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Recap of December's Moose Madness 2015 |
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January 9, 2016 |
by Mary Fioravanti
The 2015 Moose Madness annual event was held on
Friday, December 18. Everyone who attended had a
blast, of course, although all Badger fans were
disappointed to find out at the end of the
evening that Sandpoint would remain in
possession of the Moose Rack trophy this year.
The games themselves were quite thrilling to
watch, and it is fair to say that Bonners Ferry
and Sandpoint appeared to be quite equal on
skill, strategy, and talent.
 The
Boy’s Varsity basketball team rocked the house
with their playing skills at Moose Madness. The
boy’s basketball team played hard even until the
last seconds of the game, and barely lost to the
Bulldogs by a close score of 57-50. The girls
also played fiercely, but sadly they lost as
well with a score of 54-31.
But Moose Madness is a lot more than just the
basketball games. Throughout both basketball
games and during the halftime periods of each
game, students were involved in exciting shows,
competitions, and routines. The cheerleader
competitions were first, and the unbiased
Bonners Ferry side of the gym felt the Badger
squad absolutely blew away Sandpoint with their
professional stunts and incredible routines.
Other halftime shows and competitions during the
Moose Madness evening were the Dance team’s
performance, the Stomp routine, and the rapping
competition between the two schools. The Badger
Dance team had an amazing performance. They
arrived in style, and gave everyone pride when
they finished their superb dance!
Sandpoint's Stomp team featured lots of Bulldogs
who had some great moves, but they chose to use
music accompanying their routine, which was
allowed in this year’s competition. Using canned
music in a stomp just didn't seem as original as
doing it with no music. The Bonners Ferry
Badgers showed them up in their Badger Stomp,
with organized free style stomping and drummers
leading the beat. The Bonners Ferry Stomp also
included various types of objects such as wooden
blocks and cups, used as instruments to
diversify the competition and creativity.
Both schools had unique and interesting raps.
But somehow it was a lot more difficult to hear
the Badger’s
rap compared with the Bulldogs, as the
microphones the Badgers were given weren’t
turned up loud enough. One student who competed
for the Badgers in the rapping competition said,
“Our mikes were turned way down and theirs were
turned way up.”
In the noise contests, determining which school
could be the loudest, Sandpoint won easily due
to their size in numbers. Another competition
was an art competition, this year the
competition paintings featured the Moose Rack
Trophy itself. These paintings were on display
in the lobby outside of the gym.
Another part of Moose Madness, but held on a
different evening and still included in Moose
Madness scoring, was the B-cup wrestling
tournament and the rope-pull contest.
Throughout the event, Bonners Ferry won heavily
in the sector of good sportsmanship.
Moose Madness is a fun competition the two
schools have each year, and even if the rivalry
may get out of line at times, students remember
that it is just a game created for the love of
sports, and the cause of charities. Each school
raised a plentiful amount of money to donate to
charities of their choice.
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