Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Homecoming
Week
Hailey Lammers, Alex
Anderson & Molly
Knake
Homecoming Court:
Girls
Alex Anderson
Sydney Borgmann
Cassidy Borgmann
Anna Clausen
Jana Unger
Boys
Trent Jorgensen
Blake Moen
Myles Vrbka
Christian Prim
Andy Bettenhausen
Carlos Martinez
and Chase Abler
Hayden Wolf, Hannah
Wilcox & Kellen Carn
ey
Payton Love
Mackenzie Wiebe
& Alexus Glaser
Alex Anderson
Josie Roenfeldt
Sidney Kassmeier
David Fanta, Elliot EisenAllyson Hoff &
menger & Rylan Rasmussen Brooklinn Dahlheim
Lexi Kellogg
Faith in Action
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As many of you know, Saint
Teresa of Calcutta was canonized on the 4th of September.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta is also
known as Mother Teresa. She
was born on August 26, 1910.
Her original name is Agnes
Bojaxhiu. Mother Teresa had
always been fascinated by the
stories of missionaries and their
services. By the time she was
twelve, she knew that she was
being called to the religious life.
In 1928, at the age of eighteen,
Saint Teresa joined the Sisters
of Loreto. It was here that she
learned English and could become a true missionary.
Saint Teresa is known for her
The Knight Times
Canonization of Mother Teresa
Drue Pieper
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work in India. She arrived here
in 1929, she taught at St. Teresa’s School, where she learned
the language of Bengali. On
May 24, 1931, Mother Teresa
took her first religious vows.
May 14, 1937, she took her
solemn vows, whiling serving
as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Calcutta. Mother
Teresa experienced what she
called a “call within a call”, on
a train ride home on day. What
she took from this experience is
what many will remember her
for; helping the poor, while living
among them. “We think sometimes that poverty is only being
hungry, naked and homeless.
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The poverty of being unwanted, simple reason. Saint Teresa of
unloved and uncared for is the Calcutta died on September 5,
greatest poverty. We must start 1997 in Calcutta, India.
in our own homes to remedy
this kind of poverty”, said Mother Teresa. She was very true,
for we all want to be wanted,
want to be loved, and for the
people who don’t receive this
from our Lord are the one’s who
are living in poverty. She began
the Missionaries of Charity on
October 7, 1950, also known
as the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Mother Teresa was a prime example of what we should be.
Serving others before we serve
ourselves. She won the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1979 for this
St. Teresa of Calcutta
CDA State
Winners!
CDA Chariperson Mrs. Seier
The Catholic Daughters
of the Americas at the State
Level held their Education Contest this past May. Court #877
St. Monica was pleased to have
two winners from their court.
They are Preston Eisenmenger
now an 8th grader who placed
3rd in Poetry Division II and
Hunter Evans now a 6th grader
who placed 3rd place in a tie
in the Essay Division I. Congratulations to these two contestants! Great effort was put
forth by many Norfolk Catholic
students who participated in the
2016 January contest.
A new CDA Education
Contest will be coming in January 2017. The CDA of the
Americas presents two themes
to encourage a lively imagination and freedom of thought
for the students to use their
talents in composing an entry.
A contestant chooses only one
theme. The themes for the January 2017 Contest are “Whatever you do for the least
of my brethren, you do for
me.” Matt. 25:40 or “Helping
the Needy where I live” So
put your thinking caps on and
please participate in this fun
event offered by the CDA of the
Americas.
The Knight Times
Evelyn Mejia & Kylie Brungardt
Columnists
Faith in Action
JC Camp
Page 3 September 28, 2016
The school year was
coming to an end, and summer
was just about to begin. I had
heard many people say that JC
Camp was a fun time and an
overall amazing experience,
and I was ready to be a week
one camper! I was ready to
forget about the outside world
with all its expectations and focus on the person God created
me to be. For those of you who
don’t know me too well, I have
always been such an energetic
person, therefore I wasn’t at all
too shy to learn the camp song
on the first day, but it wasn’t until
the last days of camp that I truly
understood the whole meaning
of what it meant to be souled
out! Coming from a campers
point of view, JC Camp held
an abundance of fascinating
things. Therefore one of the
most inspiring things from camp
was all of the heartfelt talks we
heard from incredible people. I
remember the very first talk we
had was about who we were.
Focusing on what it meant to
us to be a son or daughter of
God, how we let the judgement of others define us, and
how to live out our discipleship
by knowing love in his image.
