Issue 6 September 26, 2014

A publication by the students of Maquoketa Valley High School Homecoming plans are in the works: Lay out the Lynx This year’s homecoming court consists of front row: sophomore attendant Kari Nefzger, honorary attendance Minnie Chalitbhan, queen candidates Heather Sabers, Vicki Agromayer (honorary attendant), Annie Fjelstul, Ashley Holtz and Morgan Manternach, freshman atten- dant Abby Holtz and junior attendant Shawnae Hoeger; second row: sophomore attendant Jacob Bonert, junior attendant Andrew Palmersheim, escorts Ben Thompson, Greg Guetzko, Mike Mast and Dylan Salow, freshman attendant Brock Hillers and junior atten- dant Travis Knipper; back row: king candidates Zach Salow, Steve Huber, Clay Willenbring, Curtis Nefzger and Derek Salow. (photo by Mikaela Reth) by Heather Sabers only black and gold day. at Jesup or the volleyball team at Lisbon. I hope everyone is ready for Home- Besides the dress up themes, there Thursday the volleyball team has a home coming 2014! We will get things started on is much more going on next week. The game and the dress up theme for the game Monday with a superhero dress up theme. choir will start the week off by showcas- is ‘Merica, so get those clothes back out Tuesday is Toga Tuesday, Wednesday is ing its talents Monday night at 7:30 at St. from Wednesday and come show your sup- red, white, and blue, Thursday is class col- John’s Church. Be sure to come out and port! Powderpuff and Ironman will be held or competitions, and Friday is the one and support the cross country team on Tuesday on Wednesday. On Friday, Student Council will host class competitions just like previous years with the parade to follow. The dance team will end Friday with a pep rally. The homecoming dance will be on Saturday from 8-11. The dance will cost $5.00. Let’s lay out the Lynx!

Student council members make home- coming plans at meeting before school this week. Runners continue Maquoketa Valley Takes Down the Vikings to improve times

Tamala Askeland competes at Cascade. (photo courtesy of Dianna Rucker) Trevor Koopmann celebrates an interception last Friday night against Ed-Co. The cross country team has expe- (photo by Shaylyn Trenkamp) rienced its own kind of success: a sense of by Shaylyn Trenkamp 3; Riley Kloser, 3; Zach Salow, 1; Trevor improvement. The teams recently compet- Last Friday night, the MV Wild- Koopmann, 3; Alex Vorwald, 1; Ryan Par- ed at Cascade and Center Point-Urbana. cats played an excellent game against the mely, 5; Lukas Wilson, 2; Mason Herman- The hills of Cascade did not pre- Ed-Co Vikings and won the battle 49- son, 3; Rob Bockenstedt, 3; Chris Hoeger, vent some runners from making the best of 12. 2; Alec McDowell, 5; Curtis Nefzger, 2; the night. Eric Deutmeyer, Brenden Hogan Starting off the game was Jeremy Kalvin Orcutt, 1; Matt Lansing, 1. Assists: and Sean Hucker had PRs for the season. Fischer with a pass to Steve Huber within Dylan Wright, 1; Steve Huber, 2; Derek Sa- “They took those hills and really attacked the frst three minutes of the game. Huber low, 2; Zach Salow, 1; Trevor Koopmann, them!” stated Coach Rudd. proceeded to make the extra point, bring- 2; Ryan Parmely, 3; Alec McDowell, 2; The teams competed in the JV ing the Wildcats to seven points. In the last Kody Orcutt, 2; Matt Lansing, 2. Sacks: race. Results are: couple minutes of the frst quarter, Ryan Curtis Nefzger, 1. Brenden Hogan 45th 21:11 Parmely had a rushing touchdown and Steve Huber was 5 for 6 of feld Bryant Meyer-Kemp 53rd 21:29 Zach Salow followed with a two-point con- goal attempts. Kicking yards: Steve Huber, Eric Deutmeyer 60th 21:35 version. 