By Maham Shah and Hannah Smith

Warrior boys basketball team members, rated No. 2 in the most recent poll, face a challeng-

ing week as they host the No. 4 O’Gorman Knights tonight and No. 1 Lincoln Patriots Thursday.

The Knights are 6-2, coming off of a big win against Rapid City Stevens last Friday. WHS most recently defeated Sioux City, Iowa, North 66-60 Friday.

Coach Craig Nelson said he believes the Warriors are prepared for tonight’s game.

“O’Gorman is one of the best teams we will see,” Nelson said. “The outcome of this game will be a measuring stick for the rest of the season.”

Junior Carter Keller said he is excited for tonight’s game against the Knights.

“It’s the start to a great week of basket-ball against two very good teams,” Keller said. “We look forward to the level of competition.”

Senior Jacob Johnson is also optimistic about tonight’s match-up.

“We’ve really been work-ing hard and preparing,” Johnson said. “We hope all of our hard work will pay off tonight.”

Tonight’s fan-dress theme will be USA as students get decked out in red, white, and blue.

The night will feature a half-time performance by

the Champion Legacy Dance team doing a jazz dance.

Happening Now•Boys Basketball: vs. O’Gorman at WHS—4 p.m. JV in main gym, freshmen in auxiliary gym; 5:30 p.m. sophomores in main gym; 7 p.m. varsity in main gym

Lunch Time at WHS•Today’s lunch: Chili dog•À la carte lines: Pasta, soft taco, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings•Young Democrats: Will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in A-122 to discuss an upcoming project—new members welcome.•Poetry Out Loud: Participants should see adviser Michelle McIntyre in A-227 by Wednesday to sign up their three poems for competition.•LibCATS: Library advisory group will meet at 7:15 a.m. Thursday in the library.•DECA: Marketing students will meet at 3:10 p.m. Thursday in A-103.•Student Ambassadors: Will meet at 7:45 a.m. Friday in the Little Theatre.•FCA: Members will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday at 1100 N. Vail Drive.•SALSA: Members should stop by A-140 to pick up an agenda from last week’s cancelled meeting.

Other Reminders•Ski and Snowboard Club: Mem-bers must have all paperwork and payments for the upcoming trip turned in by Wednesday.

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Class AA Boys Ratings

WHS is No. 2 in the most recent Sportswriters poll, out today.

1. Lincoln (5) 45 5-12. Washington (5) 44 8-13. Pierre 21 6-14. O’Gorman 15 6-25. Roosevelt 11 6-2Also receiving votes: Yankton

9, Rapid City Stevens 2, Aberdeen Central 2

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Warrior boys face O’Gorman as challenging week begins

WHS hosts No. 4 Knights tonight, No. 1 Lincoln Thursday

Wrestlers go 3-1 at Milbank-Big Stone ClassicWrestlingBy Andy Heck

Varsity wrestling team members traveled to Milbank Saturday to compete in the Big Stone Therapies Wrestling Classic.

At the event, the team went 3-1, beating Sisseton 48-27, Marshall, Minn., 48-18 and Milbank 47-37. They fell only to United, Minn. 45-30, a team made up of several small Minnesota schools.

Several WHS wrestlers won all four of their matches for the day, including juniors Hunter O’Connor at 132 pounds, Chase O’Connor at 138 and Grant Rosheim at 152 and senior Caleb York at 195 pounds.

“Everyone on the team had

a good day,” York said. “We wrestled well and had several undefeated wrestlers.”BowlingBy Trey DeCroock and Reagan Stenzel

Warrior bowling teams faced off with Dell Rapids on Friday at Eastway, each earn-ing wins.

The varsity boys won 48-2 and the girls 44-6.

Leading the way for the boys was freshman Cyler Melvin with a 760 series. The girls team was led by senior Nicole Thill with a 596 series.

Dell Rapids did not have enough bowlers to have JV teams.

Coach Troy Duffy said he felt good about the meet.

“It was another great week

of bowling for the Warriors,” Duffy said.

The Warriors will next face O’Gorman Friday at Empire Bowl.GymnasticsBy Mariah Madsen and Meg Wolstenholm

Varsity gymnastics team members placed eleventh with a total score of 100.825 Saturday at the Bobcat Invitational in Brookings.

Mitchell took first overall with 144.55 points.

Individually, seventh grader Faith Ungang placed 29th all-around with a score of 26.6. Freshman Lily Saaleephiw placed 30th all-around with a score of 24.675.

The team next visits Pierre Saturday.

By Hannah SmithWhile most Warriors were knee-deep in review packets

preparing for upcoming semester tests and awaiting the beginning of the winter break, WHS choral groups were busy spreading holiday joy throughout the community and promoting the school’s music program.

Several community appearances culminated on Dec. 13, 2014, when female vocalist groups Harmonia and Melodia traveled to the Capital City of Pierre to showcase

a few of their pieces to an audience inside the Capitol building.

The trip to Pierre featured a day full of touring the Capitol during the annual Festival of Trees, activities together and a singing performance by the choral groups.

Director Emily Danger said she was impressed with the audience turnout.

“The same day that we visited the Capitol, the annual ‘Pie Day’ was also happening, which gave us a larger crowd,” Danger said. “We got to tour the Capitol before our performance. Each group sang about four songs.”

Junior Brooke Weber said she is proud of the two groups’ performances.

“It was a great place for Harmonia and Melodia to sing our Christmas songs,” Weber said. “Everyone was so happy to hear us perform and the trees were absolutely beautiful.”

Along with traveling to and performing in Pierre, Melodia and Harmonia joined with two other Warrior choral groups for a performance at WHS on Dec. 17, 2014. Before the end of the semester, male choral groups Mad Scatterz and A Cafellas joined with Harmonia and-

Melodia to perform in the Third Annual “Ensemble Tea.” The four choral groups performed various pieces together for parents, relatives, staff and anyone who wished to see the performance in the chorus room.

Sophomore Aaron Oakland said he thought the perfor-mance went great.

“It was nice to be able to perform together,” Oakland said. “The parents like coming to hear us and it’s always nice to be able to sing for them.”

The audience and performers where then invited to tea and snacks after the performance during each lunch period.

In total, various WHS choral groups made nine appear-ances in the community before the winter break.

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History.com (TNS)On Jan. 13, 1962,

Ernie Kovacs, a comedian who hosted his own tele-vision shows during the 1950s and is said to have influenced such TV hosts as Johnny Carson and David Letterman, died at the age of 42 after crash-ing his Chevrolet Corvair into a telephone pole in Los Angeles, California, while driving in a rain-storm.

Kovacs, who often appeared on camera with his trademark cigar, was found by police with an unlit cigar, leading to speculation that he had been reaching for the cigar and lost control of his vehicle. The Corvair was later made infa-mous by Ralph Nader’s groundbreaking 1965 book “Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile,” about unsafe practices in the auto industry.

Ralph Nader, who was born in 1934 and graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, published “Unsafe at Any Speed” at a time when U.S. auto-makers were still largely unregulated. His book accused car companies of designing vehicles with an emphasis on style and power at the expense of consumer safety. One chapter of “Unsafe at Any Speed” focused on handling problems with the Chevrolet Corvair, a car produced by auto giant General Motors.

The Corvair, which suffered from slumping sales due in part to the negative publicity from Nader’s book as well as to consumer lawsuits (the car’s suspension system was blamed for rollovers), was discontinued by GM in 1969.

Comedian Kovacs killed in Corvair crash

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Photo by Emily DangerSOUNDS OF THE SEASON—The Mad Scatterz group from WHS performs for Sears retirees at Royal Fork on Dec, 4, 2014.