We discussed how we saw Jesus as our friend and how we
could nurture our relationship
with Jesus. From knowing that
Jesus is our friend, we had to
define what a true friend was,
and to answer an immense
question, could we see Christ
in those who we surround ourselves with? At the end of the
day we should just be the kind
of person we want to have as a
friend. Adding onto the important life lessons we were taught
throughout this experience,
was that prayer is very powerful. Which means that there is
no such thing as a hopeless
case, it matters what you do
with the choices you are faced
with, and that we simply rise by
lifting others. Consequently we
should keep in mind that even
in the hardest of times, “If you
carry your cross, it’ll carry you.” So if you were to ask me 6
maybe even 5 months ago how
strong my faith was, I would’ve
given you some lazy answer to
your question. Such as, that I
thought God was cool and all,
but that I’m just not at all into
my faith or “whatever.” Being
young and naive comes very
easy to anyone. Although being
young and having a strong faith
just isn’t too easy, due to possible judgement of others. I, myself was in the group that was
without a strong faith, but that
all changed when I encountered
God this past summer. Wrapping this experience up, I came
to believe that JC Camp is different for many people. You can
either go home after this camp
feeling as if it was just a five day
party, or you can let it change
you and go home knowing you
always have God by your side,
and Jesus on the other.
Getting
the
opportunity to return to week 2
Tintern, from a support team
point of view, was an unforgettable experience. It’s an
indescribable feeling, watching each camper open up, and
their faith prosper as each day
progressed, I was moved to the
point of tears on many different occasions. There’s always
a shoulder to cry on, and hugs
galore. There’s truly no place
like Tintern, everyone feels a
sense of belonging, it’s where
you come as friends, and leave
as family.
As the camp song says
“you can’t face this kind of grace
and leave the way you came.”
So a reminder for everyone is
to be BOLD, be faithful, be NOT
afraid, and be Sold Out!
One week, twenty-three
people, four facilitators, one testimony, one faith and millions of
memories. Fifteen words is all it
takes to summarize one week,
but in all honesty, that doesn’t
even begin to cover it. LEAD
is a Franciscan Camp that
is the week before Steubenville. Steubenville is a Catholic
youth-conference that is held
all over the United States during the summer months. It is
three days filled with the joyous
Catholic faith. I was first asked
in January to attend LEAD by
the Parish, so I took the opportunity. I am so glad I did. LEAD
changed me is so many ways.
LEAD stands for leading, evangelization, and discipleship.
These are the three things that
we concentrated on throughout
the week. Day one of LEAD
we met everyone, had adoration, and begun our journey into
deepening our faith. Throughout the week, I learned about
the Trinity, the battle we are
against being Catholics, wrote
my testimony, played games,
had dance parties, and went to
church. LEAD taught me how
to fight through the temptations
that the world offers, and how
to pray. LEAD most importantly
taught me to bring my struggles
to the Lord. One day during
Lecio, we were reading Luke
18:35-43, and they told us to
put ourselves into the story. I put
myself into it as the blind man.
There is a different way of seeing things when you are blind.
I thought to myself, this whole
time Jesus knew I was blind, so
why isn’t he helping me. At that
moment I realized that I can’t
just assume that God/Jesus
knows everything and is going
to help me. I need to ask him to
“let me see,” just like the blind
man asked. When I did that, I
opened myself up to the Lord.
Another thing that came from
LEAD was getting over my fear
of public speaking. I was one
of three asked to give my testimony at Steubenville. My first
thought was NO WAY, but as I
thought and prayed about it, I
knew that I had to do this. So
after practicing in front of my
twenty-three best friends, I got
up on that stage Saturday night
in front of 4,500 teenagers and
gave my testimony about finding my purpose. Not only was
my fear taken away, but a new
mindset was put into place. I
can do anything with Christ by
my side.
LEAD was the best experience of my life. I can’t put my
experiences into the slightest
words because of the emotion
it brings me. All I can say is that
I would take a million squeaky
cots (which we slept on for five
days), to be back with those
twenty-three people, four facilitators, our one faith, and to be
making millions of more memories. I firmly believe that I didn’t
find these amazing friends, that
the good LORD provided them
for me. Friends, family and faith
are the most important things in
life, and LEAD managed to be
all of that in one.
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Peyton Kerkman
Columnist
2016
Faith in Action
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Steubenville 2016
I have been to many
retreats, but nothing can quite
compare to how amazing Steubenville was. I have never had
such an amazing experience
in my life, it’s almost impossible to put it into words. Steubenville is a youth conference
that is held every summer that
consists of seeing your favorite
Christian artists live, having a
massive jam session with four
thousand other teenagers, and
hearing people speak about
God and the amazing things
he’s doing in their life. Steubenville Mid-America 2016 was
held in Springfield, Missouri at
Missouri State University. The
Archdiocese of Omaha went
to week one, which was July
8-10. The theme for this year's
Steubenville was “I Thirst”,
which was based on the bible
verse Romans 5:8. You would
think that this meant we Thirst
for God, but He Thirsts for us!
That’s such a cool thing to think
about, knowing that He’s right
there and all we have to do is
just crack open the door of our
heart. God is a gentlemen, He
will not go where He is not invited. The Steubenville youth
conference that we attended
was just one of twenty five held
all across the United States.