194; Ryan Parmely, 51. Koda Kreutner 106th 23:57 Starting off the second quarter The top-ranked Wildcats travel to Greg Guetzko 130th 23:57 with another pass was Jeremy Fischer, district rival Lisbon tonight. Sean Hucker 179th 27:05 bringing the Wildcats to 21 points with a Rejji Smith 4th 18:57 45 yard reception from Zach Salow. Steve Nichole Winter 8th 19:15 Huber brought in another extra point, but Tamala Askeland 57th 21:30 the Wildcats didn’t stop there. Ryan Par- Laisee Shakespeare 81st 21:58 mely and Jeremy Fischer each brought in Cassie Burkle 110th 23:00 a rushing touchdown and Steve Huber was The boys team fnished ninth, while the successful for the extra point both times. girls fnished seventh overall. Zak Harbach made the big play of Tuesday the teams ran at CP-U. the third quarter, getting a 46 yard touch- The girls placed second while the boys down on a punt return. Steve Huber fol- placed ffth in the JV races. lowed with his fnal good extra point of Results are: the night and brought the Wildcats to 43 Brenden Hogan 15th 21:00 points at the end of the third quarter. For Bryant Meyer-Kemp 20th 21:28 the last Wildcat play of the game, Trevor Eric Deutmeyer 25th 23:01 Koopmann scored the fnal touchdown and Center Matthew Lansing hikes the ball Greg Guetzko 21st 21:41 brought MV to their fnal score of 49. to Wildcat quarterback Jeremy Fischer. Sean Hucker 28th 25:30 Passing yards: Jeremy Fischer, Fischer had 113 passing yards for the Rejji Smith 1st 17:29 113; Tyson Tucker, 32. Rushing yards: night, with two out of fve successful Nichole Winter 6th 18:33 Steve Huber, 3; Jeremy Fischer, 4; Trevor passes scoring a touchdown. (photo by Tamala Askeland 14th 19:31 Koopmann, 55; Ryan Parmely, 255. Shaylyn Trenkamp) Laisee Shakespeare 21st 20:43 Tackles: Austin Stogdill, 1; Dylan Cassie Burkle 30th 21:47 Wright, 1; Zak Harbach, 1; Steve Huber, Fine Artist of the Week Athletes of the Week Name: Zach Smith Name: Eric Deutmeyer Activity: Fall musical Sport: Cross country

What role do What do you If you could describe your life with a you play in the enjoy most about hashtag, what would it be? musical? cross country? by Destiny Clayborne Great and Power- The feeling after a ful Wizard of Oz long hard practice. Kelsey Gearhart- #Loner Molly Miles- #Sublime How are you What’s the Tiffany Hoeger-#Blessed like/not like your most fun part of Trent Reeves- #Gamer character? practice? Fun and Bobby Blair - #Disaster Planer My character is games Kendra Ries and Bekah Hill- #Pizza is a humbug and I Life am no way a humbug, but when Dorothy What’s the hardest part? The ground Ali Sheehy- #Singing In The Shower discovers the truth he is actually a nice Heather Sabers- #Morgan Is My Life person. In that way I am exactly like the How do you mentally prepare for a Morgan Maternach- #Heather is My Life Great Wizard of Oz meet? Meditation Kody Orcutt- #Hashbrown Selfe Matthew Lansing-#Farmer What’s your favorite part of the show? What’s your personal goal for this Trenton Kelly- #Awesome My favorite part would be when Dorothy season? Win Josy Harmon- #Busy Bee meets the Cowardly Lion. Adrianne Supple- #crazy Why should students go out for cross Volleyball team takes some What would surprise people about the country? show? Because xc = Lyfe hard hits at West Delaware I can’t say but if you follow the Yellow tourney, Springville Brick Road to the Emerald City, you will Name: Macy Anderegg Last Saturday, the volleyball team surely fnd your answer! Sport: Volleyball competed at the West Delaware tournament and fnished the day with three wins and What’s your favorite part of rehearsal? What do you fve losses. Watching the musical numbers slowly enjoy most about The Cats defeated Ed-Co 2-1 with come together. volleyball? You game scores of 21-18, 23-25 and 15-11. never know what Erin Digmann and Morgan Manternach Who is your drama role model? to expect at any led in scoring with 12 and 11 points scored My speech coaches over the years. given moment of on their serves, respectively. Digmann and the game. Annie Fjelstul each had four blocks. Macy anderegg and Manternach each had fve What’s your kills. Anderegg and Emily LaGrant each favorite drill in practice? had four digs. Heather Sabers had 11 as- Baseball sists. The team went 0 for 2 against What’s your least favorite drill in prac- West Delaware, 6-21 and 6-21. What is your dream tice? The team was 1-2 against South vacation? I don’t have one; they are all crucial. Tama with scores of 19-21, 21-15 and 8-15. by Emily Krapf Sabers served 14 for 14 and had 13 assists, Robbie Bockenstedt: Kaleb Kruse’s house What’s your goal for the team this 2 digs and a block. Manternach was 10 for Alec McDowell: anywhere with Rob season? 