20-21 Newspaper

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The Wolverine Times
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Dike-New Hartford Middle School— Fall 2020
Navigating School During a Pandemic
By Anthony Bering
COVID-19 is a very contagious virus but DNH is doing our best to keep
it at bay. Masks, face shields and gators can help. Face masks, when
worn consistently and correctly, helps slow the spread of COVID. Also,
proper use of face masks can result in you having a lower risk of
getting COVID or spreading it. How masks help: they filter out the air
and the almost microscopic water droplets in your breath, called
aerosols, that transport the virus. Please wear your mask properly,
over the nose and mouth, to help protect the students, teachers, and
their families. Let’s keep everyone safe so we can stay in school.
Homecoming 2020
By Josey Syhlman
This year’s homecoming theme was “
Victory is Sweet.” And it was as the DNH
Wolverines took home a victory against the
Hudson Pirates! DNH won their
homecoming game 48-6! Of course, Covid
restrictions prevented us from having a big pep-rally indoors, but the
cheerleaders still put on an amazing pep-rally on the football field for all
DNH students to watch live. Next, this year for dress-up days we had tiedye
day, pajama day, twin day, beach
day, and spirit day. The high school
marching band also came over from
Dike to raise school sprit. They
marched on the street playing the
DNH fight song. Finally, Mrs.
Eiklenborg’s Wolverine time group won the door decorating contest.
Their door was really “sweet”! Good job to the football players and
cheerleaders this homecoming! Victory is sweet!

Blue and White!
By Noah Niedert
Laura Eiklenborg is the DNH middle school cheer coach. She had
27 cheerleaders out for football cheer. She started coaching
cheerleading
because when she
first started there
were only 2
cheerleaders out,
and she wanted to
make them more
confident and she
hopes she did. She thinks cheerleaders make the
atmosphere at the games better and more fun. She says
her cheerleaders have worked very hard and thinks they
have improved a lot from the start of the season. To end
the season, they had an excellent performance at a home
football game and the pep assembly which featured dancing and stunting.
Fantastic Football
By Jacen Wenger
This year the football program had to deal
with Covid 19 restrictions, but the team pushed
through it to play the sport that they enjoy. Each
player worked extremely hard throughout the
season to be ready for the games ahead. Mr.
Pokorny is the head coach for the team and was
interviewed before the game in Denver he said, “I
would say that the season started out rough but
mid-season we started getting it together and I
think we will finish the season off strong. We
definitely have some growth but got better at some aspects of the game and have a long way to go
to reach our long-term goals. Both teams are summing up to my expectations and I expect that both
teams will win against Denver.” Both teams definitely finished the season off strong with the 7th
grade going 2/4 and the 8th grade is 5/1. Other people who
coached were Mr. Huck, Mr. Mapel, and Mr. Wright. Managers
on the team were William Huck, Alex Jones, and Jacen Wenger,
who also filmed the games for the team. Devlin Davis, the 7th
grade running back, broke his arm during the first game of the
year against Hudson. Thankfully he is recovered well. The
football team had a great year and hope to have an even better
one next year with the new coming 7th graders.

Cross Country
By Faith Gray
Dike New-Hartford Junior High Cross Country
had 27 people out, 17 girls and 10 boys. And the coach
was Ms. Cheeseman. They ran at six meets: Waverly,
Denver, Grundy, Jesup, Dike, and Conference at Denver.
Meets varying between 1 mile to 2 and a half miles.
Some of the least favorite parts and hardest parts were,
when it would get really hot or really cold. Cross
country is lots of work. Meets can be really stressful and
there are a lot of teams there. Sometimes you have to run in the wind and learning how to breathe
in the wind is something you have to do. One of the big
things you have to learn is how to push through the pain
and keep going; pushing through when you have no gas
left in the tank, and
running the chasers.
Another hard part is time
management, especially
when participating in
sports and other activities.
Some of the favorite parts
were getting to run to
Casey’s, making memories
with friends, the adrenaline rush you have before a race, and the
satisfaction once the race is over. The best is when you cut time and
you know you got better at something you worked hard for! Great
season runners!
Bump. Set. Spike.
By: Josey Syhlman
The 7th and 8th-grade girls
had a great season this fall! With a
total of 33 girls going out. Their
coaches Mrs. Hulme and Ms.
Cuvelier said the girls improved a lot
with serving, passing, and many
more things. As Ms. Cuvelier said,
“We had a couple of games this year
that were really good learning opportunities. The girls were able to view those
opportunities as a chance to grow.” The 7th graders got to play 12 dates while
the 8th graders 13. The two amazing coaches helped their girls improve and
play their best in volleyball.

