In This Issue

*Close Up * Pgs. 2-5 School/Sports * Pg. 6 Sports

Making Memories in D.C. By: Megan

The Close Up members traveled to Wash-

ington D.C. the last week of March for an

adventure of a lifetime. Leaving Lemmon

at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 24th, they

first bussed to Bismarck, ND, for their first

flight to Chicago, IL. From there, they took

a second fight to the capital. The trip was

jam-packed with tons of new sights for the

students to learn about. Overall, the trip

consisted of many seminars, different Em-

bassy’s, museums, a few debates, and a

mock trial of their own. They also got to

go to the National Mall where they saw a

good portion of all the memorials that

they got to

see on the

trip, includ-

ing Martin

Luther King,

FDR, Thom-

as Jefferson,

World War I

and II, Vi-

etnam, Ko-

rea, Lincoln, 9/11, and U.S. Marine Corps.

Memorial.

Not only did the students and advisors

get to learn more about politics and histo-

ry, they also got to know more about their

classmates and gain many new friends. “I

met Chris merely because he didn’t know

where the conjoining room went. When

he knocked, I answered, and for the rest

of the trip, we were inseparable. I’m even

thinking about going down to Nebraska

for their graduation,” shared junior, Pey-

ton Anderson.

Ending the fun filled week in D.C., all of

the Close Up students and advisors from

across the United States gathered for one

last night at the hotel for the fare-

well banquet and dance. Two Lem-

mon High School students, Ronny

Nehl and Britt Oliver, were voted

by the people in their workshop to

deliver a speech.

Issue 7

May 13, 2019

Squeezer Lemmon High School

Volume 93 Squeezer Staff: Editor: Macyn Flatmoe Assistant Editors: Lauren Weishaar, Madison Weishaar Reporters/Photographers: Zayda Dirk, Abbie Hulm, Madi Bucks, Megan Nehl, Ronny Nehl, Ian Riesinger, Macy Schiley, Beth Tennant, Jadyn Zentnr

(Above) Macyn, Mesha, and Morgan take a pic-

ture with a Secret Service Agent in front of the

White House.

(Above) A group of Close Up members

stand in front of the Potomac River.

(Left) Mrs. Gebhart and her father, Kirby, pose in

front of the White House.

-School– Page 2

By: Madison

On April 7-9, the Lemmon FFA Chapter

boarded 30 FFA members onto a bus and

headed to Brookings, SD, for the 91st

State FFA Convention, to show off their

months of practice. On Monday and Tues-

day, the students got the opportunity to

participate in an Ag career fair as well as

attend numerous leadership and agricul-

ture workshops.

With 14 kids receiving gold, silver, and

bronze pins, the members represented

Lemmon very well. FFA advisor Mrs. Re-

nae Gebhart commented, “This group of

FFA members far exceeded any expecta-

tions I had. It’s totally amazing to see kids

on the big stage winning prizes and receiv-

ing their State Degrees.”

The range team, consisting of Anna Beer,

Korrie Zentner, Lauren Weishaar, and

Madison Weishaar, swept away their com-

petition, taking home the first-place

plaque. Lauren received first place individ-

ually, with Madison third, Korrie fourth,

and Anna eighth. Sophomore Lauren

Weishaar stated, “Standing with my fellow

teammates on the stage and hearing our

name announced for the state first place

plaque was by far my most memorable

experience in FFA yet. It felt so accom-

plishing to achieve a goal our team has

been working towards for many years.”

The Ag Mechanics team, consisting of

Peyton Anderson, James Klein, Kaden

Zentner, and Riley Tennant took tenth as a

team with James overall sixth individually.

Additionally, two seniors, Lexi Lopez and

Avery Haase, received their State Degrees.

“My main goal was to enjoy my last state

convention with my team, and I appreciat-

ed the experience I received from getting

my State Degree,” noted senior member

Avery Haase.

“My favorite part of State Convention is

watching the growth of the FFA members.

I like seeing not only their successes in

their CDEs, but their confidence they have

built throughout the year, whether it’s

talking to sponsors, taking on leadership

roles, or networking with different agricul-

tural industry individuals,” Mrs. Gebhart

added.

