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Moose Madness: here's what it's all about |
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December 18, 2014 |
by Katie Colson
Walk into the Bonners Ferry High School on any
other week and you would see students going
about their day, dressed in an eclectic mix of
the latest North Idaho fashions. But on Moose
Madness week, you will see students decked out
each day in the most unique of outfits.
Moose Madness is a competition of spirit, zeal,
money-raising, wrestling and of course,
basketball between Bonners Ferry High School and
Sandpoint High School. In the week leading up to
the grand event, students raise money in a
competition between the grades and staff, with
the ultimate goal of besting Sandpoint in money
raised per student. Tickets to this epic
showdown are in hot demand, and unfortunately
sold out on Tuesday.
Each day this week, the students have dressed in
a different style. On Monday, the students wore
red, white, and blue. Tuesday, it was twin day.
Students dressed in matching flannel pajamas, as
minions, and many more. On Wednesday, students
wore the ugliest sweaters dug from the back of
closets, and hastily picked up from thrift
stores. Thursday, right before the epic
showdown, students will be wearing all the blue
and white they possess.
Tuesday evening, Bonners and Sandpoint wrestlers
competed in the B-cup. The B-cup is the
wrestling version of Moose Madness, with the
winner gaining points towards Moose Madness.
Bonners wrestlers fought valiantly against the
larger Sandpoint team, only just barely losing
to them. The close win will only give Sandpoint
a few points toward the main event.
On Friday afternoon, the showdown will take
place. Sandpoint and Bonners will face off in a
boys and girls basketball game, a decibel test
to see which school has the most noise making
skill, the bands will compete to see which has
the most spirit and pumps the crowd up more. The
dance team and cheerleaders compete in an
all-out battle of skill. Both schools also put
together stomp routines consisting of garbage
can drums, student-created dance routines, and
lots of cheering. A student from each school
also creates a moose-themed portrait to display
at the game and during the rest of the school
year.
Moose Madness began in 2009. Bonners went into
the 2011 Moose Madness as the reigning champ,
but lost the title and has fought to regain it
every year since. Morale at the school is high.
Students are determined to put an end to the
Sandpoint winning streak! Currently, Sandpoint
is beating Bonners with the money raised per
student, but students have pulled out all the
stops, contributing much of their own money, and
thinking of creative new fundraising idea. One
of those ideas was a Pie-in-the-face fundraiser.
Students can pay five dollars and pie any
teacher, who volunteered, in the face.
To the winner goes the spoils, and the spoils of
Moose Madness include a Moose rack, decorated on
one side with Bonners’ colors, and the other
with Sandpoint’s, and of course, bragging
rights. The rack has been missing from its
rightful place at BFHS for far too long. Bonners
Ferry High School is chomping at the bit for the
chance show Sandpoint how Spirit, Basketball,
Dance, Stomp, Band, and Cheerleading, are done
and take the rack back home!
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