sonderup helps players with their helmets before the East game. Contact Kyrstal Kajar if you want ot be a trainer. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/ Ta/on
PART OF THE TEAM . Senior Mark Yuen supports his team at the Millard West game. Yuen has been a team manager all four years Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
--,V\ · \ Science, moth, §00.lish, social stuaies, fitq_~;s, arts ~a fine arts _ - its a ne~r ending cycle and to bEt RQ.nest, Silver Haw outwit •eye~ . . of the rri" all.
•• : • - ~THI · year alone there were • ~en Ndtior?I ~erit sch _lqrship
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H. ·/v10d~ie Bein-,,, ·~eather Byrne : \Jake Heidelk, Emma Hoppe, John Jaso and Albert Zhou. Three had perfect scores on either the ACT/SAT: Jaso ,. Heidelk and Zhou.
But as heavy as our work load seemed, it will be nothing compared to the class of 2015 who will be walking these halls soon enough, The
WBoard of Education has increased not only the number of credits needed to graduate from 230 to 245, but also the number of community service hours with ours P being a mere 20 to increase to 40.
But in the meantime not all class time was spent studying Some ..r( classes took ti~e out of their busy 0 <E
class lo~ to do the DeGe , ber door decorating conte st O!rd decorated the outside~ o t t heir classrooms in a winter ;the n, e of "Deck the Halls." First p~c e went to Dan Carpenter's Diff Bt ogy class, second place went to J)ltne Schlemmers Creative Clothi n~, c lass and third place went to Ton y ~-o bza Sports Entertainment Marketin o J ass . The school also receiv e c new computers when Student C •uncil raised money to pay for t h E: new computers in the media ce n1-~r
The new computers f r r 1 last year which were in the medi a I '""' nter were sent to other labs thrOL.,; 1hout the school
'The old compu ters fr o r, the other labs were shi ~ • • ut • be recycled," medi • 1 • • • CJ urie -~~ .- -~· r Logsdon SOid. .;ifi%t·~·~'.:;,. -•'ili.::.. · ~'
This year was~ •_; ,i "': me Southwest had a :- J · 1 • • a The school raised funds ft] , uy u ~ o 50 new titles for the sch~l's Ii -Story/spread Bf Ki . •
orking Hard! iatie McKitterick , senior, took advantage of her TA block to get some homework done The library is nice quiet place re qooks and internet sources are available to students before and er school. Photo by Kait!if9,J(arins/Talon
igh five! l:ony Kobzcf possed' his torch to fellow t '""tier ~argtenter~ His class on the aoo ordti~ wntest with a Orth Pole qep n complete With letters to onto and a naughty or ni9e iist. Photo by ah Letcher/Ta Ion
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ember! Allison Kelley split her groups to look in the book and • e worksheet she assigned them ·c
~ay what! Tea ross seeks input from her D f English l O stu roup In this class students read many diffe ooks such as "East of Eden " and :'Ordinary P y Allie Fowler/ Ta/on
man! Senior Zach Martin "gets big" in an Advanced Weight Training class This class is an example of one way • to finish your P E credits. Photo by
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Senior Hannah Welter and junior Kaitlin Reiss show off their rocket. Court Monroe' s Astronomy and Physical Science classes are known for this fun project Photo by Katie Kortan/Talon
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1. HANDS UP. Seniors Emily Frandsen, Hannah Schlemmer and junior Mickey Morton raise their hands to answer a question in Kevin Schrad's Zoology class. Schrad's class consists of projects and dissecting organisms. He makes su re to do interesting and fun projects to get the students involved Photo by Felicia Lopez; Talon
2.GET DOWN AND STUDY. Sophomores Matt Watson and Taylor Graham fill out science worksheets for Biology with Charles Bittle In his class they do a lot a labs as a hands on class. Majority of people learn from tangible concepts rather than not being able to work hands on Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon
3. SNOOZING AWAY. Junior Alec Rowen takes a little rest in APUSH with Chris Salem By all the hard work, studying late nights, sometimes students squeeze in a little break in a classroom. APUSH is considered a difficult class because the lectures and DBQ's but Salem makes the class enjoyable to most. Photo by Morgan Mills/ Talon _
4. BOTTLED UP. Junior Nicole Dreeszen took a drink of her water right before her French test Students drink water and chew gum to pace themselves for tests. Studies have shown that chewing-mint gum may also help increase concentration, a reason why so many chew during lectures ar)d tests Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Ta/on
• ive The Study
Students Sill'Vive The Academic Pressure
At 8: 15 a.m. Southwest High School is offi_cially in session, and students try to stay awake for the long work ahead to provide their brains knowledge. An unscientific survey showed the following study hours a night: freshman 0- 1, sophomores 02, seniors 1-3, and juniors 1-2.
From late night studies to study groups at friends' homes, these students used a variety of ways to stay awake while studying;
"Music and caffeine," Ashley Baroud, junior said. "One tab on Facebook, one tab on homework," said Kiara Moody, sophomore. "The light," David Tufts, senior, said.
With all the stress on homework some students struggled in classes where they fell behin~. "Homework is a butt," Anissa Payne, senior, said.
Most students said math and foreign language was the worst part of their year academically. As for seniors, "It was applying to colleges and scholarships, " said senior Tasneem Bouzid.
Having block schedules provided some advantages but it made classes longer though most had less homework. To stay focused to survive the 90 minutes students did the following: "Having bottled water," Reid Hunsaber, sophomore, said."Take a deep breath and listen to surroundings," sophomore Sophia Dranicki said. "I listen and arrange study sessions with my teacher," said Kiara Murphy, freshman.
1. LEARNING FROM AN EXPERT. Freshman Claire Sidner asked Social Studies teacher Brian Albrecht some questions on the worksheets. Asking for help is an easy way of understanding. Photo by Felicia Lopez! Talon
2 CONCENTRATION BY MUSIC. Senior Joseph Nimph took time in the commons to catch up on homework. Listening to music helps students zone out the surroundings and focus more. Photo by Morgan Mills/ Talon
3 STRUT YOUR STUFF. Senior Conner Koeperich and sophomore Joe Bechtle make their Beginning Drawing class enjoyable by drawing each other as an assignment Koeperich is taking the class to finish his art credits to graduate. Most senior schedules are mostly electives
"I try to remember this is my senior year and after this I'm done with high school," David Tufts said. "GUM," said sophomore Sara Jaber. "Fruit Loops and whatever Megan Barnett has to eat in her backpack," junior Vincent Villamonte said.
Others gave useful tips to survive classes: "Do your work and don't be afraid to ask questions," said, Curtis Pester, sophomore. "Make friends with your teacher and make jokes," freshmen Truman Wachter and Darius Myles said. "Just chill man," Gum Atem, senior, said Story/Spread by Felicia Lopez & Morgan Mills
Photo by Felicia Lopez! Talon
Mathematics
Fractions & Percentages & Shapes, OH MY! •
Why is math so important? Well, people use math in their everyday lives even if you don't notice it. Most jobs require some sort of math skill.
"I use math at my job which is at Russ's Market when I am counting out the change," said senior Colleen Harris.
"I don't use the kind of math I'm learning right now everyday, but I do use math to cook and get ready in the morning," freshman Megan Hastings said.
Some types of math classes are Algebra, Geometry, Pre-Cal, AP Stats, Advanced Algebra, AP Cal, Problem Solving, Math Technology, Discrete Math and PreCollege Math.
Students need at least 20 math credits to graduate. They also need to pass Algebra. To be accepted into many four-year colleges, 40 hours of four levels of math is required.
Some things students say are the hardest about math is remembering all the steps in an equation and not second guessing yourself, remembering formulas for the test, and probability. Remembering formulas is the biggest one of them all
Math is one of those classes where many either like it or don't. For some people math comes easy to them and they don't have to study. Others find it hard and they are in need of help.
Teacher Christin Sutter said her favorite class to teach is Algebra. Sutter said she wanted to become a math teacher because "When I was in high school, my friends always came to me for math help. I wasn't the 'math geek' but I loved to help out. So, I decided that I wanted to become a lower level math teacher so I could help students understand math better." Overrall math is needed in our everyday lives.
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HOMEWORK TIME. Freshmen Jarrod Pearl and Avery Prai work on their second block homework in Christin Sutter's Diff. Geometry class Photo by Bailey Peterson/Photojournalism
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TEAMWORK.
CLASS WORK Ashli True's Advanced Algebra Diff class work on their probability worksheets or their homework Photo by
ASSIGNMENTS Students work on their new homework assignment In
The Life in Math £or Up:perclassm.en
For upperclassmen math classes
AP Cal, Calculus, AP Stats and Pre-Cal are offered. Most upperclassmen say that their math classes are more difficult than their past math classes. There is more homework and the tests are more difficult than usual.
Most of the time students take upperclassmen classes to meet the graduation requirement and or for the challenge they bring.
A lot of colleges require students to have the higher level math classes to be accepted there.
In AP Cal students do warm ups to start out the day and learn new things everyday.
Senior Colby Talcott said, "Mr. DeVries's AP Cal class was challenging but also very interesting."
If you haven't taken any upperclassmen classes just be prepared for a challenge.
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STUNNA SHADES. Junior Brent Flentje shows of his shades hile finding conic sections on the marker board in Angela Bates' Pre-Cal Diff class.
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STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! Sophomore Sean Elstun studies for his Algebra test in David Hartman's class. Photo by Tori Bowers/Talon
HELP Sarah Scofield, Algebra teacher, helps freshman Kelsey Hillman on her worksheet
Photo by Tori Bowers/Ta/on
WARM UPS Jeff DeVrie's AP Cal class starts out with warm ups to get the day started. Photo by Sydney Hinton/Photojournalism
Jeff Devries AP Cal class.
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TESTING YOUR LIMITS. Freshman Derek Glen enjoys a forbidden cola while taking a test in Shukria Garzhi's Geometry class. Photo by Tori Bowers/Ta/on
HELP. Sophomore Sam Potter helps Junior Harper Anderson with her worksheet in Shayla Bushhousen's Advanced Algebra class. Photo by Tori Bowers/Ta/on
PARTNERS Freshmen Dylan Guyer and Corey Williamson swap papers to correct work in Sarah Scofield's Algebra class. Photo by Tori Bowers/ Talon
CAMPFIRE. Students gather around the fire to stay warm. Courtesy Photo of Charley Bittle
Charley Bittle
students
Cam.ping with Bittle
Charley Bittle's Environmental Studies class had the opportuni1y to go on a three day, two night trip. The class traveled to Indian Caves State Park, just south of Nebraska Ci1y.
The class carried huge backpacks and broke out their hiking boots. Students had to be prepared to cook their own meals, sleep outside in a sleeping bag without a tent and hike for miles.
"We had to eat all of the food in the pot, no matter what. Bittle called it big spooning," said senior Alex Webster. They learned a lot about nature and the environment around them. There were many activities designed to build teamwork and communi1y. Many of the activities were similar to those of a traditional summer camp. Students bonded during all the activities.
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LAKESIDE.
teaches
while they sit by the lake Courtesy photo of Charley Bittle ,
EXPERIMENT Senior Kai Singh observes the motion of a collision cart , during Physics D Greg Coopers class did many experiments to help students learn. Photo by Katie McKitterick/ Photojournalism
PARTNER WORK. Seniors Sara Christianson and Nick Peters partner up together on a worksheet during their Forensics class. Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Ta/on
BARF BAGS. Junior Kris Kapperman participates in the anaerobic fermentation experiment in his Biology class Photo by Felicia Lopez/Talon
CIASS PET. Senior Leah Letcher holds onto Diablo , the snake , in Charley Bittle's classroom. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
CHEMI STRY D. Seniors Charles Chen THERMOMETER. Freshman Bailey and Brittni Eitzmann measure sup- Jorgensen checks the water ternplies to add to their beaker. Photo perature in her Physical Science by Courtney JarosZ/Photojournalism class Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Ta/on
FIRE! Junior Brandon Se aincreases the flame in his Physical Science lab Ph c o by Jessica Ernesti/Talon
Science
llands-on ·learrung helps students
xploring the outdoor classroom, camping trips, field trips and hands-on • experiments made science classes exciting.
The outdoor classroom was filled with many learning opportunities. Student could take nature walks, collect samples, observe and even put on fishing waders to walk around in the pond.
Physical Science and Forensics did a lot of hands on experiments. The students also had the opportunity to visit the outdoor classrooms to observe the nature and wildlife around them.
Geoscience, Anatomy and Human Biology required a lot of book work. Students used powerpoints and models to help them.
"My Forensics class this year for the first time performed autopsies on dill pickles to learn all the stages of a forensic autopsy," teacher Greg Cooper said.
Zoology and Animal Behavior classes spent a day at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. They got to walk around all day, but they had to do an assignment as well.
"The zoo was a lot more fun than sitting in class," said senior Emily Frandsen.
Teacher Kevin Schrad took his class to the Humane Society as well.
"I have had several students who adopted pets after we visited the Humane Society. They went back with their parents that night and adopted an animal," Schrad said.
Physics and Chemistry classes did a lot of labs during their class. Students worked in groups and were able to learn things up close.
Biology classes focused on living things. Each student in the class had to acquire an animal to take care of during the term. It was called the "Alive and Satisfied" project. Each
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ROG. Sophomore Zachary Jeffery
olds a frog he found while his Biology class explores the outdoor classroom. hoto by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
COLORING. Junior Marissa May colors a picture of a turtle with a child during day the students would feed, clean and care
Nature Night at Elliott Elementary school. for the animal, recording their observations.
Courtesy photo of Charley Bittle
Social Studies A blast froin the past
Social Studies by definition is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence."
Learning about the past helps make the future, which is why its important to listen and absorb the knowledge given by our teachers.
From the Renaissance to World War II, and laws to the supreme court justice system. History and government was taught by teachers in classes such as World History, Civics, Geography, US History, Criminal Justice, Government and Politics and History of the Holocaust.
The social studies classes offered can be both informational and interesting.
"The thing I like most about my class is the teacher. I wouldn't change anything. Ifs so much fun," said sophomore Jayden Denning who had World History with Chris Salem.
Many students who took social studies classes knew that the teachers were what made the classes. Without their expertise and help the students wouldn't know as much as they do about history and how the government works.
Junior Kelsey lmoff said, "My teacher always kept things entertaining. He was really funny. Everyone was always cracking jokes with him." lmoff took U.S. History with Jim Danson "I enjoyed every minute of the class."
Sophomore Courtney Donald said,"The teacher makes World History fun and easy to learn. I wouldn't change a thing. One funny thing occurred when the teacher was taking attendance and said Courtney Donald and a student yelled TRUMP."
Keeping the students interested in the class, while making sure the curriculum was being taught could have been a challenge, but for the teachers it was just another simple task.
"Teachers need to be able to translate the curriculum appropriately so that the students can comprehend it entirely," teacher Ryan Salem said. Salem taught Government and Politics AP and regular and also teaches World History.
Throughout history students have been taught about the past. Students were able to move forward by understanding and making these connections.
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DON'T JUDGE. Judge John Gerrard explains how the justice system works to a class full of eager to listen students in Criminial Justice. Photo by Taylor Scharper/ Talon
CASE STUDY. Students
Amendments to K2? What?I It's just Government and Pohticsl
Ryan Salem's GoPo classes were interesting to say the least. Topics ranged from legalizing marijuana to daily news.
Students described the class as flexible and laid back. The curriculum requires 20 hours of community service, which is a graduation requirement
It is required because the district wants students to get involved with the community. Surprisingly most students end up making connections and go back.
"Having students complete 20 hours of community service is the hardest part of the class. Its a great experience but everyone is so busy, its hard for them to make time," Salem said.
Another hot topic is talking about the Amendments
"Any discussions of the Fourth Amendment (search and seizure) is my favorite discussion," said Salem, "The students get interested and come up with great case scenarios that get you thinking."
Controversial topics and great times sum up GoPo with Salem. to
HARD WORKERS. Freshmen Kiernan Mullin, Noah Burke, and Joe Massey study hard for an upcoming Geography test. Photo by Austin Nichols/Photo Journalism
GET IT. Chris Salem 's block four AP US History class went all out first semester by making tshirts They wanted something to remember the class by. Photo by Schiefer Koch/Talon
CIVICS. Teacher Lisa Bales explains an assignment to her Civics class. They got to use the newest textbooks Photo by Abigail Pleiss/Photo Journalism
PAUSE. Teacher Ryan Salem watches his students during the final. Photo by Josh Talbott/ Photo Journalism
SPOTLIGHT. Seniors Miles Mulgrue and Harry Oliver give presentations in class Photo by Josh Tafbott/ Photo Journalism
STAY CURRENT. Seniors Alli Wagoner and Mason Moore stay up to date on current events in Government and Politics. Photo by Megan Parker/Photo Journalism
JUDGE. Principal Rob Slauson helps judge the finals for AP GOPO. There were other judges as well.
Photo by Josh Tafboff/Ta/on
TEAMWORK. Two students help each other with their final exam in World Geography Photo by Austin Nichols /Photo Journalism
SPEAKING.
DREAMS. Students of teacher Mark Gudgel 's class touch the place where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream speech." Photo courtesy of Mark Gudgel
Stu.dym.' in Literature 0£ the Holocaustl
During the school year, Holocaust Lit. teacher Mark Gudgel took students on a trip to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. which also included a stop in New York City. They went in November and again in April.
Taking a trip to the museum is a twice yearly thing for Gudgel. "The trip was brilliant," he said.
Students enjoy the trip because it is both entertaining and educational. "We went to Washington, D.C. to view the Holocaust Museum. It was really fun!" said senior Andrew Hill.
The class varies in the different assignments and projects that they do. "Holocaust Lit. changes quite a bit from term to term," Gudgel said. Assignments range from reading survivor testimonies, discussions of the Holocaust and our world today and examining other genocides in today's world.
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Students pose for a photo with Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in New York. Photo courtesy of Mark Gudgel
TYPING. Junior Jaylon Peters received help from teacher Todd Pernicek during his General English class. Students were working on narratives in the computer lab. Photo by Allie Fowler/Talon
BRAINSTORM. Sophomores fill out worksheets discussing their class book, "Fahrenheit 451," in teacher Melanie Grass's English l OD class.
Photo by Allie Fowler/ Ta/on
PAPERS. Freshman Jordan Martin checks through her work cited sheets for teacher Lorrie Ford's English 9 class Photo by Allie Fowler/Talon
HIGHLIGHTS. Freshman Jared Dickey works on highlighting his work cited, on his rough draft in teacher Lorrie Ford's English 9 class Photo by Allie Fowler/Talon
VIDEOS. Junior Amy Cotton and seniors Tyler Damerst and Brogan Bennet watched a video with teacher Toni Dutton in Women's Lit. Photo by Brynn Stock/Photojournalism
LOOK IT UP. Senior Denzel Washington works on doing an assignment in teacher Mindy Wrights General Literature class. Photo by Gracen Jackson/Photojournalism
MARK lWAIN. AP La n:Juage <:m~ Co':1municatior , , tudents, 1un1ors Ntck C!a'y'burn, 1ichael Ausdemore, Eva Lu b e. 'J nd Brynn Stock work on r 'Jding about Mark Twa in 7 Toni Dutton's class Photo ,_ v Allie Fowter(Ta/on
SLAMMIN. Seniors Morg a r , m mert and Brett Bancroft read a Jem at the poetry slam. Studen ts )m all different English classes p c. ic ipate
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English
Petter COininunication, better understanding
veryone gets corrected almost everyday on something they say that is not "correct" grammar. English is used with everything you do, reading books, homework, notes and even text messages (which probably isn't proper English).
"English helps you do just a little bit better. To communicate well and understand others is key, in every job, in every part of life," said teacher Melanie Gross. Southwest offers a lot of different classes that students take as English credit.
As a freshman you only take one kind of English class, English 9. Freshmen studied vocabulary and different stories of Shakespeare, like "Romeo and Julief' to understand how it was written. They also read a few personal reading books along the way.
"My favorite part of English was when.we got to choose what we wanted to read," said freshman Katelyn Frank.
Sophomores took English l 0. In this class students dive deep into poetry and continue to learn more about Shakespeare. While doing poetry, classes do a poetry slam. Each student chooses a poem that he/she has written and the class votes on which are the best ones, and then the winners from each class compete against each other in a slam.
Juniors and seniors have more opportunities for quite a few different English classes. They can take classes such as Holocaust Literature, Literature and Composition, Sports Literature and more.
Before students graduate they must also take a communications class, Oral Communication. Students learn how to write and present speeches properly. Most usually take this class as a freshman.
Students may complain about having to
English, but it helps them to brush
up on their vocab, writing and reading skills.
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READING. Junior Kyle Ellison reads his book, "The Great Gatsby'' for teacher
Shelly Shanahan's American Literature and Composition class. Photo by Melanie Petersen/Photojournalism
NARRATIVE. Junior Saul Castillo Rosales
writes his narrative paper in teacher Todd learn more
Pernicek's General English class. Photo by
Allie Fowler/Ta/on
W or1d Languages
Students travel the ·world in the classrooin
J-1.ola! Bonjour! Hallo! Konnichiwa! Salve!
These are just a few samples of the languages offered at Southwest. Spanish years 1-5, French years 1-4, German years 1-4, Japanese and Latin years l -2 are all available for students to sign up for and broaden their diversity of language.
Students have the opportunity to take more than one language during their four high school years but most stick to one language.
"I decided to take Spanish because I think it will be the most useful in my future," said junior Andrea Sheets. Each year upper level Spanish students get the option to visit Spain, do some sight seeing and even experience a home stay with a family located in Spain. This trip is a great chance for students to further their knowledge of Spanish.
"I love taking Japanese because it's extremely interesting and unique," said junior Landon Sadler. Students taking Japanese learn an all new alphabet for the language.
German is another class available for students to take.
"German is a lot easier than people think," said Junior Erik Thompson. "German uses a lot of the same grammar rules as English."
Latin is available when enough students sign up for the class. Teachers encourage students to take Latin because it is a big part of our history. The English language was based off Latin and often contains Latin bases.
When deciding which language to study, students should consider many things. Which one seems the most interesting and fun? Which language will you use in the future? It can be a difficult decision but no matter which language you choose, expect to learn many new cultural aspects.
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STAMP IT. Freshman Ashley Goosic stamps workbooks in her Japanese class. The favorite stamp choice is Pikachu, the pokemon. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
VOCAB. Junior Lindsey Pete rs ( 1 works on a vocabulary activity in Nil Jacob· son's Spanish class. Photo b y ,1a kenzie Brookhouser ITa/on
Over seas :pen pals
Every year in Japanese classes students have the chance to write to a student that is enrolled in a school in Japan. Students exchange decorated cards and sometimes even cultural treats such as candies, pencils, stickers and stamps.
"It was a lot of fun to be able to actually talk to students in Japan," said junior Tayler Mack. "We exchanged some cool cards and candy."
Allowing students to be in contact with students from other countries enhanced the level of understanding of the particular culture. Japanese students wrote to students in Japan and Spanish students were offered a trip to Spain.
Language classes captured the interest of almost anyone because of the many opportunities available.
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The Japanese room
cultural knick knacks in
window include bottles with writing Photo by (akenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
WORK WORK WORK. Junior Natalie Thomason begins a worksheet in her French 3 class. The class is taught by Madame Angie Knop.
Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
WORK BOOK. Junior Landon Sadler works on his Japanese work book. Photo by Morgan Mills/ Talon ESTUDIAR. Sophomore Preethy Brockman works on a study guide before their chapter test. Their Spanish third year class is taught by Senora Elaine Harris. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/ Talon
DOOR DECOR. Language classes participate in door decorating contests and put up posters in different languages. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
TRANSLATE. Sophomore Ryan Krapfl and fellow classmates work on a worksheet in their Spanish class. Photo by Maken- · zie Brookhouser/Ta/on
PROJECT. Sophomore Dillayn Binder reads through his German book for a project in teacher Aaron Finley's German 2 class. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon
DEVELOP.
