Seaman High School Topeka, Kansas Volume 90 | Issue 5 March 22 , 2021
Pages 16-21
18 Under 18 Pages 28-31
Returning Sports Pages 10-13
Cleaning Rule 101 Pages 22-23
Battle of Generations
18 Under 18
| INDEX
An Inside Look Staff List
News 4-5 6-7 8-9
Biden’s First
Days
New Seaman Printmakers Agriculture Classes
Feature 10-13 14-15 16-21
All Things Spring Cleaning High School Sports Leaders 8 under 8: Culture Edition
22-23 24-25 26-27
Is Music Better Then or Now? Rating Classic English Class Books A Spike in Online Cheating
Sports 28 31
Return to Spring Sports after Two Years
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STAFF WRITERS Zaylee Bell Kendal Broughton Bethany Druse Jozee Esser Erin Feldkamp Emilynn Shoptese Savanah Reeves Tara Spencer
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Standing up and speaking out
Students, teachers and alumni take to the school board building on February 28, displaying their support for a name change. The bulding was the same one that Fred Seaman, the now revealed Ku Klux Klan leader, founded and taught at for ten years.
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BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS STORY BY Kendal Broughton Staff Writer
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oe Biden got elected as the forty-sixth president of the United States. His Inauguration Day was January 20, 2021. Coming into office, Joe Biden has promised many things with his campaign mainly focusing a lot on lengthy plans to change policies ranging from economic and environmental issues to racial injustices, education, coronavirus and healthcare. Within hours of being sworn in as president, Biden signed 17 executive actions - 15 will be executive orders - that are major reversals of Trump’s policies. Along with this, coronavirus cases have drastically decreased. As of February 23rd, 2021, over 500-thousand
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Americans have passed from the corona. Biden took this milestone to heart and used this day to remember those who have lost their lives due to the pandemic. However, along with this milestone, Hospital admission rates have fallen for 40 days straight and the average number of vaccines given per day are now around 1.7 million, which is twice as many as when Biden took office. Biden is not only working to stop the spread of the virus but is also taking action against many other issues as well. Biden has started to put in motion the reversal of the Muslim ban and a Trump’s order that empowered harsh and extreme immigration enforcement - including the building of the Mexico-US border. Biden also confirmed his
commitment to a tidal change by signing an executive order beginning the process of rejoining the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Biden has repealed a divisive law, that ends Trump’s ban on transgender Americans joining the military. The President even took to his twitter page to confirm. “Today, I repealed the discriminatory ban on transgender people serving in the military. It’s simple: America is safer when everyone qualified to serve can do so openly and with pride.” However, along with some of these controversial topics being reversed, Biden has also run into some difficulties. As of now, he is not keeping his promise to put kids back in school-- and people are not happy.
Since President Biden has been in office, Iranianbacked militants have struck an airport in Saudi Arabia with an exploding drone, and are accused of targeting American military personnel at an airport in northern Iraq. United States officials said that overnight airstrikes ordered by Biden hit a collection of buildings on the Syrian side of a border crossing with Iraq on Thursday and targeted members of the Iranbacked militia Kataib Hezbollah and an affiliated group. This difficulty coming up so quick after Biden’s inaguration shows the people of the United States how our newly elected president will handle similar issues.
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It is important for students, especially those who are, or are soon going to be 18, to be educated on presidential plans. There are many different views and opinions about Joe Biden across the United States as well as throughout Seaman High. Some students are against what Joe Biden stands for, others are with him, and some
admit that they do not pay much attention or do not care much about politics. In a survey sent out to Seaman High’s debate and government classes, about 36% of the responses were in favor of Biden’s plans as well as him being in office. One student said, “I am happy Biden is our president. All things listed, are a problem in America, and if he has a
well constructed plan to change policies I think it’s a great idea.” Around 39% of students who took the survey, were against Joe Biden coming into office. Another student said “As I research more into the topics of interest of Joe Biden, he always states he has a plan but never executes that plan - most likely because he doesn’t have one. Also,
his first few days in office he created all those executive orders mainly just reversing Trump’s which is completely childish and immature.” Students always have their own opinions, especially as they get older and it comes time for them to make their own decisions and have their own ideas about the way our country is run.
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Seaman Printmakers Story by: Emilynn ShoptESE
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he Seaman Printmakers are a group of students at Seaman High School who are interested in learning about printmaking and enjoy being a part of a community of artists. Seaman High school offers a class and a club to the students. Brad Leduc was responsible for the creation of the Seaman Printmakers. The 2020-21 school year is the first year for the Seaman Printmakers which replaced the Art Club. The class has been offered for many years. The Printmaker students meet once a month on the second monday at 1pm. To follow Covid-19 guidelines students can choose to meet remotely. These students learn about different printmaking processes and have the opportunity to create their own work. At the beginning of the year students elect the President and Vice President of the club. The students can also nominate themselves and others for a leadership position as long as they have paid their 5$ dues. The Seaman Printmakers also have monthly studio sessions, these last about an hour and a half. There they learn about new art techniques and then they make art. Every year they host an annual event called “Late Night Art Lock-In.” This happens around spring time and it revolves around the visit of a professional printmaker. This takes place on friday night between 6pm and midnight. There is a pizza party, art testimony shared by the guest artist, a teaching moment by the guest and it is followed by an evening of art making.
Groovy Tuti by Jeniffer Montague
Left to right: Noah Carter, Kaylie Vathauer, Ellie Noble, Quinn Emert, Daisy Solis, Ady Cashman and Shennon Pineda-Ortega
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In clockwise rotation we have: Quinn Emert using a brayer to ink her plate before creating a monotype print. We then have the sponsor, Brad Leduc, showing different types of monotype processes with club members at the beginning of a monthly studeio session. Below Mr. Leduc we have Shennon Pineda-Ortega and Daisy Solis Watching another club member share their work The art work underneath is called “Fathers Daughter” by Jennifer Montague. The next print does not have an aartist or a title. Lastly, the giraffe print is by Trinity Powell.