Steubenville is not only
a chance to grow closer to
the people around you, but an
awesome opportunity to mend,
grow, or even start a relationship with Jesus.
This
July was my
first Steubenville and
I wasn’t really
sure
what to expect
and
was actually really nervous
that
it would be
nothing like
I
thought
it
would.
But by the
end of Friday night I
felt like this
was
exactly where
I needed to be. It’s amazing
how God can bring the things
and people you need in your
life at just the right time. That’s
just one of the many wonderful
things He does!
If there was one thing
I could compare Steuby to it
would be like JC Camp on steroids, it’s just that awesome!
My experience is something so
memorable, I will probably be
able to tell my great-grandkids
about it. I went into Steuby thinking that I
had my life
figured out
and
had
the best relationship
with Jesus
that
was
possible.
Let’s just
say, I was
completely wrong.
God is an
interrupting Father
and
you
just have
to let him
interrupt
your
life
and wreck
your plans with His. The key is
to not avoid these interruptions,
and let God have the opportunity to interrupt your life and put
His plans into action. I fought
those interruptions for so long,
and that’s a huge regret I have
now as I look back onto it. Once
you let Him do His thing, it’s a
massive difference than when
you just ignored it. Those interruptions were confusing and I
still haven’t quite got my head
wrapped around what God is
saying to me yet. Understanding comes with time, don’t rush
it. At Steubenville I felt the strongest presence that I have ever
felt of God in my entire life. Not
only did I grow closer to God,
but I also found my two best
friends. If it weren’t for Steuby I’d be lost without them. At
Steuby I found that being afraid
to share my faith is a thing of
the past! I found courage and
strength to deal with the persecution and judging, and that is
just one of the many graces of
going to Steubenville.
I know that without going to Steubenville I wouldn’t be
the person that I am today and
wouldn’t have the people in my
life that I do. Steubenville holds
a special place in my heart and
is something that I will never
forget. If there is one thing you
get out of this article I hope and
pray that it is to let God interrupt
your life with His plans, like I did
at Steubenville.
In the News
Get to Know Your New Teachers!
Page 5- September 28, 2016
The Knight Times
We sat down with
our new teachers
and asked them
some questions.
We are so excited
to have you all
here this year!
Where did you grow up and
graduate high school?
Sister Fidelis Marie
Campus ministry
Mr. McCampbell
Social Studies
Home schooled
Gretna High School
Did you always want to be a
teacher? If not, what made “Yes and no. I always thought
you want to become one? about it and I knew sisters growing up and they always seemed
cool. They were my role models
growing up, but not ever since I
was little did I think that being a
nun was my goal in life.”
“Yes, I did. I had a high school
teacher who allowed me to
teach a lesson on occasion and
I realized I could do it. I went to
college to be a journalist. I got
a job as an assistant coach at
Northeast Community College
so I went to school at Wayne
State, changed my major and
Mrs. Hampl
Business
Elgin Pope John H.S.
“Not earlier in life, but late in
life, yes. I want to make a difference give back and still be
involved with kids.”
decided teaching was for me.”
How many years have you
been a teacher/nun?
What are some of your hobbies?
What is your favorite thing
about Norfolk Catholic?
What is one goal you
have this year?
“I have been in the monastery
for nine years but professed final
vows six years”
“I taught at Tower School, but
not at an actual school.”
“This is my first year.”
“I love to run when my schedule
allows me to. I also enjoy doing
craft projects, baking, cooking,
being outdoors and spending
time with my family”
“Taking naps, praying outside,
watching Husker football and
eating fast food. I love fast
food so much!”
“Golf, read, and coach with Mr.
Anderson and Mr. S. Pospisil.”
“The people and the school
spirit, and how everyone is
involved in things and support each other.”
“I would have to say the opportunity to be a teacher at
a well respected school and
the Knight Pride. It’s always
a great day to be a Knight!”
“Everyone has been very
helpful and welcoming. I love
that it is a Catholic school.
I can share my faith with my
students!”
“That everyone will feel welcomed, and I could challenge
the youth to grow in holiness
and help take them to the next
“To be the best teacher I
can be. I have high expectations for myself.”
“To learn more about business
class and the ones I teach.”
level in their journey with God.”
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Senior Writings
The Knight Times
From the English Class of Mr. Randy Pospishil
Anagrams
Knights
by Shane Bachman
Kicking and fighting
Never giving up
Inspiration from coach
Going as Hard as possible
Hating the pain and fatigue
Throwing the football to
Score a touchdown
HOPE
by Cameron Carney
Holding on to that
One thing that brings out
Passion and praying that it will be
Enough
Friends
Our Desires
by Jacob Beed
Forever
One of
Our
Desires
Sports
by Jocob Molacek
Spectacular
Plays
Occuring
Repeatedly until
Time
Stops
LIFE
By Trey Colton
Family that
Revolve around
Important things and
Events that matter to anyone
Never give up on the
Deeds of helping friends out
Say what is the best for their good
Pawn Shop
by Gage Koch
Pricing items while
Always calling in a buddy
Working with your old man and
Never knowing what will come through the door
Selling our junk to Rick
Harrison for a minimal price.
