Before Spring Break, the Duncan Middle School wrapped up its winter sports with a pep rally.
The pep rally, which took place March 11, recognized students from boys basketball, girls basketball, boys wrestling, girls wrestling, swim and archery. Each group had one or two people talk, including coaches and players.
The event, which was rescheduled from its original date, took place during Advisory period and went into third hour.
D’Montre Petties, a eighth-grade basketball player, dunked a basketball, when the boys basketball team went onto the gym floor, which received cheers from the crowd.
Seventh-grader Brentley McMinn, who is a member of the swim team, said he enjoyed the pep rally because he liked all of the energy showed by the students, team members and cheerleaders.
“My favorite part was me screaming into the microphone because it was really funny at the moment,” McMinn said.
He said there should be more pep rallies to recognize every sport and to showcase what each team is doing.
During the event, each of the teams participated in a game called Snack IO. In the game, players had to put a balloon on their back and someone had to hold that balloon up with their stomach. As they moved back and forth along the basketball court, they had to collect more and more players.
The team members couldn’t hold the balloons with their hands, and they had to restart if they dropped a balloon.
The swim team won the game.
At the end of the pep rally, the Sprit Stick was awarded to the sixth grade for being the loudest. (During the fall pep rally, eighth grade won the Spirit Stick.)
McMinn said he didn’t think sixth grade should have won the Spirit Stick.
“I felt mad that sixth grade won the Spirit Stick because I feel like seventh grade could have done better,” he said.
Carson Nalley, an eighth-grade basketball player, said he liked the pep rally and was glad it took up Advisory time.
“I enjoyed the Pep-Rally because I got out of class,” Nalley said.
He also didn’t think sixth grade should have won the Spirit Stick because he thought eighth grade was more worthy.
Nalley said he hopes the school does another pep rally to get students out of class. And he’s not alone on this thought.
“If I could have changed anything about the pep rally, it would have been more time,” McMinn said.
