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Traveling JumpRoping Team Visits Central Elementary JV Diggers Battle the Teton High School Redskins Girls Diggers Fall Short Against Shelley Russets

BY Kyle Rose and Kristin Cagle

ugar-Salem High School held its annual Homecoming Parade and football game on Friday, Sept. 14. In the afternoon, spectators attending the parade watched students ride on decorative floats through Sugar City and enjoyed a win in the game that evening. The parade went from 1-2 p.m., starting at the high school and finishing on Digger Street. Residents of Sugar City and the other towns that attend the high school saw a variety of floats and organizations including classes, sports teams, and even the school districts lunch ladies who were riding on a large spray truck. These floats were creatively constructed by each school organization and represented the school and area appropriately with references to their school mascot, colors and community history. Floats of Digger blue and white went through the streets as homecoming royalty from each class rode in horse-drawn carriages while the cheerleaders danced to the Cha-Cha Slide. Showing their school spirit, the soccer team carried a soccer net through the streets. There was also a scary-looking float promoting the Haunted Mill opening in preparation for Halloween. The class of 2013 even did a retro 80s float saying they were the class of 83 plus 30. You have never seen a bunch of kids have so much fun, said Amber Fuller, a mother and spectator. The parade is a good opportunity for the community and its schools to get together as friends and neighbors to support each other and have friendly competition.

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I love the unity of the parade, said spectator, Julie Lee. She also expressed how much she enjoyed talking with friends and community members before and during the parade. Throughout the week, high school students had a variety of activities to participate in leading up to the homecoming game. Each day of school had a theme for students to dress up. Girls also had the opportunity to participate in a game of powderpuff football on Wednesday night. Freshmen played against the sophomores, and the juniors played against the seniors. The winner from each game later played against each other. The boys football team played in the annual homecoming game where the Diggers played against Marsh Valley High School. The Diggers football team finished off the night by closely defeating the Eagles 24-20. With the win, the Diggers season record is

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3-1. During the game, homecoming attendants and royalty were presented. Speeches that their parents had written were read by the schools music teacher, Mr. Cherrington. Each grade level was represented by attendants with an added senior king and queen. Freshmen attendants were Whitney Taylor and Tim Fuller; sophomore attendants were Mackenzie Casper and Tanner Puzey. Junior attendants were Katelyn Hill and Connor Stoddard. Following the juniors, the senior attendants and senior royalty were presented. Senior attendants were Alexis Moser and Jaren Bean. The senior class royalty were Morgan Baker and Keegan Taylor. Overall Homecoming day was a success for the Diggers with a great display at the parade and followed by a hard fought win in the homecoming game.

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Traveling Jump-Roping Team Visits Central Elementary

BY Elizabeth Dodds and Amanda Ostler

ump ropes spun and twirled as the Proform Airborne jump-roping team amazed the onlooking students with their stunning abilities. Central Elementary School hosted the jump-rope team for an assembly on the morning of Sept. 21. Every year the team performs at the elementary school for free, putting on a spectacular show that leaves students in the audience eager to learn how to jump-rope. Dressed in matching black T-shirts and blue shorts, the team jumped, spun and flipped through the ropes. The students were enthralled by the difficult rhythms, choreographed footwork, and acrobatic stunts performed by the team. After the assembly, Avery, age seven, said her favorite part was when they did the flips. During the show, the team took time to demonstrate a variety of skills to the audience. They first performed simple moves such as the crisscross and straddles, followed by intermediate moves like the caboose, a move that involves the jump-rope going between and behind the legs. The advanced skills were demonstrated by one of the older members, who whipped the rope so fast around her body, it could barely be seen. Sometimes two jump ropes were used as team members cartwheeled, flipped and somersaulted through the two moving ropes. The last trick of the day was called The Rainbow, which used red, yellow, green and blue jump ropes, each smaller than the last.

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Synchronizing every spin, each member took an end of a rope, forming a spinning rainbow. Proform Airborne began 24 years ago in Madison County and currently consists of 32 members ages 10 to 23 from the Snake River Valley and surrounding areas. Monica Foster is the head coach and Melinda Andrus is the assistant head coach. Principal Bob Potter emphasized to the students how the assembly was unique. Money is tight here, he later said, but this is one assembly I would pay for, because this is something students could do. He said that throughout the year the school gets a variety of talented professionals to come and perform for the students, and those are fun, but these kids could, if they wish, join [the Airborne team]. When asked what first got her started jump roping for the team in kindergarten, Bailie, 12, said that she was attending the Slam Dunk competition at BYU

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Idaho six years ago where the Airborne team was performing a halftime show. During the show, she told her mom, I wanna do that. Andrus said that the team is a great peer group they have to cooperate and work well together. She also said that all the kids on the team got started through jump-rope clinics. Proform Airborne also offers a chance for students to start jump roping. Every Monday at 4 p.m. at Central Elementary and Ammon Elementary schools, the team holds free workshops for anyone wanting to learn how to jump rope. The Airborne team had a regional competition in Los Angeles last summer and five team members went to the world championship in Florida. At nationals, the team won the Grand National Trophy.