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Fun For Agriculture STORY BY SAVANAH REEVES Staff Writer
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you step around the corner of W11 you might not find what you would in a normal classroom. You may at first notice the jars of liquid sitting on the desk, the animal diagrams that are not yet complete, and the layout of slaughter houses on a table that are soon to be constructed. In the Agriculture room you will find many new and exciting things. This year many plans have been a little different but it has not changed the fun and easy going environment of Mrs. VanGordon’s classroom. “I feel like we are missing out a little because there are normally field trips and we do not get to have any of those this year because of COVID-19. We also have less time in class to do handson activities because half of the class is online, so it has to be planned to work out for both sides of the class. I still really enjoy being in class and we still have a lot of fun even under these circumstances though,” says Kelcie Dudding. There are many different classes offered such as agriculture, animal science, horticulture, and a few others if you are interested in a different type of path. These classes are very hands-on and consist of many different projects and field trips throughout the year. “Horticulture, we collected and pinned insects for our entomology unit, in Animal Sciences we made our own mini versions of slaughterhouses, and in Vet Tech we modeled out the muscles and veins of dogs with clay on fake skeletal structures,” stated Alaina Roberson, a Senior who has been a part of the agriculture classes for all four years of high school. If you are interested in taking any of these classes many students would give you the green light and say that you should definitely check it out. “I recommend that you take VanGordon’s classes, starting with Intro to Agriculture your freshman year, and then from there your sophomore year de-
ciding if you want to go the Horticulture way or Animal Sciences way (or do like I did and do both). If you take her classes, you might as well join FFA; in FFA it’s taking what you learned in VanGordon’s agriculture classes and putting it to use in competitions that are super fun.” Alaina says. Many people feel like this classroom isn’t just a place where you learn but a place that you are welcome into and feels more like a family than just a class. “VanGordon is one of my favorite teachers and I am grateful that she actually gets to know us and makes connections with us because I believe that makes us learn better. VanGordon is also very funny and relatable and I have always had fun in her class while learning.” If you think that agriculture is the path for you or may be a little on the fence about taking a class... Go for it because you may be happy that you did.
Every year FFA host a teach the meal for the teachers. P
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teacher breakfast. This year due to COVID-19 they put on a teacher dinner during parent teacher conferences. The students are preparing ers. Photo by Amy Riley.
“I love being in FFA because it feels like family to me! It’s really fun and positive! I’m always having a fun time when we all get together. So my favorite part about FFA is definitely the environment.” Wheatie Nelson
“I made a lot of friends and get to meet a lot of new people.” Dakota Massing
“My favorite part of FFA is how close everyone is and how we can help others and learn about Agriculture not just from the classroom.” Anna Magill
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Spring Cleaning 101 STORY BY TRISTAN FANGMAN Co-Editor in Cheif
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oming homeorgoing to bed with a clean home hits different. A clean home means fewer germs and allergens in the air and on surfaces, less stress, and more productivity. Not knowing where to start or what needs to be done could make the task more daunting than it has to be. The best thing to do is make a list or several lists of the tasks that need to be accomplished. To make the lists less overwhelming, I make multiple lists. I will make one for each room then one for what needs to be done throughout the house.
Another way to limit the stress related to cleaning is to break it down throughout multiple days. Devote a couple of hours a day until it gets done or layout a certain number of tasks you want to complete each day. My last piece of advice is to get the household involved. You don’t have to do everything yourself. Even the seemingly least capable person has the ability to complete some of the tasks on your list. If you are in need of motivation to get started, watch a cleaning show. On Netflix the best ones are “Tidying up with Marie Kondo,” and “The Home Edit.” Turn one of those on and there is no doubt you will want to get up and get started!
Marie Kondo Website
Check List GENERAL
KITCHEN
Windows Wipe Walls and Ceilings Vacuum/Sweep/Wax Floors Dust Ceiling Fixtures
LIVING ROOM Vacuum Upholstered Furniture (use vacuum extensions) Wax Wooden Furniture
The Home Edit Website
Kitchen Sink Countertops Cutting Boards Wipe down inside and outside of Fridge, Oven, Microwave, and Cabinets
BATHROOM Shower Curtains Grout Shower drain
How to Dealership Clean your Car!!!
What is better than the Garbage? DONATE Tree Giving a Topek
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Goodwill
God’s Storehouse
Topeka Rescue Mission
PROFIT Plato’s Closet
Instead of throwing away the items you no longer want, here are some better options
Facebook Market Place (18 +) Poshmark
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CLOTHES Step One: Take all of the clothes you own and lay them down in a pile. Go through each individual item and find which ones “spark joy” and thank those you will not be bringing into the future.
Start Spring by STORY BY TRISTAN FANGMAN Co-Editor in Cheif
FOLDING: After you have decided which clothes you want to keep, start folding. Instructions are below. The folded items are then to stand upright like pictured.
DONATION: The clothing you have decided not to keep has a better place to go than the garbage. I took my clothing in good condition to Plato’s Closet. What they didn’t take, I donated to Goodwill.
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ess is natural. Whether it is an overwhelming amount of stuff lac of storage or lac of time mess will begin to accumulate it happens to the best of us. ersonally love to clean it s almost li e a hobby. t may loo as though don t spend much time tidying when you enter my house or bedroom but that is because am e ually as talented at creating a mess as am fixing it. Something have done every year to help contain and maintain my mountain of belongings is the on ari ethod. n idying p with arie ondo was released on et ix. arie ondo is a tidying expert and best selling author whose mission is to spar oy in the world through cleaning. ondo not only teaches how to give up what you no longer need but the most effective way to store your belongings and utili e the space you have. he on ari ethod organi es by category rather than location ma ing it uni ue to the traditional cleaning order. here are five categories that
are to be done in this specific order clothing boo s paper omono miscellaneous and sentimental. he final piece of vital information you need to understand before starting the on ari ethod is it revolves around spar ing oy in your life. ou are only to eep the items in your home that spar oy when you hold touch them. hat does spar ing oy feel li e ondo describes the feeling as hing When you hold that item you feel warm inside and something clic s ching efore touching anything ondo recommends finding a place and ta ing a moment of silence to than your home for all it has done for you. he on ari ethod is more than ust decluttering your home but going through a spiritual ourney with your belongings. ategory one is clothing. he first step might seem counterproductive but sometimes you have to ma e the room messier before it can get clean. a e all of the clothing in the house that belongs to you and put it in one giant pile have found my bed is the best place to create said pile . ext go through and hold each individual item to determine if it spar s oy. f the clothing piece ma es you happy put it in the eep pile and if you
KONMARI FOLDING METHODS STEP ONE: Start the same way as clothing by taking all of your books and laying them out in a pile (or stacks.) Go through each indivdual book to decide if it is something that would be meaningful or useful to take into your future.
