Hastings High School held their SnoWeek events last week with themed dress-up days, a tug of war, rock paper scissors contest, the SnoWeek pep fest and a dance.

Dress up days were: Mon -Athlete vs Mathlete Tue -Grease vs Greece Wed -BBQ dad vs Soccer mom Thu -Dress like a teacher Fri -Class Colors During the pep fest, the champion for rock, paper, scissors was determined. That champion, with the 2-0 sweep was Trent Schulte who defeated Mr. Peter Schultz. Students were then honored with three awards. Jaylen Hansen and Noah Quigley won the Excel Award, which is given to junior athletes who work hard in their sport, the classroom, show leadership and spend time volunteering in their community. Emma Haagen and Martin Onnen received the AAA Award, which honors seniors who have a 3.0 GPA or higher, who participate in league sponsored athletics and fine arts activities. Tyler Wood was awarded the Rotary Student of the Month.

A game was played where four students stuffed large marshmallows in their mouth and had to say “Chubby Bunny”. Each player made it through with two in their mouth. The first to drop out was the Senior Class. The remaining three made it with three and the Juniors fell at four. Freshmen dropped out at seven and the Sophomore representative made it with eight winning.

The boys basketball team then performed a dance routine to music from the movie Pitch Perfect before the royalty from each grade was introduced and crowned.

For the freshmen, the king and queen are Yasir Abdulkadir and Taylor Dodge. For the sophomores, Nate Barker and Katelyn Englin. For the junior class, Nick Reudy and Claire Keller and for the seniors, Shafer Sachs and Alyssa Nestingen.

A huge shoutout to junior Lauren Jenkins and the Erickson family for the assists with the names of the students in each court and congratulations to all those chosen to be part of the court.

Freshman Boys Court, left to right: Kasen Esterby, Caleb Gudissa, King Yasir Abdulkadir, Barret Boardman, Matthew Foss and Courtenay Mitchell

Freshman Girls Court, left to right: Ella Carlson, Jersey Appert, Olyvia Erickson, Queen Taylor Dodge, Alexis Martin and Elisa Endres.

Sophomore Boys Court, left to right: King Nate Barker, Matt Sherry, Jon Harris, Gavin Molitor and Chase Sampson.

Sophomore Girls Court, left to right: Queen Katelyn Englin, Keagan McVicker, Annabel Norquist, Erica Endres and Addie Seleski.

Junior Boys Court, left to right: John Teigland, Sawyer Zaruba, Ben Hiniker, King Nick Reudy and Hayden Gunter.

Junior Girls Court, left to right: Lauren Jenkins, Nicole McGraw, Queen Claire Keller, Eva Green and Emelia Larson

Senior Boys Court, left to right: Aaron Herber, Brady Sergot, Josh Johnson, King Shafer Sachs and Michael Johnson

Senior Girls Court, left to right: Elisa Kurzawski, Rhianna Shick, Queen Alyssa Nestingen, Kyra Bartholomew and Nina Birt

This year’s Rock, Paper, Scissors competition was done a little differently. The participants had one of each on a table in front of them, they stood back to back and were counted down with “rock, paper, scissors, shoot” where they needed to turn around and present their choice. The championship was Trent Schulte vs. Mr. Peter Schultz and Schulte won with the 2-0 sweep.

The Hastings Raiders Boys Basketball Team performed a dance routine to music from the movie Pitch Perfect to excite the crowd. This piece of the festivities is one of the traditions for the Friday pep fest.