In This Issue

*Kids Vote/Fantasy Politics * Pgs. 2-3 School News * Pgs. 4-5 Sports * Pg. 6 Student Spotlight/ Question of the Issue/FFA

Students Practice their Civic Duty to Vote By: Kodee Bolte

Election Day in the United States is

primarily for citizens of the age 18 and

older. However, it is important for peo-

ple under the age of 18 to learn about

their civic duty to vote. On Election

Day, November 11, 2016 the elemen-

tary, junior high, and high school par-

ticipated in Kids Voting. Throughout

the day students from the junior high

and high school walked down to the

Beeler Community Center, the official

polling place of Lemmon, to cast their

votes on the president, senators, and

other electors. They also got to vote on

the different measures and amend-

ments. Students who were 18 also had

the opportunity to cast their votes in

the official general election.

“It was weird because when I walked

in, I didn’t really know where to go at

first, but after I figured it out, I felt very

proud, (and old) that I exercised my

duty to vote in the government,” stat-

ed Krista Miller who voted in both the

Kids Voting and general election. “I

voted with an absentee ballot so that

was a lot different, but I felt a lot more

pressure because my vote actually

counted in the government and not

just in a pretend school voting,” added

Duell Tomac.

Another way social studies teacher,

Tim Pelkofer, gets students involved in

voting and politics is by doing a Fanta-

sy Politic Draft with his junior US Histo-

ry class and his senior Government

Class. The draft consists of six rounds

where each student picks from six dif-

ferent categories including: US Senate,

US House, SD Senate, SD House, Gov-

ernor, and a wild card pick. Students

are graded on their picks according to

if they win or lose, and by the margin

they win by. Students get 10 points for

a win, 12 points for 60 percent of the

vote 14 points for 70 percent of the

vote, and 15 points for 80 percent of

the vote. Students drafted their picks

over four days, and on the following

Monday, the day before the election,

they had the chance to drop, pickup, or

trade any of their picks. Jessie Colville

won the junior class draft and Miller

won the senior class draft. Junior, Abby

Flatmoe, who placed second in the

junior class draft commented, “I hon-

estly didn’t even know what I was do-

ing, so I was surprised when I got sec-

ond. I learned there are a lot of people

that end up running for offices, and we

don’t even hear about most of them,

even the ones who got elected.”

Boys from the junior class study their ballots and cast their vote in the Kids Voting election.

Issue 3

Dec. 7, 2016

Squeezer Lemmon High School

Volume 91 Squeezer Staff: Editor: Taylee Raba

Amber Ellison, Avery Haase, Jessica Lopez, Kodee Bolte, Sierra Peters

K-12 Election Results Total %

US President

Donald Trump 188 78%

Hillary Clinton 26 11%

Gary Johnson 22 9%

Darrell Castle 8 3%

US Senate

John Thune 167 81%

Jay Williams 38 19%

US Representative

Kristi Noem 173 87%

Paula Hawks 27 14%

Public Utilities Commissioner

Chris Nelson 173 83%

Henry Red Cloud 36 17%

Amendment R

YES 27 41%

NO 39 59%

Amendment S

YES 32 46%

NO 38 54%

Amendment T

YES 24 35%

NO 44 65%

Amendment U

YES 23 34%

NO 45 66%

Amendment V

YES 28 40%

NO 42 60%

Measure 21

YES 38 53%

NO 34 47%

Measure 22

YES 21 30%

NO 49 70%

Measure 23

YES 18 26%

NO 50 74%

Measure 19

YES 20 29%

NO 49 71%

Measure 20

YES 24 24%

NO 76 76%

-School– Page 2

By: Avery Haase After spending many hours preparing

for districts on November 9 in Wall,

South Dakota, Mrs. Knuth commented,

“I am very pleased with the outcome,

especially with two teams that I had

never coached before. The results cor-

respond with the amount of dedication

each team put forth.” From practicing

before school, after school, and Fridays,

it all paid off with three of the four

teams qualifying for state. Agriculture

Communications placed first: Aubrey

Weishaar, Allison Preszler, Alexis Lopez,

and Jessica Colville. Junior Parliamen-

tary Procedure placed first: Korrie Zent-

ner, Lauren Weishaar, Madison

Weishaar, Anna Beer, Alena Mollman,

Cody Thompson, and Jimal Storm.

Marketing Plan took second: Avery

Haase, Gayge Schopp, and James

Odell. A few individuals that placed but

didn’t advance to state are Alena Moll-

man in Creed Speaking (5th

), Lopez in

Job Interview (6th

), and Kaitlyn Reimer

in Agriculture Broadcasting (6th

).

“Winning first in Ag Communications

was the best part of the day since it

was my birthday,” commented Lopez.