FOLDING PANTS Fold the pants in half, making sure to tuck in the crotch
Fold in half one more time. ORGANIZATION: After I went through my books, I decided to organize them by author, I also pulled them forward so they sit in a straight line. There are other ways to display them like color, topic, or size.
FOLDING SHIRTS
Fold the pants in half leaving a small space at the tip where the waistband is
First, fold in thirds with the sleeves going inwards to the middle.
You should now have a small rectangle that can be stored upright
You should now have a small rectangle that can be stored upright Fold in thirds again
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y Sparking Joy don’t feel a “ching” put it in a donate pile. Any of the clothes you decide no longer bring joy into your life, you must thank before placing it in the no pile. Use the same process with books. First, lay them all out and tap them to wake them up since “books that sit are sleeping.” Follow the same steps of holding each individual book and asking “Is this something I would want to take with me into the future?” Remember to thank each book you will no longer be keeping Paper does not mean every single piece of paper in your home. There is no need to start emptying the craft box. Paper would be considered mail, documents, notes, old school papers, cards, etc. A simple way of putting it is paper that has writing on them that are sitting, not currently in use, should be piled on the table to look through. The documents you decide to keep can be divided into three categories. Pending: papers that are waiting for you to take action like letters or bills. Important: papers you need to keep permanently such as insurance forms. Miscellaneous: documents that you refer back to often like a recipe. These categories are not set in stone, feel free to create more specific ones as
you please. A file box with folders can do wonders for this section. By far the largest category is Komono aka miscellaneous. This would include areas like the kitchen, bathroom, garage, and basically anything that does not fit in the other categories. Get everything out of the cabinets and off of every shelf and go through each individual item. Not only look for what sparks joy but also what you practically need. Sentimental is the most difficult category. Getting rid of the items that mean the most is not the goal of the KonMari Method. Going through sentimental items can revisit the memories they hold and allow you the opportunity to store the items in a meaningful way. Still go through and dispose of the items that do not spark joy, but do not feel like you have to get rid of these items. Do not expect change overnight. This is a process that takes time, most people on the show spend a week per category. Keep in mind that It is ok to take a break between categories. Going through all of your belongings can get overwhelming, but always remember there is an end to the clutter!
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SORTING PAPER: Take all of your meaningful papers (papers with writing) and lay them out. I sorted mine into groups to put into files folders. FILEING: I got a file box to keep all of my papers together. I have folders to sort everything with sections like job application materials, awards, and college papers.
KOMONO MISCELLANEOUS : I considered the surfaces of my bookshelf without books, top of my dresser, and my nightstand to be Komono. I only kept the important things I wanted to view or use oftenout. USE LESS: Nightstands can turn into a junk drawer. I only left my daily use items in my nightstand.
SENTIMENTAL S T O R A G E : Photo boxes are my favorite place to keep sentimental items. They are easy to store, afforable, and depending on how you use them a visually pleasing soultion
Here is the finished product. In this part of my room, I have my spare blankets and sentimental stuffed animals in a basket. I also have an area to display my running achievements
I am too embarresed to show a before picture of clothes all over the floor, but here is another final product shot. I feel much happier walking into this room. The books I organized are to the right unphotographed.
DISPLAY: I suggest displaying some of your sentimental items. Running is a big part of my life, so I took my top three favorite bibs and my metals without a ribbon and arranged them on a cork board.
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Racing through the ups and downs STORY BY ERIN FELDKAMP Staff Writer
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llie Howard is a freshman this year. Howard has been racing BMX for about five years now and races all over the country. While a lot of the racing takes place locally at Heartland BMX, Two of the largest races are held at the beginning and end of the year in Tulsa Oklahoma. Howard’s race experience with BMX has been pretty great and she considers the people there are like a family. “All we do when we race is race the first Moto, the second Moto and then our main…possibly semis, quarters, or eighths, then during the intermission you
race those” is how Howard explained a normal competition to go. Howard got into BMX when her mom introduced her to her stepdad. He showed Howard his racing videos. At that moment she fell in love with it in that specific moment and got entered into a race and the next week she was on a road racing. Howard stated that BMX became a huge part of her life when she was eleven and expressed that this was a way of letting her anxieties go. BMX is something you have to invest in. Each local race is anywhere from ten to fifteen dollars depending on the track you go to. When nationals, state, gold cup, and reline come up then each class entry is anywhere from fifty dollars and up. Howard
Ellie Howard is posing with her BMX bike and her 2nd place award. This was taken at the end of her 2018 BMX season.
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expressed that BMX is in the Olympics but that it is very hard to get that good. “I am hoping that I can get good enough that the younger kids look up to me one day and watch me race,” says Howard. BMX is an amazing sport and is a great way to meet new people even if you aren’t great with that. Howard also continued to say “the kids that race are nice and will probably introduce themselves.” In conclusion, BMX is a very important part of Ellie Howard’s life. It has helped her meet many new people that she would have never met if it was not for this. Howard is very thankful for this to have come to her hands’ thanks to her stepdad.
After Ellie’s 4th place finish at The Greatest Race on Earth she celebrated with a Dr.Pepper.
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Keeping the
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BY BETHANY DRUSE Staff Writer
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postolic Pentecostal is a Christian movement that highlights a personal experience with God, which includes the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues is a special language in which people speak to God. People who are a part of this movement believe in Oneness meaning that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one person, Jesus. The movement grew out of the 1906 Azusa Street Revival in California and takes its name from Pentecost, which was when Christians received gifts of the Holy Spirit like the ability to heal and prophesy. Apsotolic Pentecostals then split from the rest of the movement 10 years later due to a disagreement about the nature of Trinity. Pentecostal people practice external holiness as a way to follow the Bible to the best of their ability. Many women don’t cut their
hair because in 1 Corinthians 11:13-16, it states of long, uncut hair is a woman’s glory. Women also wear little to no makeup, do not get piercings or tattoos, and do not wear jewelry. They do this to stay natural and not change how God created them. Men practice the same beliefs except they do keep their hair short as a way to honor the same verse. Although Pentecostal people use verses in 1 Corinthians, they mainly focus on the book of Acts, specifically the verse Acts 2:38 which talks about the day of Pentecost where the act of speaking in tongues is practiced. Most people speak in tongues in prayer or worship as an opportunity to speak with God. Shaina Kress, a member of this movement and senior at Seaman High School said, “This is a practice that is the most difficult to explain to those who haven’t had the opportunity to see and more so do themselves.”
