Sign up sheets were posted in the shops March 5th. For a month and a half students got ready. Some shops practiced, others made t-shirts, and most talked about winning, but all of the shops anticipated having fun. The games are meant to have fun and bring everyone together, and that’s exactly what the games did. Teams cheered each other on and we saw a ton a smiles that day.
Vince Pavia, Advisor of 2nd place team, Health Assistance stated “ I think it went really well. It was well put together, and I’ve never seen so many students participate and take it seriously.”
His student participants continued, “It was so much fun, and we can’t wait until next year!”
One of the new “twists” we put on the games this year was shop teachers were paired up with a team that wasn’t theirs. “It was weird to not coach my own team this year,” said George Petronelis, Advisor of the 1st place winning shop, Welding. He continued, “but we had a blast and all the kids had fun.”
At the end of the games we announced 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
“And the first place winners of the 2018 Shop Games……… with a score of 161 points……...and the winner of the pizza party is….”
Then, we all waited to see who won. For the first time in my high school career, you could hear the ENTIRE school be quiet, not a whisper or even the ding of a phone came from the crowd.
“WWWWELLLLDINNGG!”
Screams came from the bleachers and the winning team ran to the middle of the gym to claim their trophy. Devin Dilling (junior Welding from Ellwood City), participant of the winning team, grinned from ear to ear, “I’d say it was a pretty good day.”
“We can’t wait for next year”
-Participants of games
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2018 Shop Game Stats
3-legged Race
- 1st 14 pts. Mas-AB
- 2nd 13pts. AT
- 3rd 12pts. MTT-EO / Wel.
- 4th 10pts. CT
- 5th 9pts. HA / Cosmo / Vet
- 6th. 7pts. CA-COT-RT
- 1st 11 pts. Mas-AB
- 2nd 10 pts. CT
- 3rd 9 pts. AT / HA
- 4th 8 pts. Weld
- 5th 7 pts. MTT-EO
- 6th 6 pts. Vet / CA-COT-RT
- 7th 4 pts. Cosmo
Sack Race
- 1st 18 pts. MTT-EO
- 2nd 16 pts. AT
- 3rd 15 pts. CT /Wel /Mas-AB
- 4th 13 pts. CA-COT-RT
- 5th 12 pts. Cosmo / HA
- 6th 11 pts. Vet
Scavenger Hunt
Hula Hoop
- 1st 69 pts. AT / AB-Mas
- 2nd 67 pts. Vet
- 3rd 66 pts. Weld
- 4th 64 pts. HA
- 5th 57 pts. MTT-EO
- 6th 55 pts. CT
- 7th 42 pts. CA-COT-RT
- 8th 29 pts. Cosmo
Pingpong Wiggle
1st 50 pts. Weld / HA
2nd 40 pts. CA-COT-RT / MTT-EO
3rd 30 pts. Cosmo / AT
4th 20 pts. Mas-AB / Vet
5th 10 pts. CT
Final Scores
- 1st 161 pts. Weld
- 2nd 154 pts. HA
- 3rd 147 pts. AT
- 4th 144 pts. MTT-EO
- 5th 139 pts. Mas-AB
- 6th 123 pts. Vet
- 7th 118 pts. CA-COT-RT
- 8th 110 pts. CT
- 9th 94 pts. Cosmo