Winter Sports Week fills students with school spirit

Alexis Ferguson and Brady Losure are crowned as Winter Sports Week Queen and King after the varsity basketball games on Jan. 13.

by Morgan Sanders 

Winter Sports Week this year began on Wednesday, Jan. 11. “Can’t Break This Chain” was the theme for the week. Down the halls, a paper chain created by students connected the elementary to the high school. 

The week started on Wednesday with dress up days. The first day was held on Wednesday  since students were unable to dress up Monday and Tuesday due to semester tests.  After two days of testing, students were encouraged to come to school in their pajamas on Wednesday. Thursday, students showed their true nerds for Nerd Day by dressing in items such as suspenders and fake glasses. Friday was Blue and White Day. 

During advisor time on Friday, high school students voted for Winter Sports King and Queen. This year, candidates were any seniors participating in an activity that takes place during the winter. These groups included basketball, wrestling, cheerleading, band, vocal,  yearbook and journalism, Speech and Drama, and FFA.

Before dismissal at 1:30 on Friday, the school gathered in the high school gym for a pep assembly at 1:00. The cheerleaders and band started the assembly with the school song and a cheer. 

Student council and cheerleadering sponsors then led seniors in a game of Name that Tune. 

After the cheerleaders led two more cheers, there was a surprise announcement. This year, students voted for a king, queen, prince and princess of the teachers.  Cheerleaders Morgan Sanders, Makayla Slings, Megan Facile and Tailor Snook then crowned the king and queen as Dale DeJong and Roxanne Goudy and prince and princess as David Brondyke and Leah Farrington. 

To finish the assembly, the cheerleaders led one last cheer, performed the school song and students and teachers were dismissed. 

The final event for the week took place after the basketball games on Friday night. Cheerleaders Arly Labahn and Makayla Slings and  crowned Brady Losure and Alexis Ferguson as Winter Sports King and Queen.