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Rain Can’t Wash Away Our Spirits

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By Noah Lee

On Saturday, the 15th of September, the Dalat Eagle Games took place. Everyone was excited the week before, preparing for the upcoming games. The classes bustled with talk about Eagle Games. There were four teams: Blaze, Bolt, Wave, and Quake. Everyone was raising team spirit before the day even came.

Usually, Bolt came in last place, and Blaze came in first. At this point, this was the trend of winning and losing teams, and everyone expected Blaze to win again. Darryl Dwumfour, a senior from team Bolt, said, “This is our year; this year, we win.” The different teams were competing with each other in spirit, saying that they would be the ones to claim the trophy.

During the preparation week, the different teams gathered in their own rooms to design their own flags and come up with their own unique cheers for their teams during x-blocks. Loud clapping, cheering, and stomping echoed around the campus that week.

Finally, the day was here. All four teams gathered together at the basketball court. Each team came up from the crowd to perform their cheers full of spirit. No team backed down. Every single team gave a bold performance in their own way, some more silly than others, and some louder and rougher. After the entertaining cheer performances were all over, the teams were briefed on the games and they were off.

However, sometime after the first game event, it started raining. Unfortunately, some outdoor games had to be skipped. Some groups never got to attend some of the games that were prepared. It was a disappointing moment for some of the teams that had outdoor games during the rain. Still, everyone enjoyed the games overall in the end and had a great time.

The games were all done, and everyone gathered at the basketball court again for a final cheer and for the score results. With drumrolls on the ground, Mr. Van announced the 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place one by one. Making the trend seem invalid, Bolt came second, and Blaze came last. Quake was first, and Wave was third. Team Blaze wasn’t the happiest about their result, but they still maintained their team spirit and cheered their throats out. The teams did their final cheers after the results were announced. Although Team Blaze came last, they gave it their last unifying strength to run around the entire court giving their best cheer: “Oh Blaze, oh Blaze oh Blaze oh Blaze.” Team Quake took their trophy for being the final victor of the day and took a picture together holding up their trophy with proud faces. 

The rain did make some unexpected changes to Eagle games, but overall, it was truly a great time for everyone, a team bonding experience between different grade levels, and for seniors, another precious memory to take along with them before their graduation.

Owen Lai, a senior from team Bolt, said, “Despite all the rain and canceling of a few events, Eagle Games was a blast.”

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