Robinson High School had its third pep rally this year, this time with a working microphone.

On Dec. 2, ahead of a home boys and girls’ basketball game against Alonso and an away boys and girls’ soccer game against Gaither, the Student Government Association (SGA) put together the Winter Sports Pep Rally in the Robinson Auditorium, which had its air conditioning fixed just in time for the event.

Robinson’s sports include basketball, soccer, wrestling, competitive cheerleading and colorguard. M.C. Oscar Poland (’23) also gave a shoutout to Avery Hawker (’24) for being an All-American swimmer and congratulated the swim team for their performance at States.

“Absolutely fantastic job done by the sound team, they did a good job juggling between the music and my commentary without any issues,” Poland said.

The Pep Rally included a few familiar games, with a bit of a holiday twist on them. Following the winter sports teams’ musical entry, a series of games went forth to involve members from the audience. There was a gift-wrapping race, during which partners hurried to wrap each other up in wrapping paper, tug-of-war with captains of the winter sports, musical chairs to popular holiday songs, a Starlets relay race and even a teachers vs. students basketball game between Robinson teachers and members of the boys’ basketball team.

“We wanted to do something that was more interactive with the students,” Starlets co-Captain Petra De Jenzano (’23) said.

The pep rally featured performances from the competitive cheer team, with the routine they debuted at their competition two days prior, and the Kultural Dance Team. Students were also welcomed into the gym before the pep rally like always by the RHS band.

A Robinson pep rally is not over until the traditional class chant. In the final moments of the school day, the compilation of RHS teacher judges narrowed it down to the freshmen and the seniors. Two rounds later and the seniors took their third class chant victory of the year.

Some of the freshmen left the pep rally feeling sour about the results.

“[The judges] just made us keep going until the seniors actually did it good,” Logan Cadorette (’26) said.