Only learning one thing after 21 years and the best
Price he can do is way too low.
DREAM
LIFE
Driving toward your goals
Reaching out
Earning your spot
All in one life
Making the best of it
Finally coming to an
Understanding that the
Time to
Unite my current self wit the
Rest of my life is
Ever prevalent
by Kallie Olmer
by Emma Stelling
Showing
Marvelous
Impetuousness in
Life
Everywhere
LAKE
by Elizabeth Fanta
Lavishing
Adventures
by Seth Ruppert
Known to
Letting the moments
Over run our thoughts because we Excite
Verify ourselves to
Each other
LIVE
LOVE
by Cassidy Borgmann
by Alex Anderson
Live as
If it’s our
Final
Episode
Kindness
God
by Andy Bettenhausen
Greatness bove and below
Open to our hearts
Deliberate for our growth
Love what
It is that you do, or the
Value will be lost in
Everything
FAMILY
Miraculous Wonders
by Myles Vrbka
Mystical
Acts
Getting
Important
Crowd’s attention
by Jonah Heng
by Lexi Kellogg
Friendship
And
Memories
Intertwined together for
Lasting
Years
MIND
DOG
by Sydney Borgmann
Down to cuddle
On your lap
Great time for all
by Jocelyn Garduno
Meaningful
Ideas
Nonstop
Dreaming
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TV
by Noah Wilcox
Timeless
Video
RAP
by Jordan Knudson
Rhythm
And
Poetry
MOODY
by Anonymous
Moods
Affect
Decisions
LIFE
by Tobi Obatusin
Loving every body part
Internally to
Function
Exceptionally
DANCE
by Anonymous
Senior Writings
Reading
by Anonymous
Obnoxious Friends
Readers
by Dillion Hupp
Every one of the
Friends
All live
Using
Dozens of lives and
No rules
In these lives
Nothing
Goes the way anyone would expect
Poem
by Tony Johnson
Nobody
Expects you to
Entertain
Creativity is
Entirely your fault
At the Starting Block
by Colby Abler
FUN
TEA
by Anonymous
Returning to another world
Expressing feelings to hard to share
Appreciating the thoughts of others
Deciding which book to pick next
Including favorites to read again
Not wanting to put it down
Going out of the way to make each page count.
by Taite Marksmeier
Helping
Out
Mother
Earth
by Anonymous
Heaviness sets in
Every other beat begins to flutter
Another love stars to fade
Restless until the final verdict is determined
Torn apart by the one that we love
Live Fast
by Molly Knake
Night Beauties
by Jana Unger
Silently
Turning heads
Alluring
Realm to realm
Stunning beauty
by Diana Mendez
Tiny, little pleasures
Everyday, make
A life more enjoyable
HOME
HEART
Sensation of the water
Trying to take
Water bottles filled
In as many
In the water we go
Memories befoe the moments
Motivating the swimmers
Escape
Moving toward the starting block
Initiating the buzzer button to start
Never giving up
Going off the starting block and the race it goes on
Dance until the sun comes up by Anonymous
All my friends are with me
Family being together
Night never ends
Under the night stars
Creat new memories
Never wanting it to end
Endless fun
Reading
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FALL
by Alexus Glaser
Falling leaves
All around
Leaves
Lay all on the ground
Optimistic
by Sabrina Swenson
Open
Positive
Thoughts
In
Motivated
Inspirational
Strengths
Trusting
Inner
Confidence
SUMMER
CLASS of 2017
Sun comes
Up early in the
Morning, everyday is
More hot than the other
Everyone goes to
Relax on the beach
Satisfying for
Everyone
No one
Interested
Over
Retaking
by Kailey Neesen
by Anonymous
Sports
Cross Country
Page 8 - September 28, 2016
Rhiannon Van Fleet
Columnist
The high school cross
country season has been going very well. According to
Coach Zoucha, the boys have
competed better than expected, “They are running their
best.” He hopes they all stay
healthy, for wonderful performances. The girls have been
doing great also. They are
working very hard. He does
wish the girls would pay more
attention to their health, in order to make the team even
better. The junior high season
has been fantastic. With only
six boys, Wyatt Ash being the
leader of them, he says they
are competing extremely well,
working harder each day. The
junior high girls are doing fantastic. They are very successful, being undefeated so far.
Coach Zoucha is looking
forward for the rest of the cross
Jadyn Classen &
Emma Neuhalfen
Columnists
country season. He thinks the
high school has great possibilities awaiting. If the whole team
are the seniors: Sydney Borgmann, Cameron Carney, Jason Chan, Trey Colton, Ashlyn
is healthy and trains hard, he
believes they can achieve
many things.
