In This Issue
*Mock Accident
Lemmon High School
Squeezer
* Pgs. 2-3 & 7
School News
* Pgs. 4-6 Sports
* Pg. 8,
Student Spotlight/
Question of the
Issue
Squeezer Staff: Editor: Taylee Raba
Jessica Lopez, Avery Haase, Kodee Bolte, Sierra Peters, Amber Ellison
Volume 91
Issue 1
Sept. 29,2016
Hundreds Impacted by Mock Accident
By: Taylee Raba
Roughly 270 ninth graders from 13
different schools and 75 adults came
to Lemmon on September 14 to participate in this year’s Freshman Impact.
This is an annual event that takes place
in Lemmon to inform the freshman on
the dangers that drinking, texting, and
being distracted while driving can do
within just a matter of seconds. There
are seven morning stations that all the
freshman get to participate in. The five
stations that have stayed the same for
the past years have been the fire and
medical, walking and driving with the
alcohol impairment simulation goggles, suicide prevention, cyberbullying
and drug prevention. Two new stations
were added this year, the water challenge which had kids transferring water
with PVC pipes into a bucket and the
seatbelt challenge which had the students timed in every spot in the car
racing and putting their seatbelt on.
After the seven morning classes and
the lunch break is when things really
got serious. This year’s main speaker
told the freshman how his two sons
were walking a friend home when a
drunk driver going 60 miles per hour in
a 15-20 miles per hour zone hit one of
the boys and took his life. Following
the speaker was the mock accident,
funeral, and trial. This year’s mock accident incorporated texting. JoLinda Hay
stated, “The accident is just so real and
you feel like you actually lost the people.”
LHS Freshman Jenaya Lockrem stated, “I was sad, mad, and scared
throughout the whole day. I was like an
emotional rollercoaster.” Which comes
to show that the program is effective in
making the freshmen realize what
could happen to themselves, a loved
one, or anyone. By the end of the
mock trial scene, the freshmen learned
that the person would be in prison for
20 years and that they would owe the
families for restitution, medical bills
and a funeral cost which came up to a
grand total of over a 100,000 dollars.
Freshman Chloe Trogstad stated that
“Freshman Impact will help me think
twice about the decisions that I make
in life.”
Above: Preston records the firefighters
demonstrations to the freshmen.
Above Right: Doing her best to stay on
the line Morgan performs a mock sobriety test with a local police officer.
Right Bottom: Mesha participates in the
team building exercise at Freshman
Impact.
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Page 2
Changes Bring Mixed Emotions
By: Amber Ellison
New to LHS this year is Superintendent Mr. Johnson, as well as the many
changes that he doesn’t even consider
changes, as he states this is how he has
always run things.
Many changes weren’t optional and
had to be enforced, such as the new no
-driving policy and the removal of the
vending machines. The senior class
suffered a loss with the no-driving policy, which prohibits driving in all instances during the school day, but the
addition of a senior lounge and senior
trip has helped soften the blow. Preston Baumgarten admitted, “Getting rid
of our driving was hard at first, but the
senior trip and lounge is making it almost halfway better.” Already the senior lounge is being utilized, with the
class of 2017 working on their dual
credit classes, playing “friendly” games
of trashketball, and stocking the room
with snacks. The seniors are looking
forward to their senior trip, a four day
retreat that is proposedly going to take
place during the break between winter
and spring sport seasons.
The senior trip will be possible due to
the reduction of prom spending. Instead of spending almost $10,000, the
prom budget will be limited to around
$2,500. Krista Miller agreed with the
cutbacks, arguing, “It
seemed like a wasteful
amount of money to
be spending on one
night.” Already Mr.
Johnson and Mr. Peterson are coming up
with ideas to save
money while still
maintaining a fun
evening for the students.
