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| photo by Dr. Olson |
On September 26th of 2025, the Yankton Middle School held a pep rally for homecoming at Crane Youngworth Field. Due to the gym being unfinished, Crane was our only option. All middle schoolers walked over to Crane with their homerooms around 8:45.
Each grade sat in a section. Dr. Olson asked if each grade and the teachers were here. Each grade would yell, and the rally had started. We played a series of games, from water balloon games to the farthest football kicks. Dr. Olson would pick a couple of students from each grade, including the teachers. We also did trivia, which the eighth graders got every time.
We did this back and forth for about an hour and a half. We all almost lost our voices at the end of the rally. We did a dancing competition and an obstacle course with water balloons on a spoon that we could not drop without restarting. All the grades cheered, from cheering for their grades by doing cheers against the other grades. The one we did the most was Alligator and "We got spirit, yes we do, we got spirit, how bout you." We did that one the most.
Everybody seemed to enjoy this year's pep rally. At the end of the pep rally, they announced the winners. The podium score was eighth grade first, teachers second, sixth grade third, and seventh grade fourth.
After they announced the winners, they announced that all kids would come down to the field, and sixth graders would need to make a one, seventh graders would need to make a five, and eighth graders would need to create a zero for 150 years. After that, we all found our homeroom teachers and returned to the school. We watched movies, played games, and had lunch. This basically sums up our Yankton Middle School pep rally of 2025.