The chapter had the opportunity to

compete at the Rushmore Leadership

Roundup which prepared them for dis-

tricts. The Junior Parliamentary Proce-

dure placed 1st there. L. Weishaar and

M. Weishaar both commented that

they were nervous since it was their

first time ever competing in CDE’s

(Career Development Events). M.

Weishaar mentioned that getting to-

gether as a team was her favorite part

about practicing.

Two state officers, Kaitlyn Schmichel

and Andrew Streff, visited the Lemmon

chapter on November 8. The afternoon

Ag classes had the opportunity to

compete in challenging activities that

helped develop leadership skills and

team work. A few of the activities in-

cluded having pieces of the FFA em-

blem and putting them together in a

timely manner with a partner, and

catching a ball then answering a ques-

tion listed on the ball to name a few of

the activities.

The chapter invited Bison and Het-tinger to compete in bowling across the border on November 12. Through-out the night, prizes were given away for the first strike, spare, gutter ball, highest score, and lowest score. Odell mentioned that hanging out with friends was the best part of the night.

FFA Teams Qualify for State

Spanish and Art Celebrate Dia de los Muertos

Above: Korrie catches the ball and an-swers a question to introduce herself to the officers. Below: Michael is ready to play a bal-loon game with his classmates. He waits for his classmates to come at him and pop his balloons.

By: Sierra Peters Mrs. Klitzke’s Spanish II class joined Mrs. Dirk’s art class for an hour to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a Mexican holiday that celebrates death and the afterlife. The students painted rocks to look like sugar skulls. Sugar skulls are typically edible, alt-hough they are some-times made out of clay. On Dia de los Muertos, family members place sugar skulls on the tombs of their loved ones so their spirits have something to eat after their long journey back to the real world.

Juniors, Abby and Camryn (above) show off their completed sugar skull paintings during 7

th hour

Spanish II and Multi-media arts, while Jessica (right) adds some finishing touches to her rock.

Band and Choir Students Travel to NSU and DSU Page 3 -School-

By: Taylee Raba High school band students travelled to Aberdeen on November 9 to partici-pate in the NSU band clinic. The Lem-mon High School Band joined up with other schools and practiced for hours making the music perfect. The next day

the entire band performed the selec-tions. On November 11 and 12 several band and choir students performed in the Northern Plains Music Festival at DSU in Dickinson, North Dakota. The students had to audition to be a part of this festival. Lemmon had 12 students

perform with either the band, percus-sion ensemble, mixed choir or women’s choir: Amanda Riley, Kelly Schopp, Sage Peterson, Jasmine Styles, Krista Miller, Jake Ellison, Dillon Reede, Parker Minh, Jadyn Zentner, Macyn Flatmoe, Krista Schopp, and Zayda Dirk. Pictured on page 6.

By: Amber Ellison

The sophomore class used their im-

agination and precision as they created

their dream house in Geometry. Mr.

Keller explained that it teaches the stu-

dents to estimate proportionally, as

well as plan ahead and gain life skills

for their future. He explained how one

small miscalculation can throw off the

proportionality of the entire house. “If

a student draws out a bed that is three

blocks by four blocks and each block is

two feet by two feet, that six by eight

foot bed is reasonable. But, if the stu-

dent says each block is three feet by

three feet, it’s now nine feet by twelve

feet and not a reasonable size for a

bed.”

While concentrating on not oversiz-

ing their appliances, the students also

get to use their creative skills to create

their dream homes. Jaret Woodward’s

colossal dream house blueprints take

up five graph sheets. Jadyn Zentner’s

dream house contains a movie

theater and an art studio,

while a sunroof is included in

Avery Haase’s house. The

sophomores really enjoyed the

project. Parker Minh didn’t

find it difficult at all to keep

his appliances and rooms pro-

portional and Jake Ellison said,

“I think this project really

helped us learn how to plan

and measure correctly.”

Geometry Designs Dream House Blueprints

Above- To keep his measure-ments accurate, Dillon races his outlines with a ruler.

Left- Jaret lays out his five pages of dream home blue-prints.

By: Jessica Lopez State Oral Interpretation took place in Harrisburg, SD on December second and third. Sierra Sattler went to state, and although she didn’t get a superior rating, she felt she did really well. At regional competition, Sierra placed in the top three and Ronny Nehl just fell short of placing. “I was shocked when I knew I was going to state because I wasn’t expecting to move on because I felt that some of the other contestants did better than me. But, I must have been wrong to my own shock,” com-mented Sattler. Mrs. Heil encourages the students to help each other out and to ask for ad-vice as they work on their pieces. Mrs. Heil stated, “When there are experi-enced students, the less experienced go to them for advice just as much as to me. In fact, I encourage the experi-

enced students to help guide the less experienced. This was the first time in several years that there were no experienced stu-dents to go to for that ad-vice.” Oral Interp had a big impact on the students that competed in it this year. “It has made a very great impact on me this year. It has helped me come out of my shell and has helped me find who I am,” stated Ronny Nehl. Macyn Flat-moe also commented, “Oral Interp has impacted me this year by helping me make new friends and helping me learn to speak in front of crowds bet-ter.”

