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Happening NOW•Freshman: Counselor presentation during lunch periods today in Little Theatre•Boys Golf: JV vs. Brandon Valley 3:30 p.m. today at Willow Run•Girls Tennis: vs. Roosevelt 4 p.m.—varsity and JV at Kuehn Park, JV-B at WHS•Softball: vs. west-river teams 6 p.m. today, 9 a.m Saturday in Rapid City•Football: Varsity vs. Roosevelt 7 p.m. tonight at Howard Wood Field•Volleyball: Varsity at Charger Invitational 9 a.m. Saturday at Sioux Falls Christian High School•Marching Band: At Eastview Marching Festival Saturday in Apple Valley, Minn.

Lunch Time at WHS•Today’s lunch: Cheeseburger•À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings•All Students: Planning to bowl for WHS this winter will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in the commons.•Debate: Team members will meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in A-106.

Other Reminders•All Sport and Activity Participants: Should continue to sell Presidents’ Bowl tickets. Turn in from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday in the commons.•Celebrate: Twenty years of Anne Sullivan Elementary from 3:30-5 p.m. Sept. 12 at an Open House.•Free Dental Care: Will be provided to qualifying students Oct. 27-31 by Delta Dental at WHS. See the student services office with questions and for paperwork to apply for a slot—limited spots available.

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Warriors defeat No. 2 rated Roosevelt in three sets

Volleyball team takes care of Rough Riders

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By Lexus Paulson and Rachel Konrad

A three set sweep is not the easiest thing to do in volleyball—especially

against Roosevelt, the No. 2 rated AA volleyball team in the state right now.

However, the Warrior vol-leyball team, rated No. 4 in the most recent poll, did just that Thursday night at WHS, winning 25-21, 25-20, 25-23.

It was not an easy win, however. The Warriors never led by more than five points throughout all three matches.

Senior Rochelle Ramharter led the Warriors in digs with 11 and in kills with 14, includ-ing the game winning spike.

Juniors Mearah Miedema

and Maddie Wiley led the team in blocks and assists with 3 and 30, respectively. Sharing the lead in ace serves were Ramharter and junior Jamie Kayl with 2. Ramharter said she was extremely proud of her team.

“Last night we knew what we had to get done, and we went out there and did our job,” Ramharter said. “Tomorrow we have a tourna-ment at Sioux Falls Christian and we are excited to see some smaller schools we have never seen before, and see some new competition.”

In sub-varsity action the JV, sophomore and Freshman B all lost in two sets. The Freshman A won in two sets.

Photo by Zach DeVriesSERVE IT UP—Junior Jamie Kayl serves in Thursday’s game with Roosevelt.

By Addison SannesThe varsity girls

tennis team fell to the Lincoln Patriots 6-3 in Metro Conference action Thursday at WHS.

Eighth grader Libby Nachtigal at No. 2 and senior Alyssa Schmidt at No. 5 were the only Warriors to win singles matches. Nachtigal lost the tie break 6-7, but won with final scores of 6-2 and 6-3. Schmidt took the win for the

Warriors 6-1, 6-1. In doubles action,

senior Mical Johnson and Nachtigal teamed up to take a win for the Warriors 6-0, 7-5.

The Warriors will continue a series with conference and city foes today as they play cross-town rival Roosevelt at 4 p.m.

Varsity and JV action will be played on the courts at Roosevelt. JV-B games will be played on the WHS courts.

Girls tennis team falls to Lincoln 6-3

By Carson HerbertThe boys varsity

soccer team defeat-ed Watertown 6-1 Thursday night at Yankton Trail Park.

Scoring goals for the boys were seniors Kyle Haight, Jordan Bloker and Bailey Uthe; and juniors Austin Miller and Justin Carlson. Carlson scored two for the Warriors.

Sophomore Nic Gregg said he thought the team played well

in the win.“I think the chang-

es that we made will help us as the season goes on,” Gregg said.

The varsity girls fell to the Arrows in a heartbreaker on a last second goal by Watertown 1-0.