The language itself sounds unintelligible since Pentecostal people believe it to be a heavenly language that is controlled by God and can not be understood on Earth. A lot of people have the misconception that speaking in tongues is a type of possession, but it is not. ”It’s [speaking in tongues] is a very positive thing and I’m truthfully yet to meet anyone who has claimed to have a bad experience with it,” said Kress. Another misconception about the movement is that they are a cult. This is not true because members can leave and join as they please. People who are not a part of the Apostolic Pentecost movement can join any time and if you do not dress, speak, or act the same way, they still welcome new members because they believe that with time, people will understand why and do what they feel they should do in their own walk with God.
How many people are apart of this religion?
That is... 25,000,000 people
Less than 0.01% of the world population
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New Heritage Class BY BETHANY DRUSE Staff Writer
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here is a Heritage class at SHS to further the education with students who are more advanced in the Spanish language than others taught by Mrs. Martinez, the Spanish teacher at SHS. The class started when over the years the percentages of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, students have increased and the number of caucasian students has decreased. Most of the BIPOC students have been Hispanic students so Mrs. Martinez got curious about how many of those Hispanic students were bilingual and most of them were. “They [the bilingual students] might not be able to get what they need from a traditional spanish class and I felt that it was
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really important to be able to create a class that would really provide them with the opportunities to take their spanish to the next level.” said Mrs. Martinez. Some things that the students have learned in the class is balancing their ethnic background, learning about their bicultural identity, and listening to a lot of speakers who are also bilingual. “Something that we have returned to over and over and over again is the idea of identity and is it okay to claim more than one identity.” said Mrs. Martinez. “Also looking at the identity of other spanish speakers.” The students in the class have different levels of understanding their ethnic background so they learn from each other and they
don’t judge each other based on how they say certain things or if they make mistakes. The students view this as a very comforting class. Ruth Maciel, a student in the Heritage class and a junior at Seaman High School said, “Our spanish class is very nonchalant and we are very comforting with each other and we don’t judge each other based on how we say certain things in each language.” The students like how they can freely speak in both languages. They speak Spanish at home and in the Heritage class but also speak English when needed. Elena Esparza, a sophomore at SHS said, “Speaking Spanish at home seems pretty normal to me. I speak it with my parents
and my siblings. Then going to school and switching to English is sometimes difficult.” Others think that it wasn’t hard learning both languages because as a baby they grew up learning both Spanish and English. Shennen Pineda-Ortega, a senior at Seaman High School stated, “I wouldn’t necessarily say it was hard learning the two languages, because I grew up learning both at the same time, but I will say that I was way more fluent in Spanish at a young age than I was in English. The roles have flipped now that I am older and don’t speak Spanish as much as I used to.” Overall everybody is having a lot of fun in the class and they hope to continue to have it forever.
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Culture Showcasing Their Ebb & Wheatie Nelson Share Their Indigenous Heritage STORY BY JOZEE ESSER Staff Writer
“One word that would describe the Native American culture is beautiful,” says Wheatie Nelson. While they don’t hide their heritage some students at SHS might not know about Ebb and Wheatie Nelson is that they are in the tribe Prairie Band Potawatomi and Choctaw. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is a tribal unit that originated in the Great Lakes. At the start of the 1650’s the tribe agreed to sell some of their land to the U.S government. This lead to the government forcing more extreme policies on. In the 1830 Removal act, the U.S government forced tribes from their ancestral land to federal territory west of the Mississippi. In 1846 the tribe moved to now what is now Kansas. Today the Prairie Band Potawatomi is located in Mayetta, Kansas. The Nelson brothers have grown up in the Prairie Band Potawatomi culture their whole lives. After birth your are given a naming ceremony where your grandparents or great grandparents choose their Indigenous name. Ebbs Indigenous name is Ttesowanek (chess-o-wa-neck) which translates to “big tail”. This was his great great uncle’s name and they passed it down to him as an honorary. Wheatie’s name is Shanoék (Shaw-no-cook) which means “rolling thunder from the south”. While growing up the brothers have performed in many Pow Wows. A Pow Wow is celebration of life, giving thanks, and honoring their Page Design by Jozee Esser
ancestors. Their songs and dances are prayers and also honoring their ancestors. There are also roles in these dances which include dancers, singers, head drum, side drums, emcee. How a PowWow work is that there is a big circle and in the middle there is the main drum adn the along the circle there are side drums. They then dance and sing in a circle moving clock wise. The Pow Wow can last several hours. Ebb and Wheatie are both dancers. During these dances they wear regalia which is clothing made with bright colors and patterns. “I wear a ribbon shirt, chaps, beaded regalia, silver arm bands, bells, beaded moccasins; just about almost everything I wear is beaded.” said Wheatie “I myself am a traditional dancer so I have a big bustle on my back with turkey feathers and I wear more mainly maroon and yellow” said Ebb. Ebbs favorite dance is theDifferent path Sneak up. Dancers act like they are sneaking up on their enemies. It originated from warriors protecting their lands. Another dance Ebb really likes is the Crow Hop which mimics the movements of a crow through a dancer’s rhythm and peace. In addition to dancing, Wheatie also plays in the drum circle when he can. One of his favorite songs that they play is Sneak Up. Wheatie’s favorite dance is also the Sneak Up. ”Sneak up is definitely one of my favorite songs to play on drums because it’s definitely. You start out slow and then you’re going to speed
up I really rapid it in between and you got to know everything” said Wheatie. In addition to dancing, Wheatie also plays in the drum circle when he can. One of his favorite songs that they play is also Sneak Up. In one word description Wheatie describe the Choc25 | Opinion taw tribe as beautiful. “ I love the Choctaw tribe; everything about it is beautiful and awesome,” said Wheatie. He also described the Potawatomi tribe as unique. “They are pretty amazing in general,” said Wheatie. Wheatie is a senior here at SHS. For graduation he is honoring his heritage through his cap, hand beaded specifically for him by his grandmother. His cap will feature a special prayer written specifically for him. He is the only one allowed to touch his cap, and at the end of the ceremony he won’t be throwing it like others.