CAUTION.
. Developing in• the :bark
Down in the art crevice of the building, there are students who enjoy photography and developing their art.
"I enjoy photography as it is a fun medium and artistic expression ," junior Biz Dalke said.
Senior Sabra Bausert helps explain the development of a photo:
"First you place the picture in a developer with agitation and leave it in for two minutes. Next you place the photo in a tub called the stop bath and leave it in for two minutes. After the stop bath, place the photo in a tub with fixer and leave it in for two minutes. Then place your picture in a tub of spinning water to rinse off the chemicals that helped develop you photo. Finally hang up your creation to dry and you have a developed and finished picture."
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Senior Sabra Baustert develops a strip of a photo in the dark room
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The sign cautions students to enter with care when entering the dark room. Morgan Mills/ Talon
PERFECTION. Senior Cori O'Neal workied on her painting in Drawing Applications one of the highest art classes for possibly future artists
Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
MUSIC WITHIN. Seniors Tegan Colton , Haley Williams and Alanna Connely warm up their voices in Varsity Choir. Williams stands on top of the chair to project her voice for her solo.
Photo by Allie Flower/Ta/on CONCENTRATION. Junior Alissa Shanahan works carefully on her clay creation in pottery techniques , °the class is the next level of pottery
Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
CHOIR. Seniors Kate Meyer, Corinne Wolford , Sydney Stauffer and Junior Sydney King singing. Photo by Ellie Clinch/ Hawk Talk
BOY WHO CRIES WOLF. Sophomore Austin Holweger draws
STRINGS ATTACHED. Varsity Orchestra practices in their classroom during third block. Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
a wolf in beginning drawing
Photo by Felicia LopeZ/Ta/on
CHECK IT OUT. Senior Mo o n Mi· rondo looks at his finis hec. vork in beginning photograp hy , 1o to by Felicia LopeZ/Ta/on
Arts/Fine Arts Fmcnng crea:tivity through the senses
J::: ine arts serves as intellectual stimulation to the viewer or academic sensibilities One aspect of fine arts consists of photography, drawing, painting, jewelry and pottery.
The art wing of the building is like a whole separate world. Students create colorful work along with three dimensional works of art.
"I love the feeling of creating something out of nothing," senior Katy Chapman said of Drawing Applications.
A lot students explained that their artistic abilities mostly started with drawing.
"I started drawing when I was a little girl and I would draw anything that _ would come to my mind. I was really bad but I didn't care and I stuck with it and became good with time," sophomore Sara Chaloupka said of drawing.
On the three dimensional side of the artistic view, students love being able to work hands-on and form their creations with their hands.
On the opposite side of the building other fine arts go on in the E-Wing. The choirs consisted of Freshman Choir with 70 Students, Concert Choir with 86 students, Varsity Concert Choir with 80 Students and Chamber Select Choir with 40. Show choir groups Ambience and Resonance both consisted of 47 students.
Show choir members danced and sang and performed a total of five songs. One of the traditions of Southwest is the show choir always has an ending tap, making the show go out , with a bang. The show choirs travel to at least five competitions each year and also host their own competition called "Showdown."
There are many different types of art consisting from hands on art along with making the beautiful sound of music come from within. They may be in their own world but it's what they strived for.
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MY WAY. Senior Mikaela Balfany, and IUni ors Ashton Holechek and Clara Calkins practicing their moves in "My Way." Photo by Morgan Mills/Talon
CRAFTY. Senior Tina Fantroy begins her mold of her ring in Beginning Jewelry, one of her very first projects. Photo by Felicia LopeZ/Ta/on
Keeping students interestOO
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nfants and Toddlers, Pre-school and School age kids, Independent Living, Teen Issues, Families in Crisis, Life Skills, Psychology, Relationships and Sociology are some of the human behavior classes.
You have to be at least a sophomore to take most of these classes because of the personal and hard issues that are dealt with in these types of classes.
Jolene Schlemmer's Infants and Toddlers class is a special class because students get to take fieid trips a couple days a week.
"Going to the day cares is such a rewarding experience. You get a break from school and get to play with the kids," junior Shelbi Schwartz said.
This class goes to a day care twice a week to learn how to care for children and learn what it would be like to work in a day care atmosphere.
Senior Destiny Davis enjoys this class because it will be useful in her life. "I like being in class where I know that the information I'm learning will someday be useful."
In Nicki Hanseling's Independent Living class students did car comparisons of how well tires work and when a person should change their tires.
In Leslie Mann's Relationship class students were taught about the different kinds of relationships and what a healthy and nonhealthy relationship looks like. This is important because during high school many people begin dating and could use the information learned in her class.
Human Behavior classes were popular and fun to take because students learned material that pertained to situations students were going through.
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ENJOYMENT. Senior Ali Arseef enjoys watching "Friday Night Lights" during Leslie Mann's Relationships class. Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon
LISTEN UP. Jalaina Honda teac t es s her Sociology class about supe r _, gos t
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WELCOME BACK. Students in Nicki Hanseling ' s Teen issues class welcome her back after having a baby girl. They made welcome back posters for her. Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon
Hypothesis. Senior Klorissa Kavan ponders on her hypothesis about attraction in AP Psychology. Photo by Leah LetcherITa/on
DIAPER CHANGE.
Conduct. Teacher Ryan Mahoney explains to his class how to conduct the hypothesis project that is the classes favorite project. Photo by Leah LetcherITa/on
Creating your own experiments
In Ryan Mahoney's AP Psychology class, students' favorite project was conducting their own experiments and testing out their hypothesis.
"I like this project best because you get to go out of the classroom and see if your research actually worked," junior Dakota Sonderup said.
An example of this project would be giving a group of people mint gum and another group no gum, then give them the exact same division test and seeing if the group with mint gum tested higher than the group without.
If the people chewing mint gum scored higher than the group with no gum you could conclude that chewing mint gum while taking a test might enhance test scores.
"Students typically enjoy this project because it gives them a chance to get out of the classroom and learn on their own," Mahoney said.
HOES. Seniors Bailey Burkett
Larisa Brockman work on
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LISTEN UP. In Nicki Hanseling 's Teen Issues class she talks to her class about t~en pregnancies and how hard it can be Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
Junior Shelb i Schwartz practices changing a baby's diaper. "I like doing hands on activities ." Photo by Leah Letcher/ Talon
EFFECTS. Juniors Tyra Bluford and Hayley Urwiler look over the effects of alcohol in Tracy Way's Families in Crisis class Photo by Leah Letcher/Talon
NOTES. Junior Carleigh Whekan takes notes over how to deal with a crisis in Families in Crisis. Photo by Leah Letcher/Ta/on
BOARD WORK. Senior Alyssa Trautman writes down some of John Piagets theories in Sociology. Photo by Andy GospodarskVJournalism
Diving into Water Games
Being in the pool, playing games and having fun with your friends. Sounds like the perfect class, right?
Sophomores, juniors and seniors can enjoy Water Games taught by Andrew Sherman and Lis Brenden. In this class students play water polo, basketball, volleyball and ultimate frisbee. These are just normal sports with a twist, the twist being that you are in water. If students aren't playing these games, they're having free time in the water.
"The best part about Water Games is that we get to swim and do things in the water, and I love swimming," said sophomore Graydon Loth.
Some of the perks for taking water games are that you don't have homework, you get to swim and being in the water refreshes you.
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SCORE! Junior Delanie Barnard celebrates a victory. Students love to get excited when they win.
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PASS. Senior Navid Rahmany Eskandary passes the ball in a game of basketball. This is one of the games played in Water Games. Photo by Felicia LopeZ/Ta/on
MUSCLES. Junior Alex Guyer works out his arms during Advanced Weight Training. Taking this class can ready you for sports and can be taken as a zero hour too. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
QUILT. Junior Halle Swann works on a corner of her quilt that she made in Creative Clothing and Design. This class focuses on clothing and fabric. Photo by Sarni Nelson/Photojournalism
KAYAK. Senior Will Folsom plays water kayak
in Lifetime Sports. This game is played in a kayak with a paddle and a ball. Photo by Morgan Mills/Ta/on
CLEANING UP. Sophomores Mikayla Bax and Niki Hevelone clean up after baking cookies in Culinary Skills. They made monster cookies.
Photo by Ashley Kent/Ta/on
LISTEN UP. Freshmen in Scott Skultety's Fitness for Life class take notes on his lecture. The first part of this class is spent in the classroom Photo by Morgan SwartZ/Photojournalism
GINGERBREAD HOUSES. A Culinary Skills 9lass made and decorated gingerbread houses. This was just a fun event for the holidays. Photo by Leah Letcher/Ta/on
WALTZ. Senior Aaron Fis e r A and sophomore Sara Fu ltc 1 dance the waltz during Ba roorn Dance. Students dressed ' 1p because it was "dress up f,,rmal day ." Photo by Ashley Ke r·! Talon
P.E.IFCS
A different kind of classroolll
Being active is good for everyone. That's why the school offers so many different physical education classes.
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There was everything from classes that played sports to classes that danced to classes that built muscle. Team Sports, Lifetime Sports and Fitness for Life kept you active by giving you a broad range of different sports to play.
Aerobic Cross Training, Modern Jazz and Ballroom were great to take if you didn't like sports because these classes still kept you active with dance and movement.
Advanced and Beginning Weight Training classes were available to build muscle; you could also take these classes as a zero hour. The pool allows classes like Water Games, Lifeguard Training and Swimming.
The physical education requirement was 7.5 credits Along with gym classes another requirement was Health. The credit requirement for Health is only 2. 5 credits, but the class gave students five credits.
Family Consumer Science offered essential classes to help you throughout life. These classes taught you skills like cooking and sewing.
Students took these classes because it will make a person "a life long learner and it teaches you the basic of basic needs," said FCS department chair Tracy Way.
To learn how to cook students could take Culinary Skills, Cultural Foods and Foods and Wellness. For design classes, Creative Clothing and Interior Design were offered. Intro to FCS taught the basics of everything. FCS met the Ap p lied Art requirement.
Th e se classes were a break from regular core class e s because students could interact and le arn hands-on.
"I like Culinary Skills because its fun to make food in a class and then eat it," said sophomore Niki Hevelone. Story and spread by Ashley Kent/Ta/on
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SEWING. Freshman Brittany Marc ha nd practices sewing in FCS This was the first day students learned how to sew. Photo by Ashle y Kent/Talon
I GOT IT! Sophomores Seth Barkley and Keegan ~illiams play badminton in Team Sports. This game can be played singles or doubles. Photo by Ashley Kent/Talon
POWERPOINT. Sophomores Zach Baillie and Breanna Schmidt work on their powerpoint for health class. Students researched all sorts of topics. Photo by Ashley Kent/Ta/on
Resources
What you need to move on with your life
veryone needs a little help or advice every now and then, either from the counseling center, media center or even having a teammate.
"The counseling center provides information to all kids in ways they need to know," counselor Tim Ernst said. 'We help a lot with college plans. The graduation rate and college rate are at about 92-93 percent."
The counseling center was so much more than helping with personal problems.
Counselor Peggy Volker said, 'We help students stay on track with their attendance and academic s. We prepare them for what they want to do and start off with good records."
Along with helping with academics, the media center was helpful as well.
"Students sometimes forget to print their papers at home, so they come to the media center to print them. Sometimes they just need a little help," media specialist Laurie Logsdon said "Sometimes they just have little questions about the wording of a paper or even how to work I Movie for projects ."
Some students have teammates who they meet with just so they have someone to talk to about their lives.
The media center also was a place where students go to just read. This year our media center had over 4,000 books.
Media specialist Alyx Knight said, "Something new this year is that Mr. Mark Gudgel proposed to have a room where Holocaust students could go to do research. He came up with the 'Darfur Research Center.' It opened on Dec. 16, 201 O."
But Southwest added new things other than the research center.
"I believe other teachers are focusing more on exposing students to more non fiction things, like biographies," Logsdon said. "Another big improvement is receiving 36 new computers provided by Student Council."
Southwest tried to create new things every year to help improve study habits and graduation rates. For questions that need answers and problems that need solving, the places to go were the counseling center and the media center.
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INTERVIEWS. Freshmen Christian Hedstrom, Will Malcom and Elliot Choi wo r~ o n their research papers for Lorrie Ford's English 9 class. They are learning abo u~t he art of communications. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Talon
SPEECH. Counselor Colleen Finkhouse explains the requirements to incoming freshman during Future Hawk Night. Finkhouse helped students Q-S for counseling. Photo by Taylor Scharper/ Talon
BUILDING. Senior Cody Gray builds with foam blocks. Gray is making a necklace. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Ta/on
TEAMMATES. Freshman Austin Angel meets with his mentor, Roger Zajicek. The two discuss their lives. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Talon
BAND ART. Senior Micah Hayden works with rubber bands during free time at the end of the day. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Ta/on
IEP, RBD, RCR & More
When you hear of students having a disability, many think of students with moderate and severe disabilities, although they only make up a small part of the Special Education program.
Southwest has 220 students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP). This includes students with anxiety to ADHD and more.
Teacher Lynn Strack said, "In th~ Resource by Definition room we have no roster or assigned students. Students come to our room when they need a test read aloud, need extended time on projects or just need a quiet place to work."
Teacher Amy Jewell said, "Students in the Function Curriculum Room stay all day. Our students have Lunch Bunch and Friendship Club so they can talk to as many students as possible. Two to three times a week we go into the community and shop so they know what to do in certain situations."
All students in the special education program are prepared to be as successful as they can be, just like every other student.
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LPER "Boots" Primavera Wails is volunteer at Southwest Wails is eeding out the old books. Photo YTaylor Scharper/Ta/on
SLAM. Sophomore Nick Fynbu won the poetry slam for his poem "Tuesday l 0:26 a.m." Fynbu won tickets to the movies. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Ta/on
RUBBER
WORKIN' HARD. Counselor Eric Feeken checks e-mails during lunch. Feeken is one of the six counselors. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Talon
CHECKIN' OUT. Seniors Sarni Hart and Sara Christianson check out books in the media center. Photo by Taylor Scharper/Ta/on
TP'd. Counselor Tim Ernst s office was teepeed. Ersnt said, "I got a text saying I didn't do it." Photo by Atley Gustafson/Hawk Talk
Table Making
Intro to Construction and Woodworking class made l 6x22 tables for their project this year.
"To make the tables you start by cutting legs, holes for supports, and boards. You then cut the tenons and make two sets of legs. Later you glue and screw everything together. Next you glue the top to the legs. Lastly you space and glue the magazine slots together," said junior Joey Anderberry on the process of c reating the tables
"You put the wood through a CNC machine that is hooked up to a computer. It then cuts the design for you," teacher Kevin Hennecke said.
In order to keep the table, the students paid $35. Most students proudly kept them, while others left them for examples and to be sold for others.
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TABLE TOP. The Huskers table before the finishing touches. It took around an hour to accomplish this
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PAINT Sophomore
Jord an Wright paints his Husker tabl e top in Contrusction and Woodworking. Photo by Katie Kortan/
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INTERVIEW Sophomore Jordan Roszhart participated in a mock job interview with U.S. Bank. Every term the career education classes participate
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GAMING. Junior Austin Von Rentzell worked on making a video game for Foundations of ITE. It was difficult work.
Photo by Katie Kortan/Talon
LASER. Juniors Cody Bristol and Taylor Tunnison used a laser to imprint on paper. It only took a few minutes and you could design anything
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DATABASE. Sophomore Caleb Schauble works on setting up a database and inputting information in Computer Apps.
Photo by Katie Kortan/Talon
DESIGN. Junior Derek Dennis designs images in CAD. Dennis enjoys this class because he can be creative. Photo by Leah Letcher Talon
WRI TE Sophomore Taylyn Watson is in Career Education writing a thank you letter to the individual who interviewed her. Photo by Katie Kortan/Talon
DESIGN. Sophom ore ,obby Jagadich and Rea ga Berge~ ~pend time in Cc r Ed a ss1st1ng each othe r in 'riting a cover letter to put 0 , ,r 0 resume
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SAND . Sophomore Cassie R tzlaff uses t he drumsander in Wo od working and Construction. She wc,s one of the only girls in the clas s Pr, o to bY
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Business/ Industrial Arts
Designing a plan for your future
Building. Planning. Constructing. Interviewing. All ways to help shape your future. Industrial Arts classes were important whether or not you will have a career in that field. Business classes were the same way.
Economics classes taught common knowledge needed for being on your own in the future. Sports Marketing was of high interest for athletes and others who enjoyed learning about athletic news and sports related topics. Business Marketing was popular for those interested in owning or managing their own business.
Computer applications taught how to use computers and programs on them like Microsoft Word. Lessons for better typing skills was also included in the class.
'We are working on a new unit in Computer Apps called Access Database. You set up a database and input the class data. Students like this activity because of all the moving around they get to do," said teacher Mary Schropfer.
Career Education was designated to help students plan for their future. It included activities like mock interviews, speakers and job shadowing.
"We spend a large portion of the term preparing for the mock interviews. Classes get really nervous but always end up doing well," teacher Shelly Tvrdy explains. Students receive tips as well as prepare resumes and cover letters for the interviewers and afterwards, write them thank you letters.
Industrial arts classes included several areas. Cad Tech worked with designs on computers. Welding included basic skills and techniques. Theatre Tech, Cad Engineering, Intro to Construction/Woodworking, Foundations of ITE, and Landscape Design were also available.
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GOOGLE. Junior Mitch Domant
Qoog les NFL pictures in Sports
Mar ketin g . Students get to pretend
th ey own their own football team and learn how to advertise. Photo by Leah Letcher/talon
SCRAPE. Freshman Dustin Kaiser is scraping glue off of his table He said it was the easiest part, taking only about 15-20 minutes. Photo by Katie Korfan/talon
Freshmen Connor Blankenau and Michael Langfeldt pper for a contest in the .wmter pep rally for Asian ts had to eat :multiple pep rs to w.ip a shirt. When ting thern, then they we • to hoto i • r · sf
.~ •Aa foooo •: ; ents show their Hawk pride by dressing t(Vfor tn ck-out at the Lincoln Hi9:h boys varsit r basketball ~ame. So:rne rnade signs for players, like th1, one for Ty Yeacl½y. Because he has red hair they :ma e fire engine sirens: Rh?to by Aubrey W oolman! Talon
1',ance! Senior , ~woll Junior Danny· Uiter uses a L/to his ~oup's 1 ,}:machine in advanced wei~ht training sWitch rally. In s • ally the boys to work his pectorals. This cfa.ss ~as took over the girl -~eader spots and usually taken by upperclassmen a:s :male teachers too' • fo! the Emeralds. • ' a block filler or jUSt to stay in shape.
Li~hting up a path! Counselor Ti:rn £rnst points at counselor Joyce Lel :1 's shoes as she odels them. These shoes have hghtsbn the:rn and were :made b _. _ Ernst as a joke. Photo hy Kali SchwenJ. el Photo1ournruism
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a school. Its apla~e where we have school will be awesome but for others qci//erschool spirij, take pr.ide in what we it-can be a struggle. To some, high do and most of all enjqy high school. school is the best 4 years of thier lives
Other students, teachers and - so far. staU me Jhe base of our school. .- 'leoving high school is going The people alloy{ us·to make good t~ • e really hard because overall it memories and build friendships that means leaving my friends. Besides last lifetimes. Ma~y relationships built them I will miss the routine, sports, between people during their four and easy classes," senior Ali Carstens years in high school will impact the said. rest of their lives. :
New at Southwest first term was S.H.O.S (Silverhawks Helping Other Silverhawks). On PLC days all fresAmen reported to the cafeteria to participate in S.H.O.S. Upperclassman helped any freshman struggling with classes. The goal of this group was to increase the • I status at our schjtOI to include eve de, as .. bs increase academ erformances.
citop walking! Student Council holds a ,}cake walk at lunch,. Any student can participate as long as they pay a dollar. Proceoos from th.is walk went to the Giving Tree for Croars. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
FRESHMEN
How would you spend your first day at IIogwarts.
" I would meet the ugly guy that doesn't have a nose. His name starts with a V and then I would super glue a nose on his face. I would also tame Fluffy and make him my body guard. -Justin Wiley
"I would definitely spend my day in the plant room, so I could hear those annoying little plant babies scream" -Laura Haniszewski
Chelsea Adams
Jesse Adams
Taylor Adams
Tyler Adams
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Stephanie Ahrens
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Julia Albrecht
Matthew Andersen
Eric Anderson
Hope Anderson
Josie Anderson
"I would spend my day flying on various instrument and get my owl ." - Suzanne Polzkill
"I would explore t hJ school and try to meet all the tea c t· · ers and figure ou t all the secrets at t r school." -Mikayla Jtterthwaite
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Tommy Anderson
Hevin Anderson-Kirstine
Austin Angel
Braydon Ashton
Lauren Ayars
Zach Ayotte
Andrew Badami
Joel Barber
Holly Barr
Mallory Bastin
Morgan Bath
Joshua Bauer
Jillianne Bax
Zachery Beck
Sam Beckenhauer
Mackenzie Becker
Conor Behrens
Hayley Bell
Katie Belt
Nicholas Berte
Tanner Bice
Connor Blankenau
Taylor Boesiger
Jam ie Bohlen
Olivia Bolden
Tyler Bordeaux
Meredith Bowen
Sam Brewster
Morgan Brinkerhoff
Justin Brinkman
Raeann Bronder
Tara Brookhouser
Randy Bruns
Lena Buckner
TJ Burbach
Em ily Burd
Jenna Burgason
Noah Burke
Breeanna Burkinshaw
Sonny Burns
Rache l Burress
Forrest Burroughs
Addison Byers
Thomas Byrne
Abry Cahoon
Josh Calidonna
Frannie Calkins
Veronica Campos
Michael Carnes
Peyton Carney
Mikaela Carstens
Mackenzie Casement
Jessica Castillo
Hannah Caulkins
Cris Cazun
River Chandler
Taytem Chapman
Celeste Chapp
Katelynn Charroin
Elliot Choi
Georgina Cisneros
Alex Clark
Jessica Clemens
Michael Clinch
Connor Comstock
Nick Conger
Joshua Cook Cassie Cooper
Kendra Cooper
Ryann Cooper Barton
Clayton Cope
Ben Cuca
Karlye Cygan
Erin Dail
Griffin Day
Jon Deeds
Kelsey Degenhardt
Tanner Deiro
Tara Deschaine
Nate Devivo
Jared Dickey
Hope Dillman
Tyler Dirksen
McKenna Dodd
Jena Domach
C.hristian Donohue
Ashlyn Draper
Michaela Dreeszen
Nathan Duff
Elaina Dye
Ashley Earnest
Ty Elgin
Brooke Emmert
Moriah Eppert
Chelsea Erickson
Melissa Etherton
Jonathon Ewalt
Eliza Fal lick
Keven Feng
Kaylyn Fern
Austin Feuerhammer
Kelsey Finchum
Aimee Fischer
Alyson Fitzgerald
Nicholas Fitzsimmons
Courtney Fleecs
Lily Flentje
Chase Florom
Quinton Flynn
Caleb Frank
Katelyn Frank
Brooke Fraser
Jonathan Freese
Samantha Fruh
Nicole Gemar
Ashley Gifford
Brittany Gill
Taylor Glass
Derek Glen
Marisa Gocke
Caitlin Goin
Ashley Goosic
Matt Greenfield
Mark Grodnov
Catherine Gross
Chase Grossman
"How do you £eel after surviving your freshman yea.r?'
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Freshman year ca n be a very difficult time . You are just beginning at a new school, where almost all aspects are new. It ca n be hard to get used to a t first, but everyone gets th e hang of it eventually. This is a start to some of the best four years of your life. The first year will fly by.
