The Rally Report: Monday, March 10th
The Rally Report from the Wicked Rally on March 10th, 2025.
Game Representatives
Freshmen
Participants:Charles Mitchell, Canton Kuang
Sophomore
Participants:Kolo Vaituulala, Lucas Rau
Junior
Participants:Reese Tompkins, Dominic Dao
Senior
Participants:Owen Chen, Diego Martinez Vaughan
RALLY GAME- Grant the Tin man’s wishes for a heart: This game is similar to the Jessica Sanchez challenge with player 1 getting spun by player 2 five times while blindfolded the entire time. They are then given verbal instructions to cross the quad with their partner. Once they arrive at the board with the tin man they must pin the heart onto the tin man using the verbal instructions from their partner. The most successful team to give the tin man a heart wins. Each team has 1 minute to complete this with the most accuracy.
All the representatives are called to the stage to watch the presentation. The student eagerly watched carefully with many getting closer to the board when the practice round put the heart on the tin man.
1st Round: The seniors are up first spinning their partner at a moderate speed. They ran off as soon as possible with the sighted partner leading the blindfolded one with their voice. They both ran off soon reaching the whiteboard with the tin man. The crowd watching the games soon came close to watch as they pinned their blue colored heart onto the tin man. They were given a reminder of 20 seconds while the partner was talking to them though pinning the heart. The crowd was excited as they saw the heart eagerly close to the marking on where it’s supposed to be. Once they pinned the heart onto the tin man there was an explosion of the tension that was once there. People celebrated as the seniors placed the hearts almost exactly to the template. Even saying that it would be a cm off is questionable because of how close it seemed to be to the eye.
2nd Round: Freshmen came second starting off their five spins. The blindfolded attempted to follow their partner with a light jog although they steered a bit too much to the right and almost left the quad. To get back on course the partner without a blindfold used numerical systems of saying go to the side a certain amount of steps. Going off the course caused a lack of time which affected their performance. After looking in the right direction they made haste for they were losing time, saying words similar to “just run straight”. Once they reached the board many crowded towards the board with people taking pictures trying to catch the moment in time. The crowd of people and lack of time almost caused the freshmen to pin the heart of the tin man onto a nearby photographer. Even with this minor error they were able to backtrack and get the heart on the board although that is not to say it was very close to the goal. This tin man had a heart although it might not function properly with its placement far from its chest.
3rd Round: Juniors followed the freshmen. They started with rushed spins and a light jog to the whiteboard following their partner’s voice. Once at the whiteboard the sighted partner communicated to their blindfolded partner by asking them to go in a sort of axis. Telling their partner to go two down or up. They were given a 10 second countdown but were able to pin their heart down to the Tin man with a possible 1 inch away.
4th Round:The Sophomore class was the last to compete. After watching the last few rounds attentively they crossed the quad to start. The Sophomore pair spun their partner so fast with excitement that the player almost fell. This off start did not startle them but motivated them to hurry and have the most time as possible in front of the whiteboard. The sighted partner was able to steer the blindfolded partner as they both ran as soon as they could. After such fast spins and being blindfolded it most likely took plenty of courage to run which definitely was a high risk although produced a high reward. They arrived at the whiteboard with 30 seconds left which was plenty of time for the pair to configure the heart to the Tin man. This Tin man was very happy having his wish of a heart granted with it being almost perfect. It was hard to say that it was not perfect because of how close it looked. The crowd celebrated soon after the partner took their blindfolds off. The sighted partner soon said that it was an almost guaranteed win.
This game was very close between the Sophomores and the Seniors. Many from the crowd watching debated which grade had even won. Both grades said that they were certain they had won the game. The rally game officers were listening to both sides and attempted to use a ruler to measure how far their heart was from the template. After an enlightening small debate on who had won and even an idea of playing a simple game of rock paper scissors they came to a compromise.They would add the 1st and 2nd place points then split it between both grades. This was a tie for both Seniors and Sophomores. These games are shown to never be explicit nor black and white.
SPIRIT CHECK- Crazy Hat Day
1st:Seniors -> 136
2nd:Juniors -> 137
3rd:Sophomores -> 120
4th:Freshmen -> 62
GAME POINTS-
1st: 100 (Split the 1st and 2nd points)
2nd: 75
3rd: 50
4th: 25
Freshmen -> 25
Sophomore -> 87.5
Junior -> 50
Senior -> 87.5
FINAL POINTS 3/10
1st:Seniors ->223.5
2nd:Sophomores ->207.5
3rd:Juniors ->187
4th:Freshmen ->87
Remember as always to
STAY SPIRITED WARRIORS!
