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SIOUX COUNTY
AREA
SCHOOLS
DISCUSS
CELL
PHONE
BANS
By MADDIE SCHWARCK
Correspondent
“Educationally,
[cell phones]
are simply not
helpful... Even
the presence
of cell phones
within the
classroom
is working
against what we
[teachers] are
trying to do.”
- Schouten
By MADDIE SCHWARCK
Correspondent
ORANGE CITY — As the
upcoming school year draws near,
Dan Mangold and co-director
ORANGE CITY — In the
age of modern technology,
with the digital world at
the !ngertips of teenagers,
Unity Christian High
School has announced
a new plan to prohibit
the use of technology
throughout the school
hours, including the
use of ce l phones,
smart watches, and
Led by Mandy
Van Schouwen,
Unity Christian’s
Dean of Students,
an intensive
research project
was undergone
in order to
identify the
facts of ce l
phone use in
schools. The
results are
Mathew Honken gear up for another
marching band season. Coming off a strong season in 2023
and placing honorably in many competitions, the Pride of the
Dutchmen band is excited for continued success.
This season, the Pride of the Dutchmen band wi l be performing
to music titled “Most Ardently” by Audiomachine, “Like a Stone”
by Audioslave, “Love Scene (From ‘El Cid’),” and “Grand Canyon
Fanfare – End Title” by James Newton Howard. Mangold explains,
“This year’s !eld show is entitled “From Stone” and wi l feature
pi lars, a statue, statuesque visuals, and a stone/marble color
scheme for guard costuming and flags. The mood is monumental
and has moments of power and moments of solemness.”
While the Pride of the Dutchmen band continues to improve
and expand their ski l set each year, new cha lenges inevitably
surface. Mangold shares, “there wi l de!nitely be some different
visual choreography that wi l be in this show compared to others.
This does present some cha lenges to the student performers as
they work to coordinate visual body movement with the music
they are playing.” However, despite possible cha lenges, the Pride
of the Dutchmen band, conducted by Max Koenig, Autumn
Anderson, and Mady Stanislav, wi l not cease to thoroughly
impress audiences.
Van Schouwen claims the research
concluded, “Menta ly, phone usage is
detrimental, speci!ca ly social media. The
anxiety and depression rates, especia ly
amongst girls, went up around 160
percent from 2010 to 2015, the !veyear
period in which widespread
Promising season ahead
PEOPLE
Sioux
County
social media became accessible. A tempted
suicide rates went up 100 percent for girls and
over that for boys.” Furthermore, “Social media is
highly addictive. The brains dopamine release is
the same with social media use as it is with hard
narcotics.” Van Schouwen did not stop there. She
continues, “When one is on social media, engaging
in something addictive, they are constantly using the
emotional part of their brain. So, when one is addicted
to their phone, they are always living in that emotional
state, leaving the decision-making executive part of one’s
brain not working. For young, sti l developing, people,
[the decision making] part of their brain is developing at a
much slowe rate compared to those who did not grow up
with smart phones.”
Aside from mental effects, Van Schouwen found that
digital devices work adversely in academics, as we l.
“Educationa ly, [ce l phones] are simply not helpful.
As teachers, our jobs are to make students retain the
information we are giving them. To do that, making
information engaging and relatable is the best strategy
for long term retention. However, when students are
constantly in the emotional state of their brain, that simply
cannot happen. Even the presence of ce l phones within the
classroom is working against what we [teachers] are trying
Van Schouwen also found overwhelming evidence that
supported the claim that digital devices work against
Unity’s core values. “Our mission statement is to guide
and equip young people to serve God and their neighbor.
One of the most powerful things we have is community.
Communities are be ter when people are actively engaged.
People are be ter when they are actively engaged. God
created us to need and strive for community, and we are
either going to !nd that online or face-to-face. What we
are !nding is that our young people are more ready to !nd
that community online, as they !nd it ‘safer’ and
more comfortable.” These !ndings are leading to
catastrophic consequences. “Young people are not
as quick to take risks in engaging with
those around them. We cannot
guide and equip our young people
if we are not giving them the space
to unplug and be in the presence
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
In anticipation for the season to commence, Mangold states,
“Our competition schedule is relatively similar to past years: a
couple of performances in the Omaha and Sioux Fa ls areas. Our
major event is on September 28 a the Bands of America – Iowa
Regional hosted at Waukee Northwest High School. There are
many great bands that a tend this event from Iowa, Nebraska,
Minnesota, I linois, South Dakota, and Missouri. It wi l be the
toughest competition we perform a this year, but we love the
opportunity to showcase what we do!”