Some controversial
policies are being introduced. Students on
the newly renamed
“Friday School List”
due to discipline or
failing grades will be assigned to Friday
school. Mr. Johnson feels it will give
students more incentive to not be on
the Friday School List. Along with this
policy comes the new rule that states if
a student gets in trouble, the school
will no longer send home a note to
their parents. The student must tell
their parents themselves and bring a
note from their parents back to school
that confirms the parent received the
message. Lastly, students must sign out
when they leave the school and again
when they return. This may seem like a
hassle to some, but Mr. Johnson wants
A group of seniors work on their dual
credit classes and homework while sitting on the new furniture in the senior
lounge.
to be cautious so that in the case of a
fire or other emergency situation, the
school will know where each of the
students are. All of these modifications
of how Lemmon High School is run are
in the entire school’s best interest,
even though a couple may take some
time to accept.
Students Analyze Soil Qualities
By: Avery Haase
On September 21, Mrs. Gebhart’s
eighth grade class and Mrs. Knuth’s
third hour class rode the
bus to a field near the
cemetery to listen to
Kent Cooley inform the
classes on the importance of our soil and
land. Kent Cooley is a
soil scientist from the
Natural Resources Conservation Service and
spoke about soil health,
management, structures,
profiles, land capability
classes, textures, and
career opportunities.
Right: Kelly examines the
texture of the soil.
Above: While analyzing soil, a group of eighth grade
girls finds a worm.
Page 3
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Wildlife and Fisheries Develops Mitosis Models
By: Avery Haase
In Mrs. Knuth’s wildlife and fisheries
class, eight students had the opportunity to learn about the stages of mitosis.
The students had to create a model
of the stages using pipe cleaners and
completing an activity sheet later on.
The goal of this activity was to learn
about the duplication of cells in animals. The stages that the students had
to create included interphase one, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and interphase two.
“One thing I learned from doing this
project was that there was another
interphase stage, which was the second resting stage before the cell completely separates into two cells,” added
Allison Preszler.
Mrs. Knuth’s Wildlife and Fisheries
class has an upcoming activity in which
students will be learning about different biomes for wildlife and species.
Above left: Michael builds his mitosis
model out of pipe cleaners and pompoms.
Above Right: Allison writes about each
stage of mitosis after creating it.
Putting the Fun in Fundraising
Left: Cameron pays a dollar and serves a volleyball to try winning a Powderhorn pizza. The volleyball team is raising funds to
help defray medical expenses in Jennifer Kilzer’s ongoing battle
with cancer .
Right: Close-up parent Kim and Close-up member Raechael sell
pumpkins donated by Jay and Holly Moser to raise money for
the Close-up trip this coming spring.
Apps, Downloads, Do You Know the Risks?
By: Avery Haase
You’ve downloaded the new game
that everyone’s raving about, but what
information are you really giving out to
have that game? Pokémon GO is one
of those games that requires a lot of
personal information. According to the
Google Play Store, they can modify or
delete the contents in your storage. In
addition to going through your storage, they can also take your identity.
Games for children like My Talking
Tom and Angry Birds are just as harmful. My Talking Tom has access to read
your phone status and identity. Angry
Birds can also modify or delete the
content in storage. Save your identity
by reading through the permissions
before downloading, then making the
choice whether or not you’re going to
download the app.
Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, and
Instagram are some of the apps that
are greatly used by teenagers, but they
all require more information than we’d
like to give them. Most of the apps I
previously listed can be tracking your
location at any given time. Location
services can track you any minute of
the day which can be considered an
invasion of privacy. Although, there are
some benefits to having your location
services on; for example, GPS can help
you find your destination. If you’re trying to find a radio station nearby, location services also work great for that.
If bad weather is coming and location
services are turned on, your phone has
the ability to alert you. Turning off
your location services can also save
battery life—who doesn’t want their
battery percentage higher?
If you give an app permission to access your camera, a hacker can potentially hijack your phone camera and
watch you at any given time. According to university student, Szymon Sidor, the hacker keeps a tiny preview
window open so the app keeps running in the background. Sidor also
mentioned that most hackers go for
apps like Facebook, Instagram, or
Snapchat because of the amount of
daily users.
To conclude, simply reading through
the permissions and researching before you download apps is essential in
protecting your privacy and keeping
yourself and your device safe.