10 with her serves, had fve kills and 2 digs. Sienna Becker: Europe To play like the team we know we are. Megan Mensen had 2 blocks. Mrs. Mausser: the Denver stock show Tuesday night the Wildcats took Danielle Schuman: Australia What has made this year unique for on 11th ranked Springville in their terri- Josie Young: Tahiti you? tory and lost 0-3 with game scores of 18- Ryanne Flanagan: the Caribbean Knowing that everyone on the court wants 25, 8-25 and 10-25. Anderegg went 12 for McKenna Wenthe: Ireland to be there. It’s a great feeling. 13 with four aces from the serving line and Brooke Snyder: Dominican Republic had four kills and eight digs. Manternach Molly Miles: Hawaii What’s your favorite memory from be- had fve kills. Mrs. Temple: Las Vegas with all of my ing involved in this volleyball? Last night MV last to Midland in co-workers Singing/Saying “The Cow Song” before three games. every game to boost us up. Meet the Macy’s Meage Do’s and Don’ts of Freshmen by Macy Anderegg Homecoming With Homecom- by Shaylyn Trenkamp ing, and all of the necessi- That’s right, the ties, being just a short week wait is over: Homecoming away, I’m sure some of your is next week! Homecoming minds aren’t exactly on the can be one of the most ex- topic of school. Well, just citing weeks of the school to be that “bug in your ear,” I’ve come up with a few easy study habits year, so here’s some advice that will make your week just as easy. on how to make this the best homecoming 1. Utilize your study hall. I know most of yet. you would like to or already are participat- Robert Hildebrand, Victoria Lane, ing in after school activities and festivities, Do participate in anything and everything. Brenden Hogan and Abby Holtz so make sure you can get as much home- Dress up days, powder puff/ironman, foat work done in school as possible. Name: Victoria Lane building, pep rallies, the parade, and of course, the football game! Siblings: Dylan, Carter, Rogan 2. Five minutes each day. Have a big test Activities you plan to be in: golf, volley- after the big week? Just take 5 minutes ev- Don’t put off your homework and other ball, musical ery day to go over things you are unsure normal tasks-- homecoming is not a fun Favorite subject: art, physical science of. This way you aren’t cramming for the Career aspirations: 3rd Grade Teacher or test date. time to be stressing out. cosmetologist Hobbies: playing sports, running 3. Study with friends. All of your friends Do get together with friends(alumni too!) Something cool about you: I can draw. will be in the same boat as and family whether it be at Friday’s game you, so why not go through all of it to- or another time this weekend. Name: Robert Hildebrand gether? I know these habits aren’t just for Siblings: Carter Hildebrand Don’t be afraid to go crazy (in a good Homecoming week, but just to keep things Activities you plan to be in: FFA, Wres- way). Grab some friends, show your spirit in mind I thought I’d throw some ideas out tling, Football off, and make some memories. there. :) Favorite subject: Basic Construction Career aspirations: farmer or engineer Do use this chance to get to know more Hobbies: working at the farm Angie’s Angle people and bond over this fun week. Something cool about you: qualifed for by Angie Wilson state last year, only wrestled 2 years So much life. So little time. Guys: Don’t forget to ask your favorite Have you ever had girl to the homecoming dance :) one of those days where Name: Brenden Hogan you just want it to be over Siblings: Jordan, Blake Do enjoy this coming week. It is what you with? I know I have. Have make it, so make it a great time. Activities you plan to be in: cross country, you ever gotten into a fght