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Top 5 things NOT to do
Severa l freshme n were as ked what to avoid do ing in the hal lway
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Alex Hansen
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Bailey Rangel en c o rages incoming freshme n to "always do your best if no t it really does count agai n s~ you. Nobody wants to re p ~ at classes again as a soph omore."
Getting good gra s is one of the most impo rt a, t parts of freshman year b e cause this is the first ye ar start making an impress io for colleges.
Justin Reynold's b E t advice for the new stud e r, ~s is to "get involved in sp o rt • and other activities. " Ge tting involved is the best Vv 1y to meet new people o f a grades . "Have fun. Its no t ( s bad as it seems," Keeg ar , Rezac said. Freshman ye r is made-out to be one o f the hardest years, but wh you make it enjoyable , if < simple.
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Nathan Harless
Megan Hartman
Kylie Haseloh
Charli Hayes
Christian Hedstrom
Colt Heiden
Hannah Heiden
Sim Heier
Brandy Hellerich
Breyanna Hellerich
Hunter Hennecke
Kelsey Hillman
Sydney Hinton
Ayo Hinz
Brian Hodges
Ryan Hoeven
Mia Hoffer
Nicole Hoffman
Taylor Hogeland
Max Hoobler
Jessi Horan
Katie Hosler
Mark Hruska
Jackson Huber
AJ Hudson
Quinn Hullett
Anna Hurlbut
Caden Huskey
Brittany Hutchens
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Lisa Ingham
Jessica Izaguirre
Gracen Jackson
Bryce Jelinek
Taylor Jensen
Attyn Johnson
Katie Johnson
Mitchell Johnson
Schyler Johnson
Zachary Johnson
Branden Jones
Ellie Jons
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Bai ley Jorgensen
Sara Juengel
Allison Jurgens C) Dustin Kaiser
David Kaltenberger
Yasmine Kamelian
Baxter Kanter
Austin Kapke
Med ina Karie
Alexa Kasi
Lauren Kelsay
Amy Keys
Nicole Kielian
Eun Hye Kim
Chase King
Grant King
Logan Kinney
Corey Kinser
Sarah Klostermeyer
Madison Klute
Zane Knopp
Drew Kober
Cory Kobza
Kels ie Koch
Tyler Koch
Zachary Koenig
Bailey Koerperich
Katie Kolodziejski
Kelsey Koozer
Chandler Krull
Sean Kubicek
Cassie Kuhn • Emma Kumwenda
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David Laird
Michael Langfeldt
Jessica Larsen
Jason Lauenroth
Trevella Lawson H Christian Leblanc
Christina Leggett
Ana Leija
Jacob Lenhoff
Kaci Leppky
Cierra Lieb
Ryan Lindahl
Elizabeth Loos
Tristan Loth
Elijah Lovell
Michael Lowery
Danica Lowrey
Erin Lukin
Schyler Luther
Bailey Lytle
Owen Maher
Jonathan Mahlin
William Malcom
Clayton Malone
Matthew Mansur
Brittany Marchand
Drue Marr
Dylan Marshall
Braxton Martin
Jordan Martin
Janette Martinez
Natalia Martinez
Ashley Mason
Trevor Mason
Mazie Massa
Joe Massey
Hunter Maude
Megan May
Connor Mayhew
Jt Mccarter
Karli McCluskey
Madison McGuire
Mitchell McMeekin
Ashlee Meader
Morgan Meeks
Molly Meister
Mattison Merritt
Justin Mescher
A First look at High School Dabng
Freshmen share ad.vice on dating
\\I think a typical high school relationship should last around four weeks because there are a lot of fish in the sea."
\\Relationships in highschoo1 are a lot more serious than in middle school. You can also date people of all ages."
-Rachel Burress
Alyssa Meyer
Jon Meyer
Avery Micek
Robert Millard
Baleigh Miller
Tayler Millspaugh
Jake Mitchell
Barret Moyer
Lukas Mroz
Adis Mujagic
Kiernan Mullin
Benjamin Murphy
Klara Murphy
Darius Myles
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Kansas Naquin
Natasha Naseem
Soman Nasur
\\My first high school relationship lasted one month. It wasn't very successful because there was a lot of drama."
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Christie Nguyen
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Sean Nordgren
Zoe Norris
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Avery Prai
Austin Quinton
Cristian Ramos
Bailey Rangel
Harrison Raphael
Matthew Rehn
Jackson Rempe
Maggie Rempe
Jason Reynders
Justin Reynolds
Keegan Rezac
Alyssa Richtarik
Alexis Rienks
Brianna Riggins
Ethan Ripa
Trenton Rittscher
Andrew Roberts
Kelsey Roberts
Zachary Roeder
Chantel Rosenboom
Dylan Rotert
Breanna Rotherham
Austin Rowlett
Amanda Rudd
Jacob Russell Kaitlyn Russell
Annaliese Saathoff
Muhamad Sallae
Bree Somani
Jazmine Santiago Hansel
Robin Sarik
Mikayla Sa~erthwaite
Sierra Schacher
Sebastian Schank
Mikki Schantell
Victoria Scholle
Connor Schueth
Tyler Schuster
Kali Schwenke
Caitlin Senne
Nathanael Sheets
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Sydney Thompson
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Teacher LockdoWil
Imagine everyone else in school was able to leave but you were being forced to stay in one class. room with one teacher. What teacher would you choose, in what room and why?
I would pick Coach Berks in the _ gym because he " loves me and he'd be crackin' jokes. -Freshman Brittney Nelson
Mr. Hennecke in the wood shop room because he is funny. And I could build something with him . -Freshman Colt Hieden
Roberto Torres
Tessa Tramp
Hasan Tran
Huy Tran
Inessa Tran
Markee Tripp
Tiffany Truong
Christopher Tussing
Sierra Ulfers
Makayla Urbauer
Seth Vandergriend
Alexis Villagomez
Cole Villanueva
Dane Vo
Thanh Vo
Nolan Vogel
Nicholas Vrbka
Matthew Vu
Mr. Kobza in t he gym, becaus e he is the cool e st cat in town a n we would have fun.
-Freshman C J Ways Mrs Bales because she explains thing thoroughly an she also is an awesome fu n teacher!
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Jordan Wells
Caitlin Wendel
Jessie West
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Joseph Wh ittle
Rebekah Whittle
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Marysa Wilkinson s
Corey Williams
Cody Williamson
Olivia Willnow
Brandon Wilson (\
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Sammi Wilson
Ellie Wiltfong s
Austin Wirthele
Jessie Wise
Mackenzie Wolfe s
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SO'PHOMORES Awkward Situations
Awkward situations. We all have them, and we all don't want to deal with them. A few of your fellow sophom ores shared their own awkward situations and gave advice on how to deal with them.
"My awkward situation was when I walked into the girls' bathroom and a group of girls just stared at me with weird looks on their faces. Then I ran out."
-Dalton
Meeske
"My awkward situation was when I walked into my locker section and naughty things were going on between two people. They didn't stop. I just walked away not wanting to be there."
-Colton Messman
Story and pictures by Ashley Kent
Parker Ackland
Josh Adams
Bryan Aldendifer
Mercedez Alford
Katy Andersen
Chelsea Anderson
Madison Anderson
Hannah Antholz
Andrew Arkebauer
Karina Arriaga
Jeffrey Athey
Evan Augustyn
Wesley Aust
Freshta Baher
Zachary Baillie
McKenzie Balfany
Josh Banderas
Ashley Barber
Aubriesha Brown
Trenton Bulin
Nyabang Buom
Briana Burchett
Riley Burke
Dylan Bard
Meagan Barger
Amanda Barker
Laura Barker
Seth Barkley
Logan Barta
Jackson Bauer
Michaela Bauer •
Mikayla Bax
Brittany Beard
Mckenzie Beard
Natalie Beard
Chris Beasley
Joseph Bechtle
Riley Bell
Samuel Bennett
Audrey Berck
Reagan Bergen
Max Berger
Wes Berry
Haylee Bice
Alec Bien
Ahstin Bigelow
Dillayn Binder
Brandon Binnick
Kaleb Blakemore
Alexis Bloomfield
Deric Boden
Baylor Bond
Brian Botz
Andrew Bowers
Joey Bratt
Taylor Brethouwer
Abi Bro
Preethy Brockman
Kylie Brookhouser
Derek Byerly
Ryan Byler
Tony Carnazzo
J J Carngbe
Ryan Carstenson
Brooks Carveth
Brittany Cash
Gabe Casper
Allyssa Castoral
Emily Cecava
Sara Chaloupka
Christine Choe
Konrad Christen
Natasha Cidlik
Kyle Clark V) Dellante' Clark-Brown
Sean Cody Marcos Cordova
Hannah Cornish
Trevor Cotton 1-J
Claire Crawford
Scott C ross
Andy Cuevas
Malory Dahl
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Catherine Dalton ()
Jonathon Danson 1-J
Patrick Davidsaver
Sydney Davidson
Gina Fay Delaney
Kristen Delisi • Sidney Delozier
Vladimir Demyanovskiy
Jayden Denning
Lindsey Deprez
Cody Deters
Michelle Dixon
Nyakiam Domach
Courtney Donald
Joshua Dugger
Hannah Duncan
Amanda Dunn
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Anna Eisenmann C
Sean Elstun 7J
Betsy Elwood
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Alex Embree ·M
Nathaniel Eppens Q
Andrew Epperson •
Joe Espinosa
Elizabeth Nguyen Evans •
Zachary Ewalt •
Jonathan Fangme ier
Chance Farley
Emily Fech
Claire Fergen
Patricia Flores
David Flores Robles
Emma Fortney
Kortny Francis
Carlton Frazier
Mara Frey
Jordan Fricke
Riley Fricke V\ r't ()
Lauren Fry '<
Kelcee Fuller
Sara Fulton
Nicholas Fynbu
Erin Gandall
Brooklyn Gartner ' :.
Nyaboth Gatkek
Nyaduoth Gatkek
Joelle Genetti fb'
Cecilia George
Maddy Giraud
Kylie Gokie
Sawyer Gore
Austin Graham
Taylor Graham
Austin Grams
Lucas Grossman
Bryce Gruhn
What's your limit?
Growing up comes with responsibility. As sophomores you are finally getting a taste of high school. One issue that many teens complain about is curfews.
Many sophomores said it was good to have curfews because creepy people come out at night and curfews keep people safe. On the other hand some students think curfews are lame
Some students even said part of the reason they have no curfew is because they don't go out late. They don't want to pay the consequences of being tired the next day. Every punishment varies with parents.
Jeremy Nielson said, "I
Matthew Guerra
Chloe Gutmann
Karly Haas
Miranda Hager
Jas Hahn
Jacob Hahne
get my phone taken away or I get grounded for a month if I come home past l O p.m."
Dane Kaiser said, " I get my car take away if I'm home past midnight "
Curfews come with responsibilities, consequences and extenuating issues like trustworthiness and even law-abiding issues. (People think if you're out late you will vandalize or even party.)
Each sophomore has the choice to MAKE OR BREAK THE CURFEW.
"My curtew is Wont it to be 10.Jo P.rn I though ,, on hour lot • • -Sorn Potter er
''I never really go anywhere but I think my curfew is 11 p.m. Ifs fine with me just how it is." -Aubriesha Brown
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Nicole Hamilton
Kyle Hanna
Dustin Hansen
Charli Harker
Trevor Harris
Kylie Hass
Megan Hastings
Harry Hazen
Ben Heiliger
Taylor Heller
Brandon Hendrix
Lizbeth Hernandez
Nikole Hevelone
Taylor Hiatt
Lance Hiebner
Caitlin Hight
Tristan Hilderbrand
Matthew Hilfiker
"My curfew is 1 1 P.m. on the week nights a nd 12 midnight o n the weekend s And I don't m in d my Curfew." - Tr_'., Uhrmacher
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Molly Holbrook
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Ashley Kent
Trevor Kerns
Kammyle Key
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Dylan Kitchen ('-
Neal Klein
Kadin Kline
Ryan Klute
Riley Knop
Nick Knapik
Vita Konovalchuk
Cami Kopetka
Eli Koziol
Ryan Krapfl
Heather Lahners
Ethan Lambe
Marisa Laue
Jacey Lawrence
Dzung Le
CJ Lechner
Alexandra Lee
Ashlyn Lee
Ha Yoon Lee
Jesse Lee
Lorin Le ifert
Alex Lemon
Timmy Lentz
Erin Lenz
Shelby Leschinsky
Brandon Levinson
Aaron Lewis
Christopher Lit
, Macy Lloyd
Robert Logan
Conn~r Logsdon
Tyler Lojka
Kayla Loomis
Angela Lorenz
Graydon Loth
Ali Love
Dorion Lowery
Mallory Luebbe
Troy Lugn
Ericka Lyons
Alexandra Mabry
Emily Maher
Juan Maldonado
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Jeremy Nielson
Peter Niimi
Luke Nispel
Alex Malone
Morgan Malone
Erin Mansur
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Hunter Miller ()
Kody Miller l
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Kiara Moody
Charles Moore
Jack Moore
Emily Morris l_c· V\
Levi Morris ()
Meaghan Muehling ()
Andrew Muir ()
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Gabrielle Myers
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Devon Nelson
Mikayla Nelson
Tristen Nelson
Samantha Nessetti
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JUSTDANC£
May be an expert on th is dance since he admitted he doesn 't mind doing it in public. "Once in awhile when I wan na get down in public I'll break out the Stanky Leg ,"
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Alana O ' Neill Guzman
Courtney Oldham
Eric Oltman
Daniela Ortiz Gallegos
Ashlee Osborn
Did you ever get caught dancing in the hallways? Have you ever YouTube'd the latest dance moves? Do you teach your friends how to do a ridiculous dance? Sophomores kept up with the latest dance craves. The most common among the class is the Stanky Leg, while the worst dance "Crank Dot Soulja Boy" was invented. ()
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Miguel Ostiguin
Kaylee Otto
Michael Oulianov
Metzli Patino Zanella
Taylor Paugh
Jordan Peet
Mason Perry
Curtis Pester
Josh Petersen
Ashley Peterson
Gunnar Peterson
By the vote of sophomores "Crank Loving to dance the latest dance Knowing how to break it d o Vv ' Dot soulja Boy'' was the worst moves was Diamond Shoust She on the dance floor was Set dance invented Josh agreed. His expressed her dance on the step Barkley. His favorite dance v- .1 s Favorite dance is the "Re ject' The team and around schoo l. Her favor- the "reject' but he's known "Reject' is O common but difficult ite dance is dougieing , douging is best for doing the "John w a " dance to do Many youtube to from '.h? song 'Teach Me how to which he performed at th e learn how . Dougie . Dance Off in September . Story and p icture Felic ia Lopez
Nicole Peterson
Valerie Peterson
Gabe Pfeiffer
Garrett Pfingsten
Mason Pickett
Alex Pieloch
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Cassandra Ratzlaff ()\
Will Reber
Jon Rehm ()
Trevor Rentschler s-
Kelsee Richardson
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Taylor Roberts
Gabriela Rodriguez s-
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Jordan Roszhart s-
Samantha Rucker ('
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Javier Sanchez :+
Mackenzie Sanchez -
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Sidnee Satter s-
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Austin Schafer (' --
Caleb Schauble
Tia Scheel 0
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Breanna Schmidt -
Tori Schroeder <
Newt Shallenberger
Sadia Shamal
Brad Shaner
Nolan Shea
Isabella Zier
Zach Zumwalt
Kristina Zvolanek
Dakota Tupper H
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Samantha Vallabhbhai 7J
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Dillon Walters
Alexander Warzecha
Matt Watson
Taylyn Watson
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Leah Weber r-t.
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Michael Weskamp
Jordan Wetzel
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Anthony Wiegert
Dane Wiley
Aulana Williams
Jordan Williams
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I A "How-To" Book
A "how-to" is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. A how-to is usually meant to help non-experts, and the technique has a long history as a way of sharing knowledge. Some of your fellow students share their how-to or survival guides to school and above all things, life.
"If I could write a 'how to book' I would fill it on how to love all people. Some of my advice would be to never get caught up in temporary things, and not get mad at friends for pointless things."
Nicki Ahlschwede
Munif Al-kazahy
Sarah Alby
Emily Allaire
Aaron Allen
Gabby Alvarez
Eduardo Anaya
Joe Anderbery
Austin Andersen
Harper Anderson
Julia Anderson
Maggie Anderson
Riley Anderson
Shelby Anderson
Tawny Anderson •
Tyler Anthony
Saki Aota
Darcy Arends
"I would fill my 'how to book' wit h how to live and not just exist, a guide on how to not regret anything that made you happy, o ne how to not worry and dwell abo the stupid things in life."
"If I could write my own guide book I wo Jld teach everyone in the world how to get J nuke on 'Call of Duty.' I also would give 1 'W best advice in life: Dream as if you'll liv forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow. Al sc never order the blueberry pancakes at 11lage Inn even if Christa recommends it still love you, Christa! (wink wink)"
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Ashley Baroud
Shane Bateman
Hailey Batterton
Came ron Beattie
Derek Beatty
Grant Behrens ' Tavar ius Bender
Noemi Berkowitz
Jaraka Berringer
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Evan Bischoff
Ariel Blackman
Tyra Bluford-Bedford
Kelsey Boesiger ()
Anna Bogdanov
CJ Bolden (A (b
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Tori Bowers
Casey Brant
Daniel Brawner
Cody Bristol
Makenz ie Brookhouser
Jordan Brooks
Mark Brown
Courtney Bryant
Sean Buckwald
Emma Bueling
Julian Buettgenback
Kayley Burd
Lacey Burgess
Trew Bushhousen
Melissa Byerly
Clara Calkins
Maricela Campos
Tania Carroll QJ
Connor Carstens
Gentry Carveth
Saul Castillo Rosales
Andrew Castor
Courtney Catlett
Brandon Charroin
Eun Jin Chung - Yaquelin Cisneros • Shelby Clausen
Nicholas Clayburn
Andrew Clyne
Hannah Coatney
Kyle Coffey
Tyler Comfort QJ
Haley Condello
Zachary Cook
Mikola Cooper
Bruna Corrales
Amy Cotton
Haylee Cotton
Joe Creglow
Katelyn Crew
Michelle Crites
Bailey Crowl
Azia Cruz
Elizabeth Dalke
Benjamin Domke
Madison Deeds
Michaela Degagne
Rebecca Denell
Derek Dennis
Jacob Denniston
Elizabeth Dike
Erin Dike
Tyler Dion
Tyler·Dittbrenner
Mitchell Domant
Alexis Dougherty
Kimani Douglas
Ehan Douglass-Wiley
Rachel Dowd
Shaylyn Doyle •
Harrison Drake
Sophia Dranicki
Nicole Dreeszen
Chasidy Drueppel
Drew Dupont
Austin Dutcher
Timothy Dvorak
Zackary Edwards
Alyssa Eitzmann
Brady Eklund
Nikki Elgin
Kyle Ellison
Bailey Ernst
Samantha Essma~ Cashmear Evans
Allison Everman
Dylan Exstrom
Addison Fairchild
Britney Feuerhammer
Coren Fielder
Shaun Fischer
Brent Flentje
Julio Flores
Kelsey Follmer
Terin Ford
Allie Fowler
Emma Fraser
Gavin Friehauf
Danny Funk
Alexandra Gallardo
Raven Gatewood
Ryan Geisert
Sam Gemar
Cole Genrich
Ahona Ghani
Cell Phone Excusesl
You're in class, you need to text someone, you take out your phone and you get caught. Many of us have been through this experience, and most have used our phones in class at least once. Some are just better a t hiding it than others.
But don't forget the infamous adrenaline rush you get when you hear your teacher ask for your phone. It can m9ke your heart pound and it isn't a pleasant experience. What is the greatest excuse you have used or heard?!
Best excuse!
"I brought up the first amendment as a joke, and they let me keep it."
-Joe Anderbery
Worst thing that has happened to you "I had to write a paper about a Chihuahua!"
-Hailey Batterton
What is the funniest thing that has happened to you?
"It was a sub and he didn 't know what to do with it so he let me keep it "
-Shay Doyle
What is the funniest thing you've seen happen to someone else?
'\People making pathetic excuses , they would rather go to t he office than give up their phone."
-Joroko Berringer
How do you text in class?
"I just text on top of the table most of the time. The teachers are really laid back if you don't abuse it Otherw
I text by my pocket or under the table."
-Dolton Kopke
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James Gilson
Dylan Glen
Luke Gormley
Hayden Grabast
Trey Graf
Reagan Gropp
Emmajane Gruhl
Brandon Guenther
Alex Guyer
Nathan Guyer
Jayden Hagood
Christian Hale
Hannah Hamilton
Hope Hamilton •
Hayley Hamm
Lee Hampton
Jacqie Hansen
Dan-iel Hanson
Andrew Hargrave
Chase Hartman
Megan Haugerud
Sydney Hayes
Andy He
Chris Heath
Hayley Heiden
Kelsey Helget
Austin Hempfling
Ciera Henery
Allison Herbert
Carlos Hernandez
Carter Hill
Mary Hillis
Elsa Hines
Alex Hinton
Kyle Hinz
Nancy Ho
Xuan Sang Ho
Andrew Hoeven
Molly Hogancamp
Ashton Holechek
Neil Holly
Julia Honnens
Jordan Horan
Michael Horst
DJ Hosler
Matt Howard
Nathan Hummel
Rebecca Humphress
Thao Huynh
Kelsey Imhof
Michael Ingle
Josh Isherwood
Eric Jaacks
Daniel Jaber
Marissa Jackson
Grace Jacobson
Ashley Janssen
Haley Janssen
Darren Jenkins
Kristof Jensen
Berit Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Kayla Johnson
Stephanie Johnson
Tre Johnson -
Abbey Jones
Ashley Lynn Jones
Jennifer Jones
Jake Jordan
Austin Jurgena
James Kalita
Ahsan Kamal
Dalton Kapke
Kris Kapperman
Russell Kaup
Dalton Kellogg
Lisa Keys
Jil l Kieffe r
Toe-woo Kim
Sydney King
Qj Devin Kirstine
Jacob Kloefkorn
Milan Knezovich Qj
Breeanna Knopp 'ii Ian Kobler
Dam ian Kobza
Sarah Kocher ·• Jacob Koenig • Tom Kolodziejski
Sydney Konigsmark
Ludo Konovalchuk
Katelyn Koozer
Jaclyn Kort
Katie Kortan
John Kosch
Kristen Kramer
Makenna Kroeker
Dominique Krout •
Kelly Krueger
Kanai Kuhne l
Mirela Kulovac
Jordyn Labadie
Celeste Labedz
Shelby Landreth
Cecilia Laughter
Quentin Lazaro
Chung Jae Lee
Jimmy Lee
Cristian Leija
Logan Lemka
Colton Leppky
Ella Leupold
Matt Lickei
Boone Lieb
Spencer Lindahl
Lana Livermore
Alyson Lottman
Hannah Love
Josef Lovell
Chris Lowrey
Eva Lube
Scott Luedtke
Emma Mabry
Aaron Mack
Austin Mack
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Andrew Martinez :
Paige Masters • =
Dylan Matthews
Marissa May
Nick May
Lexis Mccaslin
Seth McCollum
Trevor Meader
Josh Medlin
Jasmine Meiergerd
Jessica Mendoza
Jessica Meyer
Kasha Meyer
Dalton Miles
Prom. Prom. Prom.
Juniors always look forward to what, for most, is their first year of attending prom. Besides dressing up in formal wear, finding the right dress, and surviving the night of prom, one of the highlights of prom is being asked to the dance. The following people explained the most creative experiences that have happened to them or they wish would happen to them regarding prom.
" Since I am an MC at pep rallys, I would discretely give the girl flowers leading up to the rally, then ask her to come down, get down on one knee holding more flowers and ask her to prom on the spot."