Cross Country members
for the 2016-17 school year
Hauser, Jonah Heng, Jordan
Knudson, Gage Koch, Blake
Moen and Jana Unger; juniors:
Will Abler, Molly Burroughs,
Josie Liess, Drue Pieper and
The Knight Times
Collin Schroeder; sophomores:
Emily Cook, Elliot
Eisenmenger, Carter Faltys,
Rylan Rasmussen and Audrey
Stelling; freshmen:
Kelsey
Aschoff, Meghan Colton and
Morgan Timmerman. The Junior High Team consists of
eighth graders: Autumn Alder,
Wyatt Ash, Emily Faltys, Mary
Fennessy, Ben Morland, Reilly Schlomer, Sienna Sohler,
Carly Thramer and Noah Wattier. The seventh grade students are Anna Brown, Dalton
Brunsing, Preston Burbach,
Jasmine Detelefsen, Kalea
Fischer, Shelby Gilsdorf, Ben
Hammond, Hailey Reifert, and
Carter Wattier. The student
managers are Tony Johnson
and Emma Stelling.
Softball
Softball season has
started and
they
have
about
36
softball players.
The
head coach
is Tonja Ripple. Assistant Coaches
are Robert
Padilla, Laura Reeves,
& Katie Uttecht.
The
names
of
girls playing
from our Norfolk Catholic
Hanna
school
are
Maggie Berryman, Sidney
Kassmeier, Hanna Neesen,
and MaKenna Waldow. Mag-
gie
plays
catcher, Hanna
plays
shortstop, Sidney
plays pitcher
and MaKenna
plays 1st and
3rd baseman.
The
teams
motto for this
season
is
“They will never see us coming!”
There
next game is
Sept. 26, 27 &
the 29th and
the
Tourney
on Oct. 1 is
played by the
Neesen
junior varisty
team at Lincoln and the varsity
will play McCook.
Congratulations
to the Seniors on
getting the win on
Sunday!!!
Final Score: 26-24
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Sports
Page 9 - September 28, 2016
Football
Trenton Jorgenson
Guest Columnist
The Norfolk Catholic the Cardinals in just one
football team has won three half of football. It was a cragames, and lost two. The zy game that was filled with
Knights began their season many lightning delays. The
Noah Willcox at Wahoo Neumann and Knights won their rivalry
lost 14-7 in a hard fought week game against Pierce
game. They had a nice re- 41-14 to begin district
bound win against Colum- play. The game was feabus Lakeview with a score tured as a part of the Great
of 49-22. The Knights then American Rivalry Series!
lost a heartbreaker against The Knights have games
Wahoo High 23-22. The against O’Neill, Madison,
Boone Central/Neumann Wayne, and West PointGrove Cardinals
and Beemer to end their regular
the Pierce Bluejays were season. Come support the
no match for the Knights Knights!
the next two weeks. The
Dillon Hupp Knights won 41-0 against
Varsity Warming-Up
Good luck to the Congratulation to Coach Bellar on Receiving the 2016 Navolleyball team
tional High School Athletic
on the rest of Coaches Association Football
their season!
Coach of the Year Award!
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In the News
The Knight Times
10 Highest-Paid Athletes at The Rio Olympics
Haylee Serres
Columnist
While most of the talk by SportsDrop) Here are the
surrounding the Rio Games top 10 highest paid athletes:
has been about medals, I pre- 10. Andy Murray Heading
fer to talk about ... MONEY! into the Rio games as the No.
The Olympics are a great stage 2 player in the world, Murray
for young athletes to make a earned $23 million last year, inname for themselves. They can cluding $8 million in prize monsecure big-time endorsement ey and $15 million in endorsedeals with some of the largest ments. After winning gold in the
companies in the world. On Men’s singles of the 2012 Lonthe other hand, the Rio Games don Games, Murray successalso featured many well-known fully defended his title against
athletes who already earn Argentina’s Juan Martin del
enormous salaries, and have Potro
had multi-million dollar en- 9. Kyrie Irving Just one month
dorsement deals (like Michael after hitting the game-winning
Phelps).
shot in Game 7 of the NBA
After an Olympic perfor- Finals,
Irving, 24-years-old,
mance which resulted in five earned a whopping $27.6 milmedals the earning power of lion last year. Of those earnthe 19-year-old Simone Biles is ings, $16.6 million came from
set to explode. Biles current his NBA salary with Cavs, and
endorsement deals “only” pay the remaining $11 million were
her about $2 million – but that a combination of big-time enfigure will skyrocket after her dorsements deals like Nike,
record breaking performance Pepsi and Skullcandy headin Rio. As for Phelps, the 2016 phones.
Rio Games were his final Olym- 8. Serena Williams She stumpic appearance and he just bled in her quest for gold in Rio,
earned $12.1 million last year. pocketed $28.9 million in total
Thanks to huge endorsements earnings. Williams, 34 is still
deals from Subway, Under Ar- the best female tennis player
mour, and Wheaties Phelps on the planet. She made $8.9
has an estimated net worth of million in prize money, and $20
$55 million. (August 17, 2016 million in endorsement deals.