track, basketball with your parents and say Hope to see you all cheering on the boys Favorite subject: physical science things you didn’t mean like Career aspirations: particle physics, aero- “I hate you”? Do you continuously make at tonight’s game at Lisbon! Happy Friday, space engineering bad decisions? The most important ques- Cats! Hobbies: riding the go kart tion is, do you live each day to the fullest? Something cool about you: I can run long For fourteen years I have been distance. wondering what it would be like if my dad was still with me. Every day I wish I had just one more day with him. I know I’m Name: Abby Holtz not the only one who has experienced this. 8 9 2 Siblings: Ali, Ashley, Andrew, Avery, An- Think back to a day where everything was derson, Ava, and Sophie (our puppy) going wrong. You failed a test, you locked 3 6 Activities you plan to be in: Volleyball, your keys in the car, you were late for prac- 8 1 5 basketball, track, softball, speech, musical, tice, you were given a speeding ticket. All and play of those days where you wish you could 9 4 2 Favorite subject: English or math (sorry erase or do over. Don’t wish away mo- 6 4 2 5 8 3 Dunlap) ments in life. You are given a chance to Career aspirations: Sports journalist live. Those who have passed, like my dad, 5 8 4 Hobbies: sports loved life and made every day count. Don’t 1 6 take days for granted, and remember those 9 Something cool about you: I’m taller than who don’t get the chance at life anymore. 5 7 my mom. Embrace each moment whether it be good —typist: Mikaela Reth or bad. 2 6 7 9 Choir prepares for fall concert---

The concert choir is getting its will be performing at St. John’s Church in slated to perform. high notes high, low notes low, tempos on Delhi at 7:30. In addition to the high school Zach Smith said the variety of mu- time and harmonies harmonious as it pre- choir, the bass clef chorus and tremble clef sic makes this concert appealing. “We have pares for its fall concert which will be on choir made of high school students will a variety of music. We have some folk-type Monday. also sing. The 7th and 8th grade boys and songs to choral pieces. I learned that where The high school concert choir girls choirs and the mixed choir are also the songs come from in the world, you’ll have a different style of music.” Foreign exchange student Vicki Fashion design students ready for business Agromayor said she has learned a lot by be- If you or any- ing in the choir this year. Although she used one you know is to sing in a choir at her school in Spain, she looking to have printing done, said she has not been part of one for eight please let Mrs. years. This fall, she has honed her skills in Downs know. Cost understanding major and minor scales and is determined by being able to sing a pitch before she hears the number of it on the piano. colors you choose for your design, Several freshmen also indicated the amount of that preparing for this concert has been a items you need good experience. and what you For Ryan Dunn, he has expanded choose to have his music repetoire since he said he has the transfers put onto. There is a never sung a capella before. minimum of 10 “Mrs. Mueller did a great job of orders. picking out music that fts a variety of voic- es,” said Sean Hucker. by Heather Sabers experts! Tricia Connolly, a professional at Josy Harmon said the music is a Many of you may not know that this business and an MV alumna, spoke to lot of fun because it’s got a good beat. Mrs. Downs has added a new and exciting the class about fashion design and how to There is a $3.00 admission fee for machine to her collection, a heat press. make the most out of the machine. adults, but students and children are free. The heat press is able to put designs on The machine is now a perma- Come support the choir, especially since T-Shirts, bandannas, sweatpants, and so nent fxture in the FCS department and it’s Homecoming week! much more. was funded through the Perkins grant. Last Thursday the fashion de- Mrs. Downs and the fashion de- sign class took the time to learn every- sign class would love to create t-shirts for thing from designing their T-shirt design your upcoming family reunion or other online to pressing it on their very own special events. We are excited to show off t-shirt. We learned a lot and are now the our new skills! WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MV Hall Smarts the week of SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 Best Buds by Emily LaGrant MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 - This week’s Super Hero Day Hall Smarts is all about 1. 