With their final competition in the

books, the Lemmon FFA Chapter will be

closing their year with their annual ban-

quet on May 9 as one last hurrah for the

2018-2019 year. Here, they will award

members for their hard work over the

year in LDE and CDE events, commemo-

rate memories and fun stories from over

the year, and lastly, find out the new 2019

-2020 chapter officers.

Range Team Takes Home State Title

Sixth-Grade Class Travels Back in Time By: Lauren Mrs. Odenbach's sixth-grade class par-

ticipated in an Ancient

Greek simulation where

they learned about Greek

culture and lifestyle. With

the help of Mrs. Straight's

street law class that mod-

eled debates for their

class, they then complet-

ed debates of their own

about issues that Greek

city-states faced. Jaden Byre stated, “It

was cool watching the older kids demon-

strate a debate for us.” Some of the issues

that the students argued about were

abolishing slavery and women’s rights.

Mrs. Odenbach commented, "My expec-

tations were for students to listen and

gain perspective on issues and to practice

their best speaking, listening, and persua-

sion skills.”

(Above) The Range Team, consisting of

Anna, Korrie, Lauren, and Madison pose

for a picture with their state 1st place

plaque.

Left) Lexi and Avery pose for a picture at

the State FFA Degree Reception.

(Left) Cash , Jacob, Blair, and Landon debate about the

suffrage of women.

Page 3 -School-

Students Make One Difference at a Time By: Abbie

On Sun-

day, April 7,

Monday

April 8, and

Tuesday,

April 9, sev-

en students

from the

Lemmon

High School

Student

Council

attended

the 2019

South Dako-

ta State Student Council Convention in

Sioux Falls. Mrs. Straight, the student

council advisor, stated, “There were sever-

al breakout sessions where schools cov-

ered topics like social media, homecom-

ing, getting administrative approval, and

many more. Our keynote address was

Matt Bellace. He is a neuropsychologist

and a comedian. He talked about finding a

natural high through things like exercise or

volunteering or laughing. The kids loved

his address. We also had smaller breakout

sessions that he led.”

Senior, Beth Tennant, commented, “My

favorite part was harassing Mrs. Straight

the whole trip.”

Straight added, “As a council, we re-

ceived the award Outstanding Student

Council.”

Sophomore, Zayda Dirk, was elected

regional Reporter and junior, Britt Oliver,

was elected regional Vice President. Oliver

commented, “It felt good to win vice pres-

ident. I was surprised because I didn’t

think my speech was very good, but the

best part about being regional vice presi-

dent was getting the opportunity to make

a difference at the region level.” Dirk also

commented, “It felt pretty good to win

regional Reporter, but I was also really

nervous.”

By: Ronny On Monday, April 15, the LHS Quiz Bowl team, consisting of Zayda Dirk, James Klein, Dillon Reede, Sierra Sattler, and al-ternate Macyn Flatmoe, won third place out of eight teams. Prior to the tournament, Mrs. Dirk held tryouts in the beginning of March. There were two preliminary rounds and one fi-nals round, and after fighting their way to the top, five students made the team. At the Quiz Bowl Tournament, the eight teams were Lemmon, Bison, Faith, Har-ding County, Timber Lake, Mott/Regent, Hettinger, and Grant County. This was one of their toughest years because every match in the first round was decided by the last question which kept everyone on their toes. The team won against Hettinger in the first round and lost against them again later in the tournament, placing Lemmon in third. After it was all said and

done, Mrs. Dirk commented, “Lemmon had a really well-rounded team with a strong knowledge base, and they will defi-nitely miss Sierra’s random knowledge and energy next year.” Following the Quiz Bowl, on Wednesday,