She is the only female athlete
to make this list.
7. Carmelo Anthony Besides
his Olympic success, Melo is
happy with his earnings off the
court. With $22.9 million in salary from the New York Knicks,
plus another $8 million in endorsements, Melo’s earnings
last year were a staggering
$30.9 million. Melo (32 yrs. old)
still has plenty of earning potential, on and off the court.
6. Usain Bolt It pays to be the
world’s fastest man for the 3rd
consecutive Olympics. He won
gold in the 100-meter dash.
After dominating his sport for
more than a decade, Bolt has
earned serious bragging rights,
and a $2.5 million in prize money on the track, Bolt collected
$30 million from endorsements.
5. Kei Nishikori The Japanese
tennis star earned $3.5 million
in prize money, & $30 million
in endorsement money, giving
him a total of $33.5 million last
year. He is the first Japanese
tennis player ever to be ranked
inside the top 10.
4. Rafael Nadal Although injuries have limited Rafael Nadal’s
performance on the court, he
took home a total of $37.5 mil-
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lion – with $32 million coming in
the form of paychecks from his
sponsors in 2015. After injuries
forced him to miss the 2012
London Games, Nadal teamed
up with Marc Lopez to win golf
in Men’s doubles.
3. Neymar Not many 24 yearolds earn $37.5 million for a
year’s worth of work! Last year,
Neymar earned $14.5 million in
salary from Barcelona, and an
additional $23 million from his
sponsors (Nike, Red Bull, Gillette).
2. Novak Djokovic
Although Novak (29 yr. old)
first-round loss happened at
the Rio Games still has a lot to
celebrate. Last year, Djokovic
(Ranked No. 1 in the world) won
$21.8 million in prize money, to
go along with $34 million in endorsements, for a grand total of
$55.8 million.
1. Kevin Durant
He joined
the Golden State Warriors and
last year earned $20.2 million in salary from the Thunder
and $36 million from endorsements. Durant’s combined total
of $56.2 million makes him the
highest-paid athlete at the Rio
Olympics.
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In the News
Olympics:
The Greatest!
Jordan Peitz
Columnist
It’s no question who
came out on top at this summer’s 2016 Olympics. Conquering with a staggering 121
medals, USA really set the bar.
Not only as a team, but as individuals in competitive events.
Simone Biles, a gymnast from
Columbus, OH is already being
called the “greatest gymnast
of all time”. Winning four gold
and one bronze, she really has
set a target on herself for other gymnasts. Michael Phelps,
the most renowned and well
know swimmer, can now add
the “most decorated Olympian
of all time” to his title. In other
words, no other olympian has
ever earned more medals than
him. Also for swimming, Abbey
Weitzeil set the olympic time for
the 50-yard freestyle and is part
of the American record in the
4x100-meter freestyle relay.
It’s no doubt it was a great summer for the olympics, and a
great summer for America!
Coming to America;
an interview with
Celina Spadt
Cassidy Borgmann
Columnist
Q. What is your favorite thing
about America?
A. My favorite thing is
probably the people, because
they are way nicer and more
helpful.
Q. What is your favorite
American food?
A. Burger, potatoes, and steak
Q. What is the
strangest/funniest
experience you've
had since you were
here?
A. Going to a
cemetery to get data
for college bio
Q. Have you been to
America before?
A. No
Q. Are you a native English
speaker? What other languages do you speak?
A. No, my native lan
guage is German, but I also
speak French, Spanish, Arabic,
Italian and Finish
Q. If you could tell Americans
one thing about your culture,
what would it be?
A. We are very nice
and like to celebrate, so there
are festivals for everything and
anything.
Q. What have you
learned as a foreign
exchange student?
A. Being more
confident about myself.
Q. How is school
different in your
home country? Is it
easier? Harder?
A. It’s kind of
harder and the teachers come into your classroom
instead of the students moving
for each class.
Q. What is the most interesting thing you've seen in
America?
A. The Husker football
games
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Lion’s Parade Band Contest
Emily Zach
Columnist
Last Saturday, the 24th, rain showers in the morning we
the Norfolk Catholic Bands per- didn’t know if we would be able
to perform. But
formed at the Liby 10:00 the paon’s Club parade
rade was able to
here in Norfolk.
go on. But about
Both the Junior
halfway through
High and High
the parade it
School
Bands
started pouring
performed. The
very heavily. The
Junior High perband continued
formed
“Cool
to march through
Kids.” The High
the end. The high
School
Band
school
ended
performed “Latup getting 2nd
in Parade Seplace. Great job
quence” which
to all!
included
two
songs called Oye
Como Va and Evil Ways. With
In the picture above: Senior Band Members Cameron Carney,
Colby Abler, Sabrina Swenson and Seth Ruppert.