The Pride of the Dutchmen band wi l kick off their season
with their annual preview show on August 17 at 8:00 p.m. at
Korver Field. Tickets for the preview show are $5 for adults while
K-12 students can a tend for free. A l proceeds wi l go towards
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Introducing the
new hires at the
Sioux County ISU
Extension Office
Fifth TD
By MIKE BYKER
Correspondent
By DARBY SCHUITEMAN
Correspondent
SIOUX COUNTY — Iowa
State University has an
extension o$ce in a l 99
counties in Iowa. This
partnership between
Iowa State University and
the Iowan locals aims to
“create a be ter future
for a l Iowans.” For Sioux
County, this means helping
with the 4-H club, a variety
of youth events, livestock
production programs,
agriculture outreach programs, crop production reports,
the Plymouth County fair, and the Sioux County Youth
To help with this mission and the various aspects
involved in it, the Sioux County o$ce has two new
hires: Shelby Kaestner and Jennifer Schipper, the new
K-12 Program Coordinator and O$ce Assistant for Sioux
County, respectively.
Born and raised in
Eastern Iowa, Shelby
Kaestner has ca led Sioux
County home since the year
2022. She graduated from
Iowa State University with a
Bachelor’s degree in Child,
Adult, and Family Services.
Once graduated, Kaestner
worked at the Plymouth
County Extension O$ce
in LeMars. Now the K-12
Program Coordinator at
the Sioux County o$ce, she claims she is “looking
forward to being able to serve the county that I ca l
home.” Her new role includes helping the Clover Kids
program, facilitating school programs, aiding the library
programs, organizing youth workshops, and working in
the local fairs. Kaestne report she is “super excited to
bring my expertise to the youth of Sioux County” and
is “looking forward to the continued growth of our 4-H
06 September
OKOBOJI — The MOC-Floyd Va ley Dutch footba l team scored
five straigh touchdowns Friday nigh to turn a 14-0 deficit into
a 35-14 win on the road against Okoboji to improve to 2-1 this
season.
The Pioneer scored on drives of 40 and 63 yards to lead 14-0
in the second quarter. The Dutch answered the two-score deficit
with a 39 yard drive that was highlighted by a Blake Aalbers to
Ahman Langton 30 yard completion and Aalbers ca ried it in for
a score on third down from the one to ge the Dutch going.
“Our start was slow, so ge ting our first score on the board prior
to half was much needed to give us a spark as we prepared for
the second half,” said MOC-Floyd Va ley coach Grant Hegstad.
The Dutch drove to the Okoboji 23 yard line near th end of
the half but were turned away on a turnover to e fectively end
the half. The Dutch o fense wa sparked in the second half by a
special teams play by Korver Fedders as he blocked a punt se ting
up 37 yard drive that ended with Braylon Van Gelder scoring on a
10 yard run to tie the game.
“We had a lot of missed opportunities during the first half that
we didn’t capitalize on. Our message at halftime was that, while
Okoboji certainly made some plays, we were not playing at a level
that was consistent with what we were capable of. Our cha lenge
was to come out with our best for the second half,” said Hegstad.
The Dutch added two more scores in the third period on a
Aalbers to Carter Brightwe l 52 yard pass and a second Aalbers
touchdown ca ry. The Dutch defense continued to dominate the
second half and Aalbers completed a fin scoring pass to Langton
for a five yard score.
The Dutch defense held Okoboji to 19 yards of o fense in the
second half and 149 yards in the game while the Dutch had
422 yards of o fense with 205 on the ground and 217 in the air.
Scoring 1 2 3 4
MOC-Floyd Va ley 0 7 14 14
Okoboji 0 14 0 0
SCORING SUMMARY
1 Okoboji Asa Jacobsen pa s from Landon Duva l 4 yards (PAT no good) 0-6
2 Okoboji Avery Simington pa s from Landon Duva l 27 yards (2 PT PAT good)
2 MOC FV Blake Aalbers 1 yard run (PAT good) 7-14
3 MOC FV Braylon Van Gelder 10 yard run (PAT good) 14-14
3 MOC FV Carter Brightwe l pa s from Blake Aalbers 52 yards (PAT good) 21-14
3 MOC FV Blake Aalbers 1 yard run (PAT good) 28-14
4 MOC FV Ahman Langton pa s from Blake Aalbers 5 yards (PAT good) 35-14
MOC FV Okoboji
First downs 23 10
Rushes-yards 205 12
Pa ses 17-27 19-34
Jennifer Schipper was born and raised in Hospers. Sti l
cu rently residing there, Schipper is a “Sioux County girl”
at heart. But, despite growing up in the area, Schipper
exclaims she “had no idea the variety of involvement
Extension has within the County and State.” Now the
O$ce Assistant for the Extension O$ce, she has seen the
“variety of work from day-to-day” and is looking forward
to “learning more about what Extension a l does.” She is
sti l in the “learning process,” but Schippe report she
is hoping to “be the friendly face and voice to a l our
clients and youth that we serve.” She claims that if she
doesn’t know the answer to a question, she “wi l !nd out
for them and learn myself.”