Both JV teams shut out the Arrows, both winning 2-0.

Next up for the Warrior teams will be city rival Lincoln Tuesday at Yankton Trail Park.

Boys take soccer win from Watertown

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By Sydney ArringtonThe varsity Warrior football team

will play their first game in town tonight in the friendly confines at Howard Wood Field, but will be in the visitor locker room and stands for the Roosevelt home game at 7 p.m.

After suffering a 7-6 heartbreak loss to the Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles in the first game of the season

Aug. 29, the Warriors are looking to show they are a team to be contended with this season. The Riders are cur-rently ranked No. 1 in the state for 11AAA football. The Warriors are unrated, but have received votes in the most recent poll, out Tuesday.

Defense will be key for the Warriors tonight. Since the season opener, the Warriors have been work-

ing really hard. Junior Matt Farniok said he is ready for tonight’s challenge.

“We are ready to go,” Farniok said. “We’ve been working really hard in practice cleaning up our game. We need a lot of support from our fans tonight.”

Tonight’s fan dress theme is Black Out. Game t-shirts will be passed out at tailgating at 6 p.m. tonight.

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Teams have good run at Brandon Valley Invite

By Shemles Megoshaand Megan Rose

The WHS boys and girls cross country teams took second to Brandon Valley in the four-team Brandon Valley Invitational Thursday at McHardy Park in Brandon.

Yankton and Aberdeen Central also participated in the meet.

Running on the varsity boys team, seniors Logan Swenson and Alipo Oluak finished fifth and sixth.

For the varsity girls, sophomore Kelsi Kearney took third and freshman Carlie Kray fifth.

Coach Mike Schultz said he was happy with way the team ran.

“This was our third meet in six days,” Schultz said. “It was obvious that our kids were tired, but I really appreciated their effort—they competed very hard.”

Both JV teams took first at the meet.

Varsity softball team upsets Roosevelt twice

By Sydney Arrington The varsity softball team

upset the No. 1 ranked Roosevelt Rough Riders in a doubleheader Thursday night at Sherman Park.

The team won game one 6-3 and game two 7-2.

In game one, WHS took no time starting things off, scoring three in the top of the first.

Game two was a blow-out, with the Warriors scor-ing five in the fifth inning to take a 7-1 lead.

Junior Anna Buxenguard said she was pleased with the team’s victories.

“I felt that we really came together as a team last night,” Buxenguard said. “We are really meshing together now, and things are working for us in our favor. I can’t wait for the rest of the season now that we are figuring things out.”

The JV Orange swept Roosevelt 8-2 and 8-1. The JV Black beat Lennox 15-5 and 9-8.

Adult obesity rates remain high in U.S.

By Daniel SalazarMcClatchy Washington Bureau(MCT)

WASHINGTON —While childhood obesity rates in the U.S. appear to be stabilizing, the rate among adults remains stubbornly high, reach-ing new peaks in several states over the past year.

That’s according to the latest annual report on obesity in America published Thursday by the Trust for America’s Health, a health advo-cacy and research group, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a philanthropy focused on public health issues.

Using federal health data, the report stressed that geogra-phy and social factors, like income and race, continue to play a sig-nificant role in obesity. The result is that more Americans face a higher risk for health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, some forms of cancers and premature death.

“While we’ve seen some progress on the childhood obesity front, the progress is more mixed for adults,” said Jeffrey Levi, executive director of the trust.

He said that no state significantly improved over last year and showed a lower obesity rate, “when that’s the ultimate goal here.”

Mississippi and West Virginia topped the list as the heaviest states, with their adult obesity rates at 35.1 percent. That’s the first time any state has passed the 35 percent threshold, the report stated. Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee rounded out the top five.

Colorado had the lowest rate of adult obesity at 21.3 per-cent, with Hawaii and Massachusetts close behind. However, all 50 states have seen obesity grow as a public health concern over the decades.

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Roosevelt will be home team in city match-up at 7 p.m.