The whole band warmig up before the parade.
Kellen Carney, Cameron Carney, Sabrina Swensen,
and Emily Zach
In the News
Page 12 - September 28, 2016
The Knight Times
Artist of the Month
Allie Barrett and Laura Kalous
Columnist
Sophia Clinch
Q: What materials did
you use to make this art
piece? A: I used metallic
paint, Elmer's glue, black
sharpie, and gold glitter.
Q: How long did it take
for you to complete this
project?
A: The project took me two
days to complete.
Q: What inspired you to
make this image?
A: I always liked Aztec designs so I based my artwork off of that.
Q:What do you like about
art class this year?
A: I would like to become
better as an artist throughout the year.
Q: What projects are you
going to be working on
now that you are done
with this piece?
A: I would like to finish my
black and white drawing
that we've been working on
for about two weeks.
Q: What's your favorite
part about art?
A: My favorite part about
art is getting to have the
experience to become a
better artist.
Abby Miller
Q: What materials did you
use to make this art piece?
A: I just used a mechanical pencil an eraser and paper I found.
It was a random
drawing I did while
the class finished
other drawings.
Q: How long did
it take you to
complete this?
A: It took me about
3 art periods to
finish. I worked
on it a little during
homeroom as well.
Q: What inspired you to draw
this image of the lady?
A:What inspired me was I was
looking through this photographer's photos and I saw something similar to the picture I
drew and I thought it would be a
cool drawing.
Q: What do you like about art
class?
A: What I like about art class
this year is getting to work on
it everyday instead
of only getting it every two days like in
junior high.
Q: What projects
are you going to
be working on now
that you are done
with this piece?
A: I just finished my
other project. We
were working on drawing still
images and I drew a cow skull
that Mrs. Kraft had in the room
with rope underneath of it.
Q: What's your favorite part
about art?
A: My favorite part about art is
just getting to draw for 50 minutes every day. It's a lot of fun.
Not pictured:
Celina Spadt
NC Cheer
Team
MaKenna Beller
Columnist
Norfolk Catholic’s 2016-2017 Cheer Team consist of 14 members. One Senior: Celina Spadt, Seven Juniors: Danielle Reding, Maddi Maguire, Erin Swanson, MaKenna Beller, Allie Barrett, Alison Smith, and Molly Bourroughs. One sophomore: Charli
Schlomer. Five freshmen: Diana Theel, Emma Fanta, Sophia Clinch, Abbie Marksmeiers and Savanna Vervynck. The Cheer team will be cheering for Football and
Basketball Teams. They will also start competing in January with a sideline cheer and
competition dance.
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In the News
DANCE
Tia Simpson
Columnist
The dance team is extremely Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in
excited to perform this year! We got a the Activities Center. We also have an
head start during the summer by learn- occasional Sunday practice. During our
ing four dances. We learned two jazz practices the captains (Kerstin Brtek
dances, one pom dance and a very fun and Tia Simpson) teach the rest of the
hip hop dance! This year’s dance team team a new dance. Then for the followconsists of 9 members. We have two ing practices we clean and nitpick at
seniors (Kailey Neesen and Jana Un- our dances until they are performance
ger), five juready! The
niors (Kasteam is cursidy Steffen,
rently getting
Brooklinn
ready for the
Dahlheim,
HomecomMacKenna
ing game.
Kalin, KerWe plan to
stin Brtek,
do our new
and Tia
pom dance
Simpson)
at both the
Kailey
Neesen,
Brookand two freshmanlinn Dahleim, Tia Simpson,pep rally and the
(Jayden Heng andJayden Heng & Kathy Vrbkaagame. On SepShelby Brunsing).
tember 15th we
We are very eager to perform for the had our elementary school
homecoming game. We will proudly dance camp. There were
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Class Officers
Senior Class
Treasurer - Diana Mendez ,President - Trent Jorgensen
Secretary - Christian Prim Vice President - Trey Colton
Junior Class
President - Dylan Zaiser, Vice President - Zach Schindler,
Secretary - Chace Clausen, Treasurer:- Ethan Stech
Sophomore Class
perform our pom dance. It’s a fun, energetic, and a very athletic dance. We
are also doing something a little different this year. We are doing a hip hop
dance that we will do during basketball
season! This year we hope to take the
state title as we did last year.
For those who don’t know what
the Norfolk Catholic Dance Team entails, you’re about to find out! The NC
dance team has practice at 7:00 on
many young girls (nearly
80!) who were thrilled to
dance on the football field.
We taught them the dance
at 3:30-4:30 on that Thursday and we performed that
Thursday night. Despite
the lack of dance team
members to help, the crazy
weather and almost 80 elementary girls, the camp
was a lot of fun!
President - Emma Neuhalfen,Vice President - Christian Cattau,
Secretary - David Fanta Treasurer - David McCaffrey
In the News
One Act Play:
Book Review
The Knight Times
Page 14 - September 28, 2016
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
Molly Knake
Layout Editor/Columnist
Ready Player One is
truly a book for everyone. It
has a little bit of
everything
and
would appeal to
almost anybody.