Sattler Competes at State Oral Interp Oral Interp District Results

Name Place Ronny Nehl 2nd Poetry Sierra Sattler 3rd Serious

Kaitlyn McCartney 4th Oratory Megan Nehl/Kaitlyn McCartney 4th Duet

Competition Alena Mollman 5th Storytelling

Megan Nehl 6th Humorous

Reader's Theater 5th

(Right) In preparation for state oral interpretation, Sierra performs in front of the student body.

-Sports– Page 4

By:

Sierra Peters

One Cowgirl earned herself a spot on

the 2016 All-District tournament team.

This year Camryn Shockley, a junior,

played as an outside hitter and middle

back for the Cowgirls. Her sophomore

year she played the setter position for

four rotations and hit outside for two.

Her freshman year she started as a

middle hitter. Shockley has made the

All-District tournament team the last

two seasons.

The Cowgirls went into the District

15B tournament as the number one

seed and lost in five sets to the Dupree

Tigers, ending their season with 14

wins and 10 losses. All five seniors were

able to play the last game- even

Amanda Riley, who missed the Cow-

girl’s last home match due to injury.

Riley subbed in towards the end of the

last set against Dupree. Riley added, “It

was bittersweet, especially since I was

injured, but I think that it was cool

coach let me spend my last few points

of my career on the court rather than

on injury reserve.” The substitution

broke the tension and brought smiles

onto the Cowgirls’ faces, despite the

fact that they were losing. It showed

that the relationships formed with

teammates throughout a season is

greater than any win or loss.

To end on a happier note, the Cow-

girls met the following morning for

one last team activity. Coaches Penfield

and Bieber split the girls into teams

and sent them on a photo scavenger

hunt around the community.

Shockley led the season in aces with

69, in kills with 288, and also in digs

with 282 this season. Taylor Drayton

led the Cowgirls in blocks this year

with 33 total blocks and came in sec-

ond with 169 kills. Second in blocks

was Aubrey Weishaar with 19. Behind

Shockley, Riley led the team in digs

with 247, in aces with 52, and came in

third place with 150 kills this year, as

well as an impressive 95.8 serving per-

centage, the highest individual per-

centage this season. On average, the

Cowgirls’ season serving percentage

was 89 percent. Peters had 802 assists

over the season and had 44 aces. The

Cowgirls libero, Beth Tennant, was

right behind Riley in digs this season

with 244.

Shockley was named First Team LMC

All-Conference, while Riley and Peters

were named Honorable Mention.

Shockley Named to All-District Tournament Team Cowgirls Season Comes to an End

Cowboys Achieve Outstanding Statistics Two Cowboy football players named to the All-State team for the first time since the 2013

football season

By: Kodee Bolte

Two Cowboy Football seniors, Duell

Tomac and Braydon Katus, were both

elected to the 2016 All-State Team.

Tomac was named Honorable Mention

Linebacker. Tomac ended his senior

year of high school football with a total

of 122.5 tackles on the season, 79

which were solo and 87 were assists.

Tomac averaged 12.25 tackles a game

and 19.5 of his tackles were for a loss.

He also had 2.5 sacks for a loss of 21

total yards.

Katus was named to the All-State

team as a guard. There aren’t many

stats taken for the guard position, but

without the offensive line, “the ball

can’t go anywhere,” according to Head

Coach Brent Dirk. Katus commented

saying, “I was excited and surprised

when I heard I was named to the All-

State Team.”

The Cowboys outscored their oppo-

nents this season 268-251 and aver-

aged 26.8 points per game. They com-

pleted 43.3 percent of their fourth

down conversions compared to their

opponents 30.5 percent. The Cowboys

forced four fumbles and recovered a

total of eight. They also had 16 pass

break ups, four of which came from

senior, Preston Baumgarten and three

a piece from Kaleb Bucks, Dirk Wolf,

and Jace Kocer. Kocer led the team in

receiving with a total of 16 receptions

for 327 yards, averaging 20.5 yards a

catch and 32.7 yards a game. Kocer

totaled five receiving touchdowns.

Baumgarten and Wolf followed close

behind with 15 receptions, Baumgarten

had 212 yards and five touchdowns.