The Tea on Ms. C
By Daniel Merrill
Ms. Cuvelier is a new teacher at New-Hartford this year.
She is 26 years old and went to college at the University of
Northern Iowa. At her time learning at UNI, she was a student
teacher here in the Dike-New Hartford school district, and at
Hudson. Ever since Ms. Cuvelier was young, she wanted to be a
teacher. In junior high and high school she played volleyball,
cross country, basketball, track, and softball. The main reason Ms.
Cuvelier wanted to be a teacher was because she likes teaching
very much and enjoys her time at the school. She specifically
chose New Hartford because that is where her parents taught and
it’s the place where she grew up. Both of her parents have been
coaches and teachers and she loved to see the difference they
made. Today, she works in the same building as her father and
says that it’s nice to work with family because it’s important and
now, she can see him in action as a teacher.
Welcome Ms. Cuvelier!
More Tea on a Mrs. C
By Noah Niedert
Mrs. Cordes is a new teacher at DNH. This is her firstyear
as a teacher. She teaches special ed for middle
school. Before Mrs. Cordes taught at DNH, she was an
associate. She said she likes it here at DNH. Mrs. Cordes
lives in Aplington with her husband and two kids. Her
oldest is 3 years old and her youngest is 1 year old. In
her free time, she enjoys spending free time with her
family on her farm.
Welcome Mrs. Cordes! We are glad you are a
Wolverine!

Guess the Famous Person
Created by: Jacen Wenger
Clues:
• I acted in both The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the
Caribbean.
• My first name is a city in Florida.
• My last name is something flowers do.
Who am I?
Comic Strip
By Anthony Bering

“You heard me!”
“Why can’t I keep my mask up?”
“I don’t throw with my left hand.”
“It smells like hand sanitizer.”
“James Charles!”
“Do we have vocal today?”
“Why does Wednesday feel like Friday?”
“I have $2.05. I can show you the park.”
“Geeeez!”
“Who’s Darrel?”
“Like a tazer…”
“Put your mask up!”
“Wanna hold hands?”
“What’s for lunch?”

(More to come in next edition)
Seth Beasley
By Noah Niedert
Seth Beasley is a new 7 th grade student at DNH. In his free time, he likes to
play his Xbox, hang out with his friends, and play on his phone. Fun facts about Seth:
he has 3 siblings, he came from Arkansas, and he was originally from New Hartford.
Seth said he likes his new teachers. He says they're a lot like his old ones in Arkansas.
Seth has some new friends and met back up with old friends, which include Gabe
Bordeaux, Bryson Grider, and, his cousin, Noah Niedert. He finds what he’s learning in math
interesting. His friends describe him as energetic and happy all the time. Welcome back Seth!
Julian Haugen
By Noah Neidert
Julian Haugen is a new student at Dike-New Hartford. He says he likes it
here. He has one sibling, his twin brother Jalen. He’s made tons of friends including
Danny Mitchell, Dax Weedman, and Ethan Osterhaus. He came from a school in
Cedar Falls. Interesting facts about Jullian are that he has a twin brother, his fav
game is Battlefield 1, and he mains as Incineroar in Super Smash Bros.
We are glad you are here, Julian!
Skylar Sullivan
By Faith Gray
Skylar Sullivan moved to Dike-New Hartford for a better education. He thinks this
school is awesome, that his classmates are really nice, and the teachers help him a
lot. His favorite class is math. Welcome to DNH, Skylar!
Jalen Haugen
By Noah Niedert and Jacen Wenger
Jalen Haugen is a new student at DNH. He has one sibling who is also a
new student at DNH, Jullian. He has made many friends including Ethan
Osterhaus, Trey Haak, Noah Stockdale, and Jaiden Soppe. I later asked Jalen how
it was going so far in the school and he replied, “It’s going pretty good so far and I
like all the teachers so far.” Jalen’s previous school that he went to was South
Dale. He says there really isn’t anything interesting he has learned about in his
classes, but he says he would like to learn all the football plays. Jalen also went on to mention that
he enjoys playing Call of Duty and used to play for Excel, a basketball team.

Winter Sports Season
After a rough start, the DNH JH
has started their winter sports season.
After only a week of practice, junior high
sports were suspended due to Covid
restrictions. Luckily, they were able to
resume after a couple weeks and have
gotten off to a good start. The girls
basketball teams have had 2 games each
at home while the boys had their 2
games away. Win or lose all were great
games and they learned a lot. The
wrestlers had their first meet at GR with
many successes. The cheerleaders
cheered at the home games and did an awesome job. The seasons will get into full swing in
January with a very busy month. Come out to see the JH Wolverines in action!
Noah Niedert
Anthony Bering
Josey Syhlman
Faith Gray
Daniel Merrill
Jacen Wenger