This book contains
1980’s references,
a love story, a futuristic setting, intense battles, and
is based around a
huge videogame.
For anyone that
has enjoyed the
Harry Potter series, the Hunger
Games Trilogy, or the Legend
Trilogy, I strongly
recommend they
put Ready Player
One on the top of
their reading list.
Ready Player One
takes place in the
future 30 years.
The whole book is
based around an
underprivileged kid
who has spent a
majority of his life
in a new virtual world called the
OASIS. Many people at this
depressed time in the United
States had spent their lives in
the OASIS where they could
work, go to school, shop, and
do almost anything you can think
of. The creator of
the OASIS was
insanely rich and
had no family to
leave the control of
the OASIS or all of
his money to. So
the creator turned
the whole OASIS
into a giant search
for
his
inheritance. Throughout the treasure
hunt, all players in the OASIS
searched for the
gates that, once
they reached, they
would have to pass
a test of knowledge
and skill to receive
the next clue in the
hunt. Ready Player One revolves
around mainly 4
kids on the hunt
for this inheritance
to prevent the OASIS falling under the control of
an evil corporation.
Another book Ernest
Cline has written is Armada.
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The Great Pandemonium
The Norfolk Catholic students have tried out for the cast
of “The Great Pandemonium”.
Coaching the one-act students
will be Wendy Swenson. The
actors are David McCaffrey
playing Jarred Nusthorp, Gage
Koch playing Oz, Sabrina Swenson playing Janet, Ben Bugenhagen playing
Richard,
Kailey Neesen, playing Babs,
Christian Prim playing Clarence, Maddie Neal playing Mrs.
Dinsmore, Jenna Pochop playing Anne, Allie Barrett playing
Urla. The additional cast members/understudies are Savanna
Vervynck, Jonah Heng, Noah
Wilcox, Evelyn Mejia and Alexus Glaser.
The Knight Times
Letters to The Editor
Goals for The Year
Page 15 - September 28, 2016
Dear Reader,
Happy Homecoming week! I hope that everyone has had fun! It is crazy to think that we are already half way through the first
quarter. Senior year has been crazy so far, from writing papers for a class or filling out scholarship applications, I am booked. I’m
sure that everyone is feeling this way as well. Since high school and junior high can be stressful I have decided to dedicate this section of the newspaper for you guys. If at any time throughout the year you feel stressed or need some advice with things happening
in your life write to me, give your letters to Mrs. Seier in the library. I will read the letters and write back with advice trying to help. All
letters will stay completely confidential. I am very excited to get this part of the newspaper going. I encourage everyone to write to
me. I am more than willing to help out. This year we are also bringing back the caption contest! Every month we will have picture in the newspaper that needs a
good caption. Think of a funny caption to match the picture and turn it into the library. The funniest caption will get a shout out in the
next month’s newspaper!
I am very excited to be this year’s Knight Times editor. Norfolk Catholic has a lot of talent and we will include every sport or
club in the newspaper. Our school’s newspaper is how we show the public what our students are involved in and what we are doing
at school. There are many great aspects of Norfolk Catholic that don't always get noticed to the Norfolk Community. It is our goal to
get all sports and activities in our paper. If you want to contribute your talents to the newspaper staff we are always welcoming new
columnist or layout editors. We would love to have you on our staff. The more the merrier!
Sincerely,
Kailey Neesen
Your Editor
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TRACKING THE KNIGHT’S
Molly Knake
Columnist/Layout
Football
Junior: Justin Brtek
Parents: Mike & Nancy
Pregame Ritual: Texting
my sister for good luck
Favorite
Fall
Activity:
Raking leaves with my family and leaping into the piles
we build
Volleyball
Mock
Trial
Senior: Gage Koch
Parents: Courtney & Brian
Siblings: Grace
Pretrial Ritual: Read the case
for the first time
Favorite Fall Activity: Watch-
ing football on Saturdays while
doing Calculus
Golf
Junior: Taylor Gilsdorf
Parents: Renee & Chad
Pregame Ritual: Listening to 80’s
Freshman: Anna Kassmeier
Parents: Tina & David
Pregame Ritual: Getting ice
Favorite Fall Activity: Frolicking
Favorite Fall Activity:
music
cream before meets
through the leaves
Carving Pumpkins
Dance
Junior: Brooklinn Dalheim
Parents: Mindy & Andy
Pregame Ritual:
Stretching with my team
Favorite Fall Activity:
Carving Pumpkins, baking
cookies, watching scary movies, going to haunted houses,
and celebrating Halloween
Cross
Country
Sophomore: Rylan
Rasmussen
Parents: Terry & Lois
Pregame Ritual: I listen to
music to get me ready to put
in some work on the course
Favorite Fall Activity: Watching Football