The Homecoming pep rally: a highly anticipated event that kicked off at 2 p.m. on Sept. 23, 2025. With the seniors decked out in their traditional white togas, the juniors dressed in black, sophomores in blue, and the freshmen in bright pink, this pep rally commenced with a competitive game of tug of war between the classes.
The seniors walked onto the gym floor dressed in their Roman attire and were facing off against the freshmen. Unsurprisingly, the older seniors promptly took out the freshmen and advanced into the next round. Next, the juniors went against the sophomores on the court and swiftly demolished their competition. Now, it was time for the most competitive classes to face off: the seniors and the juniors. It was a long match with both classes coming close to being the winner, but the class of 2027 ended up pulling through victorious.
“We go out there, doing our best, trying to beat these seniors. You know, it’s a tall task because they’re grown men, but we got it,” Mr. Speaks, a math teacher on the sophomore team, said.
The next event on the agenda was a friendly but aggressive game of dodgeball between the grades. The seniors and sophomores were the first classes to face off, with the seniors securing the win. The freshman class surprised the school with their interesting technique of not immediately sprinting to get the balls, but instead waiting out for their opponents instead. Nevertheless, the last game of dodgeball was the juniors against the seniors, and the seniors ended up claiming victory.
“I was very proud of my class, and I think we worked hard to get there and pull through,” senior class president Mathew Do, 12, said.
Following dodgeball, there was a brief intermission to announce the Homecoming court nominees and winners. All the recipients walked through the line of Trojanettes onto the gym floor, each with their own applause. The Homecoming king was announced for the 2025-2026 school year as Aaron Wilkins, 12.
The final game of pom grab was played with anticipation from the senior and junior class as they both had wins in the pep rally and this would be the determining game. The players lined up across the court each with a pom-pom between them as they patiently waited for the voice announcing what to do. One by one, the players slowly dwindled down to the last few remaining. However, the seniors were the winners.
Next, the victory chant: the most pivotal moment in the pep rally was upon the students. Each class yelled V-I-C-T-O-R-Y as loud as they could, with the winners clearly being between either the junior or senior class. The students anxiously waiting for the judges to announce the winner, giving the grade the essential point that would determine who got the spirit stick. The judges made it clear that the senior class won the chant.
As the final points were tallied up and the judges announced the class of 2026 as the winners of this year’s homecoming pep rally, hundreds of seniors rushed off the bleachers to grab the sprit stick and paraded around the gym.
“The pep rallies are amazing, to be honest, and just seeing all my classmates happy like that, it makes it all worth it in the end,” Mathew Do said.