7th - 12th Grade Fall Vocal my favorite subject: Concert-St. John’s Church, Delhi-7:30pm food. But no matter how much food you TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 - eat, you may not know Toga Tuesday (shirt & shorts underneath) a lot about it. Let’s see 1. HS FFA to World Dairy Expo how knowledgeable in Madison, Wisconsin (Bus Leaves at these Wildcats are. The contestants are: Eric Deutmeyer, Nichole 3:45 AM) Winter, Kinsey Johnson and Cassie Mc- 2. HS Cross Country at Jesup Intyre. Golf Course - 4:30 PM (Bus Leaves at 3:00 PM) Tamala Askeland, Whitney Wilson, 3. HS 9th/JV/V Volleyball at Caitlyn Gibbs, and Paula Wear 1) What do you call the long donut that Lisbon - 5:15 PM (Bus Leaves at 3:30) by Nichole Lucas may or may not have flling? 4. High School Musical Practice How long have you been friends? Eric: Donut - Auditorium - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Since freshman year. Nichole: Long John Kinsey: Long John WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 - What’s your favorite thing to do to- Cassie: Long John Red, White & Blue Day gether? A: Long John 1. HS &MS - Running on the Sit on Whitney’s porch. 2) What food group does the tomato 1:00 PM Early Dismissal Schedule 2. HS Iron Man Volleyball - HS Most embarrassing moment? belong in? Gym - 1:00 PM “Who just turned the lightening off?” Eric: Fruit Nichole: Fruit 3. HS Powder Puff Football - HS Football Field - after Iron Man VB Describe your friendship in one word. Kinsey: Fruit (around 2:00 PM) Tamala- goofy Cassie: Fruit 4. MV Athletic Boosters Meet- Caitlyn- supercalifragalisticexpeolidocious A: Fruit ing - HS Cafeteria - 6:30 PM Whitney- chaotic

Paula- hilarious 3) What is calamari? Eric: Squid THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 - Nichole: I don’t know Color Wars 9th GREEN / 10th PINK Kinsey: Octopus 11th PURPLE / 12th BLUE Cassie: Squid 1. HS 9th/JV/V Volleyball - A: Squid HOME - East Buchanan - 5:15 PM 2. High School Musical Practice 4) Which were invented frst: waffes or - Auditorium - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM pancakes? Eric: Pancakes FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014 - Black Nichole: Pancakes and Gold Day Kinsey: Waffes 1. HS Cross Country Team to Cassie: Pancakes Run the Game Ball from Troy Mills to A: Pancakes (invented in 1445) Delhi (Bus Leaves at 7:45 AM) 2. Class Competitions -1:00 PM 5) If you cut an apple in half, what shape / Parade - 2:00 PM / King Crowning; Pep do the seeds make? Rally - After Parade - HS Gym Eric: Triangle 3. Football - HOMECOMING Nichole: Star - North Linn - JV Game at 5:00 PM / V Kinsey: A heart Game After (around 7:00 PM) by Angie Wilson Cassie: I don’t know 4. Homecoming Queen Crown- She’s a junior. A: A star ing - at Half Time of Varsity She has a brother in the freshman class. She’s a cat lover. Nichole and Cassie came out on top this SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014, 2014 Outside of school you can see her working week with 4 points each. Eric was next 1. 7th - 12th Men’s Choir to in a green house. with 3 points, and Kinsey last with 2 “Real Men Sing” in Waverly (3 Vans She competes on the speech team. points. Way to go, Wildcats! We really Leave at 8:00 AM) Concert @ 5:00 PM People often misspell and mispronounce know our stuff when it comes to food. 2. HS Homecoming Dance - HS her name. Keep it up! Cafeteria - 8:00 PM until 11:00 PM