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A. Soph omore Megdn Buckley
chi lls oul in her ca r before a
football game. ''I'm a hu ge Mil-
Personalized lard North fan! My fri ends and
I always joke around and say
football signs th at I bleed Mustang," Bu ckley
were created sa id. photo by Laura Hobbs
by chee r and B. Before ki ck- off, lhe student
dance team section raises their hands in th e
air to cheer on the Mustangs.
It was tradition for students to
hold up "spirit finge rs" prior to
every ki ck-off. photo by Laura
Hobbs

Horse shoes
were symbols
of good luck,
significa nt to
MN. Th ey
were hung
throughout the
school for va ri-
ous eve nts.

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Students found outlets for showing eir spirit through

innovative cheers, original outfits, and team support.
School spirit spread through MN girls!" se ni or jared Ricchini sa id.
this year like a bad infection. Rega rdless of the acti vity, crea tive
were "A large amount of students real ly chee rs kept fan s and athl etes ener-
co mmonl y get into the sp irit here. It's a rea lly fun gized.
fea tured on thing to get into; if you don't, things "We would do the standard football
th e apparel can get kind of boring," freshman chee rs like 'Co Big Blu e,' but when-
found in th e Sarah jackson sa id.
Sp irit Shop. eve r a playe r on the opposing team got ':' -
One way that many students chose hit in the fa ce we would ye ii 'Fac ial! ·~
to display their pride was chee ring at Facial! "' Ri cc hini sa id.
the va rsity football ga mes . While so me chose to chee r th eir
"To show my sc hool pride I went to hea rts out, oth ers showed spirit
th e football ga mes, shouted th e tea m through their clothing.
chants , and acted in sa nely sp irited," "On game days I wore my class
State football sop homore Zach Lenagh sa id . t-sh irt, colored beads, fa ce paint, and
t-shirts we re Although football ga mes were popu- a bea ni e that says 'Mustangs' on it,"
so ld a week lar, it wasn't the onl y sporting event Jackso n sa id.
before the th at students went to in ord er to show
footba ll State Through attendance, chee ring, and
Champion- eir pride. Football pl aye rs, along blu e and gree n attire, school sp irit
shi p ga me and w ith other athl etes , started a trad ition reached an all -time hi gh.
worn pro udly of enthusiastic attendance at va rsity "We have so many sports and
on ga me day. voll ey ball games.
>- acti vities offered here. It felt rea ll y
..0 "The voll eyba ll tea m was pretty
<Jl great to go out and be supportive and
(J)
OJ:) good this year, so we decided to star t watch all of our different teams
(1j
0... go ing to the games to show our sup- dominate," se nior Laura Chambers
-84 Student Life port. Plu s, eve ryone likes the voll eyba ll sa id.