Dan Peters
Jasmine Miller
Joss Miller
Rebekah Miller
Jessica Mills
Morgan Mills
Tren Minhas
Maty Montoya
Kevin Morales Marenco
Jose Moreno
Sammie Morrison
Mickey Morton
Sammi Motschenbacher
Seherzada Muhic
Logan Mullin
Whitney Munn •
David Munro
Andrew Murphy
Nevin Murphy
"I think the most creative way a guy could ask would be by making me a tape saying 'YOUR DATE should you choose to accept it, will be with NAME at TIME on DAY. You will be picked up by a person wearing (DESCRIBE). Your date will self-destruct if you do not reply by DATE." From Mission Impossible.
"First off, I'm the dude and I 'I do the asking. So I would wri te out 'Prom' on all of the flowe r pedals and give the flower to the chick."
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Jake Reynolds
Mike Richards
Cole Ridder
Jigme Rinchen
Jacob Ripa
Zachary Roach
Taylor Roberts
Ethan Rohde tJ) Cameron Rose
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Ashley Rudd
Shanna Rurup
Summer Sadat
Landon Sadler
L Senad Salja
Laine Sanburg >- Georgina Sanchez
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Brandon Scalf
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• Taylor Scharper
• Halley Schlemmer
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Justin Schoen
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Zach Shanahan •
Katy Sheaff
Andrea Sheets •
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Ricky Skillett
Nick Small (b
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Monica Smid (b
Lillian Snajdr
Dakota Sonderup
Patrick Soucie
Alyssa Stander ,;:
Collin Stange
Molly Steadman
Samantha Steele le a
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Brynn Stock a
Jordan Stoddard .....,.
Tyler Stokes
Kaeli Stone
Jordan Straight
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Riley Sullivan
Sydney Svec
Tyler Svoboda
Halle Swann
Alicia Szudlo
Nadia Tadysheva
Thomas Tammen
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Dewayne Taylor
Trouble £inding parking spots in the morning?!
You're driving to school and suddenly think of where you're going to park. Do you think of parking by yo ur friends? Close to the school? Or just a random spot?
l. What time .do you normally come to school?
2. Do you usually try to park by your friends?
3. On a scale l to 5, is it hard to find a good parking spot? (1 being easy 5 being hard) l 2 3 4 5
4. What is a good parking spot to you?
Taylor Roberts
l. 8:00 a.m.
2. No
3. 2
4 The parking lot nearest to D'leons usually has a good amount of parking spots, and its much easier to get out after school.
Eva Lube
l. 7:30 a.m.
2. Yes
3. l
4. Over by the tennis courts, there's less cars and a lower possibility of getting door dings.
Blake Walker
l . 8 : l3a.m.
2. Yes
3. 2
4 Visitors lot, or really close to the school.
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Natal ie Thomason
Erik Thompson
Ty Thompson
Jennifer Tickle
Rebecca Toelle
Erica Trautman Zak Tripp
Erika Troester
Lauren Troester Tram Tu
Gabriel Tufts
Taylor Tunnison
Caleb Ullman · Nicole Ullman
Devin Ullsperger
Marissa Upton
Emily Zeilinger
Leon Zhang
Haley Urwiler
.Madison Vachal
Madeline Van Deusen
Kana Leia Veney
Vincent Villamonte
JimmyVo
Fred Vogel
Austin Von Rentzell
Courtney Wagner
Derek Wagner
Mariah Wailes
Blake Walker
Mallory Waller
Trey Wayne
Timothy Webb
Jenny Wehrli
Jake Weldon
Stephan Wendeln
Josh West
Carleigh Whelan
Tyler White
April Whiting
Montana Whittle
Michaela Wilson
Amanda Wimmer
Becca Wolf
Seth Wolkenhauer
Sibyl Wood
Sydney Worley
Jennifer Yanagida
Bo Yarabe
Duop Viel
Tesloach Viel
Kaleb Young
Eduardo Zavala
Brittany Zeiger
SENIORS
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Heathe r Byrne Eliezer Calderon Robles Nate Caldwell
Suzan ne Carnazzo Ali Carstens Derek Carstens
Shawn C haloupka Caylee Chambers Drew Chancellor
Dakotah Cheever Charles Chen
Haley Christensen
Ellie C lin c h Ben Coatney Jill Coatney
Briana Campbell
Austin Cassner
Cody Chapman
Taylor Christiansen
Samm Collicott
Tierra Campbell
Arlene Cazun
Katy Chapman
Sara Christianson
Abby Collins
g·the Ha1lw-~ys
Seniors have had to put up with bad hallway traffic for fo r years. They had their own methods in making their way throug h the crowds. Four seniors were surveyed on how they survived t e hallways.
How do you get people out of your way in the hallways? -"They aide-step out of my business." ¥-.~ M~GNusoN
Most annoying thing ·about the hallways to you? -"People standing in clumps and they know they're blocking the way!"
Are you guilty of standing in the middle of the hallways? -"Yeah. I don't realize I'm doing it al though I don't do 1t often."
Have your hallway habits changed since freshman ye )r? - "I take longer a tridea, being a foot taller."
Story and Pictures by Jessica Ernesti
Dalten Collins
Tegan Colton Alanna Connely Detric Cook Natalie Cooper
Caitie Cornelius Richard Coryell Jacob Coufal Benjamin Crelin
Skyler C ro wl
Tessa Daug herty
Brandon De lg ado
Taylor Dobbs
Brandon Earha rt
Tayl e r Culhane
Shane Davidson
Matthew Delisi
Brian Doland
Adam Egger
Jenna Cunningham Casey Dallman Tyler Damerst
Destiny Davis Faith Davis Jake Dearment
Katie Denell
Natalie Derr
Tony Devries
Ali Dougherty Justin Dugas
Brittni Eitzmann
Taylor Elgin Jacob Elliott
Faith Fantroy
Genesis Flores Robles
Andrew Francis
Kristina Fantroy
Samantha Fergus
Abigail Flory
Emily Frandsen
K. C. Farley Sarah Faubel Jami Felton
Ben Fischbein Aaron Fischer Brandon Fisher
Will Folsom Alex Ford Adam Foster
Kendra Frank Matthew Frank
Ellie Franke
Clayton Fre d e rick Travis Freeburg
Chelsea Fricke
Karli Ga in es Gregory Gandall Aleck Gao
Schuyler Gee ry-zink Briana Giles
Zachary Gokie
Abby Graham Ryan Grandel
Danielle Grau
Atley Gustafso n Carey Haefele
Alexander Hagan
Jordyn Fuller
Berenice Gonzalez
Cody Gray
Tariq Hamed
Corinne Fuoco
Logan Gates
Andy Gospodarski
Tori Greene
Sarah Hamelin
Se"'-to
TRROUGHOUT ALL 4
YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL
NO ONE KNEW THAT...
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NO ONE: KNEW THAT: "I collect bells. Its not something that I like to brag about I started when I was 6 and everywhere I go I get one. I have around 80 bells "
Secret-noun. [see-krit] something that is ke t hidden, or concealed; a mystery. Being in high school it is tough to keep a see r t from people, whether it is something about yo ur lifestyle or something that happened last we _ kend, things travel fast. If you survived Southwe st without people knowing every little quirk abo ut you, then you are considered lucky ... Here a e some of them.
NO ONE: KNEW THAT: "I hate loose hair, when if s hangin off of someone's clothes or just anywhere, I can't stand it." (D z _J _J UJ co >z 0 I 1z <(
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Story and Pictures -by Aubrey Woolman
Nicholas Hamilton
Samantha Hart Se.~tors
Taylor Hansen
Kayla Hass
Alex Hargrave
Hami lton Hasty
Colleen Harris Kamal Harris
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Rachel Havekost Micah Hayden
Hadlee Henr ic hs Andrew Henry Hannah Herman
Kyrsten Hesshe imer Adam Hill
Andrew Hill
Melvin Hite Dylan Hodges
Joshua Ho lbrook
Yakima Hopper Matthew Hormandl Allie Hurlbut
Michael Hekl
~Jathan Hermsmeyer
Heather Hillebran Jayson Holechek Miranda lenn
Taylor Hernandez
Sophie Hines
Emma Hoppe
Allie Imhof
John Jaso
Erica Johnson
Jessica Jones
Chelsea Keller
Scott Ingham
Gregory Jeffery
Sara Johnson
Tyson Jurgens
Stacy Kellough
Mackinsey Jackson Alex Janssen
Courtney Jarosz
Brandon Jensen Rowdy Jensen Daniel Johnson
Shea Johnson
Amanda Jones Ashley Jones
Stephanie Kahler Kaitlin Karins Klorissa Kava n
Schyler Kerns Shandrelle Kilgore Kun Young Ki m
Toe-wan Kim G e orgia King
Thomas Klostermeyer
Skyler Knuth
Hunter Koch Schieler Koch
Mitchel Kreme r Sarah Kroll
Chase Krueger
Nathan Kumwenda Chelsea Kyle
Drew Labadie
Kassandra Laug hter Courtney Leikam
Chelsea Lemburg
Lucy Kneifl
Conner Koerperich
Spencer Krull
Morgan Lambley
Dylan Lester
Shelby Knorr
Robert Krapfl
Zachary Kuhn
Kadi Larson
Kaleah Le tcher
FRIEND CHECK
Think back to your first day of high school, past what you wearing or what was in your backpack, but to who was there by your side? Are you still friends with those people? The average friendship has no time fram e but these are not average friendships.
Your high school years are anything but average. The people you go to school with see the awkward years for some and watch and witness first hand as you find yourself and grow as a person, but for some frie 1d this could mean growing apart.
For Haley Christensen, the answer was kind of in between. "Yes, I still talk to my best friend from when 1e were freshmen (Sara Johnson) tons, but no we're not still best friends." Christensen said. Omar Attie also ogre .J d that he doesn't talk to his ex "bestie" as much." We're not as close, but we still talk."
There are many reasons for these friendships to end such as "We just sorta grew apart some and start ; d liking different things and hanging out with different people," said Christensen. Atley Gustafson said, "[Things ] •us didn't work out" about her friends from freshmen year but is happy with her new "drama free" friend group.
But not all friendships end. "I've been friends with the same kids since kindergarten (Max Taylor, Andre v,, Francis, Alex Webster and Miles Mulgrue). Some of our parents were friends and it's just a never ending circl " joked Hamilton Hasty. Also Tori Tramp said she has also has "become closer since entering high school" wit h e life long friends.
Sammi Lewis
Logan Logsdon
Story and pictures by Kaitlin Karins
Adam Lif
Lindsey Linville
Nikki Loomis Felicia Lopez
Kit Lofgreen
Mary Beth Loga n
Patrick Lowrey Tanner Lubach
Tyrome Luc a s Cole Lueckenhoff
Sheldon Lukow Kayla Magnuson Michelle Malin •
Zane Mapes Nathan Marks
Connor Marshall Seth Martin
Zach Martin
Diana Martin e z Romana Kathryn Maude
John McCave
Melissa McDermott Katie McKitterick
l Sydney Me iste r Yanely Mendez
Sarni Merchant Cameron Meyer Katelyn Meyer
Alex Michae l Emily Michael Mandy Miller Marlon Miranda Drew Mitchell
Myranda Mixer
Katy Mohatt
Slade Molt
Spencer Montoya-kaplan
Mason Moore
Nicole Nessetti
Ashley Neukirch Tanner Newlun Ryan Newsham
Cindy Nguyen
Michael Nguyen
Austin Nichols Joseph Ninh
Jason Nitz
Mallory Noakes
Alexandria Nolan Evan Novotny
Nikki O'brien
Cori O'Neal
Sarah O ' Ne ill Matt Ober
Maisie Ocampo
Harry O li ve r Hanna Olson Maggie Olson
Tyler Ostrows ky Samone Pabst Quintin Pack
Megan Par ker Jordan Pavel An issa Payne
Kelli Pekarek Ash ley Peters
Nicholas Peters
Sarah Oertli
Tyler Osborne
Nealesh Padhye
Justin Peet
Micah Petersen
Thomas Olin
Antonio Ostiguin
Danielle Parde
Alex Peiman
Tyler Peterson
THEG
We go into elementary school, middle school and then finally high school, all to get a diploma to go to college.
Some students can't wait for that day to come to be out of here, yet others dread the day. All because of what is known as THE GRAD WALK. The graduation walk is your final steps to being in high school. No one wants to be remembered as the one who fell during the walk. They want to be remembered as the
What have you heard about the graduation walk? Good things or bad?
"Both good and bad. It's neNe racking because you might trip, but you feel good for making it through school. 11
Briana Swetson
Are vou nervous for graduation da,~ Why? ,.
one who worked it like a r ractuation day. runway and made it. "I'm not nervous fo g ,, I'm ex-
cited to get out of here. Alex Michael
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WALK
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Matthew Pettit
Lac Phan
Story
Katherine Pieloch
Joe Pinnell
Makall Poulsen
Paul Poulsen Se.ntors
Daniel Prendes
Jacob Quandt
Navid Rahmany Eskandary
Corral Ramos
Amelia Rangel _
Alex Renken
Desiree Ricketts
Markyl Robinson
Bryan Soma ni
Austin Rath
Cynthia Reyes
Austin Ridgeway
Marielle Saathoff
Chelsey Samek
Tanner Reed Bridget Reichenbach
Daniel Reyes Jeff Reyes
Becca Ringleman Jacob Rinke
Hannah Sader Brianna Saeger
Christian Sanderfer Kayla Schaaf
Hailey Reis~r
Ashley Richards
Hannah Robertson
Brittani Salvatore
Stephanie Schantell
$e\f\tors
Hannah Schlemmer
Matt Schwartz
Matthew Sherrill
Miranda Smetter
Matthew Speich
Alexandria Schmidt
Kyle Seuferer
Jacob Sievers
Gregory Smith
Kendrick Stabler
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Emily Schmidt Skyler Schmutzler
Connor Schulte
Emily Shanahan Amanda Shaner
Evan Sheaff
Kalvinder Singh
Megan Sjulin
Abigail Sloup
Jayme Smock
Jenna Sorensen Seth Spataro
Alex Stahl
Ashley Stahl
Katherine Stauff e r
Sydney Stauffer Grace Stebbing
Mackenzie Steinauer
Hillary Stoll Travis Stoltenburg
Jasmin Stonacek
Casey Street Chris Street
Jon Streich
Sophie Stutzman Elizabeth Sundberg
Briana Swetson
Max Taylor
Grant Thomas
Brynn Stewart
Nick Stout
Lindsay Strong
Alexander Tagart
Lucas Thompson
Nathan Stokes
Christaen Strauch
Sascha Stump
Joshua Talbott
Hayden Thomson
hat Will You ·Miss
ost About I-Iigh hool?
Yla II~s:
" ••• hav,'n:3 two ?atte,y cla.sses ,'n one terfr/. Riso I w,'// M,'ss ali the s ha.na.na.:3a.ns ' .••
-Alex We~ter
,, I w,'// ,,.,.,,,'ss S~e,'n:3 ""7Y ./"'r,'ends eVerydo/· Riso I w, M,'ss the teachers a.nd coa.c.hes tha.t I 3rew re/a_t,' sh,Js w,'th. ••
-Evan Nov,
William Threats
Austin Tompkins
Nam Tran
Cody Tinnean
Salem Topalovic
Alyssa Trautman
Story by Aubrey Woolman
Peter Tishkov
Zoe Tobin
Trent Toelle
Joana Torres I Dillon Town
Tori Tramp
Meghan Treece David Tufts
Ahmed Tuma
Lydia Ullma n Jacob Vachal Renna Van Deusen
Veronica Vanderbeek
Kelsey Virus Allan Vo
Brian Vuu Tyler Waddell
Ally Walker Dustin Ward Courtney Ware Cameron Warren
Chris Wasser Kelsey Watson
Jacob Wavada Alex Webster
Aaron Wiese Berindin Wiese
Ellen Wilkinson
Jaylen Vella
Ali Wagoner
Denzel Washington
Hannah Welter
Haley Williams
Third Year
Seniors
The following people are juniors who as of December 2010 have chosen to graduate early with the class of 20 l l .
Mackenzie Wo ita
Kaylie Yarbrough
Kash Wolff
La Monica Ybarra
Julia Honnens
Corinne Wolford
Kristy Yoakum
Mackenzie Woodward
Aubrey Woolm a r
Chris Yokel
Mark Yuen
Lillian Snajdr
STAFF
Tmproving sec~~~nt~;~~l ~~;;ud:::ze~:z the campaign continued to be a top priority for Southwest. if they were willing to follow the "No Place for Hate" n IDs were implemented in 2007-2008 school of not bullying and treating everyone fairly. year, with the S.0.AR theme (Safety, n--ir~~~-._,,,_ "I feel our security is effective, Opportunity, Attendance, Respect/ ..,-=~~-iMJ~ however there is always improvement Responsibility) in 2008. The adding in whatever we strive to do right. But of "Snoop Dog" in early 2009 asked school securily must not create a settin students to scan in and out of that departs from the primary mission different locations. of educating students in a nurturing
In February of 2011 an environment," associate principal John additional securily officer was brought Hastings said. He oversees securily staff c back into the building after this area ___ , heads the safety committee. had been cut last year.
New securi1y staff, Tee Smith and "It.is a good idea to raise our student Plus Multicultural Caucus Belinda Shepard level of consciousness in regards to ha t, introduced the "No Place for Hate" This way students can feel comforta b l , program in January. in addressing and talking about ways for our scho , t, "No Place for Hate" is an organization that be a comfortable place for learning. Effective learnir wants everyone to feel comfortable in his or her own occurs when we can respect our differences, then
skin and not have to worry about being judged at enhance the learning experiences," Hastings said.
Adrninistration:
Story by Madeline Van Deusen and Julia An d ., n
Rob Slauson Keri Applebee
John Hastings Susette Taylor Principal Associate Principal Associate Principal Associate Principal
Sara Mann Dave Gillespie
Kim Carson Duane Baack Special Ed Coord.Athletic Director Assistant Attendance
Virginia Geiger Instructional Coordinator
Terry Abrahams Chair
Lorrie Ford
Te rry Berks Elaine Caster
Melanie Gross Mark Gudgel
Toni Dutton
Matt Heimes
Cyndi Dwyer
Marge Kneifl Sandi Campbell Chair
Toni Heimes
Josh Hinrichs Tony Kobza
Bob Henrichs Dianne Kuppig Lori Nakagawa Marla Payant Todd Pernicek
Tracy Piper
Music:
Denise Cotton Chair
Shirley Roeber Shelly Shanahan Mindy Wright Andrew Jacobson a. Meghan Terry Rush Manning-Kechely
David Hartman Angela Bates Shayla Bushhousen Jeff DeVries
Sid Ihrig Cindy Skiles
Alyx Kn in ht
j Shukria Gharzai Kristin Husbands
(mana g ) r), Lisa
Brenneise, MaNa C a y tano,
Hatti~ Id, Lea Hoeven,
Koval, G b a Krason,
Lottman,
Paolini, Pat Pi p r r, Amy Whitmarsh.
Matt James Kyle Schumann Sara Scofield Cullen Stevens Christin Sutter
Ashli True Chris True
AndyWardyn Jerel Welker
Technicians:
Science:
Industrial Technolo
Athletic Trainers: Security:
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Mark Watt Terry Berks
Jalaina Honda Doug Kaltenberger
Andrew Sherman Scott Skultety
Scott Engel (theater) Brandon Gunderson (computer)
Lis Brenden
Mark King
Scott Vampola
Kathy Herz (instructional)
Mark Shearer Chair
Mike Geist
John Strain
Charley Bittle
Sarah Groth
Kevin Schrad
Not pictured : Nate Myers
Dan Carpenter Greg Cooper
Eugene Kirianov Court Monroe
Tracy Wiese
Jeff Jochum Chair
Cory Free Kevin Hennecke
Crystal Kjar Rebecca Townsend
Tami Lang Dave Blase Jerome Blowers
Belinda Shepard
World Language: Custodial
Russ Raatz Chair Brian Albrecht Lisa Bales
Travis Brady
Jim Danson Jalaina Honda Dennis Hershberger
Alison Kelley Ryan Mahoney Leslie Mann Tanner Penrod Chris Salem Ryan Salem
Alyssa Watson
Aaron Finley Chair Rita Blanco Jolynn Bomberger Susan Cornish
Elaine Harris
Mike Dudek Building Superintendent
Scott Lanham Assistant Buildin g Superintendent
Lori Hemmett Melissa Hernandez James Hill Nila Jacobson Angella Knop
Gerald Miles
Lou Wilken Retired 12/10
Marilyne Phelps Shirley Roeber Jeremy Smith
Custodial Staff: Jay Badorek, Charles Boyce, Mi c hae Caldwell, Rusty Coy, Mark Franckowiak, Matthew Fra m Richard Hartel!, Mark Kemper, Richard King, Beve rl y Kr Nik Rasmussen Not pictured: David Best, Rich Dodlinger, Jolynn Durbin, Scott Linham, and Dwight No sal
Secretaries:
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Janene Way -,- h c- ah /1: th Counselors I eaC er val"' q ro
Vison Specialist:
Para Educators:
Pattie Brown
Angela Kramer Matt Mezger
Dawn Sebek Alisha Stopp
David Tien Faye Wall
Amy Jewell
Jessie Sazama
Lynn Strack
Not Pictured: Ryan Reeder, Mitch Vernon
Lanette Dunn Peg Aldridge Executive Sec. Bookkeeper
Christine Carman Brenda Dirks Registrar Receptionist
Nicole Kubik Athletic/Activities
Sandy Hays Attendance
Loree Woods
Diane Ditmars
Kylee Foral
Not pictured: Tim Frisch, Sarah McEntarffer, Dina Mekic-Omerovic, Sandi Pospisil, Nancy Sedlock.
d'!l1t1.~~1i-Cultural Caucus counts the · f tudents were asked to sign during s. Southwest from now on is w together and stand up for one o by Katelyn Crew/Talon
• 1 Organizations like the cheer • .vdeams, inclu~i-~~~arching ~ ;d, Emeralds and~~ ·· tried to · • ·do our competitors with our spirit, vbice and most of a'II, our student section at sporting events. {,
Some clubs such as Science • Olympiad, Math Club, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, HOSA, Speech and Debate, and many more were tested during city and even state competitions. These organizations won awards and helped us build a positive reputation. Clubs such as Asian Caucus, Japanese, Classics and others helped everyone learn about certain cultures. Asian Caucus, for example, made crab rangoon and sold them after school once a month. Each united Southwest with other cultures around the world.
!,. Student Council, SeNice Learning and NHS among others gave of their time to help impro, the community and beyond. K •·, Club participated in "The Sate Drive" as they have in the pas't, ~: ,. increasing the amount they raise ·J over $1000.
Multicultural Caucus was ~· , e first group to introduce "No Plac e r- on Hate." Southwest had more tho a the student body sign the contrm t stating we will do everything in o power to treat everyone the sam . Mock Trial was a group wr re students play roles as attorneys a d witnesses based on evidence a n j witness statements. At competiti< s professional attorneys or judges seNed as the presiding judge. Thi y ended with a 2 to l record. Clubs showeq ; pmm l ; ity how much we reall ' e y helped with impro • • :· ·-'' '. ~· ~~:; ·•. "· ,· we could out doy 1rse v attempt to improv ,. •
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nductions!
ock Trial! Members: Benjamin Crelin, PaAf Poulsen, Sarah O"Neill, Madeline Bien, Joanne Becker, 'Landon Sadler and teacher Chris Salem.
C' witch! The Manleaders start the switch rally routine with a poof • ;,) of baby powder. Varsity cheer choreographed "Who dat girl" ;...,~.ance making this year epic! Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon ,,r
Senior Maddie Bien welcomes the new NHS member during the fall induction ceremony. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
C' teppin' ! LSW Envy team member ,}sophomore Diamond Shoust and junior Molly Hogancamp present their routine at a pep rally. Photo· by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
Get -your journ o~ Hawk Talk
and Talon
From receiving a monthly paper to a yearly book, these are the events some remember most. The reveal of the school yearbook, the Ta Ion, has always been one of the most anticipated events of the year and nothing gets students more amped than a delivery of the Hawk Talk.
Talon staff started out small but by the time it was third and fourth term, the class was full.
"It was really nice to see how many people were interested in what Kaitlin and I were doing and wanted to be a part of our book. Having a full class really made our work load lighter and it helped take away some stress," said Talon coeditor senior Aubrey Woolman.
But when it came to the Hawk Talk it was a different story. Senior Atley Gustafson said, "Having a small class of about l 0 makes it easier to connect one on one with them, but when it comes down to it, everyone has to step up more by taking four to five stories per paper."
Woolman agreed that when it came to publication classes "Its a very open environment' and when you have to work side by side with spreads or stories you're bound to grow closer. Third term also marked a no boys on Hawk Talk or Ta Ion for the first time in a long time.
"We're a pretty intimidating group at first' said senior Kaleah Letcher when asked about the number of people who left yearbook book first term and the lack of boys.
Being on Hawk Talk or the Talon staff was a time commitment, with much time spent taking pictures at sporting events, gathering information and trying to stay caught up to work hard to meet deadlines.
Deadlines were a big part of the Hawk Talk. With a paper every month or so, every minute mattered. But for those who thought yearbook had all time in the world to finish the Talon, you were wrong. The deadlines were just as important, if not more important in order to get all l 000 plus books sold, printed and delivered on time.
TALON SALES. Juniors Morgan Mills and Mckenzie Brookhouser sell yearbooks during locker checks. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon
BRAIN STORM. Junior Allie Fowler looks over her spread. Fowler was on yearbook all year Photo By Atley Gustafson/Hawk Talk LAYOUTS. Junior Erin Lenz works in lnDesign. lnDesign is the program for both Talon and Hawk Talk
Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
-Story/Spread by Kaitlin Karins
READY FOR ACTION. Junior Rachel Dowd was on the Hawk Talk term two. While being on the paper the staff is in charge of choosing their stories, interviewing students and staff and taking pictures. Photo by Ellie Clinch/Hawk Talk
TERMS 1&2 HAWK TALK. Front Row: McKenzie Balfany, Co-editors: Ellie Clinch and Atley Gustafson, and Jessica Castillo Back Row: Rachel Dowd, Stacy Kellough, Ali Carstens, Morgan Boyer.
COFFEE BREAK . Newspaper co-editor Ellie Clinch, senior , does some quick e diting while she refuels on some coffee before school. Clinch has ooen on staff since her sophomore year. Photo by Dianne Kuppig ED ITORS Q&A. Yearbook co-editor senior Kaitlin Karins and newspaper co-editor Atley Gustafson also a senior, are interviewed for Journalism class. Th e y answered questions for a final exam story/layout project. Photo by Dianne Kuppig
TER MS 3&4 TALON Back Row: Alissa Shanahan, Katelyn Crew, Ludo Konovalchuk, Sidnee Satter, Makayla Reed, Melissa Byerly, Julia Anderson, Maddy Van Deusen, Megan Haugerud, Kasha Meyer, Jenny Wehrli Seated: Tori Bowers , Felicia Lopez, Jessica Ernesti, Taylor Scharper, Kaleah Letcher, Allie Fowler Table/co-editors: Aubrey Woolman, Kaitlin Karins.
TERMS 1&2 TALON. Front Row: Taylor Scharper, Kaleah Letcher COEDITORS: Kaitlin Karins and Aubrey Woolman, Felicia Lopez, Jessica Ernesti Back Row: Schieler Koch, Tori Bowers, Allie Fowler, Ashley Kent, Makenzie Brookhouser, Katie Kortan, Morgan Mills.
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Hawk Talk goes viral
Hawk Talk online is nothing new; it was introduced for the fall of the 2009-2010 school year. LPS high schools were set up to have an online issue and the Hawk Talk made it a priority of theirs to try to get something up weekly beginning in February. From drama club selling flowers, to winter sports at state to blood drives, students posted pictures and a story: They hoped to gain a lot of followers both inside school and outside of the community. This web site gave parents, friends of the school and of course alumni an inside look of whats going on within the walls of Southwest.
The Hawk Talk set goals to update it weekly but between layouts and just the normal paper issue, it was a challenge.
"Some weeks are over flowing with events to write about as well as taking pictures, but then the next week can be completely empty. Then the hard part is deciding whats online worthy or paper worthy," senior Ellie Clinch, coeditor said.
But the online issue also serves as over flow from the paper since not everything can fit within the 16 pages. The online paper has many never seen before material, sports updates and planned to post videos as well.
-Story by Kaitlin Karins
SISTER POWER. Senior co-editor Atley Gustafson gives her younger sister Grace, freshman, a hand with a layout. Grace was on staff for third and fourth term. Photo by Taytor Scharper/Talon
Helping around the co1n1nunity
Student Counctl and NHS
Leadership and seNing the school and community defined Student Council and National Honor Society. soth were select groups that required students to meet certain criteria and complete an application process with an inteNiew. Students in grades 9 through l 2 could be on Student Council, whereas as NHS membership was available only to second semester juniors and seniors.
Student Council helped organize school events, volunteered in the community and did fundraising for several major school activities such as Winter Formal, Prom, Dance-off and Flight Night. They met every morning Monday through Thursday during zero hour and earned class credit. Student Council's main goals were to help improve our school and community while improving their leadership at the same time.
Student Council underwent several changes . For example, they went from a big group of students to six students at third term.
"At meetings we discuss events, community seNice and other things that the school brings to our attention, " president Hillary Stoll said "My favorite thing about Student Council is volunteering in the community, " secretary Courtney Leikam said .
NHS required having a 3. 75 GPA. Also applicants must meet the pillars of Scholarship, SeNice, Leadership and Character Activities included recognizing staff for their contributions, seNing as tutors for students in need of academic help and bell ringing for the Salvation Army. A "movie on the wall" event was held where a movie was projected on the side of the school. They also wrote holiday letters to deployed troops.
Officers were co-presidents Nealesh Padhye and Charles Chen (Chuck), vice president Jake Heidelk, secretary Veronica Vanderbeek, treasurer Abigail Flory and historians Sarah O'Neill and Madeline Bien.
"One of the main things that our chapter has decided to focus on is the Memorial Garden . We've worked to maintain the area and also have been raising funds in order to hopefully purchase and install a fountain before we graduate," Chen said.
"As secretary I keep track of each members volunteering hours and I help plan and make agendas for each meeting. This year a big focus for NHS is getting a fountain for the memorial garden," Vanderbeek added.
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TUTORING. NHS members John Jaso and Abby Flory advertise their tutoring station. NHS tutored kids who need help on Tuesdays during PLC time Courtesy Photo
STUDENT COUNCIL. Freshmen Natasha Naseem and Reid Shubert present their organization at Future Hawk Night Naseem and Shubert are co-historians for Student Council Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Ta/on
STUDENT COUNC IL Front Row: Historian Reid Shubert, treasurer Kai Singh, historian Natasha Naseem. Back row: President Hillary Stoll, vicepresident Mikaela Balfany, secretary Courtney Leikam, sponsor Travis Brady.
OPEN HOUSE.
Student Council helps out at Open House every year. Sophomore Michelle Dixon, who was on Student Council first semester, gives out lanyards. Photo by Talon
SPIRIT FEST. Junior Shellie Pinell sells Nest t-shirts at Spirit Fest fn August. Pinell was on Student Council first semester. Photo by Talon
HELPING OUT. Sophomore Parker Stock shows the new freshmen a video that all freshmen were required to watch at freshman's first day Stock was on Student Council first semester. Photo by Ta/on
INDUCTION Sen ior Nick Peters speaks at the NHS fall induction. Peters was inducted at the ceremo ny with other new NHS members "I like being on NHS because
NHS. Trey Adams, Abbie Albrecht, MacKenzie Ashton, Mikaela Balfany, Diane Banderas, Drew Bartek, Rebecca Baxter, Brianna Beard, Patrick Beardslee, Joyanne Becker, Hannah Bell, Madeline Bien, Austin Blankenau, Kelsie Bonow, Tasneem Bouzid, Heather Byrne, Nate Caldwell, Suzanne Carnazzo, Ali Carstens, Charles Chen, Haley Christensen, Sara Christianson, Ellie Clinch, Abby Collins, Tegan Colton, Benjamin Crelin, Shane Davidson, Matthew Delisi, Ali Dougherty, Brandon Earhart, Brittni Eitzmann, Katie Everitt, Sarah Faubel, Abigail Flory, Will Folsom, Alex Ford, Kend ra Frank, Corinne Fuoco, Aleck Gao, Briana Giles, Andy Gospodarski, Carey Haefele, Taylor Hansen, Kayla Hass, Jake Heidelk, Emma Hoppe, Allie Hurlbut, Scott Ingham, Alex Janssen, Courtney Jarosz, John Jaso, Sara Johnson, Klorissa Kavan, Thomas Klostermeyer, Lucy Kneifl, Shelby Knorr, Courtney Leikam, Dylan Lester, Sammi Lewis*, Adam Lif, Mary Beth Logan, Tanner Lubach, Sheldon Lukow*, Katie McKitterick, Sydney Meister, Sarni Merchant, Jordan Murphy, Ryan Newsham, Mallory Noakes, Matt Ober, Sarah O'Neill, Nealesh Padhye, Danielle Parde, Alex Peiman, Nicholas Peters, Katherine Pieloch, Paul Poulsen, Alex Renken, Marielle Saathoff, Brianna Saeger, Bryan Somani, Christian Sanderfer, Stephanie Schantell, Connor Schulte, Emily Shanahan, Megan Sjulin, Alex Stahl, MacKenzie Steinauer, Hillary Stoll, Jasmin Stonacek, Elizabeth Sundberg, Hayden Thomson, Tori Tramp, Alyssa Trautman, Veronica Vanderbeek, Brian Vuu, Ally Walker, Ellen Wilkinson, Haley Williams, Corinne Wolford, Catherine Zhang, Albert Zhou, Brandon Zimmerman * Inductee by Transfer
DOUGHNUTS. NHS members had doughof the volunteering opportunities," nuts after one of their morning meetings. Some of the members wore their NHS Peters said. Photo by Aubrey Wool- t-shirts for their group picture. All of the man/Talon group members met every other Friday in ,l SUf<v1v: the forum. Photo byLuda Konovalchuk/ 1._.,q £1), , , "411 ff, Talon s -..Ji.,You ».~._., y c..l., e. "1e.w r~ op O».or-e. Co ol D~l-"lc..e.-& to ». 1':-e.-& you -&e.e. , y e. te.r- ~"'-e. "1e.w r, • ~•v-& T t-1e. ._., c::f.&. •·
Gettmg down to business
FBLA, DECA, FCCLA and FCA
rom selling cupcakes, to competing in national events, these clubs all donated their time to help better our •school, and help each other build the skills they need to succeed.
DECA: This marketing club focused on community seNice throughout the Southwest community. They attended competitions in the district, state and national levels. DECA raised funds for MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) and competed in various categories.
"The experience at state and nationals, and the events we host such as faculty basketball games would have to be my favorite parts of being in DECA," said Bailey Burkett, co-president.
In districts, DECA had five district champs, two runnerUps, and one third place winner out of 14 events.
FCA: This was a club where students were involved in Bible studies, connecting sports to Christianity, volunteering in the community and just hanging out. FCA planned Bowling night, Weekend of Champions, Christian music concerts and Toys for Tots.
FCA Breakfast Club was a branch of FCA that met before school on Thursday mornings. It was a club where students could hang out with friends and hear encouraging speeches.
FCCLA: This seNice-learning type of club volunteered, participated in activities and traveled. FCC LA attended a Fall Cluster meeting travelling to New Mexico. They also had their spring state meeting in Lincoln.
"Going to district meetings was really fun," said sophomore Taylor Heller, a member of FCCLA.
All of these clubs have worked towards a common goal. They are always trying to improve and that's what make's them great.
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CUPCAKES. Sophomore Taylor Heller sells cupcakes at the FCC LA cupcake sale Photo by Sidnee Satter/Ta/on CITY MISSION. FCA members help out at the City Mission. They were holding toys that were donated. Photo by Sidnee Satter/Talon
FUTURE HAWK NIGHT. Sponsor Kyle Schumann shows off FCA's table at Future Hawk Night. Photo by Sidnee Saffer/ Talon
BREAKFAST. FCA Breakfast Club eats breakfast and reads before class. Photo by Sidnee Satter/ Talon
FBLA. Front Row: Gabby Alvarez, Marissa Upton, Madeline a n sen, Ha Yoon Lee 2nd Row: Chung Jae Lee, Ben Crelin, Grant Elizabeth Peterson, Landon Sadler, Keven Feng, Ms. Katie Nun r Back Row : Mr. Josh Hinrichs, Haley Christensen, Abigail Graha r Johnson, Ethan Schwarten, Melissa Byerly, Dillayn Binder.
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' SarDECA. DECA officers and le aders included Megan Sjulin and Bailey Burkett, co-presidents ; Nea le sh Padhye and Taylor Dobbs , co-vice presidents ; Shane Dav idson, se cretary; Allison Herbert and Kennedy Naquin, a-junior vice presidents ; a nd sponsor Anthony Kobza
CUPCAKE SALE.
FCCLA sells cupcakes after school to raise money for their club. The cupcakes were called "snowball" cupcakes
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FBLA lends helping hands
Future Business Leaders of America club focus ed on business and leadership. They planned even ts such as Chipotle night, and the FBLA banquet. Their goal was to increase members.hip. This year t hey had l 9 members
In competitions Grant Thomas placed at nation als and at state, and both Abby Graham and Ben C relin also placed at state. In FBLA they did a variety o f fund-raisers throughout the school year to help raise money for the chapter.
The money was used to help get the members re ady for competition, and also to pay for the confe rences they attended. The chapter attended the State Fall Leadership Conference in Omaha, the Nation al Fall Leadership in Des Moines, Iowa, and the UNL-PBL American Business Competition.
They also did one community service event, the Fri g ht Hunger Food Drive, where they teamed up w ith DECA and Student Council to gather food for the People's City Mission. FBLA brought in almost 1,200 pounds of food and Southwest brought in just over 6 , l 00 pounds.
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FOOD DRIVE. FBLA member Haley Christensen helps out at the Fright Hunger Food Drive. FBLA did plenty of other fund-raisers this year, such as candy cane and popsicle sales.
FCCLA. Taylor Heller, sponsor Jolene Schlemmer, Nicole Gemar, Caylee Chambers , Emma Fortney, Christine Choe , sponsor Tracy Way. Officers included Gina Babcock, Destiny Davis, Alyssa Eltzmann, Halfey Schlemmer and Becca Wolf
FCA. Front Row: Sponsor Kristin Husbands, Lauren Troester, McKenna Kroeker, Aimee Fischer, Brittni Eitzmann Back Row: Sponsor Kyle Schumann, Mark Brown, sponsor Matt James, Alyssa Eltzmann, Erica Troester.
AMBASSADORS. Members: Julia Albrecht , Julia Anderson , Kelsey Boesige r, Taylor Boesiger, Kelsie Bonow , Peyton Carney, Ali Carstens, Benjamin Crelin , Tara Deschaine , Christian Donohue, Rachel Dowd , Abby Flory, Allie Fowler, Daniel Hanson, Lisa Ingham , Haley Janssen , Schyler Johnson , Abby Jones, Chelsea Kelle r, Kun Young Kim , Makenna Kroeker , Zach Kuhn , Kanai Kuhnel, Nathan Kumwenda, Chelsea Kyle, Ha Yoon Lee, Chelsea Lemburg , Erin Lenz , Angela Lorenz , Emily Maher, Justin Mescher, David Munro , Devon Nelson, Sarni Nelson , Samantha Nessetti, Ryan Newsham, Madison Ober , Cori O'Neal, Jason (Henry) O ' Neal, Ashley Peters , Nick Peters , Lexi Reeder , Kaitlin Reiss, Ashley Richards , Taylor Rowlett, Brianna Saeger , Nicole Schwery, Evan Sheaff , Katy Sheaff, Mary Stine, Halle Swann, Morgan Swartz , Dewayne Taylor , Minh Tran, Alyssa Trautman, Erica Trautman , Lauren Troester , Nicole Ullman, Sam Vallabhbhai. Kelsey Virus , Nolan Vogel , Alex Warzecha , Matt Watson , Alex Webster , Justin Wiley , Lauren Works, and Kristina Zvolanek
Hany clubs worked to benefit the community, whether they helped students, the whole school, or even other countries. Among these clubs were Ambassadors, Principal Advisory Council, Service Learning Club and STAND.
Ambassadors: They met every Wednesday at 7: l 5 a. m. to learn about new and effective ways of helping other students easily transition into Southwest. Their main events included Freshman Day, Future Hawk Night and middle school visits. New this year was S.H.O.S., which met once a week during PLC first term.
"It was a freshmen mentoring sort of program where we met in small groups and went through a series of topics regarding transitions into high school," said junior Sarni Nelson.
Principal Advisory Council: This group met with Principal Rob Slauson on the first Tuesday of every month. They talked about many issues in our school and tried to find out new ways to improve Southwest.
'We were open to any suggestions and we always tried to discuss new problems," said member Erin Dike.
STAND: Students Ta king Action Now Darfur worked to raise awareness and encouraged students, as well as people around the nation to become involved in stopping the genocide happening in Darfur, Sudan.
They looked for opportunities to help out, research, volunteer and even opened the Darfur Research Center in the Media Center for students to go and learn about Darfur and Sudan.
"We would love for more people to join. Anyone is welcome!" said club chair Hayley Hamm.
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SHOW IT OFF. Junior David Munro spea k~ with new students about Ambassadors H, displayed the Ambassadors poster board t F1 ture Hawk Night Photo by Taylor Scharpe r Ta/0/
PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. McKenzie Balfany, Mikaela Balfany, Joor 1e Becker, Heather Byrne , Ellie Clinch, Benjamin Crelin, Erin Dike, Abby Flory, C Jrey Haefele, Campbell Kennedy, Matt Lickei , Sammie Morrison , Tristen Nelson 3ami Nelson, Sarah O'Neil , Nealesh Padhye, Nick Peters, Liz Sundberg, Ashley Th _ m as Dillon Town , Kana Leia Veney, Ally Walker , and Alex Webster.
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DISCUSS. Service Learning Club members meet to discuss upcoming events. Members focused on making the school a better place. Photo by Jenny Wehrli/Ta/on
LEAD THE WAY. Senior Ali Carstens guides underclassmen around the school during Future Hawk Night. Ambassadors was one of the clubs present at Future Hawk Night. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Ta/on
HELP OUT
Service Learn in g Club displays their poster at Future Hawk Ni g ht. The club's officers are Veronica Vanderbe ek, Ali Dougherty, Maddie Bien and Ellen Wilkin son. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
SERVICE LEARNING CLUB.
Members: Nicki Ahlschwede , Darcy Arends , McKenzie Balfany, Joanne Becker , Joyanne Becker , Maddie Bien, Heather Byrne, Ali Carstens , Caylee Chambers , Benjamin Crelin, Biz Dalke, Ali Dougherty, Alyssa Eitzmann, Aimee Fisher, Mara Frey, Hayley Hamm, Nick Knapik, Diana Martinez, Michael Nguyen, Sdrah O'Neill, Paul Poulsen, Pujaa Rajan, Meghan Senne, Sydney Stauffer, Veronica Vanderbeek, Tori Vanderbeek, Mike Weskamp, Ellen Wilkinson
Learning to serve
Service Learning Club: The club met every Tue sday and devoted themselves to the development of student leadership and community service. Their events included helping to initiate the Darfur Research Center in the media center, tutoring at Cavett Elementary and volunteering at the YWCA They also helped with the memorial garden at Southwest by planning different events to raise money. Their main goal was to plan an all-student volunteer day at LSW, but they had not yet met this goal.
"Since seniors feel a strong connection to the memorial garden, it is our main focus for this year's chapter," said co-president Veronica Vanderbeek. They hoped to raise enough mon e y to buy and install a fountain in the garden.
Each member was required to plan at least one service project during the school year and earn 30 points by volunteering with th e group.
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Speaking OUt Speech, Debate and Drruna Club
Whether competing for a trophy to win state or traveling to attend festivals abroad, Drama Club , Speech and Debate all had one defining factor-a passion to perform. Forensics set high goals to qualify members at Nationals, while Drama Club planned trips to far away places, such as New York City and London.
Speech: Led by teacher Matt Heimes, speech was open to everyone and anyone willing to commit their time and effort to make students confident public speakers. Members competed in local and nation-wide competitions in areas consisting of Impromptu, Humorous, Informative and more.
Senior Grant Thomas said, "The group has definitely grown in size since my freshman year when I started. Now it's about 45 kids." Thomas added that "As a whole, we won three or four tournaments and made finals at three nationals, including numerous individual champions." They practiced every Monday. Officers included Thomas, Lucy Kneifl, Will Folsom, DeWayne Taylor and Andrew Francis.
Debate: Categories in debate included Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum and Congress. Coach of the team, Toni Heimes, strived to take individuals from the team to state and win.
Debate attended tournaments throughout the season, where groups and singles competed to win, based on evidence and arguments presented. Tournaments won included Fremont, Norfolk, Millard South, Lincoln High, Omaha Westside and second at Millard North. State was held in March and Nationals will proceed into June.
Much like speech, debate also put in many arduous hours at competitions. On days off, they enjoyed teom dinners and exchanging valentines and secret Santa gifts around the holidays.
Drama: While Drama Club members performed in plays throughout the year, time was spent more towards, "supporting the LSW Theatre Program and having fun!" said sponsor Bob Henrichs.
Drama seNed as the communication wing of the program and the club was open to all students interested in performing arts. They attended shows throughout the district, at the Lied Center and the Orpheum. The group has attended the State Theatre Festival and the International Thespian Festival annually and has traveled to New York City and London in past years.
Officers included president Austin Blankenau, vice president Danielle Parde, secretary Stephanie Kahler and scribe Logan Lemka.
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UP CLOSE. Senior Austin Blankenau serenades the audience during Encore. This is the fourth year students have directed the show Photo by Morgan Mills/Talon DEBATE TEAM. Front Row : Tristan Hilderbrand, Landon Sadler, Catherine Zhang, Ashlyn Lee, Noemi Berkowitz , Kishah Rajendran, Brittany Cash , Emma Fortney, Christine Choe 2nd Row: Jimmy Lee, Joanne Becker , Sydney Hayes, Jon Danson , Sarah O 'N eill , Maddie Bien , Ben Crelin , Paul Poulsen , Keven
Feng Back Row: Peter Niimi, Carter Svec , MB Logan, Alex Renken , Joe Whittle, Dot Nguyen Not Pictured: Charles Chen , Jake Heidelk, Alex Janssen , Ryan Klute, Pujaa Rajan, Trevin Rook
HIGH NOTE. Freshman Annaliese Saathoff leads in a song from the Lion King musical. Students a nd graduates performed in Encore IV. Photo by Morgon Mills/Ta/on
WORKING HARD.
Senior Abby Graham and sophomore Emily Maher sign people in during a Speech tournament that was hosted by Southwest. Photo by Megan Haugerud/Ta/on
SM ILE . Junior Noemi Berkowitz and freshman Keven Feng share a friendly hug during a debate m e eting. The two participate in Lincoln-Douglas de bate. Photo by Alissa Shanahan/Talon
FEELING THE LOVE. Sophomores Kristina Zvolanek and Parker Stock receive flowers on Valentine's Day The sale was put on buy Drama Club to raise money for future events. Photo by Erin Lenzi Hawk Talk DEDICATION. Speech students from all schools work in the commons while they wait for the tournament to begin. Photo by Megan Haugerud/Talon SPEECH TEAM. Front Row : Alexandra Lee , Erin Lukin, Robin Sarik, Mattison Merritt, Charli Hayes 2nd Row : Cassie Cooper, Samantha Fruh, Erin Mansur, Emily Maher, Mariah Wailes, Abby Graham 3rd Row: Lily Flentje, Dylan Kitchen, Drue Marr, Jeff Athey , Dewayne Taylor, Campbell Kennedy, Sarah Kocher, Andrew Francis, Michael Weskamp Back Row : Owen Maher, Lucy Kneifl, Jonathan Fangmeier, Alex Hinton, Grant Thomas, Nick Knapik, Alex Pieloch, Ahsan Kamal, Will Folsom Not pictured: Austin Blankenau, Austin Cassner, Nealesh Padhye, Michaela DeGagne, Emma Gruhl, Landon Sadler, Elizabeth Evans, Samantha Nessetti, Pujaa Rajan, Natasha Naseem.
THINKERS. Junior Alex Hinton and seniors Will Folsom and Andrew Francis listen intently while coach Matt discusses future plans for the speech team. Photo by Alissa Shanahan/Talon
DRAMA CLUB. Students and sponsor Bob Henrichs meet periodically throughout the year to discuss upcoming events. The club has almost 200 members.
Spreading cultural awareness
Asian, Multi-Cultural Classics and Japanese clubs
J= our different clubs have one common goalto spread awareness about the many other cultures out there. Asian Caucus, Multi-Cultural Caucus, Classics Club and Japanese Club all worked towards this goal.
Asian Caucus: Asian Caucus was started to spread and promote Asian cultures throughout the community. Asian Caucus discussed Asian cultures and planned events to raise awareness of Asian culture . This year they visited elementary schools.
"While our efforts to spread our culture are strong, we make every effort to become more than just a club," senior Brian Vuu said.
Classics Club: Classics Club was created to promote the study of Roman and Greek culture. Members participated in fun activities such as drinking tea, having chariot races and learning the Greek alphabet.
"My favorite part about Classics Club is the people who come, ready to have fun and learn about cultures thatinfluenced ours greatly," senior Ellen Wilkinson said.
Japanese Club: Japanese Club worked to spread Japanese culture in the community. They participated in cultural activities and had Japanese food days. Officers included Catherine Zhang, Jacob Denniston , Leon Zhang, Ha Yoon Lee and Suzanne Carnazzo
"I joined because I enjoy Japanese culture and learning the history of the country," Jacob Denniston said.
Japanese Club also worked with a sister school in Japan called Senshu-Matsudo. Students sent gifts and letters to pen pals.
These clubs provided a place for every student to belong. Overall , each of these groups achieved their common goal by spreading awareness about these · different cultures.
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HOT PEPPERS. Senior Charles Chen speaks to the student body at the winter pep rally. Students were challenged to eat hot peppers in a skit
Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Ta/on
JAPANESE CLUB. Front Row: Caitlin Wendel, Catherine Zhang, Suzanne Carnauo Back Row: Hope Anderson , Tristan Hilderbrand , Leon Zhang , Felicia Phares , Ayo Hinz
PLEDGES. Tram Tu and Thao Huynh (right) work together in Multi-Cultural C.aucus They counted petitions. Photo by Katelyn Crew/Ta/on TOURS. Japanese club members (below) get ready for tours Students led visitors from Japan around Southwest Photo by Morgan Boyer/Ta/on CLASSICS. Heather Byrne , Ellen Wilkinson and Charli Hayes stand at their table at Future Hawk Night. Co-presidents were Byrne and Wilkinson. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
MULTI-CULTURAL CAUCUS. Front Row: Jimmy Vo, Summer Sadat, Joseph Ninh. 2nd Row: Nick Stout, Joana Torres, Diana Martinez Romana, Thao Huynh. Back Row: Catherine Zhang, Felicia Phares, Schuyler Geery-Zink, Chelsea Lembu rg, Tegan Colton, Tasneem Bouzid, Mari jn 0uwehand
ASIAN CAUCUS. Charles Chen, Elliot Choi, Keven Feng, Spencer HardingMcDermott, Ayo Hinz, Kyle Hinz, Sang Ho, Amanda Jones, Michael Nguyen, Lac Phan, Connor Shulte, Toe Tien, Tiffany Truong, Allan Vo, Dane Vo,Brian Vuu, Catherine Zhang, Leon Zhang.
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INFORMATION. Members of Asian Caucus sit at their club's table. Officers include Brian Vuu, Michael Nguyen and Allan Minh Vo. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/ Talon
FUTURE HAWK NIGHT. Multi-Cultural Caucus members talk at Future Hawk Night. They were sharing information to incoming freshmen. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/ Talon
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Working for a cause
Multi -Cultural Caucus promoted cultural respect and understanding throughout Southwest and the rest of the community. They maintain the idea that we are all equal. Members shared that this club was a place where they felt they truly belonged.
Multi-Cultural Caucus was involved with the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and Multi-Cultural Night. Their main goals were to establish multicultural awareness and promote peace.
Multi-Cultural Caucus worked towards making Southwest a better place by introducing the "No Place for Hate" action. They introduced it to students at the third term meetings.
"We call it an action because we want it to be ongoing and we don't just want students to forget about it," president Summer Sadat said.
The goal of this action was to get rid of hate and promote respect and equality between everyone Students were given the chance to sign the pledge at the end of the class meetings. If more than half the student body signed a "No Place for Hate" pledge , then Southwest would be eligible to be a "No Place for Hate" site.
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CLASSICS CLUB. Nicki Ahlschwede, Darcy Arends, Joanne Becker, Joyanne Becker, Maddie Bien, Tori Bohlen, Heather Byrne, Thomas Byrne, Charles Chen, Sara Christianson, Benjamin Coatney, Jill Coatney, Ben Crelin, Alyssa Eitzmann, Will Folsom, Mara Frey, Aleck Gao, Spencer Harding-McDermott, Charli Hayes, Sydney Hayes, Ayo Hinz, Kyle Hinz, Sang Ho, Amanda Jones, Zach Kuhn, Jimmy Lee, Karli McCluskey, Ayet Nguyen, Dot Nguyen, Sarah O'Neill, Nealesh Padhye, Lac Phan, Suzanne Polzkill,
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SIGN HERE. Senior Tasneem Bouzid hands out petitions at the class meetings. Students were invited to sign a pledge for the "No Place for Hate" campaign. Photo by Tay/or Scharper/ Talon
•Looking forward -to the future
Math Club, Skills
USA HOSA and Science Olympiad
Students who want to brush up their math and science skills can be found in the Math club, skills USA, Science Olympiad and HOSA Math Club: This club was for students who enjoyed math and wanted to compete using their math skills. Math Club 's main event was UNL math day Club members also competed in state competition. Officers Albert Zhou, John Jaso and Brian Vuu hoped to make nationals in competitions
Skills USA: The club's main focus was pre-
paring members for real life working conditions. The
club met Wednesday mornings and prepared for
o n state competitions. Cory Free , club sponsor, said • that the members were extremely dedicated and SCIENCE OLYMPIAD. Front Row: Dominic Yarabe , Sadie Hammond , Peter N i, he had high hopes for them for competition. Sarah O ' Neill. 2nd Row: Saikal Shamkeeva, Tiffany Truong , Nisha Holay, Mie r , .., I Weskamp, Mara Frey, Celeste Labedz 3rd Row: Sydney Hayes , Jimmy Lee , o hn Science Olympiad: Dedicated to learning Jaso, Kevin Feng, Albert Zhou , Ayo Hinz, Alex Renken. Back Row: Andy He , P -·x about and competing in science, this group met Pieloch , Bo Yarabe, Ahsan Kamal, Kyle Hinz , Andrew Arkebauer, Brian Hodg e almost every morning before school. Activities in Head Coac h Mark _ Shear~r N~t Pictured: Mad~ie Bien, Eun Jin Chung , Sh e lr r th 1 b · 1 d d 1 • t d d b 'Id ' Clausen , PuJaa Ra1an ,, Mike Richards, Assistant Coaches Jason Thomson , G rf J IS c u inc u e earning, s u y1ng an UI 1ng 1n cooper , Tech coach Cory Free. science events The club competed at invitationals, state and possibly national competition.
HOSA: Health Occupations Students Of America was for students interested in the medical profession or health care. This club met every third Monday of the month at a local hospital and health care facilities. Activities in this club included community service , learning from health care professionals, and learning hands-on skills. Southwest teamed up with some North Star students for this club
"Our goal is to service the medical community, create confident leaders who will become the nations next health care leaders. We also plan to bring home another state title," said president Sara Christianson.
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MATH CLUB. Front Row: Sponsor Jeff DeVri es , Jimmy Lee, Tiffany Truong , Nisha Holay, Ha Yoon Lee , Keven Feng Back Row: Ahsan Kamal , Albert Zhou, John Jaso , Br ian Vuu , Justin Mescher , Cole Villanueva
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SKILLS USA. Senior Allan Vo hangs out during Future Hawk Night Vo is the prE -
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STUDY. Seniors Paul Poulsen and Albert Zhou work on math prob lems during 1 t un
Hawk Night Poulsen and Zhou are both officers Photo by Aubrey Woolma n/T,
PLAQUE. Ramsey Jaber and sen ior Sara Christianson were honored at the Comm issioner of Education Recognition event fo r stude nt excellence in career education
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ACTION. Sophomore Andrew Arkebauer tests out h is new helicopter design It took many t ries to get the hel icopter just right
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OPEN HOUSE. Southwest and North Star HOSA members gather at a fire department. HOSA was there to learn about the job of firefighters.
HOSA. Front Row: President Sara Christianson , Ty ler Peterson, Lui s Miranda ( North Star)
Back Row: Kyle Hinz, Matt
Li c ke i, Tyler Scott (North Star) , Ra mse y Jaber (North Star).
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Exe cutive council includes Lickei, Peters, Peterson and Ja ber
Close up With Zhou
Senior Albert Zhou has big plans for the future. He was the president of both Math Club and Science Olympiad. He also participated in band, cross country, NHS , and track and field. \ Zhou has taken just about every AP class at Southwest. Zhou also stresses on the importances of staying active while being scholarly.
"I think it's good to be well rounded. Thats why I participate in sports too," Zhou said He has previously been successful in his clubs, and has won several competitions and scholarships.
As of early March he had not made a decision on where he plans to attend to college or what he wants to major in, but he definitely plans on attending college most likely out of state.
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Interactions £or success
Friendship, Special Olympics, GSA., Key and Recyling Club
Jnteractions occur when two or more people have COOK. Key Club sponsor Kevin an effect upon another. That was what Friendship Club, Schrad begins to prepare Sloppy Key Club, Recycling Club, GSA, and Special Olympics were Joes at the Matt Talbot Kitchen all about. Whether if it was providing for the community, Courtesy photo helping others feel special or working together, all these tasks required interactions to help create success.
Friendship Club: Members of Friendship Club fos-
PICTURE TIME. Friendship Club tered relationships within the Southwest Community. hangs out with the Special Olympics students to make valentines They accomplished this by participating in school Photo by Melissa Byerly/Talon activities, such as attending theatre productions and athletic events. Friendship Club supported the LSW Special Olympics team and planned to partner with the Service Learning Club to participate in additional volunteer opportunities.
Special Olympics: Special Olympics was a club for special education student athletes who participated in Special Olympics. Members trained and practiced for the competitions
This year l 2 athletes participated in basketball and track. Their goal was to provide an opportunity for students, no matter what abilities they have, to participate in athletic competitions , while improving physical fitness and building greater self-confidence.
• Recycling Club: Recycling Club 's purpose was to inform people about the importance of recycling while convincing more people to recycle. In this club , members picked up recycling bins from each classroom every Wednesday.
"I like Recycling Club because its a way to make a difference and help the environment and your school," junior Erica Trautman said.
GSA: The Gay and Straight Alliance Club was created to support and interact with people that have different sexual orientations. This club welcomed anyone to join to help those of any sexual orientation feel like they belonged. Their goal has been to further spread justice so every individual feels important. Story/spread by Melissa Byerly
PAINT. Seniors Mallory Noakes , Mackenzie Steener and Sara Johnson paint at the Asian Community and Cultural Center These walls needed an extra coat of white for the relocation process Courtesy Photo REPRESENT. Sophomore Taylor Roberts , teacher Jessica Sazama and sophomo re Emily Post represent their club at Future Hawk Night Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
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Webb. Back Row: Garrett Stipke, Brandon Levinson , Chris Wasser, John Wohlgemuth
FOOD Key Club · members juniors Hannah Hamilton and Delanie Barnard paint and roller the walls of the Asian Community and Cultural Center
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Service work
Key Club has had a successful year by getting involved with many opportunities to help the community. Me m b ers met every other Wednesday to discuss importa nt events and how to make them successful
Key Club me mbers started the year off by volunteering for Sa f e Quarters and Huskers helping the Homeless, gath eri ng donations from those in the community for th o se less fortunate Around the holiday season , they host e d the annual Holiday Hawks event. This event was for young children to have fun and play games , c rafts and receive treats while their parents went shopp ing Other activities were caroling at Clark Jeary, giving Christmas cards to a nu rsing home, volunteering at the Matt Talbot Kitc hen and packaging meals for Kids Against Hunge r.
"Key C lub has taught me a lot about how important it is to be in volved in the community and I really enjoy all the ac tivities we do," junior Delani e Barnard said, a th ree-year member.
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FOOD PREP. Key Club officers seniors Haley Christensen and Brynn Stewart cut apples for the people at the Matt Talbot Kitchen Key Club members met to support the homeless by making them food at this annual event Courtesy photo
RECYC
Teacher Matt Mezger, Jaylon Peters, Haley Janssen, Kennedy Naquin, Erica Trautman, and Jordan Murphy show off their recycling t-shirts. Courtesy Photo
KEY CLUB. Front Row: Sarah Kroll , Mel issa Byerly, Ke lsey Boesige r, And rea Sheets , Chelsea Keller, Mackenzie Steinauer , Brittni Eitz mann , Megan Sto lz,
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One move at a time
Varsity Cheer, Emeralds and £nvy
J:= rom football, basketball and volleyball games to wrestling matches and pep-rallies, the Emeralds, varsity cheerleaders, and Envy were always there to show their support and to raise school spirit.
Varsity Cheer: Each morning at 7 a.m., the cheer team would be up and practicing to perfect old cheers and create their own.
"My favorite part of being on varsity was the free Friday morning breakfasts," said junior Makenzie Brookhouser.
They were at every home varsity football, volleyball, boys and girls basketball games, and wrestling matches to cheer on the players and get the student section roaring.
Emeralds: The dance team practiced after school to plan new steps and moves. Almost every other week they had to choreograph something new and work to make the perfect performance.
This year the Emeralds experienced something new and started making traditions of their own.
"This is the smallest team I've been a part of. With only 1 1 girls, we all got to know each other very well and it made the year very enjoyable," Morgan Lambley said.
This year's switch rally shocked the whole student body. Everyone had been told that the Emerald's weren't going to participate, but during their dance they had teachers come out and show their school spirit with a wicked dance.
'We had top secret practices before and after school with the teachers to get them ready for the show!" senior Abby Flory said.
Envy: In the winter and fall, the step team stepped up their performance and got to step at some of the home basketball games.
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GET PUMPED. The varsity cheerleaders doing a cheer STEP. Molly Hogancamp, Bailey Lytle, and Sydney STRIKE A POSE. Junior Ell e LE before a football game The "huddle" is used to get Schaal. Not Pictured: Diamond Shouse. Hogancamp and senior Ashley Amen
them rowdy and pumped up for the game. Photo by and Schaal are Envy's team captains. They have been ing for the half-time ente
Ellie Clinch/Hawk Talk on the squad for three years now. The squad started at a boys basketball ga
out with nine members, but ended with four. Photo by by Kasha Meyer/Ta/on
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DANCE. Senior Bridget Reichenbach, sophomore Ella Prussa , se r ) Abby Flory, and senior Morgan Lambley represent the Emerald s r the half-time entertainment at the varsity football game Photo t 1 Stacy Kellough/Hawk Talk
VARSITY CHEER. Front Row: Makenzie Brookhouser, Courtney Ja r s Bailey Burkett, Hannah Olson, Allison Bennett, Haley Urwiler, Han nl. 1 Schlemmer. 2nd Row: Megan Sjulin, Allison Herbert, Lindsay Stro J Sarni
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Meister, Abbie Sloup, Katie Maude.
YELL. Seniors Abbie Sloup, Sydney Meister, Bailey Burkett, Lindsay Strong , Abbie Albrecht, junior Haley Urwiler yell out a cheer at the game Photo by Ka/eah Letcher/Ta/on
JUMP. Mikaela Balfany and her sister, McKenzie Balfany perform a routine for the half-time performance at a girls basketball game Photo by Taylor Scharper/Talon
Amend , Morgan Lambley , Ella Leupold. Back Row: Mikaela Balfany, Kana Leia Veney. Abby Flory, Rachel Dowd, Hannah Duncan.
GREEN. SILVER. WHITE. Sydney
Meister cheers at the Future Hawk Night This was a _night for future students to see what LSW pride is all about Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Ta/on
SENIOR NIGHT. Abbie Albrecht and her parents are honored at senior night was for all the cheerleaders and their parents to get represented Photo by Kaleah Letcher/Ta/on
Balfany sisters
The Emeralds experienced something different. They had two sisters on the team at the same time, Mikaela Balfany and McKenzie Balfany.
Mikaela was a senior and her younger sister was a sophomore.
"It was a lot of fun being on the same team, although it is nothing new for us because we do studio dance together," Mikaela commented.
The sisters are pretty close so going to the games and practices was a blast for them. They said the didn't have any major drama because they're so close, noting they're more like best friends than sisters.
When you have a sister on the same team as you, you will always have a friend no matter what. They also always had someone to remind them what to wear and when to send out reminder texts to the team.
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Loud and proud JV, Reserve and Fresban cheer
.1-1- ere we go Hawks! The cheerleaders made up the backbone of the Silver Hawk school spirit. In addition to varsity were junior varsity, reseNe and freshman. All squads shared the same passion for cheer and pumping up school spirit.
Each squad had its own distinct style of porn porns, uniforms and shells. During summer break they devoted an hour every morning at 7 to perfect their cheers and routines.
All four cheer squads attended a cheer camp over the summer where they spent three days performing their routines against cheerleading squads from other schools.
This year the teams were able to win the banana, which is a large inflatable banana that's valued the same as a spirit stick.
Sophomore ReseNe cheerleader Emily Cecava said, "My favorite thing this year was camp because it was a lot of fun and we won the banana which is one of the best things you can get. Its kind of a big deal."
The cheerleaders pumped up the crowd and cheered on fellow Silver Hawk athletes during football, volleyball, basketball and wrestling. They also played a big role in pep rallies, Spirit Week and Spirit Fest.
Junior varsity consisted of l 2 girls with nine juniors and three sophomores. One of the most memorable things they did together was have a paint fight.
As for her favorite part of cheer, junior Stacy Manson said, "The people and intense games! Oh and also the cheer offs between other schools."
ReseNe had l 4 girls, the second largest out of all four squads. The squad also contained a set of triplets, Natalie, Brittany and Makenzie Beard.
Freshmen were only allowed to make the freshman group and l 3 girls made up the squad.
Cheerleaders put a lot of time and effort into their routines as well as having fun doing so.
Other than the free breakfast every Friday morning, squad nights and many games they attended, it was really all about being a close-knit supportive unit.
After three years of cheer at Southwest, junior Kanai Kuhnel said "Your squad is like your family. You have their back no matter what. I'm excited to be a part of something where I know I can do what I love and enjoy it. A cheerleader doesn't have to be the prettiest girl or the most popular. She's the girl who loves to be loud and herself."
Although each squad had a lot of different people, they came together like a family to have fun but also work hard to improve.
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DOWN. Freshman cheerleaders get ready for their next cheer at a football game against Lincoln High. Photo by Morgan Boyer/Hawk Ta/k
JV CHEER. Front Row: Ariel Blackman, Brynn Stock, Ma Kayla Reed 2nd Row: Tayler Mack, Mandy Hoyt, Maddie Deeds, Kiara Moody Back Row: Morgan Mills, Kanai Kuhnel, Megan Birman, Lauren Fry, Stacy Manson
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SERVE CHEER . Front Row: G in a De laney, Daphne Weber, Lizzy Miller, Natalie Beard, Emily Cecava 2nd Row : Jacey Lawrence, Makenzie Beard, Tristan Hilderbrand , Macy Ll oyd Back Row: Kylie Brookhouser, BrittJny Beard, Taylyn Watson , Cathe rine Dalton, Mallory Luebbe
FIRE UP. JV cheerleaders fire up the crowd during a boys basketball game at Lincoln High. The girls were excited about the close game. Photo by Felicia Lopez/ Talon
STEP IT UP. Rese rves cheer at the boys basketball at East. The g irls he lped cheer the boys on to a vic t ory aga inst t he Spartans. Photo by Ashley Kent/ Talon
TAKE THE FIELD. JV cheerleaders Brynn Stock, Megan Birman, and Kiara Moody cheer on the JV boys football team in their game against Northeast. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Talon YELL. Freshman cheer performs on the sideline at a football game against East. Photo by Morgan Boyer/Talon FRESHMAN CHEER. Front Row: Lauren Kelsay, Hayley Bell, Lisa Ingham, Zoe Norris Second Row: Frannie Calkins, Erin Dail, Jenna Burgason, Kelsey Hillman Back Row: Sydney Thompson, Tara Deschaine, Morgan Meeks, Ashley Mason, Laura Haniszewski
GET IT. JV cheerleader
Megan Birman shows her playful side when she "held" Northeast cheerleaders in her hand before a football game. Photo by Makenzie Brookhouser/Ta/on
SPRING. Freshman cheerleader Sydney Thompson does a back handspring during a football game. Photo by Morgan Boyer/Hawk Talk PEP RALLY. Reserve cheerleaders cheer for the sophomores during the Homecoming pep rally. Photo by Ta',1/or Scharper/Ta/on
Marching on the sidelines
C.Olor Guard and Marching
Not only did the marching band and color guard bring spirit at the football games, but they also brought spirit to the school itself.
Varsity marching band played at home games during football season and traveled to competitions. Some places they competed at were Columbus, Lincoln High, Millard South and at Seacrest Field.
The types of music they played were "Sea Wolf," "Sea Hawk," "Tortugu" and the costumes they wore were just their original green, silver and black uniforms.
'We play music that is challenging but is still lots of fun," said junior Lauren Troester.
"We played at the LSW and LSE game and there were a lot of people there. It's just really intense and exciting," said junior Abbey Jones.
The freshmen marching band doesn't play at games with the exception of the homecoming game, which they performed after the game.
Some of the places they had performed at were Lincoln High, Columbus and at Seacrest Field. The most favored song played by the freshmen marching band was by the Beatles.
Freshman Connor Blankenau said, "Beatles' music and the costumes were awesome possum!"
Freshman Keven Feng agreed, "The costumes were big, but fun to wear and the music we played was fun and energetic."
One thing they're preparing for is going to Honolulu, Hawaii next year on Dec. 5 to the Pearl Harbor ceremony. It is remembrance of the attack on Dec. 7, 194 l.
But before they go, members have to save up $ l 850 each by having fund-raisers like selling chocolate and coffee.
As the year ended Color Guard and Marching Band continued to improve their skills to lead the students sections for next year.
BATON. Senior Stephanie Schantell performs her routine at the North Platte game. Photo by Schieler Koch/Talon DRUMLINE. The marching band plays the drums during halftime at the Kearney game. Photo by Jessica Ernesfi/Ta/on CHEERING. Color Guard cheers on the sidelines to show spirit.
Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Ta/on
Band
LINING UP. Color guard lines up before performing their routine at the Southeast game. Senior Amanda Shaner leads the way.
Photo by Ali Carstens/Talon
COLORGUARD. Front row : Ashley Weatherhogg, Sydney Schaal, Bailey Crowl, Krystal Peters, Katelynn Piper, Cece Laughter Back row: Kelsey Imhof, Adrianna Ochoa, Marcos Cordova, Amanda Shaner, Heather Hillebran, Devin Ullsperger. Not Pictured: Kanai Kuhnel
VARSl1Y BAND C he lsea Anderson, Julia Anderson , Max Berger, Deric Boden, Brian Botz , Sam Buckner, Kayley Burd, Brittany Cash, Gabe Casper, Marcos Cordova, Ben Dom ke , Sydney Davidson, Kristen Delisi , Sidney Delozier, Joe Espinosa , Emma Fraser, Cole Genrich , Charii Harker, Matthew Hilfiker, Molly Hogancamp, DJ Hosler, Cera-Rose Hughes, Reid Hunsaker, Holly Hunt, Kelsey Imhof, Daniel Jaber, Sara Jaber, Bobby Jagadich, Ashley Janssen, Greg Jeffery, Kayla Johnson, Abbey Jones, .Ashley Jones , Nea l Klein, Ryan Klute, Kanai Kuhnel, Cece Laughter, CJ Lechner Lana Livermore , Macy Lloyd , Ericka Lyons , Ghazal Mahjouri Somani, Alex Malone, Morgan Malone , Hunter Miller, Meaghan Mueh ling, Andrew Muir, Mikayla Nelson, Adrianna Ochoa, Pauline Perez, Krystal Peters , Josh Petersen, Ashley Peterson, Katelynn Pipe r, Will Re ber, Jordan Rosenbohm, Sydney Schaal, Steph Schantell, Cody Schilling , Jordan Schoen , Justin Schoen, Hannah Scollard, Amanda Shaner, Brad Shaner , Matt Sted ronsky, Charles Swenseth, Abby Syfie, Alicia Szudlo, Dewayne Taylor , Jordon Thomas, Cody Tinnean, Trent Toelle, Lauren Troester, Devin Ullsperger, Ky Veney, Cou rtn e y Wagner , Matt Watson , Ashley Weatherhogg, Michaela Wilson , Sydney Worley , Nicki Ahlschwede , Paul Ahrens, Austin Andersen, Libby Anderson , Jeffrey Athey, Ji m Bash, Chris Beasley, Evan Bischoff, Austin Blankenau, Casey Brant, Clara Calkins , Suzanne Carnazzo , Eun-Jin Chung, Nick Clayburn, Ben Coatney, Hannah Co atney, Bailey Crowl, Skyler Crowl , Michaela DeGagne Matt Delisi , Jacob Denniston, Brandon Earhart, Alyssa Eitzmann , Morgan Emmert, Addison Fairchild, Jonathan Fa ngmeier, Travis Freeburg, C orinne Fuoco, Ryan Geisert, Sam Gemar, Hayden Grabast, Jacob Hahne, Nick Hamilton, Chase Hartman; Andy He, Jake Heidelk, Heather Hillebran Alex Hinton Rebecca Humphress, John Jaso Amanda Jones , Stephanie Kahler , Toe -Woo Kim, Dylan Kitchen, Lucy Kneifl, Nick Knopik, John Kosc h, Ke lly Kr ueger, Celeste Labedz, Jimmy Lee, Lindsey Linville, Connor Logsdon, Angela Lorenz, Connor Marshall , Diana Martinez, Nick May, Spencer Montoya, And rew Murphy, Mi chael Nguyen, Alex Pelman , Dan Peters , Alex Pieloch, Joe Pinnell, Mike Richards, Laine Sanburg , Connor Schulte, Meghan Senne, Hayden Thomson, Erika Troe ster, Veronica Vanderbeek, Brian Vuu, Ellen Wilkinson, Becca Wolf, MacKenzie Woodward, Bo Yarabe.
FRESHMAN BAN D. Stephanie Ahrens, Matthew Andersen, Josie Anderson, Tommy Anderson, Lauren Ayars, Joel ~arber , CC?nnor Blankenau, Taylor Boesiger, Jamie Bohlen , Justin Brinkman, Tara Brookhouser, Lena Buckner, TJ Burbach, Emily Burd , Michael Carnes, Celeste Chapp, Elliot Choi, Cassie Cooper, Brooke Emmert, Melissa Etherton, Keven Feng, Aimee Fischer, Court~ey Fleecs, Chase Florom, Brooke Fraser , Jonathan Freese, Brittany Gill , Caitlin Goin, Ashley Goosic, Sadie Hammond, Spencer Hard1ng-McDermo, Kylie Haseloh, Ayo Hinz, Taylor Hogeland , AJ Hudson, Austyn Hughes, Lisa Ingham, Taylor Jens~n, Bailey Jor~ensen, Alexa Kasi, Eun Hye Kim, Madison Klute, Zachary Koenig, Cassie Kuhn, Brittany Kynci, Michael Langfeldt, J~ss1c~ Larsen, Elizabeth Loos, Joe Massey, Megan May, JT Mccarter, Justin Mescher, Jon Meyer, Natasha Naseem , Dana Okazaki, Ph1ll1p Pendergra~s, Caleb Petersen, Elizabeth Peterson , Mikki Schanteli, Victoria Scholle, Caitlin Senne , Teddy Smolyuk, Samantha Sterl1~g, Mary.Stine, Bradley Strothkamp, Madeline Stuart, Christopher Tussing , Cole Villanueva, Nolan Vogel, Anna Weber, Brandon Wehling, Jessica West, Jacob Wheeler, Dominic Yarabe, Colton Zetterman.
JAZ.Z II. Saxes: Nick May, Alex Pieloch, Evan Bischoff, Diana Martinez, Libby Anderson, Matt Delisi, Linsey Linville, Dan Peters, Cole Genrich. Trumpets: Nick Knopik, Jimmy Lee, Sam Gemar, Michaela DeGagne, Laine Sanburg, Jacob Denniston. Trombones: Nick Clayburn, Becca Wolf, Austin Andersen, Hayden Grabast. Piano: Christian Hale Guitar: Logan Logsdon. Bass: Marijn Ouwehand. Drums: Jacob Hahne.
JAZ.Z I. Saxes: Brian Vuu, Corinne Fuoco, Amanda Jones, Michael Nguyen, Toe-Woo Kim, Ben Coatney. Trumpets: Skyler Crowl, Austin Blankenau, Alex Hinton, Jonathan Fangmeier, Dylan Kitchen. Trombones: Andy He, John Jaso, Jake Heidelk, Mike Richards, Chase Hartman. Piano: John Kosch. Bass: Davis Rempe. Guitar: Spencer Krull. Vibes: Connor Logsdon. Drums: Chris Beasley, Eun-Jin Chung
Music, the unspoken language
lnstnnnenta1 Music
Different types of instrumental bands provided students with opportunities to play many different types of music.
Concert bands included Freshman Band, which was only for freshmen, Symphonic Band, which had more sophomores and juniors, and Wind Ensemble. Wind ensemble was the highest level of concert band that one could participate in.
Junior Abbey Jones who was in Prep Jazz and Symphonic Band, said her favorite thing was "getting to be in band leadership and trying to be a good role model."
Jazz bands included Freshman Jazz Band, Prep Jazz which was the level in between freshmen and Varsity Jazz II, Varsity Jazz II, and Varsity Jazz I. Varsity Jazz I was the highest level of jazz band that one could play in. The jazz band performed at the annual Swing Night, which is a dance hosted by the jazz bands and music department. It was a way for the jazz band to get out and have a good time with fun dancing and great music.
Sophomore Bobby Jagadich, who was in prep jazz and symphonic band and has been in band since fifth grade, said his favorite memory about band was "the trips to the concerts." Orchestra, of course, was only for string players. There was a Freshman and a Varsity Orchestra.
The instrumental classes were all involved in skinnies, where students go to one class for half a block and the other class, the other half.
Story and spread by Allie Fowler
SHOW. Teacher Terry Rush shov ; his class a few notes before they s: J rt practicing their songs Rush te e , hes Symphonic band. Photo by To n 3owers/Talon
FRESHMEN JAZZ. ~--· : Matt Anderson, Eddie \ e lles , Lisa Ingham, Co s :; Kuhn, Cole Villanueva , : mmy Anderson, Bailey , ,rgensen, Caleb Pc 1rsen, l Burbach, Taylor H ] eland, Jacob Wheeler , C )nnor Blankenau, JT Mc a rter, Justin Mescher, Jc sie West, Stephanie ;., rens , Justin Brinkman , J 1 Freese Brandon Wehlin g evin Feng, Jon Meye r ourtney Fleecs, Ann a urlbut, Maddie Stuart, Th, n os Byrne, Taylor Boes e r
28: Caleb Perters, 1 Lisa Ingham, AJ Hud sr Spencer Harding-Mc D- 11ott, Tommy Anderso n ) rue Marr, Melissa Ethe ) n, TJ Burbach, Bradley othkamp, Connor Blc kenau , Joe Massey, Ash il • Goosic Natasha Nasee rr .\imee Fischer, Elliot Ch o i ") hillip Pendergrass, Nole Vogel, Lena Buckner, C o Jr Helton, Joel Barber, C iurtney Fleecs, Anna Hu rl L 1 t , Ta~a Hogeland, Taylo r , Jesiger, Cassie Cooper
PREP JAZ.Z. Saxes: Reid Hunsaker, Jordan Rosenbohm, Lauren Troester, NPi l Klein, Abbey Jo11es, Sam Buckner, Casey Brant. Trumpets: Bobby Jagad ic ··1, Cody Schilling, Max Berger, Jayden Denning, Brad Shaner. Trombones: C o dy Tinnean, Greg Jeffery. Bass: Emma Fraser, Marijn Ouwehand. Drums: DJ f !o sier, Hunter Miller, Josh Peterson. Piano: Sidney Delozier, Matt Stedronsky. Gu itu : Will Reber.
:LAY. Junior Kinsey oskochi/ tun during Varsity~ her violin <?lass. The class rchestra ting ready t was getthey havo o Play a song mg. O _ n r ct:cby Jori Bowers/
ORCHESTRA. Violin I: Noemi Berkowitz, Tasneem Bouzid, Christine Choe, Malory Dahl, Kelsey Follmer, Marta Jonson, Eli Koziol, Christopher Lif, Erin Lukin, Kinsey Poskochil , Cameron Price, Aaron Hoagland, Ellen Peterson , KishahRajendran, Mikayla Urbauer, Kelsey Watson , Ellie Wiltfong Violin II: Forrest Burroughs, Gabe Casper, Shaylyn Doyle, Lauren Fry, Caitlin Goin, Ashley Goosic, Nicole Hamilton, Quinn Hullett, Benjamin Heiliger , Sydney King, Troy Nelson, Katelynn Piper , Pujaa Rajan , Diamond Shouse, Rebecca Toelle, Zach Zumwalt. Viola: Laura Barker, Kirsten Bjorman, Konrad Christen, Keven Feng, Catherine Gross, Andy He, Elsa Hines, Nisha Holay, Kristen Kramer , Shelby Leschinsky, Drue Marr, Tiffany Truong, Kana Leia Veney. Cello: Andrew Arkebauer, Jordan Brooks , Courtney Catlett, Shelby Clausen, Trina Nelson, Zoe Tien, Ky Veney, Albert Zhou Bass: Connor Barr, Emma Fortney, Anna Hurlbut, Marijn Ouwehand, Rodney Woodcock •
BASS. Senior Connor Barr waits for director Terry Rush to finish giving instructions, during his Varsity Orchestra class. Photo by Tori Bowers/Talon
FOLLOW. Juniors Ashley Jones and Kayla Johnson follow along as their Symphonic '11111 band teacher Alyssa Wilhelm directs them on the song that they were playing. Photo by Allie FowlerITa/on
DRUMS. Sophomore Hunter Miller plays his drums during teacher Alyssa Wilhelm's Prep Jou class. Photo by Allie Fowler/Talon
FLUTE. Freshman Cassie Cooper plays her flute at the Swing into Spring concert. Cooper is in Freshman Jou band 2B. Photo by Allie Fowter/Ta/on
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Choirs & Sho-w- Choir
The choir department had another successful year. Instructor Denise Cotton and new assistant vocal instructor Andrew Jacobson directed five choirs: Freshman choir, concert choir, varsity concert choir, chamber choir and women's choir.
Select chamber choir met every other day • during Block 3A. Members were selected by audition in the early spring of 2010. Students were exposed to collegiate and professional level choral music in this choir. This year chamber choir was selected to perform at Nebraska Music Educator Conference.
Varsity concert choir met during Block 3B, Monday through Friday. Members were selected by audition in the early spring of 2010. Students learned principles of music theory, music history, basics of vocal pedagogy, choral literature and rehearsal/performance etiquette. The choir performed at four concerts as well as the LPS Large Group Contest.
Students had an opportunity to try our for one of the two LSW show choirs. The varsity show choir is Resonance and the junior varsity show choir is Ambience.
The show choirs traveled all over Nebraska and also in Iowa and Missouri. Show choir normally had up to five competitions per year.
Junior Amy Cotton was a member of Resonance. Her most memorable part of show choir was doing extremely well at their competition at Benton. "Have confidence in yourself and it's one of the best experiences you can have in your life". Is what she advised someone wanting to try out for show choir.
"I was too young to remember" is what junior Kelly Krueger said about how long she has been singing. Although she loves singing, her biggest pet peeve was when people wouldn't stop talking when they were trying to get stuff done.
Almost all of the singers included in these choirs have sang since they were little. Many plan to take their careers to the next level.
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Members of the Varsity concert choir practice and warm up their voices for their big competition. Photo by Talon
RESONANCE. Harper Anderson, Mikaela Balfany, Brett Bancroft, PJ Bell, Han
nah Bell, Taylor Byers, Nate Caldwell, Clara Calkins, Alanna Connely, Am y C
ton, Jacob Denniston, Ali Dougherty, Harrison Drake, Brent Flentje, Alex G a ' rdo, Ryan Geisert, Bri Giles, Bri Giles, Christian Hale, Daniel Hanson, Carter Hill , A hton Holechek, Allie Hurlbut, Sydney King, Jacob Koenig, Kelly Krueger, Logan L Connor Marshall, Kate Meyer, Morgan Mills, Andrew Murphy, Michael Ng L 1en, Matt Ober, Danielle Parde, Amelia Rangel, Davis Rempe, Marielle Saath o , Bryd Somani, Megan Sjulin, Sydney Stauffer, Nam Tran, Haley Williams, Becca \
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ALWAYS TIME FOR FUN. Junior Carter Hill str ike s a pose in show choir practi c e. Even though show cho ir is always preparing for com petitions they make time fo r fun.
Photo by Morgan Mills/Talon
MEN'S CHOIR. The group performs "I Carry Your Heart with Me" at the March Festival Concert. Photo bv Melissa Bvertv/Ta/on
SMILE BIG. Varsity choir sings the National Anthem at one of the varsity football games Photo bv Ta/on
CHAMBER CHOIR. Mikaela Balfany, Hailey Batterton, Brogan Bennett, Austin Blankenau, Taylor Byers, Nate Caldwell, Eun-Jin Chung, Tegan Colton, Amy Cotton, Ali Dougherty, Harrison Drake, Sophia Draniki, Brent Flentje, Jordyn Fuller, Alex Gallardo, Dylan Glen, Christian Hale, Daniel Hanson, Ashton Holechek, Allie Hurlbut, Grace Jacobson, Jacob Koenig, John Kosch, Kelly Krueger, Kate Meyer, David Munro, Jack Olson, Marijn Ouwehand, Danielle Parde, Amelia Rangel, Davis Rempe, Bryan Somani, Emily Schmidt, Megan Sjulin, Sydney Stauffer, Erika Troester, Veronica Vanderbeek, Fred Vogel, Corinne Wolford, Bo Yarabe.
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NOTE.Juniors Ashton Holechek and Amy Cotton show off their singing voices in choir class Photo bv Allie fowlerITa/on
AMBIENCE. Chelsea Anderson , Darcy Arends, Max Berger, Reagan Bergen, Haylee Bice, Jordan Brooks, Gabe Casper , Dellante' Clark-Brown, Marcos Cordova, Hannah Cornish, Biz Dalke, Sydney Davidson , Kristen Delisi , Natalie Derr, Nicole Dreeszen, Brittany Feuerhammer , Kelsey Follmer , Emma Fraser, Michelle Ingle, Abbey Jones, Lucas Keifer, Makenna Kroeker, Aaron Lewis, Lana Livermore, Macy Lloyd, Alexandra Mabry, Morgan Malone , Hunter Miller, Meaghan Muehling, Sam Potter, Cassandra Rinne, Samantha Rucker, Sydney Schaal, Andrea Sheets, Kassi Sherbeck, Aubrey Shumake, Wednesday Stamper, Sydney Svehla, Keeley Thayer, Tre Uhrmacher, Tori Vanderbeek, Ky Veney, Courtney Wagner, Matt Watson, Dane Wiley.
YOU'RE THE STAR Junior Bo Yarabe sings a solo at the pep rally. Photo by Taytor Sharper I Talon
SHOW THEM HOW IT'S DONE Ambience members Me aghan Muehling and Matt Watson performing at the switch rally, Photo by Aubrey Woolman / Talon
DANCE. Junior Morgan Mills and senior Michael Nguyen perform with Resonance at switch rally. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Ta/on
Oboe: Corinne Fuoco Clarinet: Toe-Woo Kim, Alex Pieloch, Addison Fairchild, Angela Lorenz, Haley Urwiler,
Martinez Bass Clarinet: Libby Anderson, Lindsey Linville Bassoon: Paul
Peters, Matt Delisi, Connor Schulte Tenor Sax: Nick May, Amanda Jones , Andrew Murphy Bari Sax:
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Lee, Dylan Kitchen , Jacob Denniston, Jonathan Fangmeier, Nick Knopik, Jim Bash , Austin Blankenau, Michaela DeGagne,
Gemar, Connor Marshall, Clara Calkins Trombone: Andy He, John Jaso, Mike Richards, Becca Wolf, Alex
Hartman Tuba: Jake Heidelk, MacKenzie
Logsdon, Spencer Montoya, Veronica Vanderbeek
Cece Laughter, Kayley Burd, Morgan Malone, Julia Anderson Clarinet: Abbey
ley Jones , Kayla Johnson Bass clarinet: Trent Toelle Alto Sax: Reid Hunsaker, Jordan Rosenbohm,
Tenor Sax: Molly Hogancamp, Andrew Muir Bari Sax: Marcos Cordova Trumpet: Bobby Jagadich, Cody Schilling, Cera-Rose Hughes, Max Berger, Jordon
Justin Schoen, Brian Botz, Jayden Denning, Brad Shaner Horn: Greg Jeffery Trombone: Ashley Weatherhogg, Holly Hunt, Cody Tinnean, Jordan Schoen,
Ben Domke, CJ Lechner Baritone: Alex Malone Tuba: Charles Swenseth, Deric Boden Percussion: Chelsea Anderson, Gabe Casper, Sidney Delozier, Sydney
Espinosa , Matthew Hilfiker, DJ Hosler, Sara Jaber, Hunter Miller, Meaghan Muehling, Josh Petersen, Will Reber, Matt Stedronsky
FRESHMEN BAND. Flute: Sadie Hammond, Emily Burd, Lauren Ayars, Caitlin Senne, Cassandra Cooper, Melissa Etherton Oboe: Taylor Boesiger Clarinet: Ma c:J ie Stuart, Brooke Emmert, Elizabeth Peterson, Brooke Fraser, Jamie Bohlen, Ayo Hinz, Kylie Haseloh, Josie Anderson, Brittany Gill, Jessica Larsen, Victoria Scholle, Madiso r Klute, Michael Carnes, Anna Weber Bass Clarinet: Sam Sterling, Alexa Kasi Alto Sax: Lisa Ingham, Matt Andersen, Caleb Petersen, Dominic Yarabe, Bradley Stroth~c1 mp, AJ Hudson, Spencer Harding-McDermott, Cassie Kuhn, Teddy Smolyuk Tenor Sax: Cole Villanueva, Bailey Jorgensen, Tommy Anderson Bari Sax: TJ Burbach , Ec,ii e Welles Trumpet: Jacob Wheeler, Taylor Hogeland, Ashley Goosic, Aimee Fischer , Connor Blankenau, Jessie West, Joe Massey, Justin Mescher, Natasha Naseem, Mic hael Langfeldt, JT Mccarter Horn: Stephanie Ahrens, Taylor Jensen Trombone: Justin Brinkman, Jon Freese, Keven Feng , Brandon Wehling, Phillip Pendergrass, No101 Vogel Baritone: Lena Buckner, Elliot Choi, Conor Helton, Joel Barber Tuba: Megan May Percussion: Courtney Fleecs, Chase Florom, Zach Koenig, Beth Loos, Jon i\'eyer, Mary Stine , Claire Wilkinson, Colton Zetterman 202 Clubs $ Or9<A\f\tz..CAH0\f\.s
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CHOIR Harper Anderson , Mikaela Bal f a ny, Brett Bancroft, Hailey Batterton , Hannah Bell, Pj Bell , Brogan Bennett , Noami Berkowitz, Austin Blankenau , Taylor Byers, Nate Caldwel l, Clara Calkins , Eun-J in Ch ung , Shelby Clausen , Tegan Colton, Alanna Connely, Amy Cotton , Michaela DeGagne , Jacob Denniston , Ali Dougherty, Shay-
lyn Doyle , Harrison Drake, Sophia Dran iki, Ja co b Elliot, Brent Flentje , Jordyn Fuller , Alex Gallardo , Ryan Geisert, Briana Giles, Dylan Glen, Hayden Grabast, Christian Hale , Daniel Hanson , Colleen Harris , Carter Hill, Heather Hillebran , Ashton Holechek, All ie Hurlbut, Grace Jacobson , Sydney King, Sarah Kocher, Jacob Koenig , John Kosch, KelKru eger, Logan Lemka, Angela Lorenz, She ld on Lukow, Conner Marshall, Kate Meyer, Morgan Mills , David Munro, Andrew Murphy, Michael Nguyen, Matt Ober , Jack Olson , Marijn Ou wehand , Danielle Parde, Da n Peters, Alex Pieloch, Amelia Rangel, Davis Rempe, Marielle Saathoff, Bryan Somani, Emily Schmidt, Megan Sjulin , Sydn e y Stauffe r, Em ily Thomas, Nam Tran , Er ika Troe ste r, Nicole Ullman, Veronica Vanderbeek, Kelsey Virus, Fred Vogel, Haley Williams , Becca Wolf, Corinne Wolford , Bo Yarabe
CONCERT CHOIR . Katy Andersen , Chel sea Anderson , Darcy Arends , Evan Augustyn, Reagan Bergen , Max Berger , Haylee Bice, Jordan Brooks , Emma Buelling, Gabe Casper, De lante Clark-Brown , Marcos Cordova, Hannah Cornish , Biz Dalke , Sydney Davidson , Kristen Delisi, Natalie Derr, Courtney Donald, Nicole Dreeszen, Joe Espinosa, Elizabeth Evans , Britney Feuerhamm e r , Kelsey Follmer, Emma Fraser, Jordan Fricke, Kelcee Fuller, Taylor Graham, Malia Hinz, Sarah Hove, Michelle Ingle , Abbey Jones, Lucas Keifer, Makenna Kroeker , Jordyn Labadie , Marisa Laue, Shelby Leschinsky , Aaron Lewis , Lana Livermore , Macy Lloyd, Mallory Luebbe, Alex Mabry, Morg a n Malone, Hunter Miller, Meaghan Muehling , Henry O 'Neal, Courtney Oldham, Curtis Pester , Ashley Peterson, Nicole Peterson, Katelynn Piper, Sam Potter, Will Reber, C a ssandra Rinne , Samantha Rucker , Mac ken zie Sanchez , Sydney Schaal , Tia Scheel, Andrea Sheets , Kassi Sherbeck, Aubrey Shumake , Wednesday Sta mper, Syd ney Svehla, Keeley Thaye r, Kody Tupper, Tre' Uh rma cher, Tori Vanderbeek, Ky Veney , Courtney Wagner , Matt Watson , Ashley Weatherhogg, Leah Weber , Dane Wil e y, Meg a n Wisku s, Lauren Works , Sydney Worley , Kristina Zvolanek
Tommy Ande rso n, Lauren Ayars, Morgan Bath , Mackenzie Becke r, Ha yley Bell, Connor Blanke n?u, Tayl o r Boes ig e ~, Raean n
, Lena Buckner, T J Bu rbac h, Sonny Burns , Forrest Bu rroughs, Frannie Calkins, Je ssica C le men s, Mic hael Clinch, Ta~a. Deschaine, As~ lyn Draper, Moriah Eppe rt, Melissa Etherton , Keven Feng , Courtney Fleecs , Chase Florom, Brooke Fraser, Nicole G e mar, Chan d ler H~efele , Chnst1a n Heds~rom, Sim He ier , Kel sey Hillman , Taylor Hogeland, Anna Hurlbut, Letura
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ldigima, Lisa Ingham, Zachary Koenig, Ca ssie Kuhn, Emma Kumwen?a,
Loo s, Danica Lowrey, Schyler Luther, Janette Martin e z, Ashley Mason, Joe Massey, Mattison Merritt, Nata sha Nase e m, So ph ia Nelson,
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Pete rsen , Jackson Rempe , Maggie Rempe, Brianna Riggins, Kelsey Roberts, Dylan Rotert, Annaliese Saathoff , Bree Somani, Robin· Sarik, Kali Schwenke,
el Sheets, Clare Sidner , Darby Stevenson, Mary Stine , Megan Stolz, Madeline Stuart, Zoe Tien, Te ssa Tr a m p , Markee Tri p p, M a kayl? Ur~auer, Alex1
z, Trum an Wac hter, Hunter Watson , Anna Weber , Joseph Wh ittle, Claire Wilkinson , Rodney Woodcock. Photos on spread courtesv Rob Wllkm s/Llght
TSenior Becca Rihglemar1 place's a c~rd irHo a bouquet gleman works at Hy -~ee in the floral department utting flowers. Photo by Aubrey Woolman/Talon
Checking out! Junior Makenzie
c lc i es as cu ers are checking out.
.~ ,working : '· • Navy her junior year.
j unchies! Senior Hill ary Stoll works at the S
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is a popular establishment for Southwest stude
c,tocking up! Juni~r E!~r;i Peter~on fixes ~the hats by the regtster at Scheels. Peterson is primarily a cashier on weekends. Photo by
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How did st~dents pay for clothes, gas bond for the new arena in the Haymarket. or anything recreational these days when This plan called for a 4 percent occupation everything was so .expensive? Some were tax on hotels and car rentals and a 2 percent fortunate enough to receive an allowance or occupation bar and restaurant tax. The arena their parents woUld take care of those things is expected to be finished in fall of 201 3. tor them. But many upperclassm en had a job
:·Valley Project which focused on flood control
Another major project was the Antel<~pe to help th'erJ! get:by.
As gas 'priees soared up to over 3.50 for Lincoln's Antelope Creek. This was plan9ed 0 gallon in March, . students were having to to run from J Street in the South to Salt Creek work more. The :Southwest area had many to the North . The total cost of the project was places to apply for part-time jobs for high $238 million. The project was the largest public school students. works project in the history of the city.
Some of the most popular places
The city of Lincoln also out grew the students worked 9twer~ Hy-V~e, SuperTa.rget past with the 201 o census reporting over Runza, YMCA, SouthP01nte Cinema, Amigos, 250,000 in population. All the familiar places Stheels and others have been restored or have expanded to Besides pay, being emplo~ed also keep up with the modern time. ...._ had other perks such as company discounts, "I work about 20 hours a week ancfspend experience and making ~ew friends. ~: -;.~·- ,-- all my money on gas and food/ junior Lexi
The econ om Y Im Proved w !f'h Dougherty said Dougherty currently works at .. ploymen t rate at 9. 8 perce ~lch Buffalo Wild Wings but started working at the w .4 percent !~ase from 2009 for - 14 as O nanny. the no Lincolrf..,nad one of the lowe t~-•~<,;J~ story/ Spread bv.Aubrey Woolman unemplo nt rates in the nation, at bel9 ..f\•.t?A~:,,~t~ .r , 4 Percent ~-tv.{'\":,;-:~ -~-:::..;
c··,.. ommunity"C$:inqes! This photo is a ~- example of what tne Haymarket Arena is • expected to look like The arena is expected to be built by 20 l 3 and will host Nebraska basketball and some state games Courtesv photo by lincolnhaymarketarena com
-~ndraising! One way for Southwest to r- raise money was parent boosters to donate money at the Spirit Fest. When a parent or alumni purchases an item, part of the proceeds is donated to the booster organization Photo by Leah Letcher/Ta/on
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We are very proud of all your accomplishments. Great things are to come.
Love, Dad, Mom, Stacie and Brenna
Congratulations, Tay! We're so proud of you! May all your dreams come true!
We love you-
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Ain't got no chicken! Go c o 1fidently in the direction of your dre 1ms.
Love, Mom, Dad, Zoe a - id Neal
Congratulations, Kaitlin! We are very proud of Y' u
Love , Mom, Dad, Nikki and Ty Mom, Dad, Heather, Cameron an d •icholas
Congratulations, Drew! We are so proud of you. Continue to work hard and follow your passions.
Love, Mom, Dad and Katelyn
This mischievous little girl has grown up into a responsible, beautiful young lady. We are proud of you!
Love, Mom, Dad and Kyte
We are so proud of you, Alex and Ashley! You hav -·11ways been our pride and joy. Continue to work hard an _J ream big!
Congratulations, Mallory! We are very proud of all your accomplishments. Follow your dreams!
Love , Mom, Dad o r f Derek
Love, Mom, Dad a nc1 Justin
Courtney :Jarosz
C o ngratulations , Chri s We are so very p roud of you
Congratulatio ns, Courtney on all your accomplishments We ore so proud of the amazing woman you 've b ecome. Set your goals high, dream big and tr ust in Him. Always keep the faith and know we will love you forever!
Love, Lo ve, Mom , Dad , Tyler and Zach Mom and Dad
From the cute li ttle girl with pigtails to a beautiful young lady, we are so proud of you As ,, you step into th e next chapter o f your life, follow your heart an d your dreams! We love you! Dad, Mom , Tyler and Kelsey
Can't wait t o see y o u r fut ure as a Husker unfold! We are very proud of you.
Love, Mom, Da d and Brett
Kayla, yo u are the greatest surprise anyone co uld ask for in a lifetime! We are so proud of you and love you more t han you will ever know
Love, Mom&Dad
You've been engineering si nce you were 3. Now you' re off to college to earn a degree. We are so proud of you
Love, Mom, Dad and Tori
From Kindergarten to Graduation, you've learned and achieved so much in your life. Now the second chapter in your life is just beginning. Hold on tight to the Iro n Ro d and your Father in Heaven will lead you th e way All o ur Love , Mo m and Dad l Nephi 8 :24 :z>:ane Banderas
Diane , You have set a path for yourself. Hard work pays off. The world is full of o pportunity Seize it! Co ngratulations!
Love, Mom and Dad
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J<aleah Letcher
Jet Shine on Shine on
You are a BRIGHT STAR!
Love, Mom, Dad, Kiara & Mom-Mom
5helbj Knorr
Congratulations! Good luck in everything you do! We love you!
Dad , Mom , Jackson, Addie and Cooper
Caylee Chambers
From your first day of school to your last, you have made us so proud! Congratulations!
Wishing you the best in everything you do, Hal /
8u.st\t\ess
We are so proud of your hard work and accomplishments, Good luck at NWU!
Go Prairie
Love, Mom and Dad Wolves!
Love, Mom and Alyssa
We are so proud of all you have accomplished!
Love you , Dad and Mom
Our t w e, Dad, Mom and Hc ntrc
"Life brings sorrows or j jo alike It is what a m ar OE with them- -not wha t ey do to them--that is t t ru test of his mettle." -Theodore Roosevelt
Love,Oad & Mom , L· 1ds( & Iysc
We are very proud of you. God bless you as you venture forward.
Love, Mom, Dad, Zach, Chaeli, a nd Jordon
congratulations Matt!
.Ve are extremely proud of you and know your future is bright! , Dream big, take risks, treat others with respect and most important
of all ENJOY LIFE'S JOURNEY!
We are proud of everything you have accomplished.
Love,
Mom, Dad, C.J. and Chance
Love,
Mom , Dad , Maddie, and Alex
Love your life, find your dream and be happy.
JY Love and prayers, Mom, Dad and Anna
)n "No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle."
~ Winston Churchill
You have brightened our lives for the past 18 1/2 years. May your future be every bit as bright.
Love, Your Family
Congratulations Tyler! We are so proud of all your accomplishments. Take charge of your future, dream big, and you will achieve what you set your mind to.
Love, Mom and Dad
Congratulations Josh! We are proud of you. May all your dreams come true.
We love you! Dad, Mom, Megan & Molly
Live the Life you have Imagined may your future be filled with gratitude, continued determination and many blessings. We are so proud of the person you are. We Love you, Mom, Dad, and Sydney
------~ "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - E/eano Roosevelt.
Congratulations, Bri.
We love you! Dad, Mom, and Ashlyn
Ad.s 20'1
We are very proud of you and your accomplishments. Dream big and make your dreams come true.
"I hope you realize your life is truly your life it belongs to you, It is your story to write with love. Day by day, line by line, write it well." -Lance Wubbels
Mom and Dad Love, Dad, Mom, McKenzie & Maddie
There is not enough space to list all the things you've done The 1st l 8 years make us so proud we can't wait to watch that list grow as you go through the next exciting stages of your life.
You've come a long way baby! Thank you t
the fantastic journey, we are so proud of
We are so proud. WE know that what you dream tor your future you will accomplish. You have brought great JOY to our lives.
Mom, Dad, Annaliese,
Congratulations! From preschool to high school graduation We are very proud of everything you have accomplished. Always believe in yourself and keep reaching for your dreams. Good luck in your journey towards medical school
You are the best son we could ask for. We are very proud of you and love you very much! Congrats!
Love, Mom & Dad, Amanda & Alex ,---,._,-. Matt-
Congratulations , we are so proud of you and what you have accomplished. Follow your dreams and lean on him and you will have success.
Love, Mom,Dadand Kristen
May God's love guide you through life-His plan for you is remarkable. Embrace it! We are so proud of who you've beco me! We love you more!
Love, Mom , Dad and McKenzie
Congratulatio ns, Atley! You've made us all proud. You're a special girl. Good luck in college.
Love, Dad, Mom and Groce
Sarni, We are proud of you and your achievements.
Love, Dad, Mom, and Conner
Congratulations, Alli Fo Fa Iii. Your new adventure begins. Keep a smile on your face and remember the only test you don't have to study for is life.
Love, Mom, Dad and Kayla
:Jenna 5orenSen
Congratulation s, Jenna! We are so proud of you. Dream big and follow your heart.
Love, Dad, Mom & Jessica
Love, Elliot, Nie, Mom, Dad
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Congrats, little brother. good too!! You Rock!
Ellie, We love you and are very proud of you.
Love, Mom, Dad & Michael
Congratulations, Zach! We are so proud of your hard work and accomplishments. May all your dreams come true. We love you!
Love, Mom , Dad and Kylie
Congratulations!
Sarah,
Thank you for showing us what God's love looks like- Continue to follow His light and He will give you the desires of your heart!
Ps 37:4 Congratulaions! • Love always , Mom, Dad, Juli, Nicole , Ashle and Ben
Mackenzie,
and
Congratulations Sarah, you always make us proud.
Love, Mom, Dad & Hannah
Congratulations on all you have accomplish e c Jnd best wishes with everything that lies ahead!
Lo v 1 you Dad, Mo m Sare
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams ! ve the life you've imagined." -Thoreau Love you today, tomorrow, always ...
Congratulations Logan! A r M journey awaits you. Drea m ig and work hard. We are ve ry proud of you!
Lavi
Mom, Dad, London an d r ns/E
ave,
Mom, Dad, Bess
F : mnie
Ali, Congratulations !!! Thank you for all the joy you have brought to us. We are so proud of you. May all your dreams come true!
We love you, Mom, Dad and Bay/ee
Do what you love. Follow yo ur dreams. Laugh Continue to learn. Choose with no regrets. We are so proud of you! Mom, Dad and Jessica
With your incredible creativity and kindness, you have a very exciti ng life ahead. We love you D ... more than a brick. :)
(Thumbs up sign}, Ma, Pops and Thursey
We love you! Mom, Dad and Neleigh
Zane, we are so proud of you! Good luck at UNK! Go Lopers!
Love, Mom, Dad & Zach
We are so proud of you and know your future will be bright! With love, Mom&Dad
No matter where you are, • no matter what you do, swing for the stars.
We love you, Mom, Dad and Lena
Congratulations Ty! We are so proud of you. We wish you success in everything you do.
Love, Mom, Dad & Kyle
Commit to the Lord whatever you do , and your plans will succeed -Proverbs 76: 3
We are proud of the young man you have become and of all your accomplishments Trust in We love you. ~.....::....._~ God in all you do Mom, Dad and Sarah
Lindsay, We're proud of who you are and all that you've accomplished. Congratulations!
We love you! Mom , Dad and Samantha
Chelsea. Kyle
Congratulations Chelsea! Hard to be lieve my little girl is graduating. I am so proud of how hard you have worked and wish you the best on your new adventures!
Love , Mom & Haley
Coadney Le:fam
Congratulations, Courtney! You have become a beautiful young lady. We are so proud of you and your accomplishments. Always believe in yourself and you will do great things. Follow your dreams. Love, Dad,Mom, Lindsay and "B"
Natalie, You have been such a joy!
• Dream big, enjoy your friends and family, smile everyday and always keep your faith.
Love ye 1 tons ! Mom, Dad o ne: :,hone
5amone Pabst
Congratulations Samone! We c ) so proua of you Your hard work , •j ication and can-do attitude is a n ir Jiration . Continue being who yo u c ).. . spectacular! A ll < , love , Mom, De Molly J~c.ob Sie.ve.r-e:.
Congratulations to our hero. You have overcome greater challenges than most can imagine. Keep reaching for your goals and remain faithful and your dreams will come true. We are very M o , proud of you! Jeremiah a n , I /or: -r;.Ofrl?
Tori, keep on being the determined and positive person that you are. you can do anything that you set your mind to Just think of this next step in life as a learning adventure. We love you so much and are very proud of you. Congrats! ~ove, Dad, Mom & 1essa
congrat ulations, Sissy! We are so proud of you and all you've a ccomplished! Keep up the good work and follow yo ur dreams!
Love , Mom, Dad, Todd and Cole
James 7:72
Congratulation s, Mackenzie! You are a beautiful and talented young woman. Suc cess will be yours in everything you do if you trust in God and believe in yourself . Love, Mom, Dad, Jared and Braydon
Congratulations, Trent. You have come a long way. We are so proud of you, good luck in coll~ge. The best of luck in making your dreams come true.
Lots of love, Mom and Dad
Congratulations Morgan! We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. Good luck in college, continue to work hard and may all your future dreams come true!
Beautifu l Baby! Handsome man! We are so proud of you! Congrats !
Love you! Your family
Congratulations, Hannah! Always let your confidence shine. We love you.
Love, Mom, Dad and Halley ,
Congratulatio ns, Ni ck! It has been an awesome journey from pres ch oo l in Texas to high school in Nebraska. May all your d reams c o me true! We love you, Dad, Mom, Nicole and Matt
My how time flies! We are so proud of you. Congratulations on all your accomplishments! We love you, Mom, Dad and Christie Se\f\tor Ad.s 215
From playing with Barbie dolls to putting on make-up. You're grown up so last, we are so proud of you. Love you so much.
Mom, Mike, Colt, Weston Dad, Bayleigh & Brooke
Bry"Vl SC\1t11C\Vli
Mr. Man,
You make us so very proud.
Love Always, Mom and Dad
ICongratulations, Tanner! We are so proud of your ha.rd work and accomplishments. You can accomplish many more goals Stay focused and enjoy the journey.
Our love, Mom, Dad and Courtney
Shali Nicole, You are such a blessing to our family. We look forward to watching you follow your dreams You will always be our "little angel."
Love, Dad&Mom
Congratulations, Austin ! We are so proud of you. Yo ur _ hard work and determ in ation will take you far. W know you will find succ e3 s in all you do.
We love , u, Dad, Mom and Mie h e la
Go confidentially in the • 3 Ction of your dreams. Live 1e life you imagined. - Tho r; u
Congratulations, Abigail Thompson Sloup. Thank you for staying on the right trial. You have made our final years at LSW totally a blast!! We love you, baby girl!
Dad and Mom, Grandmother Teddy, Park and Krista, Ollie and our puppy dog .Biz
We are so proud of you!
Congratulations and best of luck at UNL.
LOVE Mom, Dad & 4leXI
You are all grown up ! We love you an d are very proud of you!
Love, Mom&Dad
Congratulations! We're very proud of you and know that you will succeed in everything you choose to do! Dream big, work hard and may all your dreams com e true. Love, Your family
Schedule
Worship
St. Mark's United Methodist Church - 8550 Pioneers Blvd ~- Lincoln, NE 68520 - 489-8885
Saturday - 5:00pm
Sunday - 7:45, 9:00, 10:30am
Sunday Church School
Confirmation 9:00am
Refuel church school 7th-12 th grade 9:00, 9:50am
J.A.M. (Jesus and Me)
Middle School (6th.8th ) Sun., evenings
Sr. High (9 th -12 th) Sun , evenings
House of God Worship Service (6th.12th) .4th Sun. 7:00pm
The not pictured list was co m p iled from an October and a March list of students and is to rep res e nt students not pictured on the people pages. We apolog ize for any omissions or mistakes.
Sen iors:
Ajonique Baxter
Austin Ford
Tyler Gilloon
Bridget Ho lman
Deanna Kinnison
Addison Knuth
Hannah Lockard
Andrea Logan
Richard Lorenz
Alicia Lovato
Sterling Mohrbutler
Brandon Peters
Fahed Piso
Micah Reddish
John Richman
Alexa Roper
Alyssa Ross
Erika Shafer
Megan Smette r
Ali Taha
Jonathan Te rrebon ne
La Mia Un ion
Garrett Wall
Dillon Yawn
Ju niors:
Skyler Bales
Raevin Bigelow
Michael Brienza
Patric Carstens
Conor Doran
Star Holmes
Taitiana Jones
Christopher Knapp
Cameron Moss
Austin Ryder
Elly Sanderson
Angela Varnell
Kelsey Wolf
Sophomores:
Spencer Allen
Victor Arvizo
Kaitlyn Coble
Brighid Cooney
Cameron Hayes
Jessi Landrum-Munoz
Whitney Leseberg
B.J. Motton
Teresa Sanchez
Kaylene Stabler
Mike Toupin
Keaton West
Titus Williams
Freshmen:
INin Arvizo Cuevas
Heidi Esparza-Guzman
Dewayne Fisher
McKayla Holmes
Jessica Levtsenyuk
Mikeal MacGowan
Devante McDonald
Haley Wilke
GET IT GIRLS! Seven students survived yearbook all year. They were Taylor Sharper, Kaleah Letcher, Kaitlin Karins, Jessica Ernesti, Aubrey Woolman, Felicia Lopez and Allie Fowler.
Hmm. What can we possibly say about this year's staff besides, well, we struggled. We were a very hard-headed group of people and coming up with the 20 l l Talon theme wa s interesting. We wanted something that related to an idea of Silver Hawks only and some wanted a bit of a SuNival Guide, so we came to a happy medium of "I Survived "
It was hard work, but with many ideas from the "American Pie" book of secrets, that became our cover and the handwriting style was used for the quotes that were supposed to look as if it was Silver Hawks editing and adding to our story.
We took some guidance from last yearbook's theme with the "OUT" words for our section names. And we used those words in all of our dividers to keep it consistent.
First, we would like to apologize for any inconsistencies in our book since we tried but things were a bit hectic with this book. For any names misspelled, people left out of e vents or e rror s, we are very sorry; we tried to catch them all.
And last but never least we owe a huge thank you to Dianne Kuppig, she put up with all of our shenanigans and ta lking. We were loud, we were annoying, we were all over the plac e , we tried to black out the windows once and play rap music at tim e s, but she kept us on track, and without her, you all woul d no t have this book finished on time. Thank you all for your su pport beca use it is not us, but you, all who make thi s book.
it!' Senior Tony DeVries takes some time a make a stick : •.' • :hing pole on a science field trip Students went hiking , • ping and fishing as a class. Photo cou~'t{-Charlc; ,,J}ittle ....., ~ ·"" ,.
,-.., elays! Senior Shane Davidson pushes ,,himself off of the scooter to get a basketball and make a shot. This was an activity at the winter pep rally. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/Talon
Ahhh! Senior Austin Blankenau shows off his scared face. Blankenau was a part of Encore IV Photo by Morgan Mills/Talon
~hake your groove thing! ra Mann and Keri ;,) Applepee dance at winter ter formal there wa s ors also included parent volunteers r Shor er.
0 leach Boys! The 20 l l swim team gathered for the annual bleaching of the hair at •::>senior Max Taylor's house This is done before districts and then they shaved their ha ir for state. Photo by Jessica Ernesti/Taton
As we look th switch rally to football games to the plays and the yearbook , we hope . ·s reminds you of the events class projects we cannot over look the bad ones. 1 you survived this ye '::_ ., We came together in times of need. We were
For the seni ·§vho survived walking Jhese •:...:-"~ 1 th~re for each other and for the others effected halls for four years ·the juniors who survived waitth~ 0y fhe Millard South shooting. We may not have for their chance. be at the top of the food chdin .~ understood but we were all in some way affected From th ophomores waiting for the day •• und .feel as though our school had lost one of its they can sto • iieaking out of school for lunch, to own. • the fresh who survived S.H.O.S ' WJ:)ile we can't forget an event as sad and ••• ave all survived a year full of changes tragic as this was, we were able to come together • off such as Judy Noteboom and Tammy and prove how strong we were. g leaving to new members like Andy Wardyn
When these times cross our paths this shows and a few new security people joining us how no matter the struggle or grief we will all be Dances had a new protocol and with the there for one another. freshmen and sophomore s who stepped up
We are all one. We withstood the storms and beating even the senior class with their spirit and celebrated our successes. Hawks stand together, drive at both trrek games and at pep rallies. through the thick and the thin
But our tradttioQs grew stronger in the words of j • ·! • .~_J our S.F.F.. ' , 'A!!,O said it best with this years shirts vve SUrv1-vec;\.. \\:J:ra io~'s ~Wt we:have, it's what were -Story/spread by Kaitlin Karins and Aubrey building ." • ·, ;• - • • , Woolman
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For the 20 l l Switch Rally, the Emeralds really did switch it up by breaking the norm , &10vin g • male..student5i dance with them. They kept this a secret from the rest of the school, having t he , dance pre-recorded for each teacher to take home and learn on t heir own with only a few . ~ecret ractices. Teachers Mark Shearer, Bob Henrichs and Cullen Stevens were a few who • • • ed-s • der,its with the dance routine. Photo by Kaitlin Karins/ Talon