Where: Fieldhouse

What: Pep Rally, Speakers, and Find Your Team!

Where: Campus Green, in front of the Athletic Center

Players: Everyone, in pairs

How to Play:

• Line up facing your partner

• Throw balloon to your partner

• Catch balloon from your partner

• If the balloon stays intact, take a step back.

• Keep going until there is one pair standing.

• Last pair wins (Aurora or Vesper)

Referees: Mrs. O'Connor and Dr. Goebeler

Where: Campus Green, in front of the Chape

Players: 10 players from Aurora, 10 from Vesper

How to Play:

• Line up single-file with your teammates

• First player dunks sponge into bucket with water & passes the sponge back to the next player

• Players alternate going over the head & going between the legs to pass the sponge down

• Last player squeezes water out of sponge into the end bucket & runs to starting bucket to restart

• Repeat until time runs out

• Team with more water in end bucket wins

Referees: Mme. Furey and Ms. Murray

Where: Campus Green, in front of the flagpole

Players: 10 players from Aurora (five girls, five boys), 10 from Vesper (five girls, five boys)

How to Play:

• Line up on one side of the rope with your teammates

• Make sure middle flag on the rope is aligned with the center cone

• On “GO,” pull the rope

• Team that pulls their flag past the center cone first wins the round

• Best 2 out of 3 possible rounds

Referees: Mr. Kuzemka, Mr. Richards

Where: Campus Green, center

Players: 10 players from Aurora, 10 from Vesper

How to Play:

• Line up single-file with your teammates, behind the cone

• First player runs to the connect 4 board, places one piece in, & runs back to tag next player

• Both teams play simultaneously

• First team with four pieces in a row wins

Referees: Mr. McCreary, Mr. Willis

Where: 10th Grade Lounge (First Floor US)

Players: 10 players from Aurora, 10 from Vesper

How to Play:

• Table is set up with ten plates on both sides

• Every player receives a straw

• Line up with your team on one side, with each player in front of a plate

• Place skittles on the starting plates

• First player uses straw to suck up a skittle from their plate & transfer it to next plate

• Each player continues until all skittles are at the end plate

• First team to move all skittles to end plate wins

Referees: Mrs. Aldridge, Mrs. McDermott

Where: Gaga Pit (near LS Playground)

Players: 5 players from Aurora, 5 from Vesper

How to Play:

• All players start with one foot & one hand touching the wall

• Ball is thrown into the pit from outside

• Ball must bounce 3x before it is active (count together: GA - GA - BALL)

• You cannot hold onto the ball

• You can only touch or hit the ball once in a row, with only one hand

• If it touches your feet or legs, you’re out

• If you hit the ball out of the pit, you’re out

• Team with last player standing wins

Video Tutorial

Referees: Mrs. Kurz, Mr. Whalen

Where: LS Playground

Players: 5 players from Aurora, 5 from Vesper. At least one player from each grade.

How to Play:

• All players line up at the top of the metal slides

• First players from each team slide down & run to one side of the balance beam (Aurora on one side, Vesper on the other)

• Players walk through balance beam to end the beam in the middle

• Run through LS maze (through the three structures)

• Run up the rope/rock climb (next to slides) and tag the next player

• Next player slides down & runs to the opposite side of the balance beam (so there is equity in distance)

• Continue until last player runs up the rope/rock climb & tags the first player to finish

• First team to complete the course with all players wins.

Referees: Mr. Davis, Mr. Newton

Where: Hill near LS Playground

Players: 10 players from Aurora, 10 from Vesper

How to Play:

• Line up single-file with your teammates

• First player spins with their head on a bat 5 times

• Weave through the cones

• Slide down the slip-n-slide

• Run back up & tag the next player in line

• Last player runs back up & tags the bat to finish

• First team to complete the course wins

Referees: Mr. Klein, Mr. Newton, and Mr. Yespelkis

Where: Campus Green, center

Players: Six pairs from Aurora, six from Vesper. Partners must be from different grades.

How to Play:

• All partner-pairs stand in a line behind cones

• First players start on “GO”

• First partner-pair must complete the course & run back to the starting line

• Tag the next pair in line, and sit down. 

• Next pair begins.

• First team to have all partner-pairs seated, wins.

Referees: Mr. Kelly, Mr. Sheehan

Where: Annenberg Library

Players: 5 pairs from Aurora, 5 pairs from Vesper. Partners must be from different grades

How to Play:

• One partner-pair from Aurora & Vesper, per question

• Partner-pairs are seated (4 chairs total). During questions, the first person to stand up gets a chance to answer.

• Ref reads a question --> free response

  • If answer is correct, the team wins the round

  • If answer is incorrect, other team wins the round

  • If no one stands up → ref continues

• Ref reads the same question so that the free response question becomes multiple choice. First person to stand up gets a chance to answer

  • If answer is correct, the team wins the round

  • If answer is incorrect, other team wins the round

  • If no one stands up, move on to another question

• Best 3 out of 5 possible rounds. 

Referees: Mr. Bryant, Mr. Wright

Where: Football Stadium

What: Final Competition (including a Class Competition), Winners Announced

Categories: Winning Stripe
Winning Team
Aurora or Vesper