The student versus staff basketball game has been held at a pep rally for the last three years, with the teachers winning each one–until this year. During this fourth annual basketball game, the students finally broke the three year winning streak of the staff team with a win in the last seconds of the game that left the gym echoing in cheers.
One of the members of the staff’s basketball team included math teacher Jarod Brown, who scored the majority of the points for the teachers. Brown isn’t new to playing sports. He played four years of varsity golf in high school, basketball his freshman year of high school, and even golf at Bridgewater College.
“I love playing basketball, and I enjoy interacting with students any way I can,” Brown said.
“It was fun playing in the game. Obviously, I am not as young and limber as I used to be so I started to tire near the end. I thought we had them in the end with a comeback, but C hit a big shot. It was hopefully fun to watch for the students,” Brown said.
One member of the student basketball team was junior Montez Dyson. Dyson played basketball and plays football currently. The students for the game had to volunteer and sign up to play.
“What made me play was definitely my friends encouraging me,” Dyson said.
A lot of the students that played in the game are athletes.
“Playing in the game was really fun. It’s fun having a good time with friends and teachers,” Dyson said.
The game took place at the pep rally so the energy and excitement was very high with students and staff each cheering for their team.
“It [makes me] feel like a champion to beat the staff for the first time in years,” Dyson said.
