THE CHARGERWabaunsee High School

Issue 24 March 5, 2015

HITS AND MISSESProm?

Mary, come to prom with me. Hit or miss?

— Bryce

HitThe girls basketball team beat Sacred Heart 54-17 in sub-state action Tues-day. They play Bennington 7:30 Friday

at Wakefield.

HitThree wrestlers placed at State for one

of the best years in program history.

HitThe varsity basketball teams swept

Silver Lake on senior night.

MissBoys basketball ended it's season with

a 64-37 loss at Washington County.

HitSeniors Aimee TenEyck and Meghan Hitchcock went to the duet finals at Saturday's forensics tournament at

Silver Lake with their selection from the film "White Chicks."

HitJoe Hund ran all the way across

Washington to Casey's to fetch Erica Falk a sandwich before Monday night's

basketball game. What a gentleman.

MissWhat happened to all the snow we

were supposed to get Sunday? We're running out of opportunities for a glori-

ous snow day.

Hits and Misses are the opinions of the Charger staff.

All of this weeks quotes come from science teacher Lisa Hull.

“Sometimes this computer is like a rock. I want to throw it.”

“Holy cats!”

“Syrup! This is a sticky situation!”

“What would Scooby doo?”

“This sheet I’m about to hand you will make you say 'Oh sheet!’”

“Chasing technology, it’s the bane of my existence.”

“All the aliens I know are either boy or girl aliens.”

“You look more like the wizard.”—Taylor Nikkel

“That’s satan!”—Lisa Hull

"Nick, stop being such a plant."

"Those monsters stole my markers!"

If you hear a great quote, let us know at whscharger@gmail.com.

OVERHEARD IN THE HULLWAYS

Play begins casting,

rehearsalJordyn Savagesophomore

With a cast of 21 people, the school play is starting to take off.

“Don’t Try to Wake Him, Hand Me the Shovel,” is a mystery/com-edy by Pat Cook. It follows two re-porters who go investigate a report-edly haunted mansion. They find more than what they bargained for.

According to director Susan Schraeder, “There is a lot of mistak-en identity and people pretending to be who they’re not.”

Tryouts are happening this week and the play will debut May 2 in the WHS auditorium.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What smartphone app are you cur-rently addicted to?"Viber. It's an international texting app I use to talk to my sister in Ire-land."teacher Rachael Cox

"aa. I'm on level 94. It's the only thing I have to do because I gave up social media for Lent."sophomore Maddy Michaelis

"ESPN to check scores and Trivia Crack."teacher Skyler Suther

"Pinterest because there's a lot of cool stuff on it. Especially travel stuff."junior Alison Herren

"IMDB so I can prove people wrong about movies."teacher Jess Rutledge

"Twitter because I love quotes and drama."sophomore Emily Schmitz

"Boom Beach beacuse it's way bet-ter than Clash of Clans."senior Drew Smith

"Snapchat, We Heart It, and Crossy Road because they entertain me."junior Erica Falk

"Tumblr because not very many people have it. None of my friends have it so I can do what I want with-out being judged."senior Chenoa Phillips

"Pinterest. I really enjoy looking at clothes and different activities for my daughter."teacher Eileen Wertzberger

"Snapchat because of the stories."sophomore Taylor Falk

"Nook. It's where all of my books are."sophomore Abigail McDaniel

"Clash of Clans it's fun, interactive and you can meet new people."sophomore Johnathan Walker

"Hay Day. It's like Farmville, but better."sophomore Luke Swicegood

"I'm addicted to Tumblr because whenever I'm having a bad day there's always something that makes me laugh."junior Nick Carroll

The Charger Staff

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Editors in ChiefDerek Kilian, Katie Mayer

Staff WritersAbigail AndersonTristan AndersonHeather Boiteau

Britany BuchananNicholas Carroll

Adam Flach

Emory HotchkissAlison Johnson

Magdaline McCall Brendan MilroyJordyn Savage

Derek Kiliansenior

Wabaunsee wrestling brought home three medals from the state tournament in Hays last week-end.

Senior Storm Johnson capped off his career with a sixth place finish to go along with teammate Kolby Droegemeier who also fin-ished sixth. Riley Tubbs fell in the championship match but still brings home a second place fin-ish in his freshman year for the Chargers.

Johnson lost in the semi-finals, falling to the fifth place match instead of moving to the championship round. “I was doing pretty well up until that point (semi-finals) but then lost after I stepped out of bounds on a takedown. Then I came back and didn’t do as well on Satur-day,” Johnson said. “This is the first time I’ve placed at state and it’s nice to finally place in my last year.”

"I wrestled pretty good, I faced the same kid twice, but I'm happy to place," Droegemeier said.

Tubbs made it all the way to the championship round before being pinned in the final round. With his second place finish Tubbs became the highest state placer in Wabaunsee wrestling history.

Sophomore Ryan Rose lost his first two matches at state but gained valuable experience for the future.

The Chargers will be bringing back the core of the team for next year as Droegemeier, Tubbs and Rose all will be back to try to cap-ture a state championship.

Tristan Andersonjunior

CHAPPIE, MARCH 6“Chappie” is a film about a ro-

bot designed to have feelings like a human, but there are forces try-ing to take him out. From direc-tor Neill Blomkamp (District 9), it looks to be a lot of fun for sci-ence fiction fans.

HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1, MARCH 6

If you missed the latest entry in Katniss Everdeen’s adventures, it hits DVD Friday. Just be pre-pared for a cliffhanger ending. You can always read the book to find out what happens though.

CINDERELLA, MARCH 13The live-action adaptation of

Cinderella will be out March 13 and will follow the same story as the animated one. We hope Rich-ard Madden’s prince has a happier ending than his Game of Thrones character.

HOUSE OF CARDS, SEASON 3House of Cards started its

third season on Netflix last week-end. The show stars Kevin Spacey as a senator who takes revenge and climbs the ladder of power in Washington D.C. The whole series is available for people who

want to spend a full weekend on the couch. “How to Train Your Dragon 2" and new seasons of "Glee" and "Archer" also hits Net-flix streaming this month.”

MUSICNew albums in March in-

clude Madonna’s will “Rebel Heart” March 10, Kelly Clark-son’s “Piece by Piece” March 3, Modest Mouse’s “Stranger to Ourselves” March 17, and Death Cab for Cutie’s "Kintsugi" March 31. Kanye West could also drop an album any day now, since he seems to debut a new song every other day.

DIVERGENT: INSURGENT, MARCH 20The first movie followed the

book well, so Insurgent should be a good follow up. Lead actress Shailene Woodley does a great job showing the character's strengths and insecurities.

'Chappie headlines March entertainment

Freshman Riley Tubbs attempts to turn his opponent at the Silver Lake tournament. Tubbs's 2nd place finish at state is the highest in school history. Photo by Natalee Kates.

3 wrestlers place at State