March 17, the students headed to McIn-tosh for the Academic Olympics. Stu-dents individually competed against seven other schools in their core clas-ses, and each grade had a quiz bowl tournament. At the end of they day,

each school had a team compete in the overall quiz bowl. Lemmon students were able to win several trophies, including the overall quiz bowl team redeeming itself by winning first place. Results from the competition are as follows: Sierra Sattler- 4th American Gov-ernment; Britt Oliver- 5th American Histo-ry; Avery Haase- 3rd Personal Finance, 4th English IV; Zayda Dirk- 1st English II, 2nd Biology; Macyn Flatmoe- 5th, English III; Dillon Reede- 5th English IV, 3rd Physics, 4th Senior Math; Talon Trogstad- 2nd Algebra I; Jimal Storm- 4th Algebra II; Jim Klein- 5th Biology, 4th Geometry; Overall Quiz Bowl Team, consisting of Sierra Sattler, Dillon Reede, Zayda Dirk, and Jim Klein earned 1st place. Following the competition, Mrs. Dirk stated, “It’s always fun to watch the students be rewarded for their academic abilities.”

Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade stu-dents who competed in the spelling bee were Aiden Egle, Gage Anderson, Emily Faughn, Logan Dreiske, and Tristan Foss. Foss won 1st place in the oral competition, and Faughn won 4th in the oral spelling.

Award Winning Week

(Above) Sophomore, Zayda,

and Junior, Britt, smile after

being named regional Re-

porter and regional Vice

President.

(Above) Zayda, Jim, Dillon, Sierra, and alter-

nate Macyn receive their medals after their

third-place victory at this year’s Quiz Bowl.

(Below) Spelling Bee contestants

(Above) Academic Olympic placers (Left to

right): Zayda, Jimal, Dillon, Macyn, James,

Sierra, Avery, and Britt.

-School– Page 4

A Patriotic Spring

Students Enjoy a ‘Super’ Evening

By: Macyn

On April 13, 37 couples attended

a “super” fun prom. The theme

for LHS prom 2019 was “Save your

date, while we save the world.”

With weather conditions being a

concern throughout the week, the

students and their parents were

crunched on time to get every-

thing in order for a perfect even-

ing.

After Grand March, royalty was

crowned. Jake Ellison was crowned

king and Beth Tennant was crowned

queen. From the junior class, Britt Oli-

ver was crowned prince and Cici Pusch

was crowned princess.

During the after prom party, students

enjoyed participating in glow in the

dark dodge ball and playing on inflata-

bles that the National Guard

brought in. There was even a

movie playing in one of the back

rooms that kids could watch and

take time to relax. Mr. Peterson

commented, “It turned out well.

The kids, along with their parents,

contributed a lot to the success of

prom, which I’m thankful for be-

cause weather conditions weren’t

the best for decorating.”

By: Megan The 2019 spring concert consisted of

elementary, junior high, and high school

choir and band students. Going along with

the theme, a patriotic spring, the concert

started out with the presentation of the

flag. During this, the high school choir

sang the Star-Spangled Banner as the au-

dience and participants honored the flag.

Afterward, starting with kindergarten,

each class got their turn on the choir risers

to sing two to three songs. Both the 5th

grade band and JH/HS band also got to

share their skills with the audience.

The last group to perform was the 7-12

choir. Both the first song, “A Million

Dreams,” and last song, “Meant to Be,”

had soloists including sophomores, Kole

Reede and Tayte Kohn, junior, Krista

Schopp, and senior, Bowen Arnold. To end

the musical night, music director, Ms.

Struble, had the honor to present the Na-

tional School Choral Award to Bowen Ar-

nold.

(Above) Senior, Bowen, receives the Na-

tional School Choral Award.

(Above) Karly plays the bells in the 6-12

band.

(Above) Some participants of the junior

high/high school choir sing perform at the

spring concert.

(Above) Jake, Beth, Britt, and Cici are crowned for prom

royalty.

(Below) Students show off their superhero

footwear for prom.

(Above) Anna and Alec play rock, paper, scis-

sors as they walk out for Grand March.

Page 5 -School-

By: Beth

With the unpre-

dictable weather

that Lemmon has

been getting lately,

it has made golf

meets a little hard-

er. With the snow,

wind, and colder

weather, the golf

team has only been

able to have out-

side practice a total

of five times at the

beginning of May.