Wolf led the team in rushing and had

a total of 1,067 yards on the season

and 13 rushing touchdowns. He aver-

aged 7.1 yards a carry and 106.7 yards

a game. “Achieving over 1,000 yards a

season is a good accomplishment, and

it doesn’t happen often, especially

when you’re only 5’4,” commented

Coach Dirk. Senior quarterback, Wyatt

Huffman completed 54.3 percent of his

passes for a total 836 yards and 83.6

yards per game. The Cowboys also had

57 “Big Plays” that covered over 20

yards.

The Cowboy season ended after ad-

vancing to the second round of

playoffs with a 0-58 loss to Colman-

Egan who went on to win the 2016 9A

Football Championship.

Preston punts the ball against the Col-man-Egan Hawks.

Photo Credits go to Strongheart Photography

Page 5 -Sports- Wrestlers Bring Home Four First Place Medals in Opening Tourney

Stanley County Invitational

Duell Tomac 1st

Dirk Wolf 1st

Dylan Wolf 1st

Braydon Peterson 1st

Wyatt Huffman 2nd

Jake Ellison 3rd

Kaleb Bucks 4th

Chandler Schopp 7th

Gayge Schopp 8th

Placed 4th as a team

8th Grade Girls Basketball

Opponent W/L Score

Faith L 31-34

Dupree* W N/A

Faith* L 31-34

Hettinger- Scranton W 37-23

*Indicates Tour-nament Game

JHGBB LMC Tournament

Newell L 23-29

Dupree W 53-18

McIntosh W 39-13

Placed 5th as a team

6th-8th Grade Girls Basketball

Opponent W/L Score

Faith L 11-34

Timber Lake W 33-24

Hettinger-Scranton L 30-31

Above: Dirk works for a takedown and later goes on to win the match and his weight class at the Stanley County Invitational.

Top Right: Tayte goes down the floor to set up the of-fense. Top Left: Zayda goes up for a layup against the McIntosh Tigers in the final game of the Junior High Little Moreau Conference Tournament. Right: In the sixth thru eighth grade game against Tim-ber Lake, Madison dribbles through the defense.

Above: In hopes to pin his opponent, Kaleb puts him in a hold to turn him on his back..

Junior High Girls Basketball Season Underway

Student Spotlight

Question of the Issue

Camryn Shockley named to first team All confer-

ence. Amanda Riley and Sierra Peters honorable

mention

Duell Tomac named All-State honorable mention

as a linebacker.

Braydon Katus named to the All-State team as a

offensive guard.

Sierra Sattler made it to State Oral Interp.

Will VanLishout was invited to compete in the

team roping at the 20 X Extreme Showcase at the

Rapid City Stock Show.

Duell Tomac, Dirk Wolf, Braydon Katus and Pres-

ton Baumgarten were named to All-Conference

Football Team. Wyatt Huffman and Braydon Pe-

terson were named honorable mention.

Which Olympic sport would you compete in, and why? By: Avery Haase 12th Raechael Seidel: Shooting because I like to shoot things.

Will VanLishout: Basketball because they always win the gold. 11th Tristan Lopez: Throwing because I’m only a short distance run-

ner, so I’d stick with discuss and shot put because I enjoy

them.

Jessica Colville: I would compete in painting (which was an Olympic sport from 1912 to 1948) because that would mean I went back in time and that would be the coolest thing. 10th Dillon Reede: I run hurdles in track and that’s what I’m best at.

Sierra Sattler: I would like to be an Olympic stat because God knows I’m not athletic at all. 9th Jimal Storm: If eating was an Olympic sport, that’s what I’d do

since I’m the best at eating.

Korrie Zentner: Cycling because riding bike is easy. 8th Scott Riley: Basketball because I like playing the sport.

Madi Bucks: Soccer because I like to play that. 7th Jestyn Woodward: If there was Olympic bull riding, I’d do that

because it’s my favorite sport.

Bethany Anderson: Basketball because that has been my fa-vorite sport for a long time.

-Student Life– Page 6

Junior Parliamentary Procedure Takes 5th

The Junior Parliamentary Procedure was the only team from

the Lemmon chapter to place at state. Junior Parliamentary

Procedure competed on Monday and hours later learned

they placed 5th

. The team members include Korrie Zentner,

Anna Beer, Alena Mollman, Madison Weishaar, Lauren

Weishaar, Jimal Storm, and Cody Thompson.

The Junior Parliamentary Procedure team practices to the 7th

and 8

th graders before state.

Northern Plains Music Festival Performers pictured above: (Back) Amanda, Sage, Krista, Dillon, Krista, Zayda (Middle) Jasmine, Jadyn, Kelly, Macyn (Front) Parker, and Jake.

Band and Choir cont’d