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Page 4
Cowgirls Place Fourth at LMC Tournament
By: Sierra Peters
The Cowgirls went into the LMC as
the fourth seed ranked under Harding
County, Bison, and Faith. For five girls,
this was their last Little Moreau Conference Tournament. Heading into the
tournament, senior, Amanda Riley,
stated, “I’m excited, but sad to know
that the season is half over and I’m
expecting great things.” Another senior, Shelby Klein, also added, “My focus
for this tournament is to encourage my
teammates to play to their best potential and to have no regrets.”
The Cowgirls first match of the tournament was against the Dupree Tigers.
The Cowgirls came out strong in the
first set, but later let the Tigers back in
the set. The Cowgirls found their fight
and won the set 27-25. After winning
over Dupree in two sets, the Cowgirls
moved up the bracket to face the undefeated Bison Cardinals. Although
both sets were very close, the Cowgirls
lost. They would need to keep winning
and work their way through the losers’
bracket if they were to make into the
championship game.
The third match for the Cowgirls was
against the Timber Lake Panthers,
whom the Cowgirls had faced earlier in
the season. After winning in three sets,
the Cowgirls found themselves playing
their third back to back match against
the Faith Longhorns. The Cowgirls lost
in the third set against Faith eliminating the Cowgirls from the championship game and leaving them with a
fourth place finish at the Little Moreau
Conference Tournament.
Outside hitter, Camryn Shockley, and
setter, Sierra Peters, were named to the
All-Tournament Team.
Head Coach, Kelli Penfield, commented, “We received the ball well off
serve for the most part and did a great
job moving the ball around to utilize
many different attacking options, including more direct attacks from our
setter on the 2nd contact.”
With the season about half over, the
Cowgirls are putting their focus into
defense, communication, and
making aggressive plays every
time the ball comes onto their
half of the court. The Cowgirls
are 7-7 this season after losing in a home court rematch
with Bison on September 27.
Above: Junior, Abby, attacks the Faith
Lady Longhorns during the first junior
varsity game of the season.
Below: During the home game against
McIntosh, the Cowgirls come together
Junior High Volleyball Team Dominates with Small Numbers
By: Amber Ellison
With only eleven girls in 6th through
th
8 grade playing junior high volleyball
this year and still playing two games
with each opponent, they are doing a
great job of overcoming that obstacle.
On Saturday, October 1, the Cowgirls
placed 2nd in the Junior High LMC
Tournament in Lemmon. They won in
two sets against Bison and then Newell, and lost in two close sets to Faith in
the championship game.
Sheri Anderson, the junior high volleyball coach, is trying to work with
their numbers by rotating the girls
constantly to be able to play two
matches a night. “I have already seen
some big improvements in these 11
girls,” Anderson shared; “They all love
the game of volleyball and it shows.”
They have practiced with the high
school volleyball team multiple times,
playing short court games and receiving tips from the older players.
These junior high girls kicked off
their season with a win against Harding
County. They also participated in a
tournament in Faith on September 17.
During this tournament they pulled out
wins against Cheyanne Eagle Butte and
McIntosh. They ended with a 3rd place
finish, with their single loss to Philip, an
intense match that went into a third set
that finished 9-15. “At first we were
intimidated by them,” Tayte Kohn, 8th
grade player, stated. “We definitely had
potential to beat them, though. Overall
our team played great!”
The Cowgirls also won two games
both in two sets against Grant County
at home.
Below: Regan approaches for an attack
during the Grant County game, while
Macy, Dara, and Jecoliah cover.
Page 5
-Sports-
Cowboy Football Brings Intensity
By: Kodee Bolte
The Lemmon/McIntosh Cowboy
football season is off to a 4-1 start after beating the Grant County/Flasher
Storm 46-36 at home September 30.
The Cowboys led 38-14 at the end of
the 3rd quarter. The Storm turned up
their passing game in the fourth quarter and scored three touchdowns to
the Cowboys one, but the Cowboys
prevailed and put up some big stats in
the game. They earned 10.3 yards per
rush and 39 yards per catch. Dirk Wolf
had 241 rushing yards and three
touchdowns. Duell Tomac made 18.5
tackles, 13 of these solo, and Kaleb
Bucks had 9.5 tackles on the night.
