Where: Fieldhouse

What: find your teammates, figure out rosters for each station, rally!

Where: Fieldhouse

Players: Six players from Aurora (three girls, three boys), six from Vesper (three girls, three boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

How to Play:

• Line up single-file with your teammates, at one end of the basketball gym

• On "GO," first player dives at the air mattress to move it along the floor & runs back to tag the next player

• Next player runs and dives at the air mattress. Then, runs back to tag the next player and so on

  • • Air Mattress may not be moved, kicked, or pushed forward using any limbs

    • All movement from the air mattress must come from the player's body momentum

    • Refs reserve the right to reset any questionable air mattress moves

• First team to move their air mattress across the finish line wins

Video Example

Referees: Mr. Davis, Mr. Richards, Mr. Mundy

Where: Campus Green, in between the Athletic Center and the Library

Players: In pairs, 10 players from Aurora (five girls, five boys), 10 from Vesper (five girls, five boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

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. Refs may use a rope to determine the line

• Keep going until there is one pair standing

• Last pair remaining wins for the whole team

Referees: Mrs. O'Connor, Dr. Goebeler, Mr. Newton

Where: Annenberg Library

Players: Six players from Aurora (three girls, three boys), six from Vesper (three girls, three boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

How to Play:

• All players are seated (6 chairs total on each side)

• For each question, the first person to stand up gets a chance to answer for the whole team

• 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, the ref continues

• Ref reads the same question so that the free response question becomes a multiple-choice question.

  • 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

• Team that scores higher out of five possible questions wins

Referees: Mr. Bryant, Mr. Mercante

Where: Outdoor Courtyard behind the Dining Hall

Players: 10 players from Aurora (five girls, five boys), 10 from Vesper (five girls, five boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

How to Play:

• Line up single-file with your teammates

• On "GO," 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. Refs will determine total time before the round begins.

• Team with more water in the end bucket wins. Refs will use a scale to weigh the bucket

Referees: Mme. Furey, Ms. Murray, Ms. Snowden

Where: Gaga Pit (near LS Playground)

Players: 5 players from Aurora, 5 from Vesper. Both teams must have a member of each grade. Both teams must have at least one boy and one girl on the team.

How to Play:

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

• Ball is thrown into the pit by the ref. The 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. Aldridge, Ms. Graham, Mr. Whalen

Where: Campus Green, near Flag Pole

Players: Six players from Aurora (three girls, three boys), six from Vesper (three girls, three boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

How to Play:

• All players strap into their race bands and stand behind the start line.

• Both teams start on “GO”

• First team to complete the course wins.

• Depending on time: one round, best 2 out of 3 rounds, or best 3 out of 5 rounds

Referees: Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Safford, Mr. Sheehan

Where: 9th Grade Lounge (First Floor US)

Players: 10 players from Aurora (five girls, five boys), 10 from Vesper (five girls, five boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

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. If time permits, best 2 out of 3 rounds

Referees: Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Lim, Mrs. Limaye

Where: Campus Green, center

Players: 10 players from Aurora (five girls, five boys), 10 from Vesper (five girls, five boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

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 rounds

Referees: Mr. Kuzemka, Mr. Schuh, Mr. Wright

Where: Campus Green, center

Players: Six players from Aurora (three girls, three boys), six from Vesper (three girls, three boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

How to Play:

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

• On "GO," 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. If time permits, best 2 out of 3 rounds

Referees: Mr. McCreary, Mx. Newman, Mr. Willis

Where: Campus Green, in front of Chapel

Players: 10 players from Aurora (five girls, five boys), 10 from Vesper (five girls, five boys). Both teams must have a member of each grade.

How to Play:

• Line up single-file with your teammates at the start/finish line

• On "GO," first player enters the inflatable obstacle course, goes down the water slide, & tags the next player in line

• Second player goes through, and so on. 

• Both teams race simultaneously. Last player must cross the start/finish line

• First team to complete the course wins

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

Where: Fieldhouse

What: Final HANDSTAND competition, winners announced
If needed, the handstand competition will count as a tiebreaker between Aurora and Vesper

Categories: Winning Stripe
Winning Team
Aurora or Vesper