The Clarke Central Student Government Association held a pep rally celebrating the varsity boys basketball team’s run in the 2018 playoffs. Gallery by Ana Aldridge
Clarke Central High School Student Government Association President Tro’vonta Burgess and varsity basketball power forward Quamontae Monfort talk about the pep rally held on March 5 in the New Gym.
At 3:00 p.m. on March 5, a pep rally was held in the New Gym at Clarke Central High School to honor the boys varsity basketball team for their participation in the 2018 playoffs. This was the first time a basketball team from Clarke Central qualified for the Final Four. On March 3, the CCHS basketball team lost to Warner Robins High School 77-57 and were eliminated from the tournament.
CCHS Student Government Association (SGA) President Tro’vonta Burgess, a senior, says that the pep rally was spontaneous and meant to celebrate the team’s run.
“I received an email from (social studies department teacher and SGA adviser Shania) Biggs telling me to be at the gym for an ‘impromptu pep rally’ today,” Burgess said. “It’s to celebrate the monumental thing they did, making it to the Final Four. That’s never been done for Clarke Central before, so it was really exciting to see that happen. They made history.”
Burgess also hopes that the pep rally encouraged younger players to work harder for similar opportunities in future seasons.
“I want for it to give the team hope since they did well and everything,” Burgess said. “They didn’t disappoint anyone because they still did make history and everything. This will go to next year hopefully, the team will have goals and achieve them. They can hopefully do this again one day.”
Senior Quamontae Monfort, a power forward for the boys varsity basketball team, values the school’s response and is proud of the fact that this is the first time his team’s made it so far.
“I appreciate them supporting us today and through the whole season. It’s a celebration because we made history, even if we took a loss,” Monfort said. “We had an improving season. From being a freshman until now, this is the farthest we’ve ever gone. It hurts because I had to weather a lot to try to bring the championship back home, to Athens, but anything’s possible.”
Monfort also harbors Burgess’ sentiments and hopes that next year’s team is inspired to do better.
“I think it’ll guide them the right way,” Monfort said. “We did it, so they can do it. They can try to beat it, they can try to do better than us, they can bring a ribbon home. They can reach the championship.”
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