Over a thousand Dos Pueblos High School students watched the winter pep rally on Wednesday in the gym. The leadership class made posters that went along with the “Time Machine” theme, and decorated the gym with streamers.

The classes each wore different themed clothes, based on their class colors: seniors wore white and dressed like mummies, juniors wore blue and their theme was “Atlantis”, the sophomores’ color was black and they dressed as pirates, and the freshman class dressed in gold and had the theme “Golden Age”.

Drumline and the varsity cheer team opened the pep rally by leading students inside. Leadership students then led the crowd in a competition for the loudest class. After that, varsity cheer performed a routine. Then, Athletics Commissioners Gus Miller (12) and Zachary Gesswein (12) introduced each winter sports team.

“It was very hype.” Hannah Remmick (9) said, “All the presentations of the sports went well.”

After that, the “Jingle Bell Jocks” performed a dance to “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” by *NSYNC . The stunt team then performed and cleared the floor for the main event: half court basketball. The freshman and seniors were matched up while the juniors and sophomore competed. The winners of those games were the seniors and sophomores, who then played each other in a final (which the sophomores won).

“My favorite part was destroying the seniors in the basketball game,” Ruby Streatfield (10) said.

A challenge from the teachers, including Principal Woodard, was not enough to shake the sophomores, who beat them too.

“I liked it a lot, I thought it was pretty fun, and all the different grades, it looked like they had a blast.” Lucas Hornbuckle (9) said.