One young golfer,

Emily Anderson,

stated, “My favorite thing about golf is

learning new things.” Coach, Josh Ander-

son stated, “My main goal is to get some

better practice days to help them become

even better. Outside practices and good

weather will help achieve my goal.”

“Another goal that I have is for the kids

to have fun,” said coach Anderson. The

team has a total of 10 golfers out this sea-

son. The golf team has participated in

three high school meets and one

junior high meet. Senior, Max Dietz

stated, “My favorite thing about

golf is being able to spend time

with the younger kids.” With the

season starting to come to an end,

the team will continue to work on

their

skills to

get

ready for

the state

meet.

Weather Doesn’t Stop Golfers

By: Zayda

Service is one of the four pillars of the

National Honor Society. With this in mind,

the Lemmon NHS decided to give back to

the community. On April 10, the members

sold crazy daisies, with the proceeds going

to a local family facing medical hardships.

Lauren Weishaar commented, “I think it is

something that we should definitely keep

doing.”

Students of NHS paired up with the ele-

mentary to fulfill another pillar, scholar-

ship. Group members planned STEM

(science, technology, engineering, and

mathematics) activities for the elementary

students to participate in. One group had

the creative idea of having the students

make boats out of recycled materials. Lexi

Lopez added, “I think this was a great ac-

tivity for them to do because they had to

work together and share ideas! They en-

joyed floating the boats to see whose

could hold the most weight!”

On May 2, the NHS members presented

their activities to each grade, allowing the

younger students to test their brain pow-

er. Mrs. Dirk, NHS advisor, commented,

“We wanted to create an experience

where we could interact with the younger

students and challenge them to think cre-

atively and critically to solve problems.”

To complete the final two pillars, charac-

ter and leadership, the NHS held its annu-

al elementary Fun Night on Friday, May 3.

An important aspect of Fun Night is the

NHS members setting a good example to

the elementary students. This year, in-

stead of charging an admission fee, the

NHS decided to have the elementary stu-

dents bring items for CAVA.

Dodgeball, face painting, and an obstacle

course were just some of the activities

that the NHS planned for the night. After

Fun Night, Mrs. Dirk stated, “They seemed

to really enjoy the parachute and obstacle

course. The younger kids got into the face

painting, too. They were incredibly gener-

ous with their donations for CAVA as

well.”

National Honor Society Gives Back

Lemmon LMC Meet

Gavin Mathis 100

Max Dietz 125

Tyler Ellingson 139

Jared Riesinger 161

Ian Riesinger 165

Tristan Foss 186

Sophie Hooker 154

Emily Anderson 167

Newell Meet

Cameron Erlacher 124

Tyler Ellingson 138

Jared Riesinger 159

Ian Riesinger 170

Tristan Foss 182

Sophie Hooker 172

Emily Anderson 155

Philip JH Meet

Gavin Mathis 49 - Placed 3rd

Tyler Ellingson 58

Jared Riesinger 74

Tristan Foss 100

Sophie Hooker 78 - Placed 3rd

Emily Anderson 89 - Placed 4th

Philip Meet

Gavin Mathis 101

Cameron Erlacher 110

(Above) Jared

attempts to save his

ball from the trees.

(Below) Emily focuses on the ball before she swings.

(Left) Tyler swings

back to hit the ball in

full force.

(Below) Beth helps an elementary student

build a gumdrop tower.

(Above) After Fun Night, the National Hon-

or Society members take a picture with the

CAVA donations.

-Sports– Page 6

Athletes Compete Against Tough Weather By: Madi Despite all of the difficulties with the weather, the Lemmon track team has pushed themselves to be their best. On April 16, the LHS track team traveled to Bowman for a cold and rainy meet that ended up getting cancelled about half way through the running events. Despite the bad weather, Alec O’Donnell placed 3rd in the 400-meter dash, and CiCi Pusch placed 4th in the 400-meter dash. On Tuesday, April 23, the high school track team traveled to Belle Fourche. Dil-lon Reede placed 1st in both the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles. Reede has prequalified for the state meet in both these events. At the junior high meet in Bowman, Emi-

ly Faughn got 3rd in the 800-meter run, and the junior high boys 4x8 medley relay got 5th place. The team consisted of Casey Fogerty, Nathan Penfield, Sawyer Thomp-son, and Gage Anderson. On April 18, the Dakota Bank Relays was held in Lemmon. There were approxi-mately 22 teams that attended. The high school girls medley relay team, consisting of Lexi Lopez, Cici Pusch, Emily Faughn, and Allie Kohn, placed 3rd. As the season draws to a close, Senior, Dylan Witt said, “I’m going to miss talking

and hang-ing out with my team-mates and meeting new peo-ple from other towns.”