Their first game against the Bowman
County Bulldogs came down to the
fourth quarter, after a scoreless first
three quarters for the Cowboys, they
pulled off an 8-6 win. With just 5:06 left
on the clock, senior quarterback, Wyatt
Huffman had a complete pass to senior
tight-end, Jace Kocer, in the end zone
for a touchdown. This tied up the score
at six a piece, but after a successful two
-point conversion run by junior, Kaleb
Bucks, the Cowboys were up two on
the board. Senior, Duell Tomac led the
team in tackles with a total of nine,
followed by senior, Braydon Katus, and
Bucks, who each added seven.
In week two, the Cowboys battled
the Nighthawks for the wooden nickel
in the Battle of the Border. Unfortunately, Lemmon/McIntosh fell to Hettinger/Scranton 14-34 and had to turn
over possession of the traveling trophy.
Week three brought Cowboys playing the Timber Lake Panthers, where
they came out with a 43-6 win. According to head coach, Brent Dirk, compared to the first two games, “We
played much better verses Timber
Lake, and we came out and dictated
the tempo of the game.” Senior fullback, Preston Baumgarten had a total
of four touchdowns, 129 rushing yards,
and 57 receiving yards. Baumgarten
commented, “One person, can’t be on
their game, the whole team has to be
on their game in order to play good.
None of my touchdowns were possible
without my blockers.” Tomac again led
the team in tackles with 9.5. Tomac
commented on the season, “It started
out strong. We got a win with Bowman, but we still made a lot of mistakes, which showed our weaknesses
when we lost to Hettinger/Scranton.
But the next week in practice, we came
out more physical, and that followed to
the field when we beat Timber Lake 43
-6. Our bye week came at a good time
with quite a few injuries. We’ve been a
lot more physical in practice preparing
for upcoming games, and I hope this
shows on the field.”
The Cowboys faced off against the
Newell Irrigators next resulting in a 536 win despite an hour storm delay.
Baumgarten contributed three touchdowns, one of which was an 80 yard
kickoff return, and 204 rushing yards.
Senior, Dirk Wolf rushed for 114 yards
and added two touchdowns. Peterson
also added two touchdowns. The Cowboys rushed for a total of 389 yards on
28 attempts compared to Newell’s 152
yards on 39 attempts.
The Cowboys have outscored their
opponents 164-89, averaging 32.8
points a game. Tomac leads the team
in tackles thus far, with 58 total, 37 being solo tackles. Dirk Wolf has rushed
for a total of 545 yards for 6 rushing
touchdowns and Baumgarten has
rushed a total of 475 yards with an average of 15.3 yards per carry and has
11 touchdowns. Huffman has thrown
for 426 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Above: Duell lunges for a tackle
against the Bowman County Bulldogs.
Below: Touchdown. Senior, Jace comes
down in the
end-zone putting six points
on the board
for the Cowboys.
Junior High Football Learns Basics
By: Kodee Bolte
Eight games into the junior high
football season the boys have a record
of 5-3. The Cowboys were undefeated
in the Lemmon Jamboree. Coach Brad
Derschan, commented on the goals of
the season saying, their “main goal is
to have fun, relax and play football.”
They are also learning the basics,
including hanging onto the ball, blocking and tackling. So far this season, the
boys have improved in many areas.
“Mainly working together and taking it
one play at a time. We had a tough
time doing that early in the year,”
commented Derschan. The boys are
also working on, doing their own jobs
and not worrying about what they
players next to them are doing. There so they have
are 22 players on the junior high team, been working
on being focused and
disciplined. The team
has two games left this
season against Faith on
October 3, and Mott/
Regent on October 6.
Above: The junior high offensive line
keeps the defenders away from quarterback, Talon Trogstad as he hands the
ball off to Cord Beer.
Right: The junior high football team
gets on the line for an offensive play
against the Bowman County Bulldogs
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Page 6
Cross Country Team Focuses on Improving
By: Jessica Lopez
According to cross country coach,
Mr. Pelkofer their team goals for the
year include improving throughout the
season, getting as many kids to state
as they can, and placing as high as
they can in the conference and region.
Amber Ellison’s goal this year is to go
to state for the fifth consecutive time.
The team has been to several meets
already including Mobridge/Pollock,
Faith, Wakpala, Gettysburg, Rapid City
and the LMC Conference meet in Lemmon.