Pa sing yards 217 137
Punts 3-110 5-147
Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-yards 7-59 0-0
Rushing-Dylan M asdam 19-133, Dominic Schmitz 5-34, Ahman Langton
2-18; Pa sing-Blake Aalbers 17-27-217; Receiving —Ahman Langton 6 -54,
Cole Po tebaum 1-13, Braylon Van Gelder 5-49, Carter Brightwe l 1-52, Kaleb
Koerselman 1-24, Dylan M asdam 3-25; Tackle Leaders- Kaleb Koerselman 10,
Beau Weber 7, Korver Fedders 7, Ezra Bundt 7, Dylan M asdam 5; Sacks-Kaleb
Koerselman 1, Draeden Punt 1.5, Korver Fedders 0.5; Interceptions-Carter
Brightwe l 1, Dylan M asdam 1
Sioux County
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Ahman Langton celebrates the fifth MOC-Floyd touchdown in the Friday, Sept. 13, game against Okoboj in Milford.
Langton co lected a five-yard pass to complete the 35-14 Dutch win. (Photo by Becky Maasdam)
Pu led ‘em down
Korver Fedders of MOC-Floyd Va ley got credit for the tackle
of Caleb Simington of Okoboji in the Friday, Sept. 13 game
in Milford. Fedders had seven tackles in the 34-14 Dutch win.
(Photo by Becky Maasdam)
Aalbers completed 17-27 passes for two touchdowns and one
interception. Dylan Maasdam ran for 133 yards on 19 ca ries and
Langton caught six passes for 54 yards and Van Gelder had five
catches for 49 yards. Maasdam also caugh three passes for 25
“We didn’t rea ly make a lot of adjustments in the second half
defensively. Instead, our kids just executed at a much high level.
We were more disciplined with our assignments and we tackled
much be ter together as a team,” said Hegstad. “Our ability to
be able to run the footba l during the second half showed our
o fense what we are capable of doing on the ground. We knew
that we have the ability to pass the ba l in our o fensive a tack,
but we needed to show ourselves that a strong run game can be
part of that tack as we l. Much credit goes to our o fensive line
for finding a new level in the second half.”
Kaleb Koerselman had 10 tackles and a sack while Korver
Fedders and Beau Weber each accounted for seven tackles.
Brightwe l and Maasdam both had an interception and Draeden
Punt had a sack and a half.
The Dutch are 2-1 and wi l host Le Mars on Friday night. The
Bu ldogs are 2-1 and are coming o f a 35-2 win over Boyden Hu l
Rock Va ley in their most recent contest.
“Le Mars is a strong opponen that is we l coached. They are
fast, physical, and disciplined within their play. We are looking
forward to seeing how our kids compete for four quarters in the
week ahead,” said Hegstad.
sports
Into the end zone
Scoreboard
Cross Country
Storm Lake Cross Country Invitational
Dutch boys placed first with a team score of 45
Knight boys placed 11th with a team score of 252
Dutch girls placed second with a team score of 60
Knight girls placed third with a team score of 79
Ridge View Cross Country Meet
Dutch boys placed fourth with a team score of 77
Dutch girls placed second with a team score of 62
Gary Meyer Invite
Dutch boys placed fourth with a team score of 106
Knight boys placed fifth with a team score of 143
Dutch girls placed fourth with a team score of 106
Knight girls placed fifth with a team score of 114
Footba l
Red Raiders 38, Mount Marty 3
Dutch 35, Okoboji 14
Knights 28, Sioux Center 14
Northwest Iowa Invitational
Red Raider men tied for fifth with a team score of 873
Siouxland Invite
Red Raider men placed first with a team score
of 285-289-288 — 862
Tennis
Red Raider women 7, Buena Vista 0
Vo leyba l
Red Raiders 3, Dordt 0
Sioux County Tournament
Dutch 1, Knights 2
Knights 0, Boyden-Hu l 2
Dutch 0, Sioux Center 2
Knights 1, Western Christian 2
Dutch 0, Sioux Fa ls Christian 2
Knights 1, Sioux Center 2
Dutch 1, Western Christian 2
Knights 0, Sioux Fa ls Christian 2
Dutch 2, Boyden-Hu l 1
Knights 3, Sheldon 1
Dutch 3, Boyden-Hu l 0
Red Raiders 3, Morningside 0
MOC-Floyd Va ley’s Braylon Van Gelder plunges into the end
zone for a touchdown in the 34-14 win against Okoboji on the
Friday, Sept. 13, game in Milford. (Photo by Becky Maasdam)
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