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My whole extended family lives there and we only get them see them every four years.” said Nguyen. STORY BY JOZEE ESSER Nguyen’s favorite place to go, however, wasn’t even Staff Writer on a map. “The moment you walk out of the airport in Vietnam “mIt was a beautiful detour of a road in Vietnam. you are hit with this air that feels already foreign from the My uncle-in-law took me and his friends to this place to just States,” said Kevinh Nguyen hang out and beat the summer heat. At first I was skeptical Nguyen is a junior here at SHS. His family is originally from since it was thick with trees and couldn’t possibly be a very Vietnam and he is a first generation American in his family. comfortable place to hang out at. But as He tries to visit Vietnam evwe got deeper in the forest, I could ery four years and whenever he can. When he does, he visits hear moving water. Out of nowhere extended family that lives in Vietsprung a water stream slithering across The Vietnamese appreciate rocks. The stream was about 10 yards nam. “With High School Comin width and was deep enough for us to life as it is. We are blessmitments and camps over the fully submerged in. There we had roast summer, I’m looking to go ed with our humanity and chicken and just chilled in the streams. back after I graduate” said harmonization is the key to Up the stream there was this little pool Kevinh. of water that almost looked like a jaThere are many parts happiness. Thus, we must cuzzi. I found a rock that I could sit on of Vietnam that and simultaneously have the waterfall becomes friends with one Nguyen lists as a hit my head. I was in heaven. That was favorite. and another to achieve that my favorite place in Vietnam to go to.” “My favorite Since most high school students happiness. things to do will not have the opportunity to visit in Vietnam are to visit - Kevinh Nguyen Vietnam, Ngyuen shared what he wants the city, visit my Americans to know about the country. family, explore “I want Americans to know that Vietnam is the attractions Vietnam has a place of soul. After the Vietnam War the country was to offer, and just being able to in the rubble after international interference heightened soak up any heritage from there. the tensions to dangerous levels. The Vietnamese are are It’s such an experience to visit the city naturally kind and carefree and this war pushed by because it feels like the city embraces you the USA split the nation in half. However, Vietnam as you walk around. Every turn you take could has forgiven the Americans for what they have be a store that has been there for 40 years or a hip done to our country and will gladly let them coffee store that just opened last month”. experience their country,” said Nguyen. Ban xeo ( ban- zeh- oh), banh mi (baan-me), and pho (foe) are Nguyen’s favorite dishes; these dishes are very popular in Vietnamese cuisine. Ban xeo is a rice pancake that is filled with pork belly, shrimp, mung beans, and bean sprouts. It is served with vegetables on the side and a pecial dipping sauce. Banh mi is a sandwich with grilled chicken, pickles with daikon radishes,carrots, and slices up jalapeños and herbs on a baguette like bread. Pho is a vietnamese noodle soup. The soup is made with a bone-beef broth, banh pho noodles, and thinly sliced beef, that’s often served with bean sprouts and other fresh herbs on the side. “I LOVE TO EAT FOOD in Vietnam. Oh my dear, the food is amazing. It wasn’t similar to my dad’s cooking but it was really tasty. Everything from ban xeo, banh mi, and pho you could get for less than 3 dollars at a vendor. I could go on and on about how you could just eat and eat in Vietnam and not gain any weight because most of the food is very nutritious and contains lots of vegetables,” said Nguyen When going to Vietnam Nguyen goes to the city of Da Nang. Da Nang is located in south central Vietnam. “It’s a beautiful city that has billboards plastered everywhere At first I couldn’t read any of them the first time.
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The Battle of Generations
STORY BY ZAYLEE BELL
It’s the battle of the ears, constant change, all in accordance with preference, with no truly correct answer. Who had the better music? The teenagers of today or the teenagers of yesterday? Classics versus funky pop, which is better? With a shift in culture, technologies, and opinions on how music has changed, and how do people feel.
Students like Stahly say, “Music is better then than now, in my opinion… I just think that all of the old songs were just much better.” A key influence in the music of today is what some call the ‘formula that sells’. Artists in the music industry know what music sells and gets streams. And in this new world of technology, streams are what’s important.
“Music is a way of expressing yourself and how you feel,” says sophomore Quinn Stahly.
“I think there is a lot of focus on that one song... On the single, here’s my song I’m going to put out I’m going to try and get as many streams as possible,” Anna Kennedy, History of Rock and Roll teacher, explained Mr. Bach, history teacher and lead guitar adds, “ The music you listen to is almost another for the Untamed Mustangz. part of you. You are able to express yourself for other people to understand.” This also leads to little variety, generic, uncreative, and copycat music. The fundamental structure of music is to express the feelings of an individual and have “If you look at Spotify or iTunes, you see the same others connect to it; but, with the dying out of kind of artist singing and having the same kind of radio and original sound due to technology and music: kind of a hip hop and pop mash,” says Kenstreaming sources, is music today just as effecndy when explaining how the focus of music has tive in that aspect? changed. History teacher and Untamed Mustangz lead singer RandyCrome, “I am not one to be critical of new music. I hate it when people say, ‘oh well they don’t have music like they used to,’ or whatever. That’s all in a person’s perception. Music today is different.”
Kennedy adds, “I wish that the subject matter of music would broaden itself out like what it was then. It doesn’t have to be drugs and relationships; there are other topics.”
OPINON 23 A lot of people agree with this statement that music today is repetitive. But they do still believe that not all artists today are creating music be a persona or get rich, but to make art. For example, Crome mentions Taylor Swift, who he appreciates as an artist but just isn’t the type of music he listens to. Music is a personal form of expression for Stahly. She loves R&B, 80s, and Classic Rock. Kennedy favors Classic Rock, Bach appreciates shoegaze and Indie Alternative along with Crome. Music of complete personal taste and no one is ever going to have the same opinion on that. So is it fair to say that the music of yesterday is better than the music of today?
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A Battle of the Classics
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ne of the most definding factors of an English class to me is the reading material that is assigned. If a book is hard to follow or confusing, students often lose hope and turn to SparkNotes. However, there are some books that stick with you, whether it be the experience of reading, the movie you watch after reading the book, or when your class erupts into a fistfight over how the Omnis was put in a bird. A survey was sent out among SHS students, asking about what can make or break reading a book in an English class. The most common response was the fact that the book was boring, and tieing for second place were the answers, class work ruins the reading process, and the book is hard to understand. Topping as the first and second worst English book at SHS was To Kill A Mockingbord by Harper Lee. Junior Anna Magil stated To Kill A Mockingbird was her favorite book because, “I loved how interesting it was, and the way Mrs.