At the Wakpala meet, Tayte Kohn
placed second and Alena Mollman
placed seventh for varsity girls. Varsity
boys, Dillion Reede, Daniel Dho, and
Kole Reede placed fourth, tenth and
fifteenth respectively. On average, the
distance varsity runs during a meet is
five kilometers and the junior varsity
runs anywhere between three to five
kilometers. When the team practices,
the distance they run varies and they
run, at times, up to seven miles.
At the Little Moreau Conference
Meet, the Cowgirls’ varsity team placed
fourth. Tayte Kohn placed 7th, Amber
Ellison placed 13th and Alena Mollman
placed 17th in varsity at the conference
meet. Dillon Reede placed 19th in the
boys varsity division.
According to Mr. Pelkofer, D. Reede
and Dho have improved a lot since
their first meet. Mollman has also improved a great deal since last year and
had been running throughout the
summer.
Kohn stated that her main goal for
this year is to place top10 at regions
and top 50 at state.
Above right: Sixth grader Andrew goes
all out on a hilly course in Mobridge.
Below Right: Alena passes a runner at
the Mobridge/Pollock meet and continues to run a steady pace.
Armory Gets New Scoreboards and Shot
Clocks with Help from Dacotah Bank
The Lemmon School District Athletic
Department would like to thank Dacotah Bank for their generous donation
toward the purchase of the new scoreboards and shot clocks in the armory.
Over the past few years Dacotah
Bank has helped support the athletic
department by purchasing the volleyball net and standards used at our
home volleyball contests and this
spring will be the third year they have
sponsored the Dacotah Bank Relay’s
Track and Field Meet.
Thank you Dacotah Bank and the
Lemmon Dacotah Bank Staff for you
continued support of Lemmon High
School Athletics.
Below: President of
Dacotah Bank,
Travis Ellison, presents Lemmon Athletic Director, Brent
Dirk with a check
to help with the
payment of the
new scoreboards
and shot clocks in
the Armory.
Sports
Page 7 –
Varsity Volleyball
Opponent
Faith
Harding County
McIntosh
Edmunds Central
Timber Lake
Mobridge-Pollock
Mott-Regent, ND
McLaughlin
Mobridge-Pollock
Dupree
Bison
Timber Lake
Faith
Bison
W/L
W
L
W
W
W
L
L
W
L
W
L
W
L
L
Varsity Football
Score
(22-25) (25-16) (25-17) (25-18)
(12-25) (23-25) (16-25)
(25-20) (25-17) (26-24)
(25-17) (25-21)
(25-21) (25-17)
(24-26) (14-25)
(20-25) (25-20) (22-25) (22-25)
(20-25) (25-22) (25-15) (25-20)
(14-25) (17-25) (20-25)
(27-25) (25-19)
(24-26) (22-25)
(25-21) (16-25) (25-23)
(26-24) (15-25) (18-25)
(22-25) (9-25) (18-25)
Junior Varsity Volleyball
Opponent
Faith
Harding County
McIntosh
Mott-Regent, ND
McLaughlin
Mobridge
W/L
W
L
W
W
W
L
Score
(25-21) (25-17)
(13-25) (25-15) (13-15)
(25-17) (25-21)
(25-18) (25-9)
(25-22) (25-22)
(18-25) (25-15) (14-16)
C-Squad Volleyball
Opponent
Harding County
Mott-Regent, ND
Mobridge
W/L
W
W
L
LMC CC Varsity Boys
Athlete
Place
Dillion Reede
15th
LMC CC Varsity Girls
Tayte Kohn
7th
Amber Ellison
13th
Alena Mollman 17th
Score
(25-22) (25-23)
(25-17) (13-25) (15-12)
(18-25) (25-15) (14-16)
LMC CC JV Boys
Athlete
Place
Kole Reede
3rd
LMC CC JV Girls
Tya Peterson
1st
Lemmon Invitational CC Varsity Boys
Athlete
Place
Dillion Reede
19th
