Pulling together both skill and experience, the Seniors pushed ahead of their greatest competitors, the Juniors, to win Spirit Week, officially announced Saturday night.

With a tight margin of just 2.5 points more than the fighting submarines, the competition wasn’t over until float destruction, Saturday morning.

By placing first in the float, hula hoop relay, and tug-of-war competitions at the Friday after school rally, the seniors prevented the juniors from sweeping their victory as the last competitions were computed in the final score.

The seniors began to catch up to the juniors by winning Color Day, tying with the juniors in the ice cream competition and winning the mattress race.

While the juniors managed to get ahead of the seniors for the first three days of Spirit Week, the senior citizens recovered their luck on Thursday, winning the relay competition and surpassing the juniors by 27.5 points.

The seniors also were able to win four of the five "best dressed days," giving them extra points to push them into first.

However, the hardest contest for the seniors was the dance competition. Up to and even during Spirit Week, students wondered if the seniors even had a dance to perform.

"No one really knew what was going on," senior Rosie Schairer said. "It was a nice surprise to see that we pulled something together last minute."

Faced with no dance or dancers, seniors Jamie Gilfix and Becca Bronstein had to choreograph a routine and bring dancers together on Friday to have a presentation for the rest of the school. Though the seniors successfully managed to get back up while they were down, the juniors received first place for the dance competition as well as the cheers at the after school Friday rally.

"The junior dance was really good," sophomore Eliza Stevens said. "I was surprised."

Despite the continued competition between the senior and junior classes, the freshman and sophomores didn’t give up without a fight.

After winning two of the three contests on the second day of Spirit Week, holding second place above both seniors and sophomores and outnumbering the other classes at the Thursday morning rally, the jailbirds’ cry for freedom was heard throughout campus.

The sophomores however remained ahead of the freshman, receiving third place. However, the class wasn’t able to pull itself together in many of the competitions, and some sophomores felt there wasn’t enough communication among their class.

"No one knew when dress up days were," sophomore Helene Zanoudanis said. "The days were also hard to dress up for."

The week culminated with the Homecoming dance on Saturday night. The theme was "Black Out," with a radio DJ from Wild 94.9. Students dressed in all black and carried lighted sticks to carry with them. Seniors Trenton Hart and Skye Wanderman-Milne won homecoming queen and king.

Despite the cut-throat competition and abounding class pride from all sides, the Class of 2007 triumphed for a second year in a row, reinstating the tradition of a senior victory.

Final Point Totals:

First: Seniors 3670

Second: Juniors 3667.5

Third: Sophomores 2467.5

Freshman: 2175