Kemp taught us kept it intriguing!” However, sophomore Kaylie Vathauer said it was her least favorite book because, “I’m not really into stories about politics or situations like the one that this story revolves around.” Coming in as the worst English book at SHS was Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. “You Put The Omnis In A Bird?” “Even though you know what Above is a T-shirt my Honors happens, it’s hard to follow because Freshman Language Arts class gifted of the words Shakespeare uses,” says our teacher, Mr.Wiens, when we read Fahrenheit 451. This is an inside joke sophomore Bethany Druse about about the movie being vastly different Romeo and Juliet. from the book, along with a reflection Other notable contenders for on how great the class experience was. first were Of Mice and Men and for worst Lord of the Flies. The final question on the survey was what book should the English department add. Some answers were expected contenders, like Harry Potter, The Fault in Our Stars, and anything Stephen King. However, some classics like Frankenstein, 1984, and Pride and Prejustice showed up. So, what book do you think should be added?
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Toping the list as the best book I’ve read in my high school career is a play by Shakespeare, which I read in Mr.Wiens Honors FLA class. Set in a magical land full of faries, this book has all the drama and comedy you would love. This was my favorite because of how exciting the read was.
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Dreamland was captivating from the start. This book was about how abusers isolate you from your family and friends, and the main character delt with the situation and how she got help. It was an amazing book that relates to the real world.
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The Princess Bride Firstly, I hate Buttercup. Second, I hated the abridging in this book, thinking it as a lazy way to write. The magical land was amazing, but it tops at 5 because of the movie was so good and I love the line, “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” A true adventure classic.
Fahrenheit 451 was a very boring read, with a slow and uneventful climax. However, the reason it ranks so high is the class experience. The movie was vastly different from the book. Watching my class riot over a bird named Lenny really made this book memorable.
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The Kite Runner The only book I’ve read my junior year was The Kite Runner. The book takes place in Afghanistan, but I could like the main character, Amir. He was rude to his best friend, and I couldn’t get into the book. I was bored the whole time.
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Night is a true story of Elie Wiesel, a Romanian Jew, who was inprisioned in Auschwitz. This story was well-written and quite sad. It made you realize the true horror of the Holocaust.
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In a survey I sent out, Romeo and Juliet was named the most hated English book at SHS. When I read it in sophomore year it was my third time reading it, however a classic is a classic. It’s only up so far because I hate the last three books.
In a survey I sent out, To Kill A Mockingbord took first place as the most liked English book at SHS. Lee is a true storyteller, captivating her reader, and showing how discrimination and prejustice reigned in the 1930’s.
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The Count of Monte Cristo This book was more confusing than Shakespeare’s English, and I mean it. I never knew what was going on, and the constant changing disguises was hard to follow. I dreaded everytime we had to read this book.
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The Lord of the Flies I couldn’t read the last two chapters of The Lord of the Flies. Piggy deserved so much more than he was given, and I felt so bad for him. Also, a bunch of preteen boys killing each other on a remote islan in the middle of an atomic war, not my forte. Page Design by Alyssa Boos
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Behind the camera: Masked cheating persists in COVID-19 learning format major consequences monetarily when receiving achievementbased financial aid. Their studies are not sufficiently teaching realworld skills either. When the content feels useless to begin with, no one wants to continually take a look at it. From a 2020 socialemotional report, the district reports that 23.6% of students are of the opinion and have risk related to their lack of interest for the content taught in school. Not to mention, the number of clubs and activities in which students participate results in less time than sufficient for studies. If precious time can be saved in their bumbling lives, the corners will be cut. When each assignment is a google search or eye glance away, a cover is easily provided. Therefore a lack of active content understanding becomes an issue. How do students feel? The 2020 social-emotional survey conducted amongst the districts student body asks beliefs relating to the statement “I think sometimes it is okay to cheat at school.” The response reflects that according to the results 21.3% of students are at risk for cheating. This percentage is lower than the state average of 23.3%. Though the previous number was relatively low, it seems with our person survey, we are breaking records in terms of cheating. Within our school wide Clipper survey conducted in 2021, we sampled a percentage of the students
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teacher beckons their class to begin filling in bubbles on a test. With little studying, all the students manage to finagle an A. The student body has been able to mask its efforts to cheat better than ever before. In the face of fully virtual learning, the tools are ever in their favor. Why are students successful? The onset of the pandemic spurred a quick shift to digital learning. We saw that teachers were provided two weeks to train themselves “adequately” for the changes under the swift transfer. The whirlwind of changes has caused the prioritization of lesson material. If teachers could still utilize their content – but in a digital form – from their previous class plans, then the learning could still be maintained. And so everyone betted on the virtual learning holding a continued ‘normal’ sense of learning. Yet the district staff did not account for a greater issue, the will of a struggling student to succeed by whatever means necessary. A temptation to cheat has only plagued students further during distance learning. With the pressures of our education system, we feel an inherent need to still achieve within this troublesome situation. Stakes are high in the high school realm of education. The drop from an A to a B can result in
from each grade. We found that the majority of students slightly agreed with the statement “Cheating while remote learning is justified” Students were not even completely certain if they had cheated in certain categories when filling out the survey. Several of them justified their usage by adding that they were “using their resources” and “online learning is hard” How can we solve the problem? The difficulties of outsmarting online cheat are a tough bout to beat, however, variants of normal testing can be made to supplement the losses. Testing normally surrounds the principle of sucking in and regurgitating information. With the narrowed principles of learning in COVID-19, individualized worksheets seem to be the best solution. Not only can you test the skills of students with what is on hand, but they can utilize resources which would be made available to them in the normal style of life. These can be proofed for almost all of the
departments within our school. By emphasizing on effort instead of accuracy, we fulfill the main purpose of learning by striving for understanding. Mistakes are easily made in a normal work life. It’s time that students feel sympathy as they work towards that same life.
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“I shouldn’t be expected to know and memorize all this info when I won’t use it in real life.” “I was using my resources and online learning is hard.”
“I cheated as many times as I needed.”
IS CHEATING, WHILE SUBJECT TO REMOTE LEARNING, JUSTIFIED?