Lemmon Invitational Varsity Girls
Tayte Kohn
10th
Amber Ellison
16th
Alena Mollman
23rd
Lemmon Invitational CC JV Boys
Athlete
Place
Kole Reede
5th
Lemmon Invitational CC JV Girls
Tya Peterson
2nd
Score Box
Opponent
Score
Bowman County
8-6
Hettinger
14-34
Timber Lake
43-6
Newell
53-7
Grant County/Flasher
46-36
W/L
W
L
W
W
W
Junior Varsity Football
Opponent
Bowman County
Eagle Butte
Harding County
Hettinger- Scranton
Score
6-42
6-20
6-8
6-0
W/L
L
L
L
W
Cross Country
Varsity Girls Faith 5000m
Athlete
Place
Tayte Kohn
8th
Amber Ellison
11th
JV Girls M-P CC Invitational
Athlete
Place
Alena Mollman
13th
JV Boys M-P CC Invitational
Kole Reede
20th
JH Girls M-P CC Invitational
Varsity Boys Faith 5000m
Dillon Reede
17th
Danial Dho
27th
JH Grade Girls Faith
1600m
Athlete
Place
Tya Peterson
1st
JH Grade Boys Faith
1600m
Andrew Dirk
6th
Girls JV Faith 3000m
Alena Mollman
6th
Boys JV Faith 3000m
Kole Reede
5th
Rapid City CC Invite Boys Varsity
Athlete
Place
Dillon Reede
77th
Rapid City CC Invite Girls Varsity
Tayte Kohn
59th
Amber Ellison
67th
Rapid City CC Invite Girls JV
Alena Mollman
47th
Rapid City CC Invite Boys JH
Kold Reede
108th
Rapid City CC Invite Girls JH
Tya Peterson
100th
Athlete
Place
Tya Peterson
8th
JH Boys M-P CC Invitational
Andrew Dirk
5th
Varsity Girls CC MobridgePollock Invitational
Athlete
Place
Tayte Kohn
10th
Amber Ellison 15th
Varsity Boys Mobridge-Pollock
Invitational
Dillon Reede
22nd
Wakpala CC Meet Varsity Girls
Athlete
Place
Tayte Kohn
2nd
Alena Mollman
7th
Varsity Boys CC Wakpala
Dillon Reede
4th
Danial Dho
10th
Kole Reede
15th
Girls JV CC Wakpala
Tya Peterson
2nd
Boys JH CC Wakpala
Andrew Dirk
6th
-Student Life–
Page 8
Student Spotlight

Kelly Schopp named South Dakota High School 
Rodeo Queen

Camryn Shockley and Sierra Peters named to
LMC All–Tournament Team

All State chorus: Krista Miller– Soprano,
Krista Schopp– Alto, Kelly Schopp– Tenor,
Parker Minh– Bass

FFA Officers– President-Aubrey Weishaar,
Vice President– Raechael Seidel
Secretary– Avery Haase
Treasurer– James Odell
Reporter– Jessica Colville
Sentential– Steven Boeckel
Homecoming Court– Brandon Heil, Dirk Wolf,
Wyatt Huffman, Jace Kocer, Duell Tomac,
Kodee Bolte, Amber Ellison, Shelby Klein,
Krista Miller, Amanda Riley
Escorts– Sierra Peters, Kaitlyn Reimer, Dylan
Wolf, Chris Harrison

NHS officers— President– Shelby Klein, Vice
President Amanda Riley, Secretary/Treasurer–
Krista Miller

Homecoming dress up days
Monday– Redneck Day
Tuesday– USA day
Wednesday- Celebrity day
Thursday- Favorite Athlete
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Question of the Issue
By: Jessica Lopez
If you were famous, what would you be famous for?
7th grade
Macy Schiley: rodeo
Talon Trogstad: basketball
8th grade
Tayte Kohn: running or playing basketball
Kole Reede: for being a musical artist
9th grade
Alena Mollman: for being amazing
Alec O’Donnell: being the best at annoying people
10th grade
Beth Tennant: dance moves
Jake Ellison: watching the most Netflix and binge eating
11th grade
Taylor Drayton: taking the best snapchats
James Odell: having a lot of junk
12th grade
Kaitlyn Reimer: marrying a famous guy because I’m not talented
Dylan Wolf: completing the American Ninja Warrior course and winning it.