JV Diggers Battle the Teton High School Redskins

BY Rachel Redford

arents and friends of the Sugar Salem High School Junior Varsity football team filled the Diggers Stadium on Friday, Oct. 5, to watch the team take on the Teton High School Redskins. With the temperature at a crisp 40 degrees and gold leaves falling around them, the crowd cheered as their boys took the field. Lets go, Diggers! and Lets send em home with their tails between their legs! could be heard from

the stands as Sugar Salem kicked off. After a stalemate for most of the first quarter, Teton scored first with a TD and an extra point. Just a few minutes later Teton scored again but the PAT was no good, bringing the score at the end of the first quarter 13-0. The second quarter began with the cheerleaders shouting, Lets get fired up! to motivate the team. The quarter was scoreless until the last

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four seconds when Teton squeaked past the Diggers defense to score another TD. They went for the twopoint conversion and got it, ending the quarter at 21-0. During halftime, parents and friends talked about the Diggers performance in the first half. Im feeling that Big Blue has more in them and they could really crush Teton if they pushed harder, stated Khira, 17, a local student. Sugar Salem continued to try running the ball down the middle for most of the third quarter. After Teton recovered a Sugar Salem fumble, the game stopped for an injury. Players and cheerleaders took a knee for No. 4 of Teton after he collided with a Sugar-Salem player in the dog pile. Laura Johnson, a Sugar Salem alum, was on the field to asses the injury. He just got hit helmet-to-helmet so hes probably got a good concussion, but hell be OK, she said. Both teams and the crowd cheered as the player was able to walk off the field. The third quarter ended with neither team scoring. Before the fourth quarter started, the cheerleaders sang Happy Birthday to one of the Sugar-Salem

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players. The girls then tried to pump up the team by cheering, Lets go, Diggers! Fight for it, Blue! In the last quarter the Diggers made it to the 10yard line and feet rumbled in the stands as they barely got stopped on fourth down. However, the Diggers responded by holding the Redskins at the 20-yard line on their fourth down. With 7:19 left in the game, Sugar Salems Arnold, No. 16, scored a 60-yard TD. The Diggers then went for two and got it, bringing the score to 21-8. The Redskins then answered with a 50-yard touchdown by No. 3. They also went for two, and the pass was good. After a few more plays from both teams the buzzer ended the game with the Diggers on first down at 10-yards. Final Score: 27-8. Even with the loss, the JV Diggers walked off the field optimistic for the next game. Were going to dig in and do better every time we get on the field, said Caleb, 14, a Sugar-Salem freshman player.

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Girls Diggers Fall Short Against Shelley Russets

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By Kristen Cagle and Amanda Mullinax

he Digger girls soccer team played against Shelley on the evening of Sept. 27. The team played hard but came up short of a win with a final score of 3-0. The Diggers had a hard start when Shelley picked up two goals within the first 15 minutes of the game. Sugar-Salem fought back with a shot on the goal by No. 12 who barely missed it. The team wasnt discouraged and came back moments later with a header and some long kicks downfield to get back to the Shelley goal. Later in the half, Shelley made a shot on the goal that was saved by the Digger goalkeeper. After some encouragement, the Digger girls came out strong, keeping the ball on the Shelley side for most of the second half. I enjoy seeing the girls work hard for something they want, said Tamara Dayley, whose daughter played as a center-midfielder. Fighting until the end, the girls took multiple shot attempts on goal during the second half. The Diggers strong effort wasnt enough to stop the Shelley offense who scored a third goal in the second half. In the last few minutes of the game, No. 6 of Sugar-Salem drove the ball up the field. Three Shelley players surrounded her and forced the ball out-of-bounds. Later 13 passed to 9 who took a shot but was stopped by the Shelley goalie. Even though the team had a tough loss, the girls were optimistic for the following weeks district game. When asked what they needed to do for districts, sophomore Lexi Parker said, We just need to go out there and play Digger ball. The Diggers district record is six wins, one tie and zero losses. The girls fought hard to keep their record in good standing as they prepared for the tournament. Coach Amy Feik said, The winner of the district tournament gets to play in state. This would be an honor for the team, especially for the seniors, considering it was senior night and their last home game. At the end of the game, the four senior girls had speeches read to them by their teammates, and their families gave them gifts and balloons. Astrid Gudmestad, a foreign exchange student from Norway, was grateful for the opportunity she had to come to Idaho and play Digger soccer. This is the best decision that I ever made, Gudmestad said. I dont think you can ask for a better senior class. Theyve been amazing and great girls.They are the definition of Digger soccer, Feik said.