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The Return of Spri Baseball
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coaches and athletes were again waiting on the sidelines for the season to roll around As warmer weather again. approaches, Seaman High Now, a full two years since School’s spring sports are any teams’ senior athletes gearing up to make up for have played a high school lost time from the 2019-2020 season it's time to get back season that was halted early to work. Several teams have on in the spring of 2020 due acquired new coaching staff, to the global pandemic. such as girls soccer, baseball, Last spring, girls soccer, girls track, and boys tennis. girls swim and dive, softball, When asked how coaches baseball, boys golf, boys are feeling knowing that it tennis, and track and field, has been two years since their were all preparing for what athletes have played, many collectively would have had the same response. been a season to remember. Coach of the girls swim Several teams had promising team Bernie Tuck stated he seasons in their future and feels, “more determined to were devastated to hear the help those student athletes news that all spring sports accomplish their goals for the were cancelled as a result of season, and make up for lost the pandemic. After weeks time.” He, similar to other of pre-season workouts and coaches, is a little nervous yet only a handful of practices, very excited about coming Page Design by Kaycee Tanner
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back. Richard Brading, the girls track and field new head coach said, “It is as if we have two freshman classes. Half of our team will be newcomers. I am really excited to see all the new faces and can't wait to get started!” Brading will spend his first season as head coach of the girls track and field team this upcoming season, after former head coach Claudia Welch retired. He has been an assistant track coach at Seaman High since 1980, and Head Girls Cross-Country coach since 1991. From 19751979 Brading ran hurdles, high jumped and ran relays for Emporia State University. Track and Field has opened many doors for Brading. From being a collegiate athlete Brading says he strongly
believes his national caliber “track and field athletics got me my first teaching job. Which in turn got me my coaching jobs and has provided great fulfillment for me for over 40 years.” Since Emma Schultz was a member of the distance team, she will be used to having Coach Brading for most of their training, but states that “his experience will allow us and others to perform well.” Similar to the rest of the coaches of spring sports, Brading is looking forward most to seeing his athletes compete again and be around the students athletes that are excited to be back. Student athletes of the spring sports are more than ready to be back practicing and preparing for this season. Shennen Pineda-Ortega,
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senior on the girls track team, is excited to meet the new track athletes and ready to pole vault again.
“I miss being in the air and feel like I’m flying,” -Shennen Pineda-Ortega, 12.
A member of the boys golf team, Tim Biggs, junior, stated “playing every day is going to be amazing. Golf is a way to get away from the world of covid. You can be yourself with your peers and still have that drive of competition.” Emma Smith, junior on the softball team is looking forward to “being on the field again with my friends and making memories that got
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cut short last year.” Jay Monhollon, the softball coach is ready to work with the athletes this season not only on the field but also “assist the young ladies become who they strive to be. The interactions they have with one another has an impact on who each individual athlete will become.” This time off has overall made each athlete and team realize the impact the program has had on each individual. When the season was cancelled last year, the first thought through everyone’s mind was everything the athletes would be missing like, the seniors never finishing their last season, the other athletes not spending time together, each athlete not improving their skill, the freshman not having a start to their high
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school athletics career, and not being able to finish the season they all had worked so hard to be ready for. Scott Peterson, the head boys track and field coach explains after the cancellation he felt “awful for all the seniors that never had a chance to finish the season. They had all worked so hard and sacrificed to give themself a chance to do some really great things and then that chance was denied to them.” The new head baseball coach, Trent Oliva states, “It was so tough not only on baseball players but all spring athletes, students that lost out on so many memories or opportunities.” Coach Oliva has been coaching high school athletics for 17 years, coaching baseball, basketball and golf
all at various levels. He states he wanted to be a baseball coach because “it is a game that I have loved for a long time going back to my childhood. I feel like I have many things that I can give back to the game to help out our own baseball players.” As he takes over the head coach position and baseball program, Oliva says “Coach Bushnell and the coaching staff have set the bar high and I hope to continue that success and tradition.” Andrew Kirmer is optimistic that Coach Oliva will make a lot of great things happen for the Vikings Baseball team. He says “most of the guys played for the Scrapper this summer for Coach Olvia so he's not a stranger to us.” The cancellation last spring also brought around a light
30 | SPORTS of realization for all those involved in spring athletics, and anyone affected by the pandemic, so everyone…to not take anything for granted and be flexible.
“The athletes have more of a passion determination and drive to accomplish their goals.” - Coach Tuck, Girls Swim
As the athletes return this spring, Coach Tuck states And Coach Monhollon can speak for everyone when he says, “the program has a greater appreciation and gratitude for one another.” Tim Nussbaum, the new head girls soccer coach expands on the life skills Covid-19 has taught everyone, “We have all become more flexible in our day to day lives. We are all better with online meetings and lessons. Learning perseverance and how to handle tough situations gracefully is a life skill that has come out of the tough Covid-19 times.” Nussbaum has coached soccer for 21 years, starting as an assistant coach for Newton High JV boys team. Then moving on to be the head boys and girls coach at Topeka High and Topeka Select Club coach for several years. He also played soccer up through high school, and played at Bethel College from 1998-2002. He is excited to be coaching girls again because of “how well girls try, help one another out, and how well they follow directions. It’s all about competing to get that starting spot and get time in each game but also about having a team first mentality. I’m also excited to help them
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learn about teamwork, effort, soccer skills, and all the life lessons you can learn from soccer.” Avary Polter comments that she is excited about the new coach this season “He is passionate about the team and wants to win. I think it will be a fresh start for the team and he will help us be the best we can.” The unprecedented circumstances of last spring made athletes want to feel as ready as possible for anything that may come their way, this meant staying in shape and consistent practice. Justin Kruse, junior on the boys tennis team says he saw the cancellation as a “perfect opportunity to practice tennis on my own and with my friends by going out to the courts a lot. Then in the fall I worked one on one with a trainer. I wanted to make sure I felt ready for when this season would come around.” As the boys tennis team awaits an official head coach, Kruse is hopeful for the team's season. He says “the team has not been slacking off. I think we have a strong junior and sophomore class and our seniors will be ready to go after missing their last season.” Audri Budge, senior on the girls soccer team says while she was disappointed that the team would be missing out on an entire season. “It made me want to have the best senior year soccer season so I just practiced a lot to stay ready for the next season,” Budge said. Megan Allacher, senior on the girls track and field team was able to continue to run on her own and sometimes with other distance and cross country girls last spring. Although they were easy runs, “it was nice to get out of the house while I still could” she says. Andrew Kirmer, senior on the baseball team, stated “while
there was nothing I could have done to prevent the cancellation, it still sucked. But I was hopeful there would be a summer season for club baseball. In the spring I stayed in the [batting] cages and bullpens, staying in the rhythm of baseball.” Aside from the initial lockdown and the mindset of staying in shape for the upcoming season, soon enough the time to prepare for this season had arrived. Many of the sports had conditioning and training over the summer, which led most of the athletes to their club seasons in the fall and back to pre-season conditioning this winter, and now the first day of spring sport practice is March 1st. For the coaches, Monhollon states “the preparation is an ongoing process throughout the entire year.” and Brading adds, “a coach never really takes his mind off his sport.” Richard Rineberg, the boys golf coach would have had last season as his first year as head coach. So to feel prepared for what will be his first complete season as head coach, he has been “preparing for quite some time by attending coaching conferences digitally and I’ve also been talking with other coaches to lean on some of their experiences.” Tim Nussbaum says he’s been preparing for the season since the summer. “During the spring I had no idea I would be the head girls soccer coach this season. I always wanted to get back into coaching and the time felt right this summer. Since then I’ve made strong connections with the coaches as well as all the girls on the team. I’ve enjoyed working with my other coaches to prepare conditioning plans as well as regular season training.” Peterson says “I always feel like I'm preparing for the upcoming season. I
always want to improve my understanding of spirits and training on a daily basis. There were some virtual coaching clinics this summer I was able to view and I think that had me excited to tweak the ways I’ve done some things in the past.” For the athletes, they have been taking part in all they can with their team including summer conditioning, preseason conditioning and then working out and staying focused personally. Avary Polter, junior on the girls soccer team states that she is going to the school conditioning, but also plays “winter soccer for my club team which has helped me by being able to touch the ball since with the school we can’t train or play with the ball until tryouts.” Emma Schultz, junior on the girls track and field team mentions the distance team has been getting together to prepare. “We all want to be in better shape and support each other while focusing on running PRs this spring.” Sean Hoffmans, senior on the boys track and field team, wants to be in the best shape going into his last track season. So he has been preparing by “lifting three times a week and doing some sort of running whether that be long or short distance.” Jordan Riggles, senior on the girls swim team says she is preparing by “lifting in the off season, just trying to get stronger and then trying to be in the pool two to three times a week.” For Emma Smith, preparing for the season does not mean just attending softball conditioning. She states they have been having consistent conversations about their expectations for this season; keeping their body as well as their mind focused on the upcoming season. Each sport is looking to accomplish both goals from
SPORTS | 31 last season and new goals this year, each in their own way. Some are just wanting to finish a season without stripping their athletes of the opportunities that come with the season. Some are looking to make not only better athletes but better people off the field. And some are wanting to re-establish the competitive mindset and culture within their athletes. For Coach Rineberg, he wants to “help all the golfers improve their game and get back to “normal” competition mode after losing a whole season of practice and competition.” Both Tim Biggs and Coach Rineberg are excited to compete against Washburn Rural. Biggs states, “Washburn Rural has one of the best programs and is definitely the best we compete against. I want to beat them alongside my team, but it is also a personal goal. It will be challenging to shoot as low or lower than they do, but if I practice like I was last spring I can give myself the best chances to do so.” Coach Monhollon instills the mindset that “We strive to be our best each time we play. We focus on what we can control and do not get caught up with who is on the schedule” into his players. Emma Smith is most excited for the senior night games, “because our seniors do so much for us and deserve to be celebrated and recognized” she says. Both Gabby Grace, junior, and Jordan Riggles, senior, on the girls swim team are very excited for the city meet this season. Riggles says “we have some amazing new talent coming up and I think as a team we all really have one goal this season, to win city. We are a tight knit team with big goals and I know we can accomplish them!” As for boys track and field, Coach Peterson is wanting to get to the first track meet
without interruptions. He, like most of the other sports, “had the best two week of practice since I’ve been coaching and we were excited for the season. Then it was gone. I think it would have been really special. Mostly this season though we want to reestablish our culture and see where it takes us.” He is looking forward to the Seaman Relays meet. The large meet is a commitment from not only the athletes but people of the community to run it and Peterson says “it would not be as big of a success without all the help we receive, it's humbling and I look forward to it every year.” Sean Hoffmans, senior on the track and field team, is ready to race against Washburn Rural. “They have some good hurdlers and always gave me good competition, so I’m excited to see how far all the athletes have come and beat them,” Hoffmans said. Girls track and field are too hoping to “re-establish the fun and excitement of competing in track and field that has been a long time tradition at Seaman High” says Coach Brading. The athletes and Coach Brading are just excited to simply compete at their first meet after such a long time off. Emma Schultz, says she knows that the Washburn Rural distance team will be competitive. “Getting the chance to race is something that we’ve taken for granted and it's made me learn to always give my all in each race, no matter the circumstances,” Schultz said. Coach Oliva established a goal for the season for the team to be competitive each and every day. The team wants to compete for a league title, hopefully making their way back to the state baseball tournament as they have in years past.
“Whether it's on the practice field or game field, we want to be the best we can be,” Oliva said. Coach Nussbaum is ready to give the girls soccer team stability with the same coach and expectations for years to come.
“We want to establish ourselves as a team that plays great soccer and treats people right on and off the field.” - Coach Nussbaum, Girls Soccer “I always look forward to playing every team and the different challenges that come with each team. It’s awesome to see if my team can solve the problems in the game and compete with any team.” he says. While Audri Budge is excited to “play and beat Hayden because there is nothing better than a victory over hayden,” Avary Polter is looking forward to every game because “you never know when a game will be taken away. I learned from last season that you always need to play like it's your last game because they are not guaranteed,” she says. For boys tennis, the team is looking to have as many varsity players as possible qualify for the state tournament to give them a chance to compete. As for Justin Kruse, after training with athletes from Washburn Rural, he is excited to compete against them. “It will be fun to compete against them in a competition setting,” he states. So, as spring sports gear up to take on the field, court, pool, or track for the first time in two years, they are reminded of the events last spring that left them on the sidelines. Therefore they are taking advantage of every opportunity they can to be prepared for the season and to compete to accomplish their goals to make up for two years worth of competition.
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