HS Kadoka Results Boys Girls

100m dash 400m dash

Dillon Reede 8th CiCi Pusch 5th

200m dash 100m Hurdles

Jaden Kelley 7th Tya Peterson 5th

400m dash

Dylan Witt 8th

110m hurdles

Dillon Reede 2nd

300m hurdles

Dillon Reede 2nd

4x1m relay 4th

4x4m relay 2nd

Medley relay 5th Dakota Bank Relays Results Boys Girls

100m dash 400m dash

Dillon Reede 5th CiCi Pusch 8th

Peyton Anderson 6th 800m run

400m dash Tayte Kohn 7th

Alec O'Donnell 8th 1600m run

3200m run Tayte Kohn 3rd

Bowen Arnold 8th 3200m run

110m hurdles Emily Faughn 3rd

Dillon Reede 2nd 4x1m relay 5th

300m hurdles 4x2m relay 8th

Dillon Reede 1st 4x4m relay 4th

4x1m Relay 6th 4x8m relay 3rd

4x2m relay 3rd Medley relay 5th

4x4m relay 7th Pole vault

Medley relay 5th Tayte Kohn 3rd

Pole Vault Allie Kohn 3rd

Cody Thompson 5th

Talon Trogstad 5th

Cord Beer 8th

HS Belle Fourche Results Boys Girls

100m dash 400m dash

Dillon Reede 5th CiCi Pusch 4th

200m dash 800m run

Peyton Anderson 5th Tayte Kohn 7th

400m dash 3200m run

Alec O'Donnell 3rd Emily Faughn 8th

110m hurdles 4x1m relay 7th

Dillon Reede 1st 4x2m relay 6th

300m hurdles 4x4m relay 3rd

Dillon Reede 1st 4x8m relay 3rd

4x1m relay 6th Medley relay 4th

4x2m relay 3rd Pole Vault

4x4m relay 2nd Tayte Kohn 4th

Medley relay 2nd

Pole Vault

Cord Beer 2nd

Cody Thompson 4th

Talon Trogstad 4th

HS Bowman Results Boys Girls

400m dash 400m dash

Alec O'Donnell 3rd CiCi Pusch 4th

1600m run Lexi Lopez 6th

Bowen Arnold 7th 300m hurdles

300m hurdles Anna Beer 4th

Dillon Reede 1st 4x1m relay 6th

4x2m relay 3rd 4x1m relay 7th

4x2m relay 6th 4x2m relay 6th

Pole vault 4x2m relay 8th

Talon Trogstad 4th Pole Vault

Cody Thompson 5th Tayte Kohn 1st

Cord Beer 6th

JH Bowman Results Boys Girls

4x2m relay 7th 800m run

4x8m relay 5th Emily Faughn 8th

High Jump 1600m run

Jacob Sonsalla 7th Emily Faughn 5th

4x1m relay 6th

4x2m relay 3rd

4x4m relay 6th

4x4m relay 8th

4x8m relay 1st

Shot Put

Katelyn Arnold 2nd

Discus

Katelyn Arnold 4th

High Jump

Jaedyn Byre 8th

Pole Vault

Allie Kohn 3rd

JH Bowman Results Boys Girls

4x1m relay 6th 800m run

4x2m relay 6th Emily Faughn 3rd

4x8m relay 3rd 1600m run

Belle Corcoran 8th

4x1m relay 6th

4x2m relay 5th

4x4m relay 5th

4x8m relay 2nd

Bowen throws shot at the Dakota Bank Relays.

Lexi prepares to take the handoff from